Latest WordPress Coding Standards

Major Release Version 2020.10.04

Update note:

Due to the customizer.php changes, all settings set in the customizer (social media links, header image, etc) will need to be re-defined.

Updated library versions & added self-hosted support

• jQuery 3.3.1 -> 3.5.1
• Bootstrap 4.1.3 -> 4.5.2
• fit-columns 1.1.3 -> 1.1.4
• isotope 3.0.5 -> 3.0.6
• fontawesome 4.7.0 -> 5.14.0

New Features

• Proper separation of header, index, and footer code into atomic parts
• Images and Javascript code lives in assets folder
• Gutenberg block support
• Greatly reduced Menu bar code
• Default favicon
• Slack and Discord social media icons
• WordPress editor theming

Bug Fixes

• Less errors when debugging is turn on
• Adhere to WordPress coding standards https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/
• 404.php line-spacing
• Removed duplicate remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator');
• Removed duplicate site_icon()
• Removed unused images
• Theme screenshot support
• Changed screenshot.PNG to screenshot.jpg
• Theme version check is more stable
• Closes tag on page.php, single.php, and 404.php
• Customizer.php fixed

To Do:

• Add SASS support
• Create a NodeJS theme
• Bootstrap Gutenberg blocks

General Security Updates

• Custom Login page background
• Updated Featured Articles Layout
• CSS Updates
• Remove WP version number
• Security bug fixes

Dropdown menu bar support

• Dropdown menu bar support
• Cleaned up CSS