=== Newsever ===

Contributors: afthemes
Requires PHP: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 4.3.9
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: news, blog, entertainment, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, grid-layout, block-styles, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-header, flexible-header, custom-background, custom-menu, featured-images, full-width-template, post-formats, sticky-post, rtl-language-support, footer-widgets, translation-ready, theme-options, threaded-comments

A starter theme called Newsever.

== Copyright ==

This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.
Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others.

Newsever is based on Underscores https://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2017 Automattic, Inc.
Underscores is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.

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

== Description ==
Description: Newsever is an ideal WordPress theme for Best Responsive News and Magazine Site. The theme comes with Default, Dark and Light color mode, which enables you to present articles and blog posts with the trending appearance. You can build your website as you want and preview the changes using live customizer options and custom widgets to create a great news website. It is compatible with the Gutenberg WordPress blocks and RTL along with the plugin WooCommerce that lets you incorporate an online shop with our newspaper design. The theme is great for blogging and ideal for a news site, newspaper, magazine, publishing or review site, as it has many useful features that involve creating an amazing looking newsportal. The theme is well designed to rank your website in the top of the search engines and users can receive outstanding support from the team if any problems occur when using the theme. There are number of demos available in this theme so choose the one you like and start to build a website. See our demos: https://afthemes.com/newsever-an-ideal-wordpress-theme-for-best-responsive-news-and-magazine-sites/

== 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 any plugins? =

Newsever includes support for Infinite Scroll in Jetpack.

== Change log ==
= 4.3.9 - Mar 03 2026 =
* Update - Customizer optimization
* Update - German language file
* Update - Arabic language file
* Update - French language file
* Update - Italian language file
* Update - Japanese language file
* Update - Polish language file
* Update - Portugese language file
* Update - Spanish language file
* Update - Dutch language file
* Update - Russian language file
* Update - Ukranian language file
* Update - Swedish language file 

= 4.3.2 - Jun 24 2025 =
* Update - Default admin panel
* Update - Recommneded plugins

= 4.3.0 - May 22 2025 =
* Update - Security improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 4.2.2 - Mar 27 2025 =
* Update - Accessibilty improvement
* Update - Page builder support
* Update - Speed optimization
* Update - Scripts improvements

= 4.2.1 - Dec 27 2024 =
* Update - Accessibilty improvement
* Update - Page builder support
* Update - Speed optimization
* Update - Scripts improvements

= 4.2.0 - Dec 13 2024 =
* New - Accessibilty improvement
* New - Page builder support
* New - Blank Canvas template
* New - Full Width template
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Elementor compatibility improvement
* Update - Brizy compatibility improvement
* Update - Beaver Builder compatibility improvement
* Update - Visual Composer compatibility improvement
* Update - SiteOrigin compatibility improvement
* Update - Speed optimization
* Update - Scripts improvements

= 4.1.0 - Nov 19 2024 =
* New - WP 6.7 Compatibility
* Update - Dashboard improvements
* Update - Scripts improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 4.0.0 - Oct 25 2024
* New - Import Starter Site Dashboard
* New - Import Gutenberg Patterns Dashboard
* New - Import Elementor Kits Dashboard
* New - Customize Menu
* New - AF themes Dashboard Menu
* Update - Scripts improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.6.0 - Sep 11 2024 =
* Update - Minimum read time disabled by defualt
* Option - Customize > Theme Options > Minutes Read Count
* Update - Theme Banners improvements
* Update - Theme Menus improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.5.0 - Aug 14 2024 =
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Update - Gaps improvement
* Update - General design improvement

= 3.4.3 - Mar 22 2024 =
* Update - Icon improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Update - Gaps improvement
* Update - General design improvement

= 3.4.2 - Feb 15 2024 =
* Update - Block support for Appearnce Tools
* Update - Block support for Padding
* Update - Block support for Link Color
* Update - Block support for Custom Units
* Update - Block support for Custom Line Height
* Update - Block support for Border
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.4.0 - Nov 29 2023 =
* Update - WP 6.4 Compatibility
* Update - PHP 8 Compatibility


= 3.3.1 - May 23 2023 =
* Update - WP 6.2 compatibility
* Fixed - Block styling imrovements
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.3.0 - Mar 16 2023 =
* Update - WP 6.1.1 compatibility
* Fixed - Block styling imrovements
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.1 - Nov 11 2022 =
* Update - WP 6.1 compatibility
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.0 - Sept 08 2022 =
* Update - RTL style improvements
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.1.0 - Aug 05 2022 =
* Update - Multi-author support
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.0.0 - July 13 2022 =
* Update - New theme dashboard with essential links
* Update - New WP compatibility
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.1.2 - March 29 2022 =
* Fixed - Texts area color glitch
* Fixed - Display JetPack social icons based on settings

= 2.1.1 - Feb 05 2022 =	
* Update - WordPress 5.9 compatibility

= 2.1.0 - May 17 2021 =
* Update - Elementor Compatibility
* Update - Optimized CSS

= 2.0.1 - May 17 2021 =
* Recommend - Please clear your server/plugin/browser cache
* Update - Optimized images loading for homepage blocks

= 2.0.0 - May 14 2021 =
* Update - Optimized images for lazy loading
* Update - Optimized images sizes
* Update - Optimized responsive design
* Update - Optimized accessibility design
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 1.1.3 - Feb 25 2021 =
* Fixed some design glitch for mobile devices

= 1.1.2 - Feb 23 2021 =
* New - Breadcrumbs options added.

= 1.1.1 - Jan 06 2021 =
* Fixes - Loading issues for Firefox.

= 1.1.0 - Dec 09 2020 =
* Fixes - Bootstrap issues for jQuery.

= 1.0.9 - Oct 29 2020 =
* Fixed breadcrumb issue for calendered archive
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.8 - Oct 14 2020 =
* Fixed exclusive news design on empty posts
* Fixed category color design
* Fixed widget title border color issue
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.7 - Sept 12 2020 =
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.6 - Sept 09 2020 =
* Fixed mobile accessibility glitch for Off Canvas

= 1.0.5 - Aug 03 2020 =
* Improved WordPress previous version compatibility

= 1.0.4 - May 27 2020 =
* Improved single post compatibility for custom post types

= 1.0.3 - May 20 2020 =
* Added theme support responsive embeds
* Fixed term color selection issues
* Fixed mobile accessibility glitch

= 1.0.2 - May 14 2020 =
* Updated based on theme review team

= 1.0.1 - May 07 2020 =
* Fixed some design glitch
* Fixed mobile accessibility glitch

= 1.0.0 - Dec 06 2019 =
* initial release


== Credits ==

Underscores:
Author: 2012-2015 Automattic
Source: http://underscores.me
License: GPL v2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

normalize:
Author: 2012-2015 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal
Source: http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css
License: [MIT/GPL2 Licensed](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

html5shiv:
Author: 2014 Alexander Farkas (aFarkas)
Source: https://github.com/afarkas/html5shiv
License: [MIT/GPL2 Licensed](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Bootstrap:
Author: Twitter
URL: http://getbootstrap.com
License: Licensed under the MIT license

Font Awesome:
Author: Dave Gandy
URL: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL
License: Licensed under SIL Open Font License (OFL) and MIT License

sidr:
Author: Alberto Varela
URL: http://www.berriart.com/sidr/
License: Licensed under the MIT license

Theia Sticky Sidebar:
Author: WeCodePixels
URL: https://github.com/WeCodePixels/theia-sticky-sidebar
License: Licensed under the MIT license

slick carousel:
Author: Ken Wheeler
URL: https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick
License: Licensed under the MIT license

jquery-match-height:
Author: liabru
URL: http://brm.io/jquery-match-height/
License: MIT

jQuery.marquee:
Author: Aamir Afridi
URL:  http://aamirafridi.com/jquery/jquery-marquee-plugin
License: MIT

Breadcrumb Trail:
Author: Justin Tadlock
URL:  https://github.com/justintadlock/breadcrumb-trail/blob/master/breadcrumb-trail.php
License: GPLv2 or later

TGM-Plugin-Activation:
Author: Thomas Griffin (thomasgriffinmedia.com)
URL:  https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation
License: GNU General Public License, version 2


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