---
title: "History"
permalink: /docs/history/
excerpt: "Change log of enhancements and bug fixes made to the theme."
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nav: docs
last_modified_at: 2017-11-28T08:41:19-05:00
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---
## Unreleased
### Enhancements
* Open social share links in a new window. [#1357](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1357)
* Remove Alexa.com verification due to retiring of "[Claim Your Site](https://support.alexa.com/hc/en-us/articles/219135887)" feature. [#1350](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1350)
* Disable analytics in `development` environment. [#1362](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1362)
* Disable comments in `development` environment. [#1363](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1363)
* Exclude specific pages/posts from search index by adding `search: false` to the YAML Front Matter. [#1369](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1369)
### Bug Fixes
* Fix `post.content` typo in `assets/js/lunr-en.js`. [#1354](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1354)
* Fix "lunr-en.js:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <" in `assets/js/lunr-en.js`. [#1356](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1356)
* Rename Naver verification `naver_site_verification` to be consistent with other site variables.
* Fix button class in "Post with Table Of Contents" demo content. [#1368](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1368)
## [4.7.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.7.1)
### Enhancements
* Add search layout powered by [Lunr](https://lunrjs.com/). [#1353](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1353)
* Use [jekyll-remote-theme](https://github.com/benbalter/jekyll-remote-theme) for demo site. [#1339](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1339)
* Add note about WordPress to Staticman comment migration tool in documentation. [#1346](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1346)
### Bug Fixes
* Change `http` to `https` for Jekyll and Browserhappy links. [#1342](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1342) [#1343](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1343)
* Change `http` author profile links to `https` when supported. [#1349](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1349)
* Fix broken SCSS partial links in layouts documentation. [#1351](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1351)
## [4.7.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.7.0)
### Enhancements
* Add `alt` description to avatar image. [#1226](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1226)
* Clarify documentation about which `assets` folders and files to remove when migrating to the gem version of the theme. [#1268](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1268)
* Add note about Staticman GitHub compatibility. [#1273](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1273)
* Add missing Brazilian Portuguese translations to `ui-text.yml`. [#1278](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1278)
* Update font stack documentation. [#1292](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1292)
* Improve accessibility of navigation menu button. [#1099](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1099)
* Add Naver Webmaster Tools verification. [#1286](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1286)
* Add support for Staticman v2 endpoint and reCAPTCHA.
* Add Polish localized UI text strings. [#1304](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1304)
* Add toggleable table of contents via YAML Front Matter. Note: `toc` helper include will be deprecated in next major version. [#1222](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1222)
* Refactor seo.html include to DRY-up page image handling.
* Add support for setting what image is used by OpenGraph and Twitter via `page.header.og_image`. [#1316](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1316)
* Fix the spelling of some product names in the author profile. [#1328](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1328)
* Add `aqua`, `neon`, and `plum` skins. [#1336](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1336)
* Update **jekyll-toc** with heading classes fix. [#1337](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1337)
* Remove `+` from Google+ author link to allow non-vanity URLs. [#1319](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1319)
### Bug Fixes
* Fix system font rendering in Chrome on macOS/OS X. [#1290](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1290)
* Fix extra padding in syntax highlighted code blocks due to Rouge 2 adding `
` to markup.
## [4.6.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.6.0)
### Enhancements
* Test strict Front Matter in `/test` site. [#1236](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1236)
* Rename `gems` key to `plugins`. [#1239](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1239)
* Add [YIQ Color Contrast](https://github.com/easy-designs/yiq-color-contrast) mixin for determining lightness of a color.
* DRY up button CSS using Sass lists and YIQ Color Contrast mixin.
* Add `btn--primary` button class. **Note:** elements that were previously using only a `.btn` class will now also need `.btn--primary` (eg. `my link`).
* Add `air`, `contrast`, `dark`, `dirt`, `mint`, and `sunrise` skin color options. [#1208](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1208)
* Allow scripts in `` and before `` to be added/overridden with `head_scripts` and `footer_scripts` arrays in `_config.yml`. [#1241](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1241)
* Update JavaScript dependencies: jQuery `v3.2.1`, jQuery Smooth Scroll `v2.2.0`, and Magnific Popup `v1.1.0`. [#328690652](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1241#issuecomment-328690652)
## [4.5.2](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.5.2)
### Enhancements
* Add `.page__comments-form` to "non-printing" selectors in print styles. [#1195](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1195)
* Add LinkedIn and Steam author sidebar examples to `_config.yml`. [#1203](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1203) [#1204](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1204)
* Remove the http-equiv="cleartype" meta tag. [#1087](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1087)
* Clarify documentation for `jekyll-archives` plugin and how to install. [#1206](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1206)
* Clarify documentation around taxonomy page and index generation. [#1207](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1207)
* Fix "Posts by tag" grammar in documentation. [#1209](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1209)
* Improve Chinese `date_label` and `minute_read` translations in `ui-text.yml`. [#1205](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1205) [#1211](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1211)
* Add note to Quick-Start Guide about GitHub Pages hosting alternatives that allow 3rd party gem themes and Jekyll plugins.
* Add note to configuration documentation about Cloudflare minification as an alternative to `layout: compress`. [#1217](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1217)
* Show 4 latest posts in "You May Also Enjoy" module when `related: true` and no related posts are found due to `lsi` ([latent semantic indexing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_semantic_analysis#Latent_semantic_indexing)) being disabled on GitHub Pages. [#554](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/554)
* Truncate archive item titles' that overflow with an ellipsis. [#1213](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1213)
### Bug Fixes
* Fix license URL in README file. [#1189](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1189)
* Reduce amount of blank pages when printing in Chrome. [#1196](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1196)
* Remove `#disqus_thread` duplicate from `comments-providers/disqus.html` as it is already in `comments.html` include. [#1199](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1199)
* Fix Liquid syntax errors in `tag-list.html` and `category-list.html` includes by removing parenthesis in `assign`s. [#1223](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1223)
* Fix Liquid syntax error: "Expected id but found open_square in {% raw %}`"{{ page.[include.id] }}"`"{% endraw %} in `gallery` and `feature_row` includes.
* Fix Liquid syntax error: "Expected end_of_string but found pipe in `"name in __names | sort"`" in `group-by-array` include.
## [4.5.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.5.1)
### Enhancements
* Add Greek and Danish localized UI text strings. [#1159](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1159) [#1188](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1188)
* Remove blank YAML Front Matter from JavaScript banner. [#1158](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1158)
* Improve `page` and `archive` layouts to visually center main content and harmonize sidebar widths and placement. [#1166](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1166)
* Increase font-size of code blocks.
* Reduce indent of nested "table of contents" links.
* Extend [archive grid view](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/layouts/) to the right to better fill the page.
* URL encode title and page URL in social share links. [#1177](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1177)
* Replace old Disqus script with new Universal Embed Code. [#1179](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1179)
### Bug Fixes
* Fix positioning of sidebar table of contents when using `layout: splash`. [#1169](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1169)
* Fix "follow" links `z-index` order to avoid overlapping issues. [#1167](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1167)
### Maintenance
* Fix typo `words_per_minute` typo in documentation. [#1164](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1164)
* Remove outside and right borders in `table`s.
* Adjust width of `.sidebar` to match `.sidebar__right`.
* Add sample documents to ["portfolio" collection](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/portfolio/) for testing grid view.
* Fix typo in stylesheets documentation. [#1170](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1170)
* Add note about setting Discourse `server` as a scheme-less URL (eg. `meta.discourse.com` and not `http://meta.discourse.com`) in `_config.yml`. [#1182](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1182)
## [4.5.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.5.0)
### Enhancements
* Add scrollbar to sidebars with overflowing content that extends outside the viewport's height. [#706](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/706)
* Add missing Spanish UI text strings. [#1118](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1118)
* Update Susy to version 3 and rewrite grid CSS to be more readable.
* Refactor intro animations into a separate Sass variable `$intro-transition` to allow for customizing. [#1147](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1147)
* Add [**jekyll-data**](https://github.com/ashmaroli/jekyll-data) as a dependency to read data files from theme-gem. [#1131](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1131)
* Add support for customizing header image alternative text through YAML Front Matter. [#1138](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1138)
### Bug Fixes
* Fix Sass `DEPRECATION WARNING: Passing a string to call()` by [upgrading Susy to version 3](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/commit/387f8149d6270b876f224a57a07062ffb0647938). [#1114](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1114)
* Fix disappearing author profile links due to tapping the "Follow" button and changing a browser's viewport width to > `$lg`. [#1136](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1136)
### Maintenance
* Replace reference to "Basically Basic theme" with **Minimal Mistakes**. [#1149](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1149)
* Add documentation for disabling CSS3 animations. [#1150](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1150)
* Update quickstart, installation, and overriding defaults documentation. [#1151](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1151)
## [4.4.2](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.4.2)
### Enhancements
* Add Swedish, Dutch, and Indonesian localized UI text strings. [#996](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/996) [#1081](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1081) [#1101](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1101)
* Add Bitbucket social icon color. [#1009](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1009)
* Add GitLab to author sidebar. [#1050](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1050)
* Add Sass variable for navicon link hover color. [#1089](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1089) [#1088](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1088)
### Bug Fixes
* Toggle close button on `mouseleave`. [#975](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/975)
* Remove extraneous `` and `` tags from `paginator.html` include. [#1038](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1038)
* Fix Google+ comments provider includes. [#1092](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/1092)
* Replace category variable used in `_includes/breadcrumbs.html` to `site.category_archive` to avoid conflicts with `site.categories`. [#1063](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1063) [#329](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/329)
### Maintenance
* Add mention of Greek localized UI text strings to theme documentation. [#972](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/972)
* Update Greek localized UI text strings. [#1054](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/1054)
* Add documentation for adding teaser images in grid view using `header.teaser`.
## [4.4.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.4.1)
### Enhancements
* Add Greek localized UI text strings. [#958](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/958)
### Bug Fixes
* Fix `video` helper to load Vimeo videos over https. [#945](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/945)
* Fix close menu button that was removed when updating Greedy navigation script. [#969](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/969)
## [4.4.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.4.0)
### Enhancements
* Move SCSS partials to `/_sass/minimal-mistakes` for easier CSS customization.
* Replace `modified` with `last_modified_at` to leverage various Jekyll plugins that utilize this variable. [#930](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/930)
* Add Lithuanian localized UI text. [#924](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/924)
* Improve print stylesheet by increasing text contrast, removing elements that don't need to be printed, expanding URLs, and reducing amount of blank pages. [#909](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/909)
### Maintenance
* Remove extra word in comment. [#911](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/911)
* Fix typo in Utility Class docs. [#915](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/915)
## [4.3.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.3.1)
### Bug Fixes
* Fix `.masthead` and `.page__footer` overlapping full screen video elements. [#933](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/933)
* Correctly show Related Posts heading when UI Text data file is omitted and `related: true` in YAML Front Matter. [#901](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/901)
## [4.3.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.3.0)
### Enhancements
* Add workaround to allow theme gem's `/assets/js/main.min.js` file to be overridden by a local version. Simply add the following YAML Front Matter to the file:
```
---
layout:
---
```
Any local customizations you make to `/assets/js/main.min.js` should now replace the theme gem's version.
## [4.2.2](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.2.2)
### Enhancements
* Update [Greedy Navigation](https://github.com/lukejacksonn/GreedyNav) to flexbox version to make it more flexible when dealing with long site titles (`site.title`). [#836](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/836)
* Adjust `box-shadow` in navigation and author sidebar. [#576](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/576)
* Add Russian, Korean, and zh-TW localized UI text. [#815](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/815) [#834](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/834) [#838](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/838)
### Bug Fixes
* Fix Discourse embedded comments bug. [#823](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/823)
* Fix `seo_author` default value in `seo.html` and add `author` meta. [#858](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/858)
### Maintenance
* Add theme meta info to `_layouts/default.html` and `main.css`.
* Update README.
* Improve the pagination and taxonomy archive documentation. [#826](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/826)
* Add comments to `/docs/_config.yml` to clarify use of YAML references. [#847](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/847)
## [4.2.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.2.1)
### Enhancements
* Improve `paginator.html` to support paginated pages that live inside of a subfolder. See [documentation](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/layouts/#home-page) for more details. [#764](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/764/)
### Maintenance
* Add `https` protocol to Google Universal Analytics embed. [#772](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/772)
## [4.2.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.2.0)
### Enhancements
* Add `video` helper (for YouTube/Vimeo) and video headers to `single`, `archive`, and `splash` layouts. [#788](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/788)
* Add missing simplified Chinese localized UI text strings. [#747](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/747)
* Add Nepali (Nepalese) localized UI text strings. [#785](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/785)
* Remove borders from table elements found in Google Custom Search Engine widget. [#759](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/759)
### Bug Fixes
* Remove `position: sticky` JavaScript polyfill and fallback to default positioning for browsers that don't support it. [#752](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/752)
### Maintenance
* Fix invalid Google Universal Analytics example in documentation. [#783](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/783)
* Bump `jekyll-sitemap` gem dependency to (1.0).
## [4.1.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.1.1)
### Enhancements
* Remove hardcoded `words_per_minute` "less than" and "minute read" values and make dynamic. [#703](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/703)
* Update Font Awesome to `v4.7.0`. [#723](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/723), [#722](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/722)
* Add support for YouTube channel URLs in author profile. [#716](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/716)
### Bug Fixes
* Add Jekyll as `spec.add_runtime_dependency` in `.gemspec`.
## [4.1.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.1.0)
### Enhancements
* Add Jekyll include for adding [custom author profile links](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/_includes/author-profile-custom-links.html) to sidebar
### Bug Fixes
* Fix link to Discourse.org homepage in `noscript` section [#699](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/699)
* Fix padding issue with pagination buttons [#694](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/694)
## [4.0.10](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.0.10)
### Bug Fixes
* Add Staticman default `path`. [#683](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/683)
### Maintenance
* Slight correction/improvements to French UI text. [#685](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/685)
## [4.0.9](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.0.9)
### Bug Fixes
* Fix overlapping sidebar navigation lists due to `max-height: 100vh`. [#668](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/668)
## [4.0.8](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.0.8)
### Bug Fixes
* Set default value for `words_per_minute`. [#657](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/657)
* Adjust sidebar navigation list CSS so it collapses at the correct width.
### Maintenance
* Add Google AdSense banner to `/docs/_layouts/default.html` for demo site.
## [4.0.7](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.0.7)
### Enhancements
* Add `!default` values to **_sass/_variables.scss**.
* Collapse sidebar navigation lists on smaller screens. [#607](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/607)
### Bug Fixes
* Rename `#comments` to something more unique to avoid clashes with Kramdown generated headline IDs. [#582](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/582)
### Maintenance
* Reorganize SCSS partials in **assets/css/main.scss**
## [4.0.6](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.0.6)
### Enhancements
* Add [`figure` helper](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/helpers/#figure) to make generating a `