Alchemists – Sports, eSports & Gaming Club and News WordPress Theme

Latest Version 4.5.2 – October 11, 2022 – view changelog

The Alchemists – Sports Club and News WordPress Theme

Welcome to the ultimate sports WordPress theme for your Basketball, Soccer, American football sports or eSports club and news site. Built with the legendary SportsPress plugin, The Alchemists is perfect for player, team, club or league sites, or for sports magazine and news pages.

Complete Sports Theme with SportsPress

Built with the top SportsPress WordPress sports management plugin, The Alchemists is a comprehensive sports team, player, club, league or magazine WordPress theme. SportsPress includes a full suite of tools for you to create and customize your dream sports site, so the sky really is the limit!

Designed with you in mind, The Alchemists gives you everything you need for the ultimate sports site, including fixtures, results, league tables, player profiles, stats and rankings, club profiles, events calendar, match overviews, detailed match reviews, venue information and maps, news and updates, next match countdown, sports presets, a merchandise store, and loads more!

Complete Team Pages – We have designed team pages with rosters, overviews, galleries, standings, tickets, schedules, latest results and full statistics.

Team Roster Versions – The theme includes several different versions of the roster pages, ranging from a simple list to a dynamic player slider and player info card, so you can decide how you want to show off your team.

Full Statistics & Charts – Choose from a full range of statistics and game charts to keep track of how your team is doing, including latest game results, team leaders, team stats, lineup and tactics chart, timelines, logs, top goalscorers, awards, games history, and much more!

Full Player Profile Pages – We have designed multiple versions of the profile pages so that fans can scroll through their favorite players and get the inside info. Key information is displayed at the top, and users can then navigate through their statistics, biography, and more, via simple tabs.

Number Statistics & Averages – The theme offers full number statistics and logs (for both the team and individual players) that show scores, minutes played, assists, fouls, and much more.

Easy to Use & Highly Customizable

The Alchemists is user-friendly and intuitive, with tons of customization options, so you can arrange and design your site just the way you like it.

With one-click demo install, you can import all elements, widgets, pages, icons, and everything you need to get started, in a single click! We have also included the premium WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) plugin, so that customization is super quick and easy. With the real-time editor, you can see your changes as you go and make sure that your ultimate sports site is shaping up perfectly.

This complete suite for sports sites comes with 40+ custom blocks and elements, including various post styles and widgets, lots of different infographics, charts, statistics, and even a countdown to the next match.

The flexible Bootstrap grid layout uses 3 main columns, making it easy to re-arrange elements and widgets on your pages, and to change or replace blocks (such as standings, news and latest results). We have also created a huge number of variations of post pages, info blocks, game results and more, so you can choose the style that works for you.

With unlimited colors, Simple Line Icons, FontAwesome, and 870+ Google Fonts, you have thousands of options for branding your sports site according to your team or league and finding a unique look.

Best of all, with The Alchemists you can be sure that your dream sports site is fully optimized, fully responsive and retina ready, so players, fans and followers can check in on their team from any device.

Sport Specific Versions

We have even developed dedicated versions of The Alchemists for specific sports, including soccer, basketball and American football. Each version includes custom SVG vector icons, with its own elements, widgets, features, icons and color palettes, so it’s even easier to create the sports site of your dreams!

For example, the basketball version includes a team leader widget, showing points, assists, steals and rebounds, whereas the soccer version has a top goalscorer league table. We’re always working on more, so that you can get the best out of The Alchemists, so check back for the latest updates to see what’s coming!

WooCommerce Ready

Transform your sports news site into a complete sports hub, including a fully functioning online store. With WooCommerce integration, fans and followers can snap up the latest kit, branded merch, tickets and special offers and show their loyalty!

WooCommerce is the most user-friendly and customizable eCommerce platform, allowing you to build your online store in no time, design every element of how it looks and how it works with simple tools, and make it unique to your team, league or sport.

Social Media

The Alchemists is designed to bring fans, followers, players and teams together around the sport you all love! That’s why we’ve included social counters for all of your social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vimeo, and more!

Outstanding Customer Support

We are proud to be an Envato Elite Author, and we have designed, built and tested The Alchemists to the highest standards. We have served thousands of happy customers with top quality themes and outstanding customer support, and we’ll do the same for you. You will receive a complete Help file with your download, but our friendly team of experts is always on hand if you need any extra support.

Features

• SportsPress Support
• WordPress 6.0 ready
• Built on Bootstrap 4
• 4 prebuilt versions
  • Basketball Light and Basketball Dark (New!)
  • Soccer Light and Soccer Dark (New!)
  • American Football
  • eSports
• WPBakery Page Builder included
• WooCommerce Integration
• One Click Demo Content Import
• SportsPress Pro compatibility
• Unlimited Colors
• 50+ Customizable Blocks (including WPBakery Page Builder Elements and Widgets)
• Redux Theme Options
• Theme Customizer support (a real-time appearance editor)
• Mega Menu
• RTL Support
• 4 Blog Pages
• 3 Post Pages
• Social Counters
  • Facebook page Fans
  • Twitter followers
  • Instagram followers
  • Pinterest followers
  • Steam Community group members
  • Tumblr followers
  • Twitch channel followers
  • Vimeo channel followers
  • VK followers (New!)
  • Site Counters: Users, Comments and Posts
• Translation Ready (.pot file included)
• Contact Form (Contact Form 7 Plugin)
• 100% Responsive
• Google Web Fonts
• 84 PSD files included
• SCSS based theme
• Lifetime Updates

Release Notes – Past versions changelogs.

Version 4.5.2 – October 11, 2022

* [tweak] Page Heading - added option to set different Page Headings (Static, Posts Slider) for default Blog Posts page
* [tweak] ALC: Contact Info widget - added fields to overwrite link, url, tel
* [tweak] Theme Options - Sponsors - added option to select image size
* [tweak] WC Cart Shipping - added shipping title
* [tweak] WooCommerce 6.9.4 compatibility
* [fix] Player Boxed - progress bars move to the next row if decimal value is presented
* [fix] Sponsors - display full image by default
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.1.4
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.6.2

Version 4.5.1 – August 3, 2022

* [tweak] Added 'left' and 'right' CSS attributes to 'safe_style_css' filter
* [fix] Player Carousel (eSports) - Player Thumb Background is not changed with Card Background
* [fix] Incorrect paths for some recommended plugins

Version 4.5.0 – July 30, 2022

* [tweak] Sponsors - added option to remove initial opacity
* [tweak] Sponsors - added wrap (flex-wrap: wrap) elements for Default layout
* [tweak] Placeholder images are customizable via child theme
* [tweak] Team Roster - added option to insert Featured Player shortcode
* [tweak] Default Google Fonts are loaded with CSS API v2
* [tweak] Social Links - added TikTok
* [tweak] Hero Unit Posts Slider - added option to change the slider image (background) position
* [tweak] ALC: Post Loop - added a filter to modify the list of templates
* [tweak] Footer is sticked to the bottom
* [tweak] Sponsors - Wrap logos if Default layout is selected
* [tweak] Optimization - added lazy loading for non-post and not-Hero images
* [tweak] Player Blocks - layout is tweaked if more text fields are displayed
* [fix] WordPress 5.9 compatibility WP_User_Query was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 5.9.0! who is deprecated.
* [fix] Import - Sports presets were not correctly set for the Basketball Dark and Soccer Dark demos
* [fix] Widget Comments - Incorrect color for Basketball Dark and Soccer Dark versions
* [fix] Roster Carousel - not enough space for stats labels
* [fix] Soccer Team Roster Cards - incorrect background color for dark layout
* [bug] Hero Posts Slider - Slider content is not correctly centered on Tablets
* [fix] Team Roster (eSports) - Player Common custom background image wasn't applied
* [fix] Social Links - Icon color might be dark when placed to the Footer Widgets
* [fix] Team Roster (Soccer) - if Cards is enabled the Roster Table is not full width
* [fix] Team Roster (Soccer) - Gallery and Slider are the same no matter what is selected
* [fix] Team Roster Slider (American Football) - No space between First Name and Last Name
* [fix] Slick carousels are broken if a SEO plugin is used. False positive RTL detection
* [update] WPBakery Page Builder 6.9.0
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.5.25
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.1.3
* [update] ACF 5.12.3

Version 4.4.15 – April 4, 2022

* [tweak] Theme Options - added option to set relative values for Player Stats progress bars (Soccer, Football)
* [tweak] ALC: Player Game-by-Game Stats - added option to display events for multiple Current Teams
* [tweak] WPBakery Page Builder - added Charts and Progress Bars default elements
* [tweak] Theme Options - added Copyright Typography
* [tweak] Theme Options - added option to customize typography in tables separately
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.5.19
* [update] ACF 5.12.1

Version 4.4.14 – March 17, 2022

* [tweak] Added option to display Pushy Panel on mobile devices
* [tweak] ALC: Newslog - moved styles to the basic category (can be used when SportsPress is disabled)
* [fix] Small tweak and fixes

Version 4.4.13 – February 5, 2022

* [tweak] WooCommerce 6.1 compatibility
* [tweak] Tested up to WordPress 5.9
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.5.15

Version 4.4.12 – January 8, 2022

* [fix] Whatsapp share button doesn't work on desktop
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.5.14
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.1.2
* [update] WPBakery Page Builder 6.8.0

Version 4.4.11 – December 6, 2021

* [tweak] SportsPress 2.7.13 compatibility
* [tweak] Jumbotron - Set Title color set as headings color
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.5.11
* [update] ACF 5.11.4

Version 4.4.10 – November 11, 2021

* [tweak] Changed location for SportsPress plugin

Version 4.4.9 – November 10, 2021

* [tweak] WooCommerce 5.9 compatibility has been checked
* [fix] WooCommerce Product Reviews throw an error in some rare cases
* [fix] Single Player - Average Circular Bars throw errors in some rare cases
* [fix] Goals sorting throw error in some rare cases (Soccer)
* [fix] Team - If Team is set as Protected then some parts are still visible
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.5.9

Version 4.4.8 – September 15, 2021

* [tweak] WooCommerce 5.6.0 compatibility
* [tweak] Main Search Form and Header Search Form tweaked to be compatible with third-party plugins, e.g. Polylang
* [tweak] Social links now availaible for Player Header Full Width layout
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.5.8
* [update] Translation files
* [update] ACF 5.10.2

Version 4.4.7 – August 21, 2021

* [tweak] ALC: Post Loop - added an anchor to pagination links if ID attribute is set
* [tweak] Theme Options - removed 'transparent' color for fields used to build color schemes to prevent issues on SCSS compiling
* [tweak] Translation files updated
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.5.7

Version 4.4.6 – July 26, 2021

* [new] French traslation added (thanks to Pierre Cailly)
* [tweak] Theme Options - added option to customize texts of Site Name and Tagline in the Footer
* [tweak] Removed block support from Widget areas
* [tweak] Checked with WordPress 5.8
* [fix] Theme Options - fixed Redux styling issues
* [fix] Events Archive - events are not displayed on Day Archive if Teams option is disabled
* [fix] ALC: Post Grid Slider - layout is broken if posts number is not multiple of 3
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.5.5
* [update] ACF 5.9.9
* [update] WPBakery Page Builder 6.7.0

Version 4.4.5 – June 18, 2021

* [fix] eSports - Kills and K/D/A ratio icons are not displayed
* [fix] ALC: Event Scoreboard + Event Page - added a space between League and Season words
* [fix] chartjs - Title displayed in chart tooltips in Safari (ALC: Games History, ALC: Team Points History, Single Player Radar Chart, etc.)
* [fix] Friendly events filter doesn't work correctly for Event Blocks layout
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.5.2

Version 4.4.4 – May 28, 2021

* [tweak] Name or Surname for players with one name (or surname) formatted incorrectly
* [tweak] WooCommerce 5.2 compatibility
* [update] ACF 5.9.6
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.4.11
* [update] DF Social Count 1.3.1
* [fix] Comment section background color is not reflecting on color customization
* [fix] Custom Nav Paddings don't work
* [fix] Child Theme - set child theme's version for the child theme stylesheet
* [fix] Player Boxed - layout is broken if name is too long
* [fix] Event Match Result - Awards > Star Number displayed incorrectly

Version 4.4.3 – March 11, 2021

* [new] Theme Options: Footer Copyright - added option to display only Text
* [new] Theme Options: Hero Unit Static - added typography options
* [tweak] Post Filter - "Order By" options wrapped with filter to be able to change them in a child theme
* [tweak] Theme Options: Tertiary Nav - added option to set 0px height
* [tweak] Theme Options: Typography - added global option to change font-style and font-weight for accent font
* [tweak] Sponsors - decreased minimum value for the Sponsors Carousel autospeed option (1s)
* [tweak] Ajax Loader tweaked for Contact Form 7 5.4+
* [tweak] Event Logos - header elements are not centered if side element missed (eSports)
* [tweak] Added posibility to customize placeholder images via child theme
* [tweak] Removed some jQuery deprecations
* [tweak] WPML - better compatibility
* [tweak] Translation files updated
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.4.1
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.4.3
* [update] WPBakery Page Builder 6.6.0
* [update] Alchemists WooCommerce Grid / List toggle 1.1.5
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.1.1
* [update] ACF 5.9.5
* [fix] Team Roster - fixed some incorrect colors (eSports)
* [fix] Team Roster - "Medic" icon is not displayed (eSports)
* [fix] Typography - italic fonts are not customizable for different headings (eSports)
* [fix] ALC: Text Ticker - secondary custom color is not changing (eSports)
* [fix] ALC: Text Ticker - category labels are not vertically aligned
* [fix] ALC: Event Results - fixed incorrect colors for expand button
* [fix] Twitch - "Live" label had an incorrect text color in some cases
* [fix] Event Blocks - broken layout might appear if Team Names are too long
* [fix] Shop: Product Grid - incorrect number of columns displayed in Grid view
* [fix] Shop: View icon - incorrect color
* [fix] Shop: View Toggle - incorrect color (American Football)
* [fix] ALC: Post Loop - fixed bug with non-working pagination on Home page
* [fix] ALC: Post Loop - 2 cols displayed if "Card 3 cols" layout is set
* [tweak] Small tweaks and fixes

Version 4.4.2 – January 20, 2021

* [tweak] ALC: Albums - added option to select specific albums
* [tweak] Theme Options: Player Header - added option to select Statistics
* [tweak] Replaced texts for SportsPress > Settings > Matches > Teams > Layout (Default and Extended)
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.3.5
* [update] ACF 5.9.4
* [fix] Player Blocks - Birthday displayed even if the option is disabled
* [fix] SportsPress Pro Tournament brackets - incorrect color for brackets
* [fix] ALC: Text Ticker - incorrect work on RTL sites
* [fix] ALC: Post Grid - Layout 1-2 - links opened in an iframe

Version 4.4.1 – December 25, 2020

* [tweak] Preloader - removed border radius from image-based preloaders
* [fix] ALC: Player Game-by-game - error appears if Past Team is empty
* [fix] Single Player - broken layout (incorrect initialization)
* [fix] Theme Options - false positive for HEX color validations in some rare cases
* [fix] Event Scoreboard - outputs old events (SportsPress Pro)
* [fix] Hero Unit Post Slider - view icon displayed twice
* [tweak] Small JS tweaks

Version 4.4.0 – December 21, 2020

* [new] Basketball and Soccer dark color versions
* [new] Instagram widget on Home 2 (eSports)
* [new] DF Social Count: added VK button
* [new] Added "Canvas" template which doesn't include Header, Footer, and Sidebar
* [new] Theme Options - added option to customize Header Mobile height
* [tweak] ALC: Post Loop - if 2 or 3 cols layout is selected make post height equal
* [tweak] Added 'alchemists_after_post_featured_img' action hook to post images (dev)
* [tweak] Theme Options - added Track color option
* [tweak] Changed Circular Bars static track color to dynamic (customizable)
* [tweak] DF Social Count: Removed Google+ counter
* [tweak] DF Social Count: Updated Instagram counter
* [tweak] Theme Options: Top Bar Social Links - added option to customize colors (regular, hover) and opacity
* [tweak] Widgets Recent Posts, Top Posts - added option to display posts by for a time period
* [tweak] Player: small tweaks for player photo on mobile (eSports)
* [tweak] Player Roster: Carousel + Thumbs - added navigation arrows on mobile (eSports)
* [tweak] Player Roster: Carousel + Thumbs - make carousel nav centered (visible if less 6 players displayed)
* [tweak] Player Roster: Carousel + Thumbs - added navigation arrows to carousel if more than 6 players are visible
* [tweak] Widget Results - replaced Description with Title
* [tweak] Post Views - reworked with AJAX
* [tweak] SVG Icons - removed inline fills and strokes
* [tweak] Instagram Feed 2.5 compatibility
* [tweak] ALC: Team Leaders - added option to change order (ASC, DESC)
* [tweak] ALC: Team Leaders - added additional parameter (Played Games) to sort players
* [tweak] ALC: Team Leaders - added option to reverse circular bars
* [tweak] Events List - added video icon to buttons for events with videos
* [tweak] Theme Options - added option to set the fixed Header Mobile
* [tweak] Sponsors - layout improvements enhancement (option to set it in carousel view)
* [tweak] JS tweaks and deprecations
* [tweak] Theme Options - add option to customize Progress Background Color
* [tweak] Twitch - replace static streamers background with streamers channel background (if set)
* [tweak] ALC: Player Game-by-Game - incorrect output if player changed the team
* [update] Bootstrap 4.5.3
* [update] FontAwesome 5.15.1
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.1.0
* [update] DF Social Count 1.3.0
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.4.0
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.3.3
* [update] WPBakery Page Builder 6.5.0
* [update] Demo import files
* [update] SportsPress 2.7.5
* [fix] SportsPress Pro: Box Score - removed code output
* [fix] Events - the issue when "Recap" is displayed for unpublished events
* [fix] Sponsors - issue when the top border is not visible
* [fix] Header Tertiary Nav Dropdown - incorrect z-index
* [fix] ALC: Event Results - empty values cause to error

Version 4.3.3 – November 6, 2020

* [tweak] Social Links - removed translation function for Social Links
* [tweak] Improved layout for Tablets ('order-md-*' replaced with 'order-lg-*')
* [tweak] Team Roster - made Roster List fullwidth if Featured Player is not selected
* [tweak] WC Header Shopping Cart - removed unnecessary escaping
* [tweak] Event Box Score - applied Team Colors to progress bars (fro SportsPress Pro)
* [tweak] ALC: Player Stats - added option to customize background image
* [fix] Social Links - hover color remains default after color scheme customization
* [fix] Featured Player - Performance icons are not displayed
* [fix] Event Logos Block - added check for empty values (eSports)
* [fix] Event List - added check for an empty venue array
* [fix] Player Performances - icons were displayed for equations
* [fix] Event Scoreboard - Progress Bars reworked with Progress Tables (long label width issue)
* [fix] ALC Scoreboard - Progress Bars rework with Progress Tables (long label width issue)
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.3.1
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.0.8
* [update] ACF 5.9.3

Version 4.3.2 – October 20, 2020

* [tweak] WooCommerce 4.6 compatibility
* [tweak] Single Player Header - don't show 'current team' and 'last team' if empty
* [fix] Post Navigation 2 - Post Author info remains visible even if disabled for next post
* [fix] ALC: Teams Stats, ALC: Box Info - threw error when a new inner element is added
* [fix] ALC: Player Stats Graph Log - timed stats threw errors on generating graph
* [fix] ALC: Event Results - error appears on custom progress bars (eSports)

Version 4.3.1 – October 6, 2020

* [update] WPBakery Page Builder 6.4.1
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.2.23
* [update] ACF 5.9.1
* [tweak] Small tweaks and fixes

Version 4.3.0 – September 6, 2020

* [tweak] SportsPress 2.7.4 compatibility
* [tweak] WooCommerce 4.4.0 compatibility
* [tweak] ALC: Post Loop (List - Card Tile Small) - added stretched link
* [tweak] Event goals - goals ordered by time
* [tweak] Added 'font-display' swap to default Google Fonts
* [tweak] ALC: Post Slider - slide images are stretching now
* [fix] SP Player details displayed squashed on mobile devices in some cases
* [fix] Team Roster - added option to change background image (Soccer)
* [fix] Player Cards - background were not reflecting on theme color scheme changes (Soccer)
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.3.0
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.2.22
* [update] ACF 5.9.0
* [update] WPBakery Page Builder 6.3.0
* [fix] Small tweaks and fixes

Version 4.2.11 – August 12, 2020

* [fix] Small tweaks and fixes

Version 4.2.10 – August 11, 2020

* [tweak] Event List - improved metadata markup
* [tweak] Single Event - improved metadata markup
* [tweak] Widget Areas - added 2 additional widget areas for Megamenu
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.2.18
* [update] ACF 5.8.13
* [update] Translation files
* [fix] Small tweaks and fixes

Version 4.2.9 – July 31, 2020

* [tweak] Make alerts styling compatibility with Contact Form 7 v5.2+
* [tweak] ALC: Post Grid - added hover effect on posts
* [tweak] Posts - change heart icon color for liked posts
* [tweak] WooCommerce 4.3.1 compatibility
* [fix] ALC: Post Loop - pagination doesn't work if 'offset' parameter is set
* [fix] ALC: Post Loop - excerpt and meta colors are incorrect on light themes (if body font is too dark)
* [fix] Hero Unit - Posts Slider - post data color is incorrect on light theme (if body font is dark)
* [fix] Contact Form 7 ajax loader icon is broken
* [fix] Small tweaks and fixes
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.2.17
* [update] Translation files

Version 4.2.8 – June 28, 2020

* [tweak] Theme Options - add option to customize dropdown menu items background color on hover
* [tweak] SP Event Blocks - display event status if not "OK" 
* [tweak] News Filter doesn't work if Remove Uppercase Accents plugin installed
* [tweak] Events aren't displayed in [event_list] shortcode (eSports)
* [tweak] Theme Options - added Custom Text fields for Primary and Secondary emails
* [tweak] Hero Unit - Posts Slider - added option to display 4 posts in slider navigation
* [tweak] ALC: Post Loop - added Cards 3 cols layout
* [tweak] ALC: Album - added "Image Top + Thumbs + Title Bottom" layout option
* [tweak] PHP 7.3 compatibility
* [tweak] ALC: Jumbotron - added option to add link
* [tweak] Twitch: Embedded player didn’t play the video and (Twitch for WordPress 3.0.1 compatibility)
* [fix] Team Gallery - icon is not visible if Team Gallery Layout is set to Image Top + Thumbs + Title Bottom for Basketball/Soccer
* [fix] Hero Unit - Post Views, Likes, Comments remain visible even if were disabled in Theme Options
* [fix] Jumbotron - fixed issue when title color isn't reflecting on color changes
* [fix] Hero Unit Posts Slider - fixed compatibility issue with Massive Addons for WPBakery Page Builder
* [update] Translation files
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.2.3
* [update] ACF 5.8.12
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.2.15

Version 4.2.7 – May 25, 2020

* [fix] Small tweaks and fixes

Version 4.2.6 – May 25, 2020

* [tweak] Theme Options - add option to customize dropdown menu items background color on hover
* [tweak] SP Event Blocks - display event status if not "OK" 
* [tweak] News Filter doesn't work if Remove Uppercase Accents plugin installed
* [tweak] Events aren't displayed in [event_list] shortcode (eSports)
* [tweak] Theme Options - added Custom Text fields for Primary and Secondary emails
* [tweak] Hero Unit - Posts Slider - added option to display 4 posts in slider navigation
* [tweak] ALC: Post Loop - added Cards 3 cols layout
* [tweak] ALC: Album - added "Image Top + Thumbs + Title Bottom" layout option
* [tweak] PHP 7.3 compatibility
* [tweak] ALC: Jumbotron - added option to add link
* [tweak] Twitch: Embedded player didn’t play the video and (Twitch for WordPress 3.0.1 compatibility)
* [fix] Team Gallery - icon is not visible if Team Gallery Layout is set to Image Top + Thumbs + Title Bottom for Basketball/Soccer
* [fix] Hero Unit - Post Views, Likes, Comments remain visible even if were disabled in Theme Options
* [fix] Jumbotron - fixed issue when title color isn't reflecting on color changes
* [fix] Hero Unit Posts Slider - fixed compatibility issue with Massive Addons for WPBakery Page Builder
* [update] Translation files
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.2.3
* [update] ACF 5.8.12
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.2.15

Version 4.2.5 – May 18, 2020

* [tweak] ALC: Featured Player - added customisation option for progress and circular bars
* [tweak] Video - added support with "youtu.be" links opened in popup for Event widgets (eSports)
* [fix] ALC - Recent Posts and ALC - Top Posts widgets displayed posts in a wrong order for popular by view option
* [fix] Player - incorrect Role/Character position for Player Boxed Header on Chrome, Firefox
* [fix] Player - Social Icon for unknown networks is broken (eSports)
* [fix] Player - Overview subpage doesn't work in some cases
* [fix] Player - Custom social icon position in IE11 (eSports)
* [fix] Player - Player Header overlay is not transparent on IE11 (eSports)
* [fix] Team - Overview subpage doesn't work in some cases
* [fix] ALC: Featured Player - "Featured Player" ribbon is not visible (American Football)
* [update] Translation files
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.0.7
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.2.8
* [update] ACF 5.8.11

Version 4.2.4 – May 11, 2020

* [new] Sponsors - add option to display Sponsors after the Header
* [tweak] Matchday - small styling tweaks for matchday displayed on Events widgets (Soccer, Football)
* [tweak] WooCommerce 4.1 compatibility
* [tweak] WC - added theme version parameter to woocommerce-$sport.css files to prevent caching if the file was updated
* [fix] ALC - Recent Posts widget - incorrect posts order for popular by comments posts
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.2.6
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.0.6

Version 4.2.3 – May 4, 2020

* [tweak] Team Subpages - added option to set any Team subpage as default
* [tweak] Player Subpages - added option to set any Player subpage as default
* [tweak] Blog Filter - assigned link colors to Headings Color
* [tweak] Theme Options - added options to change Post Label text colors
* [tweak] Event Logos Blocks - removed statistics output for non-pubslished events (eSports)
* [tweak] Event - improve displaying results for Event Logos Blocks and ALC: Event Scoreboard (eSports)
* [tweak] Social Counters - added support for the new Twitch Helix API
* [tweak] Player Blocks - improved styling for Heading in Grouped Player Lists
* [tweak] Player Blocks - display birthday
* [tweak] Staff Blocks - display nationality after Age and Birthday
* [tweak] WC Checkout - coupon layout tweaks
* [tweak] WC My Account > Orders > Details - improved layout and styling
* [tweak] Theme Options - added option to enabled/disable Post Author
* [fix] Blog - Custom colors of Post Category Group 6 and greater don't work (eSports)
* [fix] WC Register - broken layout for 'remember me' and 'forgot password'
* [fix] WC Cart coupon - submit button on mobile devices
* [update] DF Social Count 1.2.1
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.0.5

Version 4.2.2 – April 27, 2020

* [tweak] ALC: Staff Bio Card - display all jobs assigned to the Staff Member
* [tweak] Theme Options - add option to customize Page Heading - Title overlay opacity
* [tweak] Header Layout 4 - menu doesn't have a full width in some cases
* [tweak] Single Post Images weren't displayed for some singlpe post layouts if shared with Twitter
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.0.4
* [update] WPBakery Page Builder 6.2.0
* [update] Translation files updated
* [fix] Pushy Panel Logo - custom size applied incorrectly
* [fix] Event Results - the event result values weren't order by 'menu_order' parameter. Affected: single event for Basketball and Football, event scoreboard (basketball, football), ALC: Event Result widget
* [fix] Twitter sharing functionality

Version 4.2.1 – April 20, 2020

* [new] Added Secondary Navigation
* [new] Post - add option to change Post Title tag
* [tweak] SportsPress 2.7.1 compatibility
* [tweak] ALC: Featured Post - added option to display posts by categories and tags
* [tweak] ALC: Post Slider - added option to display posts by categories and tags
* [tweak] Archive: Category description - tweaked style and paddings
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.2.1
* [fix] Search Form Widget button doesn't work on click
* [fix] Double menu item fields after WordPress 5.4 update
* [fix] Single Video - Text content is not displayed if "Separate video from the main content?" is enabled
* [fix] Some text strings weren't translatable
* [fix] Post hashtags, image description, image description sign color issues (eSports)
* [fix] Social Top Bar - fixed issued when social links aren't vertically aligned
* [tweak] Translation files updated

Version 4.2.0 – April 1, 2020

* [tweak] SportsPress 2.7 compatibility
* [tweak] WooCommerce 4.0.1 compatibility
* [tweak] ALC - Instagram Feed widget has been deprecated. Added Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed plugin to recommended
* [tweak] ALC: Event Scoreboard - added output for Time status
* [tweak] Event > Box Score - added output for Time status
* [tweak] ALC: Event Blocks - Small - added output for Time status
* [tweak] Countdown - added output for Time status
* [tweak] Footer Widget List Widget - removed divider between list items
* [tweak] Player Boxed - set full width for inner content
* [tweak] Event Logos - added classes to images (eSports)
* [tweak] Single Post > Post Nav - added margins between category labels
* [tweak] Theme Options > Content Filter - added text color option
* [tweak] VC Twitch - added additional check for tp_twitch_display_streams()
* [tweak] Theme Options - added option to change 'btn-default-alt' button colors
* [tweak] Theme Options - added option to change 'btn-primary' button colors
* [tweak] Theme Options - added option to change 'btn-primary-inverse' button colors
* [tweak] Video - Make image thumbnails clickable
* [tweak] ALC: Social Buttons - Update prefix icon class logos (Font Awesome 5)
* [tweak] Player Boxed - Added icon for Mixer
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.2.0
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.0.3
* [update] ACF 5.8.9
* [fix] Video - thumb carousel doesn't show (RTL)
* [fix] Logo is not centered on Header Layout 4 (RTL)
* [fix] Social link in Top Bar - margin too big (RTL)
* [fix] ALC: Social Buttons - Missed YouTube icon logo
* [fix] Empty spaces in embeds for different providers
* [fix] Color - Player "More" button is not changing its color if customized
* [fix] Player Boxed - Fixed icon output for default social network (without specific icon)
* [fix] Fixes autoupdates for a child theme
* [fix] Theme Options > Single Player - added option to remove Player Header
* [fix] Button Primary - fixed issue with incorrect active state background color
* [fix] Small tweaks and improvements
* [fix] Nav - incorrect dropdown position (RTL)
* [fix] Event > Box Score > Staff - option doesn't disable Staff section

Version 4.1.1 – March 11, 2020

* [tweak] Theme Options - removed limitations to select different color schemes for different sports versions
* [fix] Theme Options - Footer Text Color option isn't available to customize
* [fix] Theme Options - Card Titles options aren't available to customize
* [fix] Theme Options - Logo custom position doesn't work in some cases

Version 4.1.0 – March 9, 2020

* [new] Sponsor Card element
* [new] Sponsor Cards element (for SportsPress Pro)
* [tweak] Footer Social Links - removed "@" sign for account names
* [tweak] ALC: Event Results - added option to display events for selected team
* [tweak] Updated screenshot for the child theme
* [tweak] Theme Options: Header → Secondary - added option to disable Header Secondary
* [tweak] Added changes to place Footer always at the bottom
* [tweak] Theme Options: Navigation - added option to customize side paddings
* [tweak] Theme Options: Search From - added option to change search form width
* [tweak] ALC: Text Ticker: small tweaks for different row layouts
* [tweak] Theme Options: added option to change button default colors
* [tweak] Content Filter: set active text as title color
* [tweak] Theme Options: added option to change body font for mobile devices
* [tweak] Theme Options: added options to customize Form Controls colors
* [tweak] ALC Recent Posts: added option to disable/enable Excerpt and Meta
* [tweak] Theme Options: added option to customize Table Colors separately
* [fix] Social Links - fixes issue with incorrect icon classes
* [fix] Megamenu divider color doesn't reflect on custom color changes
* [fix] ALC: Post Grid Slider - layout 3x3 might be broken if images have different height
* [fix] Colors: Fixed issue when Calendar active color wasn't reflecting on custom color changes
* [fix] Color: Accordion - custom colors weren't applied for accordion elements
* [fix] Footer: Copyright layout with Social Links didn't work for Basketball, Soccer, and American Football versions
* [fix] Radar Chart - double values in radar chart tooltips
* [fix] Radar Chart - custom statistics might produce errors on output
* [fix] "Final Score" string was not translatable in ALC: Event Results and Event Blocks widgets
* [update] Slider Revolution 6.2.2
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.1.0
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.0.2
* [update] Advanced Custom Fields Pro 5.8.8
* [update] Translation files

Version 4.0.3 – February 10, 2020

* [tweak] Theme Options - added option to select Results and Schedule layout (list, blocks, blocks small)
* [tweak] Standings table border colors
* [tweak] Added Discord social network
* [tweak] Added Mixer social network
* [tweak] Video embed is not full width if Classic Editor used
* [tweak] Form controls custom color issues
* [tweak] Video - display video categories on Single Video page
* [tweak] Updated Telegram icon (from paper-plane to telegram-plane)
* [tweak] Added predefined page templates for eSports (Home v1, Home v2, Team, Player)
* [fix] Progress Lines custom color issue
* [fix] Header Layout 3 - fixed issue when Info Block items are not visible if enabled
* [fix] Header Info Block - custom icons are not vertically aligned
* [fix] Video List - border custom color issue
* [fix] Calendar Widget - left arrow icon is not displayed
* [fix] Video - post title layout position issue if titles is short
* [fix] ALC: Recent Post widget - display image placeholder if post doesn't have featured image
* [fix] Content Filter custom color issue
* [fix] Event List - buttons color issue
* [fix] Header - Shopping Cart icon isn't reflecting on custom changes
* [update] FontAwesome 5.12.1
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.0.1
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.0.2
* [tweak] Small tweaks and fixes

Version 4.0.2 – February 3, 2020

* [tweak] Added Steam and Faceit social icons and links
* [tweak] Event Blocks - better handling for long team names
* [fix] Custom logo isn't changing for Header Layout 4
* [fix] Header Layout 1 custom background color isn't applying
* [fix] ALC: Text Ticker - fixed issue when full width displayed incorrectly
* [fix] Header Layout 4 - Header Primary color isn't reflecting on custom changes
* [fix] ALC: Featured Post - image display issue
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Compiler 4.0.1

Version 4.0.1 – February 1, 2020

* [fix] Small tweaks and fixes

Version 4.0.0 – February 1, 2020

* [new] eSports version
* [new] Sponsors - added option to select Sponsors position (before/after Footer Widgets)
* [new] Sponsors - added option to changes Sponsors' background
* [new] Footer Secondary - added new option to display Social Links
* [new] Post Tags - added option to select between 'button' and 'hashtag' type for post tags
* [new] Footer Widgets - added option to add overlays for Footer Widgets Background (Simple, Duotone, Off)
* [new] Page Heading - added option to select different layouts
* [new] Page Heading - added option to apply duotone effect to Page Heading
* [new] Header - added 2 prebuilt Header Layouts (4 overall) and option to easily customize it
* [new] Header Shopping Cart - added option to select action (click, hover)
* [new] Header Social Links - added option to select links position (Top Bar, Header Primary)
* [new] ALC: Box Info - added new element to display various short information
* [new] ALC: Jumbotron - added new element to showcase hero unit style content.
* [new] ALC: Accordion - added new element to display content with collapsible panels.
* [new] Posts Filter - added new style (Boxed)
* [new] DF Social Count - added new layout for counters (Buttons)
* [new] Post - added 3 new post layouts
* [new] Video Post format - added a separate styling for Video Post Format
* [new] Video Custom Post Type - added a new custom post type for displaying videos
* [new] Recent Videos - added new widget displays recent Video Post Formats
* [new] My Account - added horizontal navigation on My Account page
* [new] Single Player - added new Boxed layout for single player page (for all sports)
* [new] ALC: Post Loop - added Cards Tile - 2 cols layout
* [new] ALC: Player Stats - Chart - added new element to represent player stats in Doughnut and Horizontal Bars charts
* [new] ALC: Player Stats Graph Log - added new element for displaying Player Stats log with Line chart
* [new] ALC: Player Stats Grid - added new element to display Player Stats in Grid layout
* [new] ALC: Achievements - added new element to represent static information in sliding format
* [new] ALC: Description List - added new element to display information in description list
* [new] Team > Gallery - added new design for albums (Image Top + Thumbs + Title Bottom)
* [new] Added Slider Revolution plugin
* [new] ALC: Post Grid - added 1-2 Card Tile and 1-2-1 layouts
* [tweak] ALC: Recent Posts widget - added new Small - Wide image size
* [tweak] Header - added option to set different Header Layouts
* [tweak] Header Nav - min height changed to 30px
* [tweak] Card Header Title - added option to customize Card Header Title's Typography
* [tweak] Blog v5 - allow to use Blog v5 layout for Basketball and Soccer
* [tweak] Albums - added option to customize Albums slug
* [tweak] Shop - added option to disable product gradients
* [tweak] Footer List Widgets - added option to customize typography for list-based widgets in the Footer Widget area
* [tweak] Event Video - tweaks video embed output by adding responsive container
* [tweak] Card Header Button changed from outline to filled (American Football)
* [tweak] League Table - 'Preview' and 'Article' links were changed to buttons
* [tweak] WooCommerce 3.9 compatibility
* [tweak] Player Blocks - don't output empty metrics (height, weight)
* [tweak] ALC: Post Loop - added new layout List - Card Tile Small
* [tweak] ALC: Text Ticker - added boxed layout with rounded corners
* [tweak] ALC: Text Ticker - added option to display Categories
* [fix] Fixed issue when custom Footer Widgets Background Image isn't applied
* [fix] DF Social Count - updated Twitch v3 API (kraken) to new API (helix)
* [fix] WooCommerce - fixed issue when rating icons disappeared on hover
* [fix] ALC: Team Leaders - fixed issue when players aren't sorted correctly by total rebounds (Basketball)
* [fix] Image Captions - fixed issue with incorrect styling for image captions with different alignments
* [fix] ALC: Newslog - fixed issue when some icons are not displayed correctly
* [fix] ALC: Event Results - fixed issue with output enabled by empty Timeline (Soccer)
* [fix] Widget Lists - fixed issue when markers displayed for list based widgets inserted with page builder
* [fix] Hero Unit Posts Slider - fixed issue when custom height is not applied if Navigation Type set to Numbers
* [update] Alchemists SCSS Complier 4.0.0
* [update] DF Social Count 1.2.0
* [update] WPBakery Page Builder 6.1
* [update] Alchemists Advanced Posts 2.0.0
* [update] Alchemists WooCommerce Grid / List toggle 1.1.3
* [update] Alchemists Color Filters for WooCommerce 1.0.3

Version 3.5.1 – December 22, 2019

* [update] WPBakery Page Builder 6.1
* [update] Translation files
* [tweak] Small tweaks and improvements

Version 3.5.0 – December 2, 2019

* [new] New Theme Activation mechanism based on Purchase Code
* [tweak] Small tweaks and improvements

Version 3.4.1 – November 19, 2019

* [tweak] Player - added option to display Team Logo on the single player page
* [tweak] Blog - added Blog style customization to Archive page
* [tweak] SP Event Blocks - added action to events which allow adding custom functionality
* [tweak] ALC: Player Game-by-Game stats - added CSS classes on each table cell
* [tweak] SP Player Details - improved layout on mobile and tablet devices
* [update] ACF 5.8.7
* [update] WooCommerce 3.8.0 compatibility
* [tweak] Small tweaks and improvements

Other Info

• All images used in the theme are for demo purpose only.
• Alchemists theme needs PHP >= 7.2 to work.

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