SimpleMag- Review of Minimal Magazine WordPress Theme (2022)

Review

SimpleMag is a minimal theme suitable for websites related to news/magazines, blogs, and online stores. Though it is a minimal theme, it has stunning layouts that are appealing to the visitors of the websites.

About 15,000 people have been using this theme to create their websites, as it is packed with a custom page builder called page composer, demos whose content are importable, and other tools. It is compatible with many browsers and is adaptable to any kind of device.

Let’s go through this themes features and other aspects in brief:

Main features of SimpleMag

SimpleMag Feature

SEO optimized

Compatible with WPML

RTL Ready

Responsive

Drag & Drop Page Composer

Free Shortcode Generator plugin

Dropdown Mega Menu

Off-Canvas Mobile Menu

Limitless Colors

Several Homepage & Categories Layout

Feature YouTube video

Video Background

Widgetized Footer

WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress Compatible

Off-Canvas navigation

Multiple Advertisement Area

Sticky Menu and Sidebars

Multiple Header & Footer Styles

Cross-Browser Compatibility

Social Sharing

Retina Ready

Child Theme

Pricing

The price of SimpleMag has very affordable price and it is cheaper than many other themes. It is available for just US$39. It includes

  • Quality checked by Envato
  • Future updates
  • Theme installation guide
  • Theme Setup & Configuration
  • Plugins Installation
  • 6 months support from ThemesIndep

If you intend to extend the support to 12 months, you can extend it with only $10.13 during the time of purchase which is going to cost you $49.13 in total. You can purchase it through Themeforest or its official website.

Review

widgets

SimpleMag by ThemeIndep is an easy-to-use theme with a nice design and layouts. It is translation ready, RTL ready, Widget ready, and compatible with most plugins. It has posts carousels and sliders, a custom page builder called Page Composer, animated mega menus, and fast loading speed. Also, the most important thing it is cheaper than many popular themes.

Well, as it has pros it has some cons too, it provides fewer features than most of the themes in this category. Some users say that it doesn’t provide satisfying supports and documentation is also not that great, which is only available in text format. It has very little flexibility, but this theme is kind of a stable one.

Conclusion

Well, for a site with minimal design this theme may be great but if you want a theme for a big and flashy website you should check some other magazines and ecommerce themes.

Kallyas is a popular multipurpose WordPress theme with about 50 thousand sales. It can be used in portfolios, businesses, or an eCommerce-based sites. Its designs range from minimalist to flashy, you can create any kind of site with this theme.

It is totally customizable and is rich in features. It consists of a large amount of high-quality demos which are completely importable and you can make it yours just by changing its contents. It is very easy to use as you don’t need to have coding knowledge to use this theme.

In this blog, we will go through features and other aspects of this theme.

Important Features of Kallyas

  • Speed Optimized
  • One-click installation
  • 70+ pre-built templates
  • Custom 404 error page
  • Integrate Zion page builder
  • Premium plugins included for free
  • Fully Customizable
  • 100+ builder elements
  • SEO Ready
  • Adaptive images
  • Responsive
  • WPML Ready
  • Translation Ready
  • Import/export elements
  • Unlimited Colors
  • Maintenance mode
  • No coding skills needed
  • Drag and Drop Builder
  • Unlimited Footer option
  • Parallax effects on the background or with objects
  • Custom Pre-loader
  • Neat Code
  • Video tutorials
  • Dropdown Mega Menu
  • Auto-updating
  • RTL Ready
  • Translation Ready
  • Retina Ready
  • HTML5 & CSS3 Ready
  • WPML Ready
  • SEO Ready
  • One-click demo installation
  • WooCommerce Integrated
  • Big Varieties of sliders
  • Portfolio Layouts
  • Compatible with WordPress 4.5+
  • 150 page builder elements
  • Unlimited Sub-Headers
  • bbPress & Buddypress compatible
  • Unlimited Icons
  • Cross-browser Compatible

Pricing

The price of Kallyas has a very affordable price and it is cheaper than many other themes. It is available for just US$69. It includes

  • Quality checked by Envato
  • Future updates
  • Theme hosting offer
  • 6 months support from hogash

If you intend to extend the support to 12 months, you can extend it with only $29.38 during the time of purchase. You can purchase it through Themeforest or its official website.

How to install?

There are two ways to install this theme. One is through the WP admin dashboard another is through FTP. At first, let’s go through the dashboard method.

From Admin Dashboard

  1. Download the package from Themeforest > Envato account >  download section. It’s better for you if you download the entire package.
  2. Then, navigate to Appearance > Themes > Add New 
  3. Now, you can see a  “Add themes” title and a button that says “Upload theme”. Click it
  4. A “browse field” will appear. Browse for the theme zip file called ‘kallyas.zip’
  5. Then, Press install and wait till your theme is installed.
  6. After it is installed click on activate.
Kallyas installation

Through FTP

  1. Download the latest version from ThemeForest from your download section
  2. Extract the zip archive
  3. Upload THE “Kallyas” theme FOLDER to your server via FTP to the /wp-content/themes/
  4. You will now have access to activate the theme from the Appearance > Themes screen in your dashboard.

Conclusion

Kallyas is one of the themes with extraordinary sales. It has a modern and magnificent design. It is completely customizable and you can change anything without breaking the core themes. It is compatible with Visual Composer, bbpress, BuddyPress, events calendar, gravity forms, Bootstrap, etc. You can sell your products online with this theme as it is WooCommerce compatible. It has sliders and a carousel for product display, product pages, shopping cart, etc. for eCommerce-based sites.

You can install the theme and its demo effortlessly. This theme is very easy to use for new users, it doesn’t matter if you are a developer or not. With the help of its recommended plugins, you can build the best website you have ever build.

Divi is one of the most popular themes with a very elegant design and awesome flexibility. It is developed by the Elegant Themes team. It is a multipurpose theme suitable for online stores, businesses, educators, restaurants, etc.

It is not just a theme, it can do many things a framework can do, and it also has a plugin called “Divi Builder”, which allows you to add the page builder of the Divi theme to any WordPress website. It is suitable for any kind of user i.e. from beginners to professional. It comes with 40+ website elements like Call to Action, Sliders, etc.

In this blog, we are going to discuss and review the theme called Divi. Let’s start with its features.

Some of the Main features of Divi:

Divi's Features

i) Drag and Drop builder – You can drag and drop images, videos, audios, texts, files, etc. directly from your computer.

ii) Custom CSS– You can add your own code and add custom CSS to any element.

iii) Easy Undo/Redo feature – If you are not satisfied with your current edits you can always undo or redo them.

iv) Fully customizable and controllable– You will have complete control over designs, responsiveness, styles and you can customize it by editing codes.

iv) Hover Options – You will have hover options available in all design settings that support transition in Divi, and make your site look a bit more astonishing

v) Editable Responsiveness– Sites built with it are totally responsive, but you can also manage the contents you want to show/hide and manage the appearance of elements in computers, tablets, and other mobile devices

vi) Animation option– You can animate elements using Divi’s animation presets. You can choose animation types ( fade, slide, bounce, zoom, roll, etc. ), animation’s speed, and directions.

vii) Bulk editing– this also an awesome feature of this theme, you can edit multiple elements by multi-selecting them all, which makes your work a lot easier.

Other amazing features

i) Amazing content editor

ii) Awesome templates suitable for business, eCommerce, LMS, etc.

iii) Reusable Custom content

iv) Header & Footer builder

v) Can be used without coding knowledge

vi) Comes with extra themes and plugins

vii) Wide typography options

viii) 24/7 support

ix) RTL ready

x) Translation ready to 32 languages

xi) Inline text editing

Pricing

While purchasing Divi you will get complete access to themes from Elegant Themes( Divi, Extra, Bloom & Monarch) and also other plugins from Elegant theme.

There are two pricing options for this theme, one is for one-year access and another is for lifetime access. The table mentioned below illustrates the license types, their prices, and their benefits respectively.

PlansPriceBenefits
Annual$89Access To Divi, Extra, Bloom & Monarch
Hundreds Of Website Packs
Product Updates
Premium Support
Unlimited Website Usage
Lifetime$249One Time Fee
Access To Divi, Extra, Bloom & Monarch
Hundreds Of Website Packs
Lifetime Updates
Lifetime Premium Support
Unlimited Website Usage
Risk-Free Guarantee

Conclusion

Overall, Divi is an amazing theme with various awesome features. It has a great page builder and amazing supports. It is suitable for any kind of site and any kind of user, but it may take some time to get used to it as it has so many features and it may be daunting to some people

Its price may seem a bit more compared to other themes, but it is actually fair while we look at its services, features, and plugins you get during its purchase. Moreover, there is no limit to the number of sites you can use.

KLEO, by SeventhQueen, is a multi-purpose theme with 20,000+ downloads. This theme has a collection of amazing importable demos which are suitable for blogs, magazines, community, e-learning, corporate-based websites.

This theme can be used for any kind of website. It is totally responsive and cross-browser compatible. Its elegant but simple design is why most people prefer this theme. It is suitable to create Pinterest-style sites, Community sites, Forums, eCommerce sites, and so on

KLEO is completely customizable and it is regularly updated since its launch and has great support. Let’s go through its other features

Features of KLEO

Clean code

Unlimited sidebars

One Page functionality

RTL Ready

HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, and Bootstrap Ready

Social share options

Live Customizer

Responsive & Retina ready

Boxed & Wide Layouts

Multiple header & layout styles

Wide typography options with Google fonts

Various theme options

Several content header/sidebar width

25+ demos

Compatible with many plugins like: BuddyPress, bbPress, Gravity Forms, Contact forms 7, etc.

WooCommerce Ready

WPML Ready

Visual Composer Plugin Included

Free life-time updates

One-Click Pre-made Website installer

Sensei E-learning system plugin included

700 Fontello icons included

Translation Ready

Drag & Drop Builder

Interactive Guide

Great Support

Detailed Documentation in text and video format

Pricing

The Price of this theme is $59 with 6 months of support. If you want to extend the support to 12 months, you can pay an extra $17.63 for it. With the purchase of KLEA you will get:

  • Quality checked by Envato
  • Future updates
  • Theme hosting offer
  • Kleo Theme: An Installable WordPress Theme zip file.
  • Kleo child-theme
  • Licensing
  • All demos

How to Install?

First of all, you should download the theme main files from Themeforest. Then, follow the following instruction.

installing KLEO

From Admin Dashboard

Step 1. Go to Appearance > Themes to upload theme.

Step 2. Go to “Install theme” tab and click “Upload”. Choose, from the WordPress folder, the file named kleo.zip

Step 3. Do the same upload process for kleo-child.zip. Once the installation process is finished, click “Activate”.

Using FTP Method

Step 1. Log into your hosting server via an FTP software

Step 2. Unzip the kleo.zip file and ONLY use the extracted kleo theme folder

Step 3. Upload the extracted kleo theme folder into wp-content > themes folder

Step 4. Activate the newly installed theme. Go to Appearance > Themes and activate it.

Conclusion

Well, this theme has 4.7 average star-based ratings, and the reviews from the buyers are also pretty good. With its support, documentation, and updates any problem faced while using this theme will be solved by their team very fast. It is compatible with various third-party plugins.

It has collections of amazing demos, free premium plugins, and other astounding features. if you are searching for a Pinterest-like theme or a community theme this theme can be a good choice for you.

Genesis is one of the most popular multipurpose themes developed by StudioPress. In actual fact, it is a theme framework upon which a child theme is installed.

This framework is SEO-optimized and highly customizable. Anyone with coding knowledge can customize the theme in their own unique and ideal way. So, from a user looking for a theme they can use right away to a user looking for a place to make their own custom theme, it has got them covered.

In this blog, we are going to review Genesis, its features, and prices.

Some of the features of Genesis:

i) Gutenberg ready

ii) Responsive

iii) Customizable Header

iv) One-click theme setup

v) Lifetime support

vi) Unlimited usage

vii) High-quality code

viii) SEO optimized

ix) Developer Friendliness

x) Fast loading code

xi) Easy to use,

xii) Well supported and documented WordPress theme 

More about Genesis:

Genesis Child Theme

It has many awesome child themes but they don’t provide many customizing options. There are color options as red, blue, green, etc., but you don’t get unlimited color options with it. Moreover, this theme may be developer-friendly, but it doesn’t provide much to the non-coder users. Also, the features provided in this framework are lesser than those given by many other popular themes.

Pricing

Genesis Framework is available for $59.95, and if you wish to access all themes and features of Studio you can purchase Genesis Pro, which is available at $360/year.

Conclusion

Genesis has much to offer to the developers, and with its child themes, excellent support, and documentation, we can estimate why it is so popular. It provides various third-party plugins and allows you to customize its child themes as you like. If you are a developer it can be the best framework and theme for you, but if you are a non-coder I don’t recommend you this framework because most of the customization in this framework can only be done by a developer, or if you like its features, you can hire a developer to create your site with Genesis.

Flatsome is an awesome multi-purpose theme with 150,000+ customers. It is an ideal theme for a store, company, agency, or any eCommerce-based site as it is the best-selling WooCommerce theme till now.

It has limitless product page layout option, limitless category layouts, custom product page builder, multiple product grid styles which makes your eCommerce site looks clean and easier to manage in unique ways.

In this blog, we are going to go through its features, pricing, and other aspects.

Main Features of Flatsome

  1. Fully Customizable
  2. Full width & Container
  3. SEO optimized
  4. Gutenberg Optimized
  5. Drag and Drop Page Builder
  6. Unlimited Styling Options
  7. Importable demos
  8. Speed Optimised
  9. Mega Menus
  10. One-click demo content import
  11. Full Typography Control
  12. Cross-Browser Compatibility
  13. Child Theme included
  14. Demo Content included
  15. PSD Files included
  16. Parallax Scrolling
  17. Sticky Sections
  18. WooCommerce Compatible
  19. Various Elements
  20. Live CSS edit
  21. Google Fonts Integrated
  22. Built-in slider and banner system
  23. Menus, Navigation Icon, Search icon, Mini cart, My account, Wishlist, Social icons, etc. are addable to the header.
  24. Limitless Navigation Styles
  25. Various Header Styles
  26. Translation Ready
  27. Various blog post styles
  28. Transparent Footer
  29. Customizable background color and alignment of Footer
  30. Retina Ready
  31. Widget Ready
  32. Responsive
  33. Custom Portfolio Pages, Layouts,
  34. Single Page Navigation
  35. Detailed Documentation

Pricing

If you want to purchase this theme, you can get it at $59 (USD).

It includes:

  • Quality checked by Envato 
  • Future updates
  • Theme hosting offer
  • Documentation
  • License
  • 6 months support from UX-themes

If you want to extend your support to 12 months, you can pay $17.63(USD) extra to get it.

How to install?

Flatsome's Installation

After you purchase and download the theme. Follow the steps mentioned below to install it.

Steps

  1. Navigate to Admin Dashboard-> Appearance -> Themes.
  2. Click Add New.
  3. Click Upload Theme.
  4. Click Choose File.
  5. Find the zip file in the folder where you’ve extracted your whole ThemeForest download. Upload this file.
  6. Click Install Now and the installation will begin.
  7. If the installation is completed, click on activate to activate the theme.

Conclusion

At last, Flatsome is a beautiful and customizable theme. It has 18+ importable demos that can be applied directly to your site by just changing its content. Each demos has unique designs. Well, it is the best-selling WooCommerce theme in ThemeForest, so if you are especially looking for a theme for an eCommerce-based site, Flatsome can be a good choice for you.

Elementor website builder plugin is the most popular website builder with 5,000,000+ active users. It is a drag and drop builder, which lets you add blocks like carousels, buttons, tabs, accordions, etc., to any kind of website themes, and helps you create awesome interactive websites.

In this blog, we are going to review Elementor and its amazing features. Let’s start with it’s features.

Key Features of Elementor

  • No coding skill is required to use or build site from this plugin
  • It is easy to use.
  • It is compatible with any plugins
  • It has a Drag and Drop feature which makes working on it faster and easier.
  • It has Comprehensive style options like Parallax, Animations, etc.
  • It is customizable as you can change the backgrounds, margins and padding values, default colors, fonts, and so on.
  • It has Theme Builder Functions that can be used to manage headers, footers, or other areas of the theme.
  • It is SEO- Friendly.
  • It has Responsive designs which adapt to any kind of devices
  • With WooCommerce Builder of Elementor, you can rebuild your WooCommerce product pages.
  • It is what you see is what you get kind of builder.

Pricing

Pricing table of Elementor

Most of the users of Elementor use the free version of it because it has all the basic features you need, but if you want to access more awesome features you can buy its premium version. If you are not satisfied with it, you will get refund, till 30-days of purchase. The prices and plans of it are illustrated in the table below.

PlansPriceNumber of Sites
Essential$49/yr1
Advanced$99/yr3
Expert$199/yr25
Studio$499/yr100
Agency$999/yr1,000

What are the benefits of the pro version?

If you purchase the pro version you can get access to amazing features like:

  • Motion Effects & Animations
  • Parallax
  • ECommerce widgets
  • 3D Tilt Effect
  • Forms
  • Customizing Headers & Footers
  • Price Tables & Pricelist
  • Customizable with CSS
  • 50+ Pro and 40+ Basic widgets, 15+ more Design widgets
  • Interactive Carousels
  • Post & Portfolio Widgets, Global Widgets, 20+ WooCommerce Widgets
  • Sticky elements
  • Spam Filtering

and there are many other differences between free and pro versions of Elementor.

Conclusion

Well, Elementor is suitable for any kind of user, but especially it is easy to use for users with no coding knowledge, they can just drag and drop the blocks and customize it and create a beautiful site.

It provides everything you need in the free versions that’s why it is popular than the other page builders. Sometimes while using it, it may be difficult to adjust the margin settings of the block and may appear misaligned. Otherwise, it is the best WordPress page builder you could find.

The7 is a popular multi-purpose WordPress theme with 228K+ sales. It can be used in literally any kind of site from a minimal site to a flashy website.

Dream-Theme claims The7 to be the most customizable WordPress theme. The Compatibility of this theme is very high, it is compatible with most of the popular plugins and page builders like Elementor. One of its awesome advantages is that you will get $174 worth of premium plugins for free.

Let’s go through its other awesome features.

Features of The7

Demos of The7
  • Free Lifetime Updates
  • Reasonable price
  • 48+ Pre-made Website with one-click installation feature
  • 60+ prebuilt demos
  • You can import demos from link
  • Speed Optimised
  • 1000+ theme options
  • 250+ page options
  • Plugins, pre-made websites & sliders with one-click automated installation
  • $174 Worth Premium plugins like WPBakery Page Builder, Slider Revolution, etc. included for free
  • Translation Ready
  • SEO Ready
  • Responsive
  • Unlimited Header Style and Options
  • Retina Ready

Compatibility

  • Gutenberg Compatible
  • WooCommerce Compatible
  • Elementor Compatible
  • Compatible with plugins like -Contact Form 7, WPML, All in One Calendar, Events manager Pro, Gravity Forms, WooCommerce, Yoast SEO, All in One Seo Pack, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, JetPack, Luv Comments, Disqus, Geo Post, Ultimate Maintenance Mode, etc

Pricing

With all these features this theme still has a very affordable price. This theme is available in Themeforest for only Thirty-nine US Dollars. With the purchase you will get

  •  Included: Quality checked by Envato
  •  Included: Lifetime Future updates
  •  Included:Theme hosting offer
  •  Included: 6 months of support from Dream-Theme
  • Purchase Code
  • Documentation
  • Access to pre-made sites and plugins

If you want to extend your support to 12 months, you can pay $10.13(USD) extra to get it. You should keep in mind that a single license can only be used for one site.

How to install it?

While you purchase the theme you are suggested to download all file and documentation.

Fig. 1.1. Theme Package.

After downloading it, unzip it. You will see a theme installation zip file there. Now open your WordPress Panel and follow the given instructions.

  1. Navigate to Admin Dashboard-> Appearance -> Themes.
  2. Click Add New.
  3. Click Upload Theme.
  4. Click Choose File.
  5. Find the zip file in the folder where you’ve extracted your whole ThemeForest download. Upload that file.
  6. Click Install Now and the installation will begin.
  7. If the installation is completed, click on activate to activate the theme.
Fig. 3.1. Theme activation.

Conclusion

Well, The7 is highly customizable and very affordable than many premium WordPress themes. You will get many premium plugins for free in a theme of just $39 dollars. It is compatible with Elementor and other popular page builder plugins.

The7 is a multipurpose theme so it may take more time for you to get used to it, so we can say that it is not a beginner-friendly theme. We suggest you to see if the theme has the feature you want or not and consult with their support before buying this theme as this theme is of the non-refundable kind.

Highend is a popular WordPress theme in Mojo Marketplace with about 45,000 sales. This theme is suitable for niche-based sites, online shops, portfolios, blogs. etc.

It is totally responsive and retina-ready. It has a parallax and video background feature. It is compatible with WPBakery page builder, WooCommerce, and other plugins. Premium plugins worth $200 are included with this theme. It consists of 12+ importable demos.

Demos of Highend

In this blog, we are going to look at its features, price, and other aspects.

Features of Highend

  • Mega Menus
  • Premium Plugins Worth More than $200 for Free
  • Highly Customizable
  • Regularly Updated
  • Live Visual Page-Builder
  • Lifetime Support
  • Revolution Slider
  • Layer Slider
  • Essential Grid plugin
  • Retina Ready
  • One Page / Multi Page Design
  • SEO Optimized
  • Auto Theme Updates
  • 1600+ Premium Vector Icons
  • 800+ Google Web Fonts
  • 500+ Header Layout Combinations
  • 50+ Shortcodes
  • 22 Custom Widgets
  • 14+ Pre-Designed Demo Websites
  • 13 Footer Layouts
  • 11 Pre-Defined Color Schemes
  • 1-Click Demo Importer
  • Child Theme Compatible
  • Modular Functionality – Better Performance
  • Advanced Typography Settings
  • Coming Soon / Maintenance Mode
  • Boxed, Boxed (Attached), Stretched & Fluid (100%) Layouts
  • CSS3 Animations
  • Sidebar Generator
  • Advanced Theme Options
  • Frontend Color Customizer
  • Custom Post Types: Portfolio, Gallery, Team Members, Client Images, FAQ, Pricing Tables, Testimonials
  • Cross-browser Compatibility
  • Comprehensive Documentation & Video Tutorials
  • WordPress Multisite Supported
  • Social Media Integration
  • Responsive
  • RTL Support
  • Translation Ready
  • Premium Theme Support
  • Theme Updates
  • Compatible with bbpress
  • 10 Custom Page Templates
  • 2D/3D Animations
  • WooCommerce Compatible
  • WPBakery Page Builder Compatible
  • Parallax
  • Video Background

Pricing

The price of the Highend theme depends upon the type of license you choose. The license and price of this theme is mentioned in table below.

LicensePrice
Single-Site License$59
5-Domain License$236
Developer$1475

With the purchase of this theme

  •  Highend WordPress Theme
  •  Child Theme
  •  Lifetime Updates
  •  Theme Documentation
  •  Premium Plugins
  •  Premium Vector Font Icons
  •  Premium Plugins documentations
  •  Video Tutorials
  •  Premium Support

are included.

How to install Highend?

There are two ways to install this theme. One is through the WP admin dashboard another is through FTP. At first, let’s go through the dashboard method.

Admin Dashboard

  1. Download your theme from Mojo Marketplace.
  2. Navigate to Admin Dashboard-> Appearance -> Themes.
  3. Click Add New.
  4. Click Upload Theme.
  5. Click Choose File.
  6. Find the zip file in the folder where you’ve extracted your whole download folder. Upload that file.
  7. Click Install Now and the installation will begin.
  8. If the installation is completed, click on activate to activate the theme.

FTP

  1. Log into your hosting space (server) via FTP client.
  2. In extracted archive folder, you should see HighendWP folder
  3. Upload the HighendWP folder to your server in path …/wp-content/themes/.
  4. The uploaded path should look like this: …/wp-content/themes/HighendWP/
  5. Now, login to your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance > Themes and activate Highend Theme.

Review

Highend is a powerful theme with varieties of features and lots of customers. It is a one-time payment theme, so once you buy this theme, you won’t have to subscribe to it again and again. That’s a good advantage. It has a child theme and varieties of built-in templates. Importing demos and installation is easy.

As it has many features and it may be confusing to use at first. This theme is said to be slower than other themes, as it has large CSS and JS files. It is not friendly with users with no coding knowledge as for customizations you may need the help of a developer. Migrating sites is also a hassle with this theme.

Conclusion

Well, Highend is a good theme for a blog/portfolio with good design. If you get used to it you will feel easy to use it. With its amazing quantity of features and color options, you can create your own unique-looking site. If you are looking for a theme with heavy features and you are good with codes, this can be a good theme for you.