Bump versions for Routes and Timber::context()

Changes for Theme Developers

• You can use Timber::context() as an alias for Timber::get_context(). It's prettier, it also will prep you for Timber 2.0 where Timber::get_context() is deprecated #1938

Fixes and improvements

• Integration of newest version of Upstatement/Routes which uses (newest) version 1.2.0 of AltoRouter #1946 (thanks @seanstickle)

Fix for User::avatar

Changes for Theme Developers

• You can now pass params to {{ user.avatar }} such as {{ user.avatar({size: 128}) }} #1730 (thanks @palmiak)

Fixes and improvements

• Fix for PHP 7.3 compatibility #1915 (thanks @palmiak)
• Fix for URLHelper::is_external for URLs without protocol #1924 (thanks @hacknug)

Author Roles & Permissions

Changes for Theme Developers

• Adds support for roles on the user object. Example: {{ post.author.roles }} which returns an array of roles #1898 (thanks @palmiak)
• Adds support for capabilities on the user object. Example: {{post.author.can("moderate_comments")}} which returns true or false #1898 (thanks @palmiak)

Fixes and improvements

• Fix an error with handling args for nav menus #1865 (thanks @palmiak)
• Allowed tags won't be stripped when automatically generating an excerpt #1886 (thanks @davefx)
• Fix for JPG/WEBP conversion for some older PHP installs #1854

WordPress & PHP Support

Timber now requires PHP 5.6 or greater. While Timber may work on PHP 5.5 and older versions; support will no longer be maintained in future versions.

Resolve pagination escaping issue

Fixes and improvements
This update is recommended for all sites/users of 1.8.*

• Resolve potential pagination issue #1642 (thanks @gchtr).

Hot fix for PHP 5.5 <

Refactored something in Post.php that caused an error in PHP 5.5 and 5.4 #1850

Responsive Image attributes and other fixes

Changes for Theme Developers

• You can now change the query parameters that are used when getting a post’s terms through $post->terms(). #1802
• New attributes for responsive images post.thumbnail.srcset and post.thumbnail.sizes #1819 (thanks @maxxwv)

Fixes and improvements

• Using WordPress's wp_check_filetype_and_ext for the mime_type mess #1843 (thanks @gchtr)
• Fixed how some previewed data (when looking at an unsaved post from the admin) is handled so that parenting relationships match what happens when published #1752
• Timber\Menu now respects modifications sent through WP's wp_nav_menu_objects filter #1814 (thanks @pascalknecht)

Fix for mime_type detection in some PHP installs

• Fixed how mime_type was figured out in some PHP installs #1798

WebP support

Changes for Theme Developers

• Webp is now supported as a conversion format ( {{ post.thumbnail.src | towebp }} ) @mhz-tamb @pascalknecht #1638 #1777 #1780
• Timber now recognizes that SVGs shouldn't be resized as if they are rasters (for retina, etc.) @palmiak #1726 #1736

Fixes and improvements

• Clean-up on i18n function calls @drzraf #1753
• Fixed some odd port handling @pascalknecht #1760
• Fixed how terms are retrived through a post @shvlv #1729

ACF Bug Fix

Fixes and improvements

• Fixes issues previewing custom fields with ACF #1712
• Fixes some edge cases with Menu Item classes #1709
• Improved efficiency of Post class instantiation #1660

Okay, one more

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed some issues with animated gif resizing when Imagick isn't available #1653
• Fixed incorrect reporting of depth level in some comments #1648
• Fixed issues with preview permissions #1607
• Fixed issue with image resize in some WPML setups #1625
• Fixes compatability issues with Twig 2.4 (and later) #1641