SeaShell – Modern Responsive WordPress Blog Theme

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Introducing SeaShell, the professional WordPress blog theme that’s going to blow your mind! With its sleek, modern responsive design and typography that’ll make your content pop, this theme is laser-focused on readability. And guess what? It’s fully customizable to fit your unique style. Let’s dive in!

Seashell Features That Will Capture Your Heart

• Custom Colors For Posts and Pages – Easily color-code your posts and pages with intuitive color pickers. Make your most important stories shine bright like a diamond!
• Smart Categories – Create a stunning visual with custom colors, backgrounds, and sidebars for each category. Organize your site like a pro with style!
• Flexible Blog Layouts – Say goodbye to cookie-cutter layouts! Choose from multiple blog templates, displaying posts any way you want for each category.
• Quick Post Navigation – A nifty sticky post navigation bar follows you around, so you can leap to any post in a snap!
• Post Formats Support – Whether it’s video, audio, images, quotes, galleries or links, SeaShell has you covered. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram embeds? Yep, those too!
• Flexible Post Meta Data – Customize your post metadata, from date to author to comments, and arrange them just how you like it, icons and all!
• Responsive Design – Your content will look fantastic on every device, from desktops to mobile phones. Seamless scaling is the name of the game!
• Branding Made Simple – Want ultimate control over fonts and colors? SeaShell offers a treasure trove of customization options, plus space for your logo and icons!
• Social Sharing Integrated – Easily share your posts on all your favorite networks with integrated social sharing options. Just pick, reorder, and go!
• Custom Widgets – Enhance your theme with custom widgets that’ll take your site’s functionality up a notch!
• Shortcodes Galore – Add complexity to your content with 12 flexible shortcodes for columns, highlights, buttons, and more – all just a click away!
• Unlimited Sidebars – Create as many sidebars as your heart desires, tailored for specific posts or pages. Plus, your footer is widgetized too!
• Built-in Theme Translator – Modify or translate any text effortlessly through the theme options panel. Language barriers, be gone!
• One Click Updates – Stay ahead with easy updates via Envato’s official API, right from your Admin Dashboard. Click and you’re done!
• Setup Guide – Our comprehensive documentation takes you step-by-step through setting up SeaShell and all its marvelous options. You’ll be up and running in no time!
• One-click demo content import – Want to start with a bang? Imported demo content gets you a site ready to tweak in minutes!

Change Log

1.9.3

• Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 6.3 tested and verified
• Improved: Compatibility with PHP8 tested and verified
• Fixed: A slew of minor styling hiccups cleaned up

1.9.2

• Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 6.0 confirmed (yes, your update is safe!)
• Fixed: Gallery post format styling issues with Gallery Blocks since WP 5.8+

1.9.1

• Fixed: Font loading issues in the admin panel with the Classic Editor

1.9

• Fixed: A collection of minor styling issues rectified

1.8

• Improved: Compatibility tweaks for WordPress 5.8 (yes, update your theme!)
• Improved: On-page SEO tweaks introduced (added noopener tag for several target=”_blank” attributes)
• Fixed: Various minor styling issues resolved

1.7.3

• Fixed: Font size issues in WP 5.7’s Gutenberg editor resolved
• Fixed: A handful of minor styling glitches smoothed over

1.7.2

• Added: Official support for the WP Forms plugin
• Fixed: Minor styling issues corrected

1.7.1
Big news! SeaShell just snagged the “WP requirements compliance badge” from Envato/ThemeForest, proving it meets the highest standards in the WordPress world!

• Improved: Code refactoring to meet top-tier Envato requirements

1.7
Important changes to align with recent Envato/ThemeForest requirements:

• Theme Options panel removed; install Redux Framework Plugin via Appearance -> SeaShell plugins to reinstate.
• All theme-associated widgets are now gone; to restore, activate SeaShell Buddy plugin via Appearance -> SeaShell plugins.
• Custom contact forms are no longer part of the theme; install SeaShell Buddy plugin for continued access.
• Social sharing functionalities are now exclusive; install Meks Easy Social Share plugin to enable.
• Removal of extra JS and Google Analytics fields in Theme options; use Insert Headers and Footers WordPress Plugin instead.
• No more additional CSS field in Theme options; now in the native WordPress customizer under Appearance -> Customize -> Additional CSS.
• Favicon options have transitioned to the WordPress native favicon field under Appearance -> Customize -> Site Identity.

Other:

• Added: Styling support for the latest WordPress blocks (introduced in WP 5.2)
• Added: Admin panel styling for WP 5.0+ editor and all blocks
• Modified: Social network selections for sharing now live in the plugin settings (Settings -> Meks Easy Social Share)
• Fixed: Various minor styling bumps addressed

1.6.3

• Added: An option to display site description (Theme Options -> Header)
• Fixed: Pages in admin edit screen not showing metaboxes with WP 5.x using Classic Editor
• Fixed: Meta icons option not functioning when all icons disabled
• Fixed: Several minor styling issues resolved

1.6.2

• Added: Styling for Blocks (with the new WordPress editor in v5.0)
• Improved: Full compatibility for WordPress 5.0
• Improved: Envato Market plugin is now the recommended tool for theme updates
• Fixed: Common minor styling issues addressed

• Added: Initial support for the upcoming new WordPress content editor (Gutenberg)
• Improved: Styling for the GDPR cookie consent checkbox in comment forms
• Fixed: Minor styling issues across various browsers handled

1.6

• Added: Options to filter/order authors (Authors List Template)
• Added: Option to display a caption on featured images (Theme Options -> Blog -> Single Post)
• Added: Exclusion option for specific languages from RTL mode (Theme Options -> General)
• Added: Google Maps API key input for contact form (Theme Options -> Contact)
• Improved: Major overhaul of Redux theme options framework
• Fixed: Translation issues in comment form fields corrected (Theme Options -> Translation)
• Fixed: Addressed various minor styling concerns

* Fixed: Issue with editing categories in WP 4.5

* Fixed: SeaShell widgets causing notices in WP 4.3 with WP_DEBUG enabled 
* Fixed: scrolling problems on certain mobile devices

* Fixed: Share button issues on mobiles

1.5

* Added: Support for Google structured data (updated and hcard fields)
* Added: Share buttons now visible on mobile devices 
* Added: Option to clear home page of posts and use static content (Theme Options -> Home Page) 
* Improved: Video widget compatibility with SSL sites 
* Improved: Minor CSS adjustments and tweaks for reported problems 
* Fixed: Home page pagination issues across specific configurations

1.4

* Added: Home page options to filter posts by specific categories and tags 
* Added: Options for explicit subheader height and content positioning 
* Added: Retina display logo option 
* Added: Comments support for pages 
* Added: Color change option for meta icon hovers and button hovers 
* Added: Option to disable featured image on single posts 
* Added: Allowed shortcodes in page subtitles 
* Added: Allowed shortcodes in category/tag descriptions 
* Added: Support for paginated content using <!--nextpage--> 
* Added: Exclusion of specific users from author page template 
* Added: Translation strings for comment forms 
* Improved: Page speed via optimized CSS loading 
* Improved: All widgets fully compatible with new WP customizer in WP 3.9+ 
* Improved: Prevented pagination issues on homepages caused by Facebook WP plugins 
* Improved: Display comments even if discussion is closed on certain posts 
* Changed: Removed automatic social media sharing excerpt detection (favoring SEO by Yoast or similar plugin) 
* Fixed: Pagination issues on search pages with multi-word queries 
* Fixed: Missing Pinterest share images 
* Fixed: Minor CSS tweaks and improvements

1.3

* Added: Sidebar color customization options 
* Added: Support for the YARPP related post plugin 
* Added: Option to enable captions on galleries 
* Added: Page template for listing authors 
* Added: Option to enable excerpts instead of full content 
* Added: Custom color support and subheader for "posts page" 
* Added: Anchor position option for "read more" button 
* Improved: Facebook share description field 
* Fixed: Post titles on single post templates changed to H1 
* Minor CSS tweaks and improvements

1.2

* Added: Full-width page template with no sidebar 
* Added: Meta icons list style 
* Improved: Translation options enhanced 
* Improved: Main CSS file integrated into default style.css for theme editor modifications 
* Minor CSS tweaks and improvements

1.1

* NEW FEATURE: RTL support 
* Optimized page load; fewer HTTP requests  
* CSS improvements implemented  
* Enhanced responsive CSS  
* Fixed slight navigation issue on iPhone 5 
* Resolved custom colors in navigation menu

1.0

* Initial release

Sources & Credits

JS

• Flexslider – http://flexslider.woothemes.com
• FitVids – http://fitvidsjs.com/
• Magnific Popup – http://dimsemenov.com/plugins/magnific-popup/
• Skrollr – https://github.com/Prinzhorn/skrollr
• Waypoints – http://imakewebthings.com/jquery-waypoints/
• ScrollToFixed – https://github.com/bigspotteddog/ScrollToFixed
• MatchMedia – https://github.com/paulirish/matchMedia.js/

PHP

• Redux Options Framework – http://reduxframework.com/
• Simple PHP Captcha – http://www.abeautifulsite.net/blog/2011/01/a-simple-php-captcha-script/
• TGM Plugin Activation – http://tgmpluginactivation.com/
• Pixelentity Theme Update Class – http://pixelentity.com/

ICONS

• Font Awesome – http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/

IMAGES

Images used on the demo website are purchased from ShutterStock and downloaded from Unsplash along with credits to their respective creators/owners. These images are not included in the theme package.