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Aggie UX WordPress theme v1.0.1 now available

This update upgrades WordPress to the latest version of Aggie UX — v1.13.1 — and includes new icons, improved support for Gravity Forms and numerous bug fixes.

Nov. 14, 2025 By Jeremy Tarpley, Texas A&M Division of Marketing & Communications

4 min. read

What’s new in version 1.0.1?

This update upgrades WordPress to the latest version of Aggie UX – 1.13.1. Highlights include new icons, improved support for Gravity Forms and numerous bug fixes in both the AUX framework and for the AUX WordPress theme. View the changelog below for more details.

How to test the update

On a local or development site that is already running the AUX WordPress parent theme:

  1. Log in to WordPress and visit the Appearance > Themes page.
  2. Click on the “New version available. Update now” link in the message above the AUX-WordPress theme.
  3. If you are on WPEngine, clear the site cache.
  4. Test your local/development site after the update. Visit important pages, add and modify content and make sure everything looks and works as expected.

How to update your live (production) website

After testing the update:

  1. Schedule a time to update your live website. Notify WordPress editors and appropriate stakeholders. Items to communicate:
    1. When the update will happen.
    2. How it may impact them: better form support, new icons, bug fixes.
    3. The update should not result in an outage; however, editors should save their work and refrain from making changes while the site is being updated.
  2. At the time you scheduled for the update, first make a backup checkpoint of your WordPress files and database.
  3. After the backup has completed, install the theme update in WordPress. As with your local/development site, you will find the update option in the Appearance > Themes page in WordPress. Update, clear the site cache and test!

How to install the AUX WordPress theme on a new site

  1. Install and activate the Advanced Custom Fields Pro plugin.
  2. Note: The free version of Advanced Custom Fields will not work. We have purchased an unlimited license that you can use for any Texas A&M website. If you don’t have ACF Pro, email web@tamu.edu to request a download link and license key.
  3. Install the AUX WordPress parent theme (aux-wordpress.zip)
  4. Install and activate the AUX WordPress child theme (aux-wordpress-child.zip)

How to get help or ask questions 

Join our weekly office hour! We offer a come-and-go virtual office hour every Thursday from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. to support Aggie UX, AUX Cascade and the AUX WordPress theme. These sessions are a great opportunity to ask questions, get guidance and troubleshoot challenges with web team members in real-time.

To streamline support and ensure everyone receives timely help, please use these office hours for Aggie UX, Cascade and WordPress-related questions rather than reaching out via Slack or email.

Stay in the know with Aggie UX

Stay up-to-date with all things Aggie UX by subscribing to the #aggie-ux Slack channel (available to Texas A&M University employees) and this email list.

Changelog

Changed

Added

  • Styling for all Gravity Forms field types (1.0.0 only styled some field types).
  • Code for developers:
    • Getter functions for block name, block slug, raw block data – in /WP_AUX/Entities/AuxFramework/BlockHandlerEntity.php
    • Element attributes handler – Manage element attributes independent of an HTML element object: in /inc/WHOOP/Entities/ElementAttributes.php
    • Refactor – added service to create section and slab with reduced code. See code examples in /blocks/ for creating and customizing blocks.
    • More inline documentation and usage examples.
    • Support registering a plugin as an AUX plugin for seamless integration with parent theme code and file structure features. This will make it possible to show php documentation in the wp-admin UI and other future improvements.
    • CSS helper classes added to section html tag for the types of blocks in that section.

Fixed

  • Utility navigation links in the top of the header now appear in the mobile navigation menu.
    • Note: currently, links in the “For You” and “Quicklinks” menus are not reproduced in the mobile menu. This will be fixed in a future release.
  • Consistent labels in WordPress admin for custom post types.
  • Prevent error condition if a media type (mime type) is not returned for a video embed from YouTube or any other video provider.
  • Wrap shortcodes in a <section> html tag where applicable to fix layout issues.
  • Do not put “internal” CSS class on non-component sections.
  • Collection feature now has correct spacing and layout.
  • Section html attributes: css class, data, name.
  • Images not cropped now in the captioned media block; images should retain the aspect ratio of your image upload.
  • Removed unused vertical-thumbnail image option.
  • Caching issue for styles in the editor.
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