=== Icon Arena ===

Contributors: themeicon
Requires at least: 6.6
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.5.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Icon Arena is a lightweight, fast, and fully responsive WordPress theme designed for health blogs, medical websites, and wellness professionals.

== Description ==

Icon Arena is a lightweight, fast, and fully responsive WordPress theme designed for health blogs, medical websites, and wellness professionals. It features a clean layout, custom logo support, four footer widget areas, WooCommerce compatibility, and full Gutenberg block editor support. Built on a robust framework with Bootstrap, Icon Arena loads quickly and looks great on every device.

= SUPER FAST SPEED =
Enjoy lightning fast load speeds. We built Icon Arena to be one of the fastest WordPress themes you will ever use. The lightweight framework ensures minimal page load times.

= ROCK SOLID FRAMEWORK =
Icon Arena is built on our robust light-weight framework for speed and performance. We eliminated all unnecessary chunks of code that come with most WordPress themes and then fine-tuned the main components.

= RESPONSIVE DESIGN =
Icon Arena works on all devices. Built with responsive CSS, you will enjoy beautiful layout and design on all screen resolutions including mobile, tablet, and desktop.

= BLOCK EDITOR READY =
Full support for the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) including custom block styles, block patterns, editor styling, responsive embeds, and wide alignment support.

= WOOCOMMERCE COMPATIBLE =
Build your online store with full WooCommerce integration. Icon Arena includes custom product layouts, cart functionality, and shop page styling out of the box.

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance > Themes and click the Add New button.
2. Click Upload 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? =

Icon Arena includes support for WooCommerce and Jetpack plugins.

= How do I set up the navigation menu? =

Go to Appearance > Menus in your WordPress admin panel. Create a menu and assign it to the "Primary" location.

= How do I add widgets to the footer? =

Go to Appearance > Widgets and add widgets to the Footer Area 1-4 widget areas.

== License ==

Icon Arena WordPress Theme, Copyright (C) 2018-2025, ThemeIcon
Icon Arena is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.

== Credits ==

1) Framework
1.1) Underscores
Icon Arena is based on Underscores. All the files in the theme package are from Underscores, unless stated otherwise.
Resource URI: https://underscores.me/
Copyright: Automattic, automattic.com
License: GPLv2
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

1.2) Bootstrap v3.3.7
Resource URI: https://getbootstrap.com/
Copyright: Twitter Inc
License: MIT
License URI: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

2) Fonts
2.1) Font Awesome
Resource URI: https://fontawesome.com/
Copyright: Dave Gandy
License: Font: SIL OFL 1.1, CSS: MIT License
License URI: https://fontawesome.com/license

3) Images
Screenshot image is created by the theme author and is released under GPLv2.

== Changelog ==

= 1.4 =
* Released: March 20, 2025
* Updated theme to comply with latest WordPress.org theme standards.
* Added wp_body_open() support for WordPress 5.2+.
* Added accessibility skip-to-content link.
* Fixed broken HTML structure in header.php (missing opening header tag).
* Fixed unescaped output in multiple template files.
* Replaced deprecated HTML align attribute with CSS classes.
* Moved sidebar registrations into proper widgets_init hook.
* Added Requires PHP and Requires at least headers.
* Added HTML5 support for style and script tags.
* Fixed excerpt_more function to properly return the link.
* Fixed comments.php translation function usage.
* Updated all HTTP URLs to HTTPS.
* Added proper version numbers to enqueued assets.
* Added theme support for responsive embeds and block editor styles.
* Improved overall code escaping and security.
* Updated license URI to HTTPS.
* Removed Underscores boilerplate from language files.
* Added register_block_style() for custom block styles.
* Added register_block_pattern() with Call to Action pattern.
* Added add_editor_style() with editor stylesheet.
* Removed hard-coded links in footer.php.
* Improved theme description.

= 1.3 =
* Released: Jan 5, 2020
* Fixed many small issues.
* Updated small typos

= 1.2 =
* Released: Mar 20, 2018
* Removed extra code and errors.

= 1.1 =
* Released: Feb 2, 2018
* Fix: Alignments, Excerpt, Font, Meta Data, Footer Meta.

= 1.0 =
* Released: Jan 09, 2018
* Initial release

== Design & reading ==
Open Appearance > Customize > Design & reading for typography, article width, line height, image rounding, button styling and optional reading tools. Open the page editor's Patterns panel for three editable core block layouts. Content is inserted only when you select a pattern. Existing layout options and saved content remain intact.

== Privacy ==
The new design and reading tools use local assets only, do not collect data and do not use storage. Legacy Google Fonts support is retained; choose the system font in Design & reading to use local system typography.

== Changelog ==
= 1.5.0 =
* Added native block editor support, a local design palette and three editable core block patterns.
* Added useful free typography, readability, button, image and optional reading tool controls.
* Added wp_body_open, improved focus/skip links, mobile navigation state and reduced-motion styles.
* Added a core-style Appearance guide with an optional Pro comparison link.
* Fixed legacy PHP/JavaScript and removed obsolete automatic demo/preview behaviors where present.

== Additional resources ==
assets/studio/* and inc/studio.php: Copyright 2026 ThemeIcon; same GPL license as this theme. ThemeIcon additions contain no third-party images or fonts. All original resource attribution above is retained.

Legacy script source note: Supplied compressed scripts without a separate source file were expanded into readable equivalents; these are not claimed as recovered original development sources. Their original authors and licenses above are preserved. The Block canvas page template is available for layouts built with the core editor.


== Current image resources ==
Bundled screenshot photographs and replacement theme imagery are from the WordPress Photo Directory, released under CC0 1.0 Universal: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. CC0 resources have no copyright attribution requirement.
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/3996acf821/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/8476ac76e5/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/9406aa8f5f/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/30969fb05f/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/1896ad225a/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/6846ad127e/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/6086aca2fa/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/866ab2c440/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/2286ad5e13/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/816ad5e0d6/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/9566ad25ba/ (CC0 1.0)
* https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/1136ad17e2/ (CC0 1.0)

== Native homepage setup ==
Choose Your latest posts in Settings > Reading to show the native article feed. Add posts with featured images and assign a menu under Appearance > Menus. Add Search, Recent Posts and Categories to the Sidebar widget area. Custom logos are set in Customize > Site Identity.
The optional Block canvas template is also available for custom pages. It does not replace the original homepage layout. Demo content is never imported automatically.
