Compasso is a premium WordPress theme engineered for magazine-style websites and content-heavy blogs, utilizing modern HTML5 and CSS3 standards to create visually dynamic layouts. Ideal for publishers, news portals, and review sites, its architecture is optimized for high-volume content presentation while maintaining aesthetic flexibility across all devices.
Adaptive Responsive Design
Compasso’s responsive layout automatically adjusts from desktop monitors to smartphones, ensuring optimal viewing without horizontal scrolling. The fluid grid system maintains design integrity across screen resolutions while conserving loading speed. For specialized use cases like app landing pages or digital magazines requiring fixed dimensions, the responsiveness can be disabled via theme options with one click.
Customizable Color Schemes
Choose from 12 professionally curated color palettes or create unlimited custom schemes using the integrated color picker. Implement brand-specific hues consistently across headers, widgets, buttons, and typography without touching CSS. Real-time previews let you visualize changes instantly before publishing.
Advanced Layout Systems
Five distinct layout engines transform how content is displayed:
Posts List Layout
Traditional magazine-style presentation with left-aligned thumbnails, perfect for chronological content streams. Customize visibility of metadata (author, date, comments) within each entry.
Posts Grid Layout
Pixel-perfect grid system displaying content in up to four equal-height columns. Ideal for photo features or product showcases where visual consistency matters.
Posts Masonry Layout
Dynamic Pinterest-style grid where card heights adapt to content length. Especially effective for mixed-media sites featuring articles alongside videos and galleries.
Category Grids
Organize content taxonomically with drag-and-drop category management. Display sections in 1 or 2-column formats with automatic post filtering.
Category Masonry
Combine categorical organization with fluid masonry aesthetics. Curate category display order via admin panel for strategic content prioritization.
Intuitive Theme Options
The native WordPress customizer interface includes 50+ settings for:
- Typography controls with Google Fonts integration
- Header/footer configuration
- Social media profile linking
- Advertisement zone management
- Performance optimization toggles
Multi-Criteria Rating System
Implement professional review systems with custom criteria fields (e.g., “Design: 4/5”, “Performance: 3/5”). Weighted averages generate automatic overall scores displayed as stars or percentages. Schema.org markup integration boosts SEO for review content.
Dynamic Sidebar Management
Create unlimited context-specific sidebars with granular control:
- Assign unique sidebars per post, page, or archive
- Choose left, right, or full-width layouts per page
- Widget visibility scheduling for time-sensitive content
- Device-specific sidebar display rules
Specialized Widget Library
Thirteen precision-built widgets solve common magazine requirements:
- Advertising Modules: 125px and 300px ad slots with impression tracking
- Content Curators: Post filters by popularity, recency, or category with display customization
- Social Integrations: Facebook Like Box, Twitter feeds with API v1.1 compliance
- Interactive Elements: AJAX contact forms, video embeds with FitVids responsiveness
- Navigation Tools: Dynamic breadcrumbs, category-based subpage explorers
Built-In SEO Framework
On-page optimization tools include:
- Custom meta descriptions and keywords per page
- Robots.txt controls for indexing exclusion
- Automatic schema.org structured data for articles
- Canonical URL management to prevent duplicate content
- Compatibility layer for Yoast SEO and Rank Math plugins
Advanced Feature Suite
Additional professional publishing tools:
- Media Management: Flex Slider featured content carousels, lazy-loaded thumbnails
- Branding Controls: Custom logos for site and login screen, dynamic favicon support
- Content Enhancements: Built-in related posts, author biography boxes with social links
- Navigation Systems: Dual multi-level dropdown menus, AJAX-powered pagination
- Display Customization: Per-element visibility controls (thumbnails, excerpts, ratings)
- Developer Tools: Child theme support with starter template, translation-ready .po files
- Interactive Elements: Threaded comments with Gravatar, shortcode generator for buttons/tabs/accordions
- Maintenance Features: Theme update notifications, XML sample data importer
Continuous Improvement History
Active development since 2013 ensures compatibility and security:
Version 1.5 (June 2015)
- Security-enhanced PrettyPhoto gallery
- Responsive video handling with FitVids 1.1
- Global rating system controls
- Mobile viewport optimization
Version 1.4 (April 2014)
- WordPress 3.9 compatibility patches
- Post-specific layout overrides
- CSS performance optimization
Version 1.3 (June 2013)
- Right-to-left language support
- Twitter API v1.1 compliance
- Fluid video embeds
Note: Demo images shown in previews are available separately on PhotoDune. Compasso requires WordPress 3.4+ and includes comprehensive documentation for setup and customization.
