=== Blossom Magazine ===

Contributors: blossomthemes
Requires at least: 6.2
Requires PHP: 7.4
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 1.1.2
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
Tags: blog, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, footer-widgets, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, custom-logo, featured-images, threaded-comments, full-width-template, rtl-language-support, translation-ready, theme-options, e-commerce, news

== Description ==
Blossom Magazine is a multipurpose, feature-rich and easy to use theme for creating professional websites. This theme is optimized to load fast to rank better on search engines. With Blossom Magazine, you can create websites for any blogging niche, such as magazine, travel, lifestyle, fashion, food, fitness, journal, health, parenting, makeup, and several other types. In this theme, you can choose from unlimited colors and 1000+ Google fonts to change your website look and feel with a single click. With the Instagram section, you can flaunt your latest posts to increase your followers. The strategically placed newsletter helps you to generate more leads and grow your subscribers. This theme is also WooCommerce compatible so you can start an online store. Blossom Magazine is translation-ready, schema-friendly and RTL compatible. Check demo at https://blossomthemes.com/theme-demo/?theme=blossom-magazine, read the documentation at https://docs.blossomthemes.com/blossom-magazine/, and get support at https://blossomthemes.com/support-ticket/.

== 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.

== Copyright ==

Blossom Magazine WordPress Theme, Copyright 2022 blossomthemes.com
Blossom Magazine 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.

Blossom Magazine bundles the following third-party resources:

Owl-carousel, Copyright 2013-2017 David Deutsch 
License : MIT
Source  : https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2

animate.css, Copyright (c) 2017 Daniel Eden
License: MIT
Source: https://github.com/daneden/animate.css

normalize.css, Copyright 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal
License: MIT
Source: https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/

Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
Icons License: CC BY 4.0 
Fonts License: SIL OFL 1.1
Source: http://fontawesome.io/

Sifter, Copyright � 2013�2015 Brian Reavis & Contributors
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
Source: https://github.com/brianreavis/sifter.js/

Microplugin, Copyright � 2013 Brian Reavis & Contributors
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
Source: https://github.com/brianreavis/microplugin.js

Selectize, Copyright � 2013�2016 Brian Reavis & Contributors
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
Source: https://github.com/selectize/selectize.js

TGMPA, Copyright (c) 2011, Thomas Griffin
License: GPL-2.0+
Source: http://tgmpluginactivation.com/

Blossom Magazine Theme incorporates code from Kirki, Copyright (c) 2017 Aristeides Stathopoulos
License: https://github.com/aristath/kirki/blob/develop/LICENSE
Source: https://github.com/aristath/kirki

Blossom Magazine local fonts feature is based on Webfonts Loader by WordPress Themes Team (WPTT). (https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader)
License: MIT
Source: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE

Some codes are taken from https://blog.josemcastaneda.com/2016/08/08/copy-paste-hurting-theme/

Images used in screenshots.

License 	: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URI	: https://pxhere.com/en/license,
Source 		: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/603663

License 	: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URI	: https://pxhere.com/en/license,
Source 		: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/762278

License 	: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URI	: https://pxhere.com/en/license,
Source 		: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/83297

License 	: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URI	: https://pxhere.com/en/license,
Source 		: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/56882

License 	: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URI	: https://pxhere.com/en/license,
Source 		: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1062648

Image used in 404 error page:

License 	: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URI : https://stocksnap.io/license, CC0
Source 		: https://stocksnap.io/photo/blackandwhite-wall-CLEN0FR4WM

The logos shown in the screenshot are self-created.

All other images including icon image used in screenshot and images used in customizer settings are self created and are under the GPL.

== Changelog ==
    
    1.1.2 - April 02, 2026
    * Fix: Updated PHP to 7.4.
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.

    1.1.1 - February 03, 2026
    * Fix: Translation loading early issue has been fixed.
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.

    1.1.0 - August 27, 2024
    * Update: New dashboard has been implemented for better user experience.
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.

    1.0.9 - February 06, 2024
    * Update: Issue with ajax requests has been fixed.
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.

    1.0.8 - February 01, 2024
    * Update: Added nonce to the custom admin notice to avoid CSRF vulnerability.
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.

    1.0.7 - November 1, 2023
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.
    * Update: Now users can add Instagram shortcode from any plugins of their choice

    1.0.6 - June 30, 2023
    * Updated: Google Fonts Library has been updated.
    * Updated: Relevant tags for the theme have been added.
    * Updated: Changed default secondary font to Source Serif 4.
    * Fix: Warning shown in PHP 8 during plugin installation through TGMPA has been fixed.

    1.0.5 - July 15, 2022
    * Added: feature to load google font locally

    1.0.4 - June 29, 2022
    * Fix: Slider button design issue
    * Fix: Blog page font family issue
    * Added: Settings for footer text color and footer background color
    * Updated: Google Fonts library
    * Added: Tiktok icon to social media settings

    1.0.3 - March 03, 2022
    * Fix: link underline issue to make wp.org compatible

    1.0.2 - February 23, 2022
    * Recommended : AffiliateX plugin
    
    1.0.1 - January 28, 2022
	* Fix: single layout social icon issue
	* Added: link for google font library

    1.0.0 - January 03, 2022
    * Initial release