=== The Ultralight ===

Contributors: raratheme
Requires at least: 6.2
Requires PHP: 7.4
Tested up to: 6.4
Stable tag: 1.0.9
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: blog, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, footer-widgets, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, custom-logo, featured-images, threaded-comments, full-width-template, rtl-language-support, translation-ready, theme-options, e-commerce

== Description ==
The Ultralight theme is a clean and lightweight free WordPress blog theme. The theme is totally optimized to boost browsing speed. The theme is very lightweight and loads quickly improving the overall user experience. The theme has a responsive design and SEO-friendly optimized codes. The theme is developed using SEO in mind, so that you can easily climb the Google ranking. The theme is easy on eye and a pleasure to read with its clutter-free design focused on the content with neat fonts and subtle color scheme. It is also WooCommerce compatible and translation ready. Apart from personal blog, it is also suitable for different kinds of blogs such as lifestyle, travel, food, fashion, photography, beauty, make-up, parenting or cooking blog. Check the demo at https://rarathemes.com/previews/?theme=the-ultralight/, documentation at https://docs.rarathemes.com/docs/the-ultralight/, and get support at https://rarathemes.com/support-ticket/.

== 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.

== Copyright ==

The Ultralight WordPress Theme, Copyright 2017 rarathemes.com
The Ultralight is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

The Ultralight bundles the following third-party resources:
    
    * normalize.css, Copyright 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal
        - License: MIT
        - Source: https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/

    * Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
        - Icons License: CC BY 4.0 
        - Fonts License: SIL OFL 1.1 
        - Source: http://fontawesome.io/

    * TGMPA, Copyright (c) 2011, Thomas Griffin
        - License: GPL-2.0+
        - Source: http://tgmpluginactivation.com/

    * Layzr.js, Copyright (c) 2016 Michael Cavalea
        - License: GPL-3.0
        - Source: https://github.com/callmecavs/layzr.js

    * The Ultralight Theme incorporates code from Kirki, Copyright (c) 2017 Aristeides Stathopoulos
        - License: https://github.com/aristath/kirki/blob/develop/LICENSE
        - Source: https://github.com/aristath/kirki

Some codes are taken from https://blog.josemcastaneda.com/2016/08/08/copy-paste-hurting-theme/
  
Images used in screenshots.

Source:
    - https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1453491
    - https://pxhere.com/en/photo/666069

License: CC0, 
    - https://pxhere.com/en/license

All other images including icon image and images used in customizer settings are self created and are under the GPL.

== Changelog ==

    1.0.9 - May 13, 2026
    * Updated PHP version to 7.4.
    * Translation loading early issue has been fixed.

    1.0.8
    * Ajax request issue has been fixed.
    
    1.0.7
    * Updated nonce for admin notice.

    1.0.6
    * Fixed calendar widget design issue for WordPress 5.4.2
    * Fixed menu accessibility
    * Fixed schema issue
    * Added comment fields as required
    * Added tested up to and require php in style header
    * Changed demo link
    * Upgraded fontawesome 5.6.3
    * Removed publisher and image from schema

    1.0.5
    * Fixed dropdown menu issue in edge

    1.0.4
    * Added accessibility requirement for Skip Links, Keyboard navigation, Controls and Form labeling..
    * Added Getting started page.
    * Changed Documentation links.

    1.0.3
    * Added wp_body_open action.
    * Validated readme.txt file.
    * Changed raratheme.com to rarathemes.com.

    1.0.2
    * Made footer link no-follow.
    
	1.0.1
	* Update Font Awesome to 5.3.1
	* Fallback image removed from single page or post
	* Remove title from front page
	* Update plugin.min.js
	* Delete plugin.js

    1.0.0
    * Initial release