Editorial control
Feature index
Everything Aeon News can do, in detail.
Aeon News is not a generic theme with a handful of settings. It is a structured publishing platform with editorial systems, revenue workflows, reader engagement add-ons, app distribution, and AI-assisted newsroom tools.
Poll of the week
What should the newsroom ask readers next?
Reader poll
Did this article change your view?
AI-assisted workflow
Agent suggestions
Suggest poll question
Draft quiz alternatives
Editor approves
Quiz system
Test your knowledge
Signature features
The capabilities that make Aeon News different.
Start here for the functions that usually matter most in a sales conversation: editorial hierarchy, reader depth, revenue formats, audience engagement, and AI-assisted newsroom workflows.
Reader engagement
Continuous article loading
Load the next article from the same category as the reader scrolls, with URL updates and page-view tracking.Revenue tools
Native article system
Sponsored articles can receive fixed front-page exposure while remaining visibly separate from editorial content.Workflow and quality
AI proofreading add-on
Review article text, captions, credits, excerpts, tags, summaries, and metadata before publication.Workflow and quality
AI translate and migrate add-on
Translate and migrate complete articles, images, metadata, categories, and topics between connected WordPress sites.AI editorial agents
Agent-supported newsroom operations
Aeon helps editorial teams define where AI agents should research, draft, proofread, fact-check, or prepare articles with human approval.Audience engagement add-ons
Weekly poll
A front-page poll module for recurring audience questions, newsroom prompts, campaign themes, or public-interest topics.Audience engagement add-ons
Reader polls inside articles
Optional per-post polls placed below the article content to capture reader sentiment at the moment of engagement.Audience engagement add-ons
Professional quiz system
Create image-supported quizzes around reported topics, explainers, campaigns, or educational editorial packages.Formal feature index
The full platform map.
A structured scan of the complete capability layer: core newspaper logic, engagement, revenue, workflow, media, apps, AI agents, and expansion add-ons.
Editorial control
Shape the hierarchy of a daily newspaper instead of accepting a blog feed.
Writer register
One profile for every staff writer, columnist and guest, with titles, roles, portraits and a public writer page.
Genres and an opinion section
News, analysis, comment, editorial, column, debate, reply, letter and review, separate from the section an article belongs to.
Republishing with history intact
Lift an archive article back onto the front page, now or at a planned time, with sharing, push and a new reel in one step.
News dimensioning
Four editorial levels help teams decide what deserves the lead, a smaller placement, or only the latest-news list.
Topic threading
Group articles around unfolding events, recurring coverage areas, or sponsored story series.
Author and columnist system
Dedicated author pages, signatures, biographies, portraits, additional authors, and columnist presentation modes.
Fact boxes and article summaries
Add structured summaries, key findings, supporting material, video, galleries, and fact boxes around the article.
Reader engagement
Keep readers moving through relevant journalism without weakening trust or clarity.
Search made for a newspaper
Relevance ranking, filters for section, writer and date, and results that show where and when an article was published.
Continuous article loading
Load the next article from the same category as the reader scrolls, with URL updates and page-view tracking.
Latest-news ticker
A compact rotating ticker brings the latest newsroom activity into article views.
Trending stories
Show high-performing articles from a selected period so important work does not disappear after the next publishing cycle.
Dark mode and reading time
Modern reading comfort with device-aware dark mode and automatic reading-time estimates.
Revenue tools
Make commercial formats visible, controlled, and transparent.
Native article system
Sponsored articles can receive fixed front-page exposure while remaining visibly separate from editorial content.
Display advertising architecture
Multiple fixed commercial surfaces across the front page, article view, side columns, and in-content placements.
Aeon Ad Manager
The platform's own ad system: ads, groups and placements, a planner for bookings, and statistics that belong to the newspaper.
Campaign-friendly front page
Native placements can move through their own slower flow instead of being washed away by the editorial feed.
Workflow and quality
Support the practical work behind daily publishing.
Aeon News Poster
Share articles to X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, Telegram and Bluesky from the newsroom's own system.
Translation and publishing workflows
Automated workflows that translate articles between sister newspapers or prepare articles for publication, with verification first.
Editorial controls built into the platform
Purpose-built fields give editors control over presentation, metadata, media, writers and placement, the same on every site.
AI proofreading add-on
Review article text, captions, credits, excerpts, tags, summaries, and metadata before publication.
SEO and social workflow
Compatible with leading SEO plugins and automated social publishing workflows.
AI translate and migrate add-on
Translate and migrate complete articles, images, metadata, categories, and topics between connected WordPress sites.
Platform operations
Run a newspaper site with fewer plugins, fewer surprises and the same behaviour on every site.
Aeon Cache
A complete performance suite in the theme: page cache, preloading, browser caching, image loading, delayed scripts and database cleanup.
Privacy and web analytics
A consent banner for statistics, Matomo with or without cookies, and Google Analytics with Consent Mode v2.
Dark mode that covers the details
Light, dark or the reader's system setting, with embedded X posts, coloured boxes and tables that stay readable.
Built-in housekeeping
Missed scheduled posts, e-mail protection and trash retention, built into the platform.
Database updates you can review
Changes to stored data are previewed, backed up, logged and reversible.
Ready for every language
Reader-facing texts in Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian and English, and a new site that sets itself up.
Editorial API for agents
Everything an editor sets in the article editor can be set by authorised agents and workflows, with the same rules.
Data and audio services
Services Aeon Media runs for newspapers on the platform.
Aeon Analytics
A clear dashboard for the newspaper's Matomo statistics, across one or several sites.
Radio Summary
A daily spoken news briefing generated from the newspaper's own articles.
AI editorial agents
A consultation-led service for designing, training, and rolling out agent-supported workflows inside WordPress.
Agent-supported newsroom operations
Aeon helps editorial teams define where AI agents should research, draft, proofread, fact-check, or prepare articles with human approval.
WordPress production automation
Agents can assist with excerpts, metadata, captions, featured images, galleries, embeds, Rank Math-style SEO fields, and post settings.
Engagement modules maintained by agents
Weekly polls, reader polls, and quizzes can be suggested, drafted, and maintained by AI agents trained on the publication.
AI-assisted comment moderation
A privacy-minimised, fail-closed moderation queue can help clearly safe reader comments move faster while uncertain cases remain with moderators.
Editorial skill library
Document the publication's tone, sources, workflows, fact-checking routines, and recurring production tasks as reusable agent skills.
Media formats
Give editors richer story formats without losing the newspaper frame.
Gallery and slider support
Use galleries as supporting media or as a strong replacement for the featured image.
Featured video support
Replace the lead image with video when a story calls for motion or direct footage.
Comments and page-builder compatibility
Use native or third-party comment systems and extend campaign surfaces with page builders when needed.
Audience engagement add-ons
Create structured reader participation without turning every article into an open comment thread.
Weekly poll
A front-page poll module for recurring audience questions, newsroom prompts, campaign themes, or public-interest topics.
Reader polls inside articles
Optional per-post polls placed below the article content to capture reader sentiment at the moment of engagement.
Professional quiz system
Create image-supported quizzes around reported topics, explainers, campaigns, or educational editorial packages.
Consultation-first rollout
Build your next newspaper on proven editorial infrastructure.
Every publisher has different migration, brand, app, advertising, and training needs. Aeon News starts with a focused consultation.