=== Viral Times ===
Viral Times WordPress Theme, Copyright 2026 HashThemes 
Viral Times 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 18 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 - July 6 2026 =
* CSS fixes
* Compatibility test with WordPress 7.0

= 1.1.0 - May 20 2026 =
* Demo Importer added

= 1.0 - Feb 04 2026 =
* 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 Times 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

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