Release 4.27.0 💎

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,26 +4,6 @@
 
 ### Enhancements
 
-- Hide page__footer-follow if there are no links nor atom feed. (#5279)
-- Add HTML escaping for some titles, labels and metada that was missing. (#5276)
-- Add optional `footer.since` for copyright time range. (#5275)
-
-## [4.27.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.27.1)
-
-### Enhancements
-
-- Add a "Share on Bluesky" button (#5179)
-- Add preset variables for modern font stack (#5033)
-- Update X share button to match brand color (#5245)
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-- Fix wrong icon and color for X share button.
-
-## [4.27.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.27.0)
-
-### Enhancements
-
 - Add RTL Support. [#4886](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/4886)
 - Add missing Polish translation. [#4890](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/4890)
 - Rewrite most directions with [CSS logical properties](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_logical_properties_and_values).

README.md

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ To install:
    bundle
    ```
 
-4. Add `remote_theme: "mmistakes/minimal-mistakes@4.27.1"` to your `_config.yml` file. Remove any other `theme:` or `remote_theme:` entry.
+4. Add `remote_theme: "mmistakes/minimal-mistakes@4.27.0"` to your `_config.yml` file. Remove any other `theme:` or `remote_theme:` entry.
 
 <!--
   Dev note: The version number is currently hard-coded in these files:

Rakefile

@@ -205,7 +205,3 @@ file "docs/_pages/home.md" => "package.json" do |t|
   content = content.gsub(/(\breleases\/tag\/|Latest release v)[\d.]+/, '\1' + package_json["version"])
   File.write(t.name, content)
 end
-
-task :gem do
-  sh 'gem build minimal-mistakes-jekyll.gemspec'
-end

_config.yml

@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ footer:
     - label: "Instagram"
       icon: "fab fa-fw fa-instagram"
       # url:
-  since: "2013"
 
 
 # Reading Files

_includes/copyright.html

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme 4.27.1 by Michael Rose
+  Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme 4.27.0 by Michael Rose
   Copyright 2013-2025 Michael Rose - mademistakes.com | @mmistakes
   Free for personal and commercial use under the MIT license
   https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/LICENSE

_includes/copyright.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme 4.27.1 by Michael Rose
+ * Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme 4.27.0 by Michael Rose
  * Copyright 2013-2025 Michael Rose - mademistakes.com | @mmistakes
  * Free for personal and commercial use under the MIT license
  * https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/LICENSE

_includes/footer.html

@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-{% unless site.atom_feed.hide %}
-  {% assign show_atom = true %}
-{% endunless %}
-{% if site.footer.links or show_atom %}
 <div class="page__footer-follow">
   <ul class="social-icons">
     {% if site.data.ui-text[site.locale].follow_label %}
@@ -11,7 +7,7 @@
     {% if site.footer.links %}
       {% for link in site.footer.links %}
         {% if link.label and link.url %}
-          <li><a href="{{ link.url }}" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><i class="{{ link.icon | default: 'fas fa-link' }}" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ link.label | escape_once | strip }}</a></li>
+          <li><a href="{{ link.url }}" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><i class="{{ link.icon | default: 'fas fa-link' }}" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ link.label }}</a></li>
         {% endif %}
       {% endfor %}
     {% endif %}
@@ -21,6 +17,5 @@
     {% endunless %}
   </ul>
 </div>
-{% endif %}
 
-<div class="page__footer-copyright">&copy; {% assign site_time = site.time | date: '%Y' %}{% if site.footer.since and site_time != site.footer.since %}{{ site.footer.since }} - {% endif %}{{ site_time }} <a href="{{ site.copyright_url | default: site.url }}">{{ site.copyright | default: site.title | escape_once | strip }}</a>. {{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].powered_by | default: "Powered by" }} <a href="https://jekyllrb.com" rel="nofollow">Jekyll</a> &amp; <a href="https://mademistakes.com/work/jekyll-themes/minimal-mistakes/" rel="nofollow">Minimal Mistakes</a>.</div>
+<div class="page__footer-copyright">&copy; {{ site.time | date: '%Y' }} <a href="{{ site.copyright_url | default: site.url }}">{{ site.copyright | default: site.title }}</a>. {{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].powered_by | default: "Powered by" }} <a href="https://jekyllrb.com" rel="nofollow">Jekyll</a> &amp; <a href="https://mademistakes.com/work/jekyll-themes/minimal-mistakes/" rel="nofollow">Minimal Mistakes</a>.</div>

_includes/masthead.html

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
           <a class="site-logo" href="{{ '/' | relative_url }}"><img src="{{ logo_path | relative_url }}" alt="{{ site.masthead_title | default: site.title }}"></a>
         {% endunless %}
         <a class="site-title" href="{{ '/' | relative_url }}">
-          {{ site.masthead_title | default: site.title | escape_once | strip }}
-          {% if site.subtitle %}<span class="site-subtitle">{{ site.subtitle | escape_once | strip }}</span>{% endif %}
+          {{ site.masthead_title | default: site.title }}
+          {% if site.subtitle %}<span class="site-subtitle">{{ site.subtitle }}</span>{% endif %}
         </a>
         <ul class="visible-links">
           {%- for link in site.data.navigation.main -%}

_includes/seo.html

@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@
 <meta name="description" content="{{ seo_description }}">
 
 {% if author.name %}
-  <meta name="author" content="{{ author.name | default: author | escape_once | strip }}">
+  <meta name="author" content="{{ author.name | default: author }}">
   {% if og_type == "article" %}
-  <meta property="article:author" content="{{ author.name | default: author | escape_once | strip }}">
+  <meta property="article:author" content="{{ author.name | default: author }}">
   {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 
 <meta property="og:type" content="{{ og_type }}">
 <meta property="og:locale" content="{{ site.locale | replace: "-", "_" | default: "en_US" }}">
-<meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ site.title | escape_once | strip }}">
+<meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ site.title }}">
 <meta property="og:title" content="{{ page_title }}">
 <meta property="og:url" content="{{ canonical_url }}">
 

_includes/social-share.html

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <h4 class="page__share-title">{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].share_on_label | default: "Share on" }}</h4>
 
   <a href="https://x.com/intent/tweet?{% if site.twitter.username %}via={{ site.twitter.username | url_encode }}&{% endif %}text={{ page.title | url_encode }}%20{{ page.url | absolute_url | url_encode }}" class="btn btn--x" aria-label="Share on X" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'window', 'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;" title="{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].share_on_label | default: 'Share on' }} X">
-    <i class="fab fa-fw fa-x-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i><span> X</span>
+    <i class="fas fa-fw fa-share-alt" aria-hidden="true"></i><span> X</span>
   </a>
 
   <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u={{ page.url | absolute_url | url_encode }}" class="btn btn--facebook" aria-label="Share on Facebook" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'window', 'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;" title="{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].share_on_label | default: 'Share on' }} Facebook">
@@ -12,8 +12,4 @@
   <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url={{ page.url | absolute_url }}" class="btn btn--linkedin" aria-label="Share on LinkedIn" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'window', 'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;" title="{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].share_on_label | default: 'Share on' }} LinkedIn">
     <i class="fab fa-fw fa-linkedin" aria-hidden="true"></i><span> LinkedIn</span>
   </a>
-
-  <a href="https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text={{ page.title | url_encode }}%20{{ page.url | absolute_url | url_encode }}" class="btn btn--bluesky" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'window', 'left=20,top=20,width=500,height=500,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;" title="{{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].share_on_label | default: 'Share on' }} Bluesky">
-    <i class="fab fa-fw fa-bluesky" aria-hidden="true"></i><span> Bluesky</span>
-  </a>
 </section>

_sass/minimal-mistakes/_base.scss

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ html {
   /* sticky footer fix */
   position: relative;
   min-height: 100%;
-  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
 }
 
 body {

_sass/minimal-mistakes/_buttons.scss

@@ -37,13 +37,10 @@
   (warning, $warning-color),
   (danger, $danger-color),
   (info, $info-color),
-  /* brands */
-  (bluesky, $bluesky-color),
   (facebook, $facebook-color),
-  (linkedin, $linkedin-color),
-  (mastodon, $mastodon-color),
   (twitter, $twitter-color),
-  (x, $x-color);
+  (linkedin, $linkedin-color),
+  (mastodon, $mastodon-color);
 
   @each $buttoncolor, $color in $buttoncolors {
     &--#{$buttoncolor} {

_sass/minimal-mistakes/_copyright.scss

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme 4.27.1 by Michael Rose
+ * Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme 4.27.0 by Michael Rose
  * Copyright 2013-2025 Michael Rose - mademistakes.com | @mmistakes
  * Free for personal and commercial use under the MIT license
  * https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/LICENSE

_sass/minimal-mistakes/_utilities.scss

@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ $text-alignments: left, right, start, end, center, justify;
     $stackoverflow-color: ".fa-stack-exchange, .fa-stack-overflow",
     $tumblr-color: ".fa-tumblr, .fa-tumblr-square",
     $twitter-color: ".fa-twitter, .fa-twitter-square",
-    $x-color: ".fa-x-twitter, .fa-square-x-twitter",
     $vimeo-color: ".fa-vimeo, .fa-vimeo-square, .fa-vimeo-v",
     $vine-color: ".fa-vine",
     $xing-color: ".fa-xing, .fa-xing-square",

_sass/minimal-mistakes/_variables.scss

@@ -15,56 +15,23 @@ $doc-font-size-x-large: $doc-font-size * 1.375 !default;
 $paragraph-indent: false !default; // true, false (default)
 $indent-var: 1.3em !default;
 
-/* Modern font stack */
-/* https://github.com/system-fonts/modern-font-stacks */
+/* system typefaces */
+$serif: Georgia, Times, serif !default;
+$sans-serif: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Roboto", "Segoe UI",
+  "Helvetica Neue", "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif !default;
+$monospace: Monaco, Consolas, "Lucida Console", monospace !default;
 
-/* Sans serif - modern font stack */
-$system-ui: system-ui, sans-serif;
-$humanist: Seravek, 'Gill Sans Nova', Ubuntu, Calibri, 'DejaVu Sans', source-sans-pro, sans-serif;
-$geometric-humanist: Avenir, Montserrat, Corbel, 'URW Gothic', source-sans-pro, sans-serif;
-$classical-humanist: Optima, Candara, 'Noto Sans', source-sans-pro, sans-serif;
-$neo-grotesque: Inter, Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Arial Nova', 'Nimbus Sans', Arial, sans-serif;
-$industrial: Bahnschrift, 'DIN Alternate', 'Franklin Gothic Medium', 'Nimbus Sans Narrow', sans-serif-condensed, sans-serif;
-$rounded-sans: ui-rounded, 'Hiragino Maru Gothic ProN', Quicksand, Comfortaa, Manjari, 'Arial Rounded MT', 'Arial Rounded MT Bold', Calibri, source-sans-pro, sans-serif;
-
-/* sans serif typefaces - defined in Minimal Mistakes */
+/* sans serif typefaces */
+$sans-serif-narrow: $sans-serif !default;
 $helvetica: Helvetica, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif !default;
 
-/* Serif - modern font stack */
-$transitional: Charter, 'Bitstream Charter', 'Sitka Text', Cambria, serif;
-$old-style: 'Iowan Old Style', 'Palatino Linotype', 'URW Palladio L', P052, serif;;
-$monospace-slab-serif: 'Nimbus Mono PS', 'Courier New', monospace;
-$slab-serif: Rockwell, 'Rockwell Nova', 'Roboto Slab', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Sitka Small', serif;
-$antique: Superclarendon, 'Bookman Old Style', 'URW Bookman', 'URW Bookman L', 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, serif;
-$didone: Didot, 'Bodoni MT', 'Noto Serif Display', 'URW Palladio L', P052, Sylfaen, serif;
-
-/* serif typefaces - defined in Minimal Mistakes */
+/* serif typefaces */
 $georgia: Georgia, serif !default;
 $times: Times, serif !default;
 $bodoni: "Bodoni MT", serif !default;
 $calisto: "Calisto MT", serif !default;
 $garamond: Garamond, serif !default;
 
-/* Monospace - modern font stack */
-$monospace-code: ui-monospace, 'Cascadia Code', 'Source Code Pro', Menlo, Consolas, 'DejaVu Sans Mono', monospace;
-
-/* Handwritten - modern font stack */
-$handwritten: 'Segoe Print', 'Bradley Hand', Chilanka, TSCu_Comic, casual, cursive;
-
-/* Defaults used in Minimal mistakes */
-$default-sans-serif: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Roboto", "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", "Lucida Grande", Arial, sans-serif;
-$default-serif: Georgia, Times, serif;
-$default-monospace: Monaco, Consolas, "Lucida Console", monospace;
-
-/* Emoji native from modern font stack - add to the end of the font-face for native emojis */
-$emoji-native: 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji';
-
-/* system typefaces */
-$serif: $default-serif !default;
-$sans-serif: $default-sans-serif !default;
-$sans-serif-narrow: $sans-serif !default;
-$monospace: $default-monospace !default;
-
 $global-font-family: $sans-serif !default;
 $header-font-family: $sans-serif !default;
 $caption-font-family: $serif !default;
@@ -123,7 +90,6 @@ $yiq-debug: false !default;
 /* brands */
 $behance-color: #1769ff !default;
 $bitbucket-color: #205081 !default;
-$bluesky-color: #1083fe !default;
 $dribbble-color: #ea4c89 !default;
 $facebook-color: #3b5998 !default;
 $flickr-color: #ff0084 !default;
@@ -142,7 +108,6 @@ $soundcloud-color: #ff3300 !default;
 $stackoverflow-color: #fe7a15 !default;
 $tumblr-color: #32506d !default;
 $twitter-color: #55acee !default;
-$x-color: #0f1419 !default;
 $vimeo-color: #1ab7ea !default;
 $vine-color: #00bf8f !default;
 $youtube-color: #bb0000 !default;

assets/js/main.min.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme 4.27.1 by Michael Rose
+ * Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme 4.27.0 by Michael Rose
  * Copyright 2013-2025 Michael Rose - mademistakes.com | @mmistakes
  * Free for personal and commercial use under the MIT license
  * https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/blob/master/LICENSE

docs/_config.yml

@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ footer:
     - label: "Instagram"
       icon: "fab fa-fw fa-instagram"
       url: "https://instagram.com/mmistakes"
-  since: "2013"
 
 
 # Reading Files

docs/_data/theme.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # for use with in-page templates
 ---
-version: 4.27.1
+version: 4.27.0

docs/_docs/05-configuration.md

@@ -962,15 +962,6 @@ footer:
 
 To change "Follow:" text that precedes footer links, edit the `follow_label` key in `_data/ui-text.yml`.
 
-The copyright notice in the footer shows the year the site has been generated. This can be overridden with `time` in `_config.yml`. If `footer.since` is added and the value is not equal to the current year or the optional value of `time`, then a time range will be shown.
-
-```yaml
-footer:
-  since: "2013"
-```
-
-The above will result for example in `© 2013 - 2025 Minimal ...`. Note that `time` and `footer.since` also support values other than year numbers.
-
 ## Reading files
 
 Nothing out of the ordinary here. `include` and `exclude` may be the only things you need to alter.

docs/_docs/18-history.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ permalink: "/docs/history/"
 excerpt: Change log of enhancements and bug fixes made to the theme.
 sidebar:
   nav: docs
-last_modified_at: '2025-07-11T09:48:51+08:00'
+last_modified_at: '2025-04-18T10:52:16+08:00'
 toc: false
 ---
 
@@ -19,26 +19,6 @@ toc: false
 
 ### Enhancements
 
-- Hide page__footer-follow if there are no links nor atom feed. [#5279](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/5279)
-- Add HTML escaping for some titles, labels and metada that was missing. [#5276](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/5276)
-- Add optional `footer.since` for copyright time range. [#5275](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/5275)
-
-## [4.27.1](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.27.1)
-
-### Enhancements
-
-- Add a "Share on Bluesky" button [#5179](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/5179)
-- Add preset variables for modern font stack [#5033](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/5033)
-- Update X share button to match brand color [#5245](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/issues/5245)
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-- Fix wrong icon and color for X share button.
-
-## [4.27.0](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.27.0)
-
-### Enhancements
-
 - Add RTL Support. [#4886](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/4886)
 - Add missing Polish translation. [#4890](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/pull/4890)
 - Rewrite most directions with [CSS logical properties](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_logical_properties_and_values).

docs/_pages/home.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ header:
       url: "/docs/quick-start-guide/"
 excerpt: >
   A flexible two-column Jekyll theme. Perfect for building personal sites, blogs, and portfolios.<br />
-  <small><a href="https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.27.1">Latest release v4.27.1</a></small>
+  <small><a href="https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes/releases/tag/4.27.0">Latest release v4.27.0</a></small>
 feature_row:
   - image_path: /assets/images/mm-customizable-feature.png
     alt: "customizable"

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "minimal-mistakes",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "4.27.1",
+  "version": "4.27.0",
   "description": "Minimal Mistakes 2 column Jekyll theme.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",

test/_config.yml

@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ footer:
     - label: "Instagram"
       icon: "fab fa-fw fa-instagram"
       url: "https://instagram.com/"
-  since: "2013"
 
 
 # Reading Files