Released 5 April 2026

A small but meaningful maintenance release focused on stability, polish, and a handy new settings option.

Smarter hover submenus. Navigating nested menus now feels a lot more forgiving. We've added pointer-intent tracking with a grace area, so slight diagonal drift no longer snaps submenus shut mid-move, and crossing over neighbouring parent items while heading toward your target no longer causes accidental switches. Submenu bounds also recalculate on scroll and resize for more reliable behaviour.

Dashboard tab reordering. You can now rearrange your dashboard category tabs exactly how you like them. Head to Settings → Dashboard → Dashboard tab order, drag them into place, and your layout persists across reloads.

Dark mode polish. Buttons now have better contrast and cleaner separation in dark mode, the new content dropdown properly respects your active theme, and the menu icons have been refreshed across the board.

Bug fixes.

• Fixed a Gravatar hashing error on non-secure HTTP sites (including local .local domains), where the Web Crypto API isn't available. A SHA-256 fallback now kicks in automatically.

• Fixed intermittent pagination issues on the modern post list — page 2 on Pages and other post types should now load reliably without redirects.

• Fixed submenu hover state leaking between menu sections, so the same link can no longer appear active in both the main menu and shortcuts simultaneously.

• Various wp-toolbar fixes.

As always, thanks for the continued feedback — a lot of this release came directly from bug reports and suggestions. Keep them coming.