MH Magazine Lite WordPress theme review
About MH Magazine Lite
MH Magazine Lite is a very popular and highly rated free WordPress theme with over 20,000 active installations. MH Magazine Lite is designed for news sites, digital magazines, blogs and editorial websites .
The theme is developed by MH Themes, a WordPress theme development company founded in 2012 and based in Germany. MH Magazine is their most popular theme.
Features of MH Magazine Lite
MH Magazine Lite is a free theme with some customization options and a nice widgetized homepage, plus several custom widgets included. Here are its main features.
Blog Layout Options
If you navigate to Appearance » Customize » Theme Options » Layout , you can choose whether you want the sidebar on the left or right. You can also enable or disable the author box, and enable or disable the “next/previous” links at the bottom of each post.
MH Magazine Lite review - layout options
Design options
Under Appearance » Customize » Theme Options » Colors you can select the header text color and the background color. The background color will only be displayed if no background image is selected.
MH Magazine Lite review - color options
Other colors, such as button and link colors, indian email database cannot be changed from the Customize menu without the premium version of the theme . Learn more about the premium theme options below.
You can also select a header image and a background image .
13 widget areas
MH Magazine Lite includes 13 different widget areas that you can use to customize the content of your site.
MH Magazine Lite review - widget areas
They include:
1 Sidebar – Displayed on every page to the left or right of the content (customizable in the Theme Options menu ).
6 Home Page Widget Areas – Learn More Below
2 Ad widget areas – displayed below and above the content on individual posts
4 Footer Widget Areas – Displayed in 4 columns in the footer
Home page widgets are displayed using the “Home Page” page template, with the following layout:
MH Magazine Lite review - homepage widget areas
To use it as a home page, create a new page and select the home page template under Page Attributes .
MH Magazine Lite review - template
Next, go to Settings » Reading and select that page as your static home page.
MH Magazine Lite review - static front page
6 Custom Widgets
MH Magazine Lite includes several custom widgets ideal for your homepage widget areas:
Custom Posts Widget – Display posts by category or tag
MH Posts Focus Widget – Displays 5 posts focusing on the large post in the center (if placed in full width widget area)
MH Large Posts Widget - Display posts with large thumbnail images
MH Stacked Posts Widget – Displays 5 stacked posts with thumbnails, title and metadata
Slider widget for home page template
MH Tabs Widget - Show your latest posts, tags and comments
MH Magazine Lite review - custom widgets
These are the Slider widget options:
MH Magazine Lite review - slider options