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v2.0.0

20 Nov 14:47

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🎉 Major Release: Open Source

Chipmunk Theme is now fully open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0! All premium features are now available to everyone, completely free.

Added

  • Add comprehensive documentation files:
    • LICENSE.md - GNU GPL v3.0 license
    • README.md - Complete project documentation
    • CONTRIBUTING.md - Contribution guidelines
    • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md - Community standards
  • Make all addons freely available:
    • Members addon (user registration, login, profiles, dashboard)
    • Ratings addon (5-star rating system)
  • Add composer.json for better dependency management

Improved

  • Update theme license to GPL v3.0
  • Update composer packages including Advanced Custom Fields Pro
  • Remove theme credits requirement - now optional for all users
  • Clean up and simplify codebase by removing licensing complexity
  • Improve theme updater to work without license keys
  • Streamline Almond setup wizard without activation steps

Removed

  • Remove all LemonSqueezy licensing and payment processing code
  • Remove license validation, activation, and deactivation logic
  • Remove license checking helper functions
  • Remove upgrade prompts and license requirements
  • Remove license status display from admin settings
  • Remove license SCSS partial and related CSS
  • Remove premium/paid feature gates throughout codebase
  • Remove API URL and theme variants constants
  • Delete includes/Settings/Licenser.php (main licensing class)

Breaking Changes

⚠️ This is a major version release with breaking changes:

  • All licensing-related code has been removed
  • API endpoints for license validation are no longer used
  • Theme can now be used without any license key
  • All features previously restricted to paid tiers are now freely available

Full Changelog: View all changes on GitHub

Installation

Download the latest version and install via WordPress admin panel or upload directly to your themes directory.

Support

For questions, issues, or contributions, please visit our GitHub repository.

v1.19.0

14 Jun 10:37

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Improved

  • Refresh design
  • Refresh icons and rename twitter to x
  • Improve the sticky header
  • Improve the submission functionality
  • Show submitter info fields even it user is logged

Fixed

  • Fix issues with license key activation with caching plugins enabled
  • Fix issues with demo content import becoming stuck on some servers
  • Fix issues with rich snippets and schema markup

v1.18.3

07 Apr 11:33

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New

  • Add Chipmunk Affiliate ID option to customizer

v1.18.2

28 Mar 19:20

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Fixed

  • Enabled premium add-ons for lifetime licences

1.18.1

17 Feb 12:00

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Improved

  • Update licenser to allow proper license deactivation
  • Clean up helper files

Release v1.18.0

14 Feb 16:07

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New

  • Migrate the license checking and auto-updates to Lemon Squeezy

Fixed

  • Few small visual issues fixed

Release v1.17.1

03 Jan 14:02

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Fixed

  • Fixed issue with register issues in Members Addon

Release v1.17.0

23 Jun 10:13

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New

  • Load google font list directly from the API
  • Remove the addons dependency - they are now enabled/disabled automatically based on your subscription plan
  • Stick footer to the bottom of the page

Improved

  • Merge setting pages into one and add tabbed navigation
  • Update the pot file and Polish translation
  • Update ACF and remove legacy addons from composer
  • Update theme credits
  • Update chipmunk logo and add some helpers for svg functionalities
  • Update submit form template
  • Fix issue with incorrect homepage resource limits
  • Fix list tile layout padding on mobile devices
  • Fix issue with chipmunk license keys
  • Fix issue with tags being huddled
  • Fix issue with infinite pagination
  • Fix issues with equal height carousel

Removed

  • Remove tags from the search results page

Release v1.16.0

15 Mar 12:43
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New

  • Add public user profiles 🔥
  • Allow to change the default image aspect ratio of posts and resources 🔥
  • Refresh the design of the theme a bit
  • Reorganize the structure of the theme completely 👨‍💻
  • Add TikTok and Twitch social profiles

Improved

  • Decrease the size of JS files loaded by ~70% (290kb -> 88kb) 🔥
  • Decrease the size of CSS files loaded by ~40% (117kb -> 73kb) 🔥
  • Increase contrast throughout the site to improve accessibility
  • Improve the styling of new Gutenberg blocks
  • Improve the structure of content headings to use typographic scale
  • Clean up the codebase to make it easier to update the theme 👨‍💻
  • Refresh icons throughout the site

Removed

  • Remove Flickr, Google+, Reddit, Medium, VK, IndieHackers and Telegram social profiles
  • Remove lots of legacy code and unused functionality 👨‍💻

v1.15.0

24 Feb 22:15

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New

  • Add ability to disable thumbnails on single resource page 🔥
  • Add multi-level menu dropdown functionality 🔥
  • Add schema tags for resources and posts
  • Add WP hook for enabling term shuffling
  • Add WP hook to change the max term length
  • Add WP hook to change the default post status for resource submissions
  • Allow displaying comments on a static page
  • Allow to pull OG images without an extension in submit form
  • Allow to set content font family

Improved

  • Rewrite content styles 🔥
  • Update heading size and structure 🔥
  • Update the negative margins on elements to new flexbox gap property

Removed

  • Remove verified functionality from the author's profile
  • Remove static page templates
  • Remove sidebar/widget functionality (will be added back with the support for new block-based widgets)

Fixed

  • Fix issue with embeds not working on single resource page
  • Fix issue with hero section's negative margins