* Twenty Nineteen back compat functionality
* Prevents Twenty Nineteen from running on WordPress versions prior to 4.7,
* since this theme is not meant to be backward compatible beyond that and
* relies on many newer functions and markup changes introduced in 4.7.
* @subpackage Twenty_Nineteen
* @since Twenty Nineteen 1.0.0
* Prevent switching to Twenty Nineteen on old versions of WordPress.
* Switches to the default theme.
* @since Twenty Nineteen 1.0.0
function twentynineteen_switch_theme() {
switch_theme( WP_DEFAULT_THEME );
unset( $_GET['activated'] );
add_action( 'admin_notices', 'twentynineteen_upgrade_notice' );
add_action( 'after_switch_theme', 'twentynineteen_switch_theme' );
* Adds a message for unsuccessful theme switch.
* Prints an update nag after an unsuccessful attempt to switch to
* Twenty Nineteen on WordPress versions prior to 4.7.
* @since Twenty Nineteen 1.0.0
* @global string $wp_version WordPress version.
function twentynineteen_upgrade_notice() {
/* translators: %s: WordPress version. */
$message = sprintf( __( 'Twenty Nineteen requires at least WordPress version 4.7. You are running version %s. Please upgrade and try again.', 'twentynineteen' ), $GLOBALS['wp_version'] );
printf( '<div class="error"><p>%s</p></div>', $message );
* Prevents the Customizer from being loaded on WordPress versions prior to 4.7.
* @since Twenty Nineteen 1.0.0
* @global string $wp_version WordPress version.
function twentynineteen_customize() {
/* translators: %s: WordPress version. */
__( 'Twenty Nineteen requires at least WordPress version 4.7. You are running version %s. Please upgrade and try again.', 'twentynineteen' ),
add_action( 'load-customize.php', 'twentynineteen_customize' );
* Prevents the Theme Preview from being loaded on WordPress versions prior to 4.7.
* @since Twenty Nineteen 1.0.0
* @global string $wp_version WordPress version.
function twentynineteen_preview() {
if ( isset( $_GET['preview'] ) ) {
/* translators: %s: WordPress version. */
wp_die( sprintf( __( 'Twenty Nineteen requires at least WordPress version 4.7. You are running version %s. Please upgrade and try again.', 'twentynineteen' ), $GLOBALS['wp_version'] ) );
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'twentynineteen_preview' );