Version 2.2.2 is out! (28 January 2022) Click here to view the changes.


Melissa is a modern, clean and easy to use personal blog/magazine WordPress theme with great attention to details. It is developed on the Bootstrap 3 framework – amazing and beautiful HTML, CSS, and JS framework. It means that Melissa will look great on any mobile device, be it a 17 ’ laptop screen or an iPad, iPhone.
It comes with 7 custom widgets, 7 areas for widgets, 10 post formats, 7 blog page layouts, 4 pagination types, and tons of theme options.
Melissa WordPress theme is perfect for classic blog and small online magazines. Check out our demo pages to see some amazing features, such as video/image background in the header for the whole site and for each post/page, 5 different layouts for single posts for better presentation of your content, 4 different pagination types, all WordPress post formats, etc. Use it to make something cool!
[h=3]Feature List[/h]

• The theme is compatible with WordPress 5.9.x. Note: In WordPress 5.x you need to use the Classic Editor. For WordPress 5.8+ you need to install the “Classic Widgets” plugin.
• Built with HTML5 and CSS3
• Responsive design (adapts to mobile devices)
• Retina ready (looks beautiful on mobile devices and tablets)
• Built with Bootstrap 3
• 500+ Google fonts
• Standard fonts (Arial, Verdana, etc)
• 500+ Font Awesome Icons
• Theme options powered by WordPress Customizer
• Customizable header
  • Video background
  • Image background
  • Color background
• Video/Image background in the header for the whole site and for each post/page
• Parallax background for the header (video or image)
• Show/Hide most elements
• Social media icons in footer
• Sticky menu
• Dropdown menu support
• Views counter
• Comments counter
• “I like” counter
• “About the Author” section
• Related posts
• “Back to top” button
• Translation ready
• 7 Layouts for Home/Category/Tag/Archive pages
  • 1 Column
  • 1 Column + Right sidebar
  • 1 Column + Left sidebar
  • 2 Columns
  • 2 Columns + Right sidebar
  • 2 Columns + Left sidebar
  • 3 Columns
• 10 Post formats
  • Standard format
  • Image format
  • Gallery format
  • Video format
  • Audio format
  • Aside format
  • Link format
  • Quote format
  • Status format
  • Chat format
• 4 Pagination types
  • Standard pagination
  • Next/Previous page links
  • Infinite scroll
  • Load More button
• 5 Different layouts for single posts
  • Right sidebar
  • Left sidebar
  • Full width
  • Featured media – Right sidebar
  • Featured media – Left sidebar
• 3 Different layouts for pages
  • Right sidebar
  • Left sidebar
  • Full width
• 7 Custom widgets
  • Melissa: Popular Posts – Displays a list of popular posts
  • Melissa: List Of Posts – Displays a list of posts with a background image
  • Melissa: Random Posts – Displays a list of random posts
  • Melissa: Recent Posts – Displays a list of recent posts
  • Melissa: Slider With Posts – Displays a slider with posts
  • Melissa: Social Links – Displays links to social profiles
  • Melissa: Thumbnail Gallery – Displays a classic gallery with posts
• 7 Areas for widgets
  • Homepage – This area is located on the homepage in the right or left column
  • Archive Pages – This area is located on the archive pages (archive, author, category, tag, etc) in the right or left column
  • Single Post – This area is located on the single post pages in the right or left column
  • Page – This area is located on all single pages in the right or left column
  • Footer (Column 1) – This area is located in the footer in the left column
  • Footer (Column 2) – This area is located in the footer in the central column
  • Footer (Column 3) – This area is located in the footer in the right column
• Social share buttons
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • VK (VKontakte)
  • Pinterest
• Includes XML file with demo data
• Step-by-step documentation

[h=3]Please Note[/h]Melissa will only work with WordPress.ORG software.
[h=3]Changelog[/h]Version 2.2.2 – 28 January 2022