=== HeadlessNext ===
Contributors: aarudhnextgen
Requires at least: 6.4
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.0.6
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: blog, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, custom-menu, featured-images, threaded-comments, translation-ready, block-patterns, wide-blocks

A clean, modern, general-purpose block-ready theme for blogs and small business sites.

== Description ==

HeadlessNext is a clean, minimal, general-purpose WordPress theme suitable for
blogs, portfolios, and small business sites. It ships with a restrained
typographic system, generous whitespace, full support for the WordPress block
editor (title-tag, post thumbnails, wide/full alignment, editor styles,
custom logo, and widget areas), and accessible, semantically correct markup
throughout.

HeadlessNext intentionally contains no custom post types, no settings pages,
and no license-gated functionality — it is a theme in the traditional
WordPress sense, and does exactly what a theme should do: control the
presentation layer of your site. If you later want to add decoupled/headless
front-end capabilities (for example, pointing a separate Next.js, Nuxt, or
other JAMstack front end at this same WordPress install with on-demand
revalidation webhooks), install the free, independent "HeadlessNext
Connector" plugin alongside any theme — it does not require this theme, and
this theme does not require it.

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance > Themes and click the Add New button.
2. Click Upload Theme and Choose File, then select the theme's .zip file. Click Install Now.
3. Click Activate to use your new theme right away.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support the block editor / full site editing? =

HeadlessNext supports the classic block editor experience with wide/full
alignment, editor styles, and a custom logo. It is a classic (PHP template
based) theme, not a full-site-editing block theme.

= Does this theme require any plugins? =

No. HeadlessNext works standalone with only WordPress core. The optional,
separate "HeadlessNext Connector" plugin adds headless/decoupled front-end
integration but is not required and works with any theme.

= Where do I report bugs? =

Please use the theme's support forum on WordPress.org, or the project's
public issue tracker if one is linked from the theme page.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.0.6 =
Fixes keyboard access to submenu items and long title overflow on small screens.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.6 =
* Keyboard navigation: show submenus with CSS :focus-within so child menu
  items stay focusable when tabbing from the parent link (remove JS blur
  handler that collapsed submenus before child links could receive focus).
* Prevent long post/page titles from overflowing the viewport width.

= 1.0.5 =
* Fix the submission ZIP's internal folder name to match the theme slug
  (`headlessnext`, not `headlessnext-theme`) - Theme Check's copyright
  notice check matches file paths by slug, so the wrong folder name
  silently made it skip readme.txt/style.css/license.txt entirely on
  every prior version.

= 1.0.4 =
* Add an explicit == Copyright == section to this readme.txt — the
  copyright notice already present in style.css, license.txt, and
  functions.php was not being detected by the automated Theme Check,
  which appears to specifically look for it here.

= 1.0.3 =
* Add an explicit copyright notice to the functions.php file header, in
  addition to style.css and license.txt.

= 1.0.2 =
* Add license.txt with an explicit copyright notice.

= 1.0.1 =
* Address WordPress.org Theme Check recommendations: copyright notice, distinct
  Theme URI, custom-header/custom-background support, a block pattern, an
  outline button block style, and the recommended core CSS classes.

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial public release.

== Copyright ==

HeadlessNext WordPress Theme, Copyright (C) 2026 Aarudh NextGen AI.
HeadlessNext is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
License, version 2 or later. See license.txt for the full license text.

== Credits ==

HeadlessNext is licensed under GPLv2 or later.

- Based on standard WordPress core template tags and APIs, with no
  third-party code bundled.
