Changelog - Melady

Tweak

• Maintenance release: version alignment after a core plugin fix.

Improvement

• The theme now degrades gracefully when the Core Plugin is inactive — pages render without fatal errors instead of breaking.

Compatibility

• Confirmed compatible with WordPress 6.9.

Tweak

• Normalized theme header metadata (stable tag, tested-up-to).

Bug fix

• The navigation bar no longer sits under the WordPress admin bar when you are logged in — the offset now holds for every navigation layout, including pages built with Elementor sections that use transforms or animations.

Bug fix

• Page content and the sticky navigation no longer sit under the WordPress admin bar when you are logged in.

Improvement

• Refreshed theme libraries and rebuilt assets

Compatibility

• Improved compatibility with WordPress 7.0 and current versions of supported plugins

Bug fix

• Pages no longer break when a required plugin is missing or deactivated

Security fix

• Closed a security issue in post pagination and comment output

Improvement

• the theme now handles missing plugins more gracefully

Improvement

• Improved overall stability and reliability

Tweak

• Better version compatibility checking between theme and core plugin

Breaking change

• Improved update process - theme and plugin can now be updated in any order without issues

Removed

• Removed unnecessary remote sync on every admin page load

New feature

• Added helpful instructions to all post and page template override options

Improvement

• Improved overall code quality, stability, and security
• Improved compatibility with WordPress 6.9
• Improved automatic update system reliability
• Improved Customizer descriptions for logo, copyright, color and template settings

Performance

• Refreshed and optimized all CSS and JavaScript assets

Bug fix

• All required plugins are now visible immediately after theme activation
• Minor bug fixes and improvements

Improvement

• full php 8.5 compatibility
• added support for wp 6.8.2
• updated all js/css libraries

Performance

• reduced bundled assets size by 15%
• improved php code optimization

Tweak

• refactored and professionally reformatted code

Improvement

• jkdevkit 1.9.2 compatibility
• bundled plugins
• translation files
• PHP 8.3 support

Tweak

• overall css/js reformatting

Improvement

• jkdevkit 1.8.5 compatibility
• WordPress 6.5 compatibility

Tweak

• overall css/js reformatting

Removed

• PHP 7.2 support

New feature

• post like/views handler
• added new Elementor templates
• navigation settings in Theme Options

Improvement

• PHP 8.2+ compatibility
• jkdevkit 1.7 integration
• CSS/JS libraries updates
• WordPress 6.3+ compatibility
• new theme/plugin autoupdates
• jkdevkit transferred to the separate plugin
• localization/translation files
• demo import files
• new version of ACF plugin
• new Elementor Builder version compatibility
• icons update (Font Awesome/Icofont)

Bug fix

• post grid settings
• post slider settings
• author widget settings
• page progress bar
• loadmore issues
• modal video toggles
• contact form 7 issues

Removed

• old font selector
• facebook and flickr feed
• removed jarallax
• old Elementor templates

Improvement

• enhanced related posts display
• updated recommended plugins list

New feature

• introduced page transition animations

Bug fix

• fixed social sharing buttons alignment

Tweak

• refactored custom post type code

Removed

• deprecated outdated theme widgets

Improvement

• WordPress 5.9.2 compatibility
• css/js libraries

Removed

• unused code from the theme dashboard class

Improvement

• wp 5.9 compatibility
• security snippets

Bug fix

• activation database slugs

New feature

• new theme dashboard

Improvement

• localization files
• copyrights
• js/css libraries

Tweak

• overall code quality
• code refactoring

Tweak

• refactored widget CSS for consistency

Removed

• deprecated outdated shortcode options

Performance

• optimized custom font loading

Security fix

• patched potential SQL injection

Bug fix

• fixed author bio layout

New feature

• added compatibility with WP 5.8

Improvement

• enhanced navigation menu styling

Bug fix

• resolved footer widget alignment

Performance

• improved slider loading speed

Tweak

• refactored theme options panel

New feature

• introduced sidebar toggle feature

Improvement

• enhanced featured image display
• updated jQuery scripts

Bug fix

• fixed search results layout

Performance

• optimized CSS delivery

Bug fix

• fixed mobile menu disappearance

Security fix

• enhanced user password encryption

Improvement

• enhanced single post navigation
• updated translation files

Bug fix

• resolved tag cloud styling glitch

Tweak

• refactored JavaScript for efficiency

Improvement

• updated theme documentation for clarity
• enhanced comment form layout

Performance

• optimized database queries

Bug fix

• fixed excerpt display issue

Removed

• deprecated legacy color schemes

Improvement

• enhanced footer widget design
• updated bundled premium plugins

Performance

• improved lazy loading for images

Security fix

• patched potential XSS vulnerability

New feature

• added GDPR compliance features

Performance

• optimized theme loading speed

Bug fix

• resolved pagination bug in archive pages

Tweak

• refactored CSS for better organization

Improvement

• updated FontAwesome icon set
• enhanced featured post carousel

Security fix

• improved user role permissions

New feature

• added Instagram feed integration

Bug fix

• fixed header layout issue on mobile

New feature

• initial theme