=== Photo Journal ===
Contributors: catchthemes
Tags: one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, grid-layout, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, custom-logo, editor-style, featured-image-header, featured-images, flexible-header, footer-widgets,  microformats, post-formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, threaded-comments, theme-options, translation-ready, blog, photography, portfolio
Requires at least: 5.9
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.6
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Photo Journal is a free dark photography WordPress theme that’s been crafted with simplicity and creativity in mind.

== Description ==

Photo Journal is a free dark photography WordPress theme that’s been crafted with simplicity and creativity in mind. The theme focuses on providing the best for creative personas like photographers, photo bloggers, graphic designers, and other creative freelancers who want a touch of both class and minimalism. Dozens of specific, customizable portfolio and gallery settings will ensure your images and high resolution photography truly pop in a memorable and auspicious way. The dark concept in the theme adds extra charm to your photography exposure. Features like Featured Content, Featured Slider, Hero Content, Portfolio, Testimonials, Services, and more have been added in Photo Journal. Supple HTML5 coding underpins a media-savvy theme that can handle high resolution photography and embedded video with utter ease and dexterity. Photo Journal is the ultimate theme if you want simplicity, customizability and image-centered design with a touch of boldness in it. For any technical issue, please post in our support forum at https://catchthemes.com/support/. For more information, check out Theme Instructions at https://catchthemes.com/themes/photo-journal/#theme-instructions and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/photo-journal/

For more information about Photo Journal please go to https://catchthemes.com/themes/photo-journal/

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Photo Journal in the search form and press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard.
3. Click on the 'Activate' button to use your new theme right away.
4. Go to https://catchthemes.com/themes/photo-journal/#theme-instructions/ for a guide on how to customize this theme.
5. Navigate to Appearance -> Customize in your admin panel and customize to taste.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

Theme supports all plugins from catchplugins.com

= Where can I find theme documentation? =

You can check our Theme Instructions at https://catchthemes.com/themes/photo-journal in the Theme Instructions Tab.

= Where can I find theme demo? =

You can check our Theme Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/photo-journal/

= More FAQ =

For more FAQs, visit https://catchthemes.com/frequently-asked-questions/

== Changelog ==

= 1.6.2 (Released: December 10, 2025) =
* Updated: Version due to issue in WordPress.org trac ticket

= 1.6.1 (Released: December 10, 2025) =
* Bug Fixed: Deprecated Function WP_Dependencies-add_data() warning after WordPress update 6.9
* Updated: WordPress 6.9 ready

= 1.6 (Released: June 02, 2025) =
* Added: Bluesky, Threads and X.com icon
* Bug Fixed: Editor block issue with customer
* Updated: WordPress 6.8 ready

= 1.5.3 (Released: March 17, 2025) =
* Bug Fixed: Escaping author display name
* Updated: WordPress 6.7 ready

= 1.5.2 (Released: June 13, 2024) =
* Updated: WordPress 6.5 ready

= 1.5.1 (Released: February 26, 2024) =
* Removed: Depreciated Instagram Feed Plugin recommendation
* Updated: WordPress 6.4 ready

= 1.5 (Released: September 25, 2023) =
* Added: RSS, Tiktok, Discord, Line, Fetlife, Apple, Amazon icons
* Bug Fixed: Removed unnecessary comment code in custom-header.php
* Updated: Twitter icon
* Updated: WordPress 6.3 ready

= 1.4.3 (Released: October 01, 2022) =
* Added: Fitvids Option (Fixed Video Spacing issue)

= 1.4.2 (Released: August 22, 2022) =
* Updated: Google Font hosted locally (https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2022/06/18/complying-with-gdpr-when-using-google-fonts/)

= 1.4.1 (Released: July 11, 2022) =
* Bug Fixed: Code editor text color (Reported by Anna Apollonia)

= 1.4 (Released: June 18, 2022) =
* Bug Fixed: Countdown section not saving AM/PM
* Updated: Blocks and editor block styles

= 1.3 (Released: February 16, 2022) =
* Bug Fixed: Removed extra ; from style
* Updated: WordPress 5.9 ready

= 1.2.6 (Released: March 18, 2021) =
* Updated: Screenshot Image

= 1.2.5 (Released: March 16, 2021) =
* Bug Fixed: Portfolio thumbnail link issue

= 1.2.4 (Released: December 18, 2020) =
* Updated: Flex-width for header image

= 1.2.3 (Released: December 15, 2020) =
* Update: Minor CSS

= 1.2.2 (Released: October 07, 2020) =
* Updated: Removed default values from Header Media

= 1.2.1 (Released: September 21, 2020) =
* Added: SVG icons for next and previous

= 1.2 (Released: September 03, 2020) =
* Bug Fixed: Reset not working
* Updated: Minor CSS

= 1.1 (Released: August 06, 2020) =
* Bug Fixed: Editor blocks color issue
* Updated: Minor CSS

= 1.0 (Released: June 06, 2020) =
* Updated: Customizer reset button moved to the bottom
* Updated: readme.txt and style.css as per the new requirements

= 0.5 (Released: April 22, 2020) =
* Bug Fixed: Theme Sniffer issues
* Bug Fixed: Skip to content color style
* Bug Fixed: Escaping issues
* Bug Fixed: Missing Prefixes
* Updated: Readme attributions

= 0.4 (Released: April 21, 2020) =
* Bug Fixed: Color issue in editor blocks

= 0.3 (Released: April 19, 2020) =
* Update: Removed update script

= 0.2 (Released: November 15, 2019) =
* Bug Fixed: Multi Category Sanitization issue

= 0.1 (Released: September 09, 2019) =
* Initial release

== Copyright ==

Photo Journal WordPress Theme, Copyright 2012-2025 Catchthemes.com
Photo Journal is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

== Resources ==
* Based on Underscores http://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2019 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

* JS Files
	HTML5 Shiv v3.7.0, Copyright 2014 Alexander Farkas
	License: MIT/GPL2
	Source: https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv

	jQuery Cycle 2, Copyright (c) 2014 M. Alsup
	License: MIT/GPL
    http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle2/

	Fitvids 1.1, Copyright 2013, Chris Coyier
	License: the WTFPL license - http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/
    http://fitvidsjs.com/

	jquery-match-height master by @liabru
	License: MIT
	http://brm.io/jquery-match-height/

* Images
	Header Image and Screenshot main image, Copyright Veronika Balasyuk
	License: CC0, Creative Commons CC0 license
	Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/5GPNLFT4ID

	All images are licensed under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license

* PHP Libraries
	TGM-Plugin-Activation, Copyright (c) 2011, Thomas Griffin
	License: GPL-2.0+
	http://tgmpluginactivation.com/

	trt-customizer-pro, 2016 © Justin Tadlock
	License: GPL-2.0+
	http://tgmpluginactivation.com/

* Icons
	* svg-icons.svg
		Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
		License: SIL Open Font License, version 1.1.
		Source: http://fontawesome.io/

* PHP files
	WPTT_WebFont_Loader
	License https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
	Source: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader
