Here is a direct link for the Herald Theme Free Download that I just tested on my end. Nobody should have to empty their bank account just to practice their web development skills. As a newbie, I desperately needed a safe way to play around with professional code without going broke. Because of that, I upload these GPL files to help small bloggers set up their sites without huge costs. You can safely use this untouched version to build a mock-up website for your own practice. Get the file right away, experiment with the dark mode settings, and learn modern UI.
Herald Theme Key Features
- More than 500 home page layouts – Herald offers a highly flexible yet easy to setup module system where you can combine and display your articles in various ways. From classic newspaper to modern magazine style.
- Modular header – Herald has header builder with 3 header areas (top, middle, bottom) + sticky header, where you can display any of the elements as you wish. Possibilities are almost limitless! Plus, mega menu is also supported.
- Performance options – It is possible to load all JS and CSS files combined into a single compressed file for high speed.
- Multiple Layouts for Single Post – With 9 different layouts for single post view to suit your taste and needs.
- Smart Categories – Each category on your website may have its own specific layout and color.
- Support for custom post types in modules – If any public custom post type is registered it will be automatically detected in modules
- Author and category modules – You can display your authors or categories in modules, just like you would posts or text
- Support for Co-Authors Plus WordPress Plugin – Now you can easily set multiple authors for a single post
- Simple Ads Manager – Predefined ad slots to embed your banner ads and monetize your website easily. Usefull for adsense advertising or affiliate marketing website.
- Responsive Design – Our Responsive design means your content will scale seamlessly on almost every device including desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones.
- Advanced Theme Options Panel – Herald comes with an advanced, easy to use Theme Options Panel. Setup your website in as little as 5 minutes!
- Branding – Unlimited Fonts & Colors – Herald provides options for unlimited fonts and colors as well as options to upload your logo and icons, depending on your taste. Add your personal touch to this theme!
- Unlimited Sidebars + Sticky Sidebar – You can add as many sidebars as you want whether its left sidebar or right. Then you can assign specific sidebar to any Post, Page or a Category. Apply fixed sidebar to each template which means that those widgets will be always visible while you scroll through the website content.
- 4 Pagination Types (including infinite scroll) – You can have a classic “older posts / newer posts” navigation, numeric pagination, load posts with “more” button, or apply infinite scrolling to your pages.
- Additional Custom Widgets – Besides standard WordPress widgets, we provide several custom widgets for more cool features.
- Paginated/multi-page posts – For those who use ads on their websites, we have created a very intuitive design for posts which are split into multiple pages. Boost your page views with ease!
- Support for post views number – We provide support for Entry Views WordPress plugin which is used to count views for each post. We also provide smart options so your posts can be selected and ordered by number of views.
- Related posts – Of course you could use one of many Related Post plugins, instead Herald includes a simple, yet powerful, solution for displaying Related Posts within any particular Post with no additional plugin required!
- Built-in Theme Translator – If you want to modify or translate the text on your website, you can do it very easily in the theme options panel. Note that .po and .mo language files are provided. Standard WordPress translation or Multilingual Website (WPML) is also supported.
- One Click Easy Updates – Connect your website with the Envato official API and receive notifications about all updates through your admin dashboard. Every time we release a new version, you can update this Theme with a single click.
- Shortcodes – Add stylish elements to your content with 12 flexible shortcodes. Columns, separators, highlights, dropcaps… to name just a few.
- Social Sharing Integrated – Allow visitors to quickly share your posts on most popular social networks.
- Post formats support – Besides standard posts, this theme supports video, audio, image and gallery post formats. Also, most WordPress common embedding features are supported so you can embed facebook statuses, tweets, instagram, soundcloud, youtube, vimeo…
- RTL Support – If you are using your website for right-to-left oriented reading, there is a simple option to get RTL news website.
- Full Documentation – Learn how to setup this theme step by step and use its options and features quickly and easily with comprehensive documentation.
- Dedicated Support – If you have any questions, issues, feature ideas, do not hesitate to contact us. We do our best to respond as soon as possible and help you out!
Herald Theme Buy Now / Live Demo
Visit their website to check the design over there and see if it fits your specific needs. The authors rely on sales to keep improving the product, so we should buy their work when we can. Paying for the original means you get critical updates right when you need them to maintain compliance. If your project has a budget, allocating some of it to buy the actual license is highly recommended.
Herald Theme Free Download (Latest Version GPL File)
I’ve updated the link so you can get the Free Download Herald Theme without any broken redirects. Never install this on a paying customer’s website because remember, you should buy it for that. Being a GPL theme or plugin, we can freely give it to developers who are building their first portfolios. This is meant to learn how it works locally safely so you can create interactive user interfaces. Fingers crossed, this file saves you some money today and allows you to invest in your ongoing education. I have personally checked this file so you can be sure it’s totally clean and untouched by anyone else.
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