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Bangkok Press

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Bangkok Press is a fixed two-column news and editorial theme from GoodLayers whose vendor description makes one structural promise first: article content renders above the sidebar in both sidebar layouts. Around that fixed column order sit more than ten blog styles, six footer layouts, a drag-and-drop page builder paired with a separate slider manager, and theme-wide appearance tools covering over 450 fonts, a font uploader and 15 background patterns. Four custom post types and three thumbnail modes extend it toward listings and promotional pages.

Updated November 4, 2026 · theme.markets editorial team

Content before sidebar, in every layout

The vendor's description opens its SEO section with a structural change rather than a plugin: main content is moved above the sidebars in both sidebar layouts, so the article markup comes before the navigation column. That is a fixed decision in the theme's templates, not a toggle you flip. If your editorial plan puts a wall of recency widgets at the top of the page, or if you expect to choose column order per template, this theme has already made that call for you.

The same section says titles are output with heading tags (H1, H2, H3 and so on) and that image alt text is supported. Both are wrapper-level choices: the theme decides which tag your title gets, and you fill in the alt text on each image. Treat the rest of the SEO language in the description as the vendor's intent rather than a measured result.

Ten-plus article lists, six footers

The feature list claims more than 10 blog styles and six footer layouts. Read together, those two numbers describe a theme meant to vary its article listing and its closing section without a second install. A news site often needs exactly that: a dense feed for the homepage, a looser layout for a section front, and a footer that can hold different link groups in each area.

The description does not name the styles, say how they differ, or explain whether they can be assigned per category or per page. Look at the live demo before planning around a specific arrangement.

A builder and a slider manager, listed separately

Pages are managed through a drag-and-drop page builder, and sliders through a separate drag-and-drop slider manager. The vendor lists them as distinct tools in the admin panel, which matters because it puts slider composition outside the page layout itself — you build the slide sequence in one place and place it on a page in another.

The description does not name the builder or the slider software, and a related claim about Gutenberg in this marketplace must not be read as proof that the block editor is unusable. If you depend on a specific builder you already know, confirm which one is bundled before buying.

One appearance workflow for the whole site

Colour is described as changeable on almost every element through the admin panel, with over 450 fonts available, an uploader for your own font files, and 15 predefined background patterns plus a background uploader and a logo uploader.

These are site-wide controls rather than per-article settings. Set the palette and type once and every archive, single post and footer inherits them. That is efficient for a publication that keeps a consistent identity, and awkward if you want section fronts to look visibly different from one another: the evidence offers no per-section styling mechanism beyond the blog styles and footer choices.

Portfolio, gallery, testimonial and price table as content types

The vendor lists four custom post types — Portfolio, Gallery, Testimonial and Price Table — alongside three thumbnail options for posts: static image, slider and video.

The thumbnail choice is the more immediately useful one for editorial work, because a post that leads the homepage with a video gets a different presentation from one that leads with a still. The extra post types suit a publication that also runs sponsored packages, a photo essay series or client testimonials; they will sit unused on a straightforward news site. Note that a price table also appears as a standalone feature in the list, so the same capability is described twice.

Translation: a translator in the panel and a .pot file

The description promises a built-in translator for translating elements to your language, and a .pot file for localization that you convert to .mo files after translating. Those are two different paths — string-by-string edits in the admin, or standard gettext files handled in a translation tool.

WPML is the only multilingual plugin named in the marketplace compatibility field, and it is a plugin you supply and configure rather than something the theme provides. If your site ships in more than one language, decide fairly early whether WPML or the .pot route carries the bulk of the work, because they produce different maintenance loads.

Declared WordPress versions and what the files contain

As observed on the marketplace in November 2026, the listing declares WordPress 6.1.x through 7.0.x and browsers from Internet Explorer 11 to current Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge. Those are declarations stored with the product, not results from a run on your host, PHP build or plugin stack.

The file list records Layered PSD, PHP, CSS and JS files — a layered design source alongside theme code, which is useful if a designer needs to extend the visual system. The description says demo imagery comes from Flickr and a stock library under separate licences, so plan on replacing it. Beyond that, the theme's age and the changelog detail are not established by the evidence supplied here; check the marketplace changelog before committing to a long build.

Questions & answers

Can I put the sidebar on the left of the article text?

The vendor describes main content as moved above the sidebars in both sidebar layouts, which reads as a fixed source-order decision rather than a switch. Treat the position of the sidebar as part of the theme's design and confirm the visible arrangement on the demo before you plan around a different one.

Is a specific page builder included?

The feature list names a drag-and-drop page builder and a separate drag-and-drop slider manager but does not identify either product. The marketplace files field lists PHP, CSS and JS files without naming plugin folders, so confirm the builder's name and how it is installed before you commit.

Does the theme handle multilingual content on its own?

The vendor describes a built-in translator in the admin panel and a .pot file for localization. WPML appears only in the compatibility field, meaning it is a plugin you install and configure separately. Nothing in the description states which approach covers which parts of the site.

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