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  • WordPress 7.0+
  • PHP 8.1 or higher
  • Payment One-time purchase
  • Updates Free lifetime updates
  • Editors Site Editor, Block Editor, Elementor
  • Framework jkd toolkit
  • Multilingual Fully translation ready
  • RTL Full right to left support
  • Responsive 100%, mobile first
  • Retina ready Yes
  • Accessibility WCAG 2.1 AA oriented
  • Schema markup Article, Breadcrumb, FAQ
  • Child theme White Label Generator
  • Demo content All demos
  • Required plugins zero
  • Elementor ready

    The theme supports Elementor throughout, and several of its demos are built with it.

  • Block editor native

    Works fully in the block editor, with its own widgets and demos built only on blocks.

  • One-click demos

    Our own built-in importer does far more than a typical theme importer, in a single click.

  • Hundreds of options

    Each setting sits where you would look for it, and together they cover every part of the site.

  • Integrations included

    Premium integrations ship with the theme and are wired up from the first install.

  • Fast by design

    Optimized CSS and JavaScript, LQIP image placeholders and modern PHP code.

Ready-made sites

Import one in a click and make it yours

  • Native importer No OCDI, all bundled
  • Fully modular Turn parts off
  • Pages import Only the pages you need
  • Safe to re-run Survives timeouts
  • Main

    The theme’s middle ground. Measured and even in every respect of its approach, restrained in color, and multipurpose by design, so it takes any kind of site or subject you put on it.

    Live preview: Main
    • Elementor Elementor Built on the Elementor page builder throughout.
    • SEO & GEO Ready SEO & GEO Ready Structured data, clean markup and an llms.txt file.
    • Blog Extender Blog Extender Reading bar, floating card, before you go and more.
    • 9 more features Reviews Reviews Scored reviews, with a scorecard on post and listing. Co-authors Co-authors Several bylines per post, guest authors included. Dark / Light modes Dark / Light modes Both schemes are designed, neither one is inverted. Editorial parts Editorial parts TL;DR, key points, contents, read also and sources. Post formats Post formats Video, gallery, audio, podcast and 3D, several ways. Mailchimp Mailchimp Subscribe forms post straight to a Mailchimp list. CF7 CF7 Contact Form 7 forms in the theme’s own fields. Modals Modals A shared integration for opening things in a modal. Cookie consent Cookie consent A consent banner that gates analytics until answered.
  • News

    A boxed layout with a wide listing zone, an ideal fit for news sites and magazines. Bright colors and contrasting zones mark what matters, with multilingual and AI built in.

    Live preview: News
    • Elementor Elementor Built on the Elementor page builder throughout.
    • Multilingual Multilingual TranslatePress, Weglot and WPML are all supported.
    • AI Features AI Features A native AI integration, built in not bolted on.
    • 11 more features SEO & GEO Ready SEO & GEO Ready Structured data, clean markup and an llms.txt file. Co-authors Co-authors Several bylines per post, guest authors included. Cookie consent Cookie consent A consent banner that gates analytics until answered. Dark / Light modes Dark / Light modes Both schemes are designed, neither one is inverted. Editorial parts Editorial parts TL;DR, key points, contents, read also and sources. CF7 CF7 Contact Form 7 forms in the theme’s own fields. Reviews Reviews Scored reviews, with a scorecard on post and listing. Modals Modals A shared integration for opening things in a modal. Mailchimp Mailchimp Subscribe forms post straight to a Mailchimp list. Blog Extender Blog Extender Reading bar, floating card, before you go and more. Post formats Post formats Video, gallery, audio, podcast and 3D, several ways.
  • Journal

    Minimal and magazine-like, built around its authors and one front-page listing. Nothing reloads between pages, so the site reads as one piece. For a small magazine or a personal blog.

    Live preview: Journal
    • Block Editor Block Editor Built on native WordPress blocks, no page builder.
    • Barba.js SPA Barba.js SPA Page swaps through Barba.js, with no reload at all.
    • Reveal animations Reveal animations Sections and blocks animate into view as you scroll.
    • 11 more features SEO & GEO Ready SEO & GEO Ready Structured data, clean markup and an llms.txt file. Reviews Reviews Scored reviews, with a scorecard on post and listing. Modals Modals A shared integration for opening things in a modal. Mailchimp Mailchimp Subscribe forms post straight to a Mailchimp list. CF7 CF7 Contact Form 7 forms in the theme’s own fields. Blog Extender Blog Extender Reading bar, floating card, before you go and more. Post formats Post formats Video, gallery, audio, podcast and 3D, several ways. Editorial parts Editorial parts TL;DR, key points, contents, read also and sources. Dark / Light modes Dark / Light modes Both schemes are designed, neither one is inverted. Co-authors Co-authors Several bylines per post, guest authors included. Cookie consent Cookie consent A consent banner that gates analytics until answered.
  • Editorial

    A hybrid of full-width zones and a narrow content container, so writing of any type and direction fits in one template. Rich typography over light, gentle gradations of color.

    Live preview: Editorial
    • Elementor Elementor Built on the Elementor page builder throughout.
    • Multilingual Multilingual TranslatePress, Weglot and WPML are all supported.
    • View Transition API View Transition API Page transitions animated by the browser itself.
    • 11 more features Reviews Reviews Scored reviews, with a scorecard on post and listing. Modals Modals A shared integration for opening things in a modal. Mailchimp Mailchimp Subscribe forms post straight to a Mailchimp list. CF7 CF7 Contact Form 7 forms in the theme’s own fields. Blog Extender Blog Extender Reading bar, floating card, before you go and more. Post formats Post formats Video, gallery, audio, podcast and 3D, several ways. Editorial parts Editorial parts TL;DR, key points, contents, read also and sources. SEO & GEO Ready SEO & GEO Ready Structured data, clean markup and an llms.txt file. Dark / Light modes Dark / Light modes Both schemes are designed, neither one is inverted. Co-authors Co-authors Several bylines per post, guest authors included. Cookie consent Cookie consent A consent banner that gates analytics until answered.
  • Echo

    Dark only. A featured-style blog that puts pictures first and keeps its listings short and single-column, with the full set of AI features. For a small, topical blog or magazine.

    Live preview: Echo
    • Block Editor Block Editor Built on native WordPress blocks, no page builder.
    • AI Features AI Features A native AI integration, built in not bolted on.
    • Reveal animations Reveal animations Sections and blocks animate into view as you scroll.
    • 12 more features SEO & GEO Ready SEO & GEO Ready Structured data, clean markup and an llms.txt file. Co-authors Co-authors Several bylines per post, guest authors included. Cookie consent Cookie consent A consent banner that gates analytics until answered. Editorial parts Editorial parts TL;DR, key points, contents, read also and sources. View Transition API View Transition API Page transitions animated by the browser itself. Barba.js SPA Barba.js SPA Page swaps through Barba.js, with no reload at all. Post formats Post formats Video, gallery, audio, podcast and 3D, several ways. Blog Extender Blog Extender Reading bar, floating card, before you go and more. CF7 CF7 Contact Form 7 forms in the theme’s own fields. Mailchimp Mailchimp Subscribe forms post straight to a Mailchimp list. Modals Modals A shared integration for opening things in a modal. Reviews Reviews Scored reviews, with a scorecard on post and listing.
  • Pulse

    A hybrid built around Algolia instant search and a live results listing, for blogs and news sites with thousands of posts to move through. Neutral, with one accent color and content-first type.

    Live preview: Pulse
    • Block Editor Block Editor Built on native WordPress blocks, no page builder.
    • Algolia Algolia Instant search and live result grids, via Algolia.
    • SEO & GEO Ready SEO & GEO Ready Structured data, clean markup and an llms.txt file.
    • 10 more features Cookie consent Cookie consent A consent banner that gates analytics until answered. Co-authors Co-authors Several bylines per post, guest authors included. Dark / Light modes Dark / Light modes Both schemes are designed, neither one is inverted. Editorial parts Editorial parts TL;DR, key points, contents, read also and sources. Post formats Post formats Video, gallery, audio, podcast and 3D, several ways. Blog Extender Blog Extender Reading bar, floating card, before you go and more. CF7 CF7 Contact Form 7 forms in the theme’s own fields. Mailchimp Mailchimp Subscribe forms post straight to a Mailchimp list. Modals Modals A shared integration for opening things in a modal. Reviews Reviews Scored reviews, with a scorecard on post and listing.
  • Notes (0 plugins)

    No plugins needed. A narrow, minimal layout close to mobile width with a menu of a few items, made for a journal, log or niche topic. The smallest of the set, and the fastest to fill.

    Live preview: Notes
    • Block Editor Block Editor Built on native WordPress blocks, no page builder.
    • Zero plugin deps Zero plugin deps Runs on the theme alone, no plugins to install.
    • Reveal animations Reveal animations Sections and blocks animate into view as you scroll.
  • Personal (0 plugins)

    No plugins needed. Built around one author’s posts, with a person-first layout and a newspaper-style kit. One voice, one archive, one front page.

    Live preview: Personal
    • Block Editor Block Editor Built on native WordPress blocks, no page builder.
    • Zero plugin deps Zero plugin deps Runs on the theme alone, no plugins to install.
    • Reveal animations Reveal animations Sections and blocks animate into view as you scroll.
  • Daily (0 plugins)

    No plugins needed. A minimal news layout with sidebar areas, a packery grid in the hero, featured posts and category sub-menus. Everything a small news site opens with, on one screen.

    Live preview: Daily
    • Block Editor Block Editor Built on native WordPress blocks, no page builder.
    • Zero plugin deps Zero plugin deps Runs on the theme alone, no plugins to install.
    • Reveal animations Reveal animations Sections and blocks animate into view as you scroll.
  • Basic (0 plugins)

    No plugins needed. A minimal editorial style with a carousel and support for featured posts. The plainest of them, and the quickest to make your own.

    Live preview: Basic
    • Block Editor Block Editor Built on native WordPress blocks, no page builder.
    • Zero plugin deps Zero plugin deps Runs on the theme alone, no plugins to install.
    • Reveal animations Reveal animations Sections and blocks animate into view as you scroll.
  • Soon

    Canvas (Soon)

    A separate version of the theme rebuilt for Full Site Editing, with new layouts, templates and styles in the Site Editor. For sites already on FSE that want to keep working that way.

    Notify me: Canvas
    • Full Site Editing Full Site Editing Built for Full Site Editing and the Site Editor.
  • Soon

    Insider (Soon)

    A Medium-style magazine with paid membership. Posts can be locked behind a subscription, so readers subscribe to keep reading and writers earn from the archive they build.

    Notify me: Insider
    • Membership Membership A membership integration for members-only content.
  • Soon

    Kiosk (Soon)

    A magazine and a store in one, on WooCommerce. Better variations, swatches, a dynamic cart and shop modules built for editorial layouts, so products sit among the stories.

    Notify me: Kiosk
    • WooCommerce WooCommerce A WooCommerce integration, styled to match the theme.
  • Soon

    Agenda (Soon)

    A magazine paired with events, with listings sorted by date and time. For cultural projects, venues and anyone who runs a schedule for a live audience while keeping a blog going.

    Notify me: Agenda
    • Events Events An events integration, styled to match the theme.
  • Soon

    Logger (Soon)

    An ultra-minimal portfolio blog built in the block editor. A fast, dynamic layout where structure and type do the work, with little media or styling.

    Notify me: Logger
    • Block Editor Block Editor Built on native WordPress blocks, no page builder.
  • Soon

    Studio (Soon)

    Built entirely on Elementor Pro with Theme Builder. Dense, varied layouts for serious news sites, made to put as much content on a page as possible.

    Notify me: Studio
    • Elementor Pro Elementor Pro Built on Elementor Pro and its Theme Builder.

We add new demos every month. See all demos

  • Fonts & Colors

    Thousands of Google Fonts and Adobe Typekit fonts built in, and colors you can tune without limits.

  • Mobile first

    The phone layout comes first and the desktop grows out of it, so nothing is a leftover.

  • Layouts that move

    Any visible part of the site can be changed without limit, so one theme runs magazines or blogs.

  • AI where it helps

    Writes summaries and key points, and builds complex queries to shape how content shows.

  • Blogging built in

    Sponsored labels, co-authors, key points and TL;DR are built into posts without extra plugins.

  • SEO for people and bots

    Pages are built so Google and AI assistants read them the way a person does.

From a small blog
to a newsroom

Built for whatever you publish

Elementor

Big magazines

Built for front pages that carry a lot. Stack complex news listings, info blocks and ad slots, and split the site into as many categories and sub-sections as your desk runs.

  • Made for Elementor
  • Full multilingual support
  • Instant search, even in big archives
  • A wide choice of layout and utility widgets

Block Editor

Personal blogs

Every Elementor feature has a block editor twin, so you get the same layouts with less weight and a faster build. Ideal for one-page, niche and portfolio blogs.

  • Block-based post listings
  • AI that speeds up moderation
  • Hundreds of style options
  • Reviews and Mailchimp built in

Hybrid

Hybrid sites

One site, several jobs: a portfolio with a newsroom, or a shop with a blog. Clean layouts and global settings let you take over any zone, put blog parts only where they belong and leave the rest to other tools.

  • Theme Options and Customizer
  • Elementor and blocks together
  • Room for custom editing tools
  • Plugs into existing sites

Zero plugins

A clean start

An easy way into WordPress, and a fair trial for free users before they upgrade. Either way, the built-in options are enough to launch a complete blog without a single add-on.

  • Zero plugin dependencies
  • 200 built-in options
  • 4 lite demos included
  • Activate it on your blog to try
  • 10

    Demos, one click each

  • 0

    Plugins required

  • 4

    Days between updates

  • 95

    PageSpeed score

Every feature here
is on screen

It just works, from the first install

  1. Both schemes

    A real dark mode
    on one stylesheet

    Follows the device, recolors every surface on the fly, and lets you choose how the reader’s pick is saved.

    Verba homepage in light mode
  2. Integrations

    Nearly half the plugin directory hasn’t shipped an update in two years. Other themes install from it. We don’t.

    WP.MD, September 2026

    Integrations are written by us, not borrowed: installed from the theme panel with your license, configured in Theme Options, and supported by one team.

  3. Performance

    Fast by design

    Every theme shows a perfect score, measured with every feature switched off. These are real numbers you can test yourself.

    • Other themes 40%
    • Verba theme 95%

    Run the test yourself.

    95%

    Grade

    PageSpeed score

    < 200KB

    Total asset weight

    • LQIP + Lazy Loading
    • Critical CSS
    • Modular JS
    • No jQuery
    • No bloat libraries
    • Performance guide
  4. Theme options

    Options without the scavenger hunt

    One settings panel covers the whole site, grouped by what you actually want to change.

    • Over 600 settings in one panel
    • Native to WordPress, not a builder
    • Part of the framework, not an add-on
    • No third-party plugin to install

For people who create:

Content creators Marketing Makeup artists Music talents Influencers Actors Photographers
Stylists Dancers Directors Producers Photo editors Brand specialists Designers

What you actually buy

Design ages.
Foundations do not.

One settings system, one team behind it.

Made for
your readers

We spent two years building these.

  • Reviews

    Opinion, scored

    Few people finish a long review. A score gives them the verdict up front and a reason to stay for the rest, and that verdict follows the post from every listing into search.

  • SEO & GEO

    Built to be found

    Search engines are no longer the only thing reading your site. Every page is set up so readers can find you through a search box or an AI answer.

  • Reading bar

    Read to the end

    Most readers leave a long post halfway. A bar that travels with them turns an opening into a finish rather than a closed tab.

  • Post formats

    More than text

    Some stories are better watched or heard. Each arrives in the shape it was made for, on the page and in every listing.

  • Editorial parts

    Skim, then stay

    A summary at the top says what a piece covers before anyone commits to it, and most of them stay for the rest.

Every zone of the site was built to do something your last theme could not, and each is a setting.

Menu morphing, sticky sidebars, mobile versions, dynamic content.

Template parts

The zones a site is made of, and where each one is edited

  • Featured posts In every archive
  • Archive highlights Above the listing
  • Listing modes Grid, list, slider, carousel, ticker, singular
  • Sticky sidebars Controls of their own
  • Post headers Per single post
  • Post formats A layout each
  • Page headers Per page
  • Search page Its own layout
  • Author pages Their own template
  • Category pages Their own template
  • Category settings Per category
  • Post container Width variants
  • Frame mode Site-wide
  • Sticky elements Anywhere on the page
  • Injected zones Inside the post
  • Mobile versions Laid out separately

Where we
do it differently

You wouldn’t expect these in a default theme.

  • Transitions

    Nothing reloads

    A page that blinks white between clicks feels like software. Here one view slides into the next, so somebody moving through an archive is reading a site rather than waiting on one.

  • Algolia

    Found in a keystroke

    An archive nobody can get into is an archive nobody reads. Results arrive as fast as the question is typed, so the thousandth post is as easy to reach as this morning’s, and as likely to be read.

  • Co-authors

    Every name on it

    A piece is rarely one person’s work. Crediting everyone on it is how a publication builds names that readers come back for.

  • Multilingual

    Any language

    Whichever translation service you run, a second language here is a setting. You never build the site twice.

  • Modals

    Stay on the page

    Every click that loads a page is a chance to lose the reader. Forms, galleries and offers open over what they were reading.

Ready-made pages

Every page, both editors

Every page ships built twice, so you open it in whichever editor you already use.

8 pages, ready to import

Post listing

Fifty widgets. One listing.

Front page, archives, related posts, mega menus. Grid or ticker is a setting.

  • Grid, slider, carousel or ticker
  • Card, list or overlay cards
  • One panel in Elementor and blocks
  • New settings reach every editor at once
Verba editor's picks post listing
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Gemini

More than an AI checkbox

Not another alt text generator churning out recycled AI slop.

  • Your own keys Anthropic, OpenAI or Google
  • Fills real fields Titles, excerpts, key points
  • Nothing leaves No middleman service

Responsive

Tested on the phone your mom refuses to replace

Responsive on every page, down to the smallest screen.

  • Five breakpoints Layouts adjust at five widths instead of the three most themes stop at.
  • Per-device controls Per device in the Customizer, Elementor, blocks and even custom fields.
  • More than stacking Real layout changes on small screens, not the same rows just stacked up.
  • Mobile versions Sliders, pagination, search and galleries each get a mobile version.
  • 280px to 4K Tested all the way down to 280px. We are not sure screens that small exist.
  • Fluid sizing Type and spacing scale smoothly with clamp() instead of fixed pixel values.
Tablet ≤ 1199 px
Phone ≤ 390 px

Speak every language your readers do

Side by side

What other themes
forget after the sale

The parts you only notice after buying

The typical theme

  • Required premium plugins, sold as a bundle discount
  • Demo import through an old XML-based plugin
  • Plugin setup through a 10-year-old installer
  • Updates mean uploading a new zip by hand
  • No clear record of what an update changed
  • Works with one page builder and no other
  • Translation works with WPML only
  • Settings depend on extra plugins like ACF or Kirki
  • After download, you are on your own
  • Weak license check: paste a code, or none at all
  • No license for staging or dev sites
  • Email-only support and bare-bones docs
  • Feature requests vanish in an inbox
  • AI-generated code nobody can safely customize
  • A dozen libraries to make one button glow
  • Fast only with caching, a $100 server and a guide
  • Design sold as the main feature
  • Too afraid to show the theme without its plugins
  • Too afraid to answer the hard questions
  • No paid plugins required, nothing to install first
  • Our own demo importer, 80% faster than XML
  • Plugins set up for you during the demo import
  • Automatic updates in the dashboard, with rollback
  • Every update comes with an accurate changelog
  • Build with the Site Editor, blocks or Elementor
  • Translate with WPML, Weglot or TranslatePress
  • Every setting lives in the theme itself
  • One login for licenses, updates and roadmap votes
  • Secure license check, tied to your domain
  • Test on staging before you activate on live
  • 160 doc pages, support chat, docs for AI tools
  • A public roadmap that tracks your requests
  • Developers extend it without touching theme files
  • All our dependencies together weigh under 10 KB
  • Well optimized out of the box, before any caching
  • Design infrastructure is one of our core features
  • Four starter demos that run with zero plugins
  • You can ask us directly
A landing page and a sales counter can sell any theme. Most buyers get burned after the install, so that’s the part we put first.
Oleksandr Poslushnyak Founder & Lead Developer, jkdevstudio

Built in, not bolted on

Too many features for one pretty section, so here is a slider.

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Your Hub

Most themes stop there

Customer Hub

3,400+

happy customers

Licenses, downloads, updates and support threads in one place.

Documentation

  • Hundreds of pages per product
  • An MCP server for your assistant
  • A knowledge base for the rest

Read the documentation

Full changelog included

1,032

Threads resolved

Support

1h 24min

Average first reply to a new thread, last 90 days.

Roadmap & requests

Public
  • 128 closed last year
  • 92% approval rate

Open the roadmap

What buyers say

Reviews left by people running this theme.

Moved my blog over to Verba last weekend, about 400 posts in total, and the whole migration went remarkably smoothly. The reading experience is the first in a while that feels genuinely thought through, a slim bar at the bottom of each article with a reading-progress line, text-size controls, and a read-aloud button, plus an automatic table of contents and TL DR box generated from my own headings. Posts also load one after another as you reach the end, so there's no need to click through pages. And I didn't have to touch a single line of CSS!
Korbet Anastasiia Korbet Anastasiia
I was looking for a theme for my new site and Verba was the newest one available at the time on Themeforest, so naturally I took a look. I loved it immediately and purchased it soon after browsing through the demos available with the theme - I didn't need to look elsewhere - when you know it's the one, you know! I've found Verba to be a great theme, highly customisable and very much suited to my needs and preferred style. The theme and its plugin is regularly updated which goes a long way, too. A highly recommended developer with quality products. Thank you!
Mike Smith remnantearth.com Verified review of Verba by Mike Smith
It has interesting features like reading the articles.
cesimo Envato customer Verified review of Verba by cesimo

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Same theme in every tier, different terms

  • One-time payment Pay once, own it forever
  • No subscriptions No recurring fees
  • Lifetime updates Always stay up to date

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$19 1 site
  • 60% goes to the marketplace Envato takes 60% of every sale. That is why some terms here are weaker than on a direct license.
  • 1 site activation
  • Lifetime updates
  • 6 months of limited support 6 months of limited support and one ticket, counted from purchase. These requests are answered after priority support.
  • Manual updates via Envato Download each new version from Envato and install it by hand. Premium and Agency licenses update automatically from the theme dashboard.
  • Static license
  • Public roadmap only
  • Marketplace release notes
  • Stricter refund terms Envato keeps most of what you pay there, so a refund leaves us in the red. Requests go through Envato, need a real problem with the product and close at 14 days.

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  • Everything in Premium
  • Unlimited site activations
  • 12 months of priority support
  • Early access to new items New themes show up in your account before they are listed anywhere, so you can put them to work and tell us what needs fixing while there is still time to fix it.
  • Your build, featured Send us the site you made and we’ll feature it on our showcase page, credited and linked back to you for everyone looking for a theme to see.
  • $15 off your next purchase A code comes with your license and takes $15 off anything else in the catalog.

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3,400+ happy customers Rated 4.9 out of 5.0 from 240 reviews Secure payment via Creem Envato

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