=== Viral-Express ===
Viral Express WordPress Theme, Copyright 2025 HashThemes 
Viral Express is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

Contributors: hashthemes
Requires at least: 6.3
Tested up to: 7.0
Stable tag: 1.1.2
Requires PHP: 7.2
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html


== 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.

== Changelog ==
= 1.1.2 - Aug 17 2026 =
* Free vs Pro comparison rebuilt against Viral Pro 1.6.0 - table of contents, NewsArticle structured data, Google News sitemap, speculative loading, icon and font loading control and print stylesheet added; demo, widget and layout counts corrected - Updated
* Customizer upgrade section now shows the price and licence terms up front with clearer calls to action - Changed
* Upgrade notices checked against the premium theme; claims the free theme already provides have been removed - Fixed
* GDPR & Maintenance, Advertising and WooCommerce upgrade sections added to the customizer - Added
* Upgrade notices added to the Google Fonts, SEO and typography sections - Added
* Pro block style previews added to every front page module - Added
* Upgrade section styles targeted the wrong theme prefix and button height inside single row sections - Fixed
* Pro blog and archive layout previews added to the blog settings section - Added
* Upgrade feature list expanded with premium features it was not mentioning - Added

= 1.1.1 - Jul 8 2026 =
* Compatibility fixes with WordPress 7.0
* Desing fixes

= 1.1.0 - Apr 1 2026 =
* New Premium Demo added

= 1.0.9 - Jan 18 2026 =
* Christmas and New Year discount banner removed from welcome page

= 1.0.8 - Dec 23 2025 =
* Christmas and New Year discount banner added on welcome page

= 1.0.7 - Dec 07 2025 =
* Black Friday discount banner removed from welcome page

= 1.0.6 - Nov 20 2025 =
* Black Friday discount banner added on welcome page

= 1.0.5 - May 20 2025 =
* pot file added for translation
* Update option added in customizer

= 1.0.3 - Apr 22 2025 =
* Notice: Function loadtextdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly - Fixed

= 1.0.2 - Apr 14 2025 =
* Screenshot Image license added
* Pro Option Added

= 1.0 - Apr 04 2025 =
* Initial release

== 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)


== Resources ==
Viral Express WordPress Theme bundles the following third-party resources:

* Underscores - (C) 2012-2015 Automattic, Inc. 
* Source: http://underscores.me/
* License: GPLv2 or later 
* License Url: https://github.com/Automattic/_s/blob/master/LICENSE

* normalize.css - (C) 2012-2015 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal 
* Source: http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/
* License: The MIT License (MIT)
* License Url: https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/blob/master/LICENSE.md

* jQuery OwlCarousel - Copyright 2013-2018 David Deutsch
* Source: https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2/
* License: The MIT License (MIT) 
* License Url: https://github.com/OwlCarousel2/OwlCarousel2

* Elegant Icons
* Source: https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/elegant-icon-font
* License: MIT License
* License Url: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

* Material Design Icons
* Source: https://pictogrammers.com/library/mdi/
* License: GPL License
* License Url: https://pictogrammers.com/docs/general/license/

* IcoFont
* Source: https://icofont.com/
* License: The MIT License (MIT)
* License Url: https://icofont.com/license

* Theia Sticky Sidebar - Copyright 2013-2016 WeCodePixels and other contributors
* Source: https://github.com/WeCodePixels/theia-sticky-sidebar
* License: The MIT License (MIT)  
* License Url: https://github.com/WeCodePixels/theia-sticky-sidebar/blob/master/LICENSE.txt

* jQuery Superfish Menu Plugin - Copyright (c) 2013 Joel Birch
* Source: https://plugins.jquery.com/superfish/
* License: The MIT License (MIT)
* License Url: https://plugins.jquery.com/superfish/

* hoverIntent - Copyright 2007-2017 Brian Cherne
* Source: http://briancherne.github.io/jquery-hoverIntent/
* License: The MIT License (MIT)
* License Url: https://github.com/briancherne/jquery-hoverIntent/blob/master/LICENSE.md

* Headroom.js - Copyright (c) 2017 Nick Williams
* Source: https://wicky.nillia.ms/headroom.js/
* License: The MIT License (MIT)
* License Url: https://github.com/WickyNilliams/headroom.js/blob/master/LICENSE

* ResizeSensor.js - Copyright Marc J. Schmidt
* Source: https://github.com/marcj/css-element-queries
* License: The MIT License (MIT)
* License Url: https://github.com/marcj/css-element-queries/blob/master/LICENSE

ScreenShot Images
https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/896640776b/
https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/950675826d/
https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/54667f5e22/
https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/31767a9e15/
https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/48862c872f/
https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/34267ef93a/
https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/13967ef698/
https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/30566ddf31/

* License: CC0 license
* License Url: License: https://wordpress.org/photos/license/