WordPress Theme for Viral Magazine and News Portal Websites

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