Onyx - Responsive WordPress Blog Theme

Overview

A sleek and sophisticated WordPress theme, Onyx has been designed to make an impact. Showcase your content and set your website apart with this professional, responsive and lightning fast theme.

Onyx offers all of the features you need – and nothing that you don’t – making things as efficient as possible. Incredibly flexible and equipped with custom Gutenberg blocks to make your life easier. Onyx also features endless customization options so that you can make your website truly yours. Alter colors and fonts and choose between our light or dark options, as well as single column, double column and masonry layouts.

• Gutenberg and WordPress 6 Support
• Responsive Design (Mobile, Tablet & Desktop Friendly)
• Retina (High-Res) Ready
• 8 Supported WordPress Post Formats
  • Standard Format
  • Status Format
  • Image Format
  • Video Format
  • Audio Format
  • Quote Format
  • Gallery Format
  • Link Format
• 3 Blog Layouts
  • Standard (Sidebar)
  • Masonry
  • Single Column
• 2 Post Header Styles
  • Featured Header
  • Featured (100%) Header
• Light & Dark Color Schemes
• Infinite (AJAX) Post Loading
• MailChimp Newsletter Footer Widget
• Multi-Author Support
• Performance Optimized (92+ Score on Google Speed Ranking)
• Google Mobile Ready (Passed)
• 100+ WordPress Theme Customizer Options (with Live Changes Preview)
• Social Profile & Sharing Integration
• Related Posts Navigation
• Next Post Navigation
• Unlimited Colors
• 700+ Google Fonts
• Widget-Ready Sidebars
• 12 Custom Widgets
  • MailChimp Subscribe Widget
  • Blog Logo & Description Widget
  • Author Profile Widget
  • Latest Posts Widget
  • Related Posts Widget
  • Random Posts Widget
  • Navigation Widget
  • Social Share Widget
  • Author Social Profiles Widget
  • Blog Social Profiles Widget
  • AdSense/Advertisement Widget
  • + All WordPress Standard Widgets
• Multiple Custom Gutenberg Blocks
• Syntax Highlighter
• SEO Optimized
• Schema Support
• Custom 404 Page
• Translation Ready (.pot files included)
• Detailed Documentation with Step-by-Step Guides
• Child Theme Support (Included)
• Valid HTML5 / CSS3
• Cross Browser Support (Edge, Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera)
• Developer Friendly
• Gulp & Uncompressed SASS Source Files Included
• Included WordPress Compatibility & Feature Updates
• Included Theme Support (Support Site)

Support

We provide in-depth documentation detailing theme installation, feature usage, configuration options and demo setup. If you have any queries, bug reports or features requests, please submit a new ticket on our support centre. We aim to answer all tickets within one business day.

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Changelog

11/02/2026 - v4.1.0
+ WordPress 6.9 support
+ Updated widgets
+ Added 'Ecko Categories' widget
+ Updated MailChimp integration
+ Improved Performance
+ Updated ‘Ecko Blocks'
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework'
+ Updated build file
- Minor bug fixes

17/01/2025 - v4.0.0
+ WordPress 6.7 Support
+ Major refactor to Gutenberg styles
+ Styling adjustments
+ Backend refactor & standards update
+ Replaced 'Twitter' with 'X'
+ Improved Performance
+ Improved Accessibility
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework'
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated build file and dependencies
- Minor Bug Fixes

13/05/2021 - v3.3.0
+ Improved Performance
+ Improved Accessibility
+ Improved SVG Icons
+ Refactored JS and Dependencies
+ Updated Gutenberg Styles
+ Updated ‘Ecko Blocks'
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework'
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Demo Import Content
- Minor Bug Fixes

30/09/2019 - v3.2.0
+ WordPress 5.2 Support
+ Improved Multiple Categories Support
+ Added Primary Category Support
+ Updated ‘Ecko Blocks'
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework'
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Documentation
- Minor Bug Fixes

14/12/2018 - v3.1.0
+ WordPress 5.0 Support (Release)
+ Gutenberg Editor Support (Release)
+ Added Gutenberg Editor Styles
+ Updated Post Share Options
+ Updated ‘Ecko Blocks
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework'
+ Updated Translations
- Minor Bug Fixes

04/12/2018 - v3.0.0
+ Added WordPress 5.0 Support
+ Added Gutenberg Editor Support
+ Refactored PHP Code to WordPress Code Style
+ Added 'Ecko Blocks' Gutenberg Plugin
    + Added 'Accordion' Gutenberg Block
    + Added 'Contrast' Gutenberg Block
    + Added 'Progress Bar' Gutenberg Block
    + Added 'Status Message' Gutenberg Block
    + Added 'Tabs' Gutenberg Block
    + Extended 'Code' Gutenberg Block /w Syntax Highlighting
    + Extended 'Table' Gutenberg Block /w Responsive Data Labels
+ Transitioned to SVG Icon System
+ Transitioned to JSON-LD Schema via Schema Plugin
+ Improved 'Ecko Twitter' Widget
+ Added Performance Optimization Options
+ Added 'Telegram' Social Option
+ Added 'Medium' Social Option
+ Added 'Email' Social Option
+ Added 'RSS' Social Option
+ Added 'Messenger' Social Option
+ Added 'Strava' Social Option
+ Updated Theme Identifier & Text Domain
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework'
+ Updated Demo Import Content
+ Updated Child Theme
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Documentation
- Fixed Like System Inconsistency
- Minor Bug Fixes

01/01/2018 - v2.3.0
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated Documentation
- Minor Bug Fixes

20/11/2017 - v2.2.1
+ Updated Google Fonts
+ Updated Documentation

16/11/2017 - v2.2.0
+ WordPress 4.9.X Support
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated Documentation

25/10/2017 - v2.1.0
+ Added Non-Gravatar Author Avatars Support
+ Added ‘Hide Post Likes’ Custom Page Option
+ Added ‘Always Show Posts’ Cover Option
+ Improved RTL (Right-to-Left) Language Support
+ Performance Improvements
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated Google Fonts List (800+ Fonts)
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Documentation
- Minor Bug Fixes

01/04/2017 - v2.0.0
+ Refactored and Optimized CSS
+ Refactored and Optimized JS
+ Redesigned Shortcodes
+ Added Syntax Colour Schemes
+ Added Editor Styling
+ Added ‘Widget - Feature Post’
+ Added ‘Widget - EckoThemes Dashboard’
+ Improved Disqus Support
+ Improved Font Rendering
+ Improved Syntax Language Support
+ Improved Author Avatar Support
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Child Theme
+ Updated Documentation
- Removed ‘Vine’ Social Profile
- Minor Bug Fixes

07/11/2016 - v1.7.0
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated Documentation
- Fixed 'Gallery' Post Format Display Bug
- Minor Bug Fixes

20/07/2016 - v1.6.0
+ Improved Syntax Highlighter
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated Documentation
- Fixed Incompatibility with Some Third-Party Shortcodes
- Minor Bug Fixes

19/05/2016 - v1.5.0
+ Added History States to AJAX Pagination
+ Added ‘Post List: Use Excerpts’ Option
+ Added ‘Post Page: Show Author Description’ Option
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated Documentation
- Fixed Pagination Style Bug
- Minor Bug Fixes

02/05/2016 - v1.4.0
+ Added ‘Alternative Header’ Option
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated Translations
+ Updated Documentation
- Fixed AJAX Pagination Bug
- Minor Bug Fixes

25/04/2016 - v1.3.0
+ Added ‘Sticky Header’ Option
+ Added ‘Full Width Image’ Shortcode
+ Updated ‘Ecko Framework’
+ Updated ‘Ecko Plugin’
+ Updated Documentation
- Minor Bug Fixes

21/04/2016 - v1.2.1
- Minor Bug Fixes

18/04/2016 - v1.2.0
+ Added ‘Post Layout: Left Sidebar’ Option
- Minor Bug Fixes

08/04/2016 - v1.1.0
+ Added ‘Post Option: Page Layout’ Option
+ Added ‘Customizer: Default Page Layout’ Option
+ Added ‘Hide Frontpage Cover’ Option
+ Updated Documentation
- Minor Bug Fixes

06/04/2016 - v1.0.7
- Minor Bug Fixes

06/04/2016 - v1.0.6
- Initial Release