=== Newsium ===
Contributors: afthemes
Requires PHP: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 4.2.9
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: news, blog, entertainment, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-background, custom-menu, featured-images, full-width-template, custom-header, translation-ready, theme-options, threaded-comments

A starter theme called Newsium.

== Copyright ==

This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.
Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others.

Newsium is based on Underscores https://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2017 Automattic, Inc.
Underscores is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.

Newsium WordPress Theme, Copyright 2026 AF themes
Newsium is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.

== Description ==
Newsium is a WordPress theme for the Best Responsive News Magazine that allows you to easily write articles and blog posts. Using live customizer options and custom widgets to create a great news website, you can design your website as you like and preview the changes. It is compatible with the Gutenberg and RTL along with WooCommerce plugin which helps you to integrate an online business with our newspaper template. As it includes many useful features that require to build an awesome looking newsportal, the theme is perfect for blogging and excellent for a news, newspaper, magazine, publishing or review site. The theme is well optimized that helps to rank your website in the top of search engines and users will get an outstanding support from the team if there will be any difficulties while using the theme. There are number of demos available in this theme so choose the one you like and start to build a website.  See our demos: https://afthemes.com/newsium-wordpress-theme-for-the-best-responsive-news-magazine-sites/

== 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? =

Newsium includes support for Infinite Scroll in Jetpack.

== Change log ==
= 4.2.9 - Mar 03 2026 =
* Update - Customizer optimization
* Update - German language file
* Update - Arabic language file
* Update - French language file
* Update - Italian language file
* Update - Japanese language file
* Update - Polish language file
* Update - Portugese language file
* Update - Spanish language file
* Update - Dutch language file
* Update - Russian language file
* Update - Ukranian language file
* Update - Swedish language file 

= 4.2.2 - Jun 24 2025 =
* Update - Default admin panel
* Update - Recommneded plugins

= 4.2.0 - May 22 2025 =
* Update - Security improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 4.1.0 - Nov 19 2024 =
* New - WP 6.7 Compatibility
* Update - Dashboard improvements
* Update - Scripts improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 4.0.0 - Oct 25 2024 =
* New - Import Starter Site Dashboard
* New - Import Gutenberg Patterns Dashboard
* New - Import Elementor Kits Dashboard
* New - Customize Menu
* New - AF themes Dashboard Menu
* Update - Scripts improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.5.0 - Sep 11 2024 =
* Update - Read Minutes Disabled by Default (Can be Enabled)
* Option - Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Minutes Read Count
* Update - Theme Banners improvements
* Update - Theme Menus improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.4.0 - Aug 14 2024 =
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Update - Gaps improvement
* Update - General design improvement

= 3.3.3 - Mar 22 2024 =
* Update - Icon improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Update - Gaps improvement
* Update - General design improvement

= 3.3.2 - Feb 15 2024 =
* Update - Block support for Appearnce Tools
* Update - Block support for Padding
* Update - Block support for Link Color
* Update - Block support for Custom Units
* Update - Block support for Custom Line Height
* Update - Block support for Border
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.3.0 - Nov 29 2023 =
* Update - WP 6.4 Compatibility
* Update - PHP 8 Compatibility

= 3.2.1 - May 22 2023 =
* Update - WP 6.2 compatibility
* Fixed - Default and Light mode improvement
* Fixed - Widthd and Gaps improvement
* Fixed - Block styling imrovements
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.0 - Mar 16 2023 =
* Update - WP 6.1.1 compatibility
* Fixed - Block styling imrovements
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.1.0 - Sept 08 2022 =
* New - Multi-author compatibility
* Fixes - Some design glitches

= 3.0.0 - July 13 2022 =
* New - Theme Dashboard with essential links 
* New - New WP Compatibility
* Fixes - Some design glitches

= 2.1.1 - Feb 05 2022 =
* Update - WordPress 5.9 compatibility

= 2.1.0 - Nov 26 2021 =
* New - Elementor Compatibility
* New - New WP Compatibility
* Updates - Some notices glitches
* Fixes - Some design glitches

= 2.0.0 - May 19 2021 =
* Recommend - Please clear your server/plugin/browser cache
* Update - Optimized images loading for homepage blocks
* Update - Optimized images for lazy loading
* Update - Optimized images sizes
* Update - Optimized responsive design
* Update - Optimized accessibility design
* Fixed - Some styling glitch


= 1.1.5 - May 11 2021 =
* New - WP 5.7 Compatibility.
* Improved - Sidebar options for blog page
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.1.4 - Feb 24 2021 =
* New - Multiple breadcrumbs options.

= 1.1.3 - Jan 06 2021 =
* Fixes - Loading issues for Firefox.

= 1.1.2 - Dec 09 2020 =
* Fixes - Bootstrap issues for jQuery.

= 1.1.1 - Oct 29 2020 =
* Fixes - Breadcrumbs issues for calendered archives.

= 1.1.0 - Sept 12 2020 =
* Improved - Posts archive spacing.

= 1.0.9 - Sept 12 2020 =
* Improved - User accessibility on mobile devices.
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.8 - May 27 2020 =
* Updates - Responsive embeds compatibility for video blocks.
* Improved - Custom posts type compatibility.
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.7 - May 18 2020 =
* Improved - Menu accessibility on mobile devices.
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.6 - April 05 2020 =
* Updates - WordPress 5.4 Compatibility.
* Updates - Optimized theme JS.

= 1.0.5 - Feb 26 2020 =
* Fixed Top Header Date.

= 1.0.4 - Jan 10 2019 =
* Improved Breadcrumb schema
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.3 - Dec 28 2019 =
* Fixed some design glitch
* Fixed Trending category selection issue

= 1.0.2 - Dec 06 2019 =
* Updated as per TRT review

= 1.0.1 - Dec 03 2019 =
* Fixed some design glitch

= 1.0.0 - Aug 20 2019 =
* initial release


== Credits ==

Underscores:
Author: 2012-2015 Automattic
Source: http://underscores.me
License: GPL v2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

normalize:
Author: 2012-2015 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal
Source: http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css
License: [MIT/GPL2 Licensed](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

html5shiv:
Author: 2014 Alexander Farkas (aFarkas)
Source: https://github.com/afarkas/html5shiv
License: [MIT/GPL2 Licensed](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Bootstrap:
Author: Twitter
URL: http://getbootstrap.com
License: Licensed under the MIT license

Font Awesome:
Author: Dave Gandy
URL: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL
License: Licensed under SIL Open Font License (OFL) and MIT License

slick carousel:
Author: Ken Wheeler
URL: https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick
License: Licensed under the MIT license

jquery-match-height:
Author: liabru
URL: http://brm.io/jquery-match-height/
License: MIT

jQuery.marquee:
Author: Aamir Afridi
URL:  http://aamirafridi.com/jquery/jquery-marquee-plugin
License: MIT

Breadcrumb Trail:
Author: Justin Tadlock
URL:  https://github.com/justintadlock/breadcrumb-trail/blob/master/breadcrumb-trail.php
License: GPLv2 or later

TGM-Plugin-Activation:
Author: Thomas Griffin (thomasgriffinmedia.com)
URL:  https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation
License: GNU General Public License, version 2


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