=== Clean Business  ===
Contributors: catchthemes
Tags: blog, two-columns, right-sidebar, custom-colors, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, featured-images, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments, editor-style, translation-ready
Requires at least: 5.9
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 5.6
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Clean Business is a clean, responsive and incredibly resourceful WordPress theme that can adapt to any business and corporate niche

== Description ==

Clean Business is a clean, responsive and incredibly resourceful WordPress theme that can adapt to any business and corporate niche and provide users with an accessible interface. If your goal is to build a successful corporate website that is natively responsive, then look no further than Clean Business. This clean and minimalistic business and blog WordPress theme is deeply customizable with options through theme customizer. Any user can tailor his/her experience, and create a website that stays true to his/her vision. The responsive and cross-browser compatibility design of Clean Business allows your website to adapt to any device and web browser. This not only expands your target demographic, but it also allows you to update content while on the move. It is jam-packed with myriads of different features like featured content, featured sliders, promotion headlines, breadcrumb, pagination, navigation, custom widgets and header image options, each designed to enhance online business sites of any size. These features allow for a greater degree of flexibility and versatility. Finally, native CSS3 and HTML5 compatibility make Clean Business powered websites prepared for the future of the Internet, and ensure your business will look current and tech-savvy for years to come. This theme is translation ready. Check out Theme Instructions at https://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/clean-business/ and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/clean-business/

For more information about Clean Business please go to https://catchthemes.com/themes/clean-business/

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Clean Business 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/theme-instructions/clean-business/ 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/clean-business in the Theme Instructions Tab.

= Where can I find theme demo? =

You can check our Theme Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/clean-business/

== Support ==

Support: https://catchthemes.com/support/
Support Forum: https://catchthemes.com/support-forum/forum/clean-business/

== Translation ==

Clean Business theme is translation ready.

= Jetpack =

Theme supports Jetpack Infinite Scroll as well as other modules.

= More FAQ =

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

== Changelog ==

= 2.2 (Released: June 04, 2026) =
* Updated: WordPress 7.0 ready

= 2.1 (Released: December 14, 2025) =
* Bug Fixed: Deprecated Function WP_Dependencies-add_data() warning after WordPress update 6.9
* Updated: WordPress 6.9 ready

= 2.0 (Released: June 16, 2025) =
* Added: Twitter X, Tiktok, Bluesky, and Threads icons
* Updated: Font Awesome to version 6.7.2
* Updated: WordPress 6.8 ready

= 1.6.2 (Released: February 21, 2024) =
* Updated: WordPress 6.4 ready

= 1.6.1 (Released: August 04, 2022) =
* Updated: Google Font hosted locally (https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2022/06/18/complying-with-gdpr-when-using-google-fonts/)

= 1.6 (Released: February 10, 2022) =
* Removed: Cycle slider shuffle not compatible with theme check so it has been removed
* Updated: Transition Effect option in Slider
* Updated: WordPress 5.9 ready

= 1.5 (Released: December 09, 2021) =
* Added: Core Blocks Support
* Bug Fixed: Added underline on the anchor tag
* Removed: Images bundled in the theme due to License issue

= 1.4.2 (Released: May 28, 2020) =
* Updated: readme.txt and style.css as per the new requirements

= 1.4.1 (Released: October 04, 2019) =
* Bug Fixed: Navigation js issue
* Bug Fixed: Header featured image to be 100%

= 1.4 (Released: October 04, 2019) =
* Added: Support for wp_body_open action
* Updated: Metabox UI
* Updated: Readme File as per the new requirement
* Bug Fixed: Menu issue when Header Image set to Excluding Homepage
* Bug Fixed: Keyboard navigation accessibility issue

= 1.3 (Released: October 25, 2018) =
* Added: Core Privacy Policy link support in footer
* Bug Fixed: Updated Content delivered through the_content filter
* Updated: Upgrade to pro button css
* Updated: Content type label updated

= 1.2 (Released: April 16, 2018) =
* Bug Fixed: Design issue with Catch Infinite Scroll plugin
* Bug Fixed: Discarded use of 'create_function'
* Code Optimization

= 1.1.7 (Released: December 14, 2017) =
* Bug Fixed: Header image excluding homepage

= 1.1.6 (Released: November 25, 2017) =
* Bug Fixed: Table responsive design (Reported by Debbie Dockray)
* Updated: JS compression

= 1.1.5 (Released: September 21, 2017) =
* Bug Fixed: Opaque background in header on mobile overlapping slider

= 1.1.4 (Released: July 24, 2017) =
* Bug Fixed: Breadcrumb custom post archive link
* Code optimization
* Removed: changelog.txt file and added changelog in readme.txt file

= 1.1.3 (Released: June 12, 2017) =
* Bug Fixed: Select options issue in customizer
* Code Optimization

= 1.1.2 =
* Code Optimization
* Compatible with WordPress 4.8

= 1.1.1 =
* Compressed: Images
* Updated: Image size for slider to 1920x1280

= 1.1 =
* Added: Option to Display all Categories in Customizer
* Added: "Display Content" option in Featured Content Options
* Bug Fixed: Metabox Header Image and Single Page/Post options not saving properly
* Bug Fixed: Margin issue in Featured Image of Featured Content
* Updated: Reset all settings compatibility
* Code Optimization

= 1.0 =
* Updated: Custom CSS to Additional CSS( Core Support ) for WP version 4.7
* Code Optimization

= 0.5 =
* Bug Fixed: Replace wp_reset_query() with wp_reset_postdata() in featured-slider.php and featured-content.php
* Bug Fixed: Output Sanitization
    * Replaced sanitize_key with esc_attr in social-icons.php
    * Escaped metabox field values as they are have apply_filters() on return
* Bug Fixed: Removed imagesLoaded and added it as dependency script as it is already bundled in code
* Removed: Theme support for search-form as theme has custom search form
* Updated: Upgrade Button in customizer with respect to trt decision

= 0.4 =
* Updated: All instances of https://catchthemes.com changed to https://catchthemes.com
* Removed: update_option for thumbnail image size and added new image sizes as clean-business-small

= 0.3 =
* Added editor style support
* Bug Fixed: Promotion headline link issue (Reported by John)
* CSS Enhancement:
** Margin issue in ul, ol, p, pp, pre, blockquote, table
** Font size and margin changes for heading tags
** Padding and alignment for table th and td elements
** Dark color scheme

= 0.2 =
* Initial Release in CatchThemes.com

= 0.1 =
* Submitted to WordPress.org for review

== Copyright ==

Clean Business WordPress Theme, Copyright 2012-2026 Catchthemes.com
Clean Business 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)

* Bootstrap
    All files from the /bootstrap folder are from the Bootstrap v3.1.1 package.
    Resource URI: http://getbootstrap.com/
    Copyright: 2011-2014 Twitter, Inc
    License: MIT
    License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

* Font Awesome
    Font License
        Applies to all desktop and webfont files in the following directory: fonts/
        License: SIL OFL 1.1
        URL: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

    Code License
        Applies to all CSS and LESS files in the following directories: css/font-awesome.css
        License: MIT License
        URL: http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html

* FitVids
    Copyright: Chris Coyier, Paravel
    Resource URI: http://fitvidsjs.com/
    License: WTFPL
    License URI: http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/

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

* jQuery Waypoints
    Copyright: 2011-2014 Caleb Troughton
    Resource URI: http://imakewebthings.com/jquery-waypoints/
    License: MIT
    License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

* imagesLoaded
    Copyright: 2014 David DeSandro
    Resource URI: http://imagesloaded.desandro.com/
    License: MIT
    License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

* Superslides
    Copyright: Nic Aitch
    Resource URI: https://github.com/nicinabox/superslides
    License: MIT
    License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

* Flexslider
    Copyright: 2013 WooThemes
    Resource URI: http://www.woothemes.com/flexslider/
    License: GPLv2
    License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

* jQuery CountTo
    Copyright: Matt Huggins
    Resource URI: https://github.com/mhuggins/jquery-countTo
    License: MIT
    License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

* jQuery Parallax
    Copyright: Ian Lunn
    Resource URI: http://www.ianlunn.co.uk/plugins/jquery-parallax/
    License: MIT/GPL
    License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
    License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

* Isotope
    Copyright: Metafizzy
    Resource URI: http://isotope.metafizzy.co
    License: MIT/GPL
    License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
    License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

* Images
    1) Slider Image 1 (also used in screenshot)
    Resource URI: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/893407/
    License: CC0 1.0
    License URI: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en


    2) Header Image:
    https://pxhere.com/en/photo/113596
    License: CC0 1.0
    License URI: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
