=== Newsmatic ===
Contributors: BlazeThemes
Tags: news, blog, entertainment, one-column, two-columns, grid-layout, block-styles, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-header, flexible-header, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-menu, featured-images, full-width-template, post-formats, sticky-post, rtl-language-support, footer-widgets, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready
Requires at least: 5.3
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.6
Stable tag: 1.4.3
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

A complete and feature rich news/magazine theme.

Newsmatic is complete solution for your news website with full Elementor compatibility. By integrating the News Kit Elementor Addons plugin on your site, you can now customize any part of the theme with the Elementor page builder. It is fast, features rich, customizer-based, and multipurpose free news theme. It is multilingual compatibility, gutenberg compatibility, elementor compatibility and can be integrated easily with newsletter/form plugins. This theme is schema ready, which makes it a favourite for search engines. Newsmatic Theme does not collect any kind of personal data restricted under GDPR, so you can sleep without any worry by using our theme on your website. Developed by dedicated developers, it has user friendly and easy to use advanced control fields like select2, react color picker, image selector, typography field and many more inside the theme. Check out our pre-build demos here: https://blazethemes.com/theme/newsmatic-free. Check out elementor addons: https://wordpress.org/plugins/news-kit-elementor-addons/. Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9siCG4kqRc

== Description ==
Newsmatic is complete solution for your news website with full Elementor compatibility. By integrating the News Kit Elementor Addons plugin on your site, you can now customize any part of the theme with the Elementor page builder. It is fast, features rich, customizer-based, and multipurpose free news theme. It is multilingual compatibility, gutenberg compatibility, elementor compatibility and can be integrated easily with newsletter/form plugins. This theme is schema ready, which makes it a favourite for search engines. Newsmatic Theme does not collect any kind of personal data restricted under GDPR, so you can sleep without any worry by using our theme on your website. Developed by dedicated developers, it has user friendly and easy to use advanced control fields like select2, react color picker, image selector, typography field and many more inside the theme. Check out our pre-build demos here: https://blazethemes.com/theme/newsmatic-free. Check out news elementor addons: https://wordpress.org/plugins/news-kit-elementor-addons/

== 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? =
Newsmatic includes support for WooCommerce and for Infinite Scroll in Jetpack.

== Screenshots  ==
    * License: Creative Commons Zero (CC0) Public Domain
    * License Url: https://stocksnap.io/license
    * Sources:
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/abstract-light-3R3DYREHEW
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/bird-animal-VKXLPBA8LW
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/isolated-vegetables-3PXFJ8CBBL
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/sport-venue-3V8LNZUSSA
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/smartphone-camera-TBGNSSQV6B
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/nature-landscape-5THS7ZKS1L
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/people-man-QCW2ABTQCE
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/people-man-72ZCJJ8K6I
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/people-girl-ECJ7KWKEVA
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/train-station-6FHSE43K4R
		https://stocksnap.io/photo/woman-beach-IZV7QIQDJ6

== 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)

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

Fontawesome
URL: https://fontawesome.com
License: https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License)

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

Waypoints
URL: https://github.com/imakewebthings/waypoints/blob/master/licenses.txt
License: The MIT License

Slick
Author: Ken Wheeler
URL: http://github.com/kenwheeler/slick
License: The MIT License

== Changelog ==
= 1.4.3 - March 13th, 2026 =
	* Updated - demos file updated

= 1.4.2 - Feb 19th, 2026 =
	* Fixed - footer sidebar render issue fixed

= 1.4.1 - Feb 13th, 2026 =
	* Fixed - header stickey fixes

= 1.4.0 - Feb 10th, 2026 =
	* Added - header and footer builder added

= 1.3.18 - Oct 9th, 2025 =
	* Fixed - read time duplicate suffix fixed

= 1.3.17 - Sept 18th, 2025 =
	* Added - user capability to install plugins check added

= 1.3.16 - June 20th, 2025 =
	* Added - upsells added
	
= 1.3.15 - May 22nd, 2025 =
	* Added - New Caption Design

= 1.3.14 - March 12th, 2025 =
	* Added - new demos added

= 1.3.13 - Jan 30th, 2024 =
	* Added - customizer files dependencies added

= 1.3.12 - Nov 28th, 2024 =
	* Tweaks - css tweaks

= 1.3.11 - Sept 6th, 2024 =
	* Fixed - Mainbanner trailing post responsive issue fixed
	* Added - Mainbanner trailing post image alt text added

= 1.3.10 - Aug 1st, 2024 =
	* Added - fontawesome 6 support added

= 1.3.9 - July 3rd, 2024 =
	* Fixed - design fixes for elementor pages

= 1.3.8 - June 17th, 2024 =
	* Added - demo data added
	* Fixed - default kit not found issue fixed

= 1.3.7 - May 24th, 2024 =
	* Added - elementor demos added

= 1.3.6 - April 12th, 2024 =
	* Applied - wp query args filter applied

= 1.3.5 - March 21st, 2024 =
	* Modified - footer sidebar widgets rendering modified
	* Added - filter ajax function post argument post_status paramter added

= 1.3.4 - March 17th, 2024 =
	* Solved - admin issue solved

= 1.3.3 - March 14th, 2023 =
	* Added - nonce verification and permission check added in admin notices

= 1.3.2 - Feb 23th, 2023 =
	* Changed - demo url changed
	
= 1.3.1 - Feb 21th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - demo import fixed

= 1.3.0 - Feb 6th, 2023 =
	* Replaced - preview js code overwrite by new method

= 1.2.19 - Jan 28th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - front sections view all url field issue fixed
	* Removed - layouts upsell removed
	
= 1.2.18 - Dec 19th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - breadcrumb unique url issue fixed
	* Fixed - post content read time fixed for russian language

= 1.2.17 - Nov 19th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - customizer control styling fixes
	* Fixed - customizer categories select control issue fixed

= 1.2.16 - Nov 19th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - customizer control styling fixes

= 1.2.15 - Oct 19th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - responsive sidebar issue fixed

= 1.2.14 - Sep 21st, 2023 =
	* Added - admin notice shoe or hide option added

= 1.2.13 - Sep 20th, 2023 =
	* Added - new demo added

= 1.2.12 - Aug 27th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - news filter layout issue fixed

= 1.2.11 - Aug 13th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - category color issue fixed
	* Fixed - url double slashes issue fixes

= 1.2.10 - Aug 3rd, 2023 =
	* Fixed - theme mode toggle cookies issue fixed
	* Fixed - category color issue fixed

= 1.2.9 - July 28th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - some design fixes

= 1.2.8 - July 25th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - some design fixes

= 1.2.7 - July 5th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - Fixed the archive new layout color
	* Added - main banner layout added
	* Added - image size for each layout added
	* Tweaks - theme mode tweaks

= 1.2.6 - April 18th, 2023 =
	* Added - comment link added in comments meta

= 1.2.5 - April 12th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - gradient color picker issue fixed

= 1.2.4 - April 11th, 2023 =
	* Fixed - breadcrumb content issue fixed
	* Added - global post data reset added

= 1.2.3 - April 7th, 2023 =
	* Added - live search added

= 1.2.2 - March 24th, 2023 =
	* Changed - customizer upsell button label changed

= 1.2.1 - March 17th, 2023 =
	* Added - placeholder for select2 control added
	* Added - sanitized the post and category title for select2 control

= 1.2.0 - Feb 19th, 2023 =
	* Added - search, toggle and menu color added
	* Added - upsell button added
	* Added - request new layout feature added
	* Added - header elements order options added
	* Added - typography control text transform unset added
	* Fixed - parent menu link issue fixed
	
= 1.0.8 - Feb 19th, 2023 =
	* Added - top header nav menu added

= 1.0.7 - Feb 07th, 2023 =
	* Solved - social icons control refresh issue solved

= 1.0.6 - Feb 03rd, 2023 =
	* Solved - list layout design fixed

= 1.0.5 - Jan 22, 2022 =
	* Solved - header social icons display issue solved

= 1.0.4 - Jan 20, 2022 =
	* Solved - category background issue
	* Fixed - repeater control change trigger issue fixed

= 1.0.3 - Jan 16, 2022 =
	* Solved - social icons value save issue solved

= 1.0.2 - Jan 13, 2022 =
    * Added - demo import added
	* Solved - list widget issue solved

= 1.0.1 - Jan 9, 2022 =
    * Added - description update

= 1.0.0 - October 4th, 2022 =
    * Initial release