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Reco is a theme excellent for magazines, blog, digital freebies, mockups and others. It is super light and was made with multiple techniques to achieve excellent Scores on Google, also we keep in mind the code quality and SEO. It is easy to use and customize. Includes 9 customs widgets and a powerful theme options panel to make easier the administration.
Support:
We offer direct help via our support system, just submit a ticket if you have any question.
What our customers says:
Features
- Super Light and modern design.
- Constantly updated.
- Translation ready (English, Spanish, Russian, Turkish and French included).
- Minified and Optimized code.
- ACF Pro bundled (save $29).
- RTL included (Feedback appreciated).
- Built with SCSS and pre-compiled with Prepos 6 (Windows and Mac compatible).
- New: dedicated advertising section (below header, before and after post content, custom advertise to place anywhere).
- New: advertising section between grid posts. demo here
- New: Menu with icons
- New: Sticky sidebar for Posts
- New: Lazy Load for Lists (home pages, archives, categories, etc).
- New: Lazy Load for post content.
- New: Lazy Load for embed (iframes like Youtube/Vimeo/Soundcloud).
- HTML5 & CSS3 ready.
- 3 Single post dispositions
- Fullwidth: cover for large images, see here.
- Standard: image inside the article, see here.
- No sidebar: see here
- No Sidebar Style for Post and Pages see here.
- Custom Tag page, see here.
- Custom Author page, see here.
- Custom 404 Page see here.
- Search Widget.
- Custom Galleries.
- Advertising sections.
- Disqus Support.
- Fully responsive.
- Video Support (Vimeo, Youtube, etc).
- Retina Display Ready.
- Font Awesome icons.
- Works on Android, Ipad and Iphone.
- Documentation included.
- Clean Design.
- Well Coded.
- Navigation Menu.
Changelog
v2.9.2 - 23 March 2019 (fixes update) ------------------------ - Improved: removed "Press ESC to close" on search lightbox for mobile and tablets. - Improved: now when "Optimization" is OFF, this will load CSS and JS separately (not combined in 1 large file). - Improved: several functions to avoid data errors and increase security. - Removed: Google Plus share buttons (it will close soon). - Fixed: views counter not working properly on old posts. - Fixed: minor search lightbox layout delay on Firefox and mobile devices. - Fixed: submenu on mobile not working properly (moved the event to hover just like v2.9.0 for better Android and IOS compatibility). - Fixed: Adsense height and width on mobile devices from 320px to 450px. - Added: Russian language, special thanks Evgeniy (gmellnikov user) for this gesture of kindness. - Added: VK and Telegram to the header share buttons. v2.9.1 - 18 March 2019 (Purge/Clear cache is required if you have any cache plugin) ------------------------ - Fixed: titles not displaying properly if fullcover style is selected and no featured image is added. - Fixed: Adsense height was not correctly calculated on mobile devices. - Improved: moved search button on mobile to the right side (increase usability according several customers). v2.9.0 - 17 March 2019 (important update) ------------------------ - Fixed: incorrect sizes on ads blocks (e.g Adsense) on mobile devices. - Fixed: links color not working from basic styling panel. - Fixed: links break words on large urls. - Fixed: submenu on mobile devices not closing. - Improved: added some styling to <button> HTML tag. - Improved: carousel now has a fade effect to avoid incorrect alignment on first load. - Improved: now import demo content will include 4 columns homepage. - Added: new option rel="nofollow" for buttons on EP shortcodes generator. - Added: views counter to post, there is a new option on theme options -> blog -> global options. - Added: Telegram and VK button to social profiles widget, these new options are on theme options -> social profiles. - Added: new global search button (next to the main menu) this will display a lightbox to search on the website. This new option is on theme options -> header. - Added: custom sidebars for Posts. - Added: new option to select 4 columns grid layout on Archives and Search results. This option is located on theme options -> blog -> layouts. - Added: new demo 4 columns homepage. - Added: new string for all languages "Press ESC to close" (this is related to the new search button). - Added: Full support for Gutenberg, now all users with Gutenberg enabled will see the same content for back-end and front-end (including our default fonts and several optimizations). - Added: new option to disable Gutenberg Styles on theme options -> optimizations. v2.8.9 - 15 February 2019 ------------------------ - Fixed (only plugin) Reco functions 2.9.10, featured image for video/audio posts, not working properly. - Fixed: problem with Turkish language related to the amount of comments inside posts. - Fixed: single posts not displaying title and tags when fullcover style is selected and no featured image is assigned. - Updated: ACF Pro moved to version 5.1.12 - Added: new option to exclude categories on classic posts and grid posts modules (to avoid duplicates post with carousel). - Added: new option "Posts per page" on classic and grid posts modules. - Added: now grid posts module limit is 4, so now users can create an optimized 4 columns layout as homepage. - Added: alt text and aria-label to carousel, widgets and featured images, this will boost a little organic SEO. - Added: several aria-label attributes on buttons, links and others, to improve accesibility on homepage. - Added: zoom capability on mobile devices to improve accesibility. - Added: Twitch.tv social network. - Added: option to disable date globally on theme options -> blog -> global options. - Added: option to disable comments globally on theme options -> blog -> global options. - Added: option to disable featured image globally on theme options -> blog -> single post content. - Added: new section "Footer" on theme options. - Added: new option to disable back to top button on theme options -> footer. - Added: new option to disable logo on theme options -> footer. - Added: several options to upload a custom logo only for footer section on theme options -> footer. - Removed: "General Settings" section, now background styles were moved into "Styling section" to keep consistency. v2.8.8 - 30 January 2019 ------------------------ - Fixed: Woocommerce standard functionality not working properly with the latest update (2.8.7). - Improved: forced plugins cache to work properly with the latest update (2.8.7). - Improved: removed fade effect from standard posts (some customers says it takes too long to load the featured image). v2.8.7 - 29 January 2019 (W3 Total Cache fixes). ------------------------ - Note: on latest version of W3 Total Cache (0.9.7.1), the plugin generate some conflicts with our theme styles (if your select boxes doesn't show properly is highly recommended to update). - Fixed: W3 total cache error with some of our main functions. - Improved: there is a new W3 total cache import config: avoid unauthenticated to see admin cache pages and added an option to refresh media query strings (this will help to refresh the cache of minified css/js). - Improved: now CF7 CSS will not load on homepage (minor speed boost). v2.8.6 - 28 January 2019. ------------------------ - Fixed: custom CSS from advanced settings, not working properly when optimization is disabled. - Fixed: logo color not changing when "Text logo" is selected. - Fixed: custom styles to download button. - Important Fix: download counter not working when download button is clicked. v2.8.5 - 24 January 2019. ------------------------ - Fixed: now select box for categories will display only parent categories, this will prevent large lists and some inconsistencies about styling. - Fixed: horizontal scroll appears when the last menu item has a submenu. - Fixed: centered images not working properly on Gutenberg. - Fixed: changed the download container to a unique name, to avoid conflict with other downloads plugins. - Improved: moved comment box to the top, this will help to avoid some inconsistencies with checkboxes (like jetpack), also was added some minor styling to the checkboxes. - Improved: carousel titles moved to H2 (SEO boost). - Improved: all carousel links has a related title to improve SEO. - Improved: now comment form is validated with HTML 5. - Improved: now attachment pages has a link to the parent post (SEO boost). - Added: aditional custom ads shortcode on theme options -> advertising -> custom ads - Added: new option to enable ACF menu on theme options -> advanced settings (for developers only). - Added: new option to enable share buttons on "Pages": theme options -> blog -> share buttons. - Added: new option to enable inline author (next to the date) on theme options -> blog -> single post content. - Added: new option to enable categories select box on mobile. Theme options -> blog -> global options. v2.8.0 - 18 January 2019 (compatibility update). ------------------------ - Updated: Bundled ACF Pro plugin update to version 5.7.10, highly recommended to remove Old ACF pro plugin and re-install, now works better with Gutenberg and page templates (for example home template). v2.8.0 - 17 December 2018 (compatibility update). ------------------------ - Updated: Bundled ACF Pro plugin update to version 5.7.9, highly recommended to remove Old ACF pro plugin and re-install, now works better with Gutenberg and post formats. v2.8.0 - 16 December 2018. ------------------------ - Fixed: submenu not rendered properly on mobile devices. - Fixed: ads removed from Sticky Header. - Improved: lightbox image counter, now uses the next format "current / total" e.g. "2 / 10" - Improved: several design issues for RTL users, now Reco should be displayed more consistently. - Added: new option lazy load for post content on theme options -> optimization. - Added: new option lazy load for embeds (Youtube/Vimeo or any other iframe) on theme options -> optimization. - Added: new option lazy load for Adsense (still on beta) on theme options -> optimization. v2.7.1 - 07 December 2018 (compatibility update). ------------------------ - Updated: Bundled ACF Pro plugin update to version 5.7.8, this should helps users who are using Gutenberg. - Added: Now Envato Market plugin is included on recommended plugins (Just to update the Theme). v2.7.0 - 01 December 2018. ------------------------ - Fixed: Sticky sidebar not working properly on posts with style "Fullcover" and standard Pages (infinite scroll issue). - Fixed: image size when post has sidebar disabled. - Improved: changed ads classes, this will improve the visibility if the user has adblock installed. - Added: how to update the theme on documentation. - Added: now posts includes a full list of the recommended sizes for Optimized images field and featured images. - Added: new option to disable author on carousel module. - Added: new options to disable ads on mobile devices. - Added: new option lazy load for main lists (home pages, archives, categories) on theme options -> optimize. - Added: new dedicated section to enable/disable share buttons on theme options -> blog -> share buttons. - Added: now sticky share buttons can be disabled separately. - Added: now every share button can be disabled separately. - Added: new social networks: Pinterest, Linkedin, Telegram, VK. - Added: new custom class box for Accordion and Toggles on EP Shortcodes. v2.6.2 - 23 November 2018. ------------------------ - Added: new French translation, special thanks Jonathan Lepretre for this gesture of kindness. - Fixed: some translated strings to turkish lang file (thanks to Mevlüt YAŞAR). - Improved: Instagram background color to pink (EP Social widget). v2.6.1 - 22 November 2018. ------------------------ - Fixed: reco.pot file (language file) was missing some plural strings. - Added: missing strings to spanish lang file. - Added: missing strings to turkish lang file. v2.6.0 - 21 November 2018 (Reco Functions plugin must be updated). ------------------------ - Added: new color button to style mobile menu icon. - Added: new advertise section to add custom ads between posts (loops like homepages, archives, etc). - Added: new font families options for sidebar and footer. - Added: new options to enable/disable individually social networks on (EP) Social widget. - Added: new Turkish language, special thanks Mevlüt YAŞAR for this gesture of kindness. - Added: now Reco Child theme has an individual languages folder, this is useful for that users that are adding his own translations. - Fixed: minor issue with double ID on inline CSS. - Fixed: an issue when sticky sidebar scrolls infinitely when sidebar height is major that content height. - Improved: now any ads on sidebar has a max width of 300 (this will help overlapping with large ads). v2.5.1 - 16 November 2018 (Reco Functions plugin must be updated). ------------------------ - Forced the theme to detect the new data created. - Fixed: minor styling settings. v2.5.0 - 16 November 2018 (Big Update) ------------------------ - Fixed: Youtube widget not rendering properly on SSL websites (https). - Fixed: (EP) Featured Category Widget was displaying full image instead of thumbnail. This will boost Google Page Score. - Added: Multiple Styling options for: header, sidebar, footer, content and forms. - Added: new dedicated advertising section: below header, before and after post content and custom shortcode to place ads anywhere. - Added: now menus supports Fontawesome icons (optional). v2.1.5 - 11 November 2018 (Important Fix) ------------------------ - Fixed: carousel image not displayed correctly if optimized image is empty. v2.1.0 - 09 November 2018 ------------------------ - Fixed: comment counter when using disqus. - Fixed: now optimized images is displayed on carousel. - Minor fix: changed help text for fluid ads widget. Now limit is 300px - Minor fix: removed bottom spacing on grid posts when author is fully disabled. - Improved: now sticky containers (share buttons and sidebar) has unique classes to avoid conflict with other plugins. - Added: new option to select multiples categories on carousel module. - Added: new option to filter posts by multiple categories on modules: grid posts, grid + sidebar and classic posts (this will help users to create pages with specific categories and not all the posts). - Added: new option to select custom sidebar on grid + sidebar and classic posts. v2.0.1 - 03 November 2018 ------------------------ - Fixed: forced to detect new options from v2.0.0 v2.0.0 - 03 November 2018 ------------------------ - Reworked: added several options to blog on theme options panel and now has subsections to keep all options organized. - Fixed: Shortcodes JS was not minified by PrePos 6 (this will improve your Google Page Score a little). - Fixed: date was not generated correctly on prev/next single post (below author). - Added: Linkedin Social button on sidebar widget. - Added: new option to enable/disable excerpt on grid posts and classic posts (separately). - Added: new option to change the excerpt length on grid posts and classic posts (separately). - Added: new option to enable/disable author on grid posts and classic posts (separately). - Added: new option to enable/disable meta data (date, comments and downloads) on grid posts and classic posts (separately). - Added: new option to enable/disable meta data (date, comments and downloads) on single post content. - Added: new option to change the text "XX Resources" on grid posts. v1.9.3 - 02 November 2018 ------------------------ - Fixed: When global counter is disabled, author page was ignoring this option. - Fixed: Now if all filters are disabled (author, category and search box) the red band will be hidden. - Added: new options translate title and description of subscribe section. - Added: new option to enable/disable subscribe section. - Moved: old subscribe options into a new section to keep the UI clean. v1.9.2 - 31 October 2018 ------------------------ - Fixed: Custom embed code on Video post not working properly. - Fixed: Custom Scripts on Footer (theme options panel) not rendering properly. - Minor fix: Sticky Header not displaying fullwidth on High Resolution screens (4k). v1.9.1 - 29 October 2018 ------------------------ - Minor Fix: Now sidebar is 300px of width. - Improvement: removed black background from pages without featured imaged assigned. - Improvement: now you can leave empty featured image on single posts. This mean optimized image works separately for home pages. - Improvement: now articles on home pages, archives, categories, etc will use h1 instead of h4 (SEO boost). - Removed: favicons section from theme options panel, due a lots of users are working with customizer, this section has been removed. - Added: new option to set background gradients to the theme (theme options -> general settings). - Added: new option to set globally the page layout: standard or fullwidth (no sidebar). - Added: new option to add custom scripts on Footer. v1.9 - 26 October 2018 ------------------------ - Minor Fix: Youtube videos not working properly when short urls are used, example: https://youtu.be/yTdA-OTUXsU . Thank you to Luis for reporting this. - Improved: Now users must add Full URL of their Mailchimp forms so any time a visitor add his email into the subcription section, this will be passed into Mailchimp Form. - Added: new linkedin social profile. - Added: new custom field for video posts, now users can add any type of video for example: openload, facebook, twitch, etc. This embed code must be an Iframe. - Added: new option to upload sticky logo. - Added: new option on theme options -> blog to override posts layout. - Added: new option on theme options -> sidebars to enable/disable post sidebar globally. - Documentation Updated: now added a few steps how Mailchimp Full URL works. v1.8 - 25 October 2018 ------------------------ - Important Fix: pagination (next/prev button) doesn't work properly when you select classic post or grid + sidebar as a Home Page. Thank you to Felipe for reporting this issue. - Added: new option on theme options -> header, now you can enable scroll on sub-menus (useful for large lists, example: https://prnt.sc/lal72g) enabling this option will disable 2nd level menus. - Minor Fix: logo overlap when the user resize from desktop (1200px) to mobile (375px). v1.7 - 24 October 2018 ------------------------ - Added: new option on theme options -> advanced settings, now you can paste Google Analytics code or Adsense Code. - Added: new option on theme options -> blog, now the resources counter can be disabled globally (useful if you want to use the theme as a blog only and not for freebies). - Added: added a new option to the video/audio posts, now you can use a featured image instead of an iframe. - Fixed: now author select box, will display only users can create posts (excluding subscribers). v1.6 - 23 October 2018 ------------------------ - Improved: Now Reco pot file (for translation) has the full list of strings (theme and widgets strings). - Added: new option on theme options -> sidebar, now Reco has sticky sidebars. - Improved: now siblings articles images (below author) are not croppped, this will help users who are using images with texts. - Minor fix: author optimized avatar will be displayed on post comments list. - Updated: now documentation has more specific information about how to create a home page and how to optimize your Blog. v1.5.1 - 22 October 2018 ------------------------ - Minor fix: Flickr doesn't working properly on https websites. Thanks to Matthew for reporting this. - Minor fix: some widgets doesn't display the icon images properly. - Improvement: now large submenus on header has scrollbar (this will help that users who are using categories as sub-menus). v1.5 - 21 October 2018 ------------------------ - Important fix: one user reported "titles disappears", this happen if you are migrating from an old WordPress installation and ACF plugin were not installed before. If you are starting with a new Blog, you can't see this bug. Thanks to user Theoz for reporting this. v1.4.1 - 21 October 2018 ------------------------ - Minor fix: fixed a php warning when is not installed EDD plugin. v1.4 - 21 October 2018 ------------------------ - New Feature: now Reco has basic support for Easy Digital Downloads plugin (EDD), you can use the download button to add 1 product to the cart and there is a new cart icon on the header (inside the share section). - Fixed: Vimeo and Youtube videos not rendering properly on SSL websites (HTTPS). - New Feature: added a new field to upload optimized images (compressed or just images with texts). - Improved: now when optimization is enabled, it will render the styles faster (no jumping). v1.3 - 20 October 2018 ------------------------ - Added: new theme options, now the amount of resources by author can be disabled for Grid Posts Layouts (useful for solo bloggers). - Added: new module "Text Editor", the purpose of this module is allow text content and shortcodes to your homepage. - Updated: just minor modifications to the Documentation. v1.2 - 19 October 2018 ------------------------ - Added: new theme options, now search box, category and author select boxes can be disabled on admin (useful for solo bloggers). - Added: now text counter can be replaced on theme options panel. - Added: new theme option, now you can select the articles layout for archives and search result pages (classic, grid or grid with sidebar). v1.0 - 18 October 2018 ------------------------ - Initial release.
Credits
Images by: unsplash and pixabay and freepik
Fonts:
- Roboto – https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto
- Poppins – https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Poppins
Fonts icons by: Fonts Awesome
Important: ACF Pro Plugin is only bundled in the theme, you are not allowed to use or distribute on any other theme.
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