Broadsheet Documentation

A newspaper template with 3 optional widget areas, featured posts and a huge homepage slider there are lots of options for creating interesting, immersive websites.

More Info

Getting Started

Documentation for WordPress.com is available here.

Homepage Layout

Broadsheet Homepage Layout
  1. Featured Content The 4 Featured Posts are controlled with Featured Content functionality.
  2. Homepage Slider The slider is controlled via a property set in the Customizer. Blog posts require Featured Images to display here. A maximum of 6 posts at a time will display in the slider.
  3. Small Left Widgets A sidebar that can be edited in the Customizer. Will be hidden on smaller screens.
  4. Blog posts A reverse chronological list of blog posts. Perfect for news items.
  5. Featured Categories The categories used in the third column are controlled with the Customizer. Blog posts require Featured Images to display here. Blog posts will only be shown once in the featured categories column. Some categories may not display. This will be because either there are no posts in the category, the posts in the category do not have featured images, or the posts in the category have been displayed in a different category already.
  6. Sidebar Widgets A large widget sidebar.

Customizer Settings

Broadsheet Customizer Screenshot

Sidebars

Broadsheet has 3 optional sidebars. They will only display if they contain widgets.

The footer sidebar is on all pages. The right-hand sidebar is on all pages except the full-width page template. The left-hand sidebar is displayed on the homepage, blog posts, and regular pages.

Custom Templates

Broadsheet has 2 Custom Page Templates. These can be used as different layouts for your websites pages, or as a Custom Front Page.

Image Sizes

All featured Images are generated from the same initial image so make sure to keep the focus of the image in the center as the surrounding content may be cropped.

Standard Features

Broadsheet has the following translations included:

Arabic, Azerbaijani, Dutch, French, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish

Changelog

		

1.17.15 - 18th September 2021

1.17.14 - 26th July 2021

1.17.13 - 19th April 2021

1.17.12 - 2nd April 2021

1.17.11 - 31st January 2021

1.17.10 - 3rd January 2021

1.17.9 - 1st January 2021

1.17.8 - ?

1.17.7 - 18th November 2020

1.17.6 - 27th October 2020

1.17.5 - 5th October 2020

1.17.4 - 11th July 2020

1.17.3 - 9th July 2020

1.17.2 - 28th June 2020

1.17.1 - 26th June 2020

1.17 - 11th March 2020

1.16.3 - 21st February 2020

1.16.2 - 12th February 2020

1.16.1 - 6th February 2020

1.16 - 5th February 2020

1.15.6 - 29th December 2019

1.15.5 - 9th November 2019

1.15.4 - 4th October 2019

1.15.3 - 12th September 2019

1.15.2 - 25th June 2019

1.15.1 - 15th May 2019

1.15 - 2nd February 2019

1.14.1 - 9th January 2019

1.14 - 9th November 2018

1.13 - 26th June 2018

1.12 - 25th May 2018

1.11 - 1st April 2018

1.10.2 - 30th November 2017

1.10.1 - 6th November 2017

1.10 - 2nd November 2017

1.9 - 1st November 2017

1.8.1 - 1st October 2017

1.8 - 20th July 2017

1.7 - 13th July 2017

1.6 - 5th July 2017

1.5.1 - 19th January 2017

1.5 - 13th January 2017

1.4.6 - 20th December 2016

1.4.5 - 31st October 2016

1.4.4 - 15th September 2016

1.4.3 - 2nd August 2016

1.4.2 - 1st August 2016

1.4.1 - 16th July 2016

1.4 - 26 May 2016

1.3.1

1.3

1.2.4

1.2.3

1.2.2

1.2.1

1.2

1.1.4

1.1.3

1.1.2

1.1.1

1.1

1.0

Please note: Unfortunately we are unable to offer support or help with theme customizations. For more info on Customization services please go to our Theme Customization page.

Feedback

We'd love to get some feedback to help us create better themes.

Give Feedback