=== WEN Associate ===

Contributors: wenthemes
Tags: one-column, two-columns, three-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, full-width-template, post-formats, sticky-post, translation-ready, theme-options, threaded-comments, footer-widgets, blog, education, custom-logo
Requires at least: 5.9
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.6
License: GPLv3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

A clean and simple WordPress Business Theme.

== Description ==

WEN Themes proudly presents WEN Associate : as an ode to own affiliation with esteemed Associates. Simplicity - as we practice - is upheld with this general-purpose responsive theme with amass of pluggable sections. A must-have for any Associate-, Corporate- or Business-motive oriented showcasing. Based on the evolving in-house responsive starter theme, options are a-many. Code quality, many hooks, convenient Customizer settings, multiple guided sections - all make up to a responsive, easy-to-use theme. Multiple header layout, responsive menu and slider, standard sections, featured content, footer widgets and an overall sturdy package to install and deploy. WEN Associate could be the next closest theme to setting up a perfect Corporate website for your usable purpose. Official Support Forum: https://themepalace.com/support-forum/ Full Demo: https://wenthemes.com/theme-demos/?demo=wen-associate

== 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.

== Changelog ==

= 2.5 - Jan 02 2026 =
* Fix: Deprecated Function WP_Dependencies-add_data() warning after WordPress update 6.9
* WP 6.9 compatibility

= 2.4 - Jul 17 2025 =
* Add: Tiktok, Bluesky, X.com, Tel, Thread, Etsy, Deviantart, Behance, Bandcamp, Snapchat, Spotify, Telegram and other social icons
* Update: Font Awesome to version 6.7.2
* WP 6.8 compatibility

= 2.3.2 - Jan 29 2024 =
* WP 6.4 compatibility

= 2.3.1 - Oct 30 2022 =
* Add: Missing Glyphicons for Bootstrap CSS

= 2.3 - Aug 24 2022 =
* Update: Google Font hosted locally (https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2022/06/18/complying-with-gdpr-when-using-google-fonts/)

= 2.2 - Feb 08 2022 =
* Add: Core Blocks Support
* Fix: Added underline on the anchor tag
* WP 5.9 compatibility

= 2.1.2 - Dec 13 2020 =
* Fix: Slider CSS

= 2.1.1 - Aug 20 2020 =
* Add: Support for wp_body_open action
* Update: Screenshot
* Update: WP 5.5 Compatibility

= 2.1 - Jan 07 2020 =
* Fix: Mobile menu displaying blank space

= 2.0 - Nov 28 2019 =
* WP 5.3 Compatibility
* Add: pot file for translation ready
* Fix: content_width to match global layout
* Update: Minor Bug Fixes
* Update: remove content and widget background color #f1f1e5

= 1.9.6 - Feb 6 2019 =
* WP 5.1 compatibility
* Minor bug fixes

= 1.9.5 - May 25 2018 =
* WP 4.9.6 compatibility
* Update: Minor bug fixes

= 1.9.4 - Nov 16 2017 =
* WP 4.9 compatibility
* Update: Minor bug fixes

= 1.9.3 - Feb 16 2017 =
* Fix: Minor bug fixes

= 1.9.2 - Feb 7 2017 =
* Support partial refresh in Customizer
* Fix: Minor bug fixes

= 1.9.1 - Jan 10 2017 =
* Remove: Site logo option
* Update: Social widget respects menu target
* Fix: Content color issue
* Fix: Minor bug fixes

= 1.9.0 - Dec 8 2016 =
* Custom CSS Migration
* Update Font Awesome
* Fix: Minor bug fixes

= 1.8.1 - Aug 19 2016 =
* Compatibility with WP 4.6
* Fix: Minor bug fixes

= 1.8 - Jul 28 2016 =
* Partial refresh for Site Title and Tagline
* Compatibility check with WP 4.6
* Update: Minor bug fixes

= 1.7 - Jun 5 2016 =
* Add: Add link in service icon
* Update: Latest Font Awesome
* Update: Minor bug fixes
* Remove: Remove favicon option

= 1.6 - Apr 15 2016 =
* Add: Support Custom Logo in WP >= 4.5
* Check: Compatibility with WP 4.5
* Update: Minor bug fixes

= 1.5 - Mar 17 2016 =
* Update: Minor bug fixes

= 1.4 - Nov 26 2015 =
* Update: Minor bug fixes

= 1.3 =
* Fix: Background image and color bug

= 1.2 =
* Update: Remove support for WP < 4.1

= 1.1 =
* Fix: Hide Icons section if WP 4.3 or greater
* Update: Use default Site icon if available
* Update: Remove TGM implementation
* Update: Latest Font Awesome
* Add: Social icons - Sound cloud, Jsfiddle, Slack, WordPress, Reddit, Foursquare, Tripadvisor, Angellist

= 1.0.7 =
* Fix: PHP5 style constructor
* Fix: Jetpack render issue
* Fix: Escape search query value in search form
* Update: Update TGM Class

= 1.0.6 =
* Fix: Sanitization of excerpt length in customizer
* Update: Update bootstrap library
* Fix: Minor styling fixes

= 1.0.5 =
* Fix: Escape home URL in breadcrumb
* Fix: Minor styling fixes
* Update: Update TGM Class

= 1.0.4 =
* Fix: mmenu script file name

= 1.0.3 =
* Fix: Shortcode in excerpt issue fixed
* Fix: Minor bug fixes
* Fix: URL issue in Service widget

= 1.0.2 =
* Fix: Missing theme text domain
* Fix: Minor styling issues
* Update: Removing unnecessary files

= 1.0.1 =
* Bug fixes
* Fixed minor styling issues

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial submission to WordPress repository

== Copyright ==

WEN Associate WordPress Theme, Copyright 2015-2025 wenthemes.com
WEN Associate distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3

== License ==

WEN Associate is based on Underscores http://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2014 Automattic, Inc.
Unless otherwise specified, all the theme files, scripts and images are licensed under GNU General Public License Version 3, see file license.txt
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
WEN Associate WordPress Theme, Copyright 2014 WEN Themes
WEN Associate is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3

== Credits ==

* Font Awesome is fully open source and is GPL friendly (http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/)
* mmenu released by BeSite B.V. (http://mmenu.frebsite.nl/) under MIT license
* Cycle2 released by Mike Alsup (http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle2/) under MIT and GPL license
* Bootstrap released by Twitter, Inc (http://getbootstrap.com/) under MIT license
* Respond released by Scott Jehl (https://github.com/scottjehl/Respond) under MIT license
* HTML5 Shiv released by @afarkas @jdalton @jon_neal @rem (https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv) under MIT and GPL2 license
* Google Fonts - Apache License, version 2.0

== Images ==

* CC0 https://stocksnap.io/photo/mountain-highland-MY6TNM3UG9

== Usage ==

=== Social Menu ===
1. In the admin section, go to “Appearance > Menus”
2. Click “create a new menu”
3. To add social link, click “Custom Links” and enter social link URL. Click “Add to Menu”
4. In “Theme Locations”, choose “Social Menu”
5. Click “Save Menu”

To show menu in header:
1. From “Customize” section, go to “Theme Options > Header” section.
2. Turn on “Show Social Icons” checkbox to show social icons.
3. Click on “Save & Publish” to save the changes.

=== Home Page Customization ===
1. There are four widget areas in home page.
  - Front Page : Main
  - Front Page : Lower Left
  - Front Page : Lower Right
  - Front Page : Bottom
2. Drag widgets in above widget area to enable custom home page. If no widgets are there, default blog listing is displayed in home page.

=== Footer Widgets ===
1. There are four footer widget areas.
  - Footer Widget 1
  - Footer Widget 2
  - Footer Widget 3
  - Footer Widget 4
2. Drag widgets in above widget area to show in footer widgets.


* PHP files
  WPTT_WebFont_Loader
  License https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
  Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WPTT/font-loader/master/wptt-webfont-loader.php
