diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18875ed..94f1c05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 * Change theme name from Roots to Sage
 * Bump required PHP version to >=5.4
 * Add namespace
+* Use short array syntax
 * Use short echo syntax
 * Switch from Grunt to gulp, new workflow
 * Use wiredep for Sass and Less injection
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 0b4a2a5..c90e6bb 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  * @link https://github.com/roots/sage/pull/1042
  */
-$sage_includes = array(
+$sage_includes = [
   'lib/utils.php',           // Utility functions
   'lib/init.php',            // Initial theme setup and constants
   'lib/wrapper.php',         // Theme wrapper class
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $sage_includes = array(
   'lib/nav.php',             // Custom nav modifications
   'lib/gallery.php',         // Custom [gallery] modifications
   'lib/extras.php',          // Custom functions
-);
+];
 
 foreach ($sage_includes as $file) {
   if (!$filepath = locate_template($file)) {
diff --git a/lib/assets.php b/lib/assets.php
index cf2b943..cc3690d 100644
--- a/lib/assets.php
+++ b/lib/assets.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function assets() {
   if (!is_admin() && current_theme_supports('jquery-cdn')) {
     wp_deregister_script('jquery');
 
-    wp_register_script('jquery', '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.2/jquery.js', array(), null, true);
+    wp_register_script('jquery', '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.2/jquery.js', [], null, true);
 
     add_filter('script_loader_src', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\jquery_local_fallback', 10, 2);
   }
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ function assets() {
     wp_enqueue_script('comment-reply');
   }
 
-  wp_enqueue_script('modernizr', asset_path('scripts/modernizr.js'), array(), null, true);
+  wp_enqueue_script('modernizr', asset_path('scripts/modernizr.js'), [], null, true);
   wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
-  wp_enqueue_script('sage_js', asset_path('scripts/app.js'), array(), null, true);
+  wp_enqueue_script('sage_js', asset_path('scripts/app.js'), [], null, true);
 }
 add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\assets', 100);
 
diff --git a/lib/config.php b/lib/config.php
index ed22120..6e9b735 100644
--- a/lib/config.php
+++ b/lib/config.php
@@ -48,21 +48,21 @@ function display_sidebar() {
        *
        * To use a function that accepts arguments, use the following format:
        *
-       * array('function_name', array('arg1', 'arg2'))
+       * ['function_name', ['arg1', 'arg2']]
        *
        * The second element must be an array even if there's only 1 argument.
        */
-      array(
+      [
         'is_404',
         'is_front_page'
-      ),
+      ],
       /**
        * Page template checks (via is_page_template())
        * Any of these page templates that return true won't show the sidebar
        */
-      array(
+      [
         'template-custom.php'
-      )
+      ]
     );
     $display = apply_filters('sage/display_sidebar', $sidebar_config->display);
   }
diff --git a/lib/gallery.php b/lib/gallery.php
index 874a8e1..fc56908 100644
--- a/lib/gallery.php
+++ b/lib/gallery.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function gallery($attr) {
     }
   }
 
-  extract(shortcode_atts(array(
+  extract(shortcode_atts([
     'order'      => 'ASC',
     'orderby'    => 'menu_order ID',
     'id'         => $post->ID,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function gallery($attr) {
     'include'    => '',
     'exclude'    => '',
     'link'       => ''
-  ), $attr));
+  ], $attr));
 
   $id = intval($id);
   $columns = (12 % $columns == 0) ? $columns: 4;
@@ -59,16 +59,16 @@ function gallery($attr) {
   }
 
   if (!empty($include)) {
-    $_attachments = get_posts(array('include' => $include, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby));
+    $_attachments = get_posts(['include' => $include, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby]);
 
-    $attachments = array();
+    $attachments = [];
     foreach ($_attachments as $key => $val) {
       $attachments[$val->ID] = $_attachments[$key];
     }
   } elseif (!empty($exclude)) {
-    $attachments = get_children(array('post_parent' => $id, 'exclude' => $exclude, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby));
+    $attachments = get_children(['post_parent' => $id, 'exclude' => $exclude, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby]);
   } else {
-    $attachments = get_children(array('post_parent' => $id, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby));
+    $attachments = get_children(['post_parent' => $id, 'post_status' => 'inherit', 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_mime_type' => 'image', 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby]);
   }
 
   if (empty($attachments)) {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function gallery($attr) {
         $image = wp_get_attachment_link($id, $size, false, false);
         break;
       case 'none':
-        $image = wp_get_attachment_image($id, $size, false, array('class' => 'thumbnail img-thumbnail'));
+        $image = wp_get_attachment_image($id, $size, false, ['class' => 'thumbnail img-thumbnail']);
         break;
       default:
         $image = wp_get_attachment_link($id, $size, true, false);
diff --git a/lib/init.php b/lib/init.php
index e8fcf02..50f69fd 100644
--- a/lib/init.php
+++ b/lib/init.php
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ function setup() {
 
   // Register wp_nav_menu() menus
   // http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_nav_menus
-  register_nav_menus(array(
+  register_nav_menus([
     'primary_navigation' => __('Primary Navigation', 'sage')
-  ));
+  ]);
 
   // Add post thumbnails
   // http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Thumbnails
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ function setup() {
 
   // Add post formats
   // http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats
-  add_theme_support('post-formats', array('aside', 'gallery', 'link', 'image', 'quote', 'video', 'audio'));
+  add_theme_support('post-formats', ['aside', 'gallery', 'link', 'image', 'quote', 'video', 'audio']);
 
   // Add HTML5 markup for captions
   // http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_theme_support#HTML5
-  add_theme_support('html5', array('caption', 'comment-form', 'comment-list'));
+  add_theme_support('html5', ['caption', 'comment-form', 'comment-list']);
 
   // Tell the TinyMCE editor to use a custom stylesheet
   add_editor_style('/dist/css/editor-style.css');
@@ -43,22 +43,22 @@ add_action('after_setup_theme', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\setup');
  * Register sidebars
  */
 function widgets_init() {
-  register_sidebar(array(
+  register_sidebar([
     'name'          => __('Primary', 'sage'),
     'id'            => 'sidebar-primary',
     'before_widget' => '<section class="widget %1$s %2$s">',
     'after_widget'  => '</section>',
     'before_title'  => '<h3>',
     'after_title'   => '</h3>',
-  ));
+  ]);
 
-  register_sidebar(array(
+  register_sidebar([
     'name'          => __('Footer', 'sage'),
     'id'            => 'sidebar-footer',
     'before_widget' => '<section class="widget %1$s %2$s">',
     'after_widget'  => '</section>',
     'before_title'  => '<h3>',
     'after_title'   => '</h3>',
-  ));
+  ]);
 }
 add_action('widgets_init', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\widgets_init');
diff --git a/lib/nav.php b/lib/nav.php
index 45ed870..bfcf9dd 100644
--- a/lib/nav.php
+++ b/lib/nav.php
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ class Sage_Nav_Walker extends \Walker_Nav_Menu {
     return preg_match('/(current[-_])|active|dropdown/', $classes);
   }
 
-  function start_lvl(&$output, $depth = 0, $args = array()) {
+  function start_lvl(&$output, $depth = 0, $args = []) {
     $output .= "\n<ul class=\"dropdown-menu\">\n";
   }
 
-  function start_el(&$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = array(), $id = 0) {
+  function start_el(&$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = [], $id = 0) {
     $item_html = '';
     parent::start_el($item_html, $item, $depth, $args);
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ add_filter('nav_menu_item_id', '__return_null');
  * Use Sage_Nav_Walker() by default
  */
 function nav_menu_args($args = '') {
-  $nav_menu_args = array();
+  $nav_menu_args = [];
 
   $nav_menu_args['container'] = false;
 
diff --git a/lib/sidebar.php b/lib/sidebar.php
index f51635c..5a976ed 100644
--- a/lib/sidebar.php
+++ b/lib/sidebar.php
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ class Sage_Sidebar {
 
   public $display = true;
 
-  function __construct($conditionals = array(), $templates = array()) {
+  function __construct($conditionals = [], $templates = []) {
     $this->conditionals = $conditionals;
     $this->templates    = $templates;
 
-    $conditionals = array_map(array($this, 'check_conditional_tag'), $this->conditionals);
-    $templates    = array_map(array($this, 'check_page_template'), $this->templates);
+    $conditionals = array_map([$this, 'check_conditional_tag'], $this->conditionals);
+    $templates    = array_map([$this, 'check_page_template'], $this->templates);
 
     if (in_array(true, $conditionals) || in_array(true, $templates)) {
       $this->display = false;
diff --git a/lib/wrapper.php b/lib/wrapper.php
index cf2eb0e..4b4c904 100644
--- a/lib/wrapper.php
+++ b/lib/wrapper.php
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ class Sage_Wrapping {
   // Stores the full path to the main template file
   public static $main_template;
 
-  // basename of template file
+  // Basename of template file
   public $slug;
 
-  // array of templates
+  // Array of templates
   public $templates;
 
   // Stores the base name of the template file; e.g. 'page' for 'page.php' etc.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Sage_Wrapping {
 
   public function __construct($template = 'base.php') {
     $this->slug = basename($template, '.php');
-    $this->templates = array($template);
+    $this->templates = [$template];
 
     if (self::$base) {
       $str = substr($template, 0, -4);
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ class Sage_Wrapping {
     return new Sage_Wrapping();
   }
 }
-add_filter('template_include', array(__NAMESPACE__ . '\\Sage_Wrapping', 'wrap'), 99);
+add_filter('template_include', [__NAMESPACE__ . '\\Sage_Wrapping', 'wrap'], 99);
diff --git a/templates/comments.php b/templates/comments.php
index bb91e5a..5452fa2 100644
--- a/templates/comments.php
+++ b/templates/comments.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <h2><?php printf(_nx('One response to &ldquo;%2$s&rdquo;', '%1$s responses to &ldquo;%2$s&rdquo;', get_comments_number(), 'comments title', 'sage'), number_format_i18n(get_comments_number()), '<span>' . get_the_title() . '</span>'); ?></h2>
 
     <ol class="comment-list">
-      <?php wp_list_comments(array('style' => 'ol', 'short_ping' => true)); ?>
+      <?php wp_list_comments(['style' => 'ol', 'short_ping' => true]); ?>
     </ol>
 
     <?php if (get_comment_pages_count() > 1 && get_option('page_comments')) : ?>
diff --git a/templates/content-page.php b/templates/content-page.php
index 56366c2..1ba5819 100644
--- a/templates/content-page.php
+++ b/templates/content-page.php
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 <?php the_content(); ?>
-<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<nav class="pagination">', 'after' => '</nav>')); ?>
\ No newline at end of file
+<?php wp_link_pages(['before' => '<nav class="pagination">', 'after' => '</nav>']); ?>
diff --git a/templates/content-single.php b/templates/content-single.php
index 0d0f903..2750794 100644
--- a/templates/content-single.php
+++ b/templates/content-single.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       <?php the_content(); ?>
     </div>
     <footer>
-      <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<nav class="page-nav"><p>' . __('Pages:', 'sage'), 'after' => '</p></nav>')); ?>
+      <?php wp_link_pages(['before' => '<nav class="page-nav"><p>' . __('Pages:', 'sage'), 'after' => '</p></nav>']); ?>
     </footer>
     <?php comments_template('/templates/comments.php'); ?>
   </article>
diff --git a/templates/header.php b/templates/header.php
index 56995f1..8ad5cc5 100644
--- a/templates/header.php
+++ b/templates/header.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <nav class="collapse navbar-collapse" role="navigation">
       <?php
         if (has_nav_menu('primary_navigation')) :
-          wp_nav_menu(array('theme_location' => 'primary_navigation', 'walker' => new Nav\Sage_Nav_Walker(), 'menu_class' => 'nav navbar-nav'));
+          wp_nav_menu(['theme_location' => 'primary_navigation', 'walker' => new Nav\Sage_Nav_Walker(), 'menu_class' => 'nav navbar-nav']);
         endif;
       ?>
     </nav>