=== Express News ===

Contributors: adorethemes
Tags: custom-background, custom-header, custom-logo, custom-menu, featured-images, footer-widgets, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, blog, one-column, portfolio, photography, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.8
Stable tag: 1.1.7
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

== Description ==

Express News is an advanced news magazine WordPress theme with a fast, sleek, and contemporary appearance. It is well-suited for various dynamic news platforms, such as newspapers, magazines, publishers, blogs, editors, online and gaming magazines, news portals, personal blogs, and review sites, as well as any other creative websites. The theme boasts a professional and up-to-date design that can be effortlessly set up, especially with its pre-built demo. It is a fully widgetized and customizable theme, empowering users to manage content using widgets and the live WordPress customizer. The theme is fully responsive, ensuring seamless compatibility across mobiles, tablets, laptops, and computers. It is a user-friendly WordPress magazine theme, characterized by its simplicity, ease of use, modernity, and creativity. The theme's codes have been optimized for search engine optimization (SEO), enabling easy visibility and attracting a greater number of visitors. The clean and secure HTML codes embedded in this theme contribute to its smooth functioning across multiple platforms. Moreover, thanks to the optimized codes, your website will experience faster page load times, facilitating quick loading. Live preview : https://demo.adorethemes.com/express-news/

== 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.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

The theme is integrated to work with following plugins:
* One Click Demo Import: This plugin is recommended to use for demo importing purpose.
* Contact Form 7: This plugin is recommended to use for contact forms on contact page.

== How does the demo importer works? ==
Just install the recommended plugin i.e. One Click Demo Import when the theme is activated and then go to Appearance->Import demo data. From there, select the demo files to be uploaded which is included with the theme itself in [demo] folder.

== Copyright ==

Express News WordPress Theme, Copyright 2022 Adore Themes

Express News bundles the following third-party resources:

Slick 1.8.1 Copyright (c) Ken Wheeler
License: MIT license.
Source: https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/

Font Awesome Free 6.4.2 by @fontawesome
Licenses: MIT License
Source: https://fontawesome.com/license/free

EndlessRiver v 2.0.0 Copyright (c) Tony Samperi
Licenses: MIT License
Source: https://github.com/tonysamperi/endless-river#license

Webfonts Loader Copyright (c) 2020 WPTT
Licenses: MIT License
Source: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader

== Images Copyright ==

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/7515

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1575621

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/923246

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.7 - June 05 2025 =
* Tested up to WordPress 6.8 

= 1.1.6 - January 31 2024 =
* Updated fontawesome social icons 
* Tested up to WordPress 6.6 

= 1.1.5 - January 31 2024 =
* Updated social icons 
* Updated design issues 
* Updated block editor styles 

= 1.1.4 - January 28 2024 =
* Added condition for widgets and customizer section's thumbnail image 

= 1.1.3 - December 10 2023 =
* Added condition for widget's view all button

= 1.1.2 - December 06 2023 =
* Added priority of frontpage and theme option customizer section

= 1.1.1 - November 08 2023 =
* Fixed single page title font issue
* Added social icons
* Fixed mobile device navigation issue
* Tested up to 6.4

= 1.1.0 - October 31 2023 =
* Added Added setting for banner tab title

= 1.0.1 - October 14 2023 =
* Added go to pro, demo data and theme url
* updated theme screenshot

= 1.0.0 - October 12 2023 =
* Initial release

== Credits ==

* Based on Underscores https://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2020 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
* normalize.css https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2018 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
* class-breadcrumb-trail.php https://github.com/justintadlock/breadcrumb-trail, (C) 2008-2017 Justin Tadlock, [ GNU GPL, version 2 or later]
* class-tgm-plugin-activation.php https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation [GNU General Public License v2.0]
