---
title: "Filter Bar 5.2.0"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/software/the-events-calendar/release-notes-filter-bar-5-2-0/"
description: "Summary Feature Release Filter Bar 5.2.0 improves the way CSS styles load for better WordPress Customizer integration and to make it easier for third-party deve…"
vertical: "Software"
area: "The Events Calendar"
date: "2021-08-24"
last_modified: "2026-07-06"
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# Filter Bar 5.2.0

### Summary

Feature Release

Filter Bar 5.2.0 improves the way CSS styles load for better WordPress Customizer integration and to make it easier for third-party developers to customize the filter bar’s styles.

As always, we recommend updating on a [staging site](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/the-events-calendar/creating-and-using-a-wordpress-staging-site/), just to be safe, but it should all be smooth sailing.

? Please note that Filter Bar 5.2.0 is only compatible with The Events Calendar 5.9.0 and higher.

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#### ✨ New

New features included in this release:

- We’ve stopped compiling CSS custom properties and now leave them exposed and accessible to the WordPress Customizer and third-party developers.
- We updated WordPress Customizer styles so they properly leverage our new CSS custom properties and support our new [WordPress Customizer font controls](https://docs.nexcess.com/software/the-events-calendar/wordpress-customizer-events/).

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