The Newspaper WordPress Theme installation file is Newspaper.zip. Please see the following sections for each method and watch our video tutorial on how to install the Newspaper Theme.
- Step 1 – Download the Newspaper files from your ThemeForest account. Navigate to your Downloads tab on ThemeForest and find Newspaper. Click the Download button.
- Step 2 – On your local computer extract the ZIP folder called Newspaper-tf. After extracting files you will open the folder called Newspaper-tf where you will find more folders (child-theme, documentation, licensing, plugins, psd, etc.).
- Step 3 – Locate the Newspaper.zip inside the Newspaper-tf folder (this is the theme you want to install).
Video tutorial – Install the theme via WordPress admin
Step by step: How to install via WordPress admin panel:
- Step 1 – Navigate to Appearance > Themes
- Step 2 – Click Install Themes and click the Upload button.
- Step 3 – Browse to find the Newspaper.zip file on your computer and click Install Now
- Step 4 – Activate the newly installed theme by going to Appearance > Themes and clicking the Activate button.
- Step 5 – After you activate Newspaper you will see a notification message to activate the required plugins in the Plugins section of your dashboard. Visual Composer plugin is required.
- Step 6 – Click on Install Button on each plugin to start installing them. After you’ve installed them, Activate them.
Theme plugins
Required plugins:
- Visual Composer
Optional plugins:
Installed from the /plugins folder under the main theme package
- Revolution Slider
- tagDiv Social counter
- Visual Composer
- Mobile theme
Recommended plugins:
- WordPress SEO – SEO plugin
- WP Super Cache – caching plugin
- Contact form 7 – used to make contact forms
- WooCommerce – eCommerce solution
- bbPress – forum plugin
- BuddyPress- social network plugin
- Font Awesome 4 Menus- icon pack, supported in the theme menus
- Wp User Avatar – Change users avatars
- Jetpack – plugin with lots of features *it may slow down your site