Essentialist Blog Magazine Theme Review : A Narrative WordPress Blog Theme

Introduction Essentialist Blog Magazine Theme

Essentialist Blog Magazine Theme Compatible with Gutenberg and WordPress 5. Essentialist is a WordPress blog theme with a narrative spirit and clean uncluttered aesthetics. It is intended for visual storytelling and photoblogging. Due to its eclectic looks, this WordPress theme can be as good for a magazine or a journal as it is for a personal blog. Be it a lifestyle blog, a travel journal, a travelogue, a music band blog, an art blog, a photography blog, a curator’s blog, a writer’s journal, a food blog, a fashion blog or something else — this theme’s accent on appealing minimalist design, readability, typography and photography makes it a great match for a wide range of creative media that value storytelling.

Authors and writers will appreciate the simple setup of this WordPress theme, as well as its overall unobtrusive bloat-free experience. Essentialist is customizable and comes with several layout options: including masonry, two- and three-column grids and list blog layout. This WordPress blog theme has social media integration (including sharing blog posts). Having been created by a huge VSCO fan, this theme takes presenting photography very seriously. Essentialist offers fullscreen swipeable picture galleries, which are automatically created from native WP galleries. This WordPress blog theme is fully responsive, mobile-friendly, and Retina-ready. Demo content included. Translation-ready.

Some Important Basic Information

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How To Install From Essentialist Blog Magazine Theme Review

The normal installation method is done via your WordPress Dashboard area.

1. From your ThemeForest Downloads Screen, click the Download button next to . Select All files & documentation.
2. On your computer, unzip this package you’ve just downloaded. Within, you’ll find a file titled “.zip”. This is the theme file.
3. In your WordPress Dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Themes.
4. Click the Add New button and then click the Upload button.
5. Select the “.zip” file and click Upload.
6. Once you’ve installed , click the Activate button.

Category Filters

Enable sub-categories filter on category pages for content-heavy websites. It will help your visitors navigate between categories and sub-categories and find the post they’ve been looking for.

Multiple Page Header Types

There are three different page header types for your posts and pages. Display your featured posts’ header with an image overlay or a smaller page header.

Smart Colors

When you select a dark background color for your header or footer, the text and links color will automatically change to white. You don’t need to set up a lot of color option, as most of them will work automatically based on your selection.

Customize with Instant Live Preview

All theme options can be configured with the native WordPress customize feature. Forget the outdated settings pages and manually refreshing your page to see the changes. Preview all the changes live while configuring your perfect blog or media.

Multiple Archive Layouts for Homepage and Archive Pages

Choose from different post archive layouts for your homepage and archive pages. Display your posts in grid, list, full, timeline or masonry layouts.

Multiple Page Layouts

Select the matching page layout for your homepage, archives, posts, and pages. Display a sidebar on either the left or right side or use the full-width page layout for your content.

Super-Fast Mega-Menu

Showcase your recent posts with a thumbnail right in the menu dropdown. Don’t worry, the menu will not slow down your website, as the content is requested dynamically, only when a user hovers over the parent menu item.

AMP Support

We have added styles for the AMP pages to match the main styles of your website. Simply activate the official WordPress AMP plugin to enable Google Accelerated Mobile Pages on your website.

Exclude Featured Posts from the Main Archive

Everybody knows, and Google, in particular, that duplicate content is bad. Avoid having duplicate content on your homepage by excluding featured posts from the main archive with a single click.

Google Fonts

Create different styles with 800+ Google Fonts supported. Simply select the desired font from the dropdown and preview it instantly on your website – no more confusing CSS rules or code snippets.

Additional Content

Ever wanted to place an ad spot underneath your header? Or a short description before the featured posts section on your homepage? A subscribe form below post content? With our signature feature you may insert any content into different template parts without changing template files or overriding templates with a child theme.

Smart Sticky Navigation

Increase mobile users’ viewport by displaying the main navigation only when they scroll up. Or force the menu to stay sticky all the time. Or disable the feature completely, it’s up to you! Enable either of the three options in theme settings with a single click.

Sticky Sidebar

Make your widgets sticky when scrolling the page. Select from two options: either stick to the bottom edge of your sidebar or the top edge of the last widget. Increase your ad’s conversion by setting the ad as your last widget and selecting the latter option. Unlike other theme’s sticky sidebars, ours is enabled and doesn’t flicker on tablets or mobiles. By using the native browser’s sticky positioning, we created a sticky sidebar that animates gorgeously not only on desktops but mobiles too.

Smart Multi-Level Menu

It’s you who decides how to structure your content. Our theme supports unlimited levels in your main menu. If there’s not enough space in the viewport to display a dropdown submenu, it will appear on the opposite side instead. And it supports mobile touch devices, too.