=== Polite ===

Contributors: templatesell
Tags: custom-background, custom-header, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, custom-logo, custom-menu, featured-images, threaded-comments, translation-ready, blog, news
Requires at least: 6.0
Requires PHP: 7.4
Tested up to: 7.1
Stable tag: 1.4.0
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

A perfect theme for blog and magazine site. With masonry layout and multiple blog page layout, this theme is the awesome and minimal theme. This theme has search option, off-canvas sidebar, multiple sidebar options, footer options, featured slider, promo boxed, footer widgets and many more. Besides that, this theme comes with added custom widgets for author information, featured posts, social icons, etc. It comes with primary color option to change the whole site color with a single click. More Details: https://www.templatesell.com/item/polite-minimal-blog-wordpress-theme/

== Description ==

A perfect theme for blog and magazine site. With masonry layout and multiple blog page layout, this theme is the awesome and minimal theme.
== 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? =

Polite includes support for Infinite Scroll in Jetpack.

== Notes ==
* Custom pagination for numeric is made.

== Changelog ==
= 1.4.0 - August 20 2026 =
* Fixed - Fatal error on pages with non-ASCII permalinks. Percent-encoded characters in a URL were read as sprintf() format specifiers, which threw an uncaught ArgumentCountError on PHP 8 and returned a 500 for the whole page.
* Fixed - Post tags never rendered on single posts; the printf() call had no placeholder so the tag list was discarded.
* Fixed - Slider never received its configuration; the data-slick attribute was always empty.
* Fixed - Numeric pagination emitted an opening div instead of a closing one, leaving the wrapper unclosed.
* Fixed - Blockquotes referenced Playfair Display, which was never loaded, so they fell back to a generic serif.
* Fixed - Widget script registered `true` in the version argument, so it was never set to load in the footer.
* Security - Added nonce and capability checks to the Upgrade To Pro notice dismissal, which previously wrote user meta from a bare GET parameter.
* Security - Escaped all remaining theme output.
* Changed - Google Fonts are now bundled with the theme instead of being requested from fonts.googleapis.com, so no visitor data is sent to a third party.
* Added - Recommended plugins notice for the free Template Sell plugins. Nothing is bundled or installed automatically.
* Added - align-wide and custom-background support. custom-background had been advertised in the theme tags without ever being registered.
* Added - Real block editor styles; css/editor-styles.css had been an empty file.
* Added - languages/polite.pot so the theme can be translated.
* Changed - Requires PHP raised to 7.4 and Requires at least set to 6.0.
* Tested with WP 7.1
= 1.3.5 - May 01 2025 =
* Tested with WP 6.8
* Changed copyright date

= 1.3.4 - January 04 2024 =
* Fixed - Customizer issue
* Tested with WP 6.4
* Changed copyright date

= 1.3.3 - February 26 2022 =
* Fix - Widget customizer screen
* Tested with WP 5.9 

= 1.3.2 - January 03 2022 =
* Fix - Copyright date fixed for 2022

= 1.3.1 - September 23 2021 =
* Fix - Undefined variable in the slider

= 1.3.0 - September 18 2021 =
* Affiliate links added and disclosed

= 1.2.9 - August 02 2021 =
* Tested with WP 5.8
* Disable new widget screen

= 1.2.8 - April 10 2021 =
* Fixed Link underline in single page

= 1.2.7 - April 07 2021 =
* Fixed Ajax pagination 
* Tested with latest WP version

= 1.2.6 - March 04 2021 =
* Added Breadcrumb compatibility for plugins
* Tested with latest WP version

= 1.2.5 - February 09 2021 =
* Added Pagination in search page

= 1.2.4 - January 12 2021 =
* Changed default copyright text

= 1.2.3 - December 25 2020 =
* Added option for mobile menu text
* Added option for hamberger menu
* Tested with WP 5.6
* Fixed some minor CSS issues

= 1.2.2 - September 25 2020 =
* Fixed # link issues on menu
* Make the mobile page layout wider 
* Fixed some minor CSS issues

= 1.2.1 - September 20 2020 =
* Fixed # link issues on the post content
* Fixed primary color for the go to top
* Fixed some minor CSS issues

= 1.2.0 - September 08 2020 =
* Fixed Featured Image Show Hide in Single Page
* Fixed callback function for header image settings
* Added exclude category in blog page
* Support page link changed

= 1.1.9 - August 30 2020 =
* Fixed Issues of Ajax Pagination Overlapping
* Fixed some minor css issues
* Added Header Overlay color option
* Added Header image height option
* Added Header image opacity option
* Tested with latest WP version

= 1.1.8 - August 25 2020 =
* Fixed Issues of Ajax Pagination
* Fixed some minor css issues

= 1.1.7 - August 24 2020 =
* Fixed Issues of Menu and Link

= 1.1.6 - August 23 2020 =
* Logo width changed
* Tested with WordPress 5.5
* Fixed some minor css 

= 1.1.5 - July 02 2020 =
* Fixed Footer menu

= 1.1.4 - June 26 2020 =
* Fixed Search page design issues
* Fixed blog page options for search page

= 1.1.3 - June 23 2020 =
* Added top Header Option for social and menu
* Show/Hide Author Option Added for Blog
* Show/Hide Category Option Added for Blog
* Show/Hide Date Option Added for Blog
* Fixed some minor CSS issues

= 1.1.2 - May 29 2020 =
* Fixed Header Image transparent issues
* Added Option for the Logo Width
* Fixed some minor CSS issues

= 1.1.1 - May 18 2020 =
* Fixed Header Image issues
* Added tested up to in style.css 

= 1.1.0 - May 07 2020 =
* Fixed Link click on mobile
* Added Color for the links
* Fixed content page error
* Color for link is added

= 1.0.9 - May 03 2020 =
* Added Upgrade Notice 
* Fixed category page text on archive

= 1.0.8 - April 25 2020 =
* Fixed some design issue
* Fixed post published data issue

= 1.0.7 - April 23 2020 =
* Added About Page
* Fixed Masonry layout issue

= 1.0.6 - April 16 2020 =
* Translation issues fixed as per Theme Sniffer
* Fixed keyboard navigation for the comment section

= 1.0.5 - April 14 2020 =
* Fixed reviewer issues
* Changed Breadcrumb Library 
* Widget JS CSS changed
* Make seprate file for canvi js
* Upgrade to pro added

= 1.0.4 - April 07 2020 =
* Fixed rtl.css file
* Fixed Menu in Mobile
* Checked with latest WP version

= 1.0.3 - March 11 2020 =
* Social Sharing Option added for single page
* Fixed some typo
* Changed check box design to toggle using CSS
* Added image icon for the sidebar
* Checked with latest WP version

= 1.0.2 - February 24 2020 =
* Added Editor Style and Fonts 
* Fixed responsive layout
* Fixed offcanvas and changed the place
* Fixed some other minor CSS issues

= 1.0.1 - February 13 2020 =
* Search page issue fixed
* Options for search and offcanvas sidebar added
* Options to show hide social share on blog page added
* Fixed widget default value 
* Change image size handle name
* Fixed some minor CSS issues
* Fixed theme check issues

= 1.0.0 - February 06 2020 =
* Initial release

== Credits ==

Polite is free WordPress theme by, Template Sell.
Polite is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.


* 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)
* BreadcrumbTrail, Copyright (c) 2008 - 2015, Justin Tadlock http://themehybrid.com/plugins/breadcrumb-trail
* Theia Sticky Sidebar https://github.com/WeCodePixels/theia-sticky-sidebar [MIT license]
* Slick Slider https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/blob/master/LICENSE [The MIT License (MIT)]
* Font-Awesome https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome FontAwesome 4.6.3 Copyright 2012 Dave Gandy Font License: SIL OFL 1.1 Code License: MIT License http://fontawesome.io/license/
* imagesLoaded MIT License https://imagesloaded.desandro.com/#mit-license
* Canvi The MIT License (MIT) https://github.com/thepinecode/canvi/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
* Muli, by Vernon Adams and Jacques Le Bailly, [SIL Open Font License 1.1](https://scripts.sil.org/OFL) - bundled in assets/fonts/
* Prata, by Cyreal, [SIL Open Font License 1.1](https://scripts.sil.org/OFL) - bundled in assets/fonts/
* Playfair Display, by Claus Eggers Sorensen, [SIL Open Font License 1.1](https://scripts.sil.org/OFL) - bundled in assets/fonts/
* Monsieur La Doulaise, by Sudtipos, [SIL Open Font License 1.1](https://scripts.sil.org/OFL) - bundled in assets/fonts/
* Pro Notice - ThemeGrill Demo Importer GPL license

== Screenshot Images [CCO License] ==
Image for theme screenshot, Copyright Trevor Paterson
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/R57YUC6GR4

Image for theme screenshot, Copyright Burst
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/E5BW2K6ZYK

Image for theme screenshot, Copyright Bench Accounting
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/7LJXUWVX9S

Image for theme screenshot, Copyright Daria Shevtsova
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/GAXFQX8BXD

* Sidbear icons for the customizer are self created and license under GPL.

== Affiliate Disclosure ==
Some of the links in this blog post are affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links and then purchase the product, we’ll receive a small fee. No worries though, you’ll still pay the standard amount without any extra cost to you.
