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+## Independent Media Center  
+
+This is a customized, modern WordPress theme for a fully featured Indymedia website.
+
+A ready to run codebase for a full featured IndyMedia website, rebuilt from the archived version of indymedia.org (https://web.archive.org/web/*/indymedia.org).
+
+A version of this theme runs on https://indymedia.pt
+
+### How to Use
+- Download the repository as a .zip file.
+- Install on WordPress.
+
+### Features
+1. Newswire - Publish and aggregate short news items.
+2. Open Publishing Form - Frontend submission for articles, podcasts, and videos (via plugins).
+3. Media Archive - Store and browse images, audio, and video with searchable metadata.
+
+![Indymedia on Wordpress](https://codeberg.org/radioparalelo/indy-wp-theme/raw/branch/main/screenshot.png)
+
+
+### Docker Install
+See the theme in action with a full Docker setup for development and production.
+Repository: https://codeberg.org/radioparalelo/indy-wp
+
+### Support Indymedia!
+Join the development for future Indymedia projects:
+https://unite.openworlds.info/indymedia
+
+## Contributing
+- Fork the repo, make changes, and submit a pull request.

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- ## Independent Media Center  
-
-A ready‑to‑run codebase for a fully‑featured **IndyMedia** hub, rebuilt from the archived version of [indymedia.org](https://web.archive.org/web/*/indymedia.org).  
-
-### Features  
-
-1. **Newswire** – Publish and aggregate short news items.  
-2. **Open Publishing Form** – Front‑end submission for articles, podcasts, and videos.  
-3. **Media Archive** – Store and browse images, audio, and video with searchable metadata.  
-
----  
-
-## Included Plugins  
-
-When you run `composer install` the plugins below are fetched from **WPackagist** (a Composer mirror of the WordPress.org plugin directory) and installed into `wp‑content/plugins/{$name}/`.  
-
-1. **indymedia/indymedia-wordpress** – Core IndyMedia functionality.  
-2. **activitypub** – Federated social publishing (ActivityPub).  
-   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/>  
-3. **antispam-bee** – Spam protection for comments/forms.  
-   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/antispam-bee/>  
-4. **archiveo-importer-wayback** – Import Wayback Machine archives.  
-   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/archiveo-importer-wayback/>  
-5. **easyfonts** – Simple font management.  
-   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/easyfonts/>  
-6. **embed-privacy** – Privacy‑friendly embeds (YouTube, etc.).  
-   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/embed-privacy/>  
-7. **exif-remover** – Strips EXIF data from uploaded images.  
-   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/exif-remover/>  
-8. **frontend-post-submission-manager-lite** – Front‑end post submission handling.  
-   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-post-submission-manager-lite/>  
-9. **indieweb** – IndieWeb micro‑formats, endpoints, webmentions.  
-   - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/indieweb/>  
-10. **lh-wayback-machine** – Wayback Machine integration.  
-    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/lh-wayback-machine/>  
-11. **og** – Adds Open Graph meta tags.  
-    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/og/>  
-12. **pretty-rss-feeds** – Cleaner RSS feed output.  
-    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-rss-feeds/>  
-13. **remove-ip** – Anonymizes IP addresses in comments.  
-    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-ip/>  
-14. **safe-paste** – Secure paste‑bin functionality.  
-    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-paste/>  
-15. **syndication-links** – Auto‑generates syndication links (Twitter, Mastodon, etc.).  
-    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/syndication-links/>  
-16. **unpredictable-image-filenames** – Randomizes uploaded image filenames for privacy.  
-    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/unpredictable-image-filenames/>  
-17. **webmention** – Webmention support (IndieWeb).  
-    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/webmention/>  
-18. **wp-super-cache** – Page‑caching to improve performance.  
-    - Source: <https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/>  
-
----  
-
-## Installation  
-
-1. Clone or download the repository.  
-2. From the project root run:  
-
-   ```bash
-   composer install
-   ```  
-
-   Composer pulls all listed plugins from WPackagist and places them in `wp-content/plugins/`.  
-3. In WordPress admin go to **Plugins → Installed Plugins** and activate the plugins you need.  
-
----  
-
-## Base Theme  
-
-The project uses the **Twenty Twenty‑Five** theme (GPLv2+).  
-
-```
-Contributors: wordpressdotorg
-Requires at least: 6.7
-Tested up to: 6.8
-Requires PHP: 7.2
-Stable tag: 1.3
-License: GPLv2 or later
-License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-```  
-
-### Copyright & License  
-
-Twenty Twenty‑Five WordPress Theme, © 2024‑2025 WordPress.org and contributors.  
-Distributed under the **GNU GPL v2 or later**.  
-
-The theme also incorporates code from **Twenty Twenty‑Four** (GPLv2+).  
-
----  
-
-## Contributing  
-
-- Fork the repo, make changes, and submit a pull request.  
-- Keep `composer.json` up‑to‑date when adding or updating plugins.  
-- All contributions are accepted under the same GPL license.  
-
----  
-
-*Additional developer notes are in the `docs/` folder.*