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