SmartMag

SmartMag is ThemeSphere's news, magazine and blog theme sold on ThemeForest. It is built for news sites that publish a lot, review sites and blogs that rely on ad revenue. You build the home and archive pages with Elementor using ready-made blocks.

Key SmartMag features

Design and layout

• Ready demos: news and magazine designs you import in one click.
• Smart Blocks for Elementor: flexible grid, list and other news blocks. Blocks in the same section can skip posts already shown.
• Header builder: premade header presets, a mobile header and a news ticker.
• Mega menus: a links menu and a category menu that shows subcategories with recent posts.
• Dark mode: a switch for visitors or dark as the default.
• Archive builder, footer builder, custom sidebars, infinite scroll and load more.

Content, SEO and revenue

• Review system: percent, point or star ratings, pros and cons, user ratings and review schema.
• SEO: built-in breadcrumbs, article and review structured data, and Yoast SEO compatibility.
• Ad placements: ads and custom code in many predefined spots, plus a message when an ad blocker is detected.
• Performance: lazy loading for images, preload options and optional Google AMP support.
• Share bars and follower-count social widgets, Mailchimp newsletter forms, WooCommerce and bbPress support, WPML and right-to-left languages.

Who is it for?

If you are building a category-driven news site or a review blog, SmartMag is made for exactly that. It works with Elementor Pro if you need the page builder's Pro features. To speed up pages full of images and ads, WP Rocket is a good companion.

Delivery and use

The Lifetime option is a license with no end date, tied to one site. At checkout you enter the site address and the username and password of an administrator account. SmartMag is installed and activated on your site with a license. Delivery is prepared by hand, usually within 5 to 60 minutes, and you get an email when the setup is done. Check the login details before you order, and use a temporary administrator that you delete afterwards. Activating the theme changes your site's look, so back up first.

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1. Back up your site and create a temporary administrator under Users → Add New.
2. At checkout, enter the site address, username and password.
3. When the setup email arrives, check under SmartMag → Install Plugins that the required plugins are installed and active.
4. On a fresh site, import a demo from SmartMag → Import Demos and adjust the header in Appearance → Customize.
5. Delete the temporary administrator or change its password.