Less Changelog

Follow the detailed changelog to see what’s new in every releasee of Less.

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Less 1.6.4

Highlights From 5 Changes

  • debug Software License Key: Prevents automatic update failures

Less 1.6.3

Highlights From 7 Changes

  • feature Avatars: Screen-reader-accessible alt and title attributes are now translatable
  • debug Featured Images: Fixes centered extension functionality for Featured Images
  • debug Logo ID: Restores previous Logo ID for proper targeting
  • debug Menus: Fixes Top Menu and Site Menu to correctly inherit Skin CSS styles
  • debug Drop Caps: All Drop Cap styles now work
  • debug Content Extensions: Content Extend settings in Display Dashboard work for all extended options

Less 1.6.2

Highlights From 5 Changes

  • break Small Caps: Support for font variant small caps has been removed due to niche adoption
  • feature Less Translation: Now includes translation support for JavaScript files
  • optimization Codebase: Complete codebase overhaul with modern PHP features and enhanced type safety
  • performance CSS File Size: Intelligent asset loading reduces `CSS` footprint by 33%
  • compatibility Thesis Social Profiles: Better integration with Less for consistent styling
  • compatibility Thesis Social Profiles: Better integration with Less for consistent styling
  • notice Restore Defaults: Requires Restore Default Data: Boxes, Templates, Editor CSS, CSS Variables

Less 1.6.1

Highlights From 5 Changes

  • debug Menu Item Names: Thesis quicklaunch menu names now apply outside the Thesis environment for consistency
  • debug Navigation: Menu id and class names now follow standard naming conventions
  • notice Restore Defaults: Requires Restore Default Data: Boxes

Less 1.6.0

Highlights From 102 Changes

  • break Author Description: Removes Author Description from all Page templates
  • break Entry Meta: Removes Entry Meta from all Page templates
  • break Reverse Site Header Layout: New Top Menu feature replaces Reverse Site Header Layout option in Display Dashboard
  • break Focus Cards: Support for Focus Cards has been removed as now it is a proprietary product
  • break Focus Omnitweet: Support for Focus Omnitweet has been removed due to developer abandonment
  • break Sidebars: Support for universal Sidebars has been removed due to niche adoption
  • break Footnotes: Replaces .footnotes class with .footnote class
  • feature Top Menu: Now features menu before Site Title for more flexible header layouts
  • feature Content Styles: Dropdown selector now includes Keyboard Input, Eyebrow, and Signpost styles
  • feature Asides: New design options for Bars, and now includes options for Breakouts and Pullouts
  • feature Impacts: New Letter Spacing and Text Case design options for Impact text
  • feature Corners: Choose up to three global corner shapes that you can easily set throughout your design
  • optimization Asides: Styles for Bars, Breakouts, and Pullouts are now conditionally optimized
  • interesting Design and Display Dashboard: Improves options organization
  • debug Drop Cap: Now Drop Caps actually work as intended
  • notice Footnotes: All footnotes must be updated with new .footnote class
  • notice Focus Cards: Migrate all Focus Cards to Less Cards
  • notice Restore Defaults: Requires Restore Default Data: Boxes, Templates, Editor CSS, CSS Variables

Less 1.5.4

Highlights From 17 Changes

  • break Header Image: Removes Header Image from Display Dashboard due to niche adoption
  • break Twitter Profile: Removes unused Twitter contact method from WP User Profile
  • break WP Admin Link: Removes WP Admin Link to improve security
  • feature Tables: Now features more refined Table options available in Design Dashboard
  • security WP Admin Link: Removing the WP Admin Link tightens security by helping to obscure the login URL
  • notice Header Image: Convert Header Image to Logo
  • notice Restore Defaults: Requires Restore Default Data: Templates

Less 1.5.3

Highlights From 5 Changes

  • break WP Admin Link: The WP Admin login link has been removed from the Site Footer for improved security
  • compatibility Thesis Social Profiles: Better compatibility and optimized CSS for new svg icons
  • notice Restore Defaults: Requires Restore Default Data: Templates

Less 1.5.2

Highlights From 1 Change

  • debug Container Shortcode: Now displays Wide and Full bleeds with the proper HTML output

Less 1.5.1

Highlights From 1 Change

  • security Software License Key: Makes Software Licensing Key more meaningful

Less 1.5.0

Highlights From 67 Changes

  • break Badges: Now features more refined Badge options available in Design Dashboard and Content Styles dropdown selector
  • break Cite: Removes the Cite element <cite> from Content Styled dropdown selector due to niche adoption
  • break Required Indicator: Removes Required Indicator from Design Dashboard due to niche adoption
  • feature Less CSS Reset: Modernizes the CSS reset and drops support for legacy browsers
  • feature Alignment Styles: Now includes a complete alignment package: Align Left, Align Center, and Align Right options available in Content Styles dropdown selector
  • feature Site Fonts: Now features a range of popular and usable body font sizes from 16px to 21px for simplified font size selection
  • feature Brand Palette: Now includes two additional color options to expand your brand’s color palette, available in Design Dashboard
  • feature Tonal Palette: New installs now include six additional grayscale options and new distinct color names for easier selection, available in Design Dashboard
  • feature Utility Palette: New installs now include two additional color options and a completely revamped color palette, available in Design Dashboard
  • feature Thesis Launcher: New edit link in Thesis Launcher makes it easy to edit the current Post or Page while logged in
  • accessibility Less CSS Reset: Now leverages the power of :focus-visible to manage focus indicator accessibility feature, ensuring that focus styles precisely target elements receiving focus through user interaction, such as keyboard navigation
  • accessibility Utility Palette: Now incorporate accessible colors that meet the WCAG Level AAA standard requiring a minimum contrast ratio of 7:1 for normal text
  • optimization Button Colors: New installs feature accessible button color combinations (background and text color) by default
  • performance JS Files: No longer loads accessibility.js file, resulting in improved page speed
  • performance Thesis Admin UI: Streamlines Site Fonts and Site Colors toggles
  • notice Badges: Styling of unsupported Badges now requires Custom CSS. Supported Badges include: Default, Drop, Edit, Feat, and Fix
  • notice Site Fonts: May require re-selection of Font Size in Design Dashboard
  • notice Restore Defaults: Requires Restore Default Data: Templates, Design Options, and CSS Variables
  • notice Thesis Version: Requires Thesis v2.12.2