Title: NewStone
Author: Terry L.
Published: July 24, 2011
Last modified: June 2, 2026

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# NewStone

![Terry L. Avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fca418a834057a4203c6856e316ca4d7c71fa1b9076977e08e5c4d5a9cc9aec6?
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[Terry L.](https://wordpress.org/themes/author/terrylin/)

![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/newstone/2.1.1/screenshot.png?w=post-
thumbnail&strip=all)

[Preview](https://wordpress.org/themes/newstone/preview/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/newstone.2.1.1.zip)

 *  Version 2.1.1
 *  Last updated June 2, 2026
 *  Active installations 40+
 *  WordPress version 3.6
 *  PHP version 5.2
 *  [Theme homepage](https://terryl.in/en/repository/newstone/)

NewStone is a simple and clean two-columns ( It can become three-columns by using
particular widgets ), fixed-width theme with 15 years of history. It deliberately
targets very old WordPress versions and is compatible with WordPress 3.x standard
features: Custom Menu, Header Image, Custom Background and Featured Images. It does
not add dedicated block editor (Gutenberg) support on purpose, so the experience
long-time users rely on stays intact. NewStone supports 4 widgets for normal use,
4 widgets for placing Ads, 1 widget for Javascript (Google Analytics or similar 
services).

## Features

[Custom background](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-background/), [Custom header](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-header/),
[Microformats](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/microformats/), [Sticky post](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/sticky-post/),
[Threaded comments](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/threaded-comments/), [Three columns](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/three-columns/),
[Translation ready](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/translation-ready/), [Two columns](https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/two-columns/)

## Downloads per day

Active Installations: **40+**

## Ratings

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## Support

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[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/newstone/)

## Report

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## Translations

This theme is available in the following languages: [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/themes/newstone/),
[Русский](https://ru.wordpress.org/themes/newstone/), and [繁體中文](https://tw.wordpress.org/themes/newstone/).

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

## Browse the code

[Development log](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/log/newstone)

[Subversion repository](https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/newstone)

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[Trac tickets](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/query?keywords=~theme-newstone)

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