News Website Templates

Design your news or magazine site with Blocksy’s responsive, customizable, free templates. Deliver professional content with layouts optimized for readability and engagement, ensuring your news stands out online.

  • Pro
    Gutenberg
    Daily News New
    Daily News provides a magazine-style layout with dark mode, multi-language support, and eye-catching visuals to effectively engage readers and present content.
  • Gutenberg, Brizy, Elementor
    Tasty New
    Tasty is ideal for recipe blogs. It features a pastel color scheme and an integrated recipe plugin for easy ingredient and direction listing.
  • Gutenberg, Brizy, Elementor
    App New
    The app starter site features a clean, minimalist layout with a prominent call to action, highlighting your app and its features.
  • Gutenberg, Brizy, Elementor
    Travel
    Travel’s design captures the essence of adventure, featuring a stunning hero section and blog set up to document and share your journeys.
  • Gutenberg
    News
    News provides a clean and straightforward blog layout with large images and easy post navigation, which is ideal for effectively showcasing your content.

Why Build Your Starter News Site With Blocksy

  • Ultra-Fast Loading Times

    Speed is critical for news websites. Blocksy is built with a performance-first approach that ensures your news starter template loads quickly on all devices. Faster load times mean better search rankings, improved user experience, and lower bounce rates – especially important for mobile readers on the go.

  • Clean, Reader-Friendly Layouts

    Blocksy’s news starter templates are designed with clarity in mind. Each layout emphasizes strong typography, smart content hierarchy, and generous whitespace. Whether you’re publishing daily news briefs or long-form features, your content remains easy to scan, digest, and enjoy.

  • Customizable Without Code

    Not a developer? No problem. Blocksy works seamlessly with both Gutenberg and Elementor, allowing you to customize your entire news site – from colors and fonts to headers and sidebars – without touching a single line of code. It’s flexibility made simple.

  • Built-In Dark Mode and Performance Tools

    Blocksy includes thoughtful features like native dark mode, sticky headers, and lazy loading – all designed to enhance the reading experience. Readers can scroll comfortably at night, while your site remains fast and accessible without relying on third-party plugins.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Can I use Blocksy to build a news or magazine-style homepage?

    Yes, Blocksy is perfect for creating professional news layouts with sections for breaking headlines, categories, and featured articles.

  • Are Blocksy’s news templates mobile-optimized?

    Absolutely. All Blocksy templates are fully responsive, ensuring your news site looks great and works smoothly on smartphones and tablets.

  • Does Blocksy support ad placements for monetization?

    Yes! Blocksy offers flexible widget areas and layout options that make it easy to add banner ads or use platforms like Google AdSense for revenue.

  • Can I use Blocksy to create category pages for different news topics?

    Yes. Blocksy allows you to build custom category archive pages, making it easy to organize your news site into sections like politics, sports, or tech – each with its own layout and featured content.