# Interesting issues between hugo versions

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/interesting-issues-between-hugo-versions/20262>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [August 16, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/interesting-issues-between-hugo-versions/20262 "2019-08-16T15:11:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Leoj03](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/leoj03/32/6734_2.png) [@Leoj03](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Leoj03)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/interesting-issues-between-hugo-versions/20262/1 "2019-08-16T15:11:43Z")

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I have encountered some rather interesting problems in differing Hugo versions. I am running Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver). The `apt` version of Hugo is at 0.40.1, and the `snap` version is at 0.57.1. I have two sites, one using the Universal theme and the other using the Startbootstrap Clean Blog theme. When using 0.40.1, the Startbootstrap site builds fine. The Universal site fails to build, giving the error  
`ERROR 2019/08/16 10:08:24 Error while rendering "home" in "": template: index.html:26:11: executing "index.html" at <partial "recent_post...>: error calling partial: template: partials/recent_posts.html:12:54: executing "partials/recent_posts.html" at <markdownify>: wrong number of args for markdownify: want 1 got 0`  
When using version 0.57.1, both sites build fine, but with both the blog posts on the front page disappear and are replaced with a single item that looks like a post and just says “Blogs”. When clicked, it leads to the blog page. I generally use the `snap` extended version.

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**Author:** ![davidsneighbour](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/davidsneighbour/32/24507_2.png) [@davidsneighbour](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/davidsneighbour)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/interesting-issues-between-hugo-versions/20262/2 "2019-08-16T15:25:58Z")

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Interesting… Now post the content of `partials/recent_posts.html` and somebody will find the issue 🙂

By the way, I wouldn’t worry if an older version Hugo version fails to build and a newer has no issues. I would say that these themes just updated according to the updates in Hugo itself. 0.40 sounds eerily old. Like `2 years ago` which in Hugo years is like three to five generations. I had my first experiences with Hugo at 0.42. So if a theme fails and you have access to a newer version - relax, use the newer version, forget the older one.

I think there is a new mechanism in newer versions (see modules) that will enable Hugo themes to tell you which Hugo version they require at least. 0.40 - old. Very old.

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**Author:** ![Leoj03](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/leoj03/32/6734_2.png) [@Leoj03](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Leoj03)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/interesting-issues-between-hugo-versions/20262/3 "2019-08-16T15:29:17Z")

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I did find [this](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-themes-showcase-issue/20249) which seems to be the same thing as my 0.57.1 issue. I know 0.40 is old, but it’s what’s in the 18.04 repositories, and like I said, I generally use the Snap version. I just tried installing the Apt version to see if it changed anything.  
Here’s `recent_posts.html`:

```auto
{{ if isset .Site.Params "recent_posts" }}
{{ if .Site.Params.recent_posts.enable }}
<section class="bar background-white no-mb">
    <div class="container">

        <div class="col-md-12">
            <div class="heading text-center">
                <h2>{{ .Site.Params.recent_posts.title }}</h2>
            </div>

            <p class="lead">
              {{ .Site.Params.recent_posts.subtitle | markdownify }}
            </p>

            <!-- ***BLOG HOMEPAGE*** -->

            <div class="row">

                {{ $posts := .Paginate (where .Data.Pages "Type" "blog") }}
                {{ range first 4 $posts.Pages }}
                <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6">
                    <div class="box-image-text blog">
                        <div class="top">
                            <div class="image" style="overflow:hidden">
                                {{ if isset .Params "banner" }}
                                <img src="{{ .Site.BaseURL}}{{ .Params.banner }}" class="img-responsive" alt="" >
                                {{ else }}
                                <img src="{{ .Site.BaseURL}}img/placeholder.png" class="img-responsive" alt="">
                                {{ end }}
                            </div>
                            <div class="bg"></div>
                            <div class="text">
                                <p class="buttons">
                                    <a href="{{ .Permalink }}" class="btn btn-template-transparent-primary"><i class="fa fa-link"></i> {{ i18n "readMore" }}</a>
                                </p>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="content">
                            <h4><a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a></h4>
                            <p class="author-category">
                            {{ with .Params.author }}
                            {{ i18n "authorBy" }} <a href="#">{{ . }}</a>
                            {{ end }}
                            {{ i18n "publishedOn" }} {{ .Date.Format .Site.Params.date_format }}
                            </p>
                            <p class="intro">{{ .Summary }}</p>
                            <p class="read-more">
                              <a href="{{ .Permalink }}" class="btn btn-template-main">{{ i18n "continueReading" }}</a>
                            </p>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <!-- /.box-image-text -->

                </div>
                {{ end }}

            </div>
            <!-- /.row -->

            <!-- ***BLOG HOMEPAGE END*** -->

        </div>
    </div>
    <!-- /.container -->
</section>
<!-- /.bar -->
{{ end }}
{{ end }}

```

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**Author:** ![alexandros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@alexandros](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/alexandros)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/interesting-issues-between-hugo-versions/20262/4 "2019-08-16T19:44:57Z")

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> [@Leoj03](#):
>
> `{{ $posts := .Paginate (where .Data.Pages "Type" "blog") }}`

You can find instructions about what’s wrong with the above over here:

> <https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoThemes/issues/682>
>
> Due to the nature of the changes that were introduced in Hugo v.0.57.0 (briefly …described in https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoThemes/issues/678#issue-480803827) a great number of theme demos now display empty homepages and/or post lists that point to section lists (instead of individual posts). 
> 
> The solution to the problem would be the use of \[mainSections\](https://gohugo.io/functions/where/#mainsections) for theme lists on the homepage (as we have been advocating for a while now) as well the following (or its variations) in list templates:
> \`\`\`
> {{ $pages := .Pages }}
> {{ if .IsHome }}
> {{ $pages = .Site.RegularPages }}
> {{ end }}
> {{ $paginator := .Paginate $pages }}
> \`\`\`
> 
> \---
> \*\*\[Hugo v.0.58.0\](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.58.0) was released on the 4th of September 2019 and the breaking changes to the \`home.Pages\` collection that were reverted in 0.57.2 have been re-introduced Theme authors need to issue the fixes described above if they wish to keep their themes listed in the Hugo Showcase.\*\*
> 
> \---
> 
> \<h3\>
> 
> \`\`\`diff
> \- Broken themes will be removed around the end of September -
> \`\`\`
> 
> \</h3\>
> 
> Also note that \*\*#668 is in progress\*\* and \*\*the guidelines for maintaining a theme in the Hugo Showcase are about to change\*\*. Theme authors are encouraged to track this issue.
> 
> \<h3\>
> 
> \`\`\`diff
> \- If you no longer plan to maintain a theme please let us know -
> \`\`\`
> 
> \</h3\>
> 
> 
> Furthermore there is \[a related notice in the forum\](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-themes-showcase-issue/20249) to alert theme authors about the breaking changes.
> 
> Below is the full list of affected themes (I have not included the few themes whose authors are working on a fix as mentioned in #678 ):
> ~~Midnight~~ theme is affected by another \[issue\](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/modules-error-file-does-not-exist/20794/) and it will be kept in this repo until there is a resolution (even if its demo does not generate)
> ~~Hugo Future Imperfect Slim~~ fixed in pacollins/hugo-future-imperfect-slim@afbf3ccb 
> ~~Yignyang~~ fixed in joway/hugo-theme-yinyang@5091a6c
> ~~Hugo Flex~~ fixed in de-souza/hugo-flex@0d64b46
> ~~Hugo Lamp~~ fixed in huyb1991/hugo-lamp@b4408fd
> 1. \[Cocoa-EH\](https://themes.gohugo.io/cocoa-eh-hugo-theme/) fix in progress see: https://github.com/mtn/cocoa-eh-hugo-theme/issues/138 @mtn 
> 2. \[Dream\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-theme-dream/) @g1eny0ung 
> ~~Zen~~ fixed in frjo/hugo-theme-zen@a942441
> ~~Bingo~~ fixed in gundamew/hugo-bingo@ea9283f 
> ~~OneDly Project~~ fixed in cdeck3r/OneDly-Theme@3302b93
> ~~Alpha Church~~ fixed (see #687 )
> ~~Minimage~~ fixed in d-kusk/minimage@959ef80
> ~~Tikva~~ fixed in geschke/hugo-tikva@af5722f 
> 3. \[Simple Blox\](https://themes.gohugo.io/simpleblox/) @okabrionz 
> 4. \[Hurock\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hurock/) @TiTi 
> ~~Aether~~ fixed in josephhutch/aether@0cf324b 
> ~~Binario~~ fixed in Vimux/Binario@9f5ca76
> ~~Newsprint~~ theme removed in #685 
> ~~Indigo~~ fixed in AngeloStavrow/indigo@a824342
> ~~eiio~~ fixed in leonhe/hugo\_eiio@cc47f86 
> ~~Base 16~~ fixed in htdvisser/hugo-base16-theme@861b48a
> ~~Black & Light~~ fixed in davidhampgonsalves/hugo-black-and-light-theme@4168cd6
> 5. \[Start Bootstrap Clean Blog\](https://themes.gohugo.io/startbootstrap-clean-blog/) @UtkarshVerma 
> ~~Niello~~ fixed in https://github.com/guangmean/Niello/commit/cc55110be275cb7ab6d0b19583afbb9a3433ad2a
> ~~Massively~~ fixed in https://github.com/curtistimson/hugo-theme-massively/pull/72
> ~~Hyde-Hyde~~ fixed as per htr3n/hyde-hyde@ad9701b 
> ~~Techlog Simple~~ fixed in mazgi/hugo-theme-techlog-simple@fdf9ccb
> ~~Arabica~~ fixed in nirocfz/arabica@ae66e72
> ~~Ezhil~~ fixed in vividvilla/ezhil@3154483 and vividvilla/ezhil@bb28e76
> 6. \[Yinwang\](https://themes.gohugo.io/gohugo-theme-yinwang/) @chinanf-boy
> ~~Inkblotty~~ fixed in https://github.com/tosi29/inkblotty/commit/a2b99bdf71090428b52d5976288a83584ffb45a7
> ~~Paper~~ fixed in nanxiaobei/hugo-paper@68a57bb
> ~~Cayman~~ fixed in https://github.com/zwbetz-gh/cayman-hugo-theme/commit/c5c1915d3d2a69bda61860f3a7846f6601540292
> 7. \[Athena\](https://themes.gohugo.io/athena-hugo-theme/) fix in progress see: https://github.com/mtn/athena-hugo-theme/issues/4
> ~~Manis~~ fixed in yursan9/manis-hugo-theme@30ff78a
> ~~Ghostwriter~~ fixed in jbub/ghostwriter@6e9eabc
> 8. \[Hugo Nuo\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-nuo/) @laozhu
> ~~Even~~ fixed in olOwOlo/hugo-theme-even@5a3e559 
> 9. \[Hyde Y\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hyde-y/) @enten 
> ~~Air~~ fixed in syui/hugo-theme-air@3bc80b5
> ~~Simplicity~~ fixed in #687 
> ~~Beautiful Hugo~~ fixed in halogenica/beautifulhugo@1d75ccd 
> 10. \[Changelog Theme\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-changelog-theme) @jsnjack 
> ~~Dusky Neon Potato~~ fix in VVelox/hugo-dusky-neon-potato@a9bd193 
> 10. \[Blackburn\](https://themes.gohugo.io/blackburn/) @yoshiharuyamashita
> ~~Paper CSS~~ fixed in zwbetz-gh/papercss-hugo-theme@698fe6a
> ~~Hyde~~ fixed see: spf13/hyde@3080504
> 11. \[Zozo\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-theme-zozo/) @zhoukai620 
> ~~Techdoc~~ whitelisted in #691 
> ~~Adam & Eve~~ fixed in blankoworld/hugo\_theme\_adam\_eve@e925bcd
> ~~Charaka~~ fixed in natarajmb/charaka-hugo-theme@de01c10
> ~~Hugo Apps Theme~~ fixed in #687 
> 12. \[Mondrian\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-mondrian-theme/) @redraw
> 13. \[Spectrum\](https://themes.gohugo.io/spectrum/) @silvanocerza 
> ~~XMin~~ fixed in yihui/hugo-xmin@6123be2
> 14. \[Pickles\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo\_theme\_pickles/) @mismith0227 
> 15. \[Castanet\](https://themes.gohugo.io/castanet/) the author \[replied\](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoThemes/issues/682#issuecomment-522228066) - (also see https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoThemes/pull/687/commits/863c6778b434733573cc1c1b243ca050bbc13845) @mattstratton 
> 16. \[Hamburg\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-theme-hamburg/) @hauke96
> ~~Pacman~~ fixed in coderzh/hugo-pacman-theme@ea7d497
> 16. \[Shapez\](https://themes.gohugo.io/shapez-theme/) @djuelg 
> 17. \[Dream Plus\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-dream-plus/) 
> ~~Lanyon~~ fixed in tummychow/lanyon-hugo@33ecb36
> 18. \[Hugo NES Classic\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-nes-classic/) (notified author in https://github.com/rjayasinghe/hugo-nes-classic/issues/2 because it was impossible to tag him here)
> ~~Pixyll~~ fixed in azmelanar/hugo-theme-pixyll@c25f592
> ~~\[Minimal Bootstrap Hugo Theme~~ fixed in zwbetz-gh/minimal-bootstrap-hugo-theme@634920a
> ~~Kiss~~ fixed in ribice/kiss@7ea3147
> 19. \[Hugo Bootstrap Premium\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-bootstrap-premium/) @appernetic 
> ~~Hugo Dusk~~ fixed in gyorb/hugo-dusk@b0d2bc7
> ~~Hugo W3 Simple~~ fixed in jesselau76/hugo-w3-simple@601d63c
> 20. \[Bleach\](https://themes.gohugo.io/bleach-theme/) @digivend 
> ~~Now UI~~ fixed in cboettig/hugo-now-ui@82c3eb0 
> ~~Travelify~~ fixed in balaramadurai/hugo-travelify-theme@65f7a10 - also whitelisted in #691 
> 21. \[dockDock\](https://themes.gohugo.io/docdock/) @vjeantet 
> ~~hugo h5bp~~ fixed in garvincasimir/hugo-h5bp-simple@f6b0f3a
> ~~Herring Cove~~ removed in e736afe
> ~~Hugo Minimalist SPA~~ fixed in #683 
> ~~Lithium~~ fixed in jrutheiser/hugo-lithium-theme@fba4893 
> ~~Beg~~ Unmaintained theme removed in #690  
> ~~81. Den~~ fixed in shaform/hugo-theme-den@553b158 - (also see: #687 )
> ~~Robotico~~ whitelisted in #691 
> 22. \[Simple Hugo Theme\](https://themes.gohugo.io/simple-hugo-theme/) @Xzya 
> ~~Silhouette~~ fixed in mattbutton/silhouette-hugo@be305fb
> ~~Octopress~~ fixed in parsiya/Hugo-Octopress@3f80dea
> 23. \[Hugo Bootstrap\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-bootstrap/) @Xzya 
> ~~Bootstrap BP~~ fixed in spech66/bootstrap-bp-hugo-theme@68314b7
> 24. \[Hugo multi Bootswatch\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-multi-bootswatch/) @mpas 
> ~~Oldnew Mashup~~ whitelisted in #691 
> ~~Er~~ fixed in lingxz/er@ebdb186
> ~~Hugo Grapes~~ fixed in shankar/hugo-grapes@af4af64
> ~~Hugo Classic~~ fixed in goodroot/hugo-classic@bafd650
> ~~Hugo Now~~ fixed in mikeblum/hugo-now#5
> ~~Dark Simplicity~~ fix in kritoke/darksimplicity@e00dc41 and kritoke/darksimplicity@d516015
> ~~Internet Weblog~~ fixed in jnjosh/internet-weblog@2fa06ec
> ~~Simple A~~ fixed in AlexFinn/simple-a@b22f385
> 24. \[Finite\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-finite/) @lambdafu
> ~~Rusty~~ theme removed in #699 
> 25. \[Code Editor\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-code-editor-theme/) @aubm 
> ~~Hugo Cards~~ the way this theme was refactored in bul-ikana/hugo-cards@e3248ef is not ideal, so I had to send #706 to cover this setup in the Build Script.
> 26. \[Phugo\](https://themes.gohugo.io/phugo/) @aerohub 
> ~~Cocoa~~ unmaintained removed in #680
> ~~Potato Dark~~ fixed in https://github.com/surajmandalcell/potato-dark/pull/7/commits/241dea801d992328753eda8c6e40505c26fb43ea
> 30. \[AllinOne\](https://themes.gohugo.io/allinone/) @orianna-zzo 
> 31. \[Basics\](https://themes.gohugo.io/basics/) @arjunkrishnababu96 
> 32. \[One\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-theme-one/) @resugary 
> ~~Slim~~ fixed in https://github.com/zhe/hugo-theme-slim/commit/f666effe196af5f9a578f9b652229c96803a5b98
> ~~BeyondNothing~~ fixed in https://github.com/salcan/BeyondNothing/commit/2931c2abf0964f1053c4776c5288ed3f02a7fe79
> 33. \[Martial Paper\](https://themes.gohugo.io/martial-paper/) @pedrodude 
> 34. \[Would have been cool in the 80s\](https://themes.gohugo.io/would-have-been-cool-in-the-80s/) @pedrodude 
> 35. \[Sublime Hugo\](https://themes.gohugo.io/sublime-hugo-theme/) @dt801ts 
> 36. \[Classless\](https://themes.gohugo.io/classless-hugo/) @fiatjaf 
> ~~Landing Page~~ unmaintained removed in #692 
> 37. \[Bootie Docs\](https://themes.gohugo.io/bootie-docs/) @progrhyme 
> ~~Hugo Frais~~ fixed in the2ne/hugo-frais@cd01972 and the2ne/hugo-frais@056db8f
> 38. \[Tracks\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-tracks-theme/) @ageekymonk 
> 39. \[Phlat\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-phlat-theme/) @nraboy 
> ~~Wave~~ fixed in syui/hugo-theme-wave@68e2aed
> ~~Paperback~~ fixed in dashdashzako/paperback@9b58eba
> ~~onetwothree~~ fixed in https://github.com/schollz/onetwothree/pull/12
> 40. \[Casper\](https://themes.gohugo.io/casper/) @vjeantet 
> 41. \[Casper Two\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-casper-two/) @eueung 
> 123. \[Simpledoc Theme\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-simpledoc-theme/)
> ~~Elephants~~ fixed in meibenny/elephants@7c40d2c
> ~~Reveal JS~~ whitelisted in #691 
> 126. \[Luxury Theme\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-luxury-theme/)
> ~~Gentoo~~ removed in https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoThemes/commit/7fdec13c4a1ebb93dacb3ac64bc5f92fceb3f586
> 128. \[Retroful Hugo\](https://themes.gohugo.io/retrofulhugo/) @5ARMALE 
> 129. \[Strata\](https://themes.gohugo.io/strata/) - \*\*the maintainer is aware\*\*
> ~~Liquorice~~ fixed in eliasson/liquorice@4f2af3b
> ~~Hikari~~ fixed in digitalcraftsman/hugo-hikari-theme@314516a
> 132. \[Minimalist\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-minimalist/) - incorrect list - \*\*the maintainer is aware\*\*
> ~~Journal~~ removed in #694 
> 134. \[GitHub Project Page\](https://themes.gohugo.io/github-project-landing-page/) @nsomar 
> 135. \[Red Lounge\](https://themes.gohugo.io/redlounge/) @tmaiaroto 
> 136. \[Steam\](https://themes.gohugo.io/steam/) - \*\*the maintainer is aware\*\*
> 137. \[AMP\](https://themes.gohugo.io/amp/) @pdevty 
> ~~Light Hugo~~ fixed in tblyler/light-hugo@5ef28a4
> 139. \[Icarus\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-icarus/) - \*\*the maintainer is aware\*\*
> 140. \[Hugo Geo\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-geo/) @alexurquhart 
> 141. \[GoHugo AMP\](https://themes.gohugo.io/gohugo-amp/) @wildhaber 
> 142. \[NeXT\](https://themes.gohugo.io/next/) @leopku 
> ~~Hugo Scroll~~ unmaintained and removed in #692 
> ~~Hugo Uno~~ unmaintained and removed in #693 
> ~~Hugo Zen~~ unmaintained and removed in #693 
> 146. \[Heather Hugo\](https://themes.gohugo.io/heather-hugo/) @hbpasti 
> ~~Remark Twemoji~~ removed in #690 
> ~~Remark Minion~~ removed in #690 
> ~~Nixon~~ removed in d46f2d5 also see https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoThemes/issues/682#issuecomment-524798374
> 150. \[Darkdoc\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-darkdoc-theme/) @adejoux 
> ~~Twenty Fourteen~~ fixed in jaden/twentyfourteen@89e9097
> 152. \[Angel's Ladder\](https://themes.gohugo.io/angels-ladder/) @tanksuzuki 
> 153. \[Hugo Bootswatch\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-bootswatch/) @nilproductions 
> 154. \[Rocktopus\](https://themes.gohugo.io/rocktopus/) @esell 
> ~~Gindoro~~ removed in #690 
> 156. \[Projecthub\](https://themes.gohugo.io/projecthub/)
> 157. \[Tachyons\](https://themes.gohugo.io/tachyons/) @marloncabrera 
> ~~Shiori~~ removed in #690 
> 159. \[Universal Theme\](https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-universal-theme/) @devcows

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**Author:** ![Leoj03](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/leoj03/32/6734_2.png) [@Leoj03](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Leoj03)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/interesting-issues-between-hugo-versions/20262/5 "2019-08-16T22:08:37Z")

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@alexandros Using that as a reference I managed to find and fix the problem with both themes. Thanks!