=== Lead 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: 1.0.1
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

== Description ==

Lead News is an advanced news magazine WordPress theme with a fast, sleek, and contemporary appearance. It is well-suited for dynamic platforms like newspapers, magazines, publishers, blogs, editors, online and gaming magazines, news portals, personal blogs, and review sites. The theme features a professional, up-to-date design that can be effortlessly set up using its pre-built demo. It is fully widgetized and customizable, allowing users to manage content through widgets and the live WordPress customizer. Lead News is fully responsive, ensuring compatibility across mobiles, tablets, laptops, and desktops. Its user-friendly design emphasizes simplicity, ease of use, modernity, and creativity. The theme’s SEO-optimized and clean HTML code ensures better visibility, faster loading times, and smooth performance across all platforms. Live preview: https://demo.adorethemes.com/lead-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 ==

Lead News WordPress Theme, Copyright 2022 Adore Themes

Lead 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

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/1357784

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/553175

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/480527

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1021116

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1449703

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/745571

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/896412

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1025986

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/721497

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/127506

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1536523

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/745571

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

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.1 - May 27 2025 =
* Added the missing class to the body

= 1.0.0 - May 25 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]
* Customizer Pro https://github.com/justintadlock/trt-customizer-pro 2016 © Justin Tadlock. [GNU General Public License v2.0]
