Changes
Major releases, updates, and improvements.
Recently added terms and sources are listed in the latest additions.
Incremental changes are listed in the code commit history.
5.1.2
Terms: 2,050
Sources: 224
Summary of changes:
- Added 20 new terms
- Added 1 new source
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated Kirby to version 5.3.1
5.1.1
10 February 2026
Terms: 2,030
Sources: 223
Summary of changes:
- Added 56 new terms
- Added 4 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated Kirby Clear Cache plugin to version 1.1.0
- Updated Kirby to version 5.2.3
5.1.0
21 December 2025
Terms: 1,974
Sources: 219
Summary of changes:
- Added 24 new terms
- Added 3 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Search results now identify entries as either a Term, Source, or Page
- Updated ai.robots.txt to version 1.44
- Updated Kirby to version 5.2.1
5.0.2
29 October 2025
Terms: 1,950
Sources: 216
Summary of changes:
- Added 44 new terms
- Added 5 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated ai.robots.txt to version 1.42
- Updated Kirby to version 5.0.4
- Updated Kirby Redirects plugin to version 5.1.0
5.0.1
18 August 2025
Terms: 1,906
Sources: 211
Summary of changes:
- Added 42 new terms
- Added 5 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated ai.robots.txt to version 1.39
- Updated Kirby to version 5.0.3
5.0.0
21 July 2025
Terms: 1,864
Sources: 206
Summary of changes:
- Added 48 new terms
- Added 6 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated Kirby to version 5.0.0
- Updated Kirby Paperback Export plugin to version 2.0.7
- Updated Kirby Redirects plugin to version 5.0.0
4.6.0
25 June 2025
Terms: 1,816
Sources: 200
Summary of changes:
- Added 48 new terms
- Added 2 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Implemented Kirby Bettersearch plugin
- Added some help text on the Search page
- Adjusted the layout of links in the footer for smaller screens
- Refactored the entire stylesheet per Stylelint recommendations
- Updated ai.robots.txt to version 1.37
- Updated Kirby to version 4.8.0
4.5.1
27 May 2025
Terms: 1,768
Sources: 198
Summary of changes:
- Added new 15 terms
- Added new 1 source
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- The home page now features the current number of Terms and Sources
- Implemented ai.robots.txt for more robust handling of AI content scrapers
- Updated Kirby to version 4.7.2
4.5.0
15 April 2025
Terms: 1,753
Sources: 197
Summary of changes:
- Added 80 new terms
- Added 4 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Increased the number of recent entries displayed on the Latest Additions page
- Updated Kirby to version 4.7.0
4.4.0
15 February 2025
Terms: 1,673
Sources: 193
Summary of changes:
- Added 17 new terms
- Added 2 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Fixed a couple of issues with the sorting on the Terms and Sources pages
- Updated Kirby to version 4.6.0
4.3.3
24 January 2025
Terms: 1,656
Sources: 191
Summary of changes:
- Added 48 new terms
- Added 6 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Added an Open Graph meta tag for fediverse author attribution
4.3.2
21 December 2024
Terms: 1,608
Sources: 185
Summary of changes:
- Added 26 new terms
- Added 3 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated Kirby Redirects plugin to version 4.3.0
- Updated Kirby to version 4.5.0
4.3.1
10 November 2024
Terms: 1,582
Sources: 182
Summary of changes:
- Added 30 new terms
- Added 5 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated Kirby to version 4.4.1
4.3.0
06 October 2024
Terms: 1,552
Sources: 177
Summary of changes:
- Added 19 new terms
- Added 4 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Added an email link to the footer, because email
- Updated Kirby to version 4.4.0
4.2.2
21 September 2024
Terms: 1,533
Sources: 173
Summary of changes:
- Added 31 new terms
- Added 3 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Changed links to use absolute URLs per RSS Specification guidance
- Descriptions in the RSS feed are now CDATA encoded
- Updated a few glossarial references on the About page
- Updated Kirby Redirects plugin to version 4.2.1
- Updated Kirby to version 4.3.1 for security patch
4.2.1
21 August 2024
Terms: 1,502
Sources: 170
Summary of changes:
- Added 22 new terms
- Added 5 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Added specific cross-references to all NewtonScript programming terms
4.2.0
07 August 2024
Terms: 1,480
Sources: 165
Summary of changes:
- Added 80 new terms
- Added 14 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated Kirby to version 4.3.0
4.1.0
30 May 2024
Terms: 1,400
Sources: 151
Summary of changes:
- Added 13 new terms
- Added 2 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Refactored Terms and Sources pages using native functions
- Updated Kirby to version 4.2.0
- Deprecated Alphabetise plugin
4.0.0
21 April 2024
Terms: 1,387
Sources: 149
Summary of changes:
- Added 13 new terms
- Added 3 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Fixed an issue when displaying terms that share the same spelling
- Expanded the Open Graph meta tags
- Removed support for Twitter Cards
- Updated the robots meta tag to exclude AI content scrapers
- Updated Kirby to version 4.1.2
- Updated Kirby Redirects plugin to version 4.2.0
- Updated Alphabetise plugin to version 0.1.3
3.1.3
19 March 2024
Terms: 1,374
Sources: 146
Summary of changes:
- Added 2 new terms
- Updated and expanded several existing entries
- Updated Kirby to version 3.10.0.1 for security patch
3.1.2
16 February 2024
Terms: 1,372
Sources: 146
Summary of changes:
- Added 42 new terms
- Added 6 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Added descriptions to the RSS feed for the Latest Additions page
- Updated the robots.txt file to exclude AI content scrapers
- Updated Kirby to version 3.10.0 for PHP 8.3 support
3.1.1
01 January 2024
Terms: 1,330
Sources: 140
Summary of changes:
- Added 25 new terms
- Added 2 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated Kirby to version 3.9.8
3.1.0
04 November 2023
Terms: 1,305
Sources: 138
Summary of changes:
- Added 5 new terms
- Added 1 new source
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Moved “Additional Information” links to their own field for flexibility
- Added RSS feed for the Latest Additions page
- Removed keywords from the page meta because SEO ruined everything
- Simplified the way the stylesheet is timestamped when modified
- Updated Kirby to version 3.9.7
- Implemented Kirby Redirects plugin
- Deprecated Cachebuster plugin
3.0.6
20 January 2023
Terms: 1,300
Sources: 137
Summary of changes:
- Added 5 new terms
- Added 1 new source
- Updated and expanded several existing entries
- Updated all screenshots and images for HiDPI screens
- Updated Kirby to version 3.8.4
- Updated Kirby Paperback Export plugin to version 2.0.6
3.0.5
26 November 2022
Terms: 1,295
Sources: 136
Summary of changes:
- Added 1 new term
- Updated and expanded several existing entries
- Added a rel="me" link to the page meta for Mastodon profile verification
- Updated Kirby to version 3.8.2
- Updated Alphabetise plugin to version 0.1.2
- Updated Cachebuster plugin to version 1.0.3
3.0.4
29 September 2022
Terms: 1,294
Sources: 136
Summary of changes:
- Updated Kirby to version 3.7.5
- Updated Kirby Clear Cache plugin to version 1.0.2
3.0.3
24 August 2022
Terms: 1,294
Sources: 136
Summary of changes:
- Added 1 new term
- Updated and expanded several existing entries
- The “Change Log” page is now named “Changes” for consistency
- Updated Kirby to version 3.7.3
- Updated Kirby Paperback Export plugin to version 2.0.5
- Implemented Kirby Clear Cache plugin
3.0.2
27 June 2022
Terms: 1,293
Sources: 136
Summary of changes:
- Added 4 new terms
- Added 1 new source
- Updated and expanded several existing entries
- Updated Kirby to version 3.7.0
- Updated Kirby Paperback Export plugin to version 2.0.1
3.0.1
12 May 2022
Terms: 1,289
Sources: 135
Summary of changes:
3.0.0
11 May 2022
Terms: 1,289
Sources: 135
Summary of changes:
- Updated Kirby to version 3.6.5
- Updated Alphabetise plugin to version 0.1.1
- Updated Cachebuster plugin with Timo Schneider’s Kirby 3 version
- Updated Kirby Meta Tags plugin to version 2.1.0
- Updated Kirby Paperback Export plugin to version 2.0.0
- Removed Kirby GA plugin because Google
- Replaced Kirby XML Sitemap plugin with a built-in version
2.4.7
10 May 2022
Terms: 1,289
Sources: 135
Summary of changes:
- Disabled automatic HTTPS redirects to support legacy browsers
- Tweaked how requests for legacy links are handled
- Added some “behind the scenes” fixes to make future development easier
2.4.6
27 March 2022
Terms: 1,289
Sources: 135
Summary of changes:
- Added 2 new terms
- Added 2 new sources
- Updated and expanded several existing entries
- Updated Kirby to version 2.5.14 for security patch
- Updated Parsedown to version 1.7.2 for security patch
2.4.5
01 December 2020
Terms: 1,287
Sources: 133
Summary of changes:
- Added 14 new terms
- Added 5 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Moved device and meta images into their own directories
- Updated Kirby to version 2.5.13 for PHP 7.4 support
2.4.4
12 August 2019
Terms: 1,273
Sources: 128
Summary of changes:
- Added 22 new terms
- Added 6 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Improved heading and subheading hierarchy because semantics
- All page requests are now redirected to HTTPS
- Updated Kirby to version 2.5.12
- Updated Kirby Meta Tags plugin to version 1.1.1
2.4.3
01 March 2018
Terms: 1,251
Sources: 122
Summary of changes:
- Added 37 new terms
- Added 3 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated Kirby to version 2.5.8
2.4.2
01 December 2017
Terms: 1,214
Sources: 119
Summary of changes:
- Added 59 new terms
- Added 10 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Removed contextual header elements from page templates
- Updated Kirby to version 2.5.7
- Updated Kirby Meta Tags plugin to version 1.0.0
2.4.1
04 November 2017
Terms: 1,155
Sources: 109
Summary of changes:
- Added 20 new terms
- Added 2 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Added Sitemap link to footer
- Added current version number to footer
- Added title attributes to main navigational links
- Improved handling of UTF-8 encoded characters in alphabetical listings
- Updated Kirby to version 2.5.6
- Implemented Kirby Paperback Export plugin
2.4.0
13 October 2017
Terms: 1,135
Sources: 107
Summary of changes:
- Added 25 new terms
- Added 1 new source
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated Kirby to version 2.5.5
2.3.1
17 September 2017
Terms: 1,110
Sources: 106
Summary of changes:
- Added 58 new terms
- Added 8 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Updated website and mobile device icons
- Implemented Kirby Meta Tags plugin
- Added Open Graph and Twitter Cards meta tag support
2.3.0
24 April 2017
Terms: 1,052
Sources: 98
Summary of changes:
- Added 45 new terms
- Added 3 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Added page listing the Latest Additions to the glossary
- Moved About and Changes links to footer
- Added option to set navigation link text for each page
- Legacy domain links now redirect to newtonglossary.com
- Implemented Kirby GA plugin for Google Analytics integration
- Implemented Kirby XML Sitemap plugin
- Added XML sitemap for search engine indexing
2.2.1
16 January 2017
Terms: 1,007
Sources: 95
Summary of changes:
- Added 36 new terms
- Added 5 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Tweaked image display on individual terms and sources
- Changed lists to use contextual singular and plural subheads
- Search now returns more useful results based on the title field
- Updated Kirby to version 2.4.1
2.2.0
19 December 2016
Terms: 971
Sources: 90
Summary of changes:
- Added 22 new terms
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Fixed linespacing for inline code snippets
- Updated Kirby to version 2.4.0
2.1.1
01 December 2016
Terms: 949
Sources: 90
Summary of changes:
- Added 30 new terms
- Added 7 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Numerical entries now appear at the top of the Terms and Sources pages
- Focus is now automatically set on the search field
- Updated Alphabetise plugin to version 0.0.9
2.1.0
27 October 2016
Terms: 919
Sources: 83
Summary of changes:
- Added 19 new terms
- Added 6 new sources
- Updated and expanded dozens of existing entries
- Fixed outdated links on the About page
- Added rudimentary search functionality
- Simplified previous and next page navigation
- Updated Kirby to version 2.3.2
- Updated Alphabetise plugin to version 0.0.8
- Implemented Cachebuster plugin to add timestamps to .css and .js files
- Deprecated Related Pages plugin
2.0.0
24 August 2016
Terms: 900
Sources: 77
Summary of changes:
- Added 144 new terms
- Added 28 new sources
- Updated and expanded literally hundreds of existing terms
- Migrated project to GitHub
- Content now published using Kirby
- Began expanding metadata and background information for all sources
- Added a long overdue About section, colophon, and style guide
- Added random term feature
1.0.5
21 November 2004
Terms: 756
Sources: 49
Summary of changes:
- Added 51 new terms
- Added 4 new sources
- Updated and expanded numerous existing entries
- Not released to the public
1.0.4
06 October 2002
Terms: 705
Sources: 45
Summary of changes:
- Added 32 new terms
- Added 5 new sources
- Updated and expanded numerous existing entries
1.0.3
18 December 2001
Terms: 673
Sources: 40
Summary of changes:
- Added 24 new terms
- Added 2 new sources
- Updated and expanded numerous existing entries
1.0.2
30 October 2001
Terms: 649
Sources: 38
Summary of changes:
- Added 17 new terms
- Added 4 new sources
- Updated and expanded numerous existing entries
1.0.1
25 September 2001
Terms: 632
Sources: 34
Summary of changes:
- Added 16 new terms
- Added 3 new sources
- Updated and expanded numerous existing entries
1.0.0
25 June 2001
Terms: 616
Sources: 31
Summary of changes:
- Added 9 new terms
- Updated and expanded numerous existing entries
1.0.0b3
12 June 2001
Terms: 607
Sources: 31
Summary of changes:
- Added 38 new terms
- Added 6 new sources
- Updated and expanded numerous existing entries
- Not released to the public
1.0.0b2
31 May 2001
Terms: 569
Sources: 25
Summary of changes:
- Added 42 new terms
- Added 2 new sources
- Updated and expanded numerous existing entries
- First public release
1.0.0b1
24 May 2001
Terms: 527
Sources: 23
Summary of changes:
- Not released to the public