Title: Mission News
Author: Ben Sibley
Published: November 3, 2017
Last modified: December 4, 2025

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# Mission News

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[Ben Sibley](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/author/bensibley/)

![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/mission-news/1.65/screenshot.png?
w=post-thumbnail&strip=all)

[Preview](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/preview/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/mission-news.1.65.zip)

 *  Version 1.65
 *  Last updated December 4, 2025
 *  Active installations 2,000+
 *  PHP version 5.4
 *  [Theme homepage](https://www.competethemes.com/mission-news/)

For publishers on a mission. Mission News is a newspaper theme for publishers who
want their content to be seen and heard. Premium-quality design adds credibility
to every word you write, and a fully responsive layout ensures your site looks fantastic
on every screen. The aesthetic is timeless and modeled after classic news sites 
like the New York Times. Use Mission News to setup a news site on any subject from
health to finance. Mission News is also fully compatible with the new Gutenberg 
post editor. View the fully-setup live demo here: https://www.competethemes.com/
demos/?theme=Mission+News

## Features

[Blog](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/blog/), [Custom logo](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-logo/),
[Custom menu](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-menu/), [Entertainment](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/entertainment/),
[Featured images](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/featured-images/), [Left sidebar](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/left-sidebar/),
[News](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/news/), [Right sidebar](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/right-sidebar/),
[RTL language support](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/rtl-language-support/),
[Sticky post](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/sticky-post/), [Theme options](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/theme-options/),
[Threaded comments](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/threaded-comments/),
[Three columns](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/three-columns/), [Translation ready](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/tags/translation-ready/)

## Downloads per day

Active Installations: **2,000+**

## Ratings

 4.9 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  98 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/mission-news/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  5 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/mission-news/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/mission-news/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/mission-news/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/mission-news/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/mission-news/)

## Report

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## Translations

This theme is available in the following languages: [Čeština](https://cs.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/),
[English (US)](https://wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/), [Español de Chile](https://cl.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/),
[Español](https://es.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/), [Galego](https://gl.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/),
[Nederlands](https://nl.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/), [Русский](https://ru.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/),
[Српски језик](https://sr.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/), [Svenska](https://sv.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/),
[Türkçe](https://tr.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/), and [Українська](https://uk.wordpress.org/themes/mission-news/).

[Translate this theme](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-themes/mission-news)

## Browse the code

[Development log](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/log/mission-news)

[Subversion repository](https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/mission-news)

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