=== Rishi Companion ===
Contributors: rishitheme
Plugin link: https://rishitheme.com/
Tags: performance, speed, lazy load, performance, companion
Requires at least: 6.3
Tested up to: 6.4
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 2.0.3
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Rishi Companion is a plugin that offers powerful features for Rishi Theme. It includes features to speed up your website and fine-tune it.

== Description ==
Rishi Companion is a plugin that offers powerful features for the Rishi Theme. It includes features to speed up your website and fine-tune it.

== Key Features ==

**_The Rishi Companion includes the following features:_**

* Customizer Reset: It allows you to reset your customizer to default settings quickly.
* Sticky Header: It allows you to add a sticky header to your website.
* Transparent Header: It allows you to add a transparent header to your website.
* Performance: It includes the settings to disable unwanted settings and boost your website speed quickly.
* Reading Progress Bar: Add a reading progress bar on your website to show your readers their reading progress.
* Sidebar Blocks: It allows you to add blocks like Recent Posts, Popular Posts, Author Bio, and many more to the sidebar.
* Social Sharing: It allows you to add a social sharing option to your single posts.

**_Rishi Companion is packed with performance-boosting features such as:_**

* Smart Lazy Load for images with loading animation
* Remove Version parameters from CSS and JS files
* Remove default WP Emoji files
* Disable self-pingbacks
* Disable RSS Feeds
* Defer JavaScript files to improve the loading speed

= Minimum Requirements =

* WordPress 6.3 or greater
* PHP version 7.4 or greater

== Installation ==

= Uploading in WordPress Dashboard =

1. Navigate to the 'Add New' in the plugins dashboard
2. Navigate to the 'Upload' area
3. Select rishi-companion.zip from your computer
4. Click 'Install Now'
5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

= Using FTP =

1. Download rishi-companion.zip
2. Extract the rishi-companion directory to your computer
3. Upload the rishi-companion directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

== Image Credits ==

The Rishi Companion plugin includes certain brand images from third-party plugins. We acknowledge and thank the following plugins for their brand images:

* [AffiliateX](https://wordpress.org/plugins/affiliatex/) - [Image has been used to display it in theme dashboard in useful plugins section]
* [Mega Elements](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mega-elements-addons-for-elementor/) - [Image has been used to display it in theme dashboard in useful plugins section]
* [Elementor Website Builder](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/) - [Image has been used to display it in theme dashboard in useful plugins section]
* [WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/) - [Image has been used to display it in theme dashboard in useful plugins section]
* [Contact Form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/) - [Image has been used to display it in theme dashboard in useful plugins section]


== Changelog ==

= 2.0.3 - 20th August 2024 =
* Update: Added reset button for the license field.

= 2.0.2 - 5th March 2024 =
* Fix: Autocomplete for license field has been turned off.
* Fix: Posts Tab block JS is loaded only if the block is used.

= 2.0.1 - 12th February 2024 =
* Update: Design issue in the License field has been fixed.
* Fix: Instances of http has been changed https.

= 2.0.0 - 2nd February 2024 =
* Update: Code refinement of react components.
* Update: Design and bug fixes.

= 1.2.3 - 28th December 2023 =
* Update: Refactorization and improvement of the code and design.

= 1.2.2 - 29th June 2023 =
* Fix: Warning shown when post tab block is clicked has been fixed.
* Fix: Design issue on global footer has been fixed.

= 1.2.1 - 1st February 2023 =
* Fix: Issue of network request error is fixed when option to preload fonts is enabled

= 1.2.0 - 5th December 2022 =
* Fix: Elementor deprecated warning is fixed for PHP 8.

= 1.1.9 - 24th November 2022 =
* Fix: Added activator renewal link to fix the fatal error.

= 1.1.8 - 21st October 2022 =
* Update: Added setting in Recent Block, Popular Block and Post Tab Block to select image size.
* Update: Added option to disable Rishi sidebar blocks.
* Update: Added setting to change icon color of Cookie Consent.
* Fix: Font size of Recent Block and Popular block fixed.
* Fix: Link to open in new tab issue is fixed in Reacent Block and Popular block.
* Fix: Category image not being displayed in Category Block is fixed.
* Fix: Elementor deprecated warning is fixed.

= 1.1.7 - 28th July 2022 =
* Update: Minor bug fixes and refinements.

= 1.1.6 - 28th July 2022 =
* Fix: Dynamic rendering issue for blocks is fixed.
* Update: Added license activation form.
* Update: Minor bug fixes and refinements.

= 1.1.5 - 30th May 2022 =
* New Feature: Added feature to make Web Stories plugin compatible.
* New Feature: Added feature to display social media profiles for Author Box.
* Update: Added feature to add more than 10 categories in Category Block.
* Fix: Transparent header page selection limit is removed.
* Fix: Global Footer reveal effect not working issue is fixed.

=  1.1.4 - 5th April 2022 =
* New Feature: Recent Posts block to display the most recent posts.
* New Feature: Popular Posts block to display the popular posts.
* New Feature: Categories block to display the list of categories.
* New Feature: Author Bio block to display the author bio.
* New Feature: Posts Tab block to display recent post and popular post.
* New Feature: Facebook block to display the facebook post.
* New Feature: Pinterest block to display the pinterest page.
* New Feature: Advertisements block to display the advertisements.
* New Feature: Added a delay feature for Cookie Consent notice.
* New Feature: A new performance setting is added to exclude the images from lazy loading under Performance > Images.
* Fix: The Partial refresh issue in Cookies Consent is fixed.

= 1.1.3 - 25th February 2022 =
* Fix: Yoast SEO compatible issue.

= 1.1.2 - 24th February 2022 =
* Fix: Logo Size not working is now fixed.
* Fix: Issue of local font cache is fixed.
* Fix: Added conditional check for settings of Performance extension when enabled or disabled.
* Fix: Issue of Local Gravatar file enqueue is fixed.
* Fix: Excluded site logo from lazy loading.
* Update: Cookie consent images changed.
* Update: Added schema for single post.
* Update: Minor bug fixes and refinement.

= 1.1.1 - 27th January 2022 =
* Added JavaScript Delay feature in Performance Settings.
* Added Feature to automatically set the dimension for missing images.
* Updated and improved the lazy loading to work with Elementor.
* Fixed Reading Progress Bar JS issues.

= 1.1.0 - 18th January 2022 =
* Added Social Sharing add-on for sharing of articles.
* Added Reading Progress Bar add-on to show reading progress for the visitors.
* Added more performance parameters to improve website performance.
* Fixed minor bug and issues reported by users.

= 1.1.0 - 18th January 2022 =
* Added Social Sharing add-on for sharing of articles.
* Added Reading Progress Bar add-on to show reading progress for the visitors.
* Added more performance parameters to improve website performance.
* Fixed minor bug and issues reported by users.

= 1.0.8 - 12th December 2021 =
* Minor Bug Fixes.

= 1.0.7 - 7th December 2021 =
* Options default value change.
* Minor Bug Fixes.

= 1.0.6 - 6th December 2021 =
* Options default value change.
* Minor Bug Fixes.

= 1.0.5 - 25th October 2021 =
* Color compatibility added for Rishi theme color palette.
* Minor Bug Fixes.

= 1.0.4 - 5th October 2021 =
* Compatibility update for Rishi Pro.
* Minor Bug Fixes.

= 1.0.3 - 24th September 2021 =
* Compatibility update for Rishi Theme.

= 1.0.2 - 24th August 2021 =
* Compatibility update for Rishi Theme.

= 1.0.0 - 19th July 2021 =
* Initial Release.