Seattle News Classic Premium available
· Current rank #366
Highlights · computed from our daily tracking data
- Seattle News currently ranks #366 in the WordPress.org popular themes list.
- Its best position in our tracking is #310, first reached on Jun 23, 2026.
- It is averaging 15 downloads/day over the last 30 days, down 39% versus the month before (25/day).
- The latest release, v4.4, shipped on Jul 31, 2026 (10 days ago) — release #35 since the theme joined the directory in 2025.
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Details
| Author | Theme Arile |
|---|---|
| Current version | 4.4 |
| Versions released | 35 |
| Last updated | 2026-07-31 |
| Added to directory | 2025-04-25 |
| Requires WordPress | — |
| Requires PHP | 5.6+ |
| Type | Classic theme |
| First tracked here | 2026-06-23 |
Description
Seattle News is a fast, clean, and valuable blog and magazine WordPress theme that is perfect for any blog, magazine, and even all variants of publishers' websites. It has a unique design for a visually stunning layout that makes your content displays beautiful and easy to read for any media device. It is even user-friendly, SEO-ready, effortless, lightweight, and optimized for top performance and Core Web Vitals. The theme is best suitable for news, newspapers, magazines, publishers, editors, news portals, personal blogs, dynamic news, business blogs, news editorials, general blogs, guides, journalism, lifestyle blogs, travel blogs, food blog, fashion magazine, beauty blog, affiliate blog, multimedia blog, and reviews websites. It also has flexible and versatile layouts that are enough for essential needs, with unlimited colors, unlimited Google fonts, typography, responsive design, and Rtl language support. It is designed to be highly SEO-friendly that can help optimize your website on search engine performance, making it easier to find for potential visitors and the theme provides predefined beautiful demos that can be imported with one click in less time. Seattle News also supports popular free and premium WordPress plugins such as Elementor, Yoast SEO, WooCommerce, Gutenberg, Contact Form 7, Jetpack, Google Analytics, and much more. Check the demo of Seattle News Pro https://newsexo-pro-six.themearile.com/.
Frequently asked questions
Is Seattle News a free theme?
Yes — Seattle 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 Seattle News a block theme or a classic theme?
Seattle News is a classic theme: it uses the traditional Customizer/widgets workflow rather than WordPress Full Site Editing.
How many websites use Seattle News?
WordPress.org reports 900+ active installs.
How popular is Seattle News?
As of August 10, 2026, Seattle News ranks #366 in the WordPress.org popular themes list. Its best position in our tracking is #310.
When was Seattle News last updated?
Seattle News was last updated on July 31, 2026 (version 4.4). It has shipped 35 releases in total.
Who makes Seattle News?
Seattle News is developed by Theme Arile. It joined the WordPress.org theme directory in April 2025.
