=== Newsphere ===
Contributors: AF themes
Requires PHP: 5.0
Tested up to: 7.0
Stable tag: 4.6.4
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, 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 Newsphere.

== 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.

Newsphere 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.

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

== Description ==
Newsphere is a perfect news and magazine responsive WordPress theme that lets you write articles and blog posts with ease. Create a great news website the help of live customizer options and custom widgets, you can design your website as you like and preview the changes live. As it includes many useful features that require to build an awesome looking newsportal, the theme is perfect for blogging and excellent for a news, newspaper, magazine, publishing or review site. It is also compatible with the Gutenberg and RTL along with WooCommerce plugin which helps you to integrate an online business with our newspaper template. the theme is well optimized that helps to rank your website in the top of search engines and users will get an outstanding support from the team if there will be any difficulties while using the theme. There are number of demos available in this theme so choose the one you like and start to build a website. ee our demos: https://afthemes.com/products/newsphere/#aft-view-starter-sites Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@wpafthemes/ and Docs: https://docs.afthemes.com/newsphere/

== 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? =

Newsphere includes support for Infinite Scroll in Jetpack.

== Change log ==
= 4.4.11 - 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 

= 4.4.6 - Nov 27 2025 =
* Update - Vertical slider on tabs and mobile improved
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 4.4.2 - Jun 24 2025 =
* Update - Default admin panel
* Update - Recommneded plugins

= 4.4.0 - May 22 2025 =
* Update - Security improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 4.3.1 - Mar 17 2025 =
* Update - SEO improvement
* Update - Uses proper HTML5 elements
* Update - Ensures headings follow a logical order
* Update - Elementor Swiper compatibility
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 4.3.0 - Dec 25 2024 =
* New - SEO improvement
* New - Uses proper HTML5 elements
* New - Ensures headings follow a logical order
* New - Elementor Swiper compatibility
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 4.2.0 - Dec 11 2024 =
* Update - Accessibilty improvement
* 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 - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 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

= 3.5.0 - Sep 11 2024 =
* Update - Read Minutes Disabled by Default (Can be Enabled)
* Option - Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Minutes Read Count
* Update - Theme Banners improvements
* Update - Theme Menus improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.4.0 - Aug 14 2024 =
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Update - Gaps improvement
* Update - General design improvement

= 3.3.3 - Mar 22 2024 =
* Update - Icon improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Update - Gaps improvement
* Update - General design improvement

= 3.3.2 - 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

= 3.3.0 - Nov 27 2023 = 
* Update - WP 6.4 compatibility
* Update - PHP 8 compatibility

= 3.2.6 - Aug 08 2023 = 
* Update - Archive image improvements
* Update - Block design improvements
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 3.2.5 - Jul 25 2023 = 
* Fixes - Banner improvements
* Update - Block design improvements
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 3.2.4 - May 31 2023 = 
* Fixes - Category color class select improvements
* Update - Block design improvements
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 3.2.3 - May 22 2023 = 
* Update - Block design improvements
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 3.2.3 - May 22 2023 = 
* Update - Block design improvements
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 3.2.2 - May 12 2023 =
* Update - Block design improvements
* Update - Dark mode tags-links improvements
* Update - Single post header read details background improvements
* Update - Comment links and excerpt link improvements
* Update - Slider on sidebar offcanvas and footer widget area improvements
* Update - Block design improvements
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

### 3.2.1 - Apr 26 2023
* Update - WordPress 6.2 compatibility
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 3.2.0 - Mar 16 2023 =
* Update - Block design improvements
* Update - WordPress 6.1.1 compatibility
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 3.1.0 - Sept 08 2022 =
* Update - Multi-author support
* Update - WordPress 6 compatibility

= 3.0.0 - July 13 2022 =
* Update - New dashboard with essential links
* Update - Fixed some design glitch
* Update - WordPress 6 compatibility

= 2.0.3 - July 14 2021 =
* Update - Elementor stretch and full width
* Fixed - Jetpack issues for banner swiper slider
* Fixed - Jetpack issues for widgets swiper slider

= 2.0.2 - May 19 2021 =
* Recommend - Please clear your server/plugin/browser cache
* Update - Added style version

= 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

= 1.1.7 - Feb 23 2021 =
* Update - Related post title and link methods

= 1.1.6 - Feb 11 2021 =
* New - Multiple breadcrumbs options
* New - Sticky sidebar position
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 1.1.5 - Jan 06 2021 =
* Improved - jQuery migrate
* Improved - Sticky sidebar
* Improved - Texts readability
* Fixed - Tabs active issue
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.1.4 - Jan 06 2021 =
* Fixed - Loading issues for Firefox.

= 1.1.3 - Dec 09 2020 =
* Fixed - Bootstrap issues for jQuery.

= 1.1.2 - Oct 29 2020 =
* Fixed - Breadcrumbs issues for calendered archives.

= 1.1.1 - Sept 23 2020 =
* Single post content mode option added
* Improved mobile accessibility
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.1.0 - Sept 14 2020 =
* Top header date format as set in WP date setting

= 1.0.9 - Sept 09 2020 =
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.8 - Sept 07 2020 =
* Improved mobile accessibility

= 1.0.7 - Aug 26 2020 =
* Improved content page
* Improved content design
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.6 - Aug 22 2020 =
* Improved breadcrumbs
* Tested latest WordPress compatibility

= 1.0.5 - Aug 03 2020 =
* Improved user accessibility
* Removed demo contents
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.4 - July 11 2019 =
* Spinner has been disabled for Elementor
* Vertical slider issue on mobile has been fixed

= 1.0.3 - June 27 2019 =
* New - Tabbed title section for "Latest" and "Popular" have been added
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.2 - May 24 2019 =
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.1 - May 10 2019 =
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.0 - May 02 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

Swiper:
Author: iDangero.us
URL: https://idangero.us/swiper/
License: MIT

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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