Team tagDiv: Please PRIORITIZE these features in an upcoming update.

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1. Add child theme support for mobile theme.
Many sites alter the layout or add some extra ad codes, widgets to a single post page. So, every time the theme gets an update, the developer needs to redo those customizations. (Single template, header, footer) [/wp-content/plugins/td-composer/mobile/]

2. td Plugin updates
Every time we update the theme it’s doesn’t auto-update all the plugins. Consider fixing this or provide plugin updates in the plugin section directly. Most of the time you just change the updated date of the plugin and not its version which confuses most of the users. Also, make sure it should not install or update the td plugin which is not in use. In our case, we don’t use td social counter plugin but on every update, it is being auto-installed from the welcome screen.

3. Changelogs and Patch files
Provide clear changelogs (you used to provide it earlier before you introduced td standard plugin and td composer) Now even on the minor updates like (Newspaper 11.3.2), we have been asked to update td composer plugin and we lose all the customizations made in the plugin files (especially for mobile). So releasing even minor updates takes a lot of time for each site. Earlier it was really super easy to release minor updates just by overwriting theme files with patch (https://www.screencast.com/t/BXNL8iaX). Now every update has a few changes to the plugin files as well. I will suggest you provide clear changelogs for plugin files as well.

4. AdSense Responsive ad units for AMP (AMP Compatible ad unit)
Google recommends using responsive ad units on the site as they have started auto optimizing ads on the page. The mobile theme supports responsive ad units, but it uses fixed-size for AMP.
AMP should support Responsive AMP-compatible ad units. I am using Responsive AMP-compatible ads and I have seen improvements in earning. The last time I shared a solution for this via mail was on April 2, 2019, with you, but you have not implemented it yet.

/*
* if its a google adsense ad on amp..
* we use the 'g_data_ad_client' && 'g_data_ad_slot' to generate a adsense ad type > amp ad component
*
* <amp-ad width=300 height=250
* type="adsense"
* data-ad-client="ca-pub-2005682797531342"
* data-ad-slot="7046626912">
* </amp-ad>
*
* */

/*
* Modified by Amit Refer: https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/7183212?hl=en
**/

$buffy .= '<amp-ad width="100vw" height="320" ';
$buffy .= 'type="adsense" ';
$buffy .= 'data-ad-client="' . $ad_array['g_data_ad_client'] . '" ';
$buffy .= 'data-ad-slot="' . $ad_array['g_data_ad_slot'] . '" ';
$buffy .= 'data-auto-format="rspv" ';
$buffy .= 'data-full-width> ';
$buffy .= '<div overflow></div> ';
$buffy .= '</amp-ad>';

5. Newsletter
The theme comes with Newsletter plugin, but it does not work with mobile theme and AMP. Now Google has started mobile indexing first. From the sites I am handling, I can see 80-85% of overall traffic is from mobile devices.
Try to make a Newsletter plugin compatible/usable with a mobile theme/AMP version. Having a Newsletter popup will be the cherry on the cake. Currently, we have added Newsletter on Mobile and AMP by modifying the code.

That’s it for now.

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Hello Amit,

Thank you for your suggestion on how to make our theme more efficient.
The ideas and suggestions of innovative, thinking people are always welcome.

Have a great day ahead!

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