Changelog

Current version

18.3.0

Released September 17, 2026

View release notes →

Bundled plugins

CoreRequired

3.1.6

Salient WPBakeryRequired

8.7.3

Custom BrandingOptional

1.0.0

Demo ImporterOptional

1.9

PortfolioOptional

1.8.6

SocialOptional

1.2.6

Nectar SliderOptional

1.7.8

Home SliderOptional

1.4.1

ShortcodesOptional

1.5.5

WidgetsOptional

1.3.1

Every release of the Salient WordPress theme is listed below, newest first, with its release notes on its own page. See Updating Salient for how to update, including what the bundled plugins need.

Salient 18.x

Version	Released	Changes
18.3.0	Sep 17, 2026	10 added3 updated2 improved15 fixed
18.2.1	Jun 1, 2026	1 added1 updated3 fixed
18.2.0	May 23, 2026	10 added3 updated3 improved14 fixed
18.1.1	Feb 23, 2026	1 added1 updated1 improved5 fixed
18.1.0	Feb 13, 2026	8 added2 updated10 fixed
18.0.2	Dec 9, 2025	2 added1 updated7 fixed
18.0.1	Nov 27, 2025	1 added1 updated4 fixed
18.0 Major	Nov 25, 2025	50 added6 updated2 improved10 fixed

Salient 17.x

Version	Released	Changes
17.4.1	Oct 5, 2025	1 fixed
17.4.0	Oct 3, 2025	2 added3 updated6 fixed
17.3.1	Jul 26, 2025	3 added2 updated6 fixed
17.3.0	Jun 13, 2025	8 added3 updated5 fixed
17.2.0	Apr 18, 2025	9 added2 updated6 fixed
17.1.0	Feb 22, 2025	5 added2 updated7 fixed
17.0.7	Jan 17, 2025	2 added1 updated5 fixed
17.0.6	Dec 23, 2024	3 added1 updated7 fixed
17.0.5	Nov 21, 2024	6 fixed
17.0.4	Nov 14, 2024	1 added8 fixed
17.0.3	Oct 1, 2024	5 fixed
17.0.2	Sep 23, 2024	1 added1 updated4 fixed
17.0.1	Sep 18, 2024	2 updated2 fixed
17.0 Major	Sep 17, 2024	30 added5 updated6 fixed

Salient 16.x

Version	Released	Changes
16.4.0	Aug 23, 2024	3 added1 updated2 fixed
16.3.1	Jul 22, 2024	2 added1 updated5 fixed
16.3.0	Jun 25, 2024	3 added2 updated8 fixed
16.2.2	Apr 17, 2024	1 updated
16.2.1	Apr 17, 2024	2 added3 updated5 fixed
16.2.0	Mar 25, 2024	7 added6 updated15 fixed
16.1.3	Jan 4, 2024	4 added2 updated16 fixed
16.1.2	Nov 21, 2023	3 fixed
16.1.1	Nov 18, 2023	1 added1 updated3 fixed
16.1.0	Nov 13, 2023	7 added4 updated17 fixed
16.0.5	Aug 10, 2023	2 added3 updated5 fixed
16.0.4	Jul 28, 2023	1 added1 updated3 fixed
16.0.3	Jul 18, 2023	2 added3 fixed
16.0.2	Jul 17, 2023	3 fixed
16.0.1	Jul 17, 2023	1 fixed
16.0 Major	Jul 16, 2023	32 added4 updated12 fixed

Salient 15.x

Version	Released	Changes
15.1.1	Jun 16, 2023	1 added
15.1.0	May 26, 2023	1 updated3 fixed
15.0.9	Apr 6, 2023	8 added3 updated13 fixed
15.0.8	Jan 12, 2023	6 added1 updated1 improved7 fixed
15.0.7	Dec 4, 2022	6 added1 updated8 fixed
15.0.6	Nov 2, 2022	1 added1 fixed
15.0.5	Oct 27, 2022	2 added7 fixed
15.0.4	Sep 11, 2022	1 added1 updated4 fixed
15.0.3	Sep 11, 2022	4 added2 updated9 fixed
15.0.2	Aug 19, 2022	1 updated4 fixed
15.0.1	Aug 15, 2022	3 fixed
15.0 Major	Aug 13, 2022	42 added2 improved23 fixed

Salient 14.x

Version	Released	Changes
14.0.7	May 18, 2022	1 fixed
14.0.6	May 17, 2022	2 updated3 fixed
14.0.5	Feb 7, 2022	1 updated15 fixed
14.0.4	Feb 1, 2022	4 added3 updated6 fixed
14.0.3	Dec 21, 2021	3 added1 updated7 fixed
14.0.2	Nov 26, 2021	2 added1 updated1 improved5 fixed
14.0.1	Nov 17, 2021	1 updated
14.0 Major	Nov 15, 2021	52 added

Salient 13.x

Version	Released	Changes
13.0.8	Oct 26, 2021	1 fixed
13.0.7	Oct 20, 2021	1 updated4 fixed
13.0.6	Aug 3, 2021	2 updated5 fixed
13.0.5	Apr 14, 2021	1 added2 fixed
13.0.4	Apr 7, 2021	5 fixed
13.0.3	Mar 31, 2021	5 added1 updated3 fixed
13.0.2	Mar 27, 2021	5 fixed
13.0.1	Mar 26, 2021	1 updated5 fixed
13.0 Major	Mar 25, 2021	8 added8 updated6 improved24 fixed

Salient 12.x

Version	Released	Changes
12.1.6	Jan 24, 2021	2 updated2 fixed
12.1.5	Dec 14, 2020	1 updated4 fixed
12.1.4	Dec 5, 2020	1 updated3 fixed
12.1.3	Oct 7, 2020	1 updated
12.1.2	Aug 22, 2020	2 updated3 fixed
12.1.1	Aug 10, 2020	3 fixed
12.1.0	May 9, 2020	2 added5 updated12 fixed
12.0 Major	Apr 19, 2020	37 added7 updated28 fixed

Salient 11.x

Version	Released	Changes
11.0.4	Dec 22, 2019	1 fixed
11.0.3	Dec 16, 2019	1 updated
11.0.2	Dec 13, 2019	2 added4 updated
11.0.1	Oct 3, 2019	2 updated5 fixed
11.0 Major	Sep 30, 2019	25 added9 updated12 fixed

Salient 10.x

Version	Released	Changes
10.5.3	Jun 14, 2019	1 added3 updated1 improved5 fixed
10.5.2	Jun 10, 2019	1 updated5 fixed
10.5.1	Jun 3, 2019	2 added3 updated9 fixed
10.5.0 Major	May 27, 2019	18 added4 updated3 improved31 fixed
10.0.4	Apr 18, 2019	1 added
10.0.3	Apr 4, 2019	1 fixed
10.0.2	Apr 1, 2019	1 updated3 fixed
10.0.1	Jan 3, 2019	2 fixed
10.0 Major	Dec 7, 2018	17 added4 updated15 fixed

Salient 9.x

Version	Released	Changes
9.0.2	Oct 8, 2018	1 updated
9.0.1	Aug 30, 2018	2 added1 updated5 fixed
9.0 Major	Jul 13, 2018	38 added14 updated20 fixed

Salient 8.x

Version	Released	Changes
8.5.6	May 8, 2018	1 added1 updated3 fixed
8.5.5	Mar 3, 2018	1 added2 updated4 fixed
8.5.4	Feb 14, 2018	6 added2 updated15 fixed
8.5.3	Nov 19, 2017	1 updated
8.5.2	Nov 16, 2017	1 updated3 fixed
8.5.1	Oct 29, 2017	13 fixed
8.5.0	Sep 2, 2017	38 added4 updated6 fixed
8.1.0	Aug 22, 2017	1 updated3 fixed
8.0.16	Jun 24, 2017	2 added
8.0.15	Apr 15, 2017	1 added
8.0.2	Aug 12, 2017	1 updated3 fixed
8.0.1	Mar 4, 2017	5 added1 updated19 fixed
8.0 Major	Feb 12, 2017	40 added5 updated2 improved14 fixed

Salient 7.x

Version	Released	Changes
7.6.0	Sep 12, 2016	25 added2 updated20 fixed
7.5.2	Aug 29, 2016	3 fixed
7.5.1	Aug 16, 2016	1 changed
7.5.0	Jul 21, 2016	19 added2 updated8 fixed
7.0.9	May 18, 2016	4 added16 fixed
7.0.8	Apr 13, 2016	6 fixed
7.0.7	Feb 29, 2016	1 added2 updated12 fixed
7.0.6	Feb 3, 2016	1 added9 fixed
7.0.5	Jan 22, 2016	1 added1 updated5 fixed
7.0.2	Jan 17, 2016	11 fixed
7.0.1	Jan 10, 2016	7 fixed
7.0 Major	Jan 7, 2016	33 added7 updated1 improved1 changed13 fixed

Salient 6.x

Version	Released	Changes
6.1.72	Jan 3, 2016	2 fixed
6.1.71	Dec 31, 2015	1 added1 fixed
6.1.65	Dec 24, 2015	1 fixed
6.1.7	Dec 10, 2015	1 updated2 fixed
6.1.6	Nov 12, 2015	1 updated
6.1.5	Sep 17, 2015	1 updated3 fixed
6.1.4	Sep 13, 2015	1 added4 fixed
6.1.3	Sep 9, 2015	1 added1 updated3 fixed
6.1.2	Sep 2, 2015	1 added1 updated
6.1.1	Aug 29, 2015	5 fixed
6.1.0	Aug 25, 2015	1 added2 updated5 fixed
6.0.4	Aug 15, 2015	7 fixed
6.0.3	Aug 11, 2015	3 added3 fixed
6.0.2	Aug 10, 2015	4 fixed
6.0.1	Aug 8, 2015	1 updated6 fixed
6.0 Major	Aug 6, 2015	20 added8 updated1 improved1 changed6 fixed

Salient 5.x

Version	Released	Changes
5.5.53	Jul 27, 2015	1 updated3 fixed
5.5.52	Jul 18, 2015	1 added2 fixed
5.5.51	Jun 29, 2015	2 fixed
5.5.5	May 23, 2015	1 added1 updated4 fixed
5.5.4	Mar 10, 2015	9 fixed
5.5.3	Mar 3, 2015	9 fixed
5.5.2	Feb 27, 2015	5 fixed
5.5.1	Feb 26, 2015	3 fixed
5.5.0	Feb 26, 2015	7 added2 updated12 fixed
5.0.1	Jan 21, 2015	1 added
5.0 Major	Dec 17, 2014	13 added2 updated1 improved9 fixed

Salient 4.x

Version	Released	Changes
4.9.0	Nov 9, 2014	5 added5 fixed
4.8.1	Oct 3, 2014	1 added1 improved8 fixed
4.8.0	Sep 30, 2014	9 added3 updated9 fixed
4.5.22	Sep 17, 2014	4 fixed
4.5.21	Sep 4, 2014	1 fixed
4.5.2	Aug 10, 2014	2 added16 fixed
4.5.1	Jul 18, 2014	1 added1 changed5 fixed
4.5.0	Jul 17, 2014	12 added8 fixed
4.1.1	May 24, 2014	10 fixed
4.1.0	May 20, 2014	12 added17 fixed
4.0.3	Apr 20, 2014	1 added7 fixed
4.0.2	Apr 11, 2014	9 fixed
4.0.1	Apr 3, 2014	9 fixed
4.0 Major	Apr 1, 2014	22 added20 fixed

Salient 3.x

Version	Released	Changes
3.1.5	Mar 7, 2014	2 added16 fixed
3.1.0	Feb 10, 2014	7 added9 fixed
3.0.5	Jan 28, 2014	2 added2 updated8 fixed
3.0 Major	Jan 22, 2014	8 added2 updated15 fixed

Salient 2.x

Version	Released	Changes
2.6.5	Dec 9, 2013	1 added14 fixed
2.6.0	Dec 5, 2013	9 added18 fixed
2.5.1	Nov 14, 2013	1 added6 fixed
2.5.0	Oct 31, 2013	13 added3 updated1 changed9 fixed
2.1.5	Oct 18, 2013	1 improved9 fixed
2.1.0	Oct 14, 2013	11 added1 updated13 fixed
2.0.5	Oct 5, 2013	2 added2 updated15 fixed
2.0 Major	Sep 26, 2013	15 added1 updated8 fixed

Salient 1.x

Version	Released	Changes
1.9.0	Sep 3, 2013	2 added1 updated1 changed14 fixed
1.8.0	Aug 21, 2013	3 added5 fixed
1.7.2	Aug 8, 2013	1 added5 fixed
1.7.1	Aug 2, 2013	1 added7 fixed
1.7.0	Jul 28, 2013	8 added4 changed6 fixed
1.6.2	Jul 6, 2013	5 added1 improved2 changed18 fixed
1.6.1	Jun 28, 2013	4 fixed1 removed
1.6.0	Jun 27, 2013	12 added2 updated4 changed6 fixed
1.5.1	Jun 8, 2013	1 added1 updated3 fixed
1.5.0	May 23, 2013	6 added1 updated1 changed4 fixed2 removed
1.4.2	May 6, 2013	2 updated6 fixed
1.4.1	May 4, 2013	4 added1 updated5 fixed1 removed
1.4.0	May 3, 2013	8 added7 changed4 fixed
1.3.0	Apr 22, 2013	5 added39 changed4 fixed
1.2.0	Apr 15, 2013	14 added1 updated1 improved11 changed6 fixed
1.1.0	Apr 5, 2013	6 added2 updated11 changed5 fixed
1.0.2	Mar 29, 2013	1 updated1 changed2 fixed
1.0.1	Mar 25, 2013	1 added2 fixed
1.0 Major	Mar 18, 2013	1 added