This is a user-friendly changelog for the Shift WordPress theme. It’s written in non-technical language and will let you know what’s new in Shift.
If you want a detailed technical version of the changelog, you can view the Shift commit history on Github.
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1.23 – December 23, 2020
- Update: added new social media icons for Orcid, Strava, and ResearchGate
- Fix: scroll-to-top arrow wasn’t resetting keyboard focus to the top of the page
1.22 – August 18, 2020
- Feature: added support for Elementor Pro’s custom headers & footers
- Update: added Untappd to the social media icons
- Update: removed Google Plus from social icons
- Fix: Shift Pro ad was showing up in the MailOptin form customizer
- Fix: table captions not styled
- Fix: social links block had black for icon color instead of white
- Fix: unaligned images in editor displaying all the way to the left in WP 5.5
- Fix: code elements inside pre elements had the first line only indented
- Fix: the “read more” button was being added to excerpts in the RSS feed
1.21 – November 22, 2019
- Feature: added Pocket to social icons
- Feature: added ArtStation to social icons
- Update: Front Page Customizer section renamed “Homepage Settings”
- Update: removed welcome redirect when activating Shift
- Update: improved table styles
- Update: backup font displayed while Google Fonts loads now
- Fix: image caption styles fixes
- Fix: removed PHP error notice in the dashboard
- Fix: dropdown menu was too wide in “last updated” post option
- Fix: optin checkbox below comment form now displays in one line
- Fix: button block now uses white default text color
1.20 – February 25, 2019
- Feature: added option to display the “last updated” date on posts
- Update: shortcodes can now be used in the Footer Text feature added by Shift Pro
- Fix: posts showing today’s date on non-English sites using WP 5.1
1.19 – November 30, 2018
- Update: added Goodreads social icon
- Fix: Gutenberg fixes
- Fix: icon missing in “Continue reading” button
1.18 – November 30, 2018
- Update: added social icon for Goodreads
- Fix: Gutenberg editor bugs
- Fix: arrow icon broken in Continue Reading button
1.17 – November 20, 2018
- Update: full Gutenberg compatibility
- Update: styled classic post editor like front-end
1.16 – November, 5 2018
- Update: redesigned Shift Dashboard
- Update: changed Customizer ad
1.15 – October 31, 2018
- Feature: added WooCommerce support
- Feature: added Medium and Patreon to social icons
- Update: security enhancements
- Fix: comments output twice on pages using full-width template
1.14 – October 8, 2018
- Fix: social icons missing when Elementor active
1.13 – October 4, 2018
- Feature: added Stack Overflow and Discord to social icons
- Updated: reordered social icons in Customizer
- Fix: dropdown indicators in menu displaying again
1.12 – September 3, 2018
- Feature: added scroll-to-top arrow option
- Feature: added Mixcloud, Bitbucket, OK.ru, and phone social icons
- Updated: Font Awesome 5.2
- Updated: jQuery compatibility updates
1.11 – December 7, 2017
- Updated: linking to Shift Getting Started Guide in Shift Dashboard
- Fix: layout thumbnails in Customizer fixed
1.10 – August 11, 2017
- Feature: full-width page template added
- Update: switched to GIF in Shift Pro ad
- Update: styling for Disqus added
- Fix: sticky post status no longer displayed on search results
- Fix: review prompt now disappears permanently when dismissed
- Fix: site title now displays after logo removed in Customizer
- Fix: author bio in author archives wrapped in paragraph tags for proper spacing
- Fix: Yoast SEO Facebook descriptions no longer include “Continue Reading” at beginning
1.09 – May 31, 2017
- Feature: added Twitch social icon
- Update: simplified template routing function
- Update: added admin notice to request review after 14 days
- Update: added mobile app ad to theme options page
- Fix: no longer adding ellipsis after custom post excerpts
1.08 – March 3, 2017
- Update: added three new social icons – Amazon, Google Wallet, and Yelp
- Update: added more context to certain phrases to make translation easier
- Update: improved excerpt handling (back-end updates)
- Update: updated Fitvids
- Update: reduced theme size by compressing screenshot.png
- Update: updated licensing in readme.txt
- Fix: Customizer link in Shift Dashboard now works for sites with WP installed in a subdirectory
- Fix: layout images in Customizer now display for sites with WP installed in a subdirectory
1.07 – December 5, 2016
- Update: tested & updated for WP 4.7
- Update: added Snapchat social media icon
- Update: Shift dashboard reorganized and improved
- Update: updated style & copy of Shift Pro ad in Customizer
- Update: minor accessibility updates
1.06 – November 17, 2016
- Update: added seven new social sites
- Update: security enhancements
- Update: added redirect to Shift options page upon activation with welcome message
- Update: minor style updates
- Update: no longer displaying sticky status in search results
- Fix: threading/nesting in comments can now be turned off
- Fix: Featured Images on pages now displaying properly in Internet Explorer