changelog.md

Modern Changelog

2.6.3, 20240915

Updated

• Improving accessibility
• Improving and fixing social icons (introducing option to force the icon with has-icon-# class)

File updates

changelog.md
style.css
assets/scss/_css-vars.scss
assets/scss/main.scss
includes/frontend/class-menu.php
includes/starter-content/class-starter-content.php

2.6.2, 20240902

Updated

• Confirming support with WordPress 6.6

File updates

changelog.md
readme.txt
style.css

2.6.1, 20231113

Updated

• Twitter/X icon

Fixed

• Preventing issue with post formats
• Updating TGMPA script to prevent PHP8 error

File updates

changelog.md
readme.txt
style.css
assets/images/svg/social-icons.svg
includes/frontend/class-menu.php
includes/post-formats/class-post-formats.php
includes/starter-content/class-starter-content.php
library/includes/vendor/tgmpa/class-tgm-plugin-activation.php

2.6.0, 20230105

Updated

• JavaScript libraries (A11yMenu and CSS Vars Ponyfill)
• Media size info
• Improving code
• Improving accessibility
• HTML head code
• Welcome page
• Localization

Fixed

• Custom typography CSS vars not working
• Google Fonts still being loaded even when using custom typography

File updates

changelog.md
readme.txt
style.css
assets/js/vendors/a11y-menu/*.*
assets/scss/main.scss
assets/scss/welcome.scss
assets/scss/starter/_starter.scss
assets/scss/starter/tools/_functions.scss
includes/custom-header/class-intro.php
includes/customize/class-customize.php
includes/frontend/class-assets.php
includes/frontend/class-header.php
includes/plugins/one-click-demo-import/class-one-click-demo-import.php
includes/setup/class-setup.php
includes/welcome/class-welcome.php
languages/*.*
library/changelog.md
library/includes/classes/class-core.php
library/includes/classes/class-css-variables.php
library/includes/vendor/tgmpa/class-tgm-plugin-activation.php
library/js/vendors/css-vars-ponyfill/*.*
library/scss/styles/_customize.scss
template-parts/admin/media-image-sizes.php
template-parts/admin/notice-welcome.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-a11y.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-demo.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-footer.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-guide.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-header.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-promo.php
template-parts/header/head.php

2.5.2, 20220326

Fixed

• Minifying CSS
• Mobile menu toggle button styles on mobile devices in landscape mode

File updates

changelog.md
style.css
assets/css/*.*
assets/scss/main.scss

2.5.1, 20220325

Fixed

• JavaScript error
• Comments responsive styles

File updates

changelog.md
style.css
assets/js/scripts-global.js
assets/js/scripts-navigation-mobile.js
assets/scss/main.scss
includes/frontend/class-assets.php

2.5.0, 20220320

Added

• TikTok social links icon
• New accessible menu functionality using A11yMenu script

Updated

• Improving accessibility
• Headings structure
• Recommended plugins list
• Localization

Fixed

• "Back to top" link functionality
• Accessibility issues
• Preventing PHP errors
• Jetpack plugin compatibility

File updates

changelog.md
header.php
readme.txt
style.css
assets/images/svg/social-icons.svg
assets/js/customize-preview.js
assets/js/scripts-global.js
assets/js/scripts-masonry.js
assets/js/scripts-navigation-mobile.js
assets/js/vendors/a11y-menu/*.*
assets/js/vendors/fitvids/jquery.fitvids.js
assets/scss/_setup.scss
assets/scss/main.scss
includes/frontend/class-assets.php
includes/frontend/class-header.php
includes/frontend/class-menu.php
includes/frontend/class-post.php
includes/plugins/jetpack/class-jetpack-content-options.php
includes/plugins/jetpack/class-jetpack-custom-post-types.php
includes/plugins/jetpack/class-jetpack-infinite-scroll.php
includes/plugins/jetpack/class-jetpack-setup.php
includes/plugins/one-click-demo-import/class-one-click-demo-import.php
includes/setup/class-setup.php
includes/tgmpa/class-tgmpa-plugins.php
languages/modern.pot
template-parts/header/links-skip.php
template-parts/header/site-branding.php
template-parts/menu/menu-primary.php
template-parts/menu/menu-social.php

2.4.4, 20210128

Updated

• Updating 3rd party JavaScript
• Improving SEO
• Improving compatibility with plugins such as bbPress

Fixed

• Flex grow modifier class specificity
• Range theme option field not working with WordPress 5.6
• jQuery code for WordPress 5.6 compatibility

File updates

changelog.md
readme.txt
style.css
assets/js/vendors/fitvids/jquery.fitvids.js
assets/scss/main.scss
includes/frontend/class-header.php
library/includes/classes/class-css-variables.php
library/js/customize-control-multicheckbox.js
library/js/customize-control-radio-matrix.js
library/js/customize-controls.js
library/js/vendors/css-vars-ponyfill/css-vars-ponyfill.js
library/js/vendors/css-vars-ponyfill/css-vars-ponyfill.min.js
template-parts/content/content-page.php
template-parts/header/head.php

2.4.3

• Update: Updating CSS Vars Ponyfill JS
• Update: Improved accessibility styles
• Fix: Homepage slideshow not working
• Fix: Search form submit button alignment
• Fix: Intro image not fullwidth
• Fix: Safari browser linear gradient issue
• Fix: Mobile navigation double tap issue
• Fix: Color contrast on focused skip links

Files changed:

changelog.md
readme.txt
style.css
assets/js/scripts-navigation-accessibility.js
assets/scss/_css-vars.scss
assets/scss/custom-styles.scss
assets/scss/main.scss
includes/custom-header/class-intro.php
includes/customize/class-customize-styles.php
includes/customize/class-customize.php
includes/frontend/class-assets.php
includes/plugins/ns-featured-posts/class-ns-featured-posts.php
library/changelog.md
library/includes/classes/class-css-variables.php
library/js/vendors/css-vars-ponyfill/css-vars-ponyfill.js
library/js/vendors/css-vars-ponyfill/css-vars-ponyfill.min.js

2.4.2

• Update: Adding nofollow rel attribute to footer links
• Update: Removing demo content XML and setting manual import for One Click Demo Import plugin to comply with WordPress.org theme requirements
• Update: Localization
• Fix: Not wrapping post excerpt in additional DIV when its empty
• Fix: Removing "Continue reading" link from blog page excerpt

Files changed:

changelog.md
index.php
style.css
includes/frontend/class-post-summary.php
includes/plugins/one-click-demo-import/class-one-click-demo-import.php
includes/welcome/class-welcome.php
library/changelog.md
template-parts/footer/site-info.php

2.4.1

• Add: Adding WhatsApp and Google social icon
• Update: Implementing WordPress 5.2 code updates
• Fix: Preventing PHP error after theme activation

Files changed:

changelog.md
header.php
readme.txt
style.css
assets/images/svg/social-icons.svg
includes/frontend/class-header.php
includes/frontend/class-menu.php
includes/welcome/welcome.php
template-parts/admin/notice-welcome.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-demo.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-footer.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-header.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-promo.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-quickstart.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-wordpress.php

2.4.0

• Update: Navigation accessibility and touch screen functionality
• Update: Improving intro image accessibility
• Update: Custom typography info in theme options
• Update: Improving accessibility skip links
• Update: Excerpts display
• Update: Info about demo required plugins
• Update: Demo content
• Update: Welcome page and notice
• Update: Improving CSS variables functionality for browsers with no support
• Update: Donation links
• Update: Improving code
• Update: Localization
• Fix: CSS variables background image code escaping
• Fix: Gallery post format slideshow not working with Gutenberg editor

Files changed:

changelog.md
footer.php
header.php
readme.txt
style.css
assets/js/scripts-navigation-accessibility.js
assets/scss/custom-styles-editor.scss
includes/custom-header/class-intro.php
includes/customize/class-customize.php
includes/frontend/class-header.php
includes/frontend/class-menu.php
includes/frontend/class-post-media.php
includes/frontend/class-post-summary.php
includes/plugins/one-click-demo-import/class-one-click-demo-import.php
includes/plugins/one-click-demo-import/demo-content-modern.xml
includes/post-formats/class-post-formats.php
includes/welcome/class-welcome.php
languages/modern.pot
library/includes/classes/class-core.php
library/includes/classes/class-css-variables.php
template-parts/admin/notice-welcome.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-footer.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-header.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-promo.php
template-parts/component/link-more.php
template-parts/content/content.php
template-parts/header/links-skip.php
template-parts/meta/entry-meta-element-comments.php
template-parts/meta/entry-meta-element-date.php

2.3.1

• Update: Removing obsolete files (related to v2.0.0 upgrade notices)
• Update: Localization

Files changed:

changelog.md
readme.txt
style.css
languages/*.*
removing template-parts/admin/notice-upgrade-2.0.0.php
removing template-parts/admin/notice-upgrade-child-theme-2.0.0.php

2.3.0

• Update: Support URL
• Update: Improving code
• Update: Improving security
• Update: Improving accessibility
• Update: Adding WPCS comments to code
• Update: Improving customizer functionality
• Update: Using CSS variables instead of generating customized styles
• Update: Removing obsolete functionality
• Update: Updating readme file
• Update: Setting use strict in JavaScript
• Update: Removing all locate_template() function references
• Update: Localization
• Update: Documentation
• Update: Removing old theme v2.0.0 upgrade notices and code (to update from pre v2.0.0 to v2.3.0, user need to install v2.0.0 first)
• Fix: Styling issues

Files changed:

changelog.md
readme.txt
style.css
assets/js/customize-preview.js
assets/js/scripts-global.js
assets/js/scripts-navigation-accessibility.js
assets/js/scripts-navigation-mobile.js
assets/js/skip-link-focus-fix.js
assets/scss/_css-vars.scss
assets/scss/_setup.scss
assets/scss/custom-styles-editor.scss
assets/scss/custom-styles.scss
assets/scss/main.scss
includes/customize/class-customize-styles.php
includes/customize/class-customize.php
includes/frontend/class-assets.php
includes/frontend/class-loop.php
includes/frontend/class-menu.php
includes/frontend/class-post-media.php
includes/frontend/class-post.php
includes/post-formats/class-post-formats.php
includes/setup/class-setup.php
languages/*.*
library/changelog.md
library/init.php
library/includes/classes/class-admin.php
library/includes/classes/class-core.php
library/includes/classes/class-css-variables.php
library/includes/classes/class-customize-control-html.php
library/includes/classes/class-customize-control-multiselect.php
library/includes/classes/class-customize-control-radio-matrix.php
library/includes/classes/class-customize-control-select.php
library/includes/classes/class-customize.php
library/includes/classes/class-sanitize.php
library/js/customize-control-multicheckbox.js
library/js/customize-control-radio-matrix.js
library/js/customize-controls.js
template-parts/admin/welcome-header.php
template-parts/admin/welcome-quickstart.php

2.2.3

• Add: More social icons
• Update: WordPress 5.0 ready
• Update: Loading Genericons Neue as separate stylesheet
• Update: Advanced Custom Fields plugin compatibility
• Fix: Making social icons menu multilingual ready
• Fix: Blog homepage intro text accepting empty value

Files changed:

changelog.md
functions.php
style.css
assets/fonts/genericons-neue/*.*
assets/images/svg/social-icons.svg
assets/js/scripts-slick.js
assets/scss/main.scss
includes/frontend/class-assets.php
includes/frontend/class-menu.php
includes/frontend/class-svg.php
includes/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/advanced-custom-fields.php
includes/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/class-advanced-custom-fields.php
includes/tgmpa/class-tgmpa-plugins.php
library/includes/classes/class-visual-editor.php
template-parts/intro/intro-content.php
template-parts/menu/menu-social.php

2.2.2

• Fix: Theme options sanitization

Files changed:

changelog.md
style.css
includes/customize/class-customize.php

2.2.1

• Fix: Blog page excerpt display

Files changed:

changelog.md
index.php
style.css

2.2.0

• Add: Masonry posts layout option
• Update: Library 2.7.0
• Update: CSS Starter 4.0.2
• Update: Removing archive title options in favor of plugin
• Update: Improving NS Featured Posts plugin compatibility
• Update: Improving post meta display
• Update: Improving stylesheets loading
• Update: Localization
• Fix: All Envato Theme Check plugin test requirements
• Fix: Jetpack Author Bio display
• Fix: Intro image width on mobile devices
• Fix: "Back to top" button accessibility

Files changed:

changelog.md
style.css
assets/js/scripts-global.js
assets/js/scripts-masonry.js
assets/js/scripts-slick.js
assets/scss/editor-style.scss
assets/scss/main.scss
assets/scss/starter/*.*
includes/customize/class-customize-styles.php
includes/customize/class-customize.php
includes/frontend/class-assets.php
includes/frontend/class-header.php
includes/frontend/class-loop.php
includes/frontend/class-menu.php
includes/frontend/class-post.php
includes/plugins/jetpack/class-jetpack-content-options.php
includes/plugins/jetpack/class-jetpack-custom-post-types.php
includes/plugins/jetpack/class-jetpack-setup.php
includes/plugins/ns-featured-posts/class-ns-featured-posts.php
includes/welcome/welcome.php
languages/modern.pot
library/*.*
template-parts/footer/site-info.php
template-parts/intro/intro-content.php
template-parts/loop/loop-front-blog.php
template-parts/loop/loop-front-portfolio.php
template-parts/loop/loop-front-testimonials.php
template-parts/menu/menu-primary.php

2.1.0

• Add: Adding intro background color option description
• Update: WordPress 4.9.6 compatibility (GDPR)
• Update: Improving nested comments indentation
• Update: Localization
• Fix: Intro background color display in customizer

Files changed:

changelog.md
style.css
assets/scss/main.scss
includes/customize/class-customize.php
includes/frontend/class-header.php
languages/modern.pot
template-parts/footer/site-info.php

2.0.3

• Update: Improving blog page summary display
• Fix: Intro section color styles
• Fix: Minor RTL styles issue with skip links

Files changed:

changelog.md
index.php
style.css
assets/scss/custom-styles.scss
assets/scss/main.scss

2.0.2

• Add: RSS and Xing social icons
• Update: Demo content files
• Update: Improving One Click Demo Import plugin compatibility, preventing PHP errors
• Fix: Reintroducing post formats support for Jetpack Portfolio projects
• Fix: Gaps between social links on mobile devices
• Fix: Intro image display on blog front page

Files changed:

changelog.md
style.css
assets/images/svg/symbol-rss.svg
assets/images/svg/symbol-xing.svg
assets/scss/main.scss
includes/custom-header/class-intro.php
includes/custom-header/class-menu.php
includes/plugins/jetpack/class-jetpack-custom-post-types.php
includes/plugins/one-click-demo-import/class-one-click-demo-import.php
includes/plugins/one-click-demo-import/demo-content-modern.xml

2.0.1

• Fix: Quote post format metabox title

Files changed:

changelog.md
style.css
includes/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/class-advanced-custom-fields.php
languages/modern.pot

2.0.0

• Add: A lot of theme customization options
• Add: Installing theme demo with one click
• Add: Theme "Welcome" admin page (under Appearance admin menu)
• Add: Making the theme accessibility ready
• Add: Compatibility with any page builder plugin
• Add: Compatibility with Jetpack Testimonials content type
• Add: Compatibility with Jetpack Content Options
• Add: Ability to display sidebar on any page/post
• Add: More post editor "Formats" dropdown styles
• Add: Easy post/page options setup with Advanced Custom Fields plugin compatibility
• Add: Right To Left languages support
• Add: More custom header images out of the box
• Add: Compatibility with WPML and Polylang multilingual plugins
• Add: Support for page excerpt
• Add: Simple theme starter content
• Update: Improved compatibility with WordPress 4.9
• Update: Library 2.6.0
• Update: CSS Starter 4.0.1
• Update: Code organization and improvements
• Update: Removing microformats (Schema.org) markup in favor of dedicated plugins
• Update: Improving and optimizing JavaScript codes
• Update: Dropping Internet Explorer 9 and 10 compatibility
• Update: Improving CSS styles
• Update: Improving theme performance
• Update: Improved sticky header
• Update: Improved responsive styles
• Update: Using SVG for social icons
• Update: Ability to display social icons in a Navigational Menu widget anywhere on the website
• Update: Making custom typography more flexible by supporting 3rd party plugins
• Update: Theme demo content and website
• Update: Localization
• Update: Documentation
• Fix: Front page slideshow controls issues
• Fix: Featured image size on single post and page
• Fix: All reported issues

Files changed:

*.* (Yes, all files have been changed in this update.)

1.4.6

• Fix: Gallery post slideshow navigation issue

Files changed:

js/scripts-global.js

1.4.5

• Add: WordPress 4.3 support
• Add: Touch enabled navigation, accessible with Tab key
• Update: Updated scripts: TGM Plugin Activation 2.5.2, Slick 1.5.8
• Update: Improved featured image size setup for pages
• Update: Licensed under GPLv3
• Update: Admin interface
• Update: Documentation (user manual)
• Fix: Google Fonts URL function subset issue
• Fix: Fixed issue with masonry footer layout when using Jetpack's infinite scroll
• Fix: Slider issue

Files changed:

license.txt
readme.md
style.css
css/admin.css
css/customizer.css
css/slick.css
inc/setup-theme-options.php
inc/setup.php
inc/customizer/customizer.php
inc/lib/admin.php
inc/lib/core.php
inc/tgmpa/class-tgm-plugin-activation.php
js/scripts-global.js
js/scripts-navigation.js

1.4.4

• Fix: Search field text color on error 404 and nothing found page
• Fix: wmhook_entry_image_link is not applied correctly on page content

Files changed:

style.css
content-page.php

1.4.3

• Update: Using new prefixed image sizes

Files changed:

content-custom-header.php
content-featured-post.php

1.4.2

• Update: TGM Plugin Activation 2.4.2
• Update: Removing example.html Genericons file
• Update: Prefixed custom theme image sizes
• Update: Enqueuing comment-reply.js the right way
• Update: Saving image size setup into theme mod, not individual options
• Update: Removing obsolete constants

Files changed:

functions.php
genericons/example.html
inc/setup.php
inc/setup-theme-options.php
inc/lib/admin.php
inc/lib/core.php
inc/tgmpa/class-tgm-plugin-activation.php

1.4.1

• Update: TGM Plugin Activation 2.4.1
• Update: Starter CSS

Files changed:

css/starter.css
inc/tgmpa/class-tgm-plugin-activation.php

1.4

• Add: Sticky mobile navigation button
• Update: Removed obsolete loop-singular.php file
• Update: Tightening security
• Update: Improved code

Files changed:

style.css
inc/setup-theme-options.php
inc/setup.php
inc/lib/core.php
inc/tgmpa/class-tgm-plugin-activation.php
js/scripts-global.js

1.3

• Add: Additional post classes
• Update: Image size setup message
• Update: Typography setup simplified
• Update: Library and custimizer
• Update: Localization
• Update: Scripts
• Fix: Page with sidebar template layout when comments enabled (disabled comments for this page template)
• Fix: Responsive sidebar width
• Fix: Customizer script dependency

Files changed:

content-audio.php
content-custom-header.php
content-featured-post.php
content-gallery.php
content-image.php
content-link.php
content-page.php
content-status.php
content-video.php
content.php
functions.php
image.php
css/starter.css
inc/setup.php
inc/customizer/customizer.php
inc/lib/core.php
languages/sk_SK.mo
languages/sk_SK.po
languages/xx_XX.pot
page-template/_sidebar.php

1.2.3

• Fix: Error on older versions of PHP

Files changed:

inc/setup.php

1.2.2

• Update: Allowed to set custom image sizes via WordPress admin
• Update: Localization
• Update: Editor styles
• Fix: Displaying title tag in HTML head
• Fix: Comments display condition

Files changed:

comments.php
css/editor-styles.css
inc/setup.php
languages/sk_SK.mo
languages/sk_SK.po
languages/xx_XX.pot

1.2.1

• Fix: Incorrect filter hook name

Files changed:

inc/setup.php

1.2

• Add: Posts Views Count plugin support
• Add: NS Featured Posts plugin support for populating banner slideshow
• Update: Updated core framework
• Update: Updated copyright year
• Update: Optimized code
• Update: Updated scripts
• Update: Reorganized Customizer options
• Update: Using starter.css stylesheet
• Update: Optimized editor-style.css
• Update: Localization texts
• Update: Removed obsolete files and functions
• Update: User manual update
• Fix: Fixed and updated hooks
• Fix: Styles fixes
• Fix: Responsive styles

Files changed:

archive.php
content-audio.php
content-featured-post.php
content-gallery.php
content-image.php
content-link.php
content-page.php
content-quote.php
content-status.php
content-video.php
content.php
functions.php
header.php
image.php
sidebar-footer.php
sidebar.php
css/customizer.css
css/editor-style.css
css/starter.css
inc/setup-theme-options.php
inc/setup.php
inc/custom-header/custom-header.php
inc/customizer/customizer.php
inc/jetpack/jetpack.php
inc/lib/admin.php
inc/lib/core.php
inc/lib/hooks.php
inc/lib/visual-editor.php
inc/tgmpa/class-tgm-plugin-activation.php
inc/tgmpa/plugins.php
js/scripts.js
js/skip-link-focus-fix.js

1.1.5

• Add: Original (not minified) JS scripts

Files changed:

js/dev/imagesloaded.pkgd.js
js/dev/slick.js

1.1

• Add: WordPress 4.1 compatibility
• Add: Page edit link on front end
• Add: New icons to social links
• Add: Breadcrumbs support
• Add: Option to override header image
• Update: Stylesheet structure (colors grouped together)
• Update: Styles
• Update: Status post logic
• Update: Custom singular JS output
• Update: Mobile pagination styling
• Update: Tagcloud styles
• Update: Copyright info in readme file
• Update: Localization
• Update: Functions names
• Update: Theme options
• Update: Code organization
• Update: Scripts
• Update: demo.xml file
• Update: Removed unnecessary hooks
• Fix: Jetpack related posts styling
• Fix: Nested ordered lists styling
• Fix: Styling issues
• Fix: Filter hook names

Files changed:

archive.php
comments.php
content-audio.php
content-custom-header.php
content-featured-post.php
content-gallery.php
content-image.php
content-link.php
content-page.php
content-status.php
content-video.php
content.php
demo-content.xml
functions.php
header.php
image.php
loop-banner.php
readme.md
readme.txt
searchform.php
sidebar-footer.php
style.css
css/_custom.css
css/colors.css
css/editor-styles.css
css/slick.css
inc/post-formats.php
inc/setup.php
inc/setup-theme-options.php
inc/customizer/customizer.php
inc/customizer/controls/class-WM_Customizer_Hidden.php
inc/customizer/controls/class-WM_Customizer_HTML.php
inc/customizer/controls/class-WM_Customizer_Image.php
inc/customizer/controls/class-WM_Customizer_Multiselect.php
inc/customizer/controls/class-WM_Customizer_Select.php
inc/customizer/controls/class-WM_Customizer_Textarea.php
inc/jetpack/jetpack.php
inc/lib/admin.php
inc/lib/core.php
inc/tgmpa/plugins.php
page-template/_sidebar.php
languages/readme.md
languages/sk_SK.mo
languages/sk_SK.po
languages/wm_domain.pot

1.0

• Initial release.