=== Hot 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: 6.7
Stable tag: 1.0.0
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

== Description ==

Hot News is a fast, clean, modern-looking best responsive news magazine WordPress theme. It is suitable for dynamic news, newspapers, magazine, publishers, blogs, editors, online and gaming magazines, newsportals,personal blogs, newspaper, publishing or review siteand any creative website. The modern and professional design is easy and quick to set up, especially with pre-built demo. The theme is fully widgetized & customize based theme, so users can manage the content by using widgets and live WordPress customizer. It is fully responsive and works flawlessly on all types of devices like mobiles, tablets, laptops, and computers. It is a simple, easy-to-use, modern and creative, user-friendly WordPress magazine theme. The codes included in the theme are made SEO-friendly so that people can easily notice you and you get more visitors. The clean and secure HTML codes of this theme make your website function smoothly on several platforms and as these are optimized codes, your website will have a faster page load time to load quickly. Live preview : https://demo.adorethemes.com/hot-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 ==

Hot News WordPress Theme, Copyright 2025 Adore Themes

Hot 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 5.15.4 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 ==

Header Advertisement Image Selfmade

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/767409

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/100421

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1222099

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/700369

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1233497

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1150949

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/489447

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1540313

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1012498

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1540313

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1105488

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1162932

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/782063

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/100421

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1174139

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1540313

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 - Feb 10 2025 =
* 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]
