Political WordPress Theme – FrontRunner

FrontRunner is the Political WordPress Theme for your Political Campaign, Super PAC, Candidate, Organization, Political Party or Interest Group

Theme Features

• Super-ultra-mega responsive
• SEO optimized
• News and Blog templates
• Events and Calendar listings
• Issues templates
• Videos templates
• YouTube integration
• Landing page templates
• Newsletter sign up
• Donations (PayPal)
• Contact form
• Error page template
• Custom sign in
• Bootstrap 3
• Retina ready
• All Photoshop files included
• and so much more…

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Updates and notifications

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.31 (April 15th 2021)

Update

• Fixed some PHP v8 notices.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.30 (March 15th 2021)

Update

• Fixed color picker not working in customizer.
• Fixed some PHP notices.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.29 (October 17th 2020)

Update

• Fixed color picker not working (enabled jQuery Migrate for admin).
• Code refactoring.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.28 (July 15th 2020)

Update

• Refactored and further optimised the code that checks on packaged plugins, resulting in faster page loads front-end and in admin, especially on busy shared servers.
• Corrected incorrect PayPal Details help message.
• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.1.6.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.27 (June 16th 2020)

Update

• Optimised packaged plugin checks.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.26 (February 22nd 2020)

Update

• Fixed some PHP v7.4+ notices.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.25 (January 8th 2020)

Fixes and updates

• Removed border around login form.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.24 (August 3rd 2019)

Fixes and updates

• Hotfix for a false-positive warning about outdated version of TLS being used.
• Fixed undefined constant warning.
• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.1.5.
• Updated link to Font Awesome in action links admin.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.23 (February 21st 2019)

Fix

• Fixed “continue” error in PHP v7.3+.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.22 (February 2nd 2019)

Updates

• Fixed plugin installer outputting “An error has occurred” on all pages.
• Updated Plugin Installer extension to v0.9.9
• Removed redundant code that disables Gutenberg.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.21 (July 26th 2018)

Fix and updates

• Disabled the Gutenberg plugin and nag.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.20 (July 13th 2018)

Updates

• Fix for Ninja Forms Stripe extension not working with Political Options.
• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.1.4.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.19 (May 30th 2018)

Fix and updates

• Fixed quick donate amount not passing through to selected donation form.
• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.1.3.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.18 (May 10th 2018)

Fix and updates

• Fixed donation form success message not always displaying.
• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.1.2.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.17 (April 18th 2018)

Updates

• NEW Updated donations collection feature and demo form for latest Ninja Forms plugin compatibility.
• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.1.1.
• NEW Added exported demo forms to full theme package.
• NEW Added Snapchat to footer social icons.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.16 (January 31st 2018)

Updates and fixes

• Fixed creating an event gallery not working with WordPress v4.9+.
• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.0.9.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.15 (November 17th 2017)

Updates and fixes

• Updated Static Content Blocks plugin to v1.0.5.
• Updated Plugin Installer extension to v0.9.8.
• Fixed campaign videos not autoplaying after clicking thumbnails.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.14 (June 29th 2017)

Updates and fixes

• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.0.8.
• Fixed quick donate amount not passing through to selected donation form.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.13 (March 29th 2017)

Fixes

• Fixed forms sometimes not submitting when there is more than one form on a page.
• Fixed forms displaying validation messages before user input.
• Fixed multiple duplicate actions being imported for the demo forms.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.12 (March 5th 2017)

Updates and fixes

• Updated Sidebars extension to v0.8.5.
• Fixed Ninja Form buttons not using Accent Color 3.
• Improvements to Google Font selector.
• Added support for Google Font character sets.
• Fixed events in “More Events” section being ordered incorrectly.
• Fixed event titles in “More Events” section not linking to events.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.11 (January 17th 2017)

Updates

• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.0.7.
• Updated Simple Theme Slider plugin to v1.0.6.
• Updated Plugin Installer extension to v0.9.7.
• Updated Sidebars extension to v0.8.4.
• Code cleanup and refactoring.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.10 (January 13th 2017)

Plugin update and a small fix

• Updated Static Content Blocks plugin to v1.0.4.
• Fixed occasional misalignments on video page.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.9 (December 3rd 2016)

Updates and fixes

• Updated Font Awesome to v4.7.0.
• Fixed videos not opening when first visiting a page that has videos on.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.8 (October 4th 2016)

Updates and fixes

• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.0.6.
• Updated Plugin Installer extension to v0.9.5.
• NEW Added enhanced Ninja Forms v3 compatibility for FrontRunner demo forms.
• Fixed a PHP notice.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.7 (September 6th 2016)

Updates and fixes

• Updated Plugin Installer extension to v0.9.4.
• Updated the Google Fonts list.
• Fixed date language and time format not correct on paginated events pages.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.6 (July 13th 2016)

Updates, fixes and enhancements

• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.0.5.
• Updated Plugin Installer extension to v0.9.2.
• NEW Added Ninja Forms v3 compatibility.
• NEW Added set event times using 24 hour clock.
• NEW Added display event date in the format set in WordPress settings.
• Fixed slideshow won’t display if it contains only one slide.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.5 (June 8th 2016)

Updates and fixes

• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.0.4.
• Updated Font Awesome to v4.6.3.
• Updated Plugin Installer extension to v0.9.1.
• Fixed events that span dates expiring incorrectly.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.4 (May 7th 2016)

Updates and fixes

• Updated Static Content Blocks plugin to v1.0.3.
• Updated Ninja Forms plugin to v2.9.45.
• Fixed videos not loading.
• Fixed old WooCommerce code causing an error.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.3 (April 13th 2016)

Updates and fixes

• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.0.3.
• Updated Ninja Forms plugin to v2.9.41.
• NEW Added en_GB theme translation.
• NEW Added en_GB translation to Political Options plugin.
• Fixed ambiguous install info in documentation.
• Fixed “Open link in a new tab” option not working in menu items.
• Fixed home page custom CSS not being added.
• Fixed PayPal options panel not appearing in form settings.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.2.1 (March 30th 2016)

Plugin update

• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.0.2.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.2 (March 30th 2016)

Updates and fixes

• Updated Simple Theme Slider plugin to v1.0.5.1.
• Updated Static Content Blocks plugin to v1.0.2-FR.
• Updated Ninja Forms plugin to v2.9.38.
• Fixed page title in header not in the middle in Safari.
• Fixed events timeline still displays when there are no events.
• Fixed PHP warning when using a Ninja Form shortcode in a content block.
• NEW Added a custom page template for the home page.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.1.1 (March 2nd 2016)

Hotfixes

• Fixed middle logo and nav menu not in the middle in Safari.
• Fixed home page header displaying most recent post’s featured image.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.1 (February 25th 2016)

Updates, fixes and enhancements

• Updated Political Options plugin to v1.0.1.
• Updated Simple Theme Slider plugin to v1.0.3.
• Updated Static Content Blocks plugin to v1.0.1.
• Updated Ninja Forms plugin to v2.9.33.
• Updated Font Awesome to v4.5.0.
• Updated documentation with best practice for creating a child theme.
• Updated events so that the month name is automatically displayed in the site language.
• NEW Added timezone field to events.
• NEW Added an option to add a link to the event title in the timeline event information.
• Disabled AJAX submit option in demo data for Ninja Form donation demo content.
• Fixed video “load more” functionality.
• Fixed timezone setting error message.
• Fixed error message when Action Links color not set.
• Fixed typo in PHP version error message.
• Fixed some missing translation strings.
• Fixed Visual Composer row settings not working in content blocks.

UPDATE – VERSION 1.0.0 (November 3rd 2015)

Initial release

• No changes yet.