=== Costello ===
Contributors: catchthemes
Tags: grid-layout, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, custom-logo, editor-style, featured-image-header, featured-images, flexible-header, footer-widgets, full-width-template, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready, block-styles, wide-blocks, blog, photography, portfolio
Requires at least: 5.9
Requires PHP: 5.6
Tested up to: 7.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

== Description ==

Costello is a Free Modern Portfolio WordPress theme that comes with a modern responsive design and highly customizable features and functionalities. It is a great choice for all kinds of professionals to build a portfolio website. This high-quality WP theme has a portfolio layout as well as many customizable sections that allow you to present your past projects and your agencies in the most visually-aesthetic manner. Costello can be used by creative agencies, freelancers, photographers, illustrators, and similar professionals. Along with the responsive modern design, this theme also includes an extensive theme options panel that allows you to tweak colors, fonts, backgrounds, and more. Costello comes with many highly customizable features and sections. For instance, Featured Content, Services, Portfolio, Testimonial, Featured Slider, Hero Content, and more. All of these mentioned sections are fully responsive and looks absolutely stunning across all devices. In addition, you can also add in your featured sliders and galleries. Costello is the best modern Portfolio WordPress theme to display your portfolio with the highest quality and finest flexibility.  For more information, check out Theme Instructions at https://catchthemes.com/themes/costello/#theme-instructions/ and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/costello/.

For more information about Costello please go to https://catchthemes.com/themes/costello/

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Costello in the search form and press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard.
3. Click on the 'Activate' button to use your new theme right away.
4. Go to https://catchthemes.com/themes/costello/#theme-instructions/ for a guide on how to customize this theme.
5. Navigate to Appearance -> Customize in your admin panel and customize to taste.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

Theme supports all plugins from catchplugins.com.

= Where can I find theme documentation? =

You can check our Theme Instructions at https://catchthemes.com/themes/costello/#theme-instructions/ in the Theme Instructions Tab.

= Where can I find theme demo? =

You can check our Theme Demo at https://www.catchthemes.com/demo/costello/

= More FAQ =

For more FAQs, visit https://catchthemes.com/frequently-asked-questions/

== Changelog ==

= 2.0 (Released: May 25, 2026) =
* Bug Fixed: Testimonial Custom Post Type Archive Title and Content issue with Jetpack
* Updated: WordPress 7.0 ready

= 1.2.1 (Released: December 15, 2025) =
* Bug Fixed: Deprecated Function WP_Dependencies-add_data() warning after WordPress update 6.9
* Updated: WordPress 6.9 ready

= 1.2 (Released: June 19, 2025) =
* Added: Twitter X, Bluesky, Threads, Discord, RSS, Phone, Line, Etsy, Bandcamp, Behance, Xing, and Telegram icons
* Updated: WordPress 6.8 ready

= 1.1.6 (Released: June 13, 2024) =
* Updated: WordPress 6.5 ready

= 1.1.5 (Released: March 05, 2024) =
* Removed: Depreciated Instagram Feed Plugin recommendation

= 1.1.4 (Released: January 08, 2024) =
* Bug Fixed: Header layout issue in mobile
* Bug Fixed: Removed unnecessary comment code in custom-header.php
* Updated: WordPress 6.4 ready

= 1.1.3 (Released: August 02, 2022) =
* Added: Support for Child Theme
* Updated: Google Font hosted locally (https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2022/06/18/complying-with-gdpr-when-using-google-fonts/)

= 1.1.2 (Released: April 29, 2022) =
* Removed: Unnecessary Function codes

= 1.1.1 (Released: March 11, 2022) =
* Bug Fixed: Search container display on resize
* Bug Fixed: Mobile menu issue

= 1.1 (Released: February 12, 2022) =
* Bug Fixed: Keyboard accessibility issue
* Bug Fixed: Mobile search issue
* Updated: WordPress 5.9 ready

= 1.0 (Released: January 07, 2022) =
* Initial Release

== Copyright ==

Costello WordPress Theme, Copyright 2012-2026 Catchthemes.com
Costello is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

== Resources ==
* Based on Underscores http://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2025 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

* JS Files
	HTML5 Shiv v3.7.0, Copyright 2014 Alexander Farkas
	License: MIT/GPL2
	Source: https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv

	Owl Carousel v2.3.4, Copyright 2013-2018 David Deutsch
	Licensed: SEE LICENSE IN https://github.com/OwlCarousel2/OwlCarousel2/blob/master/LICENSE
	Source: https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2/

	MatchHeight is a custom scripts released under same license as theme.

* Images
	All images are licensed under [CC0] (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

	Header Image and Images used in Screenshot
		* https://stocksnap.io/photo/vintage-kodak-MJ7FEXIBUC
		* https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1452231
		* https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1409821
		* https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1455313

	All other images are self-shot by Catch Themes and released under same license as theme.

* Icons
	Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
	License: SIL Open Font License, version 1.1.
	Source: http://fontawesome.io/

* PHP files
	WPTT_WebFont_Loader
	License https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
	Source: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader
