=== Midground ===
Contributors: midground
Requires at least: 6.6
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 8.1
Stable tag: 1.3.1
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

An editorial, mobile-first theme with clear typography and a quiet stage for depth and motion.

== Description ==

Midground is a calm, readable theme for studios, small businesses and shops: generous type (Schibsted Grotesk and Newsreader, bundled, no external requests), a warm paper palette, keyboard-friendly navigation with a skip link and visible focus, and full WooCommerce styling.

It works on its own with the block editor and classic content. Together with the free Midground Builder plugin from WordPress.org it becomes the stage for visual page building, a header and footer, parallax and scroll-driven motion. The theme only handles presentation, so your content keeps working if you switch themes; pages built with Midground Builder stay readable here even if the plugin is switched off.

Customizer options: accent colour, a header that stays visible while scrolling, and the footer text. A widget area for posts shows as a sidebar when it has widgets.

== Installation ==

1. Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme, choose the ZIP, then Activate.
2. Optional: install Midground Builder from Plugins → Add New (search for "Midground Builder") for visual editing.

== Copyright ==

Midground WordPress Theme, Copyright 2026 Midground.
Midground is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.

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 2 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.

== Resources ==

* Schibsted Grotesk, Copyright 2023 The Schibsted-Grotesk Project Authors
  License: SIL Open Font License 1.1, https://openfontlicense.org/
  Source: https://github.com/schibsted/schibsted-grotesk
  Files: assets/fonts/schibsted-grotesk-var.woff2, assets/fonts/schibsted-grotesk-italic-var.woff2
* Newsreader, Copyright 2020 The Newsreader Project Authors
  License: SIL Open Font License 1.1, https://openfontlicense.org/
  Source: https://github.com/productiontype/Newsreader
  Files: assets/fonts/newsreader-var.woff2, assets/fonts/newsreader-italic-var.woff2
  The full license texts are in assets/fonts/LICENSE.md.
* Screenshot (screenshot.png): made for this theme from the Midground demo content; its pictures were made for the project and are released under CC0 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
* All other files (styles, scripts, icons): made for this theme, GPLv2 or later.

== Changelog ==

= 1.3.1 =
* The notice that recommends Midground Builder now points to the plugin in the WordPress.org plugin directory.
* Styles for sticky posts, comments by the post author and captions; Theme URI and Author URI in style.css.
* The readme lists every bundled resource with its licence and source.

= 1.3.0 =
* No changes to the theme: its version follows Midground Builder 1.3.0.
