/*
Theme Name: PastaLove
Theme URI: https://pastalove.online/
Author: Crafted for PastaLove
Author URI: https://pastalove.online/
Description: PastaLove is a unique, professional Italian food-blog theme. Dramatic black canvas with brick-red and gold accents, cinematic pasta hero imagery and editorial serif headlines — lightning-fast, mobile-first and SEO-ready with semantic HTML5, schema markup and proper heading structure to help your recipes rank on Google.
Version: 3.1.6
Requires at least: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.8
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Text Domain: pastalove
Tags: blog, food-and-drink, dark, custom-colors, featured-images, threaded-comments, translation-ready, editor-style, wide-blocks
*/

/* ============ TOKENS ============ */
:root{
  --pl-black:#0F0C09;
  --pl-coal:#171210;
  --pl-coal-2:#1E1712;
  --pl-brick:#B03223;
  --pl-brick-dark:#7A1A10;
  --pl-brick-deep:#4A0F08;
  --pl-cream:#F5EDD8;
  --pl-muted:#B9A582;
  --pl-faint:#8A755C;
  --pl-red-text:#E0604F;
  --pl-gold:#D9A441;
  --pl-gold-soft:#E4C87F;
  --pl-line:#2C2318;
  --pl-card:#171210;
  --pl-radius:12px;
  --pl-shadow:0 14px 40px rgba(0,0,0,.55);
  --pl-font-head:'Playfair Display',Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;
  --pl-font-body:'Inter',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;
}

/* ============ BASE ============ */
*,*::before,*::after{box-sizing:border-box}
html{scroll-behavior:smooth}
body{
  margin:0;
  font-family:var(--pl-font-body);
  color:var(--pl-cream);
  background:var(--pl-black);
  line-height:1.75;
  font-size:17px;
  -webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;
}
h1,h2,h3,h4{font-family:var(--pl-font-head);line-height:1.22;margin:0 0 .6em;color:#FFF6E8;font-weight:700}
h1{font-size:2.4rem}
h2{font-size:1.8rem}
h3{font-size:1.35rem}
p{margin:0 0 1.1em}
a{color:var(--pl-gold-soft);text-decoration:none}
a:hover{color:var(--pl-gold);text-decoration:underline}
img{max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px}
.container{max-width:1140px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 20px}
.skip-link{position:absolute;left:-9999px;top:0;background:var(--pl-gold);color:#000;padding:10px 16px;z-index:999}
.skip-link:focus{left:10px;top:10px}

/* ============ HEADER (brick bar) ============ */
.pl-header{background:linear-gradient(180deg,var(--pl-brick) 0%,var(--pl-brick-dark) 100%);position:sticky;top:0;z-index:50;box-shadow:0 4px 22px rgba(0,0,0,.5)}
.pl-header-inner{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;padding:12px 20px;gap:16px;min-height:76px}
.pl-header .pl-header-inner{max-width:100%;padding-left:14px}
.pl-brand{margin-right:auto;display:flex;align-items:center}
.pl-logo{font-family:var(--pl-font-head);font-size:1.7rem;font-weight:800;color:#FFF6E8;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.1}
.pl-logo:hover{text-decoration:none;color:#FFF6E8}
.pl-logo span{color:var(--pl-gold-soft)}
.pl-logo .pl-tag{display:block;font-family:var(--pl-font-body);font-size:.62rem;letter-spacing:3px;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--pl-gold-soft);font-weight:600}
.custom-logo{max-height:56px;width:auto;border-radius:0}
.custom-logo-link{display:inline-block;line-height:0}
.pl-nav ul{display:flex;gap:28px;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}
.pl-nav a{color:#FFF3DF;font-weight:600;font-size:.93rem;letter-spacing:.4px;padding:6px 2px;border-bottom:2px solid transparent}
.pl-nav a:hover{color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-bottom-color:var(--pl-gold-soft)}
.pl-nav .current-menu-item a{border-bottom-color:var(--pl-gold-soft);color:#fff}
.pl-search-toggle{background:none;border:0;cursor:pointer;font-size:1.2rem;color:#FFF3DF}
.pl-menu-toggle{display:none;background:rgba(255,255,255,.12);border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.35);color:#fff;border-radius:8px;padding:8px 12px;cursor:pointer;font-size:1.1rem}
.pl-search-bar{display:none;background:var(--pl-brick-deep);padding:14px 0}
.pl-search-bar.open{display:block}
.pl-search-bar form{display:flex;gap:10px;max-width:640px;margin:0 auto}
.pl-search-bar input[type=search]{flex:1;padding:13px 20px;border:2px solid var(--pl-gold);border-radius:999px;font-size:1rem;background:#FFFDF6;color:var(--pl-black)}
.pl-btn{display:inline-block;background:var(--pl-brick);color:#FFF6E8;border:0;border-radius:999px;padding:13px 30px;font-weight:700;cursor:pointer;font-size:.95rem;letter-spacing:.3px}
.pl-btn:hover{background:#8E2A1D;color:#fff;text-decoration:none}
.pl-btn-gold{background:var(--pl-gold);color:#241A08}
.pl-btn-gold:hover{background:var(--pl-gold-soft);color:#241A08}
.pl-btn-outline{background:transparent;border:2px solid var(--pl-gold);color:var(--pl-gold-soft)}
.pl-btn-outline:hover{background:var(--pl-gold);color:#241A08}

/* ============ HERO (pasta image) ============ */
.pl-hero{
  position:relative;
  background:
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(10,7,5,.55) 0%, rgba(10,7,5,.30) 45%, rgba(10,7,5,.78) 100%),
    url('assets/hero-pasta.jpg') center 30%/cover no-repeat,
    var(--pl-black);
  text-align:center;overflow:hidden;border-bottom:1px solid var(--pl-line);
}
.pl-hero-video{position:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;z-index:0}
.pl-hero::after{content:"";position:absolute;inset:0;z-index:1;pointer-events:none;
  background:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(10,7,5,.55) 0%, rgba(10,7,5,.30) 45%, rgba(10,7,5,.78) 100%)}
.pl-hero-inner{position:relative;z-index:2}
.pl-hero-inner{max-width:880px;margin:0 auto;padding:96px 20px 84px}
.pl-kicker{display:inline-block;color:var(--pl-gold);font-size:.76rem;letter-spacing:3px;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:18px;text-shadow:0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,.8)}
.pl-kicker::before,.pl-kicker::after{content:"";display:inline-block;width:44px;height:1px;background:var(--pl-gold);vertical-align:middle;margin:0 12px;opacity:.8}
.pl-hero h1{color:#FFF6E8;font-size:clamp(2.6rem,6vw,4.3rem);font-weight:800;margin-bottom:16px;letter-spacing:.5px;text-shadow:0 4px 26px rgba(0,0,0,.85)}
.pl-hero h1 em{font-style:italic;color:var(--pl-gold-soft)}
.pl-hero p{color:#EDE0C6;font-size:1.12rem;max-width:640px;margin:0 auto 8px;text-shadow:0 2px 14px rgba(0,0,0,.85)}
.pl-hero-search{display:flex;gap:0;max-width:560px;margin:30px auto 0;background:rgba(20,14,10,.82);border:2px solid var(--pl-gold);border-radius:999px;overflow:hidden;box-shadow:0 10px 34px rgba(0,0,0,.6);backdrop-filter:blur(4px)}
.pl-hero-search input[type=search]{flex:1;border:0;padding:15px 24px;font-size:1rem;background:transparent;color:#FFF6E8}
.pl-hero-search input[type=search]::placeholder{color:var(--pl-faint)}
.pl-hero-search input[type=search]:focus{outline:none}
.pl-hero-search button{border:0;background:var(--pl-brick);color:#FFF6E8;font-weight:700;padding:0 34px;cursor:pointer;font-size:.95rem}
.pl-hero-search button:hover{background:#8E2A1D}
.pl-ornament{color:var(--pl-gold);font-size:1.1rem;letter-spacing:10px;margin-top:28px;text-shadow:0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.8)}

/* ============ SECTIONS ============ */
.pl-section{padding:64px 0}
.pl-section-head{text-align:center;margin-bottom:36px}
.pl-section-head h2{margin:0;font-size:2rem;color:#FFF6E8}
.pl-section-head h2 em{font-style:italic;color:var(--pl-red-text)}
.pl-section-head .pl-rule{width:64px;height:3px;background:var(--pl-gold);border-radius:3px;margin:14px auto 0}
.pl-section-head p{color:var(--pl-muted);margin:10px 0 0}
.pl-section-alt{background:var(--pl-coal);border-top:1px solid var(--pl-line);border-bottom:1px solid var(--pl-line)}

/* ============ CARDS ============ */
.pl-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr);gap:28px}
.pl-card{background:var(--pl-card);border-radius:var(--pl-radius);overflow:hidden;box-shadow:var(--pl-shadow);border:1px solid var(--pl-line);display:flex;flex-direction:column;transition:transform .25s ease,box-shadow .25s ease,border-color .25s ease}
.pl-card:hover{transform:translateY(-6px);box-shadow:0 22px 54px rgba(0,0,0,.65);border-color:rgba(217,164,65,.45)}
.pl-card-img{position:relative;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16/10;background:var(--pl-coal-2)}
.pl-card-img img{width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;border-radius:0;transition:transform .45s ease}
.pl-card:hover .pl-card-img img{transform:scale(1.06)}
.pl-card-cat{position:absolute;top:12px;left:12px;background:var(--pl-brick);color:#FFF6E8;font-size:.7rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:1.5px;text-transform:uppercase;padding:6px 14px;border-radius:999px}
.pl-card-body{padding:22px 24px 24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex:1}
.pl-card-body h3{font-size:1.22rem;margin-bottom:8px}
.pl-card-body h3 a{color:#FFF6E8}
.pl-card-body h3 a:hover{color:var(--pl-gold-soft);text-decoration:none}
.pl-card-excerpt{color:var(--pl-muted);font-size:.93rem;flex:1}
.pl-card-meta{display:flex;gap:14px;color:var(--pl-faint);font-size:.8rem;margin-top:14px;border-top:1px solid var(--pl-line);padding-top:12px}
.pl-empty{background:var(--pl-coal);border:2px dashed #3A2C1C;border-radius:var(--pl-radius);padding:48px 30px;text-align:center;color:var(--pl-muted);grid-column:1/-1}
.pl-empty h3{color:var(--pl-gold-soft);margin-bottom:8px}

/* ============ CTA BAND ============ */
.pl-cta{
  background:
    linear-gradient(120deg, rgba(74,15,8,.93) 0%, rgba(122,26,16,.86) 55%, rgba(74,15,8,.90) 100%),
    url('assets/cta-pasta.jpg') center/cover no-repeat;
  text-align:center;padding:80px 24px;border-radius:22px;max-width:1140px;margin:10px auto 0;box-shadow:var(--pl-shadow);border:1px solid rgba(217,164,65,.25);
}
.pl-cta h2{color:#FFF6E8;font-size:2.1rem;margin-bottom:10px}
.pl-cta p{color:#F3E3C2;max-width:560px;margin:0 auto 26px}

/* ============ SINGLE POST ============ */
.pl-single{max-width:800px;margin:0 auto;padding:52px 20px}
.pl-single-head{text-align:center;margin-bottom:26px}
.pl-single-head .pl-kicker{margin-bottom:12px}
.pl-single h1{font-size:clamp(2.1rem,4.6vw,3.2rem);color:#FFF6E8;font-weight:800;margin-bottom:14px;text-align:center}
.pl-post-meta{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;justify-content:center;color:var(--pl-faint);font-size:.85rem;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:26px}
.pl-post-meta .pl-cat{background:transparent;border:1px solid var(--pl-gold);color:var(--pl-gold);padding:3px 14px;border-radius:999px;font-weight:700}
.pl-featured{margin:0 0 30px}
.pl-featured img{width:100%;border-radius:var(--pl-radius);box-shadow:var(--pl-shadow)}
.pl-content{font-size:1.07rem;color:var(--pl-cream)}
.pl-content h2{margin-top:2.1em;color:var(--pl-red-text);padding-bottom:.35em;border-bottom:2px solid var(--pl-line)}
.pl-content h3{color:#FFF6E8}
.pl-content ul,.pl-content ol{padding-left:1.4em}
.pl-content li{margin-bottom:.5em}
.pl-content blockquote{border-left:4px solid var(--pl-gold);background:var(--pl-coal);margin:1.6em 0;padding:1em 1.4em;border-radius:0 12px 12px 0;font-style:italic;color:var(--pl-cream)}
.pl-content hr{border:0;border-top:1px solid var(--pl-gold);opacity:.4;margin:2em auto;max-width:220px}
.pl-share{display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;margin:36px 0;padding:20px 0;border-top:1px solid var(--pl-line);border-bottom:1px solid var(--pl-line);flex-wrap:wrap}
.pl-share span{font-weight:700;font-size:.9rem;color:var(--pl-cream)}
.pl-share a{background:var(--pl-brick);color:#FFF6E8;font-size:.8rem;font-weight:700;padding:9px 18px;border-radius:999px}
.pl-share a:hover{background:#8E2A1D;color:#fff;text-decoration:none}
.pl-author{display:flex;gap:18px;background:var(--pl-coal);border:1px solid var(--pl-line);border-radius:var(--pl-radius);padding:24px;box-shadow:var(--pl-shadow);margin:32px 0}
.pl-author img{border-radius:50%;width:80px;height:80px;object-fit:cover}
.pl-author h4{margin:0 0 6px;color:#FFF6E8}
.pl-author p{margin:0;color:var(--pl-muted);font-size:.93rem}
.pl-related h3{margin-bottom:18px;color:var(--pl-gold-soft);text-align:center}

/* ============ ARCHIVE / SEARCH ============ */
.pl-archive-head{background:linear-gradient(180deg,var(--pl-brick) 0%,var(--pl-brick-deep) 100%);padding:54px 0;text-align:center}
.pl-archive-head h1{font-size:2.4rem;margin-bottom:8px;color:#FFF6E8}
.pl-archive-head p{color:#F3E3C2;margin:0}
.pl-archive-head .pl-rule{width:56px;height:3px;background:var(--pl-gold);border-radius:3px;margin:14px auto 0}

/* ============ SIDEBAR ============ */
.pl-layout{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 320px;gap:40px;align-items:start}
.pl-sidebar .widget{background:var(--pl-coal);border:1px solid var(--pl-line);border-radius:var(--pl-radius);padding:22px;margin-bottom:24px;box-shadow:var(--pl-shadow)}
.pl-sidebar .widget-title{font-size:1.05rem;margin-bottom:14px;padding-bottom:10px;border-bottom:2px solid var(--pl-gold);color:var(--pl-gold-soft)}
.pl-sidebar ul{list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}
.pl-sidebar li{padding:7px 0;border-bottom:1px dashed var(--pl-line);font-size:.93rem;color:var(--pl-muted)}
.pl-sidebar li:last-child{border-bottom:0}

/* ============ PAGINATION ============ */
.pl-pagination{display:flex;gap:10px;justify-content:center;margin:44px 0}
.pl-pagination a,.pl-pagination span{background:var(--pl-coal);border:1px solid var(--pl-line);border-radius:10px;padding:9px 16px;font-weight:700;color:var(--pl-cream)}
.pl-pagination a:hover{background:var(--pl-brick);color:#FFF6E8;text-decoration:none;border-color:var(--pl-brick)}
.pl-pagination .current{background:var(--pl-brick);color:#FFF6E8;border-color:var(--pl-brick)}

/* ============ FOOTER ============ */
.pl-footer{background:#080604;color:var(--pl-muted);margin-top:64px;border-top:1px solid var(--pl-line)}
.pl-footer-widgets{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr);gap:36px;padding:56px 20px;max-width:1140px;margin:0 auto}
.pl-footer h4{color:#FFF3DF;font-size:1.05rem;margin-bottom:14px}
.pl-footer ul{list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}
.pl-footer li{padding:6px 0;font-size:.92rem}
.pl-footer p{font-size:.92rem}
.pl-footer a{color:var(--pl-muted)}
.pl-footer a:hover{color:var(--pl-gold-soft)}
.pl-footer-bottom{border-top:1px solid var(--pl-line);padding:18px 20px;text-align:center;font-size:.85rem;color:var(--pl-faint);max-width:1140px;margin:0 auto}
.pl-backtop{position:fixed;right:22px;bottom:22px;background:var(--pl-brick);color:#FFF6E8;border:0;width:46px;height:46px;border-radius:50%;cursor:pointer;font-size:1.2rem;display:none;box-shadow:0 8px 22px rgba(0,0,0,.5);z-index:60}
.pl-backtop.show{display:block}

/* ============ 404 ============ */
.pl-404{text-align:center;padding:80px 20px}
.pl-404 h1{font-size:5rem;color:var(--pl-red-text);margin-bottom:0}
.pl-404 p{color:var(--pl-muted)}

/* ============ COMMENTS ============ */
.pl-comments{margin:40px 0}
.pl-comments h3{margin-bottom:18px;color:var(--pl-gold-soft)}
.comment-list{list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}
.comment{background:var(--pl-coal);border:1px solid var(--pl-line);border-radius:12px;padding:18px;margin-bottom:14px}
.comment-meta{font-size:.82rem;color:var(--pl-faint);margin-bottom:8px}
.pl-comments input,.pl-comments textarea{width:100%;padding:12px;border:1px solid var(--pl-line);border-radius:10px;font-family:inherit;font-size:.95rem;margin-bottom:12px;background:var(--pl-coal-2);color:var(--pl-cream)}

/* ============ RESPONSIVE ============ */
@media(max-width:960px){
  .pl-grid{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr)}
  .pl-hero-inner{padding:72px 20px 64px}
  .pl-layout{grid-template-columns:1fr}
  .pl-footer-widgets{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}
}
@media(max-width:640px){
  body{font-size:16px}
  .pl-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr}
  .pl-nav{display:none;position:absolute;top:100%;left:0;right:0;background:var(--pl-brick-deep);padding:10px 20px;box-shadow:var(--pl-shadow)}
  .pl-nav.open{display:block}
  .pl-nav ul{flex-direction:column;gap:0}
  .pl-nav li{padding:10px 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14)}
  .pl-menu-toggle{display:block}
  .pl-header-inner{flex-wrap:wrap;min-height:68px}
  .pl-footer-widgets{grid-template-columns:1fr}
  .pl-cta{margin:10px 16px 0}
}

/* ============ WORDPRESS CORE ============ */
.aligncenter{display:block;margin:0 auto}
.alignleft{float:left;margin:0 1.2em 1em 0}
.alignright{float:right;margin:0 0 1em 1.2em}
.wp-caption{max-width:100%}
.wp-caption-text{font-size:.82rem;color:var(--pl-muted);text-align:center}
.screen-reader-text{position:absolute;left:-9999px}
.sticky{border:2px solid var(--pl-gold)}
.gallery-caption{font-size:.82rem;color:var(--pl-muted)}
.bypostauthor{font-weight:700}