==  Gardenia  ==
Contributors: fruit-themes
Tags: left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, full-width-template, post-formats, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready
Requires PHP: 7.4
Requires at least: 5.4
Tested up to: 7.0
Version: 2.3
Stable tag: 2.3
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

== Description ==
Gardenia is a fully mobile responsive, easy to setup and manage, eye-catchy and premium quality green color based WordPress theme. Gardenia is suitable for your nature or environmental project blog website, green products business website, garden business website, Go Green type programs and companies having green color in their brand or any type of other business websites too. Gardenia is easily manageable by customizer options of WordPress admin panel. Step by step documentation and dummy data is available at: https://docs.fasterthemes.com/gardenia-wordpress-theme/

== Copyright ==
Gardenia Theme, Copyright 2026 fasterthemes.com
Gardenia is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

== Installation ==
1. Primary:
 = Login to your wp-admin account and go to Appearance -> Themes.
 = Select "Install" tab and click on the "Upload" link.
 = Select "gardenia.zip" and click on "Install Now" button.
 = In case of errors, use an alternate method.
2. Alternate:
 = Unzip the template file (gardenia.zip) that you have downloaded.
 = Upload the entire folder (gardenia) to your server via FTP and place it in the /wp-content/themes/ folder.
 = Do not change the directory name.
 = The template files should be there now: /wp-content/themes/gardenia/index.php (example).
3. Log into your WP admin panel and click on "Appearance". Go to "Themes" tab.
4. Now click on "Gardenia" to activate the theme.

== Customizer Options ==

Please login to your WordPress admin panel then go to Appearance menu and then "Customize" submenu. You will find all the customization options there.

== Changelog ==

= 2.1 - 24 May 2020 =
* Misc changes.

= 2.1.1 - 6 Oct 2021 =
* wo_open_body function added in header file.
* Misc changes.

= 2.2 - 21 July 2022 =
* Misc changes.

= 2.3 - 14 August 2026 =
* Theme URI and Author URI updated to fasterthemes.com.
* Google Fonts (Quicksand) now bundled locally instead of loaded from fonts.googleapis.com.
* Removed the unused Pro upsell admin page.
* Replaced a direct database query with attachment_url_to_postid().
* Fixed PHP 8 warnings on a fresh install where theme options are not yet set.
* Hardened escaping in the breadcrumbs and recent-posts widget.
* Tested up to WordPress 7.0.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 2.3 - 14 August 2026 =
* Maintenance release: fonts bundled locally, PHP 8 fixes, updated theme URIs.

== Credits ==

Fontawesome
===========
Copyright: Dave Gandy
License URI:  http://fontawesome.io/license/
Resource Name: fontawesome
License Name: Open Font License (OFL) Version 4.0.1

Fonts
===========
	(a).
		Open Sans
		Copyright: Multiple Designers
		Resource URI: http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans 
		License: Apache License, version 2.0
		License URI: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

	(b).
		AlegreyaSans
		Copyright: Multiple Designers
		Resource URI: http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Alegreya+Sans
		License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
		License URI: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OF

	(c).
		Quicksand
		Copyright: Andrew Paglinawan
		Resource URI: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Quicksand
		License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
		License URI: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL
		Bundled locally in /fonts/quicksand/ — not loaded from a remote host.

Bootstrap files
===========

	Resource URI: http://getbootstrap.com/
	Copyright: 2011-2014 Twitter, Inc
	License: MIT
	License URI: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

slider
============
	OwlCarousel 
	jQuery OwlCarousel v1.3.3  
	Licensed under MIT
	http://www.owlgraphic.com/owlcarousel/
	Copyright (c) 2014 Bartosz Wojciechowski


* Image for theme screenshot,Photo by Digital Buggu from Pexels
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/pink-bougainvillea-204267/

* Image for theme screenshot,Photo by Gary Barnes from Pexels
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/various-gardening-tools-with-plants-and-opened-book-6231722/

* Image for theme screenshot,Photo by Kaboompics .com from Pexels
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/watering-plants-with-a-watering-can-6442/

* Image for theme screenshot,Photo by Gary Barnes from Pexels
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/smiling-woman-planting-flower-in-pot-6231731/

* Image for theme screenshot,Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/faceless-woman-working-with-soil-in-garden-4207908/
