=== Master Study Lite WordPress Theme ===
Contributors: Buywptemplates
Tags: left-sidebar, right-sidebar, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, grid-layout, flexible-header, wide-blocks, block-styles, custom-background, custom-logo, custom-menu, custom-header, editor-style, featured-images, footer-widgets, sticky-post, rtl-language-support, full-width-template, theme-options, threaded-comments, portfolio, education, blog
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 0.3.8
Requires PHP: 7.2 
License: GPLv3.0 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

The Master Study Theme is a powerful, feature-rich solution designed specifically for educational institutions, online courses, and academic professionals. Whether you’re offering master’s degree programs, online master’s programs, or specialized courses in business administration, computer science, data science, engineering, or MBA programs, this theme provides a seamless and engaging learning experience. Built with flexibility in mind, it supports graduate programs, postgraduate study, dual degree options, distance learning, and accelerated academic tracks, ensuring institutions can effectively deliver education in any format.

== Description ==

The Master Study Lite Theme is a powerful, feature-rich solution designed specifically for educational institutions, online courses, and academic professionals, making it ideal for modern e-learning platforms and digital education ecosystems. Whether you’re offering master’s degree programs, online master’s programs, or specialized courses in business administration, computer science, data science, engineering, or MBA programs, this theme delivers a smooth and engaging learning experience while also supporting every coacher and instructor in building impactful courses. Built with flexibility in mind, it supports graduate programs, postgraduate study, dual degree options, distance learning, accelerated learning paths, and blended education models, allowing institutions and e-learning coacher professionals to deliver education in multiple formats. The theme integrates seamlessly with the MasterStudy LMS plugin, enabling structured course creation, lesson management, quizzes, assignments, student dashboards, instructor profiles, virtual classrooms, and progress tracking, which is essential for any e-learning coacher platform. It is well suited for universities, colleges, e-learning platforms, training institutes, online academies, certification programs, professional education providers, coaching centers, MOOC platforms, and tutoring services, including coursework-based, thesis-based, and executive education programs. Built-in payment integration simplifies course enrollment and fee collection, improving the learner journey across all e-learning environments. Visually, Master Study Lite offers clean typography, responsive design, customizable layouts, interactive video lessons, and rich media support for a professional look that enhances both learner and coacher engagement. Relevant search terms include education theme, LMS theme, online learning theme, course management theme, university website theme, academic course theme, digital learning theme, virtual classroom theme, training institute theme, learning management theme, online education platform theme, and study portal theme, making it a complete solution for building a credible and modern e-learning environment.

== Changelog ==

= 0.1 =
* Initial version released.

= 0.1.1 =
* Added demo import.
* Added global color option in customizer.
* Added link in copyright.
* Added important links in customizer.
* Added premium features in theme settings.
* Added reset theme settings section panel in customizer.
* Added reset demo import option in customizer.
* Added reset global color option in customizer.
* Added tgm.
* Added recommendation for ace post type builder plugin.
* Added show/hide date, author, comments and time option in related post settings.
* Fixed translation warning in single post settings. 
* Updated .pot file 

= 0.1.2 =
* Added show/hide copyright in customizer.
* Added menu text transform option in customizer.
* Added footer heading font weight option in customizer.
* Added grid post settings panel in customizer.
* Added show/hide date, author, comments and time option in grid post settings.
* Added icons changing options in grid post settings.
* Added meta box separator option in grid post settings.
* Added grid post content limit option in grid post settings.
* Added show/hide footer social icons in customizer.
* Resolved error in menu settings.
* Resolved css error in header.

= 0.1.3 =
* Added grid post column option in grid post settings.
* Resolved error in function.php
* Tested upto WP v6.8
* Updated .pot file 

= 0.1.4 =
* Added activation notice.
* Added display post time option in mobile media.
* Added ace post type builder plugin in demo import.
* Resolved css in sidebar and blog post.
* Resolved css error in footer widget column in responsive media.
* Resolved css error in menu item hover style.
* Resolved error in responsive media icons.
* Updated .pot file 

= 0.1.5 =
* Updated getstarted.
* Resolved css in blog post and sidebar.
* Resolved css for notice and customizer.

= 0.1.6 =
* Added css for the blog post title.
* Added css for sidebar widget hover.
* Resolved css for related post.
* Updated demo import file.

= 0.1.7 =
* Removed recommendation for ace post type builder plugin.
* Removed ace post type builder plugin in demo import.
* Removed tgm.
* Resolved css for getstarted and activation notice. 
* Updated .pot file 

= 0.1.8 =
* Added grid post content type option.
* Added related post excerpt option.
* Added single post custom image dimension option.

= 0.1.9 =
* Resolved border error in grid post content.
* Resolved error for footer widget text alignment in tablet media. 
* Added css in product content in shop page.

= 0.2 =
* Updated description.

= 0.2.1 =
* Updated description.

= 0.2.2 =
* Added image radius and shadow option in grid post settings.
* Added meta box separator option in related post settings.
* Resolved error for  blog post image radius and box shadow in related post.

= 0.2.3 =
* Fixed bugs.

= 0.2.4 =
* Added blog post pagination alignment setting.
* Added header icons font size.
* Resolved css error of scroll to top icon.

= 0.2.5 =
* Resolve minor bugs.

= 0.2.6 =
* Added animation on faculties section ,footer and sidebar animation.
* Added on/off setting for animations.
* Added animation files ,js files.
* Added hover effect on faculities card.
* Resolved css error on get started page.

= 0.2.7 =
* Resolved minor bugs.
* Added description.

= 0.2.8 =
* Tested Upto 6.9.
* Resolved activation notice dismiss issue.
* Resolved css error.
* Added sticky copyright on footer.
* Added enable/disable setting for sticky copyright.
* Updated pot file.

= 0.2.9 =
* Resolved minor bug

= 0.3.0 =
* Added progress bar on layout setting.
* Updated rtl file.
* Updated pot file.

= 0.3.1 =
* Added multiple hover effect options to customize the featured image on single post pages.
* Added show/hide breadcrumb settings.
* Added on shop page product image hover effect.
* Updated rtl file.
* Updated pot file.

= 0.3.2 =
* Added top bottom padding setting in footer social icons.
* Added heading text transform setting in footer text.
* Added hover effect in single post image.
* Resolved css error in getstarted.
* Update pot file. 

= 0.3.3 =
* Resolved css error.

= 0.3.4 =
* Updated description.

= 0.3.5 =
* Fixed issues.


= 0.3.6 =
* Improved User Experience.

= 0.3.7 =
* Improved Page Loading.

= 0.3.8 =
* Stability and Performance Enhancements.
== Resources ==

Master Study Lite WordPress Theme, Copyright 2025 Buywptemplates
Master Study Lite WordPress Theme is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see .

Theme is Built using the following resource bundles.

 * Animate CSS
 -- Daniel Eden
 -- Copyright 2021 Daniel Eden
 -- https://github.com/animate-css/animate.css
 -- License: 2.1
 -- https://github.com/animate-css/animate.css/blob/main/LICENSE
  
  * WOW JS
  -- Matthieu Aussaguel
  -- Copyright 2016, Matthieu Aussaguel
  -- https://github.com/matthieua/WOW
  -- License: GPLv3
  -- https://github.com/matthieua/WOW/blob/master/README.md

* Bootstrap
  -- Mark Otto
  -- copyright 2011-2020, Mark Otto
  -- https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/releases/download/v4.0.0/bootstrap-5.0.0-dist.zip
  -- License: Code released under the MIT License. v4.4.1
  -- https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE

* Font-Awesome
  -- Dave Gandy
  -- Copyright 2025 Fonticons, Dave Gandy
  -- https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome.git
  -- License: Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License
  -- https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/blob/6.x/LICENSE.txt

* Customizer Pro
  -- Justin Tadlock
  -- Copyright 2016, Justin Tadlock
  -- https://github.com/justintadlock/trt-customizer-pro.git
  -- License: GNU General Public License v2.0
  -- http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html

* Tether MIT License
  -- HubSpot, Inc.
  -- Copyright © 2017, MIT License
  -- https://github.com/HubSpot/tether
  -- License: MIT license
  -- https://github.com/HubSpot/tether/blob/master/LICENSE

* Webfonts Loader
  -- https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader
  -- License: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE

* Fonts
  -- License: https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/licensing

  -- Open Sans *
  -- Source : https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans
  
  -- Alegreya *
  -- Source : https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Alegreya

* PxHere Images
  License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
  Source: https://pxhere.com/en/license

  Slider Background Image
  License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
  Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1553247

  Slider Background Image
  License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
  Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1626645

  Slider Background Image
  License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
  Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1606588

  Faculties Image
  License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
  Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/698271

  Faculties Image
  License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
  Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/640833

  Faculties Image
  License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
  Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/226394