=== Bold Photography ===
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 ==

Bold Photography is a free, dark multipurpose photography WordPress theme that comes with a sleek design and awesome functionality to unleash your photography creativity. It has been specially crafted to showcase another level of photography websites with its dark and bold look. However, you can use it for any kind of website and deliver a shady look. Bold Photography includes both the looks and astounding functionality to further intensify the website. The new dark multipurpose photography theme, Bold Photography is power-packed with crucial features like Portfolio, Services, Testimonials, and many more. All of these features have been carved keeping multipurpose websites in mind but also prioritizing photography websites. Bold Photography is the ultimate stop if you want a dark and bold website for your creativity. Download Bold Photography today and flaunt the darker side of you with grace. For advanced features, upgrade to premium version. For more information, check out Theme Instructions at https://catchthemes.com/themes/bold-photography-pro/#theme-instructions and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/bold-photography/.

For more information about Bold Photography please go to https://catchthemes.com/themes/bold-photography/

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Bold Photography 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/bold-photography/#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

= Where can I find theme documentation? =

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

= Where can I find theme demo? =

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

= More FAQ =

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

== Changelog ==

= 2.2 (Released: December 09, 2025) =
* 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, Bluesky, Fetlife, Discord, Tiktok, Line, Phone and Rss icons
* Updated: WordPress 6.8 ready

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

= 1.3.3 (Released: June 12, 2024) =
* Updated: WordPress 6.5 ready

= 1.3.2 (Released: February 19, 2024) =
* Bug Fixed: Color Option issue

= 1.3.1 (Released: January 23, 2024) =
* Removed: Depreciated Instagram Feed Plugin recommendation

= 1.2.9 (Released: November 26, 2023) =
* Updated: WordPress 6.4 ready

= 1.2.8 (Released: February 10, 2023) =
* Bug Fixed: Removed unnecessary comment code in custom-header.php

= 1.2.7 (Released: July 25, 2022) =
* Updated: Google Font hosted locally (https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2022/06/18/complying-with-gdpr-when-using-google-fonts/)

= 1.2.6 (Released: June 08, 2022) =
* Bug Fixed: Overall Gutenberg blocks and editor block design issue

= 1.2.5 (Released: June 06, 2022) =
* Bug Fixed: Jetpack Testimonial Title/Subtitle issue

= 1.2.4 (Released: February 05, 2022) =
* Updated: WordPress 5.9 ready

= 1.2.3 (Released: October 28, 2021) =
* Bug Fixed: Removed extra ; from editor style
* Bug Fixed: Header media image position

= 1.2.2 (Released: February 11, 2021) =
* Bug Fixed: Portfolio default value issue
* Bug Fixed: Portfolio entry footer
* Bug Fixed: Multi flex-height, changed to flex-height and flex-width

= 1.2.1 (Released: October 28, 2020) =
* Bug Fixed: Color Issue on Editor

= 1.2 (Released: August 11, 2020) =
* Bug Fixed: Theme Check issues
* Updated: Readme

= 1.1 (Released: June 06, 2020) =
* Bug Fixed: Fallback image issue on mobile devices when Header Video enabled
* Updated: Customizer reset button moved to the bottom
* Updated: readme.txt and style.css as per the new requirements

= 1.0.9 (Released: April 23, 2020) =
* Updated: CSS update

= 1.0.8 (Released: February 14, 2020) =
* Bug Fixed: Data sanitization issue Number Range function
* Bug Fixed: Read More Text default value issue
* Updated: Editor Style color
* Updated: Removed extra code for the second header image

= 1.0.7 (Released: January 17, 2020) =
* Bug Fixed: Typo issue, replaced Photographyazine with Photography

= 1.0.6 (Released: December 10, 2019) =
* Bug Fixed: Slider issue in IE

= 1.0.5 (Released: October 16, 2019) =
* Bug Fixed: Default gallery caption issue
* Bug Fixed: Floating Social Icon

= 1.0.4 (Released: September 27, 2019) =
* Bug Fixed: Post title not displayed in single post
* Bug Fixed: CT: Social Icons issue
* Updated: Header Media Code

= 1.0.3 (Released: August 20, 2019) =
* Bug Fixed: Page title disabled by default
* Bug Fixed: Fixed Width defined for single post/page
* Bug Fixed: removing extra closing symbol in svg-icons.svg file

= 1.0.2 (Released: July 24, 2019) =
* Bug Fixed: Search page title issue
* Bug Fixed: Contact Section layout issue
* Bug Fixed: Select color issue
* Bug Fixed: Infinite Scroll Spacing
* Bug Fixed: Header video when no text issue

= 1.0.1 (Released: June 13, 2019) =
* Bug Fixed: Header media issue
* Bug Fixed: Social floating menu color
* Bug Fixed: Spacing issue in content
* Updated: Screenshot
* Updated: EW Tabbed Recent Popular widget

= 1.0 (Released: June 13, 2019) =
* Initial Release

== Copyright ==

Bold Photography WordPress Theme, Copyright 2012-2025 Catchthemes.com
Bold Photography 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/

    jquery-match-height (C) 2014 @liabru
    License: MIT
    http://brm.io/jquery-match-height/

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

	Header Image and Screenshot main image
		* https://stocksnap.io/photo/XZI69BCJTX

	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
