Compasso – Masonry Magazine Theme Overview
This is a content heavy magazine layout from gawibowo in which each post arrangement is a page template, so a list, a grid, a masonry wall or a category grouped front page can be assigned anywhere. A drag and drop manager decides which categories appear on the grouped templates.
Its distinguishing feature is a rating system built into the theme itself. Any post can carry several scored criteria with an overall figure calculated for it, and a widget surfaces the most recently rated articles, so it is a genuine review layout.
Around that sit a sidebar manager with per page selection, thirteen widgets, twelve colour schemes with a picker, and a search settings panel that can be switched off in favour of a plugin. The newest published release dates from 2015.
Key Features of Compasso – Masonry Magazine Theme
- Five post arrangements supplied as page templates
- Masonry and equal height grids up to four columns, plus a list view
- Category grouped templates with a drag and drop manager for ordering
- Rating system with several custom criteria and an automatically calculated overall score
- Sidebar manager offering unlimited sidebars, left, right or none, per page
- Thirteen widgets including rated posts, filtered post lists, tabbed content and a contact form
- Fixed width banner widgets at 125 and 300 pixels for advertising
- Twelve colour schemes plus a colour picker
- Search settings for descriptions, keywords and page level exclusion
- Shortcode generator in the editor, breadcrumbs, author box, related posts and sample content
Who Compasso – Masonry Magazine Theme Is Suitable For
The scoring system and category grouped front pages suit a review publication or a hobby magazine with a large back catalogue, where readers arrive looking for a verdict and then browse by section.
Age is the limiting factor. This realistically suits a buyer who knows the theme, accepts testing against current WordPress and wants the rating structure specifically. Anyone starting a new publication should compare a maintained magazine layout first.
Important Notes About Compasso – Masonry Magazine Theme
The newest published entry is 1.5 from 30 June 2015 and the packaged style.css agrees, while the marketplace records a later update the log does not cover. The declared record stops at WordPress 4.2 and the body asks only for 3.4 or higher, so compatibility with current WordPress must be proven first. The vendor does not call the theme discontinued, and the record marks it as not optimized for the block editor.
Three advertised widgets depend on outside services that have since changed: the social feed widget uses an interface version no longer open, the network box it offers was withdrawn, and the photo widget depends on a platform that has altered its terms. Built-in keyword tags carry no weight with search engines today, so AppiAppi would use a current search plugin instead. Preview images come from a stock marketplace and are not in the download.
Advertising means fixed width banner widgets rather than an ad server, and there is no metered access, membership billing, editorial workflow or newsletter sending. Reviews must be genuine and material connections disclosed, Canadian defamation law reaches comments a site moderates, and commenter records are personal information under PIPEDA and Law 25. AppiAppi gives no legal advice.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
If this theme is the customer’s choice, AppiAppi first tests it against the WordPress version the site will run and reports what needs attention, then installs it, builds the page templates the publication uses, configures the category manager, sidebars and rating criteria, and loads the owner’s articles and images.
Continuing management covers review publishing, keeping scored criteria consistent, replacing the dated widgets with current equivalents, comment moderation, security patching, and AI-assisted SEO and content support within the customer’s subscription plan.
Original design by gawibowo. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source