=== BroadNews ===
Contributors: AF themes
Requires at least: 5.3
WC requires at least: 3.0
WC tested up to: 9.3
Requires PHP: 5.6
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 5.0.5
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-colors, 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 BroadNews.

== 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.

BroadNews 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.

BroadNews WordPress Theme, Copyright 2022 AF themes
BroadNews is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.

== Description ==
BroadNews is a versatile WordPress theme designed for news, blogs, and magazines. The theme has a number of free starter sites that may be easily integrated to create a superb news center. The theme is fully widgetized, with 15+ unique widgets and widget sections that allow users to tailor site content. It also has a light and dark color mode for browsing articles and blog posts in a trendy way. It also contains a number of essential customizer options for constructing a visually beautiful news site. You may configure it whatever you want and preview how it looks before making any changes with the live customizer. It supports Gutenberg blocks, RTL, and the WooCommerce plugin, which allows you to combine an online store. The theme is suitable for use on a news, journal, magazine, publication, or review website, as well as for blogging. It's well-designed to help the website rank higher in search engines, and users will receive fantastic support from the team if they have any problems utilizing it.

== 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.

After installed the theme, please read the documentation carefully before start using it.

Necessary plugins will be recommended to install via admin backend. You’d better to checkout the documentation for extra plugins that we used.

Recommended: if you want to customize the theme, you can use child theme and add your custom functions to child theme directory/functions.php.

For more information about child theme, read here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

If you have any questions related to the theme, please feel free to contact our support.
https://afthemes.com/supports/

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

BroadNews includes support for Infinite Scroll in Jetpack.

== Change log ==
= 5.0.5 - 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 

= 5.0.2 - Dec 30 2025 = 
* 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

= 4.3.2 - Jun 24 2025 =
* Update - Default admin panel
* Update - Recommneded plugins

= 4.3.0 - May 22 2025 =
* Update - Security improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 4.2.1 - Mar 17 2025 =
* 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

= 4.2.0 - Dec 13 2024 =
* 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

= 3.3.0 - Sep 11 2024 =
* Update - Theme Banners improvements
* Update - Theme Menus improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.1.2 - 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

= 3.1.0 - Nov 24 2023 =
* Update - WP 6.4 compatibilty
* Update - PHP 8 compatibilty

= 3.0.2 - May 22 2023 =
* Update - WP 6.2 compatibilty

= 3.0.1 - Nov 18 2022 =
* Update - Paginationa thumbnailss


= 3.0.0 - Nov 09 2022 =
* Update - Compatibility to WP 6.1
* Update - New header image
* Update - New screenshot
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 2.2.1 - Oct 17 2022 =
* Update - Entry meta link underline
* Update - Pagination design review
* Update - Dark mode colors and custom colors
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 2.2.0 - Sept 08 2022 =
* Update - RTL design improvement
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

2.1.1 - Aug 16 2022 =
* Update - Header advetise img improvement
* Update - Table block word break improvement
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 2.1.0 - Aug 09 2022 =
* New - Breadcrumb improved

= 2.0.0 - Aug 04 2022 =
* New - Multi-author support
* Update - Improved some design

= 1.1.3 - July 27 2022 =
* Update - Screenshot Update

= 1.1.2 - July 26 2022 =
* Update - RTL design improvement
* Update - Improved some design

= 1.1.1 - July 14 2022 =
* Update - Improved some design

= 1.1.0 - July 13 2022 =
* Update - New imporved dashboard with essentials links
* Update - Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.0 - July 04 2022 =
* 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

slick carousel:
Author: Ken Wheeler
URL: https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick
License: Licensed under the MIT license

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

jQuery.cookie:
Author: Klaus Hartl
URL:  https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie
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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