{"id":39534,"date":"2025-11-19T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/?p=39534"},"modified":"2026-03-10T20:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:01:04","slug":"nc-state-theme-release-v4-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/nc-state-theme-release-v4-14\/","title":{"rendered":"NC&#160;State Theme Release v4.14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Release Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fancy Paragraph and Gravity Forms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fancy Paragraph now supports the ability to add a Gravity Form as a sub-block. This feature is available under the content card section of the Fancy Paragraph block. This content card affords content maintainers the ability to display a form within a body of text (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/486\">#486<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-ucomm-multisite.pantheonsite.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/12\/gravity-forms-fancy-paragraph-1024x763.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Gravity Forms content card featured in a Fancy Paragraph block\" class=\"wp-image-39138\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An example of the Gravity Forms content card featured in a Fancy Paragraph block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Megamenu (Alpha)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An early development version of the Megamenu has is now available as part of this release. This feature is currently in alpha and we do not recommend this for production sites. That said, we welcome users to explore the feature in staging and dev environments (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/478\">#478<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/480\">#480<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/482\">#482<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/489\">#489<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/493\">#493<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/496\">#496<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/497\">#497<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/498\">#498<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-ucomm-multisite.pantheonsite.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/12\/masthead-with-megamenu-1024x567.png\" alt=\"A screenshot example of the masthead on a page using the Megamenu\" class=\"wp-image-39148\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An example of the masthead on a page using the Megamenu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-ucomm-multisite.pantheonsite.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/12\/megamenu-expanded-1024x515.png\" alt=\"A screenshot example of the masthead on a page using the Megamenu\" class=\"wp-image-39149\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An example of the Megamenu expanded<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Added a class to the second line of the site title allowing approved sites to use the second line as a subtitle. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#487<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Heading level on the Icon Links block can now be toggled from H3 to H2. Doing so will have no visual effect, this is for accessibility reasons only. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#494<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bluesky is now an available option on the social media section in the theme settings, and will populate to the footer and Split Content block. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#491<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quality of Life Enhancements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Made several style changes on the news posts, to make their spacing feel more inline with other areas. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#483<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The internal styling packages needed an updated URL after the switch over to github.com. Updated these packages and the repos have had the correct permissions set. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#484<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Updated the image dimension instructions in the OpenGraph Image Field. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#488<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Added some aria-label attributes to the Smart Search overlay to improve accessibility (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#492<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bug Fixes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Non-Credit Program CPTs were missing from the archive if they did not have an end date. this. This is now fixed (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#477<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Spotify Embed block had spacing issues following the grid update. It&#8217;s styling is now correct. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#485<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Updated the Events Calendar shortcode embeds to avoid breaking due to the .alignwide styles. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#490<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Featured People block&#8217;s images did not have a defined image aspect ratio. Updated this feature to be 1:1, ensuring a square image next to each person. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/pull\/495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#495<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/releases\/tag\/v4.14.0\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ncstate-wordpress\/ncstate-theme-v4\/releases\/tag\/v4.14.0\">Full release notes<\/a> can be found in GitHub. If you do not have but would like access to these technical release notes, please email <a href=\"mailto:wordpress@help.ncsu.edu\">wordpress@help.ncsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A smaller update before the holiday as we prepare for future releases in spring of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":39042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"displayCategoryID\":12,\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false,\"subtitle\":\"A smaller update before the holiday as we prepare for future releases in spring of 2026.\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-39534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"displayCategory":{"term_id":12,"name":"Announcements","slug":"announcements","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":12,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Announcements about feature updates to NC State web platforms.","parent":0,"count":35,"filter":"raw"},"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39538,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39534\/revisions\/39538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39534"},{"taxonomy":"_ncst_magazine_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_ncst_magazine_issue?post=39534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}