The Fox theme is a comprehensive WordPress solution for local news websites, newsrooms, online magazines and independent reporters. We take care everything to make sure you have a stable website in long-term: Ads, SEO, Newsletter, Tracking,  WooCommerce, ACF, Translation, Paywall & paid content, Multilingual site (WPML, Polylang), Performance (Core web vitals on mobile), Forms, Builder & Writing.

The Fox is made for a novice who has zero coding skills, a newsroom without tech department, an independent journalist that only wants to focus on writing or a blogger start building a review magazine.

Visit The Fox landing page for more detail: fox.withemes.com

Helpful info

• Latest: v6.8.1 (Feb 13, 2025) | Change log → | Fox’s users Facebook group
• Helpful links: Online docs | Fox’s blog | Support desk
• 95/100 Mobile – Core Web Vitals | 100/100 GTMetrix – test demo fox.withemes.com/hawaii/
• About Withemes | Facebook | Twitter | Fox’s users Facebook group

Feature list

Core features

• WordPress 6.7.x compatible
• 30+ demos included to get started easier
• Free lifetimes updates (you never have to pay for updates)
• WooCommerce 8.x, 9.x compatible
• Responsive and mobile friendly
• Gutenberg + Classic Editor supported
• Classic widgets supported
• Wide/boxed site layout
• Custom content width, sidebar width
• Custom site background, border, margin, padding
• Sticky sidebar option
• SEO Optimised (compatible with Yoast SEO, Rank Math..)
• Online Documentation – View The Fox theme documentation
• Top-notch Support

Page Builder

• Drag and drop Homepage Builder right in the Live Customizer
• Super-intuitve & easy to understand. You have builder immediate after installing, no further steps.
• Live preview for the builder. What you see is what you get.
• Supports section, row, column for the layout and lot of elements:
  • post grid
  • post list
  • post group
  • post carousel
  • post slider
  • post masonry
  • banner/advertisement
  • heading
  • button
  • spacer
  • divier
  • text editor
  • sidebar/widgets
  • page content
  • html/shortcode
• Super-fast for the frontend while It focuses on the homepage with only necessary materials being loaded. The fatest page builder for your a news website builder you can find, we guarantee.
• Non-duplicated posts: If you check, it shows no posts twice
• Custom post type: each news block has option to choose custom post type & custom taxonomy.

Super-Fast & Optimized for High-performance

• Compatible with major optimization plugins: WP Rocket, Imagify, LiteSpeed, Autoptimize, W3Total Cache, WP Supercahce, Sitegroud Optimizer
• 8x/100 (mobile) and 8x/100 (dekstop) without optimization plugin
• 9x/100 (mobile) and 99/100 (desktop) with optimization plugin
• 99/100 GTMetrix
• Helps your site to pass Google Core web vitals
• Can handle websites up to 100,000 posts. We have lot of customers having from 10,000 – 100,000 posts.

SEO Friendly

• SEO Friendly. First, It’s lightweight and fast on mobile. Google loves it.
• Compatible with major SEO plugins: Yoast SEO, Rank Math..

High compatibility

• Tested with PHP 5, 7, 8 (require at least PHP 5.4 but most servers nowadays have PHP at least 7.x)
• Tested with hostings: SiteGround, NameCheap, Cloudways, Bluehost, Hostinger, Godaddy..
• Compatible with lot of plugins:
  • WooCommerce
  • Jetpack
  • Contact form 7
  • All in one Security
  • Wordfence
  • Yoast SEO
  • Math Rank
  • So on

Dark Mode/Night Mode

• Supports forced dark mode (ie. your site is always in dark mode) view example >>
• Supports dark-mode toggle button, reader can change their dark/light preferences, view example >>

GDPR Compliant

• The Fox or none of our WordPress themes collect any kind of personal data, like email, name or IP addresses.

Comprehensive font settings

• 5 primary font positions: body, heading, nav, custom 1, 2
• Have font settings for most of elements: post title, meta, excerpt, category, logo, widget.. anywhere you see text
• Each font position can be either predefined primary font position or a new font selection
• Font can be selected from system font (Arial, Georgia..), google font or your custom uploaded webfont.
• You can limit only weights google font will load to optimize site speed

Header builder

• Drag & drop header builder, right in the Customizer, live preview, what you see is what you get
• 3 sections: topbar, main, header bottom. Flexible to design your own header
• Set light/dark/background, border.. for each header section
• Necessary header elements included: logo, menu, hamburger, button, darkmode, cart, social, search, html.
• Sticky header option
• Mega-menu, easy to set up. Just check a box in the menu item to make mega-menu. Hassle-free.
• Text or image logo with comprehensive typograhy options
• 4 search styles to choose from
• Drag/drop elements to build off-canvas menu.

Versatile footer layouts

• Predefined footer layouts: 4 columns, 5 columns, 50-25-25, ..
• Use widgets to build footer sidebar area.
• Drag & drop elements to design footer bottom area.

Single post

• Choose 7 predefined single post layouts, including 2 hero styles like nytimes.
• 5 post formats supported: standard, video, gallery, audio, link
• 7 gallery styles
• Sidebar position: right/left/none
• Content width: Full or narrow
• Live post: View example >>
• Post Review

Many ad spots The Fox allows you to have ad in:

• Header: with a header sidebar, set respectively for desktop/mobile.
• Footer: Any of footer sidebar
• Main sidebar
• Single post: before & after post content
• Any position in the homepage builder with the Banner/Ad element.

Translation Ready

• Quick Translate panel in Customizer > Quick Translate, no plugins needed.
• Loco Translate compatible
• Polylang compatible
• WPML compatible