Mercury - Affiliate WordPress Theme. Casino, Gambling & Other Niches. Reviews & News

Latest Version 3.9.3 – March 14, 2023 WordPress 6.2 Ready

Mercury – Gambling & Casino Affiliate WordPress Theme, News & Reviews. The theme is excellent for building your profitable affiliate marketing website without any technical skills. Has a fully responsive and retina-ready design. Four post templates, 37 custom shortcodes, and three particular pre-built custom post types will make your affiliate website convenient and attractive. You will be able to write articles and blog posts with ease.

Earn money by promoting affiliate casinos and gambling products and creating your affiliate website with a Mercury WordPress theme.

Great for reviews for gambling, casinos, poker, sports betting, esports betting, slots, and lottery. Build your own profitable, high-quality website using a gambling affiliate WordPress theme.

Pre-built custom post types for affiliate marketing:

Casinos/Bookmakers. Custom post type for publishing casino reviews and placing affiliate external links. Rate casino on a five-point scale. Add a description to the casino and logos.

Games. Custom post type for publishing game reviews with external affiliate links. Also, you can to add a vendor to each game.

Bonuses. Custom post type for publishing information about bonuses, gifts, and promo codes. Place external affiliate links and bonus codes. Choose between light and dark the bonus page style.

No Coding Skills Required.

Features of Mercury – Casino Affiliate WordPress theme

• Fully responsive modern clean design
• Retina-ready design
• Cross-browser compatibility
• 4 post templates
• 37 custom shortcodes
• 6 layouts for a single casino/bookmaker page
• 6 layouts for a single game page
• 2 layouts for a single bonus page
• 9 layouts for a casino/bookmaker archive page
• 2 layouts for a game archive page
• 3 special pre-built custom post types: casinos (has taxonomies – Categories, Software, Deposit Methods, Withdrawal Methods, Withdrawal Limits, Restricted Countries, Licences, Languages, Currencies, Devices, Owner, and Established), games (has taxonomies – Categories and Vendors), and bonuses (has a taxonomy – Categories)
• The custom shortcodes for casinos, games, and bonuses
• Sticky menu and sticky sidebars
• Easy to use
• Compatible with Contact Form 7
• One-Click Demo Import
• Unlimited color schemes
• Unlimited header color schemes
• Easy header and footer logo customization
• The geolocation function for restricted countries
• The playing card shortcodes
• Custom copyright in the footer
• Custom favicon
• Social buttons
• Child theme included
• Translation ready (contains .pot file)
• Detailed documentation
• Regular lifetime updates
• Professional support
• And many more

Credits

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Changelog

Version 3.9.3 – March 14, 2023
Improved: Small improvements
Added: Demo 13 for Dating Affiliate

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/page-blog.php
mercury/css/style-editor.css
mercury/theme-functions/index.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3-without-sidebar.php
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Version 3.9.2 – January 1, 2023
Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 6.1
Improved: Optimizing styles and code
Added: Demo 12 for VPN & Web Hosting
Updated: ACES plugin up to version 3.0.1
Updated: Mercury Addons plugin up to version 2.6.1

Affected files:
mercury/author.php
mercury/functions.php
mercury/footer.php
mercury/single.php
mercury/comments.php
mercury/style.css
mercury/page-blog.php
mercury/page-blank-template.php
mercury/theme-functions/index.php
mercury/theme-functions/customize.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-4.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-7.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-8.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-9.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-bonus/style-1.php
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Version 3.9.1 – September 10, 2022
Improved: Small improvements

Affected files:
mercury/style.php
mercury/functions.php
mercury/page-bonus-archive-style-1.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-1.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-2.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-3.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-4.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-5.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-6.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-7.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-8.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-9.php
mercury/page-game-archive-style-1.php
mercury/page-game-archive-style-2.php
mercury/theme-functions/customize.php
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Version 3.9 – June 4, 2022
Improved: Compatibility with WordPress 6.0
Improved: Optimizing styles and code
Added: Demo 11 for Cryptocurrency
Updated: ACES Maker plugin up to version 3.0
Updated: Mercury Addons plugin up to version 2.6

Affected files:
mercury/aces/related/bonus-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/related/game-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-bonus/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/bonus-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-2.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-3.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-4.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-5.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-6.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-7.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-8.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-9.php
mercury/aces/game-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/game-item-style-2.php
mercury/theme-functions/index.php
mercury/theme-parts/single-empty.php
mercury/theme-parts/single-empty-sidebar.php
mercury/footer.php
mercury/functions.php
mercury/single.php
mercury/style.css
mercury/taxonomy-bonus-category.php
mercury/taxonomy-casino-category.php
mercury/taxonomy-game-category.php
mercury/taxonomy.php
mercury/page-bonus-archive-style-1.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-1.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-2.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-3.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-4.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-5.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-6.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-7.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-8.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-9.php
mercury/page-game-archive-style-1.php
mercury/page-game-archive-style-2.php
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Version 3.8.2 – January 14, 2022
Fixed: Links for download files.

Affected files:
mercury/functions.php
mercury/style.css
mercury/theme-functions/index.php
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Version 3.8.1 – December 13, 2021
Fixed: Display of detailed T&Cs for widgets/shortcodes #8 and #9 in the ACES plugin.
Updated: ACES Gambling plugin up to version 2.6.1

Affected files:
mercury/functions.php
mercury/style.css
mercury/theme-functions/index.php
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Version 3.8 – December 10, 2021
Improved: Optimizing styles and code.
Added: Ability to select the number of stars in the rating from 5 to 10.
Updated: ACES Gambling plugin up to version 2.6

Affected files:
mercury/functions.php
mercury/style.css
mercury/single.php
mercury/taxonomy.php
mercury/theme-functions/index.php
mercury/theme-functions/class-tgm-plugin-activation.php
mercury/theme-functions/custom-comments.php
mercury/theme-functions/customize.php
mercury/theme-functions/gutenberg.php
mercury/theme-functions/admin_style.css
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-2.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-3.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-4.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-5.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-6.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-7.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-8.php
mercury/aces/game-item-style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-bonus/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3-without-sidebar.php
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Version 3.7.1 – November 11, 2021
Improved: Optimizing styles and code.
Added: Ability to enable/disable the view counter and date for posts.
Updated: ACES Gambling plugin up to version 2.5
Updated: Mercury Addons plugin up to version 2.4

Affected files:
All files
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Version 3.7 – October 7, 2021
Improved: For Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) - added width and height attributes for all images.
Improved: For posts (style #1 and #2), the featured image block has been removed.
Improved: Connecting Google Fonts and Font Awesome libraries.
Updated: ACES Gambling plugin up to version 2.4
Updated: Mercury Addons plugin up to version 2.3

Affected files:
mercury/functions.php
mercury/style.css
mercury/header.php
mercury/css/media.css
mercury/theme-parts/header/style-1.php
mercury/theme-parts/header/style-2.php
mercury/theme-parts/mobile-menu.php
mercury/theme-parts/single/style-1.php
mercury/theme-parts/single/style-2.php
mercury/theme-parts/archive/loop.php
mercury/theme-parts/archive/loop-search.php
mercury/theme-parts/related-posts.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-2.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-3.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-4.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-5.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-6.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-7.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-8.php
mercury/aces/game-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/game-item-style-2.php
mercury/aces/related/game-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3-without-sidebar.php
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Version 3.6.6 – August 16, 2021
Fixed: Replacing the geolocation service provider in the ACES plugin.

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
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Version 3.6.5 – July 21, 2021
Checked compatibility with WordPress 5.8

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/css/style-editor.css
mercury/space-themes/index.php
mercury/space-themes/gutenberg.php
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Version 3.6.4 – July 16, 2021
Small improvements and minor fixes.

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/footer.php
mercury/space-themes/index.php
mercury/space-themes/admin_style.css
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Version 3.6.3 – April 20, 2021
Checked compatibility with WordPress 5.7
Minor style fixes.
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Version 3.6.2 – January 28, 2021
Added: The display of the full T&Cs on the casino page.
Minor fixes.

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/css/media.css
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3-without-sidebar.php
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Version 3.6.1 – January 18, 2021
Fixed of functions.php and other files.

Affected files:
mercury/functions.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-4.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-7.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-8.php
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Version 3.6 – January 18, 2021
Added: Detailed T&Cs for casino listing tables (Shortcode #4, Shortcode #8, and Shortcode #9)
Added: The floating bottom bar of the casino page.
Added: Owner and Established - custom taxonomies for the casino.
Updated: ACES Gambling plugin to version 2.3.5
Updated: Mercury Addons plugin to version 2.2.5
Checked compatibility with WordPress 5.6
The minor fixes

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/css/media.css
mercury/space-themes/customize.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3-without-sidebar.php
mercury-addons/index.php
aces/casinos.php
aces/settings/casinos.php
aces/shortcodes/casinos-shortcode-4.php
aces/shortcodes/casinos-shortcode-8.php
aces/shortcodes/casinos-shortcode-9.php
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Version 3.5.1 – September 21, 2020
Fixed: Some styles

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/css/media.css
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Version 3.5 – August 28, 2020
Checked compatibility with WordPress 5.5
The minor fixes

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/css/media.css
mercury/category.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-3-without-sidebar.php
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Version 3.4.3 – August 1, 2020
Added: 4 new demos.
Сhanged: some CSS styles.
Updated: ACES Gambling plugin to version 2.3.2
Updated: Mercury Addons plugin to version 2.2.3

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/css/media.css
mercury/space-themes/gutenberg.php
mercury/space-themes/import.php
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Version 3.4.2 – July 2, 2020
Added: Two new demos
Added: Ability to change the color of the Play Now button
Added: Ability to change the color of the Read More button
Added: New casino widget/shortcode
Updated: ACES Gambling plugin to version 2.3.1
Updated: Mercury Addons plugin to version 2.2.2

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/archive-casino.php
mercury/page-casino-archive-style-8.php
mercury/taxonomy-casino-category.php
mercury/taxonomy-currency.php
mercury/taxonomy-deposit-method.php
mercury/taxonomy-device.php
mercury/taxonomy-language.php
mercury/taxonomy-licence.php
mercury/taxonomy-restricted-country.php
mercury/taxonomy-software.php
mercury/taxonomy-withdrawal-limit.php
mercury/taxonomy-withdrawal-method.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-8.php
mercury/css/media.css
mercury/space-themes/customize.php
mercury/theme-parts/header/style-1.php
mercury/theme-parts/header/style-2.php
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Version 3.4.1 – May 10, 2020
Fixed: The error occurs in the block of related items in the absence of categories in games and bonuses.

Affected files:
mercury/single-bonus.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3.php
mercury/aces/single-game/style-3-without-sidebar.php
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Version 3.4 – April 30, 2020

Added: Compatible with WordPress 5.4
Added: Ability to change the color scheme of the header
Added: Ability to add a pop-up message under the button for T&Cs
Added: Custom taxonomy "Devices" for casinos
Added: Two page templates for casinos
Added: Two new archive templates for casinos
Added: Three shortcodes for casinos
Added: Three widgets for casinos
Added: Five page templates for games
Added: One new archive template for games
Added: Two shortcodes for games
Added: Two widgets for games
Added: Simple 5-star rating for games
Added: Shortcodes for playing cards
Added: Ability to add images in the central part of the footer
Added: Ability to specify a game id for casino shortcodes
Added: The page template for displaying all posts
Added: Two new widgets for posts
Added: Shortcodes for posts
Added: Ability to translate the "Read Review" button from the admin panel
Updated: ACES Gambling plugin to version 2.3
Updated: Mercury Addons plugin to version 2.2.1
Updated: All shortcodes
Fixed: Some styles

Affected files: All files
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Version 3.3.1 – December 25, 2019
Fixed: The bug in the file - mercury/taxonomy-withdrawal-method.php.

Affected files:
mercury/taxonomy-withdrawal-method.php
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Version 3.3 – December 21, 2019
Added: The custom shortcodes for casinos, games, and bonuses.
Added: Three new custom casino taxonomies - Licences, Languages, and Currencies.
Added: One new full-width page template without the title.
Updated: ACES plugin.
Updated: Mercury Addons plugin.

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/css/media.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/page-without-title.php
mercury/taxonomy-currency.php
mercury/taxonomy-language.php
mercury/taxonomy-licence.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2-without-sidebar.php
--
mercury-addons/index.php
mercury-addons/shortcodes/aces/shortcode-1.php
mercury-addons/shortcodes/aces/shortcode-2.php
mercury-addons/shortcodes/aces/shortcode-3.php
mercury-addons/shortcodes/aces/shortcode-4.php
mercury-addons/shortcodes/aces/shortcode-5.php
mercury-addons/shortcodes/aces/shortcode-6.php
mercury-addons/shortcodes/aces/shortcode-7.php
mercury-addons/shortcodes/aces/shortcode-8.php
--
aces/casinos.php
aces/settings/casinos.php
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Version 3.2.2 – December 7, 2019
Added: Restricted countries for casinos.
Added: User geolocation function.
Updated: ACES plugin.
Fixed: Some styles.

Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/css/media.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/single-casino.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1-without-sidebar.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2-without-sidebar.php
mercury/taxonomy-restricted-country.php
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Version 3.2.1 – December 4, 2019
Improved: The function of cropping logos of game vendors, software, deposit methods, withdrawal methods, and withdrawal limits.

Affected files:
mercury/functions.php
mercury/single-game.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-1.php
mercury/aces/single-casino/style-2.php
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Version 3.2.0 – November 30, 2019
Fixed: Schemas data for casinos
Fixed: Some styles
Fixed: Sorting casinos by rating in style #4
Updated: ACES plugin to version 2.0
Updated: Some widgets
Added: Compatible with WordPress 5.3
Added: Ability to disable author block
Added: Block "Pros/Cons" for casinos and games
Added: Vendors for games
Added: Ability to add logos for Software, Deposit Methods, Withdrawal Methods, Withdrawal Limit, and Vendors
Added: Ability to change the title of the "Play Now/Get Bonus" button in one place
Added: Ability to disable the floating header
Added: Ability to change the color of stars of the rating

Affected files: All files.
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Version 3.1.1 – July 15, 2019
Fixed: The counter of the games in the Aces plugin's widget.
Affected files:
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-4.php
aces/widgets/casinos-home-3.php
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Version 3.1.0 – July 11, 2019
Added: The new version 1.2.0 of the Aces plugin
Added: New style for the casino page.
Added: Ability to add to the casino: Software, Deposit Methods, Withdrawal Methods, and Withdrawal Limit.
Added: rel="nofollow" for the external links.
Added: The ability of multiple casino choices for games and bonuses.
Added: New Sports Betting Demo.
Changed: Some styles.
Affected files:
mercury/style.css
mercury/functions.php
mercury/footer.php
mercury/archive-bonus.php
mercury/archive-casino.php
mercury/archive-game.php
mercury/single-bonus.php
mercury/single-casino.php
mercury/single-game.php
mercury/css/media.css
mercury/aces/related/bonus-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/related/game-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/bonus-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-1.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-2.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-3.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-4.php
mercury/aces/casino-item-style-5.php
mercury/aces/game-item-style-1.php
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Version 3.0.1 – May 10, 2019
Added: Link to online documentation in admin panel "Dashboard" - "Welcome to Mercury".

Version 3.0.0 – May 8, 2019
Added: The ability to enable the boxed layout. (Full & Boxed Layouts)
Added: The ability to set a custom background (color or image).
Added: the Second style of the header.
Added: Dark style for the header.
Added: Two new slider widgets.
Added: Three new casinos widgets.
Added: The ability to change the headers of the casino rating on your own.
Added: The ability to change slugs for sections (Casinos, Games and Bonuses).
Added: The ability of relationships between casino and games.
Added: The ability of relationships between casino and bonuses.
Added: Two new demos

Version 2.0.2 – February 16, 2019
Fixed: Importing the demo data

Version 2.0.1 – February 14, 2019
Added: Ability to disable the archive section of the homepage
Changed: Some styles for desktop and mobile version
Fixed: Display custom copyright in the footer

Version 2.0.0 – February 4, 2019
The new version

Version 1.2.8 - December 18, 2018
Fixed: Copyright display in the footer.

Version 1.2.7 - November 27, 2018
Changed: Social media sharing plugin

Version 1.2.6 - November 2, 2018
Changed: License

Version 1.2.5 - August 28, 2018
Fixed: Styles

Version 1.2.3 - May 2, 2018
- Added: New 2 Post Templates
- Added: Full-Width Page Template