Twenty Sixteen Theme Changelog

Version 3.1

Released: November 7, 2023

Use default display for `summary` element within a Details block, to ensure the toggle icon appears (#58915)
Implement `the_header_image_tag` function for enhanced compatibility with new image features such as lazy loading, async decoding and fetch priority (#58675)
Update default themes to use new script function signature: the last parameter of `wp_register_script()` and `wp_enqueue_script()` is an array instead of the boolean `true` (#59302)
Use `defer` loading strategy for theme scripts (#59316)

Version 3.0

Released: August 8, 2023

Reflect Quote block text color on the entire block (#57204)
Fix List block padding in the editor when the list has a background color (#58409)
Fix Letter Case control implementation on the Button block ([55999])
Replace the deprecated jQuery `unbind` method with `off` (#58225)
Deprecate the skip link focus fix, switching the enqueue function to just register the script (#54421)
Remove call to `load_theme_textdomain()` function if the WordPress version is at least 4.6 (#58318)
Add "Requires at least" and "Requires PHP" to readme.txt (#57857)

Version 2.9

Released: March 29, 2023

Fix Separator block "Dots" style variation (#56008)
Gallery block produces shifted or scrambled output (#56412)
Bundle Google Fonts locally (#55985)
Mark strings for screen readers (#29748)
Use the new `/documentation/` URLs for HelpHub links (#57726)

Version 2.8

Released: November 1, 2022

Pullquote Block: Color not reflected in editor and front end (#56008)

Version 2.7

Released: May 24, 2022

Remove .entry-content selector from button styles (#55167)
Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in bundled themes (#55327)
Note visually hidden text for translators (#55591)

Version 2.6

Released: January 25, 2022

font-style error in blocks.css (#46807)
Table block does not respect the alignment options (#54317)
Return type not matched in PHPDoc - Bundled Themes (#53878)
Remove "role" attribute on HTML5 elements with a default landmark role. (#54079)
Bundled themes patterns: remove unwanted trailing spaces from translated strings (#53774)
Bundled Themes: Add "Tested up to" in style.css (#53797)

Version 2.5

Released: July 20, 2021

Improve display of blocks in widget areas.

Version 2.4

Released: March 9, 2021

Core blocks are positioned incorrectly in some core bundled themes. (#52009)
Problem with post metabox styles. (#52646)
Add support for the font size option for the code block. (#52431)

Version 2.3

Released: December 8, 2020

Introduce block patterns for Twenty Sixteen. (#51101)
Correct list block alignment in editor styles. (#51157)
Declare support for the html5 feature navigation-widgets. (#51445)
Use correct value for the speak property in various CSS files. (#51622)

Version 2.2

Released: August 11, 2020

Fixes issues where tables created by the table block have an extra border on the left side which extends below the table. (#50180 )

Version 2.1

Released: March 31, 2020

Update calendar widget styles for 5.4 markup. (#49549)
Fixed Text color setting in pullquote block not applied. (#47019)

Version 2.0

Released: May 7, 2019

Trigger a new `wp_body_open` action immediately after the opening `body` tag, and add shim. (#12563, #46679)
Use theme version number when enqueuing styles. (#39997)
Update readme.txt file content to fix validation errors. (#45871)
Update link to child theme and post thumbnail documentation to point to their new locations. (#46450, #46823)
Fix inconsistent HTML comments after closing HTML tags. (#46871)

Version 1.9

Released: February 21, 2019

Add escaping to the pingback URL. (#43717)
Implement preconnect for Google Fonts. (#44668)

Version 1.8

Released: January 9, 2019

Make sure button blocks respect the default rounded style, as well as the squared and outline options. (#45541)
Bump version numbers of updated scripts and stylesheets to prevent caching. (#45679)

Version 1.7

Released: December 19, 2018

Update styles so button blocks will apply theme's custom colors. (#45427)
Swap incorrect styles for `sub` and `sup` in the editor styles, so the styles are correct. (#44776)
Correct block appender appearance in block editor. (#45450)
Remove the term "Gutenberg" from code comments. (#45452)

Version 1.6

Released: December 6, 2018

Add front end styles, editor styles and a custom color palette for the new block-based editor. (#45044 and #45245)
Add theme support for responsive block embeds. (#45274)
Update theme’s wide image styles and JavaScript to include image blocks. (#45380)

Version 1.5

Released: May 17, 2018

Remove the svn:executable property from files that don't need it. (#42594)
General: Fix some precision alignment formatting warnings. (#41057)
Code is Poetry. WordPress' code just... wasn't. (#41057)
Add link to privacy policy page in footer. (#43715)
Comments: Move comment consent input outside the label for a11y. (#43436)

Version 1.4

Released: November 14, 2017

Allow category display in post preview even when there is only one category. (#39531)
Replace a variety of http links referenced in inline docs with their https counterparts. (#40732)
Correct the @return value for twentysixteen_post_thumbnail_sizes_attr(). (#41830)
Replace inline control structureв to improve code readability. (#38468)
Make sure comment number comparison in comments.php works as expected. (#39660)
Change tag cloud format to a list (ul) for better semantics and accessibility. (#40138)

Version 1.3

Released: August 15, 2016

Update deprecated theme tags. (#457)
Make twentysixteen_categorized_blog() function pluggable. (#446)
Add clearfix for blockquote. (#462)
Add styles for date/time input[type]s introduced in HTML5. (#437)
Remove .pot files from Default Themes. (#473)

Version 1.2

Released: April 12, 2016

Remove title attribute from search field
Prevent overflowing of fieldsets on small screens
jQuery: Replace use of the .load() method for the "load" event with .on( 'load', handler )
Adding site logo functionality
Add selective refresh support for site title and tagline
Add customize-selective-refresh-widgets theme support

Version 1.1

Released: January 6, 2016

Remove unnecessary crop parameter
Remove an extra separator in post meta for single author blog
Comment tag fix
Filter tag cloud widget font size to avoid !important in CSS
Fix incorrect opacity property for IE specific stylesheet.
Escape attribute text properly in `aria-label` attributes

Version 1.0

Released: December 8, 2015

Initial Release.

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