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HootKit · Version history

HootKit changelog and version history

Latest version
3.0.6
Oct 11, 2026 (28 days ago)
Releases
8
since 2025
In the last year
8
about one every 46 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20254 releases
  • 20264 releases

20264 releases

  1. HootKit 3.0.6Latest

  2. HootKit 3.0.5

    • Improve Import UX
    • Add demopacks for Voltino theme

  3. HootKit 3.0.4

    • Minor CSS and display fixes
    • Updated new demopacks manifest for theme importer

  4. HootKit 3.0.3

    • Support ‘widgets-v3’ files
    • Move Post/Content Grid to v3 widgets – using css Grid
    • Updated new demopacks manifest for theme importer
    • Remove support for ‘post-grid-firstpost-category’
    • Standardize “style-” classes to “textstyle-” for v3 widgets onwards

20254 releases

  1. HootKit 3.0.2

    • Support import of ‘_menu-item-hootmenu’ during menu import in XML (eg. contains menu item bg/font colors)
    • Page Content widget
    • Add options for Social Icons widget (accent bg and shape)
    • Postcarousel widget – remove ‘hootkit_carousel_titleascaption’ filter

  2. HootKit 3.0.1

    • Widgets as Shortcode misc module
    • Fix bug in Content Grid widget – First post as standard size
    • ‘Open in new tab’ option for multiple widgets
    • Postcarousel widget – allow ‘hootkit_carousel_titleascaption’ filter

  3. HootKit 3.0.0

    • Refactored code
    • Optimize performance for FA icons list in admin widgets
    • Add support for ‘misc > Code’ modules
    • Add support for ‘misc > Tools’ modules
    • Add support for ‘misc > Import’ modules
    • Load dashmenu if theme supports dashboard (settings as part of dashboard plug)
    • Add support for ‘list-evenspacecol’ in post-list widgets
    • Add support for ‘cbox-evenspacecol’ in content box widgets
    • Include default support for ‘grid-widget’ and ‘list-widget’
    • Remove several deprecated code
    • Remove support for ‘nohoot’ tag. Hence removed duplicated Hoot Framework library code/css from themes.
    • Remove ‘themelist’ tag and cleanup various unused code
    • Minor CSS fixes for settings
    • Support for ‘imgbg-cssvars’ (set background image as inline css variable instead of inline style)
    • Support for ‘content-blocks-style5-nojs’

  4. HootKit 2.0.21

    • List widgets – Add class for style0
    • Grid widgets – Add display for 1×2 non standard unit
    • Update ‘supports_version’ to use array (refactor directory structure)

Questions about HootKit’s releases

What is the latest version of HootKit?

3.0.6, released on Oct 11, 2026 (4 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is HootKit updated?

8 releases in the last year, about one every 46 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2025.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in HootKit’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.