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Morgan Estes 1:45 am on October 13, 2015
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Week in Core: Sept. 28 – Oct. 11, 2015

Welcome back to the latest issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., covering changes from Sept. 28 – Oct. 11, 2015, changesets [34659]–[35029]. Here are the highlights:

https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/10/07/%F0%9F%8E%89-one-more-committer-for-4-4/

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Feature Plugins Merged

The Responsive Images, oEmbed Provider, and the “baby” REST API feature plugins have been merged into core. Grab the latest version of trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. and test them out.

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Potent Notables

These changes were big enough to merit their own blogblog (versus network, site) posts:

Deeper Reading

Some commits pack in a lot of info, from detailed background to best practices in using hooksHooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same.. Here are a few worth reading the entire commit message:

  • WP_Term class introduced [34997] #14162
  • Fix scalability performance problem for previewing multidimensional settings in the CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings.. [35007] #32103
  • Ensure that wp.customize.Widgets.savedWidgetIds is defined up front. [34883] #33901
  • The history and implementation of oEmbeds. [34903] #32522
  • Improve role-related arguments in WP_User_Query. [34875] #22212
  • Use wp_installing() instead of WP_INSTALLING constant. [34828] #31130
  • Introduce *_network_option functions for Multisitemultisite Used to describe a WordPress installation with a network of multiple blogs, grouped by sites. This installation type has shared users tables, and creates separate database tables for each blog (wp_posts becomes wp_0_posts). See also network, blog, site installs. [34777] #28290
  • Ensure that comment permalinks reflect pagination. [34735] #34068, #34073

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#4-4, #week-in-core

Ryan Boren 4:43 pm on September 2, 2015
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Component Page Updates for 4.4

Now that 4.4 is underway, let’s update the component pages to reflect 4.4 activity. The Customize, Editor, and Press This pages serve as good templates, though they all need 4.4 updates. The component pages are targeted at betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. testers. They should describe the component, list milestones (roadmap), and explain what needs testing and how to test it. Good component pages assist triage. For details, see the previous round of component page updates.

Also, if your component has a corresponding SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. chat, link to the component page from the chat’s channel topic. This assists using Slack in beta testing flows.

Component maintainers, here are your component pages…

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#components, #maintainership

Helen Hou-Sandi 4:20 pm on May 21, 2015
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UI Chat Agenda, May 21

Quick check ins on:

Specific assignments for:

  • Screen-by-screen sweep
  • TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. gardening

We’ll finish off with open floor / impromptu Trac scrub and see what, if anything, can get committed now.

#agenda, #meeting, #ui

Konstantin Obenland 6:14 pm on May 14, 2015
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Dev Chat Summary, May 13

Agenda, Slack log.

Editor (#)
@azaozz, @iseulde
@azaozz has been looking at the “WordPress integration” parts the last couple of days, a lot of things that can be improved there. It removes some of the oddities, like running the post content through wpautop() before outputting it in the textarea, but only when TinyMCE is expected to be loaded, etc. @iseulde is working on the mobile toolbar and is hopeful she can get a patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing. ready this week. By next week’s meeting they want to have the mobile toolbar working (except in iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads.), as well as #31655, #30949, and maybe #31441 in.

Adminadmin (and super admin) UIUI User interface (#)
@helen
@helen has largely been working on prepping things (tickets, examples, links, etc.) for Thursday’s UI meeting. More about the meeting (including agenda) can be found here: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/05/11/weekly-core-ui-meetings-for-4-3/

Networknetwork (versus site, blog) Admin UI (#)
@jeremyfelt
Recap of Multisite office hours: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/05/12/multisite-office-hours-recap-may-12-2015/
Things they want to have done by next week:

  • Mockups for the Edit Site / Add New Site improvements by @hugobaeta.
  • Having more flows posted to Make Flow for the network admin, via @sofiarose @kraft, and @ubernaut.
  • Get some decent progress on `WP_Site` and `WP_Network` with @jjj.

Partial Refresh (#)
@westonruter
Weston hopes to add initial integration between Menu CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. and Partial Refresh this weekend. Due to client projects he’ll have to work on Concurrency _concurrently_ with Partial Refresh so he doesn’t hold up Menu Customizer. By next week Partial Refresh should be abstracted enough for the Menu Customizer to work with.

Menu Customizer (#)
@voldemortensen, @celloexpressions
Now that it’s object-oriented they’re ready to start ramping up work. They’ll be going through githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ issues and come up with the next milestone for possibly the end of the week. By next week they’re planning on getting lazy-loading of both all menu item controls and the add-menu-item panel done, as well as better error handling for duplicate menu names and the like.

Better Passwords (#)
@markjaquith
By next week, Mark wants a HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers., CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets., JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. working demo of the password setting UI, and tickets for that and all other items on their hitlist. If there’s time beyond that, they could knock off one of the easier ones like notifying users of their password/e-mail changes.

AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) component update (#)
@joedolson
There’s been a ton of work done on the List Table class and associated areas. Joe has a set of 10 tickets with patches that he’d like to see committed by next week: #32150, #32254, #32255, #32028, #32152, #32147, #32189, #31654, #32253, #32170.

Build tools component update (#)
@jorbin
QUnit update seems to have gone off without a hitch. There are 7 npm dependencies that need to be updated. 6 are ready to go. grunt-sass needs a bit more digging in. This week, @jorbin is going to update the build tools roadmap he wrote up after WCSF and then pester a lead (likely @helen) to give it a read so that it can finally be published.
Not exactly build related, but test related: Bug scrub identified that we don’t have any tests for nav menus, especially around the classes we add. @johnbillion has agreed to write some tests there so that we can fix all the bugs around that.

Favicons (#)
@obenland
Support for managing favicons seems like a rudimentary thing, and its absence in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. does seem odd to some. We still need plugins to handle favicon and other media icons in the admin, there is currently no good way for users to do that. We’ve been talking about adding support for a favicon manager for a long time ( #16434 ), let’s make 4.3 the release that finally adds it. @johnbillion volunteered to lead the feature for 4.3, with help from @brandondove, @kraftbj, @sofiarose, and possibly @dh-shredder.

Next chat will be on May 20, 2000 UTC

#4-3, #meeting

Drew Jaynes 7:00 am on January 28, 2015
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Dev Chat Agenda, January 28, 2015

Here’s the agenda for Wednesday’s Dev Chat in the #core channel on Slack.

Time/Date: January 28 2015 21:00 UTC:

  • Kickoff Part II – Let’s talk a little bit about how we’re going to structure this release from week to week:
    • Monday Jumpstart posts
    • Bug scrubs
    • Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. management
    • Mentoring
  • #5809 – Term splitting update (@boonebgorges)
  • Feature Plugins – Status updates from the three feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins. leads:
    1. CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. Theme Switcher – @celloexpressions
    2. Press This revamp – @michael-arestad
    3. Shiny Updates – @pento
  • WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Weekly – @dh-shredder is looking for help with compiling the weekly activity roundup
  • AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) – Introduce the weekly hitlist and talk about accessibility priorities for 4.2
  • Mobile – make-flow tickets from @boren:
    • #29906 – Submenus can’t be dismissed on mobile.
    • #29989 – Hide Media Buttons on small screens
  • Open Floor – If you have something you’d like to bring to the table to discuss, leave a note in the comments

#4-2, #agenda

Ryan Boren 3:48 pm on January 22, 2015
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Dev Chat Summary, January 21st

https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/01/21/drew-jaynes-is-the-4-2-release-lead/

https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/core/p1421874229001218

Decisions

  • @drewapicture is the 4.2 release leadRelease Lead The community member ultimately responsible for the Release..
  • @wonderboymusic will be feature lead for a lot of media/image stuff.
  • 4.1.1 will drop within a week.
  • All 4.1 guest committers are renewed for 4.2.
  • The tentative target release date for 4.2 is April 8th.
  • Wednesday meetings will continue as usual.
  • Weekly Friday bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrubs start next week.
  • This Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. posts will resume.
  • The 4.2 feature plugins are, tentatively: Press This, CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. Theme Switcher, and Shiny Updates. Customizer Menus is a possible long shot.
  • The general focus of 4.2 will be polishing existing UIs in terms of mobile and accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility).

Assignments

  • @nacin will post about guest commit renewal on make/core.
  • @drewapicture will post weekly bug scrub times on make/core.
  • @dh-shredder will start This Week in Core posts while permanent contributors are located.
  • @johnbillion will add a page to the core handbook on development processes for mobile.
  • @pento will post about contributing to Shiny Updates on make/core.
  • All feature plugins will post an update to make/core.
  • Component maintainers will make a list of the main issues affecting their components.
  • @johnbillion will post a call for component maintainers on make/core.

Links Mentioned

https://make.wordpress.org/core/version-4-2-project-schedule/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-theme-switcher/
https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/core/p1421863572001131
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/29820
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24633
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21212
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-post-meta-revisions/
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30937
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17817
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17817#comment:68
https://make.wordpress.org/core/components/

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#4-2, #meeting, #release-lead

Pascal Birchler 8:21 pm on October 29, 2014
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WordPress Core Weekly

Hi everyone!

It’s this time of the week again: WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Weekly is here. This updates covers all commits since last week up to to today, October 29th.

In case you missed it, the new default theme, Twenty Fifteen, is coming along very well, the feature plugins planned for 4.1 are being tested extensively and the CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. is getting more and more complete.

But there are many more things going on behind the scenes and Core has even passed revision [30,000]! Let’s have a look at this week:

Adminadmin (and super admin)

  • Add labels to the Personal Options input fields on the user profile editing screen. [30027] #30101
  • Editor: Use <button> instead of <a> for the Visual/Text buttons, make them focusable. [30002] #27553
  • Customizer: Add the ability for a customizer control to render its controls via a JavaScript template. Switches the default color picker control to a JavaScript template. [30014] #29572

Themes

  • Twenty Fifteen: If the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. is taller than the viewport scroll it with the content, if it’s shorter keep it fixed. [30025] #29979
  • Introduce a new means of outputting a <title> tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) in the theme head. Requires a theme to add support by calling add_theme_support( 'title-tag' ). [30074] #18548
  • Introduce some new template functions for navigation [30065] #29808
    • get_the_post_navigation() and the_post_navigation() for navigation to the next and previous post.
    • get_the_posts_navigation() and the_posts_navigation() for navigation to the next and previous page of posts.
    • get_the_pagination() and the_pagination() for paginated navigation between pages of posts.
    • Uses paginate_links(). This reduces the need for themes to define their own sets of navigation functions.

Internals

  • Deprecate admin_created_user_subject() [30005] #29915
  • Introduce an edit_form_before_permalink action which gets fired after the title field but before the permalink fields. [30028] #29691
  • In wp_link_pages(), only output link separators between actual pagination links. [30030] #24940
  • Rename _wp_password_hint() to _wp_get_password_hint() to bring it inline with core terminology. [30033] #21243
  • Don’t add sticky class in get_post_class() if ignore_sticky_posts query var is set. [30036] #18035
  • Don’t display Standard post format twice in the metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. box if the theme unnecessarily mentions it in the add_theme_support() call. [30038] #16555
  • Add comment_reply_link_args filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. for get_comment_reply_link() arguments. [30039] #10569
  • Allow slug param of get_terms() to accept an array. [30042] #23636
  • Introduce orderby=include support for get_terms(). [30052] #23261
  • Remove UNIQUE key from slug column of terms table. [30056] #22023
  • Add wp_json_encode(), a wrapper for json_encode() that ensures everything is converted to UTF-8. Change all core calls from json_encode() to wp_json_encode(). [30055] #28786
  • Introduce wp_is_trusted_network(). A first step to establish concepts around trusted and untrusted networks. [30071] #30145
  • Don’t hardcode height for videos – this was a workaround for MediaElement internals causing problems. Responsive videos now work properly and don’t cause extra whitespace. [30082] #30078
  • Introduce some actions and filters which aid plugins in revisioning post meta. [30091] #20564

Queries

  • Allow ORDER BY in WP_Comment_Query::query() to be disabled. [30004] #29902 DisableORDER BY by passing boolean false, an empty array, or the string none to the orderbyparameter. This mirrors the behavior of WP_Query.
  • Accept orderby=include in WP_User_Query. [30016] #30064 This lets the results of a user query be sorted manually by the value of the include param.
  • Fix count in WP_Comment_Query when using meta_query. [30026] #23369
  • Optimize site query when performing networknetwork (versus site, blog) database upgrades [30029] #30097
  • Improve WP_Tax_Query param sanitization for empty strings. [30031] #30117
  • Support multiple status values in WP_Comment_Query. [30084] #29612

Thanks to @peterwilsoncc, @iamtakashi, @nacin, @mnelson4, @afercia, @psycleuk, @rianrietveld, @davidakennedy, @celloexpressions, @DrewAPicture, @jipmoors, @ipm-frommen, @mattwiebe, @avryl, @heshiming, @desaiuditd, @ankit-k-gupta, @captaintheme, @marcosf, @obenland, @tmtrademark, @briandichiara, @tareq1988, @jakub.tyrcha, @johneckman, @kosvrouvas, @ptahdunbar, @nacin, @pushplaybang, @joedolson, @aaroncampbell, @jfarthing84, @dlh, @danielbachhuber, @wpsmith, @hotchkissconsulting, @JustinSainton, @jwenerd, @wonderboymusic, @tollmanz, @chrisbliss18, @joostdevalk, @TobiasBg, @nofearinc, @karpstrucking, @ebinnion, @boonebgorges, @mattheu, @adamsilverstein, @momo360modena, @tareq1988 for their core contributions!

RevisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision. covered: [29995] to [30093]. For the complete list of commits to trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision., check out the log on Trac.

Interested in joining in? Write or test a patch for 4.1.

#4-1, #week-in-core

Pascal Birchler 4:28 pm on October 1, 2014
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Last Week in WordPress Core

Hi Everyone! It’s finally time for another update. This is the first Last Week in WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. for WordPress 4.1! I know there hasn’t been one for ages, but after talking with @dh-shredder at WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe I’m confident that we’re able to change that.

Let’s have a look at the changes between September 23 and today:

Adminadmin (and super admin)

  • If the current user does not have the delete_posts cap on the current post type, don’t list delete or trashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days. as bulk actions for the relevant context of Post list table. [29757] #20175
  • TinyMCE: when pasting/inserting content before a view, add new paragraph above it and insert the content there.
  • TinyMCE: Use Tahoma for RTL in general and Arial for Hebrew in editor styles. [29773] #29553
  • Fix tapping on the menu in iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. and Android [29770] #29365
  • Don’t display an empty comment author IP link on Comments screen. [29774] #29766
  • In the form handler logic for edit-tags.php, don’t redirect until $_REQUEST['paged']has been checked. All switch cases (except edit) now use break instead of exit. [29782] #16162
  • Show the number of approved comments instead of all comments on the dashboard in the “At a glance” section. [29785] #26738

Bundled Themes

  • Prevent the arrow in “Continue reading” links from wrapping to a second line. [29771] #27908
  • Twenty Fourteen: Include Latin Extended font subset for Lato. [29772] #29690

Media

  • Add two properties to media.model.Attachments.propmap: include and exclude, which are aliases for post__in and post__not_in. This allows you to instantiate a library that includes and/or excludes specific attachments by passing a single ID or an array of IDs. [29759] #26587
  • Disable multi-file uploading in iOS 7.x Safari as it prevents uploading of videos. [29776] #29602
  • When the modal is open, don’t respond to arrow keys when <textarea> has focus. [29777] #29725
  • Add size to the UIUI User interface for Gallery Settings in the media modal. Ensure that the TinyMCE view is refreshed when size changes. [29779] #18143

Internals

  • wp_extract_urls() needs to also grab URLs with query strings and hashes. [29756] #29314
  • In wp_ajax_replyto_comment(), if $_POST['comment_type'] is set, use it for the value of $comment_type, which the compact() call has assumed is set since [8720]. It never was. [29758] #29704
  • Ordering by RAND():
    The shortcodeShortcode A shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site. callbacks for gallery and playlist check for 'RAND' == $atts['order'], which isn’t a valid value for order. Remove those checks and update the docs.
    In WP_Query, if the value of orderby is rand, order is irrelevant and should be unset. [29760] #29629
  • Add safeguards for when ext/hash is not compiled with PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher. [29761] [29751] #29518
  • Improve and clarify inline commenting inside the check_comment() function. [29763] [29762] #29734
  • Create correct permalinks for child posts of hierarchical post types when default permalinks are used. [29765] #29615
  • Allow bookmarks to be ordered by link_description in get_bookmarks(). [29778] #29763
  • In paginate_links(), ensure that query string args are propagated to the resulting paginated links. [29780] #29636
  • The joys of wptexturize(): [29781] #29557
    • Revert parts of [28773] and [28727] and [29748].
    • Do not ignore unclosed HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. comments.
    • Do not break unregistered shortcodes, e.g. [hello attr=”value”], or when there is extra whitespace, e.g. [ hello ].
    • Do not break HTML in shortcode attributes, e.g. [hello attr=”<”].
  • Use SSLSSL Secure Sockets Layer. Provides a secure means of sending data over the internet. Used for authenticated and private actions. for all references to WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ [29787] [29788] [29789] #27115
  • Change the default orderby value in wp_get_nav_menus() to 'name'. [29792] [29796] #29460

Thanks to @hauvong, @dlh, @mvd7793, @nerrad, @pavelevap, @loushou, @avryl, @TobiasBg, @DustinHartzler, @dominik.schwind, @afercia, @ryelle, @richardmtl, @noplanman, @wonderboymusic, @obenland, @miqrogroove, @ixkaito, @benjmay, @mantismamita, @nikolov.tmw, @shooper, @shooper, @voldemortensen, @igmoweb, @curtjen, @simonwheatley for their core contributions!

RevisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision. covered: [29756] to [29799]. For the complete list of commits to trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision., check out the log on Trac. Interested in joining in? Write or test a patch for 4.1. Also don’t miss the weekly meeting today 20:00 UTC

#4-0, #week-in-core

Samuel Sidler 8:13 pm on September 16, 2014
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Feature Plugin Chat on September 23

Last week we mentioned holding a feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins. chat today, but that didn’t happen. Let’s have it next week on September 23 2014 20:00 UTC.

We’ve done this before, but just to recap…

If you have an idea for a new feature, this will be a great opportunity to bring it up and find others interested in helping out.

Please leave one comment per feature idea with the following information:

  • A brief (one paragraph) overview of your feature plugin proposal.
  • Current pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party status (idea stage, planning stage, under development, existing feature plugin, prior work, etc).
  • A list of those involved or already interested in your feature plugin (including you!)
  • What you’d like help with (scoping, planning, wireframing, development, design, etc).

This post and the accompanying chat are for posting ideas that you’d be interested in working on. It is not for posting every feature idea you have for WordPress.

Current feature plugin leads: Please post an update for your plugin here, along with the information above.

See you all at the chat!

#core-plugins, #feature-plugins

Andrew Nacin 3:27 am on September 6, 2013
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Team rep nomination/vote

As discussed in the weekly developer meeting, core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org. need to select a representative for the WordPress “team reps.”

There should ideally be two reps: a primary and a secondary/backup.

Primary duties are to post an update weekly on make/updates mentioning what we’re up to (you know, building coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.), and to meet monthly in IRCIRC Internet Relay Chat, a network where users can have conversations online. IRC channels are used widely by open source projects, and by WordPress. The primary WordPress channels are #wordpress and #wordpress-dev, on irc.freenode.net. with the representatives from other teams (only one of the two reps need to attend). I would look through that blogblog (versus network, site) to get an idea of expectations, and also the minutes from last month’s meeting.

Sometimes other teams will be working on something that affects core (or core should know about it), at which point you are in a perfect position to make sure communication lines are open. Thus, anything that comes up in updates or meetings that other core developers need to know about or act on should be communicated back to the rest of the contributors. This would occur ostensibly during the weekly core dev IRC meeting, or potentially posting to make/core (this blog) for feedback as necessary.

Qualities needed: knowledge of core and core development processes; dedication to following TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress., commit activity, IRC meetings, and make/core; strong communication skills; and an excess of patience.

A rep will serve for three months. After three months, they should be in a position to help pick someone to succeed them, probably in the form of nominating a few people to the group. We should be able to keep this pretty chill; this isn’t meant to be something that requires a board of election supervisors.

The current reps are me and Mike Schroder (@DH-Shredder). Mike and I would not mind continuing our duties, if only because we like to test our own patience/sanity. But we are also happy to step back if someone else wants to step up.

So, to nominate yourself or someone else, please fill out this very simple survey by the end of day Friday (today).

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