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 Trestle (beta)
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 **IMPORTANT: If you're using a version of Trestle that is prior to the [commit e3db022b760254df95cc6e306ea53b3da46b6ed1](https://github.com/MickeyKay/trestle/commit/e3db022b760254df95cc6e306ea53b3da46b6ed1), please make sure to update your version of Trestle, or at least merge in the changes in this commit or a later commit, including changes to these files:**
 * functions.php