7 Webflow blog templates compared — Scribe, Compose, Blogzan, Notes, Narrative, Wordmark, and Monograph. From neutral defaults to print-inspired magazines and newsroom card grids. CMS, categories, and reading layouts that hold up at length.
A blog template needs to do three boring things well. Make writing feel first-class, scale to hundreds of posts without breaking, and stay out of the way of the content. Most templates miss at least one — usually the third.
Five of the seven templates here are Webflow blogs I designed and sell myself. The other two are picks from the Webflow marketplace I’d genuinely recommend — Blogzan (Press.hub) for a magazine-style news feel, and Wordmark for ultra-minimal personal blogs. Mine are $49 each; the third-party picks run from $49 to $79.
Scribe is the quiet, neutral default. Comfortable reading column, clean type, a CMS-driven archive that scales. I made it for the writer who wants the words to carry the site without the template fighting for attention.
The homepage opens on the most recent post and a featured article. Works for both single-writer blogs and small editorial teams.
Solo writers and indie publications where the priority is the reading experience. Anyone who’d be embarrassed by a blog that looks more interesting than the writing.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
Compose is the colourful one. More personality than Scribe, with a homepage built like a magazine cover rather than a reverse-chronological list. I added proper author profile pages because once you have more than one contributor, a generic “by Bob” byline starts to feel cheap.
Small editorial teams, company blogs with multiple writers, content-led startups whose blog should feel like a publication.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
Blogzan — sold as Press.hub on the marketplace — is the closest thing to a newsroom layout in this list. Card-grid homepage, category-led navigation, room for press releases and longer features in the same CMS. I’d pick it over my own templates if you’re building something closer to a news site than a personal blog.
Honest note: at $79 it’s the most expensive template here, and the design is more opinionated than mine. If you want neutral and adaptable, Scribe is still the better starting point.
Independent news sites, press hubs, and content-led startups whose homepage should feel like a publication rather than a personal blog.
$79 · Webflow marketplace
Notes leans toward design studios and creative practices who want a blog attached to their main site. Slightly more decorative than Scribe, with richer hover states and a tighter type scale.
Honest note: it works less well as a standalone publication. Use it as the writing section of a larger studio site, not as the main thing.
Design studios and creative freelancers who want a blog matching the polish of their main site.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
Narrative is built for long-form. Wider reading column, generous line-height, a layout that rewards scrolling instead of skimming. If your posts are 2,000 to 5,000 words and the reading experience is the product, this is the strongest pick on the list.
I deliberately kept the homepage understated. The article pages are where the visual weight should sit.
Long-form writers, research blogs, anyone whose article averages 3,000 words. Substack refugees who want to own the layout.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
Wordmark is the most stripped-back template on this list. Single-column layout, generous whitespace, wordmark-style typographic hero. It’s built for personal blogs and thought-piece writers who want the page to feel closer to a piece of stationery than a CMS.
Honest note: I could only get one preview image from the marketplace — check the live demo before buying. It’s also the most minimal template here, which means the least structure if you need category archives or multi-author support.
Personal blogs, thought-piece writers, and anyone whose writing works best on a page with nothing else competing for attention.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
Monograph is the systematic, print-inspired option. Grid-heavy homepage, deliberate type scale, the closest thing to a magazine layout I’ve put on the Webflow marketplace. I made it for publications that think in terms of issues or collections rather than a stream of posts.
More effort to customise than Scribe. The payoff is a site that reads like a publication rather than a blog.
Publications that ship in issues, editorial teams who want a print-magazine feel on the web, blogs with a curated rather than continuous publishing rhythm.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
Start with the shape of your content.
Short, frequent posts where the writing matters more than the wrapper — Scribe.
Long-form posts where the reading experience is the product — Narrative.
Multiple contributors who need their own author pages — Compose.
Blog inside a larger studio or freelancer site — Notes.
Publication that ships in issues, not a continuous feed — Monograph.
Newsroom or press hub rather than a personal blog — Blogzan.
Stripped-back personal blog where the typography is the identity — Wordmark.
Browse the full list on the Webflow editorial templates page, or see related options on the
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Quick checklist before launching your Webflow blog:
Yes. Webflow’s CMS needs a paid Site plan — the CMS plan starts around $23/month billed annually. All five templates use the CMS for posts and categories. The template is a one-time $49 purchase; the Site plan is a separate ongoing cost.
Yes. Webflow’s CMS has a CSV importer for posts. The catch is that rich text formatting usually needs cleanup after import, and inline images need re-uploading. I’d budget a few hours per hundred posts. Set up 301 redirects from your old URLs at the same time.
All five use Webflow’s native SEO fields — every page and post gets its own title, description, and OG image. The bigger SEO factors are consistent publishing and good internal linking, not the template. Scribe and Narrative are the lightest and load fastest. Compose and Monograph are heavier but still well within Core Web Vitals.
Compose is the only one on this list with multi-author support built in. For the others you can add an author CMS collection in Webflow and link it to posts, but it’s a day or two of work. If multi-author matters from day one, start with Compose.
Compose is the strongest fit because of the author pages and magazine homepage. Notes works if the blog is part of a larger product or studio site. Scribe and Narrative are better for solo or small-team publications where the writing itself is the product.
Looking for darker or more minimal options? See the dark blog Webflow templates for night-mode editorial sites.
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