Twenty Fifteen changelog

Released: August 19, 2026 with WordPress 7.1

  • Pass the documented $post argument to the the_permalink filter, and add a reference comment to the filter documentation. ([62893])
  • Documentation: Add missing documentation for some global variables. (#58715)

Released: May 20, 2026 with WordPress 7.0

  • Remove default type attributes from style tags because the HTML5 standard does not require them. (#64428)
  • Consistently escape get_search_query() in search.php template. (#58127)
  • Documentation: Add missing @return tags and descriptions. (#64277)

Released: December 3, 2025 with WordPress 6.9

  • Remove code for obsolete browsers, including conditional comments for Internet Explorer and the contents of IE-specific stylesheets and HTML5 Shiv files. (#58836)
  • Modernize Genericons by removing EOT, TTF, and SVG source references and by correcting the transition values. (#62128)
  • Use wp_print_inline_script_tag() when available to construct scripts while also ensuring filters may inject additional attributes on the <script> tags, such as nonce for Content Security Policy (CSP). (#63806)
  • Prevent output of empty heading and/or link tags if the Site Title or Tagline has no value. (#44656)
  • Use third-person singular verbs for function descriptions. (#63692)

Released: April 15, 2025 with WordPress 6.8

  • Fix aria-expanded in primary menu, and add aria-controls to explicitly define controlled content in menus. #62936
  • Add aria-current=“page” on header links that point to the current URL. #62895
  • Update .screen-reader-text class, replacing the obsolete clip property with clip-path. #62238
  • Replace references to “Add New” theme screen in readme file. #61219

Released: November 12th, 2024 with WordPress 6.7

  • Fix microformat information by moving the visibly hidden “Author” text outside the vcard container. (#46233)
  • Fix link hover effect in editor styles. (#61844)
  • Fix Pullquote block issues with text color and border. (#59801)
  • Fix Code block font family in the iframe editor. (#61571)
  • Show the Verse block in the same font family in the editor as it has on the front end. (#61140)
  • Fix padding for List blocks with a background color in the non-framed editor. (#60197)
  • Add missing initial-scale value in viewport meta tag. ([59026])
  • Document the $more parameter in twentyfifteen_excerpt_more(). (#62079)
  • Load block patterns on the init hook to avoid triggering notices caused by loading the translations too early. (#62237)
  • Add contributors to copyright notices. (#61943)

Released: July 16th, 2024 with WordPress 6.6

  • Match the Quote and Pullquote blocks’ citation text color to the block’s text color when a user chooses a special color for the block. (#59802)
  • Reduce the thickness of the Separator block in the iframe editor. (#60079)
  • Update HelpHub link for post format documentation to avoid unnecessary redirections. ([57800])

Released: March 26, 2024 with WordPress 6.5

  • Cast font URL functions to string for add_editor_style(), to avoid PHP warnings on child themes. (#59704)
  • Add top margin to the File block button styles. (#58498)
  • Fix typo (#60268)

Released: November 7, 2023

  • 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)

Released: August 8, 2023

  • Fix Letter Case control implementation on the Button block ([55998])
  • Deprecate the skip link focus fix, switching the enqueue function to just register the script (#54421)
  • Remove Internet Explorer-specific checks (#56699)
  • Remove call to load_theme_textdomain() function if the WordPress version is at least 4.6 (#58318)
  • Add “Requires PHP” to readme.txt and “Requires at least” in style.css (#57857)

Released: March 29, 2023

  • Fix Separator block “Dots” style variation (#56008)
  • Bundle Google Fonts locally (#55985)
  • Mark strings for screen readers (#29748)
  • Use the new /documentation/ URLs for HelpHub links (#57726)

Released: November 1, 2022

  • Button border issue (#55006)
  • H5 and H6 headings have the same font size (#52028)

Released: May 24, 2022

  • Add gradient background options using the theme color scheme (#49760)
  • Use #page height instead of body height in sidebar scroll calculation (#40492)
  • Note visually hidden text for translators (#55591)

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)

Released: July 20, 2021

Released: March 9, 2021

  • Problem with post metabox styles. (#52646)

Released: December 8, 2020

  • 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)

Released: August 11, 2020

  • Fixes bulleted list block appearing too far to the left in the editor by removing unnecessary margin rules for bulleted lists in the editor. (#50029 )

Released: March 31, 2020

  • Update calendar widget styles for 5.4 markup. (#49549)

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 typo in theme’s print styles. (#46767)
  • Fix inconsistent HTML comments after closing HTML tags. (#46871)

Released: February 21, 2019

  • Add escaping to the pingback URL. (#43717)

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)

Released: December 19, 2018

  • Update styles so button blocks will apply theme’s custom colors. (#45428)
  • Correct block appender appearance in block editor. (#45450)
  • Remove the term “Gutenberg” from code comments. (#45452)

Released: December 6, 2018

  • Add front end styles, editor styles and a custom color palette for the new block-based editor. (#45043 and #45244)
  • Add theme support for responsive block embeds. (#45274)

Released: May 17, 2018

  • Code is Poetry. WordPress’ code just… wasn’t. (#41057)
  • Docs: Remove @summary tags from JSDoc. (#42901)
  • Add link to privacy policy page in footer. (#43715)
  • Comments: Move comment consent input outside the label for a11y. (#43436)

Released: November 14, 2017

  • Remove “called called” dittography typo. (#41836), (#41841)
  • Add missing comma in ie.css. (#41890)
  • Change tag cloud format to a list (ul) for better semantics and accessibility. (#40138)
  • Add missing singular placeholder in comments.php. (#39660)

Released: June 8, 2017

  • Improve styles for 4.8 widgets. (#40745)
  • Allow category display in post preview even when only one category (#39531)

Released: December 6, 2016

  • Add documentation to filters in themes. (#38382)
  • Add preconnect to fonts.gstatic.com. (#37171)

Released: August 15, 2016

  • Remove .pot files from Default Themes. (#34884)
  • Update theme tags. (#37426)

Released: April 12, 2016

  • Add left margin for lists inside blockquotes in editor-style.css. (#33380)
  • Use selective refresh to preview changes to site title and tagline in core themes. (#27355)
  • Prevent elements within fieldsets from overflowing in Webkit. (#35421)
  • Add support for site logos. (#35944)
  • Fixes insufficient check for existence of DOM elements in jQuery object. (#34033)
  • Update screenshot to 1200 x 900. (#34806)
  • Require opt-in for selective refresh of widgets. (#27355)

Released: December 8, 2015

  • Correct license information in readme.txt. (#33590)
  • Add a missing comma in rtl.css. (#33985)
  • Document the ‘twentyfifteen_color_schemes’ filter. (#34119)

Released August 18, 2015

  • Update readme.txt file. Fix typo in readme file and format the release dates as per other bundled themes readme.txt file format. (#31814)
  • Add missing social link Genericons styles for Skype and Path. (#32332)
  • Wrap navigation helpers into a function so it can be called on a refresh event of the Customize Preview. (#32576)
  • Use https for Google API external libraries. (#32552)
  • Use default strings and textdomain for comments link. (#32001)
  • Display sidebar background color with Header Image. (#31460)
  • Don’t hyphenate input elements. (#32880)
  • Set the max-width of images in themes to 100%, not in pixels. (#33022 and #31250)

Released May 6, 2015

  • Remove Genericons example.html files.

Released April 23, 2015

  • Keep sub-menus open when visiting sub-menu pages. (#30722)
  • Use better, universal sans-serif fonts for RTL. (#30752)
  • Remove URLs from reset credits. (#30764)
  • Move js and no-js class name functionality out of header template and into a wp_head hook in functions.php file. (#30770)
  • Remove URLs from reset credits. (#30764)
  • Add styles for multi-site registration forms. (#30776)
  • Fix missing style for menu in small screens. (#30857)
  • Remove border on post navigation when post thumbnail is available. (#30918)
  • Remove unused CSS rules for wp_page_menu since those are not used in the theme. (#30957)
  • Add print section to the table of contents in the stylesheet. (#30993)
  • Move RSS icon style rule lower to prevent it from being overridden by other social icon rules. (#31129)
  • Update editor styles to improve image and caption display in small screens. (#31250)
  • Add ARIA attributes to menu toggle and add documentation for new onResizeARIA function.(#31527)
  • Use SSL for theme and author URIs. (#31699)
  • Adjust scroll behavior to include sidebar height in calculation. (#31734)
  • Add trailing slashes to theme URIs to avoid a redirect. (#31839)

Released: December 18, 2014

Initial Release.

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