WordPress Theme for Viral Magazine and News Portal Websites

Weltgeist - Viral Magazine WordPress Theme - 1

Inspire your readers with Weltgeist, a contemporary viral magazine theme with a stunning alternative buzz, perfect for every modern magazine, blog, or news website! You get a wide assortment of easily customizable post blocks and layouts, you can place ads and banners anywhere you like, and tons more! If you wish to create a modern & fresh publication, be it a magazine or a blog, here’s the most important bit of news – Weltgeist has you covered.

Here’s a link if you wish to view the Weltgeist documentation.

If you have any questions or wish to learn more about Weltgeist theme, we’ve compiled a huge selection of useful articles which you can easily lookup over at our Knowledge Base.

In case you have already purchased Weltgeist and you happen to have some questions about it, feel free to visit our Help Center where our support team will be more than glad to help you out.

Check out the Qode Video Tutorials where you can find step-by-step guides on how to customize our themes to achieve exactly what your website needs.

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Theme Features

Easy-to-Use Powerful Admin Interface
One-click import of demo site
6 predesigned homepages
Practical inner pages
Compatible with Elementor Page Builder plugin
Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress Plugin included ($29 value)
Large collection of custom shortcodes
Blog List shortcode
Customizable blog layout
Blog Gallery Layout
Blog Masonry Layout
Blog Slider Layout
Blog Justified Gallery Layout
Custom Post Formats: Audio, Video, Standard, Gallery, Link, Quote
Block shortcode for posts
Layout shortcode for posts
Author List shortcode
Social Share functionality
Instagram List shortcode
Twitter List shortcode
Team List shortcode
18 Page Spinner effects
Pricing Table shortcode
Product List shortcode
Product Category List shortcode
Countdown shortcode
Clients List shortcode
Testimonials shortcode
Call to Action shortcode
Various infographic shortcodes
6 Header types
Standard Header
Minimal Header
Vertical Header
Divided Header
Tabbed Header
Centered Header
Multiple Header behaviors
Side Area
Integrated Search
Optional separate logo for Mobile Header
Separate styles for Mobile Header
Optional separate logo for light and dark header versions
Optional separate logo for Sticky header type
Header Top and Header Bottom Widget Areas
Parallax images in sections
Customizable Mega Menu
Variable grid size
Back to Top button functionality
Author widget
Blog List widget
Layout widget
Post Category Tabs widget
Twitter feed widget
Instagram feed widget
Social Icons widget
Weather widget
WooCommerce Dropdown Cart widget
Footer Top and Footer Bottom
Customizable Footer Top with 1-4 Columns layouts
Customizable Footer Bottom with 1-4 Columns layouts
Child Theme included
Custom Widget Areas
Responsive Design
Retina Ready
Ionicons icon font pack
Font Elegant icon font pack
Dripicons icon font pack
Font Awesome icon font pack
Linea Icons icon font pack
Linear Icons icon font pack
Elegant Icons icon font pack
Simple Line Icons icon font pack
Translation Ready
WPML compatible
Contact Form 7 compatible
Highly customizable typography settings
Separate typography settings for responsive
900+ Google Fonts

We do not own the copyright for the images featured in this theme. The images in question are only used for presentational purposes on our demos. These images cannot be used on your website, unless you purchase the license from a stock image website yourself.

Update Log

Version 1.4 – July 17th, 2025

- Added readme.txt
- Added WPML config file
- Updated Qode Framework to 1.2.6
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.7.35
- Updated Weltgeist Core to 1.3
- Updated Swiper JS script to 8.4.5
- Updated FontAwesome icons pack to 6.6
- Updated Search template helper functions
- Improved theme's security
- Improved Google Map API compatibility
- Improved PHP 8.3 compatibility
- Improved WooCommerce empty cart styles
- Improved pagination helper functions
- Improved back to top scrolling
- Fixed translation loading
- Minor fixes

Version 1.3 – March 14th, 2023

- Added WordPress 6.1.1 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 7.4.1 compatibility
- Updated Weltgeist Core plugin to 1.2
- Updated Qode Framework plugin to 1.2.1
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.6.11
- Updated languages files
- Fixed Elementor deprecated functions
- Fixed potential security vulnerability for Theme and Qode Framework plugin
- Improved PHP8 compatibility
- Improved Google Maps Api with callback function
- Improved Social Share functionality
- Improved option to disable google fonts in Weltgeist Options -> General
- Improved custom sidebar area functionality
- Minor theme fixes

Version 1.2 – May 6th, 2021

- Added compatibility with Qi Addons for Elementor plugin
- Added WordPress 5.7.1 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 5.2.2 compatibility
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.4.11

Version 1.1 – October 26th, 2020

- Added WordPress 5.5 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 4.6.1 compatibility
- Updated Weltgeist Core plugin to 1.1
- Updated Qode Framework plugin to 1.1.3
- Improved counting of views for posts based on how old posts are
- Added View Count Period option
- Fixed themedomain for Weltgeist Core plugin

Version 1.0.1 – April 29th, 2020

- Updated Weltgeist Core plugin to 1.0.1
- Minor style improvements
- Fixed first main color change

Weltgeist WordPress Theme