Contentberg 3.0.1 - Content Marketing & Personal Blog for WordPress

Key Features and Design Philosophy

• Handcrafted for all type of blogs and simple magazine sites.
• Fully Responsive design with High Definition Retina graphics.
• Dark Mode built-in. Optional feature to enable auto system scheme detection.
• One-click Updates for easy theme auto updates.
• Optimize for Core Web Vitals with the included speed and performance guide in our documentation.
• Several Homepage Layouts for your blog:
  • Block-based Homes: Default, Alt 2, Alt 3, Alt 4
  • Standard Blog Layout
  • List Layout
  • Large Post and Grid
  • Large Post and List
  • Overlay and Grid
  • Overlay and List
  • List Layout Full Width
  • Simple Grid Layout
  • Blog Layout Full Width
• Elegant and unique Featured Sliders – choose from 6 sliders.
• Built-in Custom Widgets for perfect blog:
  • Custom About Me Widget
  • Custom Social Icons Widget
  • Custom Popular Posts Widget
  • Custom Latest Posts Widget
  • Custom Subscribe Widget
  • Custom Advertisement Widget
  • Unique Call to Action Widget
  • Beautiful Instagram Footer Widget
• Multiple Post Formats Support:
  • Gallery Post Format
  • Video Post format
  • Audio Post Format
  • Standard Post Format
• Smooth Sticky Top Bar & Navigation and Sticky Sidebar Feature with Off-canvas Mobile Menu.
• Our custom-built Special Post Gallery and Advanced Live Customizer Options.
• Customization Options to Show/Hide Most Elements and Multiple Custom Menus & Unique mobile menu.
• WordPress 4.7+ Compatible and WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin compatible.
• Contact Form 7 compatible and Integrated MailChimp Subscribe Form.
• Unique Logo for mobile devices, PostLike Feature, Home MailChimp Subscribe Box, Social Media Sharing.
• Tons of Typography And Color Options with TypeKit Typography Support (General Demo shows TypeKit Fonts).
• 10 Header Layouts and countless Category Listing styles for blog and magazine sites.
• Home Posts Carousel and Multiple Footer Layouts.
• Free Updates and new blog features; Translation Ready; Long-term Support.

Layout, Widgets, and Social Capabilities

• Homepage and post layouts optimized for readability and engagement.
• Built-in widgets for About Me, Social Icons, Popular Posts, Latest Posts, Subscribe, Advertisement, and CTA.
• Instagram Footer Widget integration for social feed presence.
• Social sharing and social follow widgets with options for LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Discord, Reddit, Twitter, TikTok, Telegram, and more.
• Social icon options are sortable and dynamic updates available.

Compatibility, Accessibility, and Performance

• WordPress 4.7+ Compatible; WooCommerce compatibility; Latest WooCommerce compatibility updates.
• Core Web Vitals optimization guidance included in documentation.
• Auto dark mode option based on user’s device preference; Auto system scheme detection for dark mode.
• Lightbox improvements and parallax performance optimizations for modern browsers.
• Reduced JS and CSS footprint; improved lazyload and asset loading strategies for performance.
• Dark mode color customization options and separate dark mode customization options for typography and UI.
• AJAX-based mega menu pagination for performance; conditional loading of multiple JS libraries to reduce load.

Assistance and Support

Need Assistance? Get In Touch! If you ever get stuck with setting up Contentberg with your WordPress installation, you can get in touch with our friendly and dedicated support via our Support Forums.

Changelog and Version History

Version 3.0.1 - December 2, 2023

• Fully tested for WP 6.4.1+
• Fixed: Error on accessing wp-admin as a non-admin user.
• Fixed: Delayed load on debloat causing issues as jQuery “load” not executed for float share.
• Improved: Demo Importer on sites in maintenance or password protected.

Version 3.0.0 - November 1, 2023

• Enhancements for WordPress 6.3+.
• Performance enhancements and Core Web Vitals improvements.
• New: Dark Mode support for all demos.
• New: One-click automatic updates.
• Added: Support for default tables alongside stripes.
• Added: Editor support for dimension and spacing controls in blocks.
• Added: New X logo to replace the old twitter logo and updated Youtube icon.
• Added: TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, Telegram social profiles options.
• Added: LinkedIn, Twitch, Reddit, Tiktok, Telegram, WhatsApp to social follow widget.
• Added: Dark mode color customization options separately.
• Added: New social share services to floating share.
• Added: Auto dark mode option based on user’s device preference.
• Added: Dynamic tags such as {year} and more for footer copyright.
• Added: Latest WooCommerce compatibility.
• Improved: Customizer overhaul for a faster and cleaner customization.
• Improved: Disabled lazyload on single post featured image for LCP performance.
• Improved: PHP 8.1 and 8.2 compatibility testing and fixes.
• Improved: CSS-based parallax option for creative single featured image for performance.
• Improved: Icons file reduced from 90kb to 10kb for performance.
• Improved: Removed outdated social services like Google+.
• Improved: Several social icon options are now sortable now.
• Improved: Pagination function for compatibility with 3rd party plugins.
• Improved: Auto-excerpt function to many blocks such as embeds links.
• Improved: New typography customization system in Customizer.
• Improved: Reduced JS and CSS by removing for outdated browsers.
• Improved: Changed mega menu pagination to AJAX for performance.
• Improved: Conditional loading of multiple JS libraries and reduced reliance.
• Fixed: Lightbox gallery popup on the new in-post and JetPack galleries.
• Fixed: Responsiveness of updated Gutenberg tables.
• Fixed: Metaboxes defaults changing on reload of the editor.
• Fixed: Large quote style not available with WP 6+.
• Fixed: First gallery as slider for gallery post format in new editor.
• Fixed: Possible infinite loops in VC when using in a dev environment.
• Fixed: PHP errors on PHP 8.1+ when grid_cols in missing in shortcodes.
• Fixed: Light top bar colors for compact header style.
• Fixed: Mobile display of Header Style 5.
• Updated WPBakery Page Builder to latest version (Security Issues Fixed)
• Updated Bunyad AMP with the latest specs and hundreds of fixes.

Version 3.0.0 and earlier releases

• Version 2.2.0 — WordPress 6.0+ compatibility improvements; Fixed: WordPress 6.0 Notice when WP_DEBUG is enabled; Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.
• Version 2.1.0 — WordPress 5.9+ compatibility improvements; Fixed: PHP8 warning in Contentberg Core; Fixed: Post Editor issues on WordPress 5.9; Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.
• Version 2.0.0 — WordPress 5.8+ compatibility improvements; Added: Latest WooCommerce compatibility; Added: PHP8 compatibility for the theme; Fixed: Parallax issues in Safari v14+; Fixed: PHP warning messages on PHP 7.4 and 8.0; Improved: Removed deprecated social follow networks; Improved: Demo importer for faster imports; Bunyad AMP: Path suffix /amp/ support option for URLs; Bunyad AMP: Now includes hero image CLS optimizations; Bunyad AMP: Updated to latest official specs; Bunyad AMP: Deprecated warnings when AMP is active; Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.
• Version 1.9.0 HOTFIX — Fixed WPBakery Page Builder critical issue.
• Version 1.9.0 — Improved compatibility and styling for WordPress 5.6; Fixed: Alignment of pullquotes in backend; Fixed: WPBakery button missing in Gutenberg; Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.
• Version 1.8.3 — Fixed: Instagram Images issue when using the API / Token; Updated: Bunyad Instagram Plugin.
• Version 1.8.2 — Improvements in Sphere Core Plugin; Added: Manual Count support for Social Follow widget; Security: Updated WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.
• Version 1.8.0 — Full WordPress 5.5 Compatibility; Added: Custom line-height support for editor blocks; Improved: Native lazyload enhancement in 5.5; Improved: New editor changes in 5.5 styled properly; Improved: Quotes styling for WP 5.5 Editor; Improved: Headings and text styles for WP 5.5 Editor; Improved: WP 5.5 Editor alignment of images, groups and other blocks; Improved: WPBakery Page Builder CSS render; Improved: Bunyad Demo Importer; Fixed: Latest Chrome subtle gray line on next/prev; Fixed: Autoptimize fixes when using deferred CSS method.
• Version 1.7.2 — Improved: Gutenberg compatibility; Fixed: WPBakery conflict with aggressive lazyload; Updated: Bunyad AMP with latest from official; Updated: Bunyad Instagram Widget with token feature; Updated: WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.
• Version 1.7.1 — Fixed: Call to Action widget issues with latest WordPress; Sphere Core plugin updated with several improvements.
• Version 1.7.0 — Optimized for WordPress v5.3+; Added: Group block support in editor; Added: Cover block nested blocks support in editor; Improved: Backend tables and table headings; Improved: Galleries in backend and caption support; Improved: Overall Gutenberg editor styles; Improved: Color support for dot separator block; Updated WooCommerce v3.8 templates; Updated Bunyad AMP v1.4.1 with official AMP changes and fixes.
• Version 1.6.1 — Bunyad Widget for Instagram plugin has support for API Access Token now to counter recent changes from Instagram; Improved: Gutenberg galleries spacing in backend; Updated: Bunyad AMP to latest version of official AMP.
• Version 1.6.0 — Improvements for latest changes in Gutenberg; Added: AMP plugin features with major update; Added: LinkedIn in place of Google+; Improved: AJAX performance on blocks with pagination; Improved: Gutenberg galleries spacing & alignment; Improved: Devs hook 'wp_body_open' added for v5.2+; Fixed: Twitter share links for the new twitter; Fixed: Global featured disable on posts with local override; Fixed: AMP issue when search is disabled; Fixed: Quotes and apostrophes encoded in social share; Updated WooCommerce templates to latest; Updated WPBakery Page Builder to latest version.
• Version 1.5.0 — Improved compatibility for latest version of Gutenberg; Bunyad Instagram Widget to replace WP Instagram Widget plugin; Fixed: Page builder last block spacing in certain edge cases; Updated WPBakery Page Builder to latest version; Bunyad AMP updated to match changes from AMP official v1.x.
• Version 1.4.2 — Bunyad AMP updated for Gutenberg v4.6+; WordPress v5.0 Final Complete Compatibility; WPBakery Page Builder Updated to 5.6 for WordPress v5.0+; Changes to allow main file overrides via child theme.
• Version 1.4.1 — Fixed: Slider post count when set via a page; Fixed: Gutenberg v4.5.1 conflict with AMP; Fixed: Large dropcap in Edge browser; Updated: WooCommerce template file for latest; Updated Bunyad AMP.
• Version 1.4.0 — Added: Gutenberg v4.5 support and fixes; Added: Styles for new pullquote style with background; Improved: Search overlay on iPhone; Improved: Customization such as colors apply in AMP now; Improved: Typography and color options for WooCommerce; Improved: Jetpack subscribe boxes styling; Fixed: Menu id for the topbar navigation; Fixed: Facebook follow counter requiring fb app approval; Fixed: AMP logo distortion when mobile logo not uploaded; Fixed: False positive AMP error notice in Gutenberg; Fixed: Gutenberg v4.4 align full in backend; Few new settings in customizer.
• Version 1.3.0 — Gutenberg v4.1 compatibility fixes; Added: Media & Text block styles; Improved: Parallax performance on single; Improved: Smart Sticky header triggers; Improved: Post Nav + Social Sticky on smaller laptops; Fixed: Centering for small images on spacious layout; Fixed: Backend Gutenberg styling for v4.1; Fixed: Responsive columns for latest Gutenberg update.
• Version 1.2.0 — WooCommerce Custom Styles and Compatibility added; Added: Gutenberg 4.0 fixes and compatibility; Added: Alternate demos to importer; Fixed: Widget slider hover text shadows; Fixed: Search modal issue when lightbox disabled; Updated: Bunyad AMP with reporting fixes; Updated: WPBakery page builder.
• Version 1.1.2 — Added: VKontakte option to social share float; Added: VC text block option to use single fonts; Added: Sample Child Theme in package; Fixed: Header Style 2 ad code filtered by security; Fixed: CSS cache race condition; Minor CSS improvements.
• Version 1.1.0 — AMP Support Added with custom styles; Added: Gutenberg posts AMP support; Added: More performance optimization features; Added: LinkedIn, Google+ options for social share; Improved: Mobile Menu design; Improved: Classic editor left align on phones; Improved: Performance guide in docs; Improved: General > Other Settings section added; Improved: Full content importer; Fixed: Slider options settings for pages; Fixed: Missing List home block in widgets; Further improvements to mobile views.
• Version 1.0 — First release