=== Ai Blog Plus ===

Contributors: nalam
Requires at least: 6.0
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.0.0
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: blog, news, custom-logo, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, grid-layout, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, featured-image-header, featured-images, flexible-header, full-width-template, sticky-post, threaded-comments, translation-ready, block-styles, wide-blocks

== Description ==

Ai Blog Plus is a sleek, modern, and high-performance WordPress theme tailored for AI bloggers, tech publications, magazines, and digital news portals. Built with clean aesthetics, responsive typography, and an eye-catching modern grid blog layout, Ai Blog Plus delivers an engaging reading experience on desktops, tablets, and mobile devices. It offers rich customization capabilities, fast loading times, and full compliance with WordPress coding standards.

== Installation ==

1. In your WordPress admin panel, go to Appearance > Themes and click the "Add New Theme" button.
2. Click "Upload Theme" and choose the `ai-blog-plus.zip` file.
3. Click "Install Now".
4. Activate the theme through the "Themes" menu in WordPress.

== Copyright License ==

Ai Blog Plus WordPress Theme, Copyright 2026 Noor alam.
Ai Blog Plus is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 or later.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

Ai Blog Plus is a child theme of "Ai Blog".
Ai Blog Theme is licensed under GNU General Public License v2 or later, Copyright Noor alam.

== Credits ==

### Typography & Fonts:
* Plus Jakarta Sans
  License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
  Source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Plus+Jakarta+Sans

* Inter
  License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
  Source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inter

### Inherited Frameworks & Libraries:
* Bootstrap, Copyright 2011–2021 Twitter, Inc.
  License: MIT License
  Source: https://getbootstrap.com/

* Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
  Icons License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
  Fonts License: SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
  Source: https://fontawesome.io/

### Screenshot Images:
All images used in the theme screenshot are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0 Universal:
License URI: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

* Screenshot image one (AI / Digital Brain & Laptop):
  Author: Mohamed Hassan
  License: CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain)
  Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1584997

* Screenshot image two (Machine Learning / Robot Reading Book):
  Author: Mohamed Hassan
  License: CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain)
  Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1676166

* Screenshot image three (Robotic & Human Hand Collaboration):
  Author: Mohamed Hassan
  License: CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain)
  Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1638452

Other graphics and screenshot layout are self created and released under GNU GPL v2 or later.

Other Images:
    screenshot.png self created GPLv2 or later.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release of Ai Blog Plus.
* Added modern grid card blog layout.
* Updated header with top bar and refined navigation.
* Enhanced accessible footer with dynamic copyright and back-to-top button.
* Fully compliant with WordPress.org Theme Review guidelines.
