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CERN Lite Theme Roadmap

This is WordPress Lite!

This page relates exclusively to WordPress Lite, a lightweight version of WordPress available between October 2024 and May 2025. It is no longer possible to create new WordPress Lite websites. We thank all WordPress Lite users and are happy to report that all feedback has been implemented and made available by default. This documentation will remain online and accessible until all WordPress Lite websites have been moved to the official WordPress Service.

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No further releases planned. Users are encouraged to migrate their websites to the central infra.

1.1.0 [Released 2024-12-05]​

  • Replaced most custom blocks with the following core blocks:

    • Author Name
    • Buttons
    • Code
    • Cover
    • Post Date
    • Details
    • Embed
    • File
    • Gallery
    • Group / Stack / Row
    • Heading
    • Image
    • List
    • Text & Media
    • Paragraph
    • Pullquote
    • Quote
    • Separator
    • Site Logo / Title
    • Table
    • Video

  • The only custom blocks that have been kept are the following:

    • Countdown
    • Gallery
    • News

  • A new custom Slider block has been created to allow for a 'slideshow' of core Cover blocks

  • The concept of nesting has been introduced through the Columns, Cover, and Group / Stack / Row blocks

  • More customisation such as font size, margin, and font colour has been introduced

  • FileBird has been integrated into the Media Library to allow for directory structures

  • The CDS integration has been moved to work with the Media Library instead of on a per-block level

  • A global banner setting has been added to the global site settings to allow for a banner to be displayed across the top of the site, across all pages (with three different severity levels)

  • Compact mode (for internal, non-promotional sites) has been introduced, globally reducing whitespace

  • The Customise menu has been moved from an Administrator privilege to an Editor privilege

1.0.0 [Released 2024-10-30]​

  • 13 blocks

    • Text

    • Heading

    • List

    • Quote

    • Splash

    • Text and Image

    • Image

    • Video

    • PDF

    • News

    • Gallery

    • Call to Action

    • Countdown

  • Global site settings

    • Site identity

      • Site name

      • Site branding style

      • Site logo

    • Header and footer navigation menus

    • Social media links

  • CDS media integration