 === Blakely ===
Contributors: catchthemes
Tags: grid-layout, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, custom-logo, editor-style, featured-image-header, featured-images, flexible-header, footer-widgets, full-width-template, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready, block-styles, wide-blocks, blog, photography, portfolio
Requires at least: 5.9
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.6
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

== Description ==

Blakely is an elegant and visually aesthetic Dark Music WordPress theme that is available for absolutely free. The theme is suitable for Solo Musicians, Artists, Bands, and Projects related to the music industry. Blakely comes with a dark color scheme which is quite trending among music sites nowadays. The dark design makes your music site bold, beautiful, and classy. The theme is extremely easy to use and also fully responsive. Your music website will look amazingly perfect across all devices and screen sizes. This dark multipurpose music WordPress theme, Blakely carries an abundance of crucial features and functionalities. For instance, Featured Content, Featured Slider, Hero Content, Services, Portfolio, Testimonial, Sticky Playlist, and many more. All of these highly-customizable features and sections are completely responsive and absolutely easy to customize. In addition, Blakely is Translation Ready as well. Build a bold, beautiful, and chic music website in just a few minutes with Blakely!  For more information, check out Theme Instructions at https://catchthemes.com/themes/blakely/#theme-instructions and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/blakely-free.

For more information about Blakely please go to https://catchthemes.com/themes/blakely/

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Blakely in the search form and press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard.
3. Click on the 'Activate' button to use your new theme right away.
4. Go to https://catchthemes.com/themes/blakely/#theme-instructions/ for a guide on how to customize this theme.
5. Navigate to Appearance -> Customize in your admin panel and customize to taste.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

Theme supports all plugins from catchplugins.com and WooCommerce Plugin.

= Where can I find theme documentation? =

You can check our Theme Instructions at https://catchthemes.com/themes/blakely in the Theme Instructions Tab.

= Where can I find theme demo? =

You can check our Theme Demo at https://www.catchthemes.com/demo/blakely-free

= More FAQ =

For more FAQs, visit https://catchthemes.com/frequently-asked-questions/

== Changelog ==

= 2.2 (Released: December 09, 2025) =
* Bug Fixed: Playlist issue after WordPress 6.9 update
* Bug Fixed: Deprecated Function WP_Dependencies-add_data() warning after WordPress update 6.9
* Updated: WordPress 6.9 ready

= 2.1 (Released: May 29, 2025) =
* Added: Twitter X, Threads, and Bluesky icons
* Updated: WordPress 6.8 ready

= 2.0 (Released: September 03, 2024) =
* Bug Fixed: Escaping author display name
* Updated: WordPress 6.6 ready

= 1.2.2 (Released: June 12, 2024) =
* Updated: WordPress 6.5 ready

= 1.2.1 (Released: February 14, 2024) =
* Removed: Depreciated Instagram Feed Plugin recommendation

= 1.2 (Released: November 09, 2023) =
* Added: Amazon icon
* Updated: WordPress 6.4 ready

= 1.1.6 (Released: February 19, 2023) =
* Added: Tiktok, Discord, Line, Phone, Feed Social Icons
* Updated: WordPress 6.3 ready

= 1.1.5 (Released: February 10, 2023) =
* Bug Fixed: Removed unnecessary comment code in custom-header.php

= 1.1.4 (Released: January 30, 2023) =
* Update: Make functions child theme ready

= 1.1.3 (Released: January 22, 2023) =
* Bug Fixed: Theme instructions URL in Customizer
* Bug Fixed: Changelog URL in Customizer

= 1.1.2 (Released: October 12, 2022) =
* Bug Fixed: Scrollup display

= 1.1.1 (Released: July 25, 2022) =
* Bug Fixed: Countdown section not saving AM/PM
* Bug Fixed: Sticky Playlist page selected by default while enabling section
* Updated: Google Font hosted locally (https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2022/06/18/complying-with-gdpr-when-using-google-fonts/)

= 1.1 (Released: February 05, 2022) =
* Updated: WordPress 5.9 ready

= 1.0 (Released: September 21, 2021) =
* Initial Release

== Copyright ==

Blakely WordPress Theme, Copyright 2012-2025 Catchthemes.com
Blakely is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

== Resources ==
* Based on Underscores http://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2018 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

* JS Files

	HTML5 Shiv v3.7.0, Copyright 2014 Alexander Farkas
	License: MIT/GPL2
	Source: https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv

	Owl Carousel v2.3.4, Copyright 2013-2018 David Deutsch
	Licensed: SEE LICENSE IN https://github.com/OwlCarousel2/OwlCarousel2/blob/master/LICENSE
	Source: https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2/

* Images
	All images are licensed under [CC0] (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

	Header Image and Screenshot main image
		* https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1021001

	Screenshot small playlist image
		* https://pxhere.com/en/photo/895069

	All other images are self-shot by Catch Themes and released under same license as theme.

* Icons
	Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
	License: SIL Open Font License, version 1.1.
	Source: http://fontawesome.io/

* PHP files
	WPTT_WebFont_Loader
	License https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
	Source: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader
