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Pubnews Child Theme
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Generate a fully-working Pubnews child theme instantly — free, with no coding required. Customize the name, author, colors and CSS, then download a ready-to-install ZIP.

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Pubnews WordPress theme preview
1,000+
Active installs
v1.0.11
Latest version
May 8, 2026
Last updated
5.0 / 5
7 ratings

About Pubnews

Pubnews is an exceptional news theme designed to satisfy all your requirements. It is customizer-based as well as fully compatible with Elementor builder. Pubnews theme offers extensive customization options for the header, footer, inner pages, and any part of the website. You will greatly enjoy diving into its live customizer, which incorporates all WordPress possibilities, such as post query parameters, real-time preview, expanded typography, and extensive style modification options. With a top-notch and intuitive design, this theme gives your website a professional news/magazine appearance. It includes six news layouts that can be customized at a granular level and added to any section as many times as you want. If you prefer creating your website with Elementor, we highly recommend you to use the theme with News Kit Elementor Addons plugin. With News Kit Elementor Addons and Elementor integrated into your website, Pubnews theme offers limitless possibilities in the world of drag and drop page building. Alternatively, if you don’t have any time to spare on building pages, you can easily import pre-built starter sites with a single click. No hassle! No complexity! Check out all the pre-built starter websites here https://blazethemes.com/theme/pubnews-free

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Why use a child theme for Pubnews?

Every time Pubnews ships an update, any direct edits you made to its files are overwritten. A child theme isolates your changes — custom CSS, template overrides, additional functions — so the parent can update freely while your customizations stay intact.

  • Survive Pubnews updates without losing your edits.
  • Override any Pubnews template file by copying it into the child.
  • Add custom hooks, shortcodes, or enqueue your own scripts.
  • Roll back to the parent at any time by deactivating the child.

How to install your Pubnews child theme

  1. 1

    Configure and generate

    Open the generator (already pre-filled with Pubnews as the parent), enter your child theme name and any custom CSS.

  2. 2

    Download the ZIP

    The generator builds a ready-to-install ZIP containing style.css, functions.php, screenshot.png and README.txt.

  3. 3

    Upload to WordPress

    In WordPress: Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme. Choose the ZIP, click Install Now, then Activate. Make sure Pubnews itself is also installed (the parent must be present).

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Frequently asked questions

What is a Pubnews child theme? +

A child theme is a separate WordPress theme that inherits all functionality, design, and templates from Pubnews (its parent). You make your customizations in the child so they survive updates to the parent theme.

Do I need to know code to use this generator? +

No. The generator creates a complete, valid Pubnews child theme with style.css, functions.php, screenshot.png, and README.txt. You can customize via the form fields, and if you want to add custom CSS or PHP later you can edit the files directly.

Will the child theme break when Pubnews updates? +

That's exactly what a child theme is designed to prevent. Pubnews can be updated freely without losing your customizations, because they live in the child theme files.

Is this generator really free? +

Yes. There is no signup, no payment, and no limit on how many Pubnews child themes you can generate. The zip is built on demand and downloaded directly to you.