Reflex 4.0.0

Posted on May 26, 2026 in News

Reflex 4.0.0 is a major release with breaking changes.

Breaking changes:

  • Remove AddThis integration. AddThis was discontinued in 2023; the ADD_THIS_ID setting and the partial/addthis.html template are gone. Remove ADD_THIS_ID from your pelicanconf.py.
  • Remove Tipue Search support. Use the built-in Stork-based search (pelican.plugins.search …

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Reflex 3.2.0

Posted on April 12, 2026 in News

Reflex 3.2.0 updates the built-in search support via Stork.

  • Upgrade bundled Stork to latest stable version v1.6.0. CSS styles have been improved to optimize looks in both mobile and desktop.
  • Enable search in example site.
  • Update and recompile translations.
  • Serve LESS 4.5.1 via CDN …

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Reflex 3.1.0

Posted on February 18, 2026 in News

Reflex 3.1.0 includes various enhancements:

  • Accessibility improvements:
    • Underline links inside main content, to make them recognizable without color.
    • Improve contrast of link colors
    • Add ARIA names to sidebar social icons.
  • Add pre-commit hooks for code quality:
    • djlint for Jinja2 templates
    • Trailing whitespace
    • JSON/YAML checker
    • Assets build
  • Move …

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Reflex 3.0.3

Posted on February 15, 2026 in News

Reflex 3.0.3 is a minor maintenance release.

  • Fix links to Github on the PyPI project page.

Reflex 3.0.2

Posted on February 15, 2026 in News

Reflex 3.0.2 is a bugfix release.

  • Fix wrong references to the project, from python-theme-reflex to pelican-theme-reflex. While this didn't affect the functionality of Reflex, it affected the installation instructions and most links.

Reflex 3.0.1

Posted on February 15, 2026 in News

Reflex 3.0.1 is a bugfix release.

It fixes the Python package structure, which was buggy and made it unusable. I also upgraded all NPM dependencies to latest versions, but that is only relevant for theme developers.

Reflex is now available on PyPI as pelican-theme-reflex. It can be installed …


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Reflex: Responsive Pelican theme

Posted on June 16, 2023 in News

When I started my blog I looked all the options in the Pelican theme gallery, and decided on the Flex theme by Alexandre Vizenzi as the best one for my needs:

  • Minimalistic and beautiful.
  • Responsive layout.
  • Archives, categories, tags support.
  • Pygments support for code highlighting.
  • Light/Dark modes support.

Eventually …


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