From 2196991b8400a4b5da70db3eaf3732f0c3589899 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay McPartland <jay.mcpartland@amnesty.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:20:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 01/13] Remove cache file

---
 wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/functions.php      |  1 -
 .../themes/humanity-theme/includes/root/caching.php | 13 -------------
 2 files changed, 14 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/root/caching.php

diff --git a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/functions.php b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/functions.php
index c7515d20..ace73c4b 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/functions.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/functions.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  */
 #region root
 require_once realpath( __DIR__ . '/includes/root/compatibility.php' );
-require_once realpath( __DIR__ . '/includes/root/caching.php' );
 require_once realpath( __DIR__ . '/includes/root/localisation.php' );
 require_once realpath( __DIR__ . '/includes/root/accessibility.php' );
 require_once realpath( __DIR__ . '/includes/root/permalinks.php' );
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/root/caching.php b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/root/caching.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e92f68c..00000000
--- a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/root/caching.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare( strict_types = 1 );
-
-// when the object cache for a post is cleared, purge the WPE varnish cache
-add_action(
-	'clean_post_cache',
-	function ( int $post_id ): void {
-		if ( class_exists( 'WpeCommon' ) ) {
-			WpeCommon::purge_varnish_cache( $post_id );
-		}
-	},
-);

From d38aeda1070315fac15ad84dc0a808f94a6251d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay McPartland <jay.mcpartland@amnesty.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:04:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 02/13] Fixup caching in image data class

---
 .../includes/helpers/class-get-image-data.php | 44 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/class-get-image-data.php b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/class-get-image-data.php
index d3d7c99b..7f05646b 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/class-get-image-data.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/class-get-image-data.php
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ public function credit(): string {
 			return '';
 		}
 
+		$cache_key = hash( 'xxh3', __FUNCTION__ . $this->image_id . get_current_blog_id() );
+		$cached    = (string) wp_cache_get( $cache_key );
+
+		if ( $cached ) {
+			return wp_kses_post( $cached );
+		}
+
 		$image  = get_post( $this->image_id );
 		$credit = '';
 
@@ -113,13 +120,6 @@ public function credit(): string {
 			return $credit;
 		}
 
-		$cache_key = hash( 'xxh3', __FUNCTION__ . $this->image_id . get_current_blog_id() );
-		$cached    = wp_cache_get( $cache_key );
-
-		if ( $cached ) {
-			return $cached;
-		}
-
 		$site_object = new Site();
 		$switcher    = new SingleSwitcher();
 		$attachment  = new Attachment( $site_object, $switcher );
@@ -165,9 +165,21 @@ public function credit(): string {
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	public function alt_text(): string {
+		if ( 0 === $this->image_id ) {
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		$cache_key = hash( 'xxh3', __FUNCTION__ . $this->image_id . get_current_blog_id() );
+		$cached    = (string) wp_cache_get( $cache_key );
+
+		if ( $cached ) {
+			return wp_kses_post( $cached );
+		}
+
 		$alt_text = get_post_meta( $this->image_id, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true ) ?: '';
 
 		if ( ! class_exists( '\MultisiteGlobalMedia\Plugin', false ) ) {
+			wp_cache_add( $cache_key, $alt_text );
 			return $alt_text;
 		}
 
@@ -184,6 +196,7 @@ public function alt_text(): string {
 
 		// if the image ID doesn't include plugin's prefix
 		if ( ! $prefix->invoke( $attachment, $this->image_id, $site_object->idSitePrefix() ) ) {
+			wp_cache_add( $cache_key, $alt_text );
 			return $alt_text;
 		}
 
@@ -195,6 +208,8 @@ public function alt_text(): string {
 		$alt_text = get_post_meta( $source_image_id, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true ) ?: '';
 		$switcher->restoreBlog();
 
+		wp_cache_add( $cache_key, $alt_text );
+
 		return $alt_text;
 	}
 
@@ -208,6 +223,13 @@ public function caption(): string {
 			return '';
 		}
 
+		$cache_key = hash( 'xxh3', __FUNCTION__ . $this->image_id . get_current_blog_id() );
+		$cached    = (string) wp_cache_get( $cache_key );
+
+		if ( $cached ) {
+			return wp_kses_post( $cached );
+		}
+
 		$image   = get_post( $this->image_id );
 		$caption = '';
 
@@ -216,16 +238,10 @@ public function caption(): string {
 		}
 
 		if ( ! class_exists( '\MultisiteGlobalMedia\Plugin', false ) ) {
+			wp_cache_add( $cache_key, $caption );
 			return $caption;
 		}
 
-		$cache_key = hash( 'xxh3', sprintf( '%s:%s', __FUNCTION__, $this->image_id ) );
-		$cached    = wp_cache_get( $cache_key );
-
-		if ( $cached ) {
-			return $cached;
-		}
-
 		$site_object = new Site();
 		$switcher    = new SingleSwitcher();
 		$attachment  = new Attachment( $site_object, $switcher );

From eea98d401099d538a557e270b61303d7e229f86c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay McPartland <jay.mcpartland@amnesty.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:04:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 03/13] Update changelog and bump version for release

---
 CHANGELOG.md                               | 5 +++++
 wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/style.css | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 493936ad..091848ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+### v3.0.5
+Performance:
+- Many caching improvements across blocks and helper functions
+- Add new fast cross-blog helper functions
+
 ### v3.0.4
 Fixes:
 - Taxonomy filters on RSS feed
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/style.css b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/style.css
index f26cd324..ceba6751 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/style.css
+++ b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/style.css
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Theme Name:        Humanity Theme
  * Theme URI:         https://github.com/amnestywebsite/humanity-theme
  * Description:       The Amnesty International WordPress Humanity Theme
- * Version:           3.0.4
+ * Version:           3.0.5
  * Author:            Amnesty International
  * Author URI:        https://www.amnesty.org
  * License:           GPL-2.0-or-later

From 9103d78e92284b6de4b10e0ed971c3ba34d90f5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:00:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 04/13] Bump @babel/core from 7.29.0 to 7.29.6 in /private

Bumps [@babel/core](https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/HEAD/packages/babel-core) from 7.29.0 to 7.29.6.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/babel/babel/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/babel/babel/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/babel/babel/commits/v7.29.6/packages/babel-core)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: "@babel/core"
  dependency-version: 7.29.6
  dependency-type: direct:development
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 private/package.json |  2 +-
 private/yarn.lock    | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/private/package.json b/private/package.json
index cbb44a54..a973a86a 100644
--- a/private/package.json
+++ b/private/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "^7.28.6",
-    "@babel/core": "^7.29.0",
+    "@babel/core": "^7.29.6",
     "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.28.6",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-pipeline-operator": "^7.28.6",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-class-properties": "^7.28.6",
diff --git a/private/yarn.lock b/private/yarn.lock
index 354fa127..330bd777 100644
--- a/private/yarn.lock
+++ b/private/yarn.lock
@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@babel/code-frame@npm:^7.29.7":
+  version: 7.29.7
+  resolution: "@babel/code-frame@npm:7.29.7"
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/helper-validator-identifier": "npm:^7.29.7"
+    js-tokens: "npm:^4.0.0"
+    picocolors: "npm:^1.1.1"
+  checksum: 10c0/169fc2080169a40c1760155eaaaf739bcb882df0bec76a83adbda5493645bc17270a3434b8848c494b1933e96fe1d147370001e3cda09a39f43ae30f08ef2069
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@babel/compat-data@npm:^7.22.6, @babel/compat-data@npm:^7.22.9, @babel/compat-data@npm:^7.23.3, @babel/compat-data@npm:^7.23.5":
   version: 7.23.5
   resolution: "@babel/compat-data@npm:7.23.5"
@@ -107,16 +118,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@babel/core@npm:^7.29.0":
-  version: 7.29.0
-  resolution: "@babel/core@npm:7.29.0"
+"@babel/core@npm:^7.29.6":
+  version: 7.29.6
+  resolution: "@babel/core@npm:7.29.6"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/code-frame": "npm:^7.29.0"
-    "@babel/generator": "npm:^7.29.0"
+    "@babel/generator": "npm:^7.29.6"
     "@babel/helper-compilation-targets": "npm:^7.28.6"
     "@babel/helper-module-transforms": "npm:^7.28.6"
-    "@babel/helpers": "npm:^7.28.6"
-    "@babel/parser": "npm:^7.29.0"
+    "@babel/helpers": "npm:^7.29.2"
+    "@babel/parser": "npm:^7.29.3"
     "@babel/template": "npm:^7.28.6"
     "@babel/traverse": "npm:^7.29.0"
     "@babel/types": "npm:^7.29.0"
@@ -126,7 +137,7 @@ __metadata:
     gensync: "npm:^1.0.0-beta.2"
     json5: "npm:^2.2.3"
     semver: "npm:^6.3.1"
-  checksum: 10c0/5127d2e8e842ae409e11bcbb5c2dff9874abf5415e8026925af7308e903f4f43397341467a130490d1a39884f461bc2b67f3063bce0be44340db89687fd852aa
+  checksum: 10c0/0179b763970e9e00e35e9ff137fa4536dba45bb8d5a8e93835f72eacedf0ee1098e6012b3e82be2715d2560bab79eb1514003e1cd88e4245f8f9f67d5175df3f
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -183,6 +194,19 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@babel/generator@npm:^7.29.6":
+  version: 7.29.7
+  resolution: "@babel/generator@npm:7.29.7"
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/parser": "npm:^7.29.7"
+    "@babel/types": "npm:^7.29.7"
+    "@jridgewell/gen-mapping": "npm:^0.3.12"
+    "@jridgewell/trace-mapping": "npm:^0.3.28"
+    jsesc: "npm:^3.0.2"
+  checksum: 10c0/9bf72b01b5bd0ea5b1288a0e37dbd360bff2f2b1ce73342c0d40fb3db2ec3dc004ada5ffa925c5e12939a416eed59e600d562b8ecd938ce0d27dfd0eb6c6c2b7
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@babel/helper-annotate-as-pure@npm:^7.22.5":
   version: 7.22.5
   resolution: "@babel/helper-annotate-as-pure@npm:7.22.5"
@@ -562,6 +586,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@babel/helper-string-parser@npm:^7.29.7":
+  version: 7.29.7
+  resolution: "@babel/helper-string-parser@npm:7.29.7"
+  checksum: 10c0/194bc0f1716e396d5ffde56ad6119745fb9557662c98611590e5e454906783a4ccb21ce93056b8eb69a4909044834e45d96e50ac695bbe9e3221648fe033c06c
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@babel/helper-validator-identifier@npm:^7.22.20":
   version: 7.22.20
   resolution: "@babel/helper-validator-identifier@npm:7.22.20"
@@ -576,6 +607,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@babel/helper-validator-identifier@npm:^7.29.7":
+  version: 7.29.7
+  resolution: "@babel/helper-validator-identifier@npm:7.29.7"
+  checksum: 10c0/4795354e7ae0dcafa72de1cd04ec51252dc1498517170beaf019e03effc5b7bf13c6b21a3949a77e07b8125be7f106ed1131350d8ebd4566ae874094a726d62b
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@babel/helper-validator-option@npm:^7.22.15, @babel/helper-validator-option@npm:^7.23.5":
   version: 7.23.5
   resolution: "@babel/helper-validator-option@npm:7.23.5"
@@ -623,13 +661,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@babel/helpers@npm:^7.28.6":
-  version: 7.28.6
-  resolution: "@babel/helpers@npm:7.28.6"
+"@babel/helpers@npm:^7.29.2":
+  version: 7.29.7
+  resolution: "@babel/helpers@npm:7.29.7"
   dependencies:
-    "@babel/template": "npm:^7.28.6"
-    "@babel/types": "npm:^7.28.6"
-  checksum: 10c0/c4a779c66396bb0cf619402d92f1610601ff3832db2d3b86b9c9dd10983bf79502270e97ac6d5280cea1b1a37de2f06ecbac561bd2271545270407fbe64027cb
+    "@babel/template": "npm:^7.29.7"
+    "@babel/types": "npm:^7.29.7"
+  checksum: 10c0/218e8d10953647c9f44775f5a022b227a182674853b5ea8631889deb7e1a3e4bc870388aaecf59bb8bd92a87f9a96220ed3f70a35bffec6bcf9169ecb67891ac
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -664,6 +702,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@babel/parser@npm:^7.29.3, @babel/parser@npm:^7.29.7":
+  version: 7.29.7
+  resolution: "@babel/parser@npm:7.29.7"
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/types": "npm:^7.29.7"
+  bin:
+    parser: ./bin/babel-parser.js
+  checksum: 10c0/65133038f80b54a714d6027cb77cee3f9a6b5c4c6842ce674301e13947cbcbfa8055e63acaf1b84c085d34226a14425b2c2b97b829e0e226d2e8f1299942a51d
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@babel/plugin-bugfix-firefox-class-in-computed-class-key@npm:^7.28.5":
   version: 7.28.5
   resolution: "@babel/plugin-bugfix-firefox-class-in-computed-class-key@npm:7.28.5"
@@ -2572,6 +2621,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@babel/template@npm:^7.29.7":
+  version: 7.29.7
+  resolution: "@babel/template@npm:7.29.7"
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/code-frame": "npm:^7.29.7"
+    "@babel/parser": "npm:^7.29.7"
+    "@babel/types": "npm:^7.29.7"
+  checksum: 10c0/8bb7f900dcab0e9e1c5ffbc33ca10e0d26b7b2e2ca804becb73ee771b9c4ed6e2908a4ae4a14c08560febb45d2b6b9a173955e42ad404d05f8b04840a14d9c58
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@babel/traverse@npm:^7.23.5":
   version: 7.23.5
   resolution: "@babel/traverse@npm:7.23.5"
@@ -2626,6 +2686,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@babel/types@npm:^7.29.7":
+  version: 7.29.7
+  resolution: "@babel/types@npm:7.29.7"
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/helper-string-parser": "npm:^7.29.7"
+    "@babel/helper-validator-identifier": "npm:^7.29.7"
+  checksum: 10c0/b6623994c69717fa27294f5fa46d59140338e2d86c6c1c13085c84ef7d53086ee357fbf4fe9abe3dd3da75734dc77c4c0df2f90fb29e667558bb3b3fb705e88f
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@braintree/sanitize-url@npm:^7.1.2":
   version: 7.1.2
   resolution: "@braintree/sanitize-url@npm:7.1.2"
@@ -7598,7 +7668,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "humanity-theme@workspace:."
   dependencies:
     "@babel/cli": "npm:^7.28.6"
-    "@babel/core": "npm:^7.29.0"
+    "@babel/core": "npm:^7.29.6"
     "@babel/eslint-parser": "npm:^7.28.6"
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-pipeline-operator": "npm:^7.28.6"
     "@babel/plugin-transform-class-properties": "npm:^7.28.6"

From 1022fbe191f03cd7eaf326bb45d47192b2a98be1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:24:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 05/13] Bump immutable from 5.1.5 to 5.1.9 in /private

Bumps [immutable](https://github.com/immutable-js/immutable-js) from 5.1.5 to 5.1.9.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/immutable-js/immutable-js/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/immutable-js/immutable-js/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/immutable-js/immutable-js/compare/v5.1.5...v5.1.9)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: immutable
  dependency-version: 5.1.9
  dependency-type: indirect
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 private/yarn.lock | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/private/yarn.lock b/private/yarn.lock
index 330bd777..e6b20388 100644
--- a/private/yarn.lock
+++ b/private/yarn.lock
@@ -7757,9 +7757,9 @@ __metadata:
   linkType: hard
 
 "immutable@npm:^5.0.2":
-  version: 5.1.5
-  resolution: "immutable@npm:5.1.5"
-  checksum: 10c0/8017ece1578e3c5939ba3305176aee059def1b8a90c7fa2a347ef583ebbd38cbe77ce1bbd786a5fab57e2da00bbcb0493b92e4332cdc4e1fe5cfb09a4688df31
+  version: 5.1.9
+  resolution: "immutable@npm:5.1.9"
+  checksum: 10c0/ae7032b60b81b682f3e7e4df13e1ec9a401a603eb81b15bb3e37331ed6666e318c71994c6936e1462eb443d32d04769396562a7e2669da22457c8ba279c03ad2
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 

From 22a27c133adb62f5cad3825cfcb1a6e75f34c86f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:27:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 06/13] Bump brace-expansion from 1.1.13 to 1.1.18 in /private

Bumps [brace-expansion](https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion) from 1.1.13 to 1.1.18.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/juliangruber/brace-expansion/commits)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: brace-expansion
  dependency-version: 1.1.18
  dependency-type: indirect
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 private/yarn.lock | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/private/yarn.lock b/private/yarn.lock
index e6b20388..c6abe058 100644
--- a/private/yarn.lock
+++ b/private/yarn.lock
@@ -1672,16 +1672,16 @@ __metadata:
   linkType: hard
 
 "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs@npm:^7.23.3":
-  version: 7.23.3
-  resolution: "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs@npm:7.23.3"
+  version: 7.29.4
+  resolution: "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-systemjs@npm:7.29.4"
   dependencies:
-    "@babel/helper-hoist-variables": "npm:^7.22.5"
-    "@babel/helper-module-transforms": "npm:^7.23.3"
-    "@babel/helper-plugin-utils": "npm:^7.22.5"
-    "@babel/helper-validator-identifier": "npm:^7.22.20"
+    "@babel/helper-module-transforms": "npm:^7.28.6"
+    "@babel/helper-plugin-utils": "npm:^7.28.6"
+    "@babel/helper-validator-identifier": "npm:^7.28.5"
+    "@babel/traverse": "npm:^7.29.0"
   peerDependencies:
     "@babel/core": ^7.0.0-0
-  checksum: 10c0/0d55280a276510222c8896bf4e581acb84824aa5b14c824f7102242ad6bc5104aaffe5ab22fe4d27518f4ae2811bd59c36d0c0bfa695157f9cfce33f0517a069
+  checksum: 10c0/1da94f89ef8ba1aa1501136a80eb4c010c6a19f5550e10db84677b3ccb7a4934c8098f2b5134def87cf513bf05747ffa523d33722a1ea5a5c8ef956e9136c4c2
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 

From 23929358b860e0ab422d59b3331a09781800f919 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 09:35:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 07/13] Bump js-yaml from 4.1.1 to 4.3.1 in /private

Bumps [js-yaml](https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml) from 4.1.1 to 4.3.1.
- [Changelog](https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/blob/4.3.1/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/compare/4.1.1...4.3.1)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: js-yaml
  dependency-version: 4.3.1
  dependency-type: indirect
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 private/yarn.lock | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/private/yarn.lock b/private/yarn.lock
index c6abe058..3f7dbc01 100644
--- a/private/yarn.lock
+++ b/private/yarn.lock
@@ -8517,13 +8517,13 @@ __metadata:
   linkType: hard
 
 "js-yaml@npm:^4.1.0":
-  version: 4.1.1
-  resolution: "js-yaml@npm:4.1.1"
+  version: 4.3.1
+  resolution: "js-yaml@npm:4.3.1"
   dependencies:
     argparse: "npm:^2.0.1"
   bin:
     js-yaml: bin/js-yaml.js
-  checksum: 10c0/561c7d7088c40a9bb53cc75becbfb1df6ae49b34b5e6e5a81744b14ae8667ec564ad2527709d1a6e7d5e5fa6d483aa0f373a50ad98d42fde368ec4a190d4fae7
+  checksum: 10c0/13c500ca322e0c3f8c81686e6ecda96d2ea37b45247a420c17c7db36932d6965cc27391abc2d1a104501600e7f0d947a5f8b7be6db619c4fefa87901b3512807
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 

From 225f89e09c6d94d9a95ad4aee848cb0bca7b3336 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 09:35:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 08/13] Bump postcss from 8.5.10 to 8.5.23 in /private

Bumps [postcss](https://github.com/postcss/postcss) from 8.5.10 to 8.5.23.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/postcss/postcss/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/postcss/postcss/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/postcss/postcss/compare/8.5.10...8.5.23)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: postcss
  dependency-version: 8.5.23
  dependency-type: direct:development
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 private/package.json |  2 +-
 private/yarn.lock    | 20 ++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/private/package.json b/private/package.json
index a973a86a..e0a5f670 100644
--- a/private/package.json
+++ b/private/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "file-loader": "^6.2.0",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.10.0",
     "node-normalize-scss": "^8.1.2",
-    "postcss": "^8.5.6",
+    "postcss": "^8.5.23",
     "postcss-banner": "^4.0.1",
     "postcss-loader": "^8.2.1",
     "postcss-pxtorem": "^6.1.0",
diff --git a/private/yarn.lock b/private/yarn.lock
index 3f7dbc01..38266a5f 100644
--- a/private/yarn.lock
+++ b/private/yarn.lock
@@ -7705,7 +7705,7 @@ __metadata:
     mini-css-extract-plugin: "npm:^2.10.0"
     node-normalize-scss: "npm:^8.1.2"
     object-fit-images: "npm:^3.2.4"
-    postcss: "npm:^8.5.6"
+    postcss: "npm:^8.5.23"
     postcss-banner: "npm:^4.0.1"
     postcss-loader: "npm:^8.2.1"
     postcss-pxtorem: "npm:^6.1.0"
@@ -9121,12 +9121,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"nanoid@npm:^3.3.11":
-  version: 3.3.11
-  resolution: "nanoid@npm:3.3.11"
+"nanoid@npm:^3.3.16":
+  version: 3.3.17
+  resolution: "nanoid@npm:3.3.17"
   bin:
     nanoid: bin/nanoid.cjs
-  checksum: 10c0/40e7f70b3d15f725ca072dfc4f74e81fcf1fbb02e491cf58ac0c79093adc9b0a73b152bcde57df4b79cd097e13023d7504acb38404a4da7bc1cd8e887b82fe0b
+  checksum: 10c0/06f7949c7cce5c92c6aea66022f29a1eae7f56e05acbfddf1e049e819b4bf234c44a765cc44da7163482b111677948514012e27acdfa56f95309295768bdae32
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -9879,14 +9879,14 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"postcss@npm:^8.5.6":
-  version: 8.5.6
-  resolution: "postcss@npm:8.5.6"
+"postcss@npm:^8.5.23":
+  version: 8.5.23
+  resolution: "postcss@npm:8.5.23"
   dependencies:
-    nanoid: "npm:^3.3.11"
+    nanoid: "npm:^3.3.16"
     picocolors: "npm:^1.1.1"
     source-map-js: "npm:^1.2.1"
-  checksum: 10c0/5127cc7c91ed7a133a1b7318012d8bfa112da9ef092dddf369ae699a1f10ebbd89b1b9f25f3228795b84585c72aabd5ced5fc11f2ba467eedf7b081a66fad024
+  checksum: 10c0/ed714e635b330bb42666ecdd0c0b4f30224ded15b0b0052d6bc2b92832f2cf17d1c1141359453f96f0a84f8fbf4c405a74df187f559163b8f31131b2535455aa
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 

From 290a6c39699059f9c9a64d02a41bdfe6f20d5950 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 08:47:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] Bump squizlabs/php_codesniffer from 3.13.5 to 3.13.6

Bumps [squizlabs/php_codesniffer](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer) from 3.13.5 to 3.13.6.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/4.x/CHANGELOG-3.x.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/compare/3.13.5...3.13.6)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: squizlabs/php_codesniffer
  dependency-version: 3.13.6
  dependency-type: indirect
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 composer.lock | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 58bd8fc7..3c395f73 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -447,16 +447,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "squizlabs/php_codesniffer",
-            "version": "3.13.5",
+            "version": "3.13.6",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer.git",
-                "reference": "0ca86845ce43291e8f5692c7356fccf3bcf02bf4"
+                "reference": "4c378e1a528ea066890fc2397cbdd2f94eb2fc91"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/0ca86845ce43291e8f5692c7356fccf3bcf02bf4",
-                "reference": "0ca86845ce43291e8f5692c7356fccf3bcf02bf4",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/zipball/4c378e1a528ea066890fc2397cbdd2f94eb2fc91",
+                "reference": "4c378e1a528ea066890fc2397cbdd2f94eb2fc91",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
                     "type": "thanks_dev"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2025-11-04T16:30:35+00:00"
+            "time": "2026-08-06T00:17:32+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "wp-coding-standards/wpcs",

From 0dc97fb58b9da625c1806cf67eff242c9b726001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay McPartland <jay.mcpartland@amnesty.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:01:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 10/13] Update changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 091848ba..d0181d86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Performance:
 - Many caching improvements across blocks and helper functions
 - Add new fast cross-blog helper functions
 
+Build:
+- Upgrade dependencies
+
 ### v3.0.4
 Fixes:
 - Taxonomy filters on RSS feed

From 9e8f730defff947fbe6b1ee76b655ddff0904fb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amnesty-dev <297112456+amnesty-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:05:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/13] extend Coding Standards to check PHP compatibility

---
 composer.json                  |   5 +-
 composer.lock                  | 238 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 phpcs-testVersion-override.xml |   4 +
 phpcs.xml                      |   4 +
 4 files changed, 247 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 phpcs-testVersion-override.xml

diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 140d6d2e..31618b52 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
   "license": "none",
   "minimum-stability": "stable",
   "require-dev": {
-    "bigbite/phpcs-config": "v2.0.0"
+    "bigbite/phpcs-config": "v2.0.0",
+    "phpcompatibility/php-compatibility": "^10.0.0@dev",
+    "phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-paragonie": "^2.0@dev",
+    "phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-wp": "^3.0@dev"
   },
   "config": {
     "allow-plugins": {
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 3c395f73..8af56d71 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "326359f9cf92a432bd65811fafc51be7",
+    "content-hash": "34d14c2abccf4ac3ef194abdd8acba1e",
     "packages": [],
     "packages-dev": [
         {
@@ -214,6 +214,234 @@
             ],
             "time": "2025-11-11T04:32:07+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "phpcompatibility/php-compatibility",
+            "version": "10.0.0-alpha2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility.git",
+                "reference": "e0f0e5a3dc819a4a0f8d679a0f2453d941976e18"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility/zipball/e0f0e5a3dc819a4a0f8d679a0f2453d941976e18",
+                "reference": "e0f0e5a3dc819a4a0f8d679a0f2453d941976e18",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=5.4",
+                "phpcsstandards/phpcsutils": "^1.1.2",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.13.3 || ^4.0"
+            },
+            "replace": {
+                "wimg/php-compatibility": "*"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "php-parallel-lint/php-console-highlighter": "^1.0.0",
+                "php-parallel-lint/php-parallel-lint": "^1.4.0",
+                "phpcsstandards/phpcsdevcs": "^1.2.0",
+                "phpcsstandards/phpcsdevtools": "^1.2.3",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8.36 || ^5.7.21 || ^6.0 || ^7.0 || ^8.0 || ^9.3.4 || ^10.5.32 || ^11.3.3",
+                "yoast/phpunit-polyfills": "^1.1.5 || ^2.0.5 || ^3.1.0"
+            },
+            "type": "phpcodesniffer-standard",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "9.x-dev",
+                    "dev-develop": "10.x-dev"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Wim Godden",
+                    "homepage": "https://github.com/wimg",
+                    "role": "lead"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Juliette Reinders Folmer",
+                    "homepage": "https://github.com/jrfnl",
+                    "role": "lead"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Contributors",
+                    "homepage": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility/graphs/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "A set of sniffs for PHP_CodeSniffer that checks for PHP cross-version compatibility.",
+            "homepage": "https://techblog.wimgodden.be/tag/codesniffer/",
+            "keywords": [
+                "compatibility",
+                "phpcs",
+                "standards",
+                "static analysis"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility/issues",
+                "security": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility/security/policy",
+                "source": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/jrfnl",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://opencollective.com/php_codesniffer",
+                    "type": "open_collective"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://thanks.dev/u/gh/phpcompatibility",
+                    "type": "thanks_dev"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2025-11-28T11:36:33+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-paragonie",
+            "version": "2.0.0-alpha2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityParagonie.git",
+                "reference": "7a979711c87d8202b52f56c56bd719d09d8ed7f5"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityParagonie/zipball/7a979711c87d8202b52f56c56bd719d09d8ed7f5",
+                "reference": "7a979711c87d8202b52f56c56bd719d09d8ed7f5",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "phpcompatibility/php-compatibility": "^10.0@dev"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "paragonie/random_compat": "dev-master",
+                "paragonie/sodium_compat": "dev-master"
+            },
+            "type": "phpcodesniffer-standard",
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Wim Godden",
+                    "role": "lead"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Juliette Reinders Folmer",
+                    "role": "lead"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "A set of rulesets for PHP_CodeSniffer to check for PHP cross-version compatibility issues in projects, while accounting for polyfills provided by the Paragonie polyfill libraries.",
+            "homepage": "http://phpcompatibility.com/",
+            "keywords": [
+                "compatibility",
+                "paragonie",
+                "phpcs",
+                "polyfill",
+                "standards",
+                "static analysis"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityParagonie/issues",
+                "security": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityParagonie/security/policy",
+                "source": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityParagonie"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/jrfnl",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://opencollective.com/php_codesniffer",
+                    "type": "open_collective"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://thanks.dev/u/gh/phpcompatibility",
+                    "type": "thanks_dev"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2025-11-29T13:09:49+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-wp",
+            "version": "3.0.0-alpha2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityWP.git",
+                "reference": "bd53f24e7528422ac51d64dc8d53e8d4c4a877b3"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityWP/zipball/bd53f24e7528422ac51d64dc8d53e8d4c4a877b3",
+                "reference": "bd53f24e7528422ac51d64dc8d53e8d4c4a877b3",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "phpcompatibility/php-compatibility": "^10.0@dev",
+                "phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-paragonie": "^2.0@dev"
+            },
+            "type": "phpcodesniffer-standard",
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Wim Godden",
+                    "role": "lead"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Juliette Reinders Folmer",
+                    "role": "lead"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "A ruleset for PHP_CodeSniffer to check for PHP cross-version compatibility issues in projects, while accounting for polyfills provided by WordPress.",
+            "homepage": "http://phpcompatibility.com/",
+            "keywords": [
+                "compatibility",
+                "phpcs",
+                "standards",
+                "static analysis",
+                "wordpress"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityWP/issues",
+                "security": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityWP/security/policy",
+                "source": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityWP"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/PHPCompatibility",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/jrfnl",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://opencollective.com/php_codesniffer",
+                    "type": "open_collective"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://thanks.dev/u/gh/phpcompatibility",
+                    "type": "thanks_dev"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2025-12-16T13:35:20+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "phpcsstandards/phpcsextra",
             "version": "1.5.0",
@@ -593,10 +821,14 @@
     ],
     "aliases": [],
     "minimum-stability": "stable",
-    "stability-flags": {},
+    "stability-flags": {
+        "phpcompatibility/php-compatibility": 20,
+        "phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-paragonie": 20,
+        "phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-wp": 20
+    },
     "prefer-stable": false,
     "prefer-lowest": false,
     "platform": {},
     "platform-dev": {},
-    "plugin-api-version": "2.6.0"
+    "plugin-api-version": "2.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/phpcs-testVersion-override.xml b/phpcs-testVersion-override.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dffb5640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpcs-testVersion-override.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset>
+  <config name="testVersion" value="8.2-"/>
+</ruleset>
diff --git a/phpcs.xml b/phpcs.xml
index 2c45c1b8..4793e122 100755
--- a/phpcs.xml
+++ b/phpcs.xml
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@
   <config name="minimum_supported_wp_version" value="5.8" />
   <exclude-pattern>*.l10n.php$</exclude-pattern>
   <rule ref="./vendor/bigbite/phpcs-config/BigBite" />
+  <rule ref="PHPCompatibility" />
+  <rule ref="PHPCompatibilityWP" />
+  <!-- Needs to be a separate ruleset due to https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2197 -->
+  <rule ref="phpcs-testVersion-override.xml"/>
 </ruleset>

From 634688f9d3b39a4bcf8a27f14b868222ffb03f85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amnesty-dev <297112456+amnesty-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:05:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/13] use Exception instead of DateMalformedStringException
 only introduced in PHP 8.3

---
 .../humanity-theme/patterns/attachment-published-date.php       | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/patterns/attachment-published-date.php b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/patterns/attachment-published-date.php
index 9cbd407c..fabc4146 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/patterns/attachment-published-date.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/patterns/attachment-published-date.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 	$datetime = new DateTime( $post->post_date_gmt, new DateTimeZone( 'GMT' ) );
 	$datetime->setTimezone( wp_timezone() );
 	$format = get_option( 'date_format' );
-} catch ( DateMalformedStringException $e ) {
+} catch ( Exception $e ) {
 	return;
 }
 

From 550900aaa58ce32cf4de109217d48c7816e1aa97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amnesty-dev <297112456+amnesty-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:07:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/13] Explicitly mark parameters nullable. Implicitly marking
 a parameter as nullable is deprecated since PHP 8.4.

---
 .../themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/site.php       | 4 ++--
 .../themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/taxonomies.php | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/site.php b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/site.php
index 5b932278..09042421 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/site.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/site.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function current_url() {
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	function get_site_language_code( int $blog_id = null ): string {
+	function get_site_language_code( ?int $blog_id = null ): string {
 		if ( is_multisite() && $blog_id ) {
 			switch_to_blog( $blog_id );
 		}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function get_site_language_code( int $blog_id = null ): string {
 	 *
 	 * phpcs:disable Generic.Metrics.CyclomaticComplexity.TooHigh
 	 */
-	function get_site_language_name( int $blog_id = null ): string {
+	function get_site_language_name( ?int $blog_id = null ): string {
 		// phpcs:enable Generic.Metrics.CyclomaticComplexity.TooHigh
 
 		if ( ! is_int( $blog_id ) ) {
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/taxonomies.php b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/taxonomies.php
index d5409e69..63f92311 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/taxonomies.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/humanity-theme/includes/helpers/taxonomies.php
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ function amnesty_get_locations_by_type( array $args = [] ): array {
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	function amnesty_get_location_type( WP_Term $location = null ): string {
+	function amnesty_get_location_type( ?WP_Term $location = null ): string {
 		$location = $location ?: get_queried_object();
 
 		if ( ! is_a( $location, WP_Term::class ) ) {
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ function amnesty_get_location_type( WP_Term $location = null ): string {
 	 *
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	function amnesty_location_is_region( WP_Term $location = null ): bool {
+	function amnesty_location_is_region( ?WP_Term $location = null ): bool {
 		return 'region' === amnesty_get_location_type( $location );
 	}
 }
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ function amnesty_location_is_region( WP_Term $location = null ): bool {
 	 *
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	function amnesty_location_is_subregion( WP_Term $location = null ): bool {
+	function amnesty_location_is_subregion( ?WP_Term $location = null ): bool {
 		return 'subregion' === amnesty_get_location_type( $location );
 	}
 }
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ function amnesty_location_is_subregion( WP_Term $location = null ): bool {
 	 *
 	 * @return array|null
 	 */
-	function amnesty_get_regional_media_contact( WP_Term $location = null ): ?array {
+	function amnesty_get_regional_media_contact( ?WP_Term $location = null ): ?array {
 		$location = $location ?: get_queried_object();
 
 		if ( ! is_a( $location, WP_Term::class ) ) {