Blog WordPress Themes
Find JNews blog designs for personal stories, essays and productivity articles. Compare writing-led layouts that give your voice and your archive room to grow. Find a comfortable reading layout for your voice, recurring subjects and growing archive, then make the sample design your own. Show MoreShow Less
Build a blog around your writing
Personal stories, essays and practical productivity articles need an approachable reading experience. Decide what you will publish regularly and choose a homepage that makes that work easy to discover. A manageable archive with meaningful recurring subjects supports a consistent voice as your publication grows.
Personal writing and practical guide formats
Personal & Writing brings together Personal Blog, Classic Blog and Writy for journals, essays and recurring personal interests. Productivity contains Personal Planner, whose current sample coverage is personal finance. Compare the reading structure rather than assuming its name provides a planning application, then adapt the subject labels to the articles you intend to publish.
Demos to compare for Blog
Writy covers opinion, essays, culture, editorials and letters. Its preview uses a minimal green-accented layout pairing a lead story with an adjacent story list. Personal Blog covers travel, lifestyle, fashion and photography. Its preview uses an author-branded introduction followed by three photo-led story cards. Personal Planner covers banking, investing, insurance, retirement and taxes. Its preview uses an airy white homepage with a featured article and a newsletter panel beside it. Compare a complete article as well as the homepage, using the headline lengths and image proportions you expect to publish.
Import your chosen blog design
Open the selected demo’s detail page and live preview before starting. Install the JNews edition and required plugins listed for that demo, activate your licence and use JNews Import Demo & Style to review the available selections. Back up an existing website before importing. Replace sample articles, images and navigation with your own material, and check any external forms or media services you intend to keep.
Make the publication your own
Use the available JNews typography, colour, header and footer controls to establish your publication’s identity. Adapt section labels to the blog subjects you will cover regularly, rather than retaining every sample category. Review the homepage, a category archive and a complete article on mobile. Choose image crops and text sizes that suit your real content, then test navigation and related stories before launch.
Explore related collections: Personal & Writing, Productivity.
Showing 1–4 of 4 themes
A personal finance blog WordPress template for personal finance writers and money education publishers. Features an airy white homepage with a featured article and a newsletter panel beside it.
A writing and opinion blog WordPress template for essayists and independent writers. Features a minimal green-accented layout pairing a lead story with an adjacent story list.
A personal blog WordPress template for individual writers and personality-led lifestyle bloggers. Features an author-branded introduction followed by three photo-led story cards.
A personal blog WordPress template for personal bloggers and lifestyle storytellers. Features a script-logo masthead and black-and-gold navigation above a wide beach-image hero.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which JNews designs suit a personal blog?
Personal Blog, Classic Blog and Writy are the main starting points in Personal & Writing. Compare how they introduce the writer, display excerpts and organise previous posts. A text-led essay collection may need a different homepage from a photo-heavy personal journal.
Where should I look for a food, travel or fashion blog?
Browse the relevant Lifestyle collection for a subject-focused blog. Food & Drink, Travel and Fashion & Beauty keep those designs beside publications covering the same topics. Use Blog for writing-led personal publishing and browse the live demos to compare the article experience.
Can I use Personal Planner for practical guides?
Personal Planner can provide a starting layout for practical articles and explainers. Its reviewed demo currently covers personal finance topics, including banking and retirement. Compare that presentation with your intended subject and replace the sample labels and articles when setting up your blog.
How do I import a blog demo into WordPress?
Choose the design and check its detail page for the JNews edition and required plugins. With your JNews licence activated, use Import Demo & Style to review and import the available selections. Back up an existing site first, then replace sample content and review your blog categories and navigation.
Can I customise the colours, typography and layout?
Use the controls available in your selected JNews setup to change branding, typography, colours, headers and footers. Start with Writy or another demo in this collection and adapt its section labels and images. Check the demo’s own requirements before choosing an editing workflow.
What should I compare before choosing a blog theme?
Open the homepage, a category archive and a full article in the live preview. Test your usual headline lengths, image proportions and amount of text, including mobile navigation. Compare Writy, Personal Blog, Personal Planner with your own publishing plan rather than judging only the sample photographs.
Are the blog demos free standalone themes?
These are prebuilt JNews designs rather than separate free WordPress themes. Review the current JNews pricing and licence terms before using a demo on a website. The detail page identifies the demo and edition so you can check the appropriate installation and import requirements.
How can I check the mobile reading experience?
Open a complete article on a phone or narrow browser window and follow the navigation into another story. Check headings, paragraph width, image crops and any media player you need. Use representative blog content when evaluating readability, because sample screenshots show only part of the experience.






