A free WordPress theme for news and magazine sites. Fast, easy to read on phones, and kind to your old posts.
What it does
- Easy to read on phones. Mobile-first layout with comfortable text and spacing, built for readers who browse on the go.
- No repeated stories. The homepage shows top stories, the latest news, a featured section and category rows, and never shows the same story twice.
- Summary boxes. Articles that start with “TL;DR” get a highlighted summary box at the top, automatically.
- A scrolling headline strip. Your newest stories glide across the top of every page.
- Ready for ads and sponsors. Ad spaces in the header, inside articles and in the sidebar, using normal WordPress widgets.
- Old posts keep working. Leftover codes from previous themes are cleaned up, and posts without a featured image use a picture from the article.
- Fast and light. No jQuery, fonts stored on your own site, and no third-party scripts.
Why we built it
PinoyGaming.net, a Philippine gaming site running since 2008, was still on a theme from more than a decade ago: small text, a cluttered homepage, and a layout that never felt right on phones. A premium theme wasn’t in the budget, so we built one made for how people read news today.
Simple settings
Colors, homepage sections, social links, a support link and a separate footer logo are all in Appearance, Customize, Kapatagan Options. No page builder needed.
Free, for real
No subscription, no premium tier, no features held back. If the theme saves you time, you can buy us a coffee.
Get it
Kapatagan News is running live on PinoyGaming.net while we test it. Version 1.0 will be released for free once it’s proven there. Until then, email support@kapatagan.dev if you’d like to try it.