=== NewsPanda ===

Contributors: WPInterface
Tags: custom-background, custom-logo, custom-menu, featured-images, threaded-comments, translation-ready

Requires at least: 5.9
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 5.6
Version: 1.1.5
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

NewsPanda - WordPress News Magazine Theme for Blogs, Editorials, and Magazines

== Copyright ==

NewsPanda WordPress Theme, (C) 2025 WPInterface
NewsPanda 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 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.

== Description ==

NewsPanda is the best news, magazine and blog theme for WordPress. Build your news, magazine or blog theme has never been easy.

== 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? =

NewsPanda includes support for WooCommerce and for Infinite Scroll in Jetpack.

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.5 - 2026-08-30 =
* Enhancement - Added compatibility with WordPress 7.1
* Enhancement - Mobile menu dropdown

= 1.1.4 - 2026-07-23 =
* Enhancement - CSS Improvements

= 1.1.3 - 2026-06-08 =
* Enhancement - Added compatibility with WordPress 7.0
* Enhancement - Improved CSS

= 1.1.2 - 2026-05-01 =
* Enhancement - New social media icons and styling support (Substack, Patreon, Slack)
* Fix    - Removed Redundant and obsolete social media icons and their associated CSS (Last.fm, Pocket, Foursquare)

= 1.1.1 - 2026-04-08 =
* Fix - Removed unused function from content.php
* Enhancement - Elementor Widgets

= 1.1.0 - 2026-03-25 =
* Fix - Single post meta options "Enable You May Also Like Section" and "Enable More From Author Section" now correctly override the global Customizer setting. Selecting "No" will always hide the section regardless of the Customizer value.

= 1.0.9 - 2026-02-11 =
* Enhancement - Admin Dashboard

= 1.0.8 - 2025-12-19 =
* Enhancement - Added compatibility with WordPress 6.9
* Fix - Critical vulnerability in legacy WooCommerce compatibility code by removing unused and insecure AJAX handler (newspanda_woocommerce_add_cart_ajax).
* Fix - Implemented tamper-proof hash verification for the "Load More" pagination AJAX request to prevent query parameter modification.
* Enhancement - Added a loading spinner inside the "Load More" button for better visual feedback.
* Enhancement - Implemented smooth fade-in and slide-up animations for posts loaded via AJAX pagination.

= 1.0.7 - 2025-11-02 =
* Enhancement - Improved site performance for better PageSpeed Insights results.

= 1.0.6 - 2025-09-15 =
* Enhancement - Improved CSS

= 1.0.5 - 2025-08-16 =
* Enhancement: Improved footer navigation on tablet and mobile devices
* Enhancement: Search on tablet and mobile devices

= 1.0.4 - 2025-06-30 =
* Enhancement - Replaced the StumbleUpon icon and added a Telegram icon.
* Enhancement - Header

= 1.0.3 - 2025-06-20 =
* Enhancement - Design

= 1.0.2 - 2025-05-29 =
* Fix    - number_of_category_to_display

= 1.0.1 - 2025-05-02 =
* Enhancement -  6.8 compatibility
* Enhancement - Design

= 1.0.0 - 2025-04-17 =
* Release - Initial Version

== Credits ==

* Based on Underscores https://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2020 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
* normalize.css https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2018 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
* Breadcrumb Trail https://themehybrid.com/plugins/breadcrumb-trail, (C) 2008 - 2017, Justin Tadlock, [GPLv2 or later](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
* Theme Dashboard Page Code from ColorMag Theme By ThemeGrill, We have taken a partial codebase as a base and built ours on its foundation, making significant changes. Not used as is. [GPLv3 or later](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
* Webfont Loader (https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader), (C) 2020 WPTT, MIT License
* Swiper.js (https://github.com/nolimits4web/swiper), (Copyright (c) 2019 Vladimir Kharlampidi, [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)


== Image Used ==
Image for theme screenshot

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