=== MoreNews ===
Contributors: AF themes
Tested up to: 6.8
Stable tag: 3.6.5
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: news, blog, entertainment, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, grid-layout, block-patterns, block-styles, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-header, flexible-header, custom-background, custom-logo, custom-menu, custom-colors, featured-images, full-width-template, post-formats, rtl-language-support, footer-widgets, translation-ready, theme-options, threaded-comments, wide-blocks

A starter theme called MoreNews.

== Copyright ==

This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.
Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others.

MoreNews is based on Underscores https://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2017 Automattic, Inc.
Underscores is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.

MoreNews WordPress Theme, Copyright 2025 AF themes
MoreNews is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.

== Description ==
MoreNews is a dynamic, ultra-fast, and highly versatile WordPress theme built for news, magazines, blogs, and business or eCommerce websites that demand performance and flexibility. Designed with modern publishers in mind, it offers 100+ ready-to-import starter sites for Gutenberg and Elementor, making setup effortless and code-free. Featuring over 30 custom widgets, advanced block patterns, flexible header and banner options, and full drag-and-drop support, MoreNews lets you create truly unique layouts in real time. Optimized for SEO, accessibility (WCAG-ready), GDPR compliance, and Core Web Vitals, it ensures top search rankings and a smooth user experience across all devices. With built-in multilingual and RTL support (including demo content in English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and more), MoreNews is fully prepared for a global audience. Integrated WooCommerce compatibility and one-click demo import let you quickly launch a powerful online store or content hub. Light and dark reading modes, translation readiness, and a lightweight, clean codebase make it a future-proof choice for creators who value speed, style, and scalability. Explore all features at https://afthemes.com/products/morenews.

== 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.

After installed the theme, please read the documentation carefully before start using it.

Necessary plugins will be recommended to install via admin backend. You’d better to checkout the documentation for extra plugins that we used.

Recommended: if you want to customize the theme, you can use child theme and add your custom functions to child theme directory/functions.php.

For more information about child theme, read here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

If you have any questions related to the theme, please feel free to contact our support.
https://afthemes.com/supports/

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= Does this theme Starter Sites? =

Yes, MoreNews has 60+ dynamic, lightweight, and multipurpose starter sites.

= Does this theme support Gutenberg Editor? =

Yes, MoreNews is compatible with Gutenberg Editor.

= Does this theme support Elementor Page Builder? =

Yes, MoreNews is compatible with Elementor Page Builder.

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

MoreNews includes support for WooCommerce, Elementor, Elespare, Blockspare & Jetpack.

== Change log ==

= 3.6.3 - July 25 2025 =
* New - German language file
* New - Arabic language file
* New - French language file
* New - Italian language file
* New - Japanese language file
* New - Polish language file
* New - Portugese language file
* New - Spanish language file
* New - Dutch language file
* New - Russian language file
* New - Ukranian language file
* New - Swedish language file
* Update - Layout improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.6.2 - July 21 2025 =
* Improvement - Responsive spacing and gap adjustments on homepage, single, and archive views
* Improvement - Admin dashboard design enhancements
* Improvement - Better control across widget areas
* Improvement - Support for full-width and responsive
* Improvement - Author box design refinements
* Fixed - Script issues and animation glitches
* Fixed - Various minor styling and responsive bugs

= 3.6.0 - July 15 2025 =
* New - Author box with website link and author posts button
* New - Option to disable WordPress emojis (disable_wp_emoji)
* New - Global font family type option: Google Fonts or System Fonts
* Improvement - Author avatar image size adjustments for better display
* Improvement - Featured image display option for full width and original size
* Improvement - Block alignment improvements for Blockspare
* Improvement - Container wrapper gap adjustments in mobile view
* Improvement - Image path and size optimizations
* Improvement - Custom CSS output now minified for faster performance
* Improvement - System fonts integration and cleanup
* Fixed - Script issues and animation glitches
* Fixed - Various minor styling and responsive bugs

= 3.5.1 - July 10 2025 =
* Improvement - Header design refinements and RTL support
* Improvement - Header sticky behavior for boxed and wide layouts
* Improvement - Refined slider and carousel overflow handling
* Improvement - Custom menu background and custom background options
* Improvement - Social icon line height adjustments
* Improvement - Off-canvas and mobile menu revamp
* Fixed - Header z-index and alignment issues
* Fixed - Responsive adjustments for header site title and banners
* Fixed - Various minor design glitches

= 3.5.0 - July 06 2025 =
* New - Sticky Header Option Added
* Option - Customize > Header Options > Header Settings > Enable/Disable Sticky Header
* New - Spanish language file
* New - Dutch language file
* New - Russian language file
* New - Ukranian language file
* New - Swedish language file
* Update - Layout improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.4.5 - June 24 2025 =
* Update - Default admin panel
* Update - Recommneded plugins
* Update - Starter Sites links
* Update - Customize links
* Update - Other Essentials links

= 3.4.4 - June 16 2025 =
* Update - Improved admin panel

= 3.4.3 - June 13 2025 =
* Update - Improved font loading logic for performance and AMP compatibility
* Update - Switched Oswald and Open Sans to preload from local assets
* Update - Google Fonts now filtered for allowed variants (400, 700)
* Update - Added preconnect and preload optimizations only when required
* Fixed - Local font preloading skipped when Google Fonts were in use
* Fixed - Duplicate or unnecessary Google Fonts loading in certain cases

= 3.4.1 - May 23 2025 =
* Update - Layout improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.4.0 - May 22 2025 =
* Update - Layout improvement
* Update - Image Display improvement
* Update - Security improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.3.9 - Apr 03 2025 =
* Update - Header advertisement area improvement
* Update - Mobile site title improvement
* Update - Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Typography improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - General Styling improvement

= 3.3.8 - Mar 24 2025 =
* Update - Tagcloud hover css optimize
* Update - Site footer hover colors improvement
* Update - Elementor Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Visual Composer Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - General Styling improvement

= 3.3.7 - Mar 17 2025 =
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Header Image Position
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling improvement

= 3.3.5 - Mar 04 2025 =
* Update - Header Image Position
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.3.3 - Feb 28 2025 =
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.3.2 - Feb 27 2025 =
* New - Header Image Position Option
* Option - Customizing > Header Options > Header Image > Header Image Mode
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.3.0 - Jan 20 2025 =
* New - Accessibility improvement
* New - SEO improvement
* New - "Update" Banner Tabs added
* New - "Update" Banner Tabs post by category
* New - "Update" Banner Tabs post by tag
* Option - Customize > Main Banner Options > Main Bannner
* Update - Featured Posts Lists category display
* Update - Gravatar compatibility improvement
* Update - Breadcrumbs compatibility improvement
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.7 - Jan 24 2025 =
* Update - Responsive improvement
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.6 - Jan 10 2025 =
* Update - Responsive improvement
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.5 - Jan 09 2025 =
* Update - Responsive improvement
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.4 - Dec 26 2024 =
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Image loading improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.3 - Dec 20 2024 =
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Image loading improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.2 - Dec 16 2024 =
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.1 - Dec 10 2024 =
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Page buiders compatibility improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.2.0 - Dec 06 2024 =
* New - MailChimp for WordPress Plugin Style improvement
* New - GTranstale Plugin Style improvement
* New - Hustle Plugin Style improvement
* New - Location Weather Plugin Style improvement
* Update - WooCommerce compatibility improvement
* Update - Elementor compatibility improvement
* Update - Brizy compatibility improvement
* Update - Beaver Builder compatibility improvement
* Update - Visual Composer compatibility improvement
* Update - SiteOrigin compatibility improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 3.1.0 - Nov 27 2024 =
* Update - WooCommerce mode improvements
* Update - Dark mode improvements
* Update - Page builder improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

== 3.0.0 - Nov 19 2024 =
* New - WP 6.7 Compatibility
* Update - Dashboard improvements
* Update - Scripts improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.12.0 - Nov 15 2024 =
* Update - Dark Mode Style improvement
* Update - WooCommerce Style improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.11.0 - Nov 12 2024 =
* Update - Dark Mode Style improvement
* Update - WooCommerce Style improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.10.0 - Nov 06 2024 =
* Update - Dark Mode Style improvement
* Update - WooCommerce Style improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.9.3 - Oct 30 2024 =
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.9.2 - Oct 28 2024 =
* New - Post List Patterns with Background
* New - Post List Patterns with Dark Background
* New - Post Grid Patterns with Background
* New - Post Grid Patterns with Dark Background
* New - 3 Column Post Grid Patterns with Background
* New - 3 Column Post Grid Patterns with Dark Background
* New - Large Post Patterns with Background
* New - Large Post Patterns with Dark Background
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.9.1 - Oct 25 2024 =
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.9.0 - Oct 24 2024 =
* New - No Featured image improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.12 - Oct 23 2024 =
* Update - Texts readability improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.11 - Oct 17 2024 =
* Update - Texts readability improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.10 - Oct 10 2024 =
* Update - Texts readability improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.9 - Oct 08 2024 =
* Update - Main banner improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.8 - Oct 04 2024 =
* Update - Main banner improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.7 - Oct 02 2024 =
* New - Primary menu description toggle added
* Update - Breadcrumb improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.6 - Oct 01 2024 =
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.5 - Sep 29 2024 =
* New - CentralNews widget area support
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.4 - Sep 26 2024 =
* Update - Performance improvements
* Update - Accessiblity improvements
* Update - Theme Style improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.3 - Sep 25 2024 =
* Update - Performance improvements
* Update - Accessiblity improvements
* Update - Theme Style improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.2 - Sep 23 2024 =
* Update - Accessiblity improvements
* Update - Theme Style improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.1 - Sep 21 2024 =
* Update - Theme Style improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.8.0 - Sep 20 2024 =
* Update - Theme dashboard improvements
* Update - Theme Style improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.7.1 - Sep 19 2024 =
* Update - Accessiblity improvements
* Update - Theme Style improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.7.0 - Sep 18 2024 =
* New - Page Builder Blank Canvas Template
* New - Page Builder Full Width Template
* New - Block Patterns support
* Update - Theme Style improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.6.3 - Sep 17 2024 =
* Update - Theme Style improvements
* Update - Theme Menus improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.6.2 - Sep 16 2024 =
* Update - Preloader disabled by defualt
* Option - Customize > Theme Options > Global Settings
* Update - Theme RTL improvements
* Update - Theme Menus improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.6.1 - Sep 16 2024 =
* Update - Minimum read time disabled by defualt
* Option - Customize > Theme Options > Minutes Read Count
* Update - Theme RTL improvements
* Update - Theme Menus improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.6.0 - Sep 11 2024 =
* Update - Theme Banners improvements
* Update - Theme Menus improvements
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.5.0 - Aug 14 2024 =
* Update - Icon improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Update - Gaps improvement
* Update - General design improvement

= 2.4.4 - April 03 2024 =
* Update - WP 6.5 Compatibility
* Update - Customizer improvement
* Update - Tabs improvement
* Update - Icon improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Update - Gaps improvement
* Update - General design improvement

= 2.4.3 - Mar 22 2024 =
* New - Option to display homepage content to Frontpage
* Option - Customize> Frontpage Options> Frontpage Layout Settings > Frontpage Content Display
* Update - Icon improvement
* Update - Block Style improvement
* Update - Gaps improvement
* Update - General design improvement

= 2.4.2 - Feb 15 2024 =
* Update - Block support for Appearnce Tools
* Update - Block support for Padding
* Update - Block support for Link Color
* Update - Block support for Custom Units
* Update - Block support for Custom Line Height
* Update - Block support for Border
* Fixed - Some styling glitch

= 2.4.0 - Nov 27 2023 =
* Update - WP 6.4 Compatibility
* Update - PHP 8 Compatibility

= 2.3.7 - Jun 12 2023 =
* Update - Imroved Block styling
* Update - Imroved static styling

= 2.3.6 - May 22 2023 =
* Update - Header block style optimization
* Update - Gallery block style optimization
* Update - Imroved general block styling
* Update - Imroved general styling

= 2.3.5 - Mar 16 2023 =
* Update - Imroved Block styling
* Update - Imroved static styling

= 2.3.4 - Jan 31 2023 =
* Update - Imroved static styling

= 2.3.3 - Jan 27 2023 =
* Update - Imroved dynamic styling
* Update - Imroved static styling

= 2.3.2 - Dec 26 2022 =
* Update - Imroved some styling

= 2.3.1 - Dec 14 2022 =
* Update - Imroved menu dropdown alignments
* Update - RTL style improvement
* Update - Imroved some styling

= 2.3.0 - Nov 28 2022 =
* Update - Imroved header layout alignments
* Update - Imroved site footer custom colors
* Update - Imroved dark mode design
* Update - Imroved widget and block  design
* Update - Imroved Archive meta gap
* Update - Imroved Link color
* Update - RTL style improvement
* Update - Imroved some styling

= 2.2.1 - Nov 11 2022 =
* Update - WP 6.1 Compatibilty
* Update - Imroved some styling

= 2.2.0 - Sept 08 2022 =
* Update - RTL style improvement
* Update - Imroved some styling

= 2.1.0 - Aug 05 2022 =
* Update - Multi-author support
* Update - Imroved some styling

= 2.0.0 - July 14 2022 =
* Update: New theme dashboard with esential links
* Update: Jetpack share improvements
* Update: Fixed some design glitch

= 1.2.1 - March 20 2022 =
* Update: Full width page gaps improvements
* Update: Fixed some design glitch

= 1.2.0 - March 09 2022 =
* Update: Elementor column gaps
* Update: Banner bar color according to category selection
* Update: Widget tabs color according to category selection
* Update: Fixed some design glitch

= 1.1.3 - Feb 05 2022 =
* Update - WordPress 5.9 compatibility

= 1.1.2 - Dec 13 2021 =
* Fixes: Advertisment section class renamed for ad blocker

= 1.1.1 - Dec 13 2021 =
* Update: New banner added
* Update: Elespare Compatibility
* Update: Fixed some design glitch

= 1.1.0 - Nov 29 2021 =
* New - Elementor Compatibility
* New - Elespare Compatibility
* New - New WP Compatibility
* Fixes: optimized styling

= 1.0.1 - June 26 2021 =
* Recommended - Please regenerate your posts image (thumbnails) for better performance of theme
* New - Customize>Theme Options>Global Settings>Image Lazy Loading (Enable/Disable)

= 1.0.0 - June 25 2021 =
* Initial release


== Credits ==

Underscores:
Author: 2012-2015 Automattic
Source: http://underscores.me
License: GPL v2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

normalize:
Author: 2012-2015 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal
Source: http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css
License: [MIT/GPL2 Licensed](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

html5shiv:
Author: 2014 Alexander Farkas (aFarkas)
Source: https://github.com/afarkas/html5shiv
License: [MIT/GPL2 Licensed](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Bootstrap:
Author: Twitter
URL: http://getbootstrap.com
License: Licensed under the MIT license

Font Awesome:
Author: Dave Gandy
URL: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL
License: Licensed under SIL Open Font License (OFL) and MIT License

slick carousel:
Author: Ken Wheeler
URL: https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick
License: Licensed under the MIT license

jquery-match-height:
Author: liabru
URL: http://brm.io/jquery-match-height/
License: MIT

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

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

TGM-Plugin-Activation:
Author: Thomas Griffin (thomasgriffinmedia.com)
URL:  https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation
License: GNU General Public License, version 2


== Images ==
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License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
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License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
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License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
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License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
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License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
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License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
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License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
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License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
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