Nov 28, 2025 November 28, 2025 Academica v2.1.1 Academica 2.1.1 Improved Removed "accessibility-ready" tag
Jul 28, 2025 July 28, 2025 Academica v2.1.0 Academica 2.1.0 New Typography section in Customizer with modern font stacks (10 scientific options) Body Text Color option in Customizer (Colors section) for main content color control Accent Color option in Customizer (Colors section) for easy brand customization Blog Options in Customizer to choose between excerpts or full content on archives (default: excerpts) Complete Gutenberg/Block Editor support with custom color palette Skip links for keyboard navigation to main content Improved Performance: Replaced Google Fonts with system font stack for faster loading Enhanced: Focus indicators for all interactive elements (links, buttons, form fields) Enhanced: Proper heading structure – H1 for site title on homepage only, post/page titles use H1 on individual pages Enhanced: Semantic HTML5 elements – main, aside, footer, nav with proper roles Enhanced: Screen reader support with improved screen-reader-text implementation Enhanced: Search form accessibility with role="search" and proper ARIA labels Enhanced: ARIA landmarks and labels for better navigation Enhanced: Keyboard navigation for dropdown menus Enhanced: Widget structure using semantic section elements Enhanced: Footer navigation with proper ARIA labeling JavaScript for better keyboard and screen reader support Deprecated wp_title() function – now uses modern add_theme_support( 'title-tag' ) Fixed Site title H1 structure for better SEO (now uses div instead of h1) Mobile menu toggle accessibility with discernible name and ARIA states
Dec 29, 2022 December 29, 2022 Academica v2.0.7 Academica 2.0.7 New Adding "display=swap" parameter to Google Fonts = 2.0.5 (May 3, 2019) Fixed Minor fixes = 2.0.6 (November 26, 2020) Fixed a problem with the footer links
Apr 11, 2017 April 11, 2017 Academica v2.0.3 Academica 2.0.3 Improved Updated TGM library to latest version – 2.6.1
Feb 10, 2017 February 10, 2017 Academica v2.0.2 Academica 2.0.2 Fixed Fixed columns order on mobile devices (sidebars appear after main column with content) Multiple fixes in the header Multiple bug fixed
May 8, 2016 May 8, 2016 Academica v2.0.1 Academica 2.0.1 New Added TGM Plugin Activator in order to installed recommended plugins used by the theme easier Fixed Minor bug fixes
Mar 26, 2015 March 26, 2015 Academica v2.0 Academica 2.0 Improved Theme re-design and major updates, including many modifications. All files were modified = 1.2.2-wpcom (October 1, 2012) = Converted for use on WordPress.com
Dec 13, 2011 December 13, 2011 Academica v1.2.2 Academica 1.2.2 Improved An update for WP 3.3 Files edited: header.php, style.css
Aug 6, 2011 August 6, 2011 Academica v1.2 Academica 1.2 Fixed An important security fix: /scripts/timthumb.php has been updated to 2.0
Jul 20, 2011 July 20, 2011 Academica v1.1 Academica 1.1 Improved theme moved to new back-end interface of WPZOOM overall theme improvements, all files have been modified
