{"id":19,"date":"2026-04-28T17:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/2026\/04\/28\/changelog\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:49:09","slug":"changelog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/2026\/04\/28\/changelog\/","title":{"rendered":"Changelog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The release history for the Legal WordPress Theme (free) and Legal Pro (paid). Both follow semantic versioning \u2014 major.minor.patch.<\/p>\n<h2>Legal WordPress Theme<\/h2>\n<h3>3.0.0 \u2014 May 4, 2026<\/h3>\n<p>Version-number bump to supersede the legacy 2.x Legal theme on WordPress.org. No 2.x release will ship from this rebuild \u2014 we skipped from 1.0 to 3.0 to avoid version confusion with the older theme.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Practice tile arrows: replaced the Unicode <code>\u2197<\/code> glyph (which Safari and Chrome on macOS\/iOS render as a blue emoji square) with a clean inline SVG. Arrows now render in gold across all browsers and operating systems.<\/li>\n<li>Footer credit line: switched from JetBrains Mono to Fraunces serif. Color softened to bone-white with explicit link styling.<\/li>\n<li>No functional or template changes \u2014 CSS and markup polish only. Direct upgrade from 1.0.0 is safe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1.0.0 \u2014 May 4, 2026<\/h3>\n<p>Initial release.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Editorial design system: bone canvas (#fafaf7), oxblood ink accent (#5C1A1B), gold leaf details (#B8923D), Fraunces + Inter + JetBrains Mono.<\/li>\n<li>Firm Home page template with hero, folio strip, marquee, practice tiles (6), counsel cards (4), ledger (recent posts), testimony block, engage section with retainer card.<\/li>\n<li>110+ Customizer settings covering every aspect of the firm page.<\/li>\n<li>Three menu locations: Primary, Mobile bottom-bar, Footer.<\/li>\n<li>Four footer widget areas.<\/li>\n<li>Full block-editor support for posts and pages outside the Firm template.<\/li>\n<li>Filter hooks: <code>legal_dynamic_css<\/code>, <code>legal_fonts_url<\/code>, <code>legal_pro_active<\/code>, <code>legal_schema_org<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>LegalService schema.org markup on the front page.<\/li>\n<li>Mobile-first responsive design from 360px up.<\/li>\n<li>WCAG AA contrast on body text, AAA on headlines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Legal Pro Plugin<\/h2>\n<h3>1.0.0 \u2014 May 4, 2026<\/h3>\n<p>Initial release of the Pro companion plugin.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Premium editorial skins<\/strong> \u2014 Chambers (Ink &amp; Gold) ships in v1.0; new skins arrive with each release.<\/li>\n<li><strong>One-click Lex &amp; Co. demo importer<\/strong> \u2014 3 pages, 5 posts with featured images, 3 menus, ~110 Customizer values. Idempotent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Light\/dark mode controls<\/strong> \u2014 auto \/ manual \/ system, with no-flash inline detection. Visitor preference persists in localStorage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dual logo support<\/strong> \u2014 separate uploads for light and dark contexts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>15 curated Google Font pairings<\/strong> \u2014 Fraunces+Inter (default), Playfair+Source Sans (Chambers), Cormorant+Inter (Counsel), Libre Caslon, EB Garamond, Crimson Pro, Lora, Spectral, Italiana, Cardo, DM Serif, Cinzel, Bodoni Moda, Old Standard TT, Marcellus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mega-menu walker<\/strong> for the primary nav with 2\u20134 column panels and per-item &#8220;Featured&#8221; slot.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schema.org Pro<\/strong> \u2014 Attorney structured data (per counsel), FAQPage (6 Q&amp;A pairs), Review (from testimony).<\/li>\n<li><strong>WOW Effects pack<\/strong> \u2014 eight visual upgrades, each individually toggleable in Customizer \u2192 Legal Pro \u2192 WOW Effects:\n<ul>\n<li>Page-load reveal sequence<\/li>\n<li>Hero watermark (oversized italic site name)<\/li>\n<li>Hero ornament (\u00a7 glyph)<\/li>\n<li>Animated credentials marquee<\/li>\n<li>Wax seal on retainer card<\/li>\n<li>Editorial Letterhead footer<\/li>\n<li>Counsel \u2014 Direct Lines column (footer 3rd slot)<\/li>\n<li>Custom cursor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>WPDigiPro license activation<\/strong> \u2014 daily verification, auto-updates, priority email support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to upgrade<\/h2>\n<p>For the free theme, WordPress will notify you of updates under <strong>Dashboard \u2192 Updates<\/strong>. Click &#8220;Update Now&#8221; \u2014 your customizer settings, content, and menus are preserved.<\/p>\n<p>For Legal Pro, the same flow applies \u2014 but only if your license is active. License-active sites see automatic update notices alongside core WordPress updates. License-inactive installations do not auto-update; you&#8217;d need to manually upload a fresh zip.<\/p>\n<h2>Migration notes<\/h2>\n<p><strong>From 1.0.0 to 3.0.0:<\/strong> safe direct upgrade, no migration needed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From legacy 2.x Legal (the older WP.org theme):<\/strong> not a direct migration. The legacy 2.x theme is structurally different and uses a different design system. We recommend migrating content manually rather than expecting in-place upgrade.<\/p>\n<h2>Looking ahead<\/h2>\n<p>The roadmap (subject to change) includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Additional skins (Mid-Market, Boutique, Tribunal)<\/li>\n<li>WP-CLI commands for headless content seeding<\/li>\n<li>Deeper analytics for Pro license-holders<\/li>\n<li>WPML \/ Polylang deep integration for translatable customizer values<\/li>\n<li>Block patterns for frequently-used legal-content layouts (case studies, attorney profile pages, jurisdiction comparison tables)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Got a feature request? Email <a href=\"mailto:support@fasterthemes.com\">support@fasterthemes.com<\/a>. We read every one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Release history for the Legal WordPress Theme and Legal Pro plugin \u2014 what changed, what was added, what was fixed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[39,41,40],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reference","tag-changelog","tag-history","tag-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.fasterthemes.com\/legal-wordpress-theme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}