- NewspaperDesign your post pages using the Default Templates
- NewspaperPost template ads
- NewspaperWP Rocket and Newspaper Theme: Optimization Guide
- NewspaperHow to use the Flex Blocks cache option
- NewspaperFlex Block Settings Guide
- NewspaperThe Newspaper Mobile Theme: Introduction
- NewspaperDefault Category Settings
- NewspaperCloud Library – Category Templates
- NewspaperBig Grid Flex Settings
- NewspaperHeader Builder
- NewspaperMeta Info on Modules and Blocks
- NewspaperTheme modules and blocks
- NewspaperImport / Export Theme Settings
- TutorialsDefault Block Settings Guide
- NewsmagImport / Export theme settings
- TutorialsOffset Feature
- NewspaperUnique Articles
- TutorialsSystem status parameters guide
- NewsmagRequirements for Newsmag
- NewsmagBlock settings tutorial
Hello,
Maybe the theme does not have all those features and some of the themes may be overwhelmed to have them, but in the meantime, I will let you know what the theme has.
We do not have a personal dark mode, but there are many plugins for dark mode that can be used -> https://www.wpexplorer.com/dark-mode-plugins/
The theme has the Table of Contents element, it can be added/removed/edited using tagDiv Composer on the single post template – https://i.imgur.com/nwqwWSg.png
“Another thing: I’d love to create styled content boxes (like quote blocks, info boxes, tips, etc.). There’s no easy way to do this in the Newspaper theme. If there’s a built-in way to create that inside Composer without extra CSS, I haven’t found it yet.”
It can be done using the tagDiv elements, for example, you can use the row or inner row to hold more elements and set inside it a column text, maybe an image, a button and adjust them according to your needs – https://i.imgur.com/aNpQ57W.png also, you can use the cloud to import a section or an existing block. When you have a block layout that you like you can save it in tagDiv Composer so you can reuse it on other pages or templates- https://i.imgur.com/hXsFCUX.png
Also, for the mobile version the theme provides the responsive version, the possibility to create a separate mobile page/template using tagDiv Composer and also the tagDiv Mobile theme light version (3 options for mobile).
Thank you!
Hi,
That would mean the post content begins with a video link, the automatic excerpt is picked from the beginning of the post.
One solution would be to set a manual excerpt in the post edit screen
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/excerpts-introduction/
But that could take some time if there are many posts in this situation.
Another way would be to un-comment this code in the highlighted file wp-content/plugins/td-composer/legacy/common/wp_booster/td_util.php
– https://imgur.com/LYoktzT
Doing this will remove all the links at once. I will make a note of this and check why that code is commented.
Thanks
Hi, Calin
Thank you for the quick reply!
1. Of course, the tagDiv Mobile plugin and the amp plugin have been disabled and even removed. I wrote about this in the first message. I’ve already dealt with the problem myself. I think this will be useful to many, because I have encountered similar problems with people after removing the tagDiv Mobile plugin.
You need to delete the “Mobile Template” in this place. https://skr.sh/sXC1bg0kOan which is unclear when it was created there. )
2. On this point, you did not understand my question. I understand that the dfi plugin tagDiv Mobile is not supported by a third-party Forum plugin from WpForo. Although it’s strange, this is also one of the best forum plugins, can you adapt your plugin to their forum?
But I was asking how to make the Forum directory now. https://dev.giport.ru/forum didn’t use the tagDiv Mobile plugin, but used the adaptive version of the site? There must be some kind of hook in this regard, and you should have foreseen it. Your tagDiv Mobile plugin cannot support third-party plugins for themes, product catalogs, forums, etc
. There may be other catalogs on other sites that are better displayed through the regular adaptive version of the site.
3. A strange argument for such wonderful developers of the best WordPress theme.)
1 GB of disk is enough for 2000 screenshots if you limit the upload of files weighing no more than 500 KB.
If screenshots are not deleted, people will not post the same problems less, because screenshots can help you understand the essence of the problem and their solutions. But OK, I get it.)
Thank you for your efforts and the best theme for WP!
=======================
Привет, Калин
Благодарю за быстрый ответ!
1. Разумеется, плагин tagDiv Mobile и плагин amp были отключены и даже удалены. Я об этом писал в первом сообщении. С проблемой разобрался уже сам. Думаю многим будет это полезно, т.к. встречал похожие проблемы у людей после удаления плагина tagDiv Mobile.
Нужно удалить шаблон “Mobile Template” в этом месте https://skr.sh/sXC1bg0kOan который непонятно когда там создался. )
2. По этому пункту вы не поняли мой вопрос. Я понимаю, что dfi плагин tagDiv Mobile сторонний плагин Форума от WpForo не поддерживает. Хотя и странно, это тоже один из лучших плагинов для форума, может вы адаптируете свой плагин под их форум?
Но я спрашивал, как сделать сейчас, чтобы каталог Форума https://dev.giport.ru/forum не использовал плагин tagDiv Mobile, а использовал адаптивную версию сайта? Должен ведь быть какой-то хук на этот счет и вы должны были это предусмотреть. Ваш плагин tagDiv Mobile не может поддерживать сторонние плагин тем, каталогов товаров, форумов и т.д.
На других сайтах могут быть и другие каталоги, которые лучше отображать через обычную адаптивную версию сайта.
3. Странный аргумент для таких замечательных разработчиков лучшей темы для WordPress. )
1гб диска хватит на 2000 скриншотов, если сделаете ограничение на загрузку файлов весом не более 500кб.
Если скриншоты не будут удаляться – люди не будут меньше размещать одинаковые проблемы, т.к. по скриншотам можно понять суть проблемы и их решения. Но ок, вас понял. )
Благодарю вас за труды и лучшую тему для WP!
I cannot find how to remove a comment count from a post that appears on a tag page.
I have switched off comments within the post but it remains.
I can turn off comments on a page with your tagdiv composerwhich works great, but the instructions your documentation gives in relation to a post does not work? Please advise. Thank you.
Hi,
Please check this:
1. Check robots.txt
– Go to: https://expertsay.blog/robots.txt
– Ensure it does NOT have any Disallow: / or rules blocking Googlebot.
– If it looks suspicious or overly restrictive, restore it to the default or intended settings.
2. Check for Noindex Tags
– View your homepage and a few posts/pages in your browser.
– Right-click and choose “View Page Source.”
– Search (Ctrl+F) for or similar tags.
– If present, remove these via your SEO plugin or theme settings.
3. Test with Google Search Console
– Open Google Search Console > Coverage or Indexing report.
– See exactly what errors or warnings are being reported (“Crawled – currently not indexed”, “Blocked by robots.txt”, etc).
– Use the URL Inspection tool for your homepage and a few key pages. Check for: crawlability, indexability, any blocked resources
4. Theme Compatibility & SEO Plugins
– Sometimes new themes override or conflict with SEO plugins (Yoast, Rank Math, etc).
– Check if your SEO plugin is active and up to date.
– Go to SEO plugin settings > Search Appearance > Make sure “Noindex” is not enabled for posts, pages, or the homepage.
5. Sitemap Issues
– Check your sitemap at https://expertsay.blog/sitemap.xml
– Make sure it’s accessible, valid, and submitted in Google Search Console.
I hope this will help you!
Hi,
What can be done is to use a single post template and then utilize the tagDiv Composer to remove the featured image element. This way, you won’t need to make any adjustments to your articles. The featured image will still be displayed in modules, but it will be removed from the article itself, where the image set within the article will be used instead.
– https://i.imgur.com/Z2dbBV6.png – use right click on element – https://i.imgur.com/bAyFnCz.png
I hope this helps!
Hi there at tagdiv,
I am troubleshooting my website https://regioonline.nl, a newssite with 64 subpages and 50.000+ posts. The databaseservice mariadb gets killed every day a few times when working in the backend. At first I was using a VPS with 16 CPU core and 60GB RAM, and now a shared hosting with 24 CPU core and 16GB RAM. In both cases the database issue is persistent, only on the (unmanaged) VPS the mariadb.service was not automaticly restarted (had to restart the server). I had someone managing that VPS for me, but he got another job (so I moved to shared hosting). Now I am more up to speed about use a Linux VPS (Debian 12) with Plesk and SSH, but still figuring things out before moving the site back again.
The site has a big database (3.2GB) with the main table being postmeta (2.7GB), serving all images from Google Drive through a plugin (WP Media Folder+addon).
With the use of Code Profiler and Query Monitor I am troubleshooting for main issues. All my (sub)pages generate about 459 Query’s per page of witch 416 are from td-composer (see https://prnt.sc/lwOgOlsnsEf2
The page I measured this on was https://www.regioonline.nl//regio-tilburg/, but all (sub)pages (see https://regioonline.nl/regiopagina/) are with the same result. The homepage is even a bit larger
On the mentioned page of Tilburg I disabled all Ajax pagination and block caching.
Using any caching solution (be it with plugins like WP Rocket or WP Supercache, or using serverside caching options like Varnish, Redis Object Cache or OPcache) will make the issue of the database server getting killed a lot worse. Ofcourse tried every combination possible, but only not caching anything, reduces the issue to a few times a day, instead off every 20 minutes or so.
Is this a question of too many blocks on a page (disabled block caching for Flex Blocks aswell) so td-composer generate that many query’s? What is the best option to reduce this to an acceptable level, not killing the databaseservice every time?
Do I need to tune down the number of topics/blocks on every page? Do I need to reduce the number of pages?
Good to now that every menuitems has it’s own seperat link. I also tried the deactivate all (sub)pages except the homepage and made links to to automatic generated category pages of every item, but even did not solve the issue.
Hope you can help me a few steps further, or can give any advise on how to proceed. If I tune down on settings, blocks and pages, is this info removed from the database (mainly postmeta) also? If not, how can I solve that?
Sorry for the bloat of information, but I am hoping to make the issue clear. I know this is not only a theme issue, so I have already contacted several pluginbuilders also. This helped already in reducing databasequery’s.
Hi,
Usually, the ads in prebuilt websites are set in the element AD BOX, and you can remove it, edit with tagDiv Composer, select the viewport for phone and select the Ad box element and with right-click you can delete it => https://www.screencast.com/t/2GfCVx9BCAw7 or with drag & drop place it into the deleting red zone from the bottom right of the page
The ad box has 3 sections for ads: using theme panel ads -> https://i.imgur.com/KFa9ibl.png, using images/banners -> https://i.imgur.com/MfAPTaE.png and custom code -> https://i.imgur.com/2rh8SuD.png save it and will appear on the post (you can set a shortcode like a shortcode from adrotate plugin or other plugins).
Thank you!
I cannot seem to find a way to get rid of the default ads included in the theme that show up in posts. I can’t see them myself when I am logged in, I can see them when I am incognito or logged out. I can’t see them anywhere in the tagdiv page editor to remove. How do I get rid of these?

Hi,
Those can both be removed by editing the post template with the composer. They are ad boxes with an image set https://prnt.sc/0XPoqh-bvTNd the other one too https://prnt.sc/cpQ66Vf6JYF_ The images can be removed or just remove the ad boxes themselves.
But if these ad boxes are not visible in the composer, then it’s quite unusual. We will take a closer look, please send us an email at contact@tagdiv.com and provide admin login for the website. We will get to the bottom of the issue.
Thanks.
Hi,
From what I see the posts that contain reviews don’t have the schema. Regular posts have it, like this one https://horrormovies.gr/news/neo-found-footage-film-tromou-erhetai-ioulio-house-of-eden/
I’m not yet quite sure why this happens. So far it looks like the theme removes the yoast schema when the post is a review. Forcing it seems to work, which could be considered a fix, at least until we get to the bottom of this issue. Try adding this line of code from here https://pastebin.com/AkzKpyWR in the theme functions file, or load it with a plugin like wp code or similar.
Please let me know if it works.
Hi,
In similar situations the single post content has been removed, so to resolve it the most simple solution will be to import a new single post template and assign it as global. This can be done form this section – https://i.imgur.com/nMe1Www.png
I hope this will help you!
Hello,
The modal title https://i.imgur.com/fYIgbhU.png has by default the h3 and there is no option to change it.
Also, the H1 elements you have are in post content. If you want the text to be bigger just change the font size for that text when you set it – https://i.imgur.com/wtvRpe6.png or when tagDiv Composer is sued check the style tab of the element – https://i.imgur.com/CmAKTtx.png
Normally that popup is set using a the popup modal from Newspaper and is displaying a page that contains the Newsletter and at the bottom is displayed the “Related” from an extra plugin, from JetPack. To disable related posts in Jetpack, navigate to Jetpack > Settings > Traffic in your WordPress dashboard. Then, find the “Related Posts” section and toggle off the “Show related content after posts” setting, according to Jetpack’s support documentation. This will remove the related posts feature from your site.
Thank you!
Hi,
I’ve a fresh install, wp + tagdiv newspapper + travel memories template
I try to remove the default sidebar for blog posts :
– Theme Panel / layout settings / template settings / blog & post templates – no sidebar
– from blog post : post settings / post template – from panel OR no sidebar
I refresh cache
And I still have this sidebar everywhere.
I haven’t installed anything else (except tagdiv composer)
How can I remove this sidebar?
Thanks
Hello,
We are using the **AnWP Football Leagues plugin** together with the **Newspaper theme by TagDiv**, and we have a display issue.
—
## Problem:
On all AnWP pages (clubs, players, matches, etc.), the content appears **twice**:
1. Once **above the main site header**
2. And once **inside the main content area**, as expected
—
## Notes:
– We are not adding any AnWP shortcode manually in the post content.
– This happens on all AnWP custom post types (anwp_club, anwp_player, etc.)
– It looks like the plugin outputs content automatically, before the theme header loads.
—
## What we need:
We want to **show the content only once**, inside the main layout — and **remove the extra copy that shows above the header**.
Can you please let us know:
– How we can disable the automatic content output from the AnWP plugin?
– Or how to prevent this from happening in the Newspaper theme?
We’ve attached a screenshot showing the issue clearly.
Thanks for your help!
Best regards,
Konstantinos Metaxakis
Hi there,
Thanks but that deletes the whole element including the article.
We have not added any plugins and are using the exact template as this one here:
https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper_towntalk_pro/2023/06/16/td-post-community-unites-to-support-families-affected-by-recent-natural-disaster/
Can you please advise how to remove the author block at the base?
Thanks
Ari
Subject: URGENT: Security Breach on Website Using Newspaper Theme – Russian Betting Spam & Login Issues
Dear tagDiv Support Team,
I am reaching out regarding a critical and ongoing security issue affecting our WordPress website, which uses the Newspaper theme (version 12.7.1) purchased from ThemeForest.
🔐 Problem Description:
Our website — https://nishaanebaz.com/ — is under constant attack, with the following issues occurring:
Unauthorized posting of Russian betting content, likely injected by a bot or script.
Inability to log in to the WordPress admin dashboard, which may indicate privilege escalation or account hijacking.
These incidents have been happening every day since last week, severely affecting site integrity and user trust.
🖥️ Website and Hosting Details:
Website URL: https://nishaanebaz.com/
WordPress Version: 6.8.1
Newspaper Theme Version: 12.7.1
Hosting Provider: Hostinger
First Incident Date: Daily since approximately June 10, 2025
⚙️ Actions We’ve Taken:
Activated maintenance mode to limit further spam posting.
Reset admin password via phpMyAdmin.
Scanned files and database for known malware or spam injection.
Identified and removed unauthorized posts and suspicious users.
🚨 Request for Assistance:
We urgently request your support to:
Investigate any known vulnerabilities or exploitation paths in version 12.7.1 of the Newspaper theme.
Provide guidance, patches, or recommended security settings to harden the theme.
Confirm whether this issue has affected other customers or is specific to our setup.
Share any security best practices or plugin recommendations to prevent recurrence.
As a publicly accessible news platform, this is significantly impacting our publication’s reputation and operation.
We are happy to provide logs, access details, or screenshots upon request. Please treat this as a priority issue.
Hi,
Please try like this, set the post template on default in the theme panel – https://i.imgur.com/AKUljLS.png and in case that the plugin tagDiv Standard Pack is activated please check the settings from post settings to have enabled the comments on posts – https://i.imgur.com/g3Y3U3Y.png and after those settings clear all cache and check if now are display, if yes, than i possible that the comment element to be removed from single post template.
Another possibility is to have the comment to be close after a period of time – https://i.imgur.com/7o6shrt.png
Thank you!
Hi Ari,
1. You need to use tagDiv Composer edit the homepage and select the logo from header, then select the svg tab and remove the code from there – https://i.imgur.com/zkR1mV6.png this operation is need to be done on all header logos you are using (header, footer, sticky header, mobile header) – https://forum.tagdiv.com/add-logo-newspaper/
2. From blocks it can be removed globally using the theme panel settings from Theme panel > blocks settings > meta info on modules/blocks – https://i.imgur.com/daSq2MT.png and for removing it from articles use tagdiv Composer to edit the single post template, and use the right click on element you want to delete – https://i.imgur.com/rl6q5O2.png – https://i.imgur.com/GTJmGPV.png
3. Unfortunately the element for the location is not working like that to display for each user the location where he/she is accessing the website, sorry!
Thank you!
Hello Calin,
I don’t think you read my post correctly. I’ve already done all this (see also my post that I linked to in my post today: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/afc-button-link-not-working/).
A few months ago, this was Anamaria’s response:
“We discover an issue; via email, my colleague made a custom modification to work for you.”
Simion explained that “It looks like this is an issue with the new theme version. The button element was reworked since the previous theme version, but some of its capabilities were removed. In this case specifically using custom fields in the URL field doesn’t work.”
He added the old button in the module and it works fine. But for the new project the old button is not available.
Do I have to open a ticket and ask to again implement the old button?
Thank you!
Hi there at tagdiv,
I am running into some issues of witch I can’t optain if it is theme related or not, but maybe you can help or give a hint.
My newssite is running for over 8 years now with Newspaper and all postst are kept. My wp-postmetatable is very large (about 2,6GB) witch seems to give a lot of issues with stability of the database.
I recently moved from an unmaneged VPS (16 vCpu cores and 60GB RAM) to a shared hosting option with 24vCpu cores and 16GB RAM. I took over the site end 2024 and the previous owner helped with support on the VPS. Because of less time available and not being able to update Plesk to latest version, he stopped with suporting me on the VPS.
For years we used WP Rocket as caching plug-in witch almost never gave issues. Before the move a continues amount of databaseconnection errors was arising. The VPS had to be rebooted every few days because the mariadb service was killed.
Using a cache plugin (any cache plugin) gives Fatal database conetion errors or ‘Post can not be updated’. Tried Varnish cache without any other caching but that did not renew/cleared when I posted a new post. Also tried Redis Object Cache, witch worked at first, but then posting an post kept hanging and Redis didn’t clear anymore.
Because everytime I had to remove caching plugins via FTP to restore my site, I took a closer look at my database.
As far as I know I am only using cloud templates and flex blocks. But the fact that my postmetatable is 2.6GB big concerns me. Maybe you can help me out explaining if td-composer creates a lot of extra row in that table. At current time there are 1071550 totall rows in the postmeta table. I see a lot of the following rows
_vc_post_setting
_edit_lock
_edit_last
slide_template
post_views_count
and this repeats itself many times, but there are also references to other plugins like RankMath, WP Media Folder and FS Poster. It is tricky to get a clear picture of what is eating space unnessessary.
A hint of help would be much appriciated!
Dear TagDiv Support,
My website is the problem: https://teknobilimadami.com/
I am experiencing a critical issue on my WordPress site that is directly related to the Newspaper Theme. When attempting to upload media files, the system either stalls significantly or fails with a 503 Service Unavailable error, specifically affecting the async-upload.php process.
Sometimes I add an image and when I open and close the page, I see that the image with the error has been loaded.
But these happen in the Newspaper theme. When I switch to the 2025 wordpress theme, images are uploaded instantly from the Media – Add Media – Media Library section without any problems.
After thorough debugging over the past 48 hours, I have tested and ruled out all other possible causes. Below is a complete breakdown of actions I took:
1. Hosting and Configuration
– PHP: 8.1
– Hosting: LiteSpeed / Shared Hosting (GuzelHosting)
– Limits Increased to:
– max_execution_time = 300
– upload_max_filesize = 128M
– post_max_size = 128M
– memory_limit = 512M
– Cloudflare set to “Development Mode”, and later fully paused
– WP Rocket and cache tools disabled during tests
2. Steps Taken & Results
– Switching to Twenty Twenty-Five theme resolves the issue instantly. Image uploads are fast and reliable.
– Activating Newspaper theme causes:
– Slow or failed uploads
– DevTools shows async-upload.php requests returning 503 errors
– Hosting panel shows CPU limit exceeded only when Newspaper is active
– Plugins tested individually (only Rank Math, SMTP, and Converter for Media were active; Converter later disabled)
3. Functions.php and Theme Code Review
– Output buffer using ob_start(“sanitize_output”) was temporarily removed.
– Theme update filters (pre_site_transient_update_themes) commented out.
– Admin-side JS injection via admin_head tested and removed.
These changes made little to no difference — the core issue seems to lie deeper in Newspaper’s admin/AJAX logic.
4. Attached Visual Evidence (8+ screenshots)
Please find attached:
1. DevTools console error (503 on async-upload.php) : https://prnt.sc/qHY-ahJWeCbr
2. CPanel CPU usage exceeded panel : https://prnt.sc/V4Wcb6RWVm8O
3. Functions.php sample (Attachments)
4. Theme switched: Twenty Twenty-Five (success) : https://prnt.sc/XsbBJDqxrBK_
5. Theme active: Newspaper (failure) : https://prnt.sc/3ORZ-qt9OwHj
6. WordPress debug.log output (Attachments)
7. Network panel XHR timing chart : https://prnt.sc/T1_rYdno5uaL
8. Cloudflare paused, issue persists : https://prnt.sc/CKQqSZ2OlLc-
I attach all other detailed screen photos to the e-mail. (20 attach picture screenshot)
Final Note & Request
I believe this issue can only be resolved from the theme side, not via hosting or plugin tweaks. I kindly request:
– Review of internal AJAX handling within the Newspaper theme
– Guidance on patching or disabling blocks that might interfere with admin upload requests
– Confirmation if this is a known issue, and whether an update will address it
I truly want this resolved. I have done my part as much as possible. Now I believe your team can take over and fix this properly.
I sent you contact@tagdiv.com e-mail in more detail. I would like to ask for your help in solving the problem.
Hi,
If you have cloud template, then you need to use tagDiv Composer to edit the pages and single post template, select the elements you want to remove and press the delete key or use the right click to delete it – https://i.imgur.com/uKQPwpK.jpeg – https://i.imgur.com/vU6uyV3.jpeg
The above blocks can be get from tagDiv Composer accessing the cloud – https://i.imgur.com/IPanEzG.jpeg or if you prefer the full page then you can import it from here – https://i.imgur.com/s1Nx3cC.png – https://i.imgur.com/FqPrGqn.jpeg
Thank you!
Hello,
Unfortunately, on mobile, you cannot use custom fields because the mobile theme is a simplified version.
Please check this topic where I explained each mobile version -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/mobile-version-not-working-properly-2/
I recommend creating your own CPT and taxonomies.
Please check this guide https://www.scratchcode.io/how-to-change-custom-post-type-slug-in-wordpress/ -> https://codexcoach.com/how-to-remove-slug-from-custom-post-type-in-wordpress/
Thank you!
Hi,
Usually, the ads in prebuilt websites are set in the element AD BOX, and you can remove it, edit with tagDiv Composer, select the viewport for phone and select the Ad box element and with right-click you can delete it => https://www.screencast.com/t/2GfCVx9BCAw7 or with drag & drop place it into the deleting red zone from the bottom right of the page
The ad box has 3 sections for ads: using theme panel ads -> https://i.imgur.com/KFa9ibl.png, using images/banners -> https://i.imgur.com/MfAPTaE.png and custom code -> https://i.imgur.com/2rh8SuD.png save it and will appear on the post (you can set a shortcode like a shortcode from adrotate plugin or other plugins).
Thank you!