=== Masonry Blog ===

Contributors: perfectwpthemes
Tags: custom-background, custom-logo, custom-menu, featured-images, threaded-comments, translation-ready, blog, portfolio, grid-layout, two-columns, three-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, theme-options, block-styles
Requires PHP: 7.4
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.2.2
Stable tag: 1.1.0
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html


== Description ==

Masonry Blog is a modern, clean, and minimal WordPress theme. Masonry Blog has elegant, stylish, and userfriendly design and is based on masonry grid layout which is adopted by websites such as Pinterest, Unsplash, Tumblr etc. This theme is mainly suitable for creating blog and portfolio websites. This theme has built-in features such as image lazy load, infinte scroll loading, custom widgets, customization options etc. This theme is responsive, mobile friendly, search engine optimized and translation ready.


== License ==

Masonry Blog, WordPress Theme, Copyright (C) 2023, perfectwpthemes.
Masonry Blog is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL


== Credits ==

* Based on Underscores https://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2017 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

* normalize.css https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

* TGM Plugin Activation http://tgmpluginactivation.com/, (C) 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

* WPTRT Customize Pro https://github.com/WPTRT/wptrt-customize-pro, 2019 WPTRT, [GPLv2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

* Info & Separator Customizer Control https://github.com/dingo-d/wordpress-theme-customizer-extra-custom-controls, Denis Žoljom (dingo-d), [GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)

* Bootstrap https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap, Copyright (c) 2011-2019 the Bootstrap Authors and Twitter, Inc., [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

* Owl Carousel https://github.com/OwlCarousel2/OwlCarousel2, Copyright 2013-2018 David Deutsch, [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)

* Theia Sticky Sidebar https://github.com/WeCodePixels/theia-sticky-sidebar, Copyright (c) 2014 Liviu Cristian Mirea Ghiban, [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

* Zepto Lazy https://github.com/eisbehr-/jquery.lazy, Copyright 2012 - 2018, Daniel 'Eisbehr' Kern, [MIT, GPLv2](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT, http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

* Sticky https://github.com/garand/sticky, Copyright 2014-2016 Anthony Garand, [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

* Font Awesome https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome, [SIL OFL 1.1, MIT, CC](http://scripts.sil.org/OFL, http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

* Images Included, sidebar_left.png, sidebar_right.png, and sidebar_none.png, self created and are licensed under GPLv2

* envelope-border.png, https://www.kissclipart.com/old-envelope-border-clipart-eiffel-tower-paper-wat-b44aw9/, [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

* mbicon generated using Boxicons(https://github.com/atisawd/boxicons) svg icons. mbicons is licensed under GPL same as the theme. Boxicons svg icons, [CC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).


== Screenshot ==

* All images used in screenshot.png are from https://pxhere.com and licensed under CC0(https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- https://pxhere.com/en/photo/26634
- https://pxhere.com/en/photo/137734


== 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? =

Masonry Blog includes support for Infinite Scroll in Jetpack.


== Changelog ==

= 1.1.0 - May 21, 2023 =

* Removed: Everest backup plugin recommendation.
* Updated: WPCS maintained.


= 1.0.9 - May 18, 2022 =

* Added: Recommendation of Everest Backup plugin.


= 1.0.8 - July 19, 2021 =

* Added: Theme support - remove_theme_support( 'widgets-block-editor' )


= 1.0.7 - March 1, 2020 =

* Fixes: Minor CSS & JS issues


= 1.0.6 - February 26, 2020 =

* Added: Options for a static front page
* Added: Option to display carousel on blog and static front page
* Changed: Theme screenshot


= 1.0.5 - February 20, 2020 =

* Enhancement: Image lazyload placeholder
* Tweak: youtube icon
* Changed: Theme screenshot


= 1.0.4 - February 16, 2020 =

* Fixed Issue: Masonry not fired when there were no images.


= 1.0.3 - February 12, 2020 =

* Minor Changes
* Upsell added
* TGMPA added and plugins recommended


= 1.0.2 - December 26, 2019 =

* Included custom created icons, mbicon.
* Included enbelope-border.png for subscription section's border
* Created hooks and filter functions
* Added new customizer options
* Removed Lazy Load js
* Added Zepto Lazy js
* CSS and JS fixes
* Screenshot changed


= 1.0.1 - November 1, 2019  =

* Themify & Ionicons fonts removed
* Header layout changed
* Added options in customizer
* Social widget, Author widget & post widget added
* Fixed dynamic styling
* Screenshot changed
* CSS & Js fixes


= 1.0.0 - August 30, 2019  =

* Initial release