Columns - Impressive Magazine and Blog theme

Discover beautiful, handcrafted WordPress theme that is easy to use and flexible for your blogging needs.

Hello, we are happy to introduce you the ‘3rd’ version of our famous Columns theme. We put together our knowledge and experience in magazine theme development and we prepared a brand new version of Columns which is now WordPress 5 + (Gutenberg) ready and includes support for well-known Elementor page builder (Psst: free version of Elementor is enough, Elementor Pro is not required).

Columns is a modular and flexible magazine and blog theme with a responsive layout and elegant styling. You have complete & unlimited control over the homepage. The theme includes lots of features. All functions and are based on solid backend framework.

Content Management

Take advance of the native WordPress functions and features to manage your content easily.

Elementor

The most advanced frontend drag & drop page builder. Create high-end, pixel perfect websites at record speeds. Any theme, any page, any design.

Pre-Made Magazine blocks

We have lots of experience with WordPress blog sphere. Based on these, we included most popular news, magazine blocks (layouts) you can use now in Elementor which is part of this premium theme.

Redux Framework

Redux is a simple, truly extensible and fully responsive options framework for WordPress. Functions like countless Google webfonts or possibility to create own color schemes are obvious for this premium product.

Valid Code

Solid and experienced coding, best practices used, well tested! You’ll get the safe and secure product.

Built-in SEO markup

Pages and posts include basic SEO markup for better search raking.

Easy To Use

Themes are built out of a real need, that’s why we focus on user-friendliness. Columns theme is suited for common individuals and for non-tech savvy users they manage personal blog or simple magazine website.

ONLINE DOCUMENTATION

Main theme features:

• WordPress 5+ (Gutenberg) compatible,
• Easy-to-use (Drag & Drop) Page Builder,
• Advanced theme admin panel,
• Modular (home)page – Countless layouts,
• 13 magazine posts layouts (+ 11 additional style alternatives),
• Unique Mosaic section,
• 3 main posts layouts: no sidebar, left sidebar, right sidebar
• Main menu (custom menu),
• Footer menu (custom menu),
• Responsive layout,
• Unlimited color schemes,
• Google Fonts selector/custom typography with numerous font families
• 5 Posts formats: standard, video, audio, gallery, link,
• Hide / show most post elements,
• Custom background images,
• Related posts,
• Footer logo input,
• HTML5 & CSS3 & latest WP standards,
• SEO Optimized markup,
• Structured Data markup,
• Clean source code,
• Very good site performance,
• Archive templates,
• Translation ready,
• latest WordPress ready,
• Smooth tabless design.

Layouts & Templates:

• 13 magazine posts layouts (+ 11 additional style alternatives),
• 9 post layouts (left, right and without sidebar + 3 post headers),
• Blog template,
• “Builder” template,
• Full-Width template,
• Error 404,
• Archive templates,
• Search template

Plugin Compatibility:

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-to-any/
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/video-thumbnails/
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-review/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-tweets-widget/
• and more..

Resorces & Credits:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisschoenbohm

Updates

// 18 February 2026 //
Version 4.2 
- added: new child theme 
- added: offset posts + tags filter in featured widget 
- added: automatic Elementor setup 
- added: dimension settings (theme.json) 
- fixed: select dropdown arrows 
- fixed: Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. 
- improved: Redux Framework inclusion inside the theme_setup function 
- improved: mobile dropdown menu 
- updated: language/translation file 
- updated: main demo (galleries) 
- removed: WP Featherlight plugin import

Version 4.1
- improved: typography (font sizes) on mobile devices

Version 4.0
- added: new demo (Immersive)
- added: new header layout (Minimalist)
- added: dynamic year change
- added: Dimension Settings (theme.json)
- added: blog layout (right images)
- added: new social networks
- updated: TGM activation
- updated: FontAwesome 6
- improved: footer widgets
- improved: header ads spacing
- improved: better plugins activation/import
- updated: Columns Addons plugin

Version 3.1
- updated: minor style changes

Version 3.0
- added: new 'Traveler' demo 
- fixed: gallery margins 
- updated: documentation 
- fixed: title styling (for 'no sidebar' layout) 
- improved: 'without sidebar' layout 
- added: TikTok icon 
- updated: FontAwesome icon font 
- improved: overall responsive layout

Version 2.6
- added: new header layout (menu above logo)
- added: new post block (vertical slider)
- added: new post block (magazine: grid)
- added: new blog layout (large images)
- added: admin panel option for "extended uppercase" 
- added: admin panel option for "extra letter spacing" 
- added: mailchimp form in single posts
- added: new demo (Feminine)

Version 2.5
- added: new demo (Creative)

Version 2.4
- improved: mobile styling
- fixed: Akismet cookies notice
- added: new demo (Immersive)
- added: new demo (Men's Magazine)

Version 2.3
- added: "sticky navigation" for 'Classic' header layout
- added: border option of header style settings
- added: new demo (Newspaper)

Version 2.2
- added: new demo (Well)
- added: 2 additional header styles
- fixed: text color of the header searchform

Version 2.1
- fixed: mosaic view on mobile screens
- added: one click import

Version 2.0
- initial release of brand new version
- multiple functionality, desing and security updates 

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Version 1.4
- updated: prettyPhoto.js script (security update)

Version 1.3
- updated: TinyMCE for WordPress 3.9 

Version 1.2.1
- fixed: mosaic posts order, 
- fixed: mobile posts view 

Version 1.2
- added: new option, posts with one sidebar

Version 1.1
- added: 2 columns layout for single posts
- added: H1 heading for post titles

Version 1.0
- initial release