CheerUp – Elegant Blog & Magazine Theme with Extreme Flexibility

Special Gutenberg Styles and WordPress v6.1+ Ready

CheerUp is a theme with luxury design options, tailored to be exceptional on all kinds of blogs and minimal magazines. Not only the built-in modern design choices are aesthetically pleasing, it’s packed with over 1000+ possible layout combinations suitable for blogs and elegant magazines.

Get CheerUp today and never be bored of your blog again!

CheerUp is perfect for your food blog and recipes. Wanderlust? Travel blogs shine with CheerUp. Fashion blog, entertainment, health and fitness, lifestyle blog, general blog, or a magazine of any type. We cover it all.

Few of CheerUp Users – They’re Loving it

• https://www.zagufashion.com
• http://damselindesert.com
• https://getvisitapp.com/blog/
• https://www.seenicwander.com/
• http://www.thespoiledqueen.com
• http://dreamteamfitness.de
• http://offtracktravel.ca
• https://www.esturirafi.com
• http://www.placesofjuma.com

Some of the Features

• 14 Pre-made Design to choose from. Or create your own.
• Handcrafted for all type of blog and simple magazine sites.
• Shop / WooCommerce Support Built-in.
• Fully Responsive design with High Definition Retina graphics.
• Elegant and unique Featured Sliders – choose from 17 sliders.
• Google AMP Supported.
• Several Homepage Layouts for your blog:
  • Assorted – A unique homepage
  • Standard Blog Layout
  • List Layout
  • Large Post and Grid
  • Large Post and List
  • Overlay and Grid
  • Overlay and List
  • List Layout Full Width
  • Simple Grid Layout
  • Blog Layout Full Width
  • And More.
• Built-in Custom Widgets for perfect blog.
  • Custom About Me Widget
  • Custom Social Icons Widget
  • Custom Popular Posts Widget
  • Custom Latest Posts Widget
  • Custom Subscribe Widget
  • Custom Advertisement Widget
  • Unique Call to Action Widget
  • Beautiful Instagram Footer Widget
• Or build your own advanced homepage using Page Builder
• Multiple Post Formats Support
  • Gallery Post Format
  • Video Post format
  • Audio Post Format
  • Standard Post Format
• Smooth Sticky Top Bar & Navigation
• Sticky Sidebar Feature
• Native Gutenberg / Block Editor Support
• Off-canvas Mobile Menu
• Our custom-built Special Post Gallery
• Advanced Live Customizer Options
• Customization Options to Show/Hide Most Elements
• Multiple Custom Menus & Unique mobile menu
• WordPress v5+ Fully Compatible
• WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin compatible
• Contact Form 7 compatible
• Performance features like LazyLoad & Free Performance Guide.
• Integrated MailChimp Subscribe Form
• Unique Logo for mobile devices
• Post Like Feature
• Home MailChimp Subscribe Box
• Social Media Sharing
• Tons of Typography And Color Options
• Compatible with WP Recipe Maker with beautiful Recipe Card and Recipes Index.
• Adobe Fonts (TypeKit) Typography Support (General Demo shows TypeKit Fonts)
• 10 Header Layouts
• Countless Category Listing styles for blog and magazine sites
• Home Posts Carousel
• Multiple Footer Layouts
• Free Updates and new blog features.
• Translation Ready
• Long-term Support
• Features suited for all types of blogs. Lifestyle blog, Photography blog, Food blog, Travel blog – Unlimited Possibilities.

Need Assistance? Get In Touch!

If you ever get stuck with setting up CheerUp with your WordPress installation, you can get in touch with our friendly and dedicated support via our Support Forums.

Changes & Updates

Version 7.8.0 - May 26, 2022
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- WordPress 6.0+ compatibility improvements.
- Fixed: WordPress 6.0 Notice when WP_DEBUG is enabled.
- Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.

Version 7.7.0 - January 27, 2022
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- WordPress 5.9+ compatibility and improvements.
- Fixed: Post Editor issues on WordPress 5.9.
- Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.

Version 7.6.1 - July 20, 2021
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- WordPress 5.8+ compatibility improvements.
- Fixed: Parallax Bug in Safari v14+.
- Fixed: Gutenberg styling issues in the backend.
- Bunyad AMP: Path suffix /amp/ support option for URLs.
- Bunyad AMP: Now includes hero image CLS optimizations.
- Bunyad AMP: Updated to latest official specs.
- Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.

Version 7.6.0 - June 21, 2021
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- Improved: WooCommerce v5.4+ compatibility.
- Fixed: A few visual issues in Gutenberg backend editor.
- Fixed: JS error in dev console about posts carousel visibility.
- Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.

Version 7.5.2 Hot Fix - March 22, 2021
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- Improved: WordPress 5.7 compatibility. 
- Minor CSS fixes.

Version 7.5.2 - December 20, 2020
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- Improved: Backend styling of quotes blocks in WP v5.6+.
- Fixed: Missing WPBakery Pagebuilder button in Gutenberg.
- Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.

Version 7.5.0 - November 23, 2020
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- Improved: WooCommerce v4.7+ compatibility.
- Improved: Performance on Mobile.
- Improved: Posts carousel performance.
- Fixed: WPBakery Page Builder equal height columns.
- Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.

Version 7.4.2 - October 26, 2020
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- Fixed: Instagram Images issue when using the API / Token.
- Updated: Bunyad Instagram Plugin.

Version 7.4.0 - October 10, 2020
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- Improved: Customizer input performance.
- Added: Manual Count support for Social Follow.
- Fixed: Social Icons options for Bold Light footer.
- Improved: Shortcode support in Featured Audio/Video option.
- Security: Updated WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.

Version 7.3.1 - August 20, 2020
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- Improved: Aspect Ratio of images in Instagram Widget in AMP.
- Fixed: Yoast Breadcrumbs to work with latest updates.
- Fixed: Post Likes / Heart feature conflict on some installs.

Version 7.3.0 - August 13, 2020
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- Full WordPress 5.5 Compatibility.
- Added: Custom line-height support for editor blocks.
- Improved: Native lazyload enhancement in 5.5.
- Improved: New editor changes in 5.5 styled properly.
- Improved: Quotes styling for WP 5.5 Editor.
- Improved: Headings and text styles for WP 5.5 Editor.
- Improved: WP 5.5 Editor alignment of images, groups and other blocks.
- Fixed: Latest Chrome subtle gray line on next/prev.
- Fixed: Autoptimize critical css addon issues when using deferred CSS method.

Version 7.2.0 - June 30, 2020
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- New Food demo.
- Added: Jump to recipe option in post meta.
- Added: WP Recipe Maker Compatibility and Styling.
- Added: Card Style for Grid Post listings.
- Added: Styling and color options in several areas.
- Added: Adjust spacing between posts for grid and large.
- Added: Options to style category overlay labels.
- Added: Custom ratio setting for large and single featured image.
- Added: Excerpt option for grid listings even when not using page builder.
- Added: Boxed widgets styling options.
- Added: Single page typography for heading tags.
- Added: Option to set max height on CTA widget.
- Improved: Translations support for some strings not updated in customizer.
- Improved: Gutenberg columns in mobile view.
- Improved: Backend Editor reflects text sizes adjusted in Customizer.
- Improved: Opacity and BG Color setting for most Sliders.
- Improved: Updated and tested with WooCommerce v4.2.
- Fixed: Instagram widget not saving sometimes from Widget screen.
- Fixed: Cat Overlay now centered for centered grids.
- Fixed: Conflict with Customizer Import / Export plugin.
- Fixed: Firefox ESR image rendering.
- Fixed: Title tag added to bg images if no alt.
- Fixed: WPBakery Text Widget custom CSS classes.
- Fixed: 0 values in customizer sometimes not applying.
- Fixed: Text labels setting for post meta.
- Fixed: Custom image ratios not always working.
- Fixed: Breadcrumbs HTML validation.
- Fixed: WPBakery conflict with aggressive lazyload.
- Updated: WPBakery page builder to latest version.
- Updated: Bunyad AMP with the latest AMP official updates.

Version 7.1.0 - April 2, 2020
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- Fully Compatible with WordPress 5.4.
- Added: Gutenberg Buttons Block outline style.
- Added: Gutenberg Social Buttons & Posts Widget styles.
- Improved: Gutenberg styling in the backend and for grouped blocks.
- Improved: Compatibility with SG Optimizer plugin's lazyload.
- Improved: Gutenberg list, images, blocks in backend.
- Improved: Several blocks optimized in backend for WordPress 5.4.
- Improved: Customizer settings apply better in Editor/backend.
- Fixed: Mega Menu option double render in WordPress 5.4.
- Fixed: Generate Token button not working in Customizer.
- Fixed: 3rd Party Pinterest Widgets taking over share button.
- Updated: Bunyad AMP with changes from latest official AMP.

Version 7.0.4 - February 26, 2020
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- New Instagram API Integration. A new token has to be generated.
- Improved: Images selection on 1x devices.
- Improved: Image loading on old browsers.
- Improved: Breadcrumbs for Custom Post Type archives.
- Improved: Read time calculation for Cyrillic and other languages.
- Fixed: Topbar background customization on some headers.
- Fixed: v7 migrator for typography and fonts.
- Fixed: Header JS error if sticky bar and nav missing.
- Bunyad Instagram Widget updated.

Version 7.0 - January 22, 2020
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IMPORTANT: This is a major update. Read before updating: http://theme-sphere.com/forums/topic/important-cheerup-v7-0-update/

- Major rewrite for modern times, maintaining legacy compatibility.
- New Default Demo for 2020.
- Massive Improvement to Image System. Only 3 extra images generated by theme.
- Up to 50% Performance Boost on all metrics on frontend and backend.
- Customizer Overhaul - new UX with instant apply of most style settings.
- Hundreds of new settings in Customizer for extreme flexibility.
- 7 New Featured Grids (and Sliders) with container or full width and overlay styles.
- Added: New Adaptive Image System for best performance.
- Added: Adjust image ratios / heights for blocks.
- Added: Set custom layout width and padding.
- Added: Full PHP 7.4 compatibility.
- Added: Enable/disable & rearrange Post Meta items globally or by listing style.
- Added: Breadcrumbs + Schema and Yoast Breadcrumbs support.
- Added: Native lazyload for in-post images and iframes.
- Added: Reading Time item for post meta.
- Added: Option to use last modified date in post meta.
- Added: Several new customization options for header and navigation.
- Added: Support for font-display: swap/others for Performance.
- Added: Compatibility for WebP Express plugin in Customizer > Performance.
- Added: JetPack Site Accelerator compatibility.
- Added: Left/right/wide and full alignment support for all Embeds.
- Added: 3 new sidebar widget heading styles.
- Added: Home Carousel multiple heading styles.
- Added: Styling and support for captions in all Embed services.
- Added: Gutenberg first gallery slider support for Gallery post format.
- Added: Hundreds of Typography customization options.
- Improved: Icons file reduced from 90kb to 10kb for performance.
- Improved: Skins CSS file size decreased for all skins.
- Improved: Spacing on all Gutenberg blocks.
- Improved: Styling on all embed blocks in Gutenberg.
- Improved: Accessibility and color contrast in several areas.
- Improved: Demo import in all areas including speed.
- Improved: Highlights and News block image sizes.
- Improved: Tablet layout now a bit wider in-line with newer devices.
- Bunyad AMP Updated with latest official AMP updates.
- Several minor CSS fixes and improvements.
- WPBakery Page Builder updated to latest version.

Version 6.1.5 - January 5, 2020
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- Fixed: Call to Action widget issues with latest WordPress.
- Sphere Core plugin updated with several improvements.

Version 6.1.4 - November 16, 2019
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- Optimized for WordPress v5.3+
- Added: Group block support in editor.
- Added: Cover block nested blocks support in editor.
- Improved: Galleries in backend and caption support.
- Full WooCommerce v3.8 support.
- Updated Bunyad AMP v1.4.1 with official AMP changes and fixes.

Version 6.1.2 - August 27, 2019
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- Bunyad Widget for Instagram plugin has support for API Access Token now to counter recent changes from Instagram.
- Fixed: Mixed Instagram image dimensions when using Access Key method.
- Fixed: "Show Featured Area" option not working for updates from old version.
- Fixed: Last VC block margins.
- Fixed: About image ratio on IE11.
- Improved metaboxes save performance.

Version 6.1.0 - August 21, 2019
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- Improvements for latest changes in Gutenberg.
- Added: Bunyad Instagram plugin with improved performance.
- Added: AMP plugin features with major update.
- Added: Email to replace Google+ share.
- Added: Ability to enable/disable AMP per post/page.
- Improved: Gutenberg galleries spacing & alignment.
- Improved: Devs hook 'wp_body_open' added for v5.2+.
- Fixed: Twitter share links for the new twitter.
- Fixed: Quotes and apostrophes encoded in social share.
- Fixed: Post meta alignment in spacious full-width magazine style.
- Updated WooCommerce templates to latest.
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.

Version 6.0.3 Hotfixes - March 18, 2019
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- Minor styling fixes.
- PHP notice fix for local development.

Version 6.0.3 - December 6th, 2018
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- Bunyad AMP updated for Gutenberg v4.6+.
- Further Gutenberg backend improvement.
- WPBakery Page Builder Updated to 5.6 for WordPress v5.0+
- Changes to allow main file overrides via child theme.

Version 6.0.2 - November 23rd, 2018
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- Fixed: Columns bit quirky, and other issues with Gutenberg v4.5.1.
- Fixed: AMP issue at hosts using outdated 10 year old libxml library.
- Improved styles for dropcaps on Edge browser.
- Fixed: Slider post count issue when set via page options.
- Updated Bunyad AMP.

Version 6.0.0 - November 19th, 2018
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- New Lifestyle Demo for blogs and magazines.
- AMP Support Added - with look maintained as normal responsive.
- Full Gutenberg Styling and WordPress v5.0 support.
- Added: Spacious - a dynamic look option for all post layouts.
- Added: New Header Style: Header 10.
- Added: New Footer Style: Bold Light.
- Added: New slider block in pagebuilder.
- Added: Grid style option for blocks.
- Added: New styles and options for Floating Social Share.
- Added: Full-screen Search Modal option for header 5, 8, 9, 10.
- Added: A classic Author box style option.
- Added: VK, LinkedIn, Tumblr for Floating Share.
- Added: New style option for floating share.
- Added: Heading color option for page-builder blocks.
- Added: Enable/disable counters on large posts widget.
- Added: Enable/disable image on posts widget.
- Added: Option to make logo use an H1 on home.
- Added: Compatibility and styling for all core WordPress 5.0 blocks.
- Added: Set excerpt length for blocks - grid, list.
- Added: Design tab in builder blocks for spacing adjustments.
- Added: Gutenberg Galleries with all options supported.
- Added: Blocks in Gutenberg - alignwide/alignfull support (in full width).
- Improved: Smart sticky performance for several headers.
- Improved: Custom Google fonts no longer use @import.
- Improved: Smarter Sticky Social Share.
- Improved: Images aligned left/right wider on mobile.
- Improved: Dynamic full width spacing and styling.
- Improved: Skin fonts only loaded when needed.
- Improved: WPBakery front-end editor view.
- Improved: Parallax performance with updated lib.
- Improved: Backend editor styling.
- Improved: Miranda skin default fonts optimized.
- Improved: Lazyload even with missing srcset.
- Improved: CTA widget blurry on Windows 1x displays.
- Fixed: Pinterest hover in Gutenberg.
- Fixed: Facebook follow counter requiring FB app approval.
- Fixed: Redundant defaults saved in options.
- Fixed: Parallax issue on Edge 17.
- Fixed: Multiple Load More on same page for some webhosts.
- Fixed: Some typography & color options not affecting skins.
- Fixed: Jetpack comment subscribe boxes.
- Cleanup: Outdated placeholder and tooltip JS.
- Updated WooCommerce template files for v3.5.x.
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.
- Several new options and hundreds of CSS improvements.

Version 5.1.0 - May 26th, 2018
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 - New GDPR Guide in documentation.
 - New Self-Hosted Google Fonts plugin.
 - New Consent Popup for Mailchimp plugin for subscribe widgets.
 - Added: Compatibility for WP v4.9.6 Privacy page.
 - Added: Consent for comment forms with WordPress v4.9.6.
 - Added: WooCommerce 3.4 compatibility. 
 - Added: Shortcode support to header ads.
 - Improved: Pinterest sharing now uses post title for description.
 - Improved: No IP logging for "Likes" anymore.
 - Improved: Comment form on mobile devices.
 - Fixed: Load More on Classic listings.
 - Fixed: Instagram followers counters.
 - Fixed: Author box social icons in profile edit.
 - WPBakery Page Builder updated to latest version.

Version 5.0.1 - March 8th, 2018
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 - Improved: WooCommerce v3.3.1 mobile layout.
 - Improved: Text widget style for lists & headings.
 - Fixed: Post format icon alignment on latest VC.

Version 5.0.0 - February 4, 2018
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- New Fashion demo with extra chic look and feel.
- New Fitness demo featuring a sleek and smart look.
- New Mom / Parenting demo - a vibrant style for moms.
- Feature: Beautiful Fashion slider with modern animations.
- Feature: Stylish Large post style: Half Overlay.
- Feature: Enable/disable VC page title. 
- Feature: Footer copyright shortcodes supports.
- Feature: WooCommerce v3.3 compatibility and fixes.
- Feature: Compatibility with upcoming Autoptimize version.
- Feature: More options to show/hide meta in posts widget.
- Improved: Posts Carousel design with few new settings.
- Improved: Mobile spacing of header/slider for several styles.
- Improved: Smarter Next/Previous to appear at right time.
- Improved: Design of List Style 2 on larger smartphones.
- Improved: VC responsive column control enabled.
- Fixed: List post meta incorrectly using global settings. 
- Fixed: Sticky header issues on some devices.
- Fixed: Load More for list block when masonry is active.
- 50+ design and 8+ performance improvements.
- WPBakery Page Builder updated to latest version.

Version 4.0.3 - December 11, 2017
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- Fixed: Typography customization issues on WordPress 4.9.1+.
- Improved: Lazyload mechanism for slower networks. 

Version 4.0.2 - November 17, 2017
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- WordPress 4.9 compatibility improved.
- Improved: WooCommerce affiliate products button.
- Improved: Autoptimize performance when activated.
- Improved: Updates for integrated plugins.
- Fixed: Parallax issues on some iOS devices.
- Fixed: Load More for masonry posts.
- Fixed: TGMPA warning on plugin updates.
- Notice for Endurance Cache plugin.
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.

Version 4.0.0 - July 20, 2017
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- New Bold Blog Demo & Skin.
- Feature: Bold Slider with smooth Parallax effect.
- Feature: New Header Layout - Simple Modern Header.
- Feature: New Footer Layout - Bold Footer.
- Feature: Creative Large Post Style with Parallax.
- Feature: Performance - Custom Optimized Lazyload images.
- Feature: Creative "Next/Previous" navigation for article/Previous.
- Feature: Pinterest on mouse over to images with options.
- Feature: Floating/sticky sharing buttons on post pages.
- Feature: Posts Slider widget for the sidebar.
- Feature: Latest Tweets widget for footer & sidebar.
- Feature: Loading Speed optimizations & Autoptimize compatibility.
- Feature: Sliders Parallax effect option.
- Feature: A full-width gallery slider for post format Gallery.
- Feature: Alternate style for popular posts Carousel at Home.
- Added: Post Format icons in listings: Video, Gallery.
- Added: Option to generate further images for loading speed.
- Added: Configure related images number.
- Added: 3 Column and 2 Column Related Posts.
- Added: Circular image option for about widget.
- Added: Limit slider to show posts by specific IDs.
- Added: Slide/Fade animation option for large sliders.
- Added: Speed optimization guide in documentation.
- Improved: Subscribe widget for the footer area.
- Improved: Comments on mobile.
- Improved: TypeKit loader async for performance.
- Improved: Masonry "Load More" for better aesthetics.
- Improved: Demos on HTTPS now for imports on HTTPs sites.
- Improved: Example Child Theme updated for efficiency.
- Fixed: Jetpack compatibility for social sharing.
- CSS Tweaks and improvements in over 60 areas.

Version 3.0.1 - April 13, 2017
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- Added: WooCommerce 3.0 Support.
- Added: Image zoom on product pages.
- Added: Slider for images on product pages.
- Updated Visual Composer to latest version.

Version 3.0 - March 24, 2017
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 - NEW SKIN & DEMO: Magazine.
 - Feature: Visual Composer support with blocks for Magazine.
 - Feature: New Grid Slider.
 - Feature: New Header Style 8 - Compact Header.
 - Feature: New Footer Layout - Classic Magazine.
 - Feature: New Post Style - Magazine. 
 - Feature: 3 new homepage blocks.
 - Feature: Load More AJAX pagination on home blocks.
 - Feature: Numbered AJAX pagiantion on home blocks.
 - Feature: New Social Media with Counters widget.
 - Feature: Large posts style for posts widget.
 - Added: Smart Sticky for topbar/nav - sticky only when scrolling up.
 - Added: Post Meta Style C.
 - Improved: Widgets in all dark footers.
 - Improved: Performance - customizations are better cached now.
 - Fixed few minor CSS issues.

Version 2.2.2 - November 22, 2016
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- Feature: Added WPML multi-lingual compatibility. 
- Feature: Secondary topbar navigation support in Header Style 5.
- Fixed: Large slider not affected by font change in some skins.
- Fixed: Footer social icons for stylish alt.
- Fixed: Text widget color in dark footer on skins.
- Fixed: Added two missing translation strings.
- Improved: Social Icon on Header Style 7.
- Improved: Post cover layout on mobile devices.

Version 2.2.1 - October 9, 2016
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- Added: Grid posts title font settings.
- Added: Category descriptions support.
- Fixed: Post editor fonts and styling for skins.
- Fixed: Ad widget code stripping for non-admins.

Version 2.2 - October 2, 2016
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- NEW SKIN & DEMO Beautiful Travel Skin & Demo.
- FEATURE: New Stylish Alt Footer Style.
- FEATURE: New Header Style 7 with Parallax. 
- FEATURE: A new stylish Carousel Slider.
- FEATURE: Grid meta style can be different from global.
- FEATURE: Limit by tag on posts widget.
- Improved: More than 3 widgets in footer properly spaced.
- Improved: Category widget hierarchy display design.
- Fixed: Most liked sorting for posts widget in some environments.
- Fixed: Rovella slider empty slide with more than 6 posts. 
- Fixed: Show category setting in posts widget for non-alt style.

Version 2.1 - September 10, 2016
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- NEW SKIN & DEMO - Rovella
- FEATURE: Post "List Style 2" - a new listing style.
- FEATURE: Header Style 6.
- FEATURE: Stylish Dark Footer Style.
- FEATURE: Alternate Posts Widget style.
- FEATURE: A new slider named Grid Slider.
- FEATURE: Options to show/hide elements in post footer.
- FEATURE: "Home Page" page template for when using static home.
- Added: Rovella in demo importer.
- Added: Several new color options.
- Fixed: Typography settings not affecting some parts of skins.
- Fixed: Custom CSS not reflecting properly in live preview when using custom fonts.
- Fixed: Comment count setting for meta style 2.

Version 2.0 - August 21, 2016
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* FEATURE: Lifestyle (nickname Miranda) Demo.
* FEATURE: Gorgeous Full-width slider.
* FEATURE: A new Footer layout option.
* FEATURE: Header Style 5 with posts ticker & social.
* FEATURE: Alternate grid posts style.
* FEATURE: Alternate style for large posts.
* FEATURE: Masonry feature for grid listings.
* FEATURE: Alternate meta style for listings.
* FEATURE: Numbered Pagination style option.
* FEATURE: Lifestyle skin.
* Updated: Instagram icon with latest FontAwesome.
* Fixed: Nested comments.

Version 1.1 - August 8, 2016
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* FEATURE: Added an Easy Demo Importer.
* Updated documentation on Mega Menu.
* Fixed a vague checkbox for menus.