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Freelancing Marketplace Directory WordPress Theme

Exertio is a premium WordPress Theme that allows you to create and launch your Freelancing services and project posting marketplace website. You can create a similar Freelance.com, Fiverr, or Upwork portal with a commission-based system. Your users can create Employer and freelancer accounts free of cost within a minute.

Exertio is a fully-featured and super powerful Marketplace WordPress theme especially designed for service-based business owners to grow their business online. Whether your business is a small or a large, fully functional business, this most advanced freelancing WordPress theme will help you create a full, feature-packed website.

We have developed the Exertio Theme using excellent code quality and design. Our team has designed and developed this theme using market research to make it compatible with users who are looking for the best marketplace website. It creates the best user experience for the end-users.

Here are some of the Exertio Directory Theme features:

Referral Commission System
Built in Chat System
Project invitation and custom offers
Job Alerts
Video Call meeting integration with zoom
Custom fields for Projects and Services, Employers and freelancers
Specialization field for freelancers
Transectional Statements
On Site Notifications
Milestone creation
Invite freelancers for a project
Edit Proposals
Payout Creation Manually or auto
Elementor Header Footer
Report Freelancer, Employer, Project, Service
Email Verification
Identity verification
Registration and login
Social Media Logins Facebook or Google, etc.
Profile creation for Freelancer,
Services posting
Addon creation
Paid server or free services
Services images and videos
Frequently Asked Questions for services
Featured services
Commission system from completed services
Mark as saved services
Projects Posting
Paid project or free.
Micro earnings
Bidding system on projects.
Freelancer Rating
Featured Bid, top Bid, Sticky Bid Paid separately
Wallet system
Woo Commerce.
Elementor Page Builder
Contact for 7
Redux Theme Options
Payouts
Lang.Translation ready
Latest Bootstrap 5
Latest JQuery
HTML5 & CSS3
Truly Responsive
Clean and Creative Design
Easy to Customize
Completely Reusable Section
Targeted Ad Spots
Smart and creative Category Grid
Multiple Listing Style
Cross-Browser Compatible
Complete User Dashboard
User Profile Pages
404 and Contact Us Page
SEO Optimized
Well Managed Documentation
Advance Search Sidebar
and many more…

NOTE: We are not providing support for any adult/dating website. If you want to make your website using our theme that is 18+, you can purchase it, but do not expect support for illegal, Adult, or dating Websites.

This Theme is supported by WhizzChat WordPress Chat Plugin , and WhizzChat is a paid plugin.

Attention: Google Maps Service has updated its policy. Please read details over here

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Exertio Theme Change Logs

Updates: v 1.3.4 —- July 22nd, 2025


Fixed:
1. Remove Duplicate folder

Updates: v 1.3.3 —- July 17th, 2025

Added:
1. Three New Home Pages Added
2. Made an update for theme settings.
3. Bad Word Filters for Proposal
4. Tweaked styles for WooCommerce pages (Cart, Checkout).
5. Admin control over proposals (Edit, Delete)

Fixed:
1. Fixed the reset password link issue.
2. Fixed the referral numbering issue in the backend
3. Fixed multiple styling issues.
4. Security improvements.

Updates: v 1.3.2 —- June 17th, 2025

Added:
1) Added video upload option while creating a project and service.
2) Referral System Integration:
  - Complete referral commission logic.
  - Dedicated referral statements and tracking for users.
  - Triggered notifications on referral earnings.
  – Track the total number of referred users and the commission earned from their activity.
3) Countdown Timer for Service Delivery added to be displayed in the buyer and seller dashboards:
4) Service Time Extension Feature:
  - Freelancers can request a time extension for ongoing services.
  - Employers can approve or reject the request.
5) Added Freelancer and Employer Notification/Announcement form admin
6) More notifications to the users

Fixed:
1. Enhance code security and prevent XSS attacks.
2. Improved backend validation across various forms and actions.
3. Wallet system updated to support decimal values for more accurate balance and transaction management.

Updates: v 1.3.1 —- February 26th, 2025

Fixed:
1. Addressed and improved security.
2. Fixed some styling issues.
3. Fixed user-reported issues.

Update:
1. Updated all theme plugins.

Updates: v 1.3.0 —- May 24th, 2024

Fixed:

1 - Fixed Widgets Padding issue.
2 - Fixed Invoice display issue.

Updates: v 1.2.9 —- May 21st, 2024


Fixed:

1 - Fixed Project Alert E-Mail Working.
2 - Fixed Service Statements Titles.
3 - Fixed Service Widget in RTL.
4 - Fixed Logout issues.
5 - Fixed Fatal Error on the Dispute page.
6 - Fixed Translation issues.
7 - Fixed Styling Issues.
8 - Fixed SB Chat Issues.
9 - Fixed Payout Issues.
10 - Fixed Freelancer Search page Query Issues.
11 - Fixed admin charges issue in Project.
12 - Fixed Project Statement titles are not showing correctly.

Feature Added:

1 - Custom Offer Feature (Now Freelancer Can Send a Custom Offer Against the Service to the Employer.)
2 - Payout Rejected feature (Now the Admin can mark Payout as Rejected.)
3 - Dispute Status feature.
    i)  Now, the Employer can mark the Services and Projects as Disputed. We've added new pages for Disputed Services and Disputed Projects.
   ii)  The admin can manually transfer the amount to the employer's or freelancer's wallet.
  iii)  Admin can detect the Amount from the Employer or Freelancer Wallet.
4 - Count Down Timer. (The Countdown Timer has been added to the service OnGoing page.)
5 - Extend Time. (The employer can extend the Delivery Time of the Service.)

Updated:

1 - Outdated WooCommerce version in the theme files.
2 - Compatibility of the latest Elementor version.
3 - Compatibility of the latest PHP version.
4 - Updated all the plugins.

Updates: v 1.2.8 —- January 22nd, 2024


Fixd:
1. Fixed Payment deducting twice when the service is completed.
2. Fixed SB Chat issues.
3. Fixed Critical Errors on the Freelancer Search page.
4. Fixed Critical Errors on the Invoices page.

Updates: v 1.2.7 —- December 13th, 2023


Fixd

1. Fixed: When an Employer tries to create a dispute against the completed services, the services are not showing.
2. Fixed admin can't show as a Freelancer and Employer on the Freelancer and Employer search pages.
3. Fixed the product description is not showing in the Freelancer packages.
4. Fixed the product type "Freelancer Packages" is shown on the shop page.
5. Fixed Employer and Freelancer package issues.
6. Fixed Earnings and spending counting issue.

Feature Added:

1. Added the Custom offer Feature for the Services.
2 . Added the Profile Scoring feature for the Freelancer. Based on scoring, you can show/hide Freelancers from the search page.    
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Updates: v 1.2.6 <del>—</del>- September 13th, 2023
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1-  The Plugin bulk install issue is fixed.
2-  Fixed the order complete issue when shipping is enabled.
3-  Translation issue fixed in the SB - Chat plugin.
4-  Fixed issue with paid alert.
5-  The verification email was not working correctly.
6-  Fatal error on activating the SB-Chat plugin
7-  All projects created automatically appear in every freelancer' "Saved Projects" section, even when the user is newly created.
8-  While posting the service, the YouTube video does not display until we upload an attachment.
9-  Tested with WordPress 6.3.1.
10- Fix warnings of functions deprecated after updating to Elementor 3.16.2.
11- Remove the WooCommerce-affected template warnings.
12- We have added a Custom Email Template to the admin with an on/off for Addon while creating or updating from the front end.
13- Strings corrected in the dashboard for completed and ongoing services.
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Updates: v 1.2.5 <del>—</del>- May 12th, 2023
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Fixed:

1) Plugin update issue resolved
2) Widget import issue resolved

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Updates: v 1.2.4 <del>—</del>- May 10th, 2023
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Added :

1) Built-in Free Chat system added  (employer and freelancer built-in chat system)
2) The map on the project detail page with an off option 
3) Invitation system, the employer can invite freelancers to their projects
4) Compatible with WordPress 6.2. x

Fixed:

1) Fixed an issue where the alert delete option was not working.
2) Fixed an issue where the "Hire Now" button on the freelancer detail page was not working.
3) Fixed an issue where the employer was not able to see recent proposals on their dashboard.
4) Resolved errors with project complete payouts and milestones.
5) Fixed an issue in which skills were not being saved in projects from the admin dashboard.
6) Fixed an issue where the footer was being displayed on the Whizchat plugin dashboard.
7) Resolved image issues in the hero section 1.
8 ) The employer package issue
9) Freelancer graph issue on the dashboard when the register type is disabled
10) The dispute issue employer was not able to create a dispute on the purchased services
11) Services addons were not being calculated in the WooCommerce purchased services.
12) Some of the disputes were missing from the dashboard
13) Addon details were missing for freelancers on ongoing services
14) Translation file updated
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Updates: v 1.2.3 <del>—</del>- March 15th, 2023
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fixes : 
1) Elementor text editor was not showing the issue resolved

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Updates: v 1.2.2 <del>—</del>- March 13th, 2023
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Added :
1) Can dismiss the Welcome section on the admin dashboard
2) Can see the package type in the products column in the dashboard
3) Reject the project for admin approval with an email option 
4) Reject service for admin approval with an email option 
5) Bump up the services package based on the added
6) A portfolio site link field was added for a freelancer
7) Custom project offer (the employer can send custom offers to freelancers on their proposals)
8 ) Hiring now will redirect to create a project on the freelancer's detail page.
9) Notification icon added in header 2

fixes : 
1) Updated the outdated WooCommerce template
2) Admin approval note was not being dismissed
3) The job alert categories dropdown was not working
4) Search services by category were not working
5) Buy woocommerce services were not working 
6) The user was receiving email notifications of service purchases even before the order was completed
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Updates: v 1.2.1 <del>—</del>- November 24th, 2022
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fixes
1: Footer duplication issue resolved.

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Updates: v 1.2<del>—</del>- November 22th, 2022
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Added
1: Notification is now clickable.
2: Different project and service ratings for freelancers in the dashboard were added.

fixes
1: Proposal description of the special character issue.
2: The registration email issue is fixed.
3: The footer also shows on the dashboard.
4: If we add an addon from the backend and apply HTML to it, it will show broken on the front end.
5: When saving a project, on the detail page, the color red doesn't work.
6: The map was still showing on add service and add project, even though we turned it off from theme options.
7: When creating a new user, two verification emails are sent, one from WordPress and another from the theme.
8: Rating not showing on the freelancer dashboard.
Cover letters in different places show broken.
9: The Reviews option on the freelancer dashboard is not redirected anywhere.
10: Saved projects are not showing in the dashboard on the saved projects section.
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Updates: v 1.1.9<del>—</del>- July 25th, 2022
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1: Job Alerts (Added as a more monetization feature for Admin)
2: Ability for the user to delete a payout request.
3: Add the user wallet amount on the admin side in the Freelancer/employer column
4: Hide Remove Bread Crumb option

fixes

1: Menu issue on the login and register page
2: styling issues on detail pages
3: Hide the department and number of employees from the sidebar if it is selected has been hidden in the theme option
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Updates: v 1.1.8<del>—</del>- June 17th, 2022
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1: option to show or hide admin as freelancer and employer on the search page and home page as well
2: Email an admin about the pending project posting
3: The display name of the employer and freelancer is added to the dashboard table
4: My Ratings were added to the dashboard
5: Attachment on/off option
6: Allow admin to disable experience, education details, skills, and awards

fixes

1: Service slider styling fixed
2: translation strings added
3: Keywords redirection issues fixed
4: typo errors removed
5: styling issues on detail pages
6: Admin profile update issue fixed
7: Addon options not showing
8: Registration slider not showing in the theme options
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Updates: v 1.1.7<del>—</del>- April 29, 2022
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1: Styling issue fixed
2: Dispute publishing automatically
3: Service options error solved
4: Package purchase issue fixed
5: Double entry of ongoing purchase resolved
6: Dispute issue (not posting dispute)resolve 
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Updates: v 1.1.6<del>—</del>- April 27, 2022
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<strong>NOTE: Please do not forget to update the database after the theme update. this is necessary: <a href="https://jmp.sh/LOQrfk7"> https://jmp.sh/LOQrfk7</a> </strong>
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fixes
1: Styling issue fixed
2: Whizchat plugin issue fixed
3: Alignment issues fixed
4: Submenu issues on detail pages fixed
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Updates: v 1.1.5<del>—</del>- April 25, 2022
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<strong>NOTE: Please do not forget to update the database after the theme update. this is necessary: <a href="https://jmp.sh/LOQrfk7"> https://jmp.sh/LOQrfk7</a> </strong>
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1:  Renew Option for expired Projects
2:  Email the admin when the dispute is created on projects or services
3.  Employer, freelancer, projects, and services views on the detail page
4:  Total spending for the employer and earnings for a freelancer

fixes
5: The styling issue is fixed
6: Proposal Amount issue fixed
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Updates: v 1.1.4<del>—</del>- April 15, 2022
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1: Add a sliding images style to the services on the Home page
2:  Custom links in the footer can be added
3.  employer/freelancer profile, non-clickable with on/off option,
4: Show open job posts of the employer in the sidebar with the on/off option
5:  option to show projects of all taxonomies on the Home page using the exertio projects shortcode
6: Only numbers can be added as price while creating a service/project

fixes
6: project list4 skills directed to 404 page, fixed
7: payment issue fixed 
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Updates: v 1.1.3<del>—</del>- April 11, 2022
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1.  Project Search- Detail page
2.  Proposal Amount or Project amount charged for Projects
3.  Packages removed from the shop page, Products other than packages only shown on the product page
4: Only the Fixed 'Price type' can be selected from the theme option to hide the HOURLY price type
5:  While posting projects and services,  show the price currency.
6:  Freelancer skills without percentage or with the percentage 
7:  Resend email on verification added

fixes

8: Post Type goes to pending while creating a new user, even after verification is resolved
9: Payout amount not updating (fixed)
10: Elementor Update Issues fixed
11: URL rewriting for freelancers and employers
12: Expired Projects removed from the Home page
13: After a successful purchase, the theme redirects to the ongoing service/project purchase
14: Service purchase is not allowed if both WooCommerce and Wallet are off
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Updates: v 1.1.2<del>—</del>- March 16, 2022
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1:  Email to the freelancer or the Employer on package expiry
2:  Dispute for services
3:  Direct Service purchase without a wallet
4:  Gender filter for a freelancer
5:  Email verification and then log in
6:  URL re-writing option
7:  Password strong
8:  Option to show projects and services of selective categories on the Home page using the exertio projects and service categories
9:  Specializations showing on the front end.

Fixes

10: Services grid images are clickable
11: Misspelled words corrected
12: A dashboard notification bell will appear on all the pages
13: Plugins updated
14: URL rewriting for freelancers and employers
15: In the freelancer dashboard, the images are now appearing in the Most Viewed Services section.
16: The styling issue is fixed.
17: Prefix change to the base prefix of DB
18: If the hourly price is not added, it  causes an error string * string .. resolved
19: When the wallet is off, then on the proposal edit modal, the bid addon is showing, and the amount can be deducted. 
20: Not allowed to register if the username exists
21:  Woocommerce templates updated
22: Showing notice message on creating project form. Without email verification, users who can't post projects are turned on.
23: The map address is shown on the project detail page with a hiding option.
24: If the project title is set to require and doesn't add the project title error not showing, resolved.
25: Sub-menu layout issue in Header-2, the layout disturbs the blog pages, resolved.
26: Menu alignment resolved
27: The User ID printed on the Dashboard employer page has been resolved.
28: The Wrong username issue is fixed in the project message resolved.

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Updates: v 1.1.1<del>—</del>- December 22, 2021
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Fixes:
1) Zoom API Key Error fixed
2) CSS Fixes

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Updates: v 1.1.0<del>—</del>- December 20, 2021
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Added:
1) Payment on canceling the service or project
2) Option to give a bonus/tips to the freelancer
3) Video Call meeting integration with Zoom
4) Added specialization field for freelancers
5) Custom fields for Projects and Services, Employers, and freelancers
6) The possibility to add more than one language for freelancers.
7) User input wallet amount with on/off from theme options
8 ) Search within the widgets for search sidebars(On/Off from widgets)
9) Freelancer Package: Text issues resolved
10) Instagram social share icon redirects to Tumblr
11) Translation files updated
12) Style issues fixed
13) Plugin Updated

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Updates: v 1.0.10<del>—</del>- October 13, 2021
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1) Statements for all transactions
2) On-Site Dashboard Notification added
3) New header added
4) New home page
5) Payment on refund auto-handling
6) Redirection after login and registration to the page where the user came
7) The service expiry date issue from the back end has been resolved
8 ) Small bug fixes
9) Translation files updated
10) Style file updated
11) Plugins updated
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NOTE: How to update to 1.0.10 version <a href="https://documentation.scriptsbundle.com/docs/exertio-freelance-marketplace-wordpress-theme/#16964"><b>Click here</b></a>
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Updates: v 1.0.9<del>—</del>- September 10, 2021
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1) Service Purchase issue fixed
2) Translation files updated
3) Style file updated
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Updates: v 1.0.8<del>—</del>- September 08, 2021
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1) Single user Registration (please change it carefully, as if you change it more than once, it will create issues)
2) Front-end user selected Registration
3) Displayed Ongoing Services on the admin side
4) Displayed Completed Services on the admin side
5) Option to hide the project attachments from non-registered users.
6) After registration, the user should be redirected to the freelancer/ Employer dashboard for both account creation with a single email.
7) Number of related services to show with theme options
8 ) Payout creation email to admin
9) Bid winner hid/show option on the project details page.
10) Processing fees while creating Payouts 
11) Employer project pagination issue resolved
12) Alert notification CSS issue
13) Admin can add money to the user's wallet manually
14) Employer-side service fee added
15) The image upload issue with capital letters was resolved.
16) Translation files updated
17) Style file updated
18) RTL issues fixed
19) Plugin updated
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Updates: v 1.0.7<del>—</del>- August 14, 2021
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1) My Account/Woo-Commerce profile layout added
2) Remove the wallet completely with the on/off option
3) Default profile redirection added after login and registration
4) On/Off for project ID/Service ID added
5) Links for freelancer profile added on project detail and proposal page
6) Free Packages can not be purchased twice.
7) Freelancer: Choose multiple languages
8 ) Manual approval for specific payment gateways, even if Auto approval is active
9) Delete all users. Issue fixed
10) Spell Mistakes corrected
11) Translation added for missing strings
12) Data Issue resolved in the project section
13) Skill issues more than 100% value resolved
14) Project fields hide/show option
15) Cancelled project from the employer side resolved
16) Wallet Amount in ascending order
17) Proposal duplication after the hired freelancer issue was fixed
18) Profile image on chat messages fixed
19) Tax and shipping charges are removed from packages and the wallet amount purchased.
20) Plugin updated
21) Translation files updated
22) Style file updated
23) RTL issues fixed
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Updates: v 1.0.6<del>—</del>- May 28, 2021
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Fixes
1) Freelancer/Employer dashboard Menu hide/show added from theme options
2) Dashboard Package issue resolved
3) Translation files updated
4) Style Fixes
5) Plugin updated
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Updates: v 1.0.5<del>—</del>- April 30, 2021
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Fixes
1) Multiple Package issues resolved
2) Price formatting issue resolved
3) Translation files updated
4) Style Fixes
5) Plugin updated
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Updates: v 1.0.4<del>—</del>- April 20, 2021
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Added
1) My Proposals and edited proposals
2) Manually payout creation
3) Milestone Creation
3) Elementor header and footer
4) Hire Now Freelancer button(Invite freelancer)
5) Wallet amount to show in the header
6) Post project without email verification ON/OFF.
7) Allow free bidding

Fixes
1) Special characters are not working in the password correctly.
2) Rating a freelancer's issue resolved.
3) Services/projects from the admin side are not showing resolved
4)Cart issue with the wallet resolved
5) Location links on the footer are resolved.
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Updates: v 1.0.3<del>—</del>- March 12, 2021
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1) RTL Ready
2) Report to Admin
3) Email Verification
4) Identity Verification 
5) Payout Enable Disable
6) Website color from the back end
7) Fissues fixed
8 ) Plugin Updated
9) Style improved

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Updates: v 1.0.2—- March 03, 2021

1) WhizzChat Compatibility added
2) Website Color from the back end added
3) Project ID/ Service ID added on the detail page from the theme option.
4) Typo Errors removed.
5) Plugin updated
6) Style files updated

Updates: v 1.0.1—- February 27, 2021

1) Small Fixes

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