Changelog

Every released version of Stoat, newest first, as recorded in the theme’s readme.txt. Current version: 1.3.1, which needs WordPress 6.5 and PHP 7.4. Update from Dashboard → Appearance → Themes like any other WordPress.org theme.

1.3.1

Released August 8, 2026

• The theme is now published by Owldraft. Theme author, author URI, and theme URI have been updated.
• Documentation has moved to https://themedocs.github.io/stoat and the demo to https://stoat.themepreview.site.
• The footer theme credit links to the new theme URL.

1.3

Released July 17, 2026

• New Customize > Layout section: set the content width and the narrow reading column in pixels, then pick Narrow or Full for archives, pages, and posts independently.
• New per-page override: the page editor’s “Page options” box can set a page’s content width to Narrow or Full, or leave it on the Customizer default.
• New Customize > Header section: “Header skin” (Light or Dark), “Header background color” and “Header text color” (leave either empty to follow the skin), and “Header padding”.
• New header button: give it text and a link in Customize > Header to add a call-to-action to the header bar, in Primary, Black, White, or Outline style, optionally opening in a new tab. On mobile it moves into the off-canvas menu, full width.
• New in Customize > Single Post: “Show featured image (top)”, which puts the featured image above the post content along with its caption. Off by default.
• New in Customize > Footer: “Footer padding”.
• The footer now follows the content width set above it instead of always using the reading column.
• Button blocks in the editor now match the front end, and the Details block is styled.

1.2.2

Released July 16, 2026

• New in Customize > Typography: “Navigation font” (defaults to whatever the headings use), “Heading font weight”, and “Heading letter case”.
• New in Customize > Style: “Meta text color”, for the date, categories, and comment count.
• New in Customize > Blog / Archive: “Thumbnail ratio” (square, landscape, portrait, or the image’s original ratio) and “Thumbnail width” (a pixel size, or a percentage that tracks the post row).
• Styled the core Query Loop blocks — post title, featured image, date, terms, author, excerpt, and pagination now match the theme’s own archive.
• Fixed: a 404 URL rendered the full post archive underneath the “Nothing found” heading instead of just the message and a search form.
• Fixed: two roles sharing one font family emitted that family’s @font-face rules twice.
• Heading spacing and list indentation now apply everywhere, not only inside post content.
• Footer credit links to the canonical theme URL.

1.2.1

Released June 23, 2026

• Updated screenshot.jpg and documented the CC0 license/credits for the images used in it.

1.2

Released June 19, 2026

• Minor style refinements.

1.1.1

Released June 9, 2026

• Mobile menu open/close is now pure CSS + inline handlers; Esc and focus-trap moved to an optional js/a11y.js (Customize > Misc).
• Removed the classic-editor toggle (use the official Classic Editor plugin instead).
• “Disable pages in search results” now defaults off.

1.1

Released June 8, 2026

1.0

• Initial release.