Elegant Magazine vs Writee
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| Feature | Elegant Magazine v4.5.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Writee v2.0.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1,000+ | 5,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | February 18, 2022 |
| Editions | Elegant Magazine · Elegant Magazine Pro ($) | Writee · Writee Pro ($) |
| Pros | Several magazine-style post widgets for sliders, carousels and tabs; Free minimalist news and blog layout; WooCommerce and custom header support | Free blog theme with a full-width or boxed slider; Three custom widgets: about me, social icons and recent posts; Social profile links and custom CSS and JS settings in the Customizer |
| Cons | Upgrade prompts appear in the admin and customizer; Advanced features are reserved for the paid Pro edition | Advanced options are offered only as a Writee Pro upgrade; Travel template loads Google Maps with an API key hardcoded in the theme |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Magazine-style post widgets (slider, carousel, categorised, tabbed), Starter sites demo data, Recommended plugins install panel, Upgrade to Pro prompts | Full-width or boxed content slider, About me widget, Social icons widget, Recent posts widget, Social profile links in Customizer, Custom CSS and JS output, Translation ready with bundled language files, Writee Pro upgrade ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Other | Google Fonts | Google Maps |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | — |
| Requires PHP | 5.0 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 6.9 | 5.9 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | maps.googleapis.com |