Hot News Classic Premium available
· Current rank #1412
Highlights · computed from our daily tracking data
- Hot News currently ranks #1412 in the WordPress.org popular themes list.
- Its best position in our tracking is #782, first reached on Aug 4, 2026.
- It is averaging 9 downloads/day over the last 30 days.
- The latest release, v1.0.1, shipped on Jul 24, 2026 (17 days ago) — release #2 since the theme joined the directory in 2025.
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Details
| Author | adorethemes |
|---|---|
| Current version | 1.0.1 |
| Versions released | 2 |
| Last updated | 2026-07-24 |
| Added to directory | 2025-02-10 |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0+ |
| Requires PHP | 8.0+ |
| Type | Classic theme |
| First tracked here | 2026-07-23 |
Description
Hot News is a fast, clean, modern-looking best responsive news magazine WordPress theme. It is suitable for dynamic news, newspapers, magazine, publishers, blogs, editors, online and gaming magazines, newsportals,personal blogs, newspaper, publishing or review siteand any creative website. The modern and professional design is easy and quick to set up, especially with pre-built demo. The theme is fully widgetized & customize based theme, so users can manage the content by using widgets and live WordPress customizer. It is fully responsive and works flawlessly on all types of devices like mobiles, tablets, laptops, and computers. It is a simple, easy-to-use, modern and creative, user-friendly WordPress magazine theme. The codes included in the theme are made SEO-friendly so that people can easily notice you and you get more visitors. The clean and secure HTML codes of this theme make your website function smoothly on several platforms and as these are optimized codes, your website will have a faster page load time to load quickly.Live preview : https://demo.adorethemes.com/hot-news/
Frequently asked questions
Is Hot News a free theme?
Yes — Hot News is a free, open-source (GPL) theme distributed through the official WordPress.org directory. The author also offers a paid upgrade with additional features.
Is Hot News a block theme or a classic theme?
Hot News is a classic theme: it uses the traditional Customizer/widgets workflow rather than WordPress Full Site Editing.
How many websites use Hot News?
WordPress.org reports 200+ active installs.
How popular is Hot News?
As of August 10, 2026, Hot News ranks #1412 in the WordPress.org popular themes list. Its best position in our tracking is #782.
When was Hot News last updated?
Hot News was last updated on July 24, 2026 (version 1.0.1). It has shipped 2 releases in total.
Who makes Hot News?
Hot News is developed by adorethemes. It joined the WordPress.org theme directory in February 2025.
