ChicBloom Theme Changelog

IMPORTANT

1– Check your current theme version.
2– Before updating the theme, we highly recommend you to save a backup copy of existing theme, so you have something to fall back on if a mishap happens.
3– Please refer to update theme documentation for how-to update theme
4– If you need additional assistance with the theme update, please submit a support ticket for assistance.

Version 26.05 (May 19, 2026)

  • Enhanced theme logic for flawless compatibility with PHP 8.4
  • Streamlined file structure to be leaner and more developer-friendly
  • Optimized stylesheet architecture to eliminate bloat and reduce the overall CSS weight
  • Migrated Google Fonts to local hosting for GDPR compliance and faster rendering (Elementor settings remain independent)

Files Updated:

  • header.php
  • footer.php
  • archive.php
  • archive-list.php
  • content.php
  • content-list.php
  • search.php
  • search-list.php
  • sidebar.php
  • images.php
  • index.php
  • functions.php
  • style.css
  • includes/ace_functions.php
  • includes/ace_theme_customize.php
  • includes/custom_widgets.php
  • includes/meta_boxes.php
  • includes/modules.php
  • layouts/archives-page.php
  • layouts/blank-page.php
  • layouts/blog-page.php
  • layouts/layout-page.php
  • layouts/no-title-page.php
  • layouts/no-title-portfolio.php
  • layouts/no-title-post.php
  • layouts/sitemap-page.php

Files Added:

  • font/ folder and files
  • content-loop.php

Version 25.11 (November 19, 2025)

  • Updated to cache header and footer
  • Updated the_content() issue on header and footer
  • Updated HTML minifier that causes Javascript issue

Files Updated:

  • All themes files, best to replace/overwrite all the files

Version 25.08 (August 19, 2025)

  • Updated and remove some redundancy base codes
  • Added reset button for theme customizer settings
  • Added 404 page title option
  • Added option to disable WordPress Speculative Loading

Files Updated:

  • 404.php
  • functions.php
  • archive-list.php
  • content-list.php
  • search-list.php
  • includes/ace_functions.php
  • includes/ace_theme_customize.php
  • includes/custom_widgets.php
  • includes/modules.php
  • layouts/related.php
  • layouts/slide.php

Version 24.10 (October 29, 2024)

  • Updated FontAwesome 6.5.1 with new Twitter X icon
  • Added option to disable preloading icons

Files Updated:

  • includes/ace_functions.php
  • includes/ace_theme_customize.php
  • includes/modules.php
  • fontawesome/
  • style.css

Version 23.10 (October 28, 2023)

  • Updated FontAwesome 6.4.2 with Threads icon
  • Updated to load WordPress block separately
  • Added options to disable XML-RPC

Files Updated:

  • style.css
  • includes/ace_functions.php
  • includes/ace_theme_customization.php
  • includes/custom_widgets.php
  • includes/modules.php

Version 23.04 (April 08, 2023)

  • Fixed mobile dropdown menu double click on iOS

Files Updated:

  • includes/ace_functions.php
  • includes/modules.php
  • js/scripts.js
  • style.css

Version 22.10 (October 13, 2022)

  • Added option to update mobile hamburger menu color
  • Added option to remove post content on blog page, archive page and search page settings
  • Added option to remove legacy jquery-migrate.js
  • Added option to remove WooCommerce Gutenberg CSS
  • Added option to remove Elementor Fontawesome stylesheets loading
  • Updated theme files for Elementor Pro
  • Updated flexbox for featured and footer widgets

Files Updated:

  • includes/ace_functions.php
  • includes/ace_theme_customize.php
  • includes/modules.php
  • layouts/archives-page.php
  • layouts/blog-page.php
  • layouts/full-portfolio.php
  • layouts/full-post.php
  • layouts/full-title-portfolio.php
  • layouts/full-title-post.php
  • layouts/no-title-page.php
  • layouts/no-title-portfolio.php
  • layouts/sidebar-page.php
  • layouts/sidebar-title-page.php
  • layouts/sitemap-page.php
  • archive-list.php
  • content-list.php
  • search-list.php
  • 404.php
  • archive.php
  • footer.php
  • image.php
  • index.php
  • page.php
  • search.php
  • single.php
  • single-courses.php
  • single-download.php
  • single-layout.php
  • single-lesson.php
  • woocommerce.php
  • style.css

Version 22.04 (April 23, 2022)

  • Added HTML minification and query string removal option
  • Added option to remove WordPress emoji
  • Updated mobile menu to use CSS only
  • Added Spotify social media icons
  • Removed deprecated/outdated Javascript

Files Updated:

  • includes/ace_functions.php
  • includes/ace_theme_customize.php
  • includes/custom_widgets.php
  • js/scripts.js
  • header.php
  • style.css

Version 21.10 (October 12, 2021)

  • Added HTML minification and query string removal option
  • Added footer credit text and background colour options
  • Updated flyingpages.js option
  • Updated minor WooCommerce styling

Files Updated:

  • includes/ace_functions.php
  • includes/ace_theme_customize.php
  • includes/plugins/woocommerce.css
  • style.css

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