Bimber Theme

Bimber – The Ultimate Viral Magazine

Bimber it’s a viral content machine that has powered some of the web’s most popular magazine, entertainment, and meme sites. From social bookmarking to laugh-out-loud memes, Bimber is built to help you launch a fully functional, high-engagement viral site in hours, not weeks. You can download Bimber absolutely FREE and unlock a world of proven features — even though the theme is officially retired and no longer receives commercial support.

• Multiple monetization methods
• Various ad provider integrations
• Multiple ad slots with strategic placements
• BIG social share buttons with clear call-to-action
• Sticky sharebar for continuous visibility of share buttons
• Social comments integration with Facebook and Disqus
• Fake counters for viral newbies
• Snax plugin for front-end content submission in various formats
• Integration with popular plugins
• Built-in features including:
  • Frontend uploader
  • Viral image editor
  • Video playlist
  • Lightbox gallery
  • Quizzes
  • Polls
  • Different types of lists (open, ranked, classic)
• Pre-built demos inspired by popular viral content platforms
• Community-driven functionalities with user content submission
• SEO optimization with compatibility for plugins like Yoast SEO
• Performance optimization with compatibility for plugins like WP Rocket

Make Money with Ads and Other Monetization Methods

Monetization is built right in. With native ad slots, affiliate tools, sponsored content modules, and automatic ad injection, you can start earning from Google AdSense, Taboola, Outbrain, RevContent, or direct partnerships. Want to push affiliate deals? Promote giveaways? Host sponsored quizzes or paid downloads? Bimber makes it easy to mix and match monetization strategies that suit your audience.

1. Bimber supports several ad providers, including Google AdSense, Taboola, RevContent, and Outbrain, among others. You can choose the ones that work best for your site and start earning revenue.
2. Bimber offers multiple ad slots, including automatic injection into post listings, ads inside sidebars with sticky options, ads inside the post content, and more. You can choose the placements that work best for your audience and start earning money.
3. In addition to ads, Bimber offers several other monetization methods, including affiliate links, coupons, donations, paid content, and promoted products. You can mix and match the methods that work best for your site and audience, and start earning money right away.

Still Powerful, Still Flexible, Still Viral

Bimber might be retired, but it’s far from outdated. This theme is a true classic, packing an impressive suite of viral content features, all designed with performance, engagement, and monetization in mind. If you’re looking for a creative springboard to launch a niche magazine, meme hub, social news aggregator, or affiliate product curation site, Bimber offers the proven design patterns of the biggest viral brands.

• BIG Social Share Buttons with Clear Call to Action. Bimber’s social share buttons are prominently displayed and feature a clear call to action, encouraging your readers to share your content across their social media profiles.
• Sticky Sharebar. Make your social share buttons even more visible by enabling the sticky sharebar feature. The sharebar will follow your readers as they scroll down the page, ensuring that they can share your content at any point.
• Social Comments Integration. Allow your readers to comment on your posts using their social media profiles. Bimber supports integration with Facebook and Disqus commenting systems, making it easy for your readers to share their thoughts on your content.
• Fake Counters for Viral Newbies. Just starting out? Don’t worry – Bimber has got you covered. The theme comes with fake counters for shares, views, votes, and reactions, so your content will look popular even if it hasn’t gone viral yet.

Why Use Bimber?

Bimber is a one-of-a-kind toolkit, combining front-end publishing, viral content sharing, gamification, and deep social media integration. The theme comes bundled with the famous Snax plugin, letting your users submit their own stories, memes, quizzes, polls, open lists, and more. This means your community can contribute to your site’s growth — turning visitors into active creators.

• Frontend Uploader & Snax Plugin for user content submission
• Viral Image Editor for memes and custom graphics
• Video Playlist & Lightbox Galleries for immersive media
• Quizzes, Polls, and Interactive Lists for sticky engagement
• NSFW Support, Points, Badges & User Ranks for community gamification
• Header Builder, Sticky Sidebar, AdBlock Detection, Social Widgets
• WooCommerce Compatibility for launching a viral shop

With its modular design, you can enable or disable features to keep your site lean, fast, and focused on what matters most.

Built for the Social Web

Social sharing isn’t an afterthought in Bimber — it’s the core. Big, bold, sticky share buttons follow your users down the page, while Facebook and Disqus comments help amplify your reach. Bimber also supports “fake” share/view counters — perfect for launching new sites that want to look busy and authoritative from day one. Let your content look popular while you’re still building your audience!

• Frontend Uploader
• Viral Image Editor
• Video Playlist
• Lightbox Gallery
• Quizzes
• Polls
• Lists (Open, Ranked, Classic)

However, the theme is also compatible with many popular plugins that can enhance the functionality of your site.

For example, Bimber integrates with popular plugins like bbPress and BuddyBoss, allowing you to create a community-driven site. You can also use plugins like WooCommerce to add an online store to your site or Restrict Content Pro to create a membership site. Other plugins that Bimber works well with include UpdraftPlus for backups, WP Rocket for caching, and Yoast SEO for search engine optimization.

Amazing Viral Magazine Demos

Out of the box, Bimber includes multiple demo sites inspired by today’s top viral platforms:

• BuzzFeed, 9GAG & Bored Panda: Memes, gifs, quizzes, image galleries, listicles
• Reddit, Hacker News: Social bookmarking, link voting, and user submissions
• Affiliate/Coupon Sites: Product discovery, deal curation, and user-submitted finds
• Freebie/Download Sites: Resource roundups and giveaway campaigns
• Celebrity/Pop Culture: Galleries, breaking news, social media embeds, and more

One-click demo import means you can get started instantly — then customize every pixel with your own branding, ad placements, and unique content.

A Note on Support and Updates

Because Bimber is now retired, it no longer receives commercial updates, security patches, or developer support. While still highly functional and compatible with most recent WordPress releases, it’s best suited for:

• Side projects, MVPs, and learning purposes
• Internal or private communities
• Experienced developers who can troubleshoot and patch as needed

Use caution if deploying Bimber on mission-critical, high-traffic, or commercial projects.

Devtools Club exists to keep the power of premium WordPress development accessible for all. By offering Bimber for free under the GPL, we help the WordPress community continue building, learning, and launching creative projects — without paywalls or artificial limits.

Bimber Theme installation and demo import