/*
Theme Name: Finance Domain
Theme URI: https://financedomain.co.za/
Author: Finance Domain
Author URI: https://financedomain.co.za/
Description: A lightweight, accessible, SEO-friendly WordPress publishing theme for Finance Domain, a South African financial information publication.
Version: 1.0.0
Requires at least: 6.2
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 7.4
Text Domain: finance-domain
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: blog, news, custom-logo, custom-menu, featured-images, threaded-comments, translation-ready, right-sidebar, accessibility-ready
*/

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