Elementor is a multipurpose page builder plugin for WordPress. Not only you can use it to create static pages such as landing pages, homepages, about pages, and contact pages. With the pro version of Elementor, you can also create your own WordPress theme without coding. You can create custom theme parts such as the header, the footer, the single post template, the category page, and so on.
Your job of creating a website (a complete website) with Elementor gets easier with a template kit. A template kit itself is a set of Elementor templates with a consistent design concept. Elementor introduced the first edition of template kit on August 2019. A template kit is intended for a specific website type. For instance, the Digital Agency template kit is intended for digital agency websites (although you can also use it for other website types with some modifications). Usually, a template kit consists of the following templates:
- A homepage template
- A header template
- A footer template
- An about page template
- A contact page template
- A 404 page template
- A single post template
- An archive template
Template Kits are only available on Elementor Pro so you need to update your Elementor if you haven’t.
Here are 3 great Elementor template kitss to create an online magazine.
1. The Magazine Template Kit
Earlier this year (2020), Elementor released the 6th edition of template kit. This template kit is dedicated to online magazines. So, if you plan to create an online magazine with WordPress+Elementor, this template kit is a great option. This template kit has a clean concept with white as the background color. The homepage layout is pretty cool. There are blocks dedicated to ad banners. The Magazine Template Kit comes with the following set of templates.
- The homepage template
- Popup templates
- A single post template
- Archive page templates
- A 404 page template
- A header template
- A footer template
2. Noovazity
Noovazity is a great template kit to create an online magazine or news portal. This template kit is built with JetPlugins — a set of premium Elementor add-ons developed by Crocoblock. This template is available as a default feature of Monstroid2 theme. The developer of Monstroid2 itself uses the term “skin” instead of “template kit”. Whatever you call it, Noovazity is great to build an online magazine or a news portal. This template kit comes with common elements you usually find on an online magazine such as news ticker, grid blocks, and so on.
3. Turbodrive
Same as Noovazity, Turbodrive is also available as a default feature of Monstroid2 theme. Turbodrive is designed specifically for automotive magazines, but you can also use it for other magazines types such as sport, entertainment, and so on. This template kit also contains common elements you usually find on an online magazine such as news ticker and grid blocks to display articles from certain categories. There is a block dedicated to embedding a YouTube playlist, which is great if you have a YouTube channel. This block is created using JetBlog.