JNews vs Phlox

jnews vs phlox

JNews and Phlox are both available through Themeforest and are therefore direct competitors. That is certainly the case since both themes can be used for the construction of very nicely looking blogs and shops. JNews vs Phlox, which is the better theme? We start with JNews which does not mean it would be better.

The JNews Theme

The JNews Theme was launched in 2017 and has been doing very well ever since on Themeforest. This theme has recently had a major upgrade and is now completely full of the so-called builders and I can already say that the theme must be one of the best for creating blogs and news websites.

JNews' Rating

JNews has since been sold 17k times and is therefore doing good business. I think this theme will rise in the rankings on Themeforest. It has a very strong rating there of 4.86 out of 5. Few themes exceed that.

jnews theme review rating

Its Loading Speed

Below you can see that the values for speed in Google Page Speed are 99 for mobile and 100 for desktop. I have not tested myself, the builders of the theme indicate this themselves. I assume that at least an elite cache plugin was used for this.

jnews theme review speed loading

JNews' Page Builders

elementor and wp bakery pagebuilder

The JNews theme serves you with 2 different page builders, Elementor and the WP-Bakery page builder. I would definitely use the first of the 2 if I were you. In all the “Builders” below you work with Elementor, a very good page builder.

JNews Theme Review: Header Builder

You can see in the image below how easy it is to place everything in the header in the places you want. All good themes have a header builder and so does JNews. In addition, you can also choose from a large number of standard headers that you can set.

jnews theme review header builder

JNews Category Builder

You see, the category builder uses Elementor. Customize your category pages with the greatest of ease. Styling requires no technical knowledge.

jnews theme review category builder

Mega Menu Builder

Again with Elementor as the basis, the Mega Menu Builder. You can literally fill in all the boxes with the content you want there. It just doesn’t come easy. A cool tool.

jnews theme review megamenu builder

JNews' Style Editor

Right click on any item on the page and you will get many options that you can adjust, for example: margin, background, padding, position, animation and much more.

jnews theme review style editor

Demo Websites 67+ and Homepage 150+

The number of 67 for full website demos is more than enough. In the case of JNews, practically all of these demos are for blogs, news websites, podcast websites or video websites. The theme has beautiful layouts available that you can install with a few clicks. There are also 150+ different homepage layouts, so only homepage. You have more than enough choice with JNews.

jnews theme demo websites

A Video-Based Site

jnews theme video websites

JNews makes it easy to create a video-based website. This theme includes a lot of features that will allow you to create a video-focused site inspired by Youtube, Dailymotion and Vimeo.

  • Thumbnail Preview Video
  • Frontend Uploader
  • One Video Template
  • Video Modules New
  • Profil of the User
  • Subscribe to User
  • Video Playlist
  • You can find many more here

Paywriter System in JNews

Let others write for your site. WordPress makes it easy to manage author payments. JNews+ Pay writer system makes it easy to track author’s payments. I would say, this is perfect for the type of website one is going to build with JNews.

jnews theme paywriter system

Paywall now with Woo-subscriptions

JNews has added a paywall to WooCommerce Subscriptions. This was requested by everyone. JNews Paywall now accepts WooCommerce Subscriptions payments. JNews clearly pays attention to their customers.

jnews theme review paywall woo subscriptions

JNews Theme Review Conclusion

The Jnews theme is packed with special features for blogs and news sites, which makes this theme simply one of the best of its kind. I can’t show all these features here, you can see the rest on their own website. It should be clear that JNews is an absolute must for people who want to build and run a blog or news website.

Let’s continue this Phlox vs JNews comparison with the Phlox Theme.

The Phlox Theme

As a matter of fact this website you are looking at right now, I built it with Phlox Premium and Elementor. I can tell you right away that this is a great theme, but we’re going through all the points of the theme so slowly. Phlox was launched back in 2013, a golden age for WP themes.

Phlox Themes' Rating

phlox theme review rating

The Phlox Theme has a free version with a rating of 4.8 out of 5 as seen above. The premium theme has an average rating of 4.66 out of 5. With these figures, the Phlox theme is among the best rated themes on Themeforest.

Loading Speed

The Phlox theme has impressive loading times as can be seen below in the 4 completed tests. However, there are faster themes, such as Astra. Such fast loading times are always achieved with an elite cache plugin.

phlox theme review speed

Phlox's Page Builder

elementor theme

Phlox is a so-called Elementor Theme, which means built to support Elementor. Building the website practically only happens with Elementor. What I needed Phlox for was a beautiful demo website from which I could start my site. The demos of Elementor Pro itself I found a bit disappointing.

160+ extra Widgets in Elementor

Purchasing Elementor Pro is made completely unnecessary by the many extra widgets offered by Phlox within the page builder, 160+ to be precise. An unprecedented number of extra widgets which offers practically unlimited possibilities.

phlox theme review elements widgets

A Second Page Builder

phlox theme review wpbakery

As an encore, Phlox has a 2nd page builder in it, the WP-Bakery page builder. Definitely a good page builder, but when I think of Phlox I think of Elementor if you know what I mean.

phlox theme review wpbakery elements

You also get the Bakery page builder as a tuned version with about 60 extra widgets in it by Phlox.

Building a Blog

We call the structure of this website a blog. If you click on “Blog” in the menu or on “Compare Themes” you will see the blog layout. There are dozens of settings what people do and don’t want to show in the items. My experience with the Phlox theme for blogs is very good, this site is like my baby everything works so well. So if you want to build a blog, Phlox is definitely a good choice.

Phlox offers a variety of layouts and options to help you become a professional blogger, or just to get started in the blogging world. You can do everything with blogging. Phlox uses best practices in typography design to ensure that content is easily readable on all devices. Phlox supports all types of blogging, including grid, masonry and timeline. It also covers layouts such as tile, land and classic.

Phlox Theme Review: Starter Sites

phlox theme review demos

I just mentioned that I had selected Phlox on its beautiful demo websites, in total there are 190+. These come in different specializations such as blogs, shops, corporate and much more. The layouts are of extremely high quality. As far as I’m concerned, Phlox is even undervalued with its rating.

Reuse Sections

Being able to save and reuse sections at lightning speed is a great feature. It says “Exclusive” in the corner but there are many more themes that have this.

Phlox: Global Colors

The theme uses 3 basic colors that are used throughout the site. If you adjust it, it will automatically adjust across the entire site. Doesn’t seem like a real exclusive feature to me, but it’s certainly practical.

Headers and Footers

The Phlo theme offers a complete collection of options for both footers and headers. There will certainly be something to your liking for your website. You can make further adjustments to your chosen design with the Header & Footer Builder.

Phlox Theme Review Conclusion

I assume that you have received a very positive impression of Phlo by now, this is a great theme. I can’t copy all the information here, not 1 on 1. If your interest has been piqued, read on on their own website. As far as I’m concerned, Phlox is one of the better themes on Themeforest and highly recommended.

Phlox vs JNews Conclusion

I like JNews better, it is just a bit better overall specially for blogs. But there is a small problem, these themes want to see a separate expensive license for every website you want to build with it. This will quickly cost you a lot of money. You are better off with Astra or Divi that can be used on an unlimited sites and are also even better and more stable themes.