=== Blogloom ===
Contributors: vishoro
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: custom-logo, custom-colors, custom-menu, featured-images, threaded-comments, translation-ready, theme-options, footer-widgets, full-width-template, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, blog
Tested up to: 6.3
Requires PHP: 5.6
Stable tag: 1.0.0

Blogloom is a responsive personal blog theme for WordPress with a clean, modern design perfect for bloggers and content creators.

== Description ==

Blogloom is a responsive personal blog theme for WordPress. The theme's elegant and minimalistic look makes it an attractive choice for bloggers and writers who aim to have a user-friendly and modern website. It's created to work well with any sort of niche but has designs particular for: food, lifestyle, fashion, travel, and review websites. The theme is fast and fully search engine optimized (SEO friendly).

Some of the key features include:
* Clean and modern design
* Fully responsive layout
* Featured posts section
* Custom widgets
* Social sharing options
* SEO optimized
* Translation ready
* Customizable color schemes
* Fast loading times

Looking for a perfect blog theme? Look no further. Blogloom is fast, fully customizable and designed to showcase your content in the most elegant way!

== Installation ==

= From within WordPress =
1. Visit "Appearance > Themes > Add New"
2. Search for "Blogloom"
3. Install and activate

= Manual Installation =
1. Download the theme zip file
2. Log in to your WordPress dashboard
3. Go to Appearance > Themes > Add New
4. Click on "Upload Theme"
5. Choose the downloaded zip file and click "Install Now"
6. Activate the theme

== License ==

Blogloom WordPress Theme, Copyright 2025 Vishoro
Blogloom is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.

== Features ==

= Appearance > Widgets =
Blogloom has up to 3 widget areas: 1 for the sidebar and up to 2 in your footer.

= Appearance > Customize =
- Site Identity: Hide your site title or tagline, and upload your own header.
- Layout: Change things like your container width, header layout, sidebar layout and much more.
- Blog: Show the full post or excerpt, also show and hide blog post meta & adjust blog post width.
- Single post: Set single post meta and adjust width.
- Colors & background: Choose your default background color, body color, theme color and link color.
- Typography: Choose your default body font & set default font size to headings, site title, and blog post titles.

= BLOGLOOM Child Theme =

There are multiple ways you can use a child theme with the Blogloom Theme:

1. Create a child theme manually following WordPress documentation: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/
2. Use a child theme generator plugin

== Screenshot & Credits ==

Screenshot image is a representation of how the theme looks.

= Font Awesome Icons =
Font Awesome icons are licensed under the MIT License
Source: https://fontawesome.com

= Google Fonts =
Merriweather & Open Sans
These fonts are licensed under the Open Font License
Source: https://fonts.google.com

= Images =
All images used in the theme are created by the author or licensed under CC0.
Featured image placeholders are licensed under CC0.

= Other Credits =
* Bootstrap (MIT License)
* jQuery (MIT License)
* Underscores starter theme (GPL v2)