v1.0.0 — Initial public release of Aurora Admin

CHANGELOG.md

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+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to Aurora Admin, newest first — one entry per version bump.
+
+## [1.0] — 2026-07-26
+
+First public release.
+
+### Admin experience
+- Full modern admin shell — fixed sidebar, toolbar, and global search — in
+  place of the standard WordPress admin chrome.
+- Real, functional replacement screens (not visual reskins) for: Dashboard,
+  Posts, Pages, Media, Users, Comments, Add User, Media Upload, Profile,
+  Plugins, Nav Menus, Widgets, Themes, the five core Settings screens
+  (General, Writing, Reading, Discussion, Permalinks), Tools (Available
+  Tools), Export, and Import.
+- Sub-apps: Aurora Settings, Setup Wizard, Menu Creator (with drag-to-reorder
+  and native menu-item preservation), Role Editor, Admin Notices, Activity
+  Log, and Report a Bug.
+- **Modules**: a one-click addon marketplace for Aurora's standalone
+  companion plugins (File Manager, Database Explorer, Site Backup).
+- **Login Redirect**: optional, off-by-default redirects — send logged-out
+  wp-admin visitors to a custom URL instead of the login screen, and/or send
+  specific roles to a custom URL after logging in instead of the dashboard.
+  Never touches wp-login.php itself.
+- **Disable Gutenberg**: an opt-in toggle that switches every post type to
+  WordPress's classic editor instead of the block editor.
+- **Activity Log**: a filterable table (Date, Author, IP Address, Type,
+  Action, Description) with separate Admin and User tabs; the Author column
+  shows the user's avatar, role, and email.
+- Media Folders and White Label rebranding for client sites.
+- Screens intentionally left native rather than rebuilt: the block editor
+  and the Theme/Plugin File Editor — both dark-themed for legibility, since
+  full file-editing/code-editor functionality isn't accepted into the
+  WordPress.org Plugin Directory.
+
+### Theming
+- A real dark mode covering the entire admin, including every native screen
+  Aurora frames rather than rebuilds (Site Health, Export/Erase Personal
+  Data, Updates, the Theme/Plugin File Editor).
+- Live theme presets — 10 color accents plus 2 flat neutrals — applied
+  across the whole interface, plus an optional (off-by-default) Google Font
+  for the interface typeface.
+- Rounded, framed content cards with a soft shadow; scroll areas sit inside
+  the rounded frame instead of squaring off its corners, and scrollbars are
+  tinted with the active theme accent.
+
+### Under the hood
+- REST API namespace `aurora-admin/v1` backing every takeover screen.
+- Security & performance hardening module, custom admin CSS/JS injection,
+  and a login-screen customizer.
+
+Everything above is free — no license key, no locked features, no upsell.