[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #59557: Twenty Ninteen: The required WordPress versions do not match

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#59557: Twenty Ninteen: The required WordPress versions do not match
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 Reporter:  poena          |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bundled Theme  |    Version:  5.0
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                 |
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 In the readme, style.scss and style.css files, the required WordPress
 version is set to 4.9.6:
 {{{
 Requires at least: 4.9.6
 }}}
 But in functions.php, the minimum version is 4.7.
 It has been 4.7 since https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45424
 {{{
 /**
  * Twenty Nineteen only works in WordPress 4.7 or later.
  */
 if ( version_compare( $GLOBALS['wp_version'], '4.7', '<' ) ) {
         require get_template_directory() . '/inc/back-compat.php';
         return;
 }
 }}}

 Since there may already be installations on 4.7, the file headers should
 be updated to say 4.7.

 [https://github.com/WordPress/twentynineteen/issues/207 A previous
 conversation ] about the required version mentions that the version needs
 to be 4.9.6 because the theme uses {{{the_privacy_policy_link()}}}. But
 {{{the_privacy_policy_link()}}} is wrapped inside a function_exist:

 {{{
 if ( function_exists( 'the_privacy_policy_link' ) ) {
         the_privacy_policy_link( '', '<span role="separator" aria-
 hidden="true"></span>' );
 }

 }}}

 Other relevant discussions:
 https://github.com/WordPress/twentynineteen/issues/431
 https://github.com/WordPress/twentynineteen/pull/432

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