Changelog - Norto

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

• Headers and navigations align with the WordPress admin bar when logged in, across all navigation styles

Improvement

• Refreshed theme libraries and rebuilt assets

Compatibility

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

Improvement

• Improved stability when an optional plugin is missing or switched off

Bug fix

• Fixed a fatal error that could take a site down when the footer copyright text had never been set

Bug fix

• Fatal error on sites where copyright text wasn't set in Customizer

Improvement

• the navigation bar now safely falls back to a default logo when no custom logo is set

Bug fix

• the site no longer crashes when optional plugins are missing or deactivated

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

Improvement

• Improved overall code quality, stability, and security
• Updated theme and plugin infrastructure for better performance
• Improved compatibility with WordPress 6.9
• Improved automatic update system reliability
• Clearer, more helpful descriptions for all theme options in the Customizer
• Updated build toolchain and third-party libraries

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

Bug fix

• kirki repeater new version compatibility
• wp 6.5 text domain issues

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

Improvement

• overall responsive
• mobile navigation styles
• comments responsive
• incorrect logotype alignment
• team slider responsive
• info slider responsive

New feature

• added RTL support
• 50+ new settings
• introduced fonts picker in Customizer
• post like/views handler
• navigation settings in Theme Options
• introduces new portfolio
• header/footer for Elementor plugin compatibility

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
• Woocommerce templates
• new Elementor Builder version compatibility
• icons update (Font Awesome/Icofont)

Bug fix

• loadmore issues
• modal video toggles
• contact form 7 issues

Removed

• revomed the old font selector
• removed Visual Portfolio

New feature

• introduced one-click demo import

Tweak

• refactored typography settings

New feature

• added WooCommerce compatibility

Improvement

• enhanced typography options

Bug fix

• fixed minor header responsiveness

Performance

• optimized slider transition animations

Removed

• deprecated outdated metabox options

Bug fix

• fixed gallery lightbox alignment

Improvement

• css/js libraries

Bug fix

• social list toggle in navigation

Improvement

• WordPress 5.9.2 compatibility
• css/js libraries

Removed

• unused code from the theme dashboard class

Improvement

• wp 5.9 compatibility

Security fix

• security snippets

New feature

• new theme dashboard

Improvement

• localization files
• copyrights
• js/css libraries

Tweak

• overall code quality
• code refactoring

Improvement

• updated social media integration

Security fix

• patched potential XML-RPC vulnerability

New feature

• added gradient color options

Improvement

• rnhanced related projects display

Tweak

• refactored theme customization options

Removed

• deprecated old shortcode options

Performance

• optimized widget rendering speed

Bug fix

• fixed minor sidebar layout issue

New feature

• introduced multi-language support

Improvement

• enhanced image gallery styling
• updated jQuery scripts for efficiency

Tweak

• refactored theme initialization scripts

Security fix

• patched potential security loophole

Removed

• deprecated outdated theme hooks

Performance

• optimized font loading for speed

Bug fix

• fixed author box display in RTL

Security fix

• patched potential XSS vulnerability

New feature

• added parallax scroll effect

Improvement

• enhanced contact form design
• updated recommended plugins list

Tweak

• refactored custom post type code

New feature

• introduced dark mode feature

Improvement

• enhanced single project layout
• updated translation files

Performance

• optimized lazy loading for images

Bug fix

• fixed gallery slider responsiveness

Security fix

• improved password encryption methods

Removed

• deprecated outdated widget options

Improvement

• updated demo content import

Performance

• optimized CSS file size

Bug fix

• resolved minor RTL styling issues

Tweak

• refactored theme options panel

Security fix

• patched potential login vulnerability

Removed

• deprecated IE 11 support

Performance

• optimized image preloading

Tweak

• refactored footer widget styles

Removed

• deprecated old color presets

New feature

• added Pinterest share option

Improvement

• updated FontAwesome icon set
• enhanced portfolio grid layout

Bug fix

• resolved menu dropdown alignment

Security fix

• improved user data validation

New feature

• initial theme