Version 4.1
Released: November 7, 2023
- 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_enqueue_script()` is an array instead of the boolean `true` (#59302)
- Use `defer` loading strategy for theme scripts (#59316)
Version 4.0
Released: August 8, 2023
- 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 3.9
Released: March 29, 2023
- Improve various globals documentation, as per docblock standards (#57069)
- Remove title attributes (#57199)
- Bundle Google Fonts locally (#55985)
- Properly reflect text color changes in Table block (#56466)
- Use strict comparison in bundled themes' PHP files. ([55420])
Version 3.8
Released: November 1, 2022
- Multiple Themes: Correctly escape stylesheet URL (#56696)
Version 3.7
Released: May 24, 2022
- Typo correction in a bundled pattern (#55099).
- Define List item separator as a WP_Locale property (#39733)
Version 3.6
Released: January 25, 2022
- Remove "role" attribute on HTML5 elements with a default landmark role. (#54079)
- Bundled Themes: Add "Tested up to" in style.css (#53797)
Version 3.5
Released: July 26, 2021
- Bundled themes: block-patterns.php file should use `get_template_directory_uri` instead of `get_stylesheet_directory_uri` (#53769)
Version 3.4
Released: July 20, 2021
- Introduce block patterns for Twenty Twelve. (#51105)
Version 3.3
Released: December 8, 2020
- For image attachments, replace the text "Return to" with "Go to". (#47235)
- Correct punctuation in "Your comment is awaiting moderation" string. (#49867)
Version 3.2
Released: August 11, 2020
- Add custom color palettes for block editor. (#50120)
- Use HTTPS for XHTML Friends Network URL. (#48002)
- Consistently check for WP_Error before outputting get_the_tag_list(). (#39860)
- Use strict type check for in_array() and array_search() where strings are involved. (#49542)
Version 3.1
Released: March 31, 2020
- Update calendar widget styles for 5.4 markup. (#49549)
Version 3.0
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 documentation to point to its new locations. (#46450)
- Correct `linear-gradient` syntax in the theme’s CSS. (#46786)
Version 2.9
Released: February 21, 2019
- Add escaping to the pingback URL. (#43717)
Version 2.8
Released: January 9, 2019
- Correct `px` and `em` order in the blocks.css. (#45794)
- 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 2.7
Released: December 19, 2018
- Update styles so button blocks will apply theme's custom colors. (#45432)
- Correct block appender appearance in block editor. (#45450)
- Remove the term "Gutenberg" from code comments and editor styles. (#45452)
Version 2.6
Released: December 6, 2018
- Add front end styles, editor styles and a custom color palette for the new block-based editor. (#45040 and #45240)
- Add theme support for responsive block embeds. (#45274)
Version 2.5
Released: May 17, 2018
- 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 2.4
Released: November 14, 2017
- Remove "called called" and "can can" dittography. (#41836)
- Change tag cloud format to a list (ul) for better semantics and accessibility. (#40138)
- Make sure new gallery widgets look good in themes. (#41969)
Version 2.3
Released: June 8, 2017
- Improve styles for 4.8 widgets. (#40745)
Version 2.2
Released: December 6, 2016
- Add preconnect to fonts.gstatic.com. (#37171)
Version 2.1
Released: August 15, 2016
- Remove .pot files from Default Themes. (#34884)
- Update theme tags. (#37426)
Version 2.0
Released: April 12, 2016
- Standardize on "front end"/"back end" (noun) and "front-end"/"back-end". (#34887)
- Use selective refresh to preview changes to site title and tagline in core themes. (#27355)
- Require opt-in for selective refresh of widgets. (#27355)
Version 1.9
Released: December 8, 2015
- Correct license information in readme.txt. (#33590)
Version 1.8
Released August 18, 2015
- Fix content skip link appearance. (#32232)
- Add readme file to explain basic theme usage, link to changelog in Codex, and include license information. (#31814)
- Use https for Google API external libraries. (#32552)
Version 1.7
Released April 23, 2015
- Fix escaping and minor code style issues (#29127)
- Fill in support for `screen-reader-text` class (#31095)
- Replace current() with reset(), which is guaranteed to be the first item (#31259, #31260)
- Update CSS rules for `.screen-reader-text` to be consistent with current accessibility guidelines (#31279)
- Use SSL for theme and author URIs (#31699)
- Add trailing slashes to theme URIs to avoid a redirect (#31839)
Version 1.6
Released: December 18, 2014
- Fix widget stacking problem in older IE browsers for Front Page template. (#28938)
- Menu on touch devices: fix jQuery selector for menu items with submenus. (#24767)
- Use proper way to get customizer settings values.(#29577)
- Improve keyboard accessibility on Custom Header and Custom Background screen. (#29289)
- Change instances of "Theme Customizer" to just "Customizer", as the Customizer isn't necessarily theme-specific. (#29947)
- Add an alt attribute with the site title for header images linked to the home page. (#15926)
- Use HTTPS URLs for core.trac.wordpress.org. (#27115)
- Prevent the arrow in "Continue reading" links from wrapping to a second line. (#27908)
Version 1.5
Released: September 4, 2014
- Make small-screen menu accessible to keyboard commands and voice-driven software by using a focusable button element rather than `h3` for the toggle element. (#28224)
- Bump JS version. (#24767)
- Make submenu links work correctly on tablets. (#24767)
- Avoid a PHP notice in bundled themes if no images were found. (#28361)
- Use correct logic in IE conditional comments in header template. (#28151)
- Prevent 'Page %s' from being added to page title on 404 error pages. (#16468)
Version 1.4
Released: May 8, 2014
- On attachment pages for audio and video, display players. Currently, only a link is displayed. Add minimal CSS rules for compatibility. (#27243)
- In `prepend_attachment`, add logic to support attachment types that are not `image`. (#27243)
- In `get_post_class()`, don't add the `has-post-thumbnail` class for attachment pages. (#27243)
- Improve menu navigation for keyboard and voice-over interactions by properly focusing on submenu items when they are open. (#24839)
- Remove doc block comments for `@return void`. (#27098)
- Style `select` element. (#27434)
- Remove unused `singular` selectors in print CSS block. (#26866)
- Don't print the featured image when viewing an attachment. (#27243)
- Update the HTML5 Shiv across the default themes to 3.7.0. (#26491)
- Use the 'display' filter for get_bloginfo( 'name' ) attached to the wp_title filter. (#26811)
- New screenshots at 880x660 to maximize theme goodness in the new theme viewer design. (#26159)
- Add and display new tags to highlight the ever-growing number of responsive themes available. (#21442)
- Implement Microsoft-specific `@viewport` rules for better responsive styling in Windows 8 "snapped" views. (#25888)
Version 1.3
Released: October 24, 2013
- Translator comments are special, make sure they are parsed properly. (#25256)
- Don't use /** docblocks for simple multiline comments. (#25256)
- Update code comments to reflect WP inline docs standards. (#25256)
- Spell out duplicate hook locations. (#25658)
- Use the correct body class for attachments in the IE stylesheet. (#25506)
- Use the correct body class for attachments where .single-attachment is only used when the attachment's parent is not a page. (#25506)
- Simplify header image check. (#25400)
Version 1.2
Released: August 1, 2013
- Load Google Font in the visual editor to improve user experience. #22499)
- Fix button active state to avoid a 2px shift. (#22825)
- Fix double featured images in Front Page Template. Show featured image in single page views. (#22943)
- Update post author comment markup and styles, improving hCard data parsing and simplifying styles.(#23128)
- Better layout for floated image captions. (#23147)
- Remove unnecessary class values in posts navigation. (#23152)
- Properly style visited links in entries, widgets, and comment text. #23200)
- Clear center-aligned images properly. (#23244)
- Use .text() instead of .html() for blogname and blog description in Theme Customizer JavaScript handlers. (#23435)
- Better handling for cases where a background color is set to white or an empty value (like first run with no theme_mods set) and a background image is enabled, which resulted previously in a broken layout. (#23586)
- Enable live preview for Header Text Color in Theme Customizer. Change also removes an !important declaration (yay) in Custom Header CSS rules. Fix regression introduced in r23572, allow hide/show of Header Text in Customizer. (#23600)
- Improve Appearance > Header styles to match front end view better -- including loading special Google Font there. Add back missing space in CSS value. (#23790)
- Add identifier to style elements added by the theme. (#24033)
- Add .displaying-header-text to the default themes, as the Custom Header page toggles this class. (#24113)
- In editor-style.css change .mceWPnextpage to .mce-wp-nextpage to match the core fix for Chrome. (#24177)
- Fix minor indentation issues in CSS files (spaces to tabs). (#24196)
- Remove the_title_attribute() title attributes where it duplicates the_title() in anchor text. (#24203)
- Remove /extend/ from Theme URI headers in default themes. (#24389)
Version 1.1
Released: December 11, 2012
Initial release.