- Important: This version of the theme requires at least WordPress 5.1. It is very crucial to keep your WordPress installation up to date for security reasons. If some of your plugins do not support the latest WordPress version then contact the author of the plugin. We will be increasing minimum requirements for a WordPress installation up to a version 5.5 in upcoming theme releases;
- Add: base support for AMP plugin;
- Add: support for the Scroll To button functionality on AMP pages;
- Add: support for the header search modal form on AMP pages;
- Add: support for the mobile menu on AMP pages;
- Update: optimize styles of the toggle sidebar/mobile menu;
- Update: improve performance of the toggle sidebar/mobile menu;
- Update: refactor functionality of the mobile menu section in a toggle sidebar;
- Fix: featured image issue in singular views on AMP pages;
- Fix: featured image issue in archive views on AMP pages;
- Update: improve support for the Google Map icon in the social menu;
- Update: improve Pinterest support in the social menu section;
- Update: display an icon in the Infinite Scroll loader button provided by Jetpack;
- Update: theme screenshot;
- Update: drop support for an old markup of the Button block to avoid alignment issues;
- Update: optimize styles of a default WordPress gallery;
- Fix: caption issue in a default WordPress gallery;
- Fix: caption issue in a slideshow block (Jetpack);
- Fix: spacing issues in the address element;
- Fix: alignment issue of blocks with a full width or wide width added to the columns block;
- Fix: layout issues in the Infinite Scroll loader section provided by Jetpack;
- Add: Grid Page template (to replicate the grid layout shown in archive views using regular pages);
- Add: support for Whatsapp and Webo icons in the social menu;
- Update: remove XFN link;
- Update: improve accessibility of the page meta section shown in singular views;
- Fix: minor spacing issues and inconsistency in the comments section (Jetpack);
- Fix: minor structural issues in the author bio section;
- Fix: remove remnants of microformats;
- Fix: avoid outputting duplicates when setting font family CSS;
- Fix: unlink the publish date and improve SEO and accessibility;
- Fix: indent issue in lists with background;
- Fix: alignment issue in the button block in the Editor;
- Fix: style issues in the Quote block;
- Fix: font issue in the Classic editor;
- Fix: markup issue in a widget area;
- Update: use SVG as an indicator of sub-menu section;
- Update: organize class files in the theme;
- Fix: deprecation notice when using a Jetpack filter;
- Fix: potential issue in RTL sites when Jetpack is active;
- Fix: potential custom colors issue in IE11;
- Add: support for Google Maps in the social menu;
- Update: allow to hide the author bio using the Content Options provided by Jetpack;
- Update: rename the author bio template;
- Update: display the author archive link below the bio content;
- Update: display the author section below the content area in single views;
- Update: improve spacing in the Related Posts section provided by Jetpack;
- Fix: minor style inconsistency in the Related Posts section provided by Jetpack;
- Fix: minor style issue with lists added to the Text widget;
- Fix: minor spacing issue in the Social Link block;
- Fix: minor style issues in back-end editors;
- Fix: minor link issues in the comments section;
- Fix: missing author bio in singular views;
- Fix: custom colors and fonts issue in the Classic editor;
- Fix: style duplicates in the Classic editor;
- Fix: alignment issues in the footer area in smaller screens;
- Fix: page header issue in singular views in smaller screens;
- Fix: mobile menu issue in singular views in smaller screens;
- Important: This is a major update! Mostly all theme templates have been refactored to provide a better performance and accessibility. If you have modified a parent template in your child theme, and you are experiencing any spacing issues after the update, please make sure to check a parent theme templates to compare the changes. Also, you can always contact us and we will be happy to help you;
- Important: The Custom Colors functionality has been completely refactored. If you have used this option to change an accent color on your site, you will need to set it again after the update;
- Add: native support for responsive embeds;
- Add: allow to change a grid laytout in archive views;
- Add: native support for the site logo;
- Update: refactor the 404 template;
- Update: refactor archive templates;
- Update: refactor singular templates;
- Update: theme icons;
- Update: improve flexibility of the theme colors and fonts;
- Update: refactor functionality of the theme custom colors;
- Update: reduce amount of custom CSS used when custom fonts are set;
- Update: reduce amount of custom CSS used when custom colors are set;
- Update: spacing in the theme;
- Update: use svg icons instead of font icons in the theme;
- Update: optimize the core JS functionality of the theme;
- Update: drop dependency for jQuery for the core JS functionality of the theme;
- Update: improve accessibility of the theme;
- Update: improve spacing in the theme template parts;
- Update: organize Jetpack styles and load them only when it is needed;
- Update: improve theme performance;
- Fix: typography control issues in the Customizer;
- Fix: formatting issue in the editor JS file;
- Fix: spacing issues in the theme;
- Fix: style inconsistency in the theme;
- Fix: display proper font families in the Block editor;
- Fix: display proper custom colors in the Block editor;
- Fix: style issues in default blocks;
- Fix: style inconsistency in default blocks;
- Fix: minor alignment issue for centered elements;
- Fix: display custom colors and fonts in the Classic editor;
- Fix: theme update notice issue in dashboard;
- Fix: visibility issue of the sticky menu;
- Remove: fonts icons;
- Important: Mostly all theme templates have received small changes regarding CSS classes located in the template. If you have modified a parent template in your child theme and you are experiencing any spacing issues after the update then please make sure to check a parent theme templates to compare the changes. Also, you can always contact us and we will be happy to help you;
- Add: Border style to the Table blocks;
- Update: formatting of the theme assets;
- Update: optimize 404 and singular templates;
- Update: theme styles to match a new version the theme design system;
- Update: remove unnecessary logical condition in the comments template;
- Update: improve support for the Block editor;
- Update: use a proper escape function in the search form;
- Fix: spacing issues;
- Add: special action to the archive template to make the template more flexible;
- Update: move the function responsible for displaying the Featured Content section to the Jetpack file;
- Update: remove unnecessary checks when displaying the Featured Content section;
- Update: avoid displaying unnecessary HTML tags that do not have any styles in archive view;
- Update: heading tag (widget title) in the widget area;
- Update: reducing changelog information stored in the get_version API calls;
- Update: domain name in the documentation links;
- Fix: sidebar issue in Safari;
- Fix: potential issue regarding theme updates;
- Add: new button to the documentation section in the Theme Info page;
- Update: documentation links in the Themes Info page;
- Fix: minor spacing issues in the Theme Info page;
- Fix: warning messages when performing an update;
- Fix: missing the `theme_slug` parameter from the API calls;
- Update: refactor the main menu styles;
- Update: optimize load of Jetpack styles;
- Fix: minor inconsistency in the main menu;
- Fix: minor style issues;
- Important: if you use a child theme with customized theme templates, make sure to check a parent theme templates to compare the changes. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions;
- Add: template for the page header shown in all views except singular view;
- Update: improve performance of the theme;
- Update: combine single view page header templates into one template to avoid code repetition;
- Update: combine single view content templates into one template to avoid code repetition;
- Update: path to the page header template in the Full Width template;
- Update: remove unnecessary templates;
- Update: combine archive views template to avoid code repetition;
- Update: refactor the page header template to avoid using a query loop;
- Update: function that outputs classes for the page header section;
- Update: refactor blockquote styles using a mobile-first approach;
- Update: refactor the layout (content area + sidebar) using the theme design system;
- Update: remove unnecessary styles for the layout (content area + sidebar);
- Update: use mobile-fist approach for the layout (content area + sidebar);
- Update: singular page template;
- Update: sidebar template;
- Update: move the author section to the post footer section to make it more semantic;
- Update: refactor elements in singular view using the theme design system to reduce a style repetition and to keep consistency;
- Update: page templates to use the theme design system;
- Update: remove unused grid styles;
- Update: use the theme design system to display a primary background color;
- Update: load singular styles only when it is needed;
- Update: refactor the Featured Content section to avoid loading JS file and use CSS only;
- Update: avoid multiple checks for a singular view when loading styles;
- Update: documentation link in Dashboard (the Theme Info page);
- Update: add newsletter link in Dashboard (the Theme Info page);
- Fix: heading font sizes outside of the content area;
- Fix: header search button issue during the scroll;
- Fix: author section issue in mobile views;
- Add: template for the search form;
- Update: combine multiple identical checks to reduce repetition;
- Update: cache a conditional tag to avoid calling the same function several times;
- Update: load hfeed JS functionality only when it is needed;
- Update: improve performance of displaying the featured images;
- Update: improve accessibility of the featured images;
- Update: refactor the content template in archive views using the theme design system to reduce style repetition;
- Update: refactor the featured content section using the theme design system to reduce style repetition;
- Update: improve performance in single views;
- Update: avoid firing a scroll event for the page header animation when the section is not in a viewport;
- Update: minimize page reflow in single views;
- Update: refactor styles of 404 views using the theme design system to reduce style repetition;
- Update: refactor styles of the page header in archive and 404 views;
- Update: incorporate the theme design system into the search forms to reduce style repetition;
- Update: refactor archive view grid using the theme design system to reduce style repetition;
- Update: simplify a structure of the archive view grid;
- Update: improve performance of the archive view grid using a different approach of creating the grid;
- Update: load archive view styles only when it is needed;
- Update: improve performance of the sticky header;
- Update: refactor functionality of the sticky header;
- Fix: minor spacing issues in 404 views;
- Fix: add missing styles for the button element;
- Update: improve performance of archive views;
- Update: theme navigation labels to avoid redundant descriptions;
- Update: load the comments styles only when it is needed;
- Update: exclude the logo from lazy loading (Jetpack);
- Update: load scripts needed for single views only when it is needed;
- Update: improve accessibility of the search dialog window by adding a support for the Escape key;
- Update: refactor functionality of the scroll to element actions;
- Update: improve performance of the mobile menu creation;
- Update: refactor the mobile menu styles using the theme design system;
- Fix: redundant WAI-ARIA attribute;
- Fix: minor style issues in the comments section;
- Fix: avoid using duplicate IDs in the mobile menu items;
- Fix: remove style repetition in the toggle sidebar section;
- Fix: minor style issues in the social menu section;
- Update: improve performance of the theme;
- Update: formatting of the theme styles;
- Update: use the theme design system to reduce style repetition;
- Update: browser normalize.css styles;
- Update: refactor styles of the footer section;
- Update: refactor styles of the header search section;
- Update: refactor styles of the header section;
- Update: refactor styles of the sidebar section;
- Update: improve and organize a structure of the theme by moving the theme assets (CSS, JS, Fonts) to its own folder;
- Update: improve accessibility of the header search form;
- Update: group header search functionality into its own function (IIFE);
- Update: refactor a script of the page header;
- Fix: remove unnesasery styles;
- Fix: HTML structure issue that causes markup errors;
- Fix: spacing issues in the footer area;
- Fix: spacing issue in the Text widget;
- Fix: spacing issue in the header search form;
- Fix: spacing issues in the header section;
- Fix: spacing issues in the page header section;
- Fix: overflow issue when site contains long words;
- Fix: alignment issue of the header elements when a long menu is added to the site;
- Update: improve accessibility of the main menu;
- Update: display a regular menu on touch screens with a large screen resolution;
- Update: group navigation functionality into its own function;
- Update: allow sub-menu access on touch screens with a large screen resolution (ex: iPad Pro);
- Update: add better support for older browsers;
- Update: browsers normalize style;
- Fix: menu issue on touch screens with a large screen resolution;
- Fix: indent issues of the list elements;
- Fix: gallery layout issue;
- Fix: layout issue in the Featured Content section;
- Fix: minor typography styling issue;
- Update: optimize theme styles;
- Update: change a way of loading the RTL style;
- Update: improve theme performance for the RTL sites;
- Fix: grid layout issue (RTL sites);
- Update: simplify a markup of the header search section;
- Update: styles of the header search form;
- Update: improve performance of the header search form;
- Update: improve accessibility of the header search button;
- Fix: grid issue in smaller screens;
- Update: add the `display` parameter to the google fonts to improve performance;
- Update: use CSS to detect mobile devices;
- Update: avoid adding a special body class using wp_is_mobile();
- Update: post type variable name to avoid overriding WordPress globals;
- Fix: sanitation issue of the theme name in the Updater;
- Update: trigger a new wp_body_open action (WordPress 5.2) immediately after the opening body tag;
- Update: improve accessibility of the search widget;
- Update: styles for the sticky menu;
- Update: hide the sticky menu section for screen readers;
- Fix: accessibility issue associated with the close button in the toggle sidebar section;
- Add: theme typography options;
- Add: Amazon icon to the social menu link;
- Add: Theme Options panel in the Customizer;
- Update: WordPress audio player styles;
- Update: remove unnecessary styles;
- Update: HTML tag for the 404 label;
- Update: improve accessibility of the 404 page;
- Update: styles for default HTML elements;
- Update: comments styles;
- Update: main translation file of the theme (.pot);
- Update: remove recommendation for the Google Fonts plugin;
- Update: remove option to disable default fonts;
- Fix: mix of ordered and non-ordered placeholders;
- Fix: style issues with the search form;
- Add: support for Facebook short url in the social menu;
- Update: improve accessibility of the header search form;
- Update: improve accessibility of the mobile menu section;
- Update: improve accessibility of custom menus;
- Update: mobile menu section styles;
- Update: update functionality of the mobile menu section using a plan JS;
- Update: dequeue JS plugin for the mobile toggle section because the theme now uses its own functionality to create this section;
- Update: sort CSS properties alphabetically;
- Update: HTML structure of the social menu;
- Fix: JS issue when custom menus are empty;
- Update: add a version number to the main stylesheet to avoid browser cache issues;
- Update: add a version number to the main JavaScript file to avoid browser cache issues;
- Update: improve performance of the theme;
- Update: rewrite the theme JavaScript functionalities using a plain JavaScript;
- Update: remove unnecessary prefixed CSS styles;
- Update: group CSS media queries;
- Update: add a type attribute to the buttons in the header template;
- Update: hide a search icon element for the screen readers;
- Update: improve accessibility of the theme;
- Update: use a button element instead of a link element for closing the header search form;
- Update: load a print style only when it is needed;
- Update: do not load unused Infinite Scroll stylesheets and scripts in archive views;
- Update: move a grid framework styles to the main theme stylesheet;
- Update: remove HTML data attribute for a number of posts per page in archive views;
- Update: remove unused styles;
- Fix: spacing issue in the post meta section in single views;
- Fix: color issues in the header search form;
- Fix: grid issues in smaller screens;
- Update: theme URI in the parent stylesheet;
- Fix: update the main translation file of the theme (.pot) to list the latest theme strings;
- Add: phone icon to the social menu;
- Add: title and class attributes to the social menu link;
- Add: arrow icon to the menu item with a sub-menu;
- Update: optimize font icons;
- Update: make Skip to Entry actions more accessible;
- Update: use a global icon class to display an icon;
- Update: use a proper HTML tag for the Go to Top action;
- Update: use a plain JS for the Scroll to Element actions;
- Fix: do not cover the content when the Scroll to Entry action is used;
- Fix: reply style issue in the comments section;
- Add: load a child theme stylesheet if a child theme is active;
- Update: improve performance of the theme;
- Update: load a minified version of JS and CSS files of the theme;
- Update: information page of the theme in WordPress dashboard;
- Add: better support for Gutenberg;
- Add: option to disable a default theme font;
- Fix: grid issue for the sites that display a large number of posts per page (>40);
- Fix: readability issues on protected posts in archive views;
- Fix: add a missing mobile class;
- Fix: styling issues in search view;
- Remove: unused styles;
- Update: grid algorithm in archive views;
- Update: improve the sticky header functionality;
- Update: formatting of archive view templates, and add per-page attribute to the grid container;
- Update: clean up some CSS in the archive grid section;
- Fix: Infinite Scroll incorrect behavior;
- Update: optimize header animation in single views;
- Update: improve performance of the sticky header;
- Update: remove some unnecessary CSS in the Featured Content section;
- Fix: resolve a \"scroll-linked positioning effect\" warning in Firefox;
- Fix: header visibility issue when a single view page has been scrolled too fast;
- Fix: share buttons (Jetpack) spacing issues;
- Fix: spacing issues in the Author section;
- Fix: some minor styling issues;
- Update: replace http with https in the meta data profile;
- Update: add a better way to set the content width, based on the theme\'s design and stylesheet;
- Add: support for the Featured Content (Jetpack);
- Update: add better accessibility to the comment links in archive view;
- Update: move functionality of skip-link-focus-fix.js file to the theme JS file;
- Update: reduce number of http requests;
- Update: reorganize and optimize the theme JS file;
- Fix: date format when populating datetime attributes;
- Fix: move window.load outside of document.ready in the theme JS file;
- Fix: optimize the theme JS file and improve performance by avoiding to call the ready event multiple times;
- Add: support for Jetpack Content Options;
- Update: add better accessibility for the \"edit\" links;
- Fix: do not display an empty footer element in single-page views;
- Fix: some styling issues in single views;
- Add: optional sticky header functionality;
- Add: Snapchat, Tripadvisor, Telegram and Yelp icons for the social menu;
- Add: span tag around the archive title prefix so that the prefix can be hidden with CSS if needed;
- Update: add mobile menu links using JavaScript;
- Update: functionality of the theme updater;
- Add: additional social icons to the social menu;
- Update: font icons to a newer version;
- Update: optimize site header section and theme javascript file;
- Fix: featured image jumping issue in single views;
- Add: escape functions to some translation strings;
- Add: native navigation functions to the comment template;
- Update: changelog information in readme.txt file;
- Update: page formatting;
- Update: optimize sidebar template by eliminating unnecessary checks;
- Update: make the code more cleaner;
- Update: provides proper semantic structure for site title;
- Update: single header sections by moving all the checks to the function;
- Update: refactoring the code in the google fonts function;
- Update: optimize scripts function;
- Fix: translatability of comments title;
- Fix: only generate pingback url header tag when relevant;
- Fix: add \'hfeed\' class only to non-singular pages;
- Fix: script naming issue (toggle sidebar script);
- Fix: display a sidebar class only in single views because archive views are not designed to display a sidebar;
- Remove: fallback functions for older WordPress versions;
- Remove: unused search content template;
- Remove: superfluous check in the comment template;
- Remove: unused styles from the theme stylesheet;
- Remove: unnecessary arguments from the social menu;
- Update: the functionality of theme updater;
- Fix: Getting Started page issues;
- Add: support for Recommended Plugins;
- Fix: single view height issue;
- Add: support for a native Custom Logo option (Jetpack Custom Logo option has been removed);
- Fix: several sanitizing issues;