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Seobaz · WordPress Theme · Version 3.1

Take your news site to a professional level at lightning speed

A user-friendly WordPress news theme whose fast, SEO-friendly, fully mobile-first design gives your news site a professional edge.

Seobaz News Theme 3.1: desktop and mobile homepage

Live Demo

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Free WordPress News Bot

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New · Version 3.1

New design, News Dashboard and security pack

The front end has been rebuilt from scratch, and the admin panel now works like dedicated newsroom software. License holders get this version free and install it from the panel in one click; settings and homepage layout are kept.

News Dashboard today's stories and views on one screen
View counter counts accurately on cached sites too
Two-factor authentication and a custom login URL
AI editor news summaries and SEO fields
PHP 7.4 or later no ionCube needed
Columnists page all columnists on one page

Screenshots

Screenshots taken from the live demo.

Admin panel

Front end

Seobaz News Theme admin panel: Stories list — **Stories list.** A views column, today's views and a headline marker in a clean, compact list view.

Seobaz News Theme admin panel: Homepage layout — **Homepage layout.** Build your homepage by dragging and dropping 20 components; ad components have their own tab.

Seobaz News Theme admin panel: AI — **AI.** Choose a provider and model, enter your API key, and the news summary and SEO assistant are ready to go.

Seobaz News Theme admin panel: Security — **Security.** Two-factor authentication, failed login lockout and a custom login URL, all optional.

Seobaz News Theme admin panel: Login screen — **Login screen.** The WordPress login screen with your site's logo, matching the look of the admin panel.

Seobaz News Theme front end: Article page — **Article page.** Category badge, large headline and standfirst, share buttons, author info and a breaking news column.

Seobaz News Theme front end: Mobile — **Mobile.** A layout that loads fast on phones and is easy to use one-handed; the currency, weather and prayer times bar also shows on mobile.

Seobaz News Theme front end: Prayer times — **Prayer times.** Diyanet prayer times for all 81 provinces, a countdown, a monthly table and a Ramadan calendar.

Seobaz News Theme front end: Markets — **Markets.** Dollar, euro, pound and gram gold, with 7- and 30-day charts and a currency converter.

Seobaz News Theme front end: Columnists — **Columnists.** Columnists with their photo, title and latest column on a single page.

System Requirements

PHP version

7.4 or later

ionCube

Not required

Required plugins

None

Current PHP 8 versions are recommended; you can switch your site to any version from your hosting panel.

Lightning-Fast Experience, Maximum Performance

A lightweight codebase, automatic WebP, a prioritized first image and component caching make pages load fast. Data is prepared in the background and served to readers from the cache.

Google PageSpeed Insights, demo site, desktop measurement (September 2026).

98 Homepage

99 Article page

Key Features

News Dashboard

When you log in to WordPress: today's new stories, views, a 14-day chart, the most-read stories and authors.

View Counter

Counts accurately on cached sites too, with a sortable Views column in the Stories list. Hide the count from readers if you prefer.

AI Editor

News summaries, SEO titles, meta descriptions and focus keywords with Claude, GPT or Gemini.

SEO and GEO Foundation

News schema, a Google News sitemap, IndexNow and llms.txt; compatible with 6 SEO plugins including Rank Math and Yoast.

Security Pack

Two-factor authentication, failed login lockout, a custom login URL and username hiding.

Live Data Bar

Prayer time countdown, currency rates, gram gold and weather; data is fetched in the background.

Prayer Times and Markets

Prayer time and Ramadan calendar pages for all 81 provinces, a Markets page with charts and a currency converter.

Columnists and Columns

A columnists page and an author box with title and social profiles; columns do not mix into news lists.

Modular Homepage

Build your homepage in any order by dragging and dropping 20 components.

Modular Category Page

List style, sidebar and sidebar stories are set in the settings, and every category has its own color.

4 Headers, 3 Footers, 3 Article Layouts

Header, footer and article page layouts to suit your publishing style.

Headline Management

Move a story to the headline slider in one click while writing; slider timing and looping are set in the settings.

Ad Slots

Ready-made slots for Google AdSense and custom ad placements, in-article ads and an ad blocker notice.

Automatic WebP and LazyLoad

Images are converted to WebP and load as you scroll down; the first image loads with priority.

One-Click Updates

New versions install from the panel in one click, and your own code in the sub-functions.php file is kept.

Quick Setup

Set up a news site ready to publish in minutes with demo import.

Frequently Asked Questions

It runs on PHP 7.4 and all later versions, including the latest PHP 8 releases. You do not need to install ionCube.

No. License holders get new versions free of charge. Install them in one click with the "Update Now" button in the update notice in your WordPress dashboard.

No. Your theme settings, homepage layout and the code you add to the sub-functions.php file are kept during updates.

Each license is assigned to a single domain. You enter the domain to be licensed in the cart; each site needs its own license.

The theme works without plugins. For SEO, a plugin such as Rank Math or Yoast is recommended; the theme is compatible with 6 SEO plugins and adds basic SEO tags itself if none is installed.

Yes. The view counter counts correctly on cached pages too. If you use a plugin such as LiteSpeed or WP Rocket, just clear the cache after a theme update.