WordPress.org submission hardening (v1.6165.1210, gate 95/100)#3
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… sync Brings kern to a clean WordPress.org submission state (gate 95/100, Gate A pass). Consolidates this session's work beyond the initial Abilities/a11y release: - Exhaustive WCAG 2.2 AA contrast remediation across the default palette AND every style variation. The dark/inverted variations carried multiple hidden contrast failures the first pass missed; every text token is re-paired to its actual ground. - i18n verified; honest readme/changelog (contrast figures match the shipped palette, pattern list reconciled to disk, no over-claims). - Version synced across style.css / readme / inc/bootstrap.php (+ colophon.json). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
This PR hardens the Kern WordPress block theme for WordPress.org submission by refining accessibility/contrast across style variations, removing hardcoded English UI copy in templates/patterns for better i18n, and synchronizing release metadata (version headers, readme, POT).
Changes:
- Adjusts palette tokens in multiple style variations and adds band-scoped CSS overrides to meet WCAG contrast requirements.
- Reworks several templates’ empty/error/search states and many patterns to avoid hardcoded English visitor strings, leaning on core/localizable strings.
- Updates theme/readme metadata and version constants, and expands documentation in
readme.txt.
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| templates/search.html | Removes hardcoded “Search Results” eyebrow and no-results prose; relies on query-title/search blocks. |
| templates/index.html | Replaces no-results message with an inline search action. |
| templates/front-page.html | Replaces in-template works section markup with a pattern reference for translatable prose. |
| templates/archive.html | Replaces no-results message with an inline search action. |
| templates/404.html | Tweaks 404 display color and replaces prose with search + home-link. |
| styles/proof-sheet.json | Adjusts studio-press color token for contrast. |
| styles/pressroom.json | Adjusts studio-mid color token for contrast. |
| styles/foundry-dark.json | Adjusts studio-mid color token for contrast. |
| style.css | Updates Theme URI, version, Tested up to, and PHP requirement metadata. |
| readme.txt | Expands description/docs (typography, accessibility, architecture, dev guide) and updates changelog/version metadata. |
| patterns/works-grid.php | Wraps previously hardcoded demo strings in gettext calls. |
| patterns/works-directory.php | Makes section heading/link and empty-state prose translatable; computes “All projects” URL dynamically. |
| patterns/typeface-pairing.php | Wraps pattern prose in gettext calls for translation. |
| patterns/studio-footer.php | Wraps footer pattern copy in gettext calls and adjusts contrast token usage. |
| patterns/studio-bio.php | Wraps bio/label strings in gettext calls for translation. |
| patterns/specimen-director.php | Wraps eyebrow label string in gettext calls for translation. |
| patterns/mark-presentation.php | Wraps heading string in gettext call for translation. |
| patterns/main-navigation.php | Attempts to make demo nav-link labels translatable within navigation-link blocks. |
| patterns/display-hero.php | Wraps hero headline/descriptor in gettext calls for translation. |
| patterns/contact-cta.php | Wraps CTA headline/pitch/button text in gettext calls for translation. |
| patterns/case-study-lead.php | Wraps lead pattern labels and placeholder content in gettext calls; clarifies h1 usage. |
| patterns/brief.php | Wraps brief placeholder copy in gettext and adds a translators comment for formatted string. |
| parts/header.html | Removes skip-link from static template part and documents move to PHP for gettext. |
| parts/footer.html | Replaces hardcoded footer credit with a block binding source. |
| languages/kern.pot | Updates POT metadata and adds new extracted strings. |
| inc/skin.php | Guards GitHub updater opt-in behind existence check for updater file. |
| inc/setup.php | Adds a localized skip-link output on wp_body_open. |
| inc/bootstrap.php | Bumps theme version constant. |
| inc/bindings.php | Updates documentation to reflect SLUG-derived binding source names. |
| assets/css/skin.css | Adds band-aware eyebrow color overrides to preserve contrast on dark bands. |
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| <!-- wp:navigation-link {"label":"<?php esc_html_e( 'Work', 'kern' ); ?>","url":"#work","kind":"custom","isTopLevelLink":true} /--> | ||
| <!-- wp:navigation-link {"label":"<?php esc_html_e( 'Type', 'kern' ); ?>","url":"#type","kind":"custom","isTopLevelLink":true} /--> | ||
| <!-- wp:navigation-link {"label":"<?php esc_html_e( 'Studio', 'kern' ); ?>","url":"#studio","kind":"custom","isTopLevelLink":true} /--> | ||
| <!-- wp:navigation-link {"label":"<?php esc_html_e( 'Contact', 'kern' ); ?>","url":"#contact","kind":"custom","isTopLevelLink":true} /--> |
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| <?php | ||
| $kern_posts_page = (int) get_option( 'page_for_posts' ); | ||
| $kern_works_url = $kern_posts_page ? get_permalink( $kern_posts_page ) : home_url( '/' ); | ||
| ?> |
| <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":"is-style-kern-annotation","style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"var:preset|spacing|12","bottom":"var:preset|spacing|12"}}}} --> | ||
| <p class="is-style-kern-annotation" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--12);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--12)">Nothing here yet. Publish your first post to begin.</p> | ||
| <!-- /wp:paragraph --> | ||
| <!-- wp:search {"label":"","showLabel":false,"buttonText":"","buttonPosition":"button-inside","buttonUseIcon":true,"style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"var:preset|spacing|12","bottom":"var:preset|spacing|12"}}}} /--> |
| <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":"is-style-kern-annotation","style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"var:preset|spacing|12","bottom":"var:preset|spacing|12"}}}} --> | ||
| <p class="is-style-kern-annotation" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--12);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--12)">Nothing in this archive yet.</p> | ||
| <!-- /wp:paragraph --> | ||
| <!-- wp:search {"label":"","showLabel":false,"buttonText":"","buttonPosition":"button-inside","buttonUseIcon":true,"style":{"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"var:preset|spacing|12","bottom":"var:preset|spacing|12"}}}} /--> |
| <!-- /wp:paragraph --> | ||
| <!-- No hardcoded no-results prose: the search form is re-offered | ||
| as the next action, using core block strings only. --> | ||
| <!-- wp:search {"label":"Search","buttonText":"Search","buttonUseIcon":true,"style":{"typography":{"fontFamily":"var:preset|font-family|jakarta"}}} /--> |
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| <!-- No hardcoded visitor prose: the heading, search form, and home link | ||
| are self-explanatory and stay translatable via core block strings. --> | ||
| <!-- wp:search {"label":"Search","buttonText":"Search","buttonUseIcon":true,"style":{"typography":{"fontFamily":"var:preset|font-family|jakarta"}}} /--> |
| msgid "" | ||
| msgstr "" | ||
| "Project-Id-Version: Kern 1.6148\n" | ||
| "Project-Id-Version: Kern 1.6163.2229\n" |
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Exhaustive WCAG 2.2 AA contrast remediation across the default palette and every style variation, i18n verification, honest readme/changelog, and version sync. Passes the WordPress.org theme-submission gate at 95/100, Gate A clean — verified per-variation by relative-luminance recomputation.
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