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Ryan Boren 4:34 pm on November 18, 2014
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Open Update Thread, Week of November 17th

What’s going on?

#open-update-thread

Eric Andrew Lewis 1:55 pm on November 7, 2014  

Documenting JavaScript in Core

We had a lively session on 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/. in WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. at the Community Summit last week. Topics were varied, but I’d like to sum up a few threads that point towards an actionable goal: better documentation in JavaScript.

New Feature JavaScript is complex

WordPress’ internal JavaScript “libraries” are hard to understand, if not impenetrable for many core developers. For example, the 8000+ lines of codeLines of Code Lines of code. This is sometimes used as a poor metric for developer productivity, but can also have other uses. that power the 3.5+ media experience. The JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. here hasn’t been written for other developers to consume, so architectural decisions end up being expressed only in code, often without documentation.

As feature development has become much more JavaScript-driven, we should do whatever we can to make our code comprehensible for fellow core developers. Comprehensible code takes many shapes, but one that everyone can agree on is documentation. Up until now, JavaScript documentation has been an afterthought. We need to make an about-face in this respect.

Adopting JSDoc

Core is adopting the JSDoc standard. Last year, WordPress standardized PHP inline documentation. Inline documentation surfaces relevant information to developers about code. This is very helpful (necessary?) when you’re wondering what arguments are to be passed into a class constructor that’s seven levels deep in inheritance (!).

Picking a documentation standard also makes parsing code possible, to extract this structured data. Our bespoke PHP parser feeds inline documentation into the new WP code reference. Choosing a JS documentation standard makes an auto-generated Javascript code reference a possibility later down the line.

@kpdesign, @adamsilverstein, @drewapicture and I have been drafting a page on JavaScript Inline Documentation Standards, which will land in the core contributor handbook very soon.

Let us rally around JS documentation, and get a DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) on every JavaScript function. Consider this your battle cry.

Supplemental Documentation

Aside from inline docsinline docs (phpdoc, docblock, xref), we need a place for high-level architectural explanation of our JavaScript to live, probably in the core contributor handbook.  Many at the summit noted that with a few key insights, internal libraries are much easier grokked. @gcorne and I started on documentation for media. We’ll see how this goes.

Also, insightful tidbits which would have no place in inline documentation could be answered here, to answer questions like why and when we provide no-js fallbacks.

Follow-up Meeting

We will discuss JSDoc in the weekly Inline Docs meeting in the #docs channel on November 12, 2014 20:00. Join us!

Kira Schroder 6:03 am on June 19, 2014
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Last Week(s) in WordPress Core

Hi Everyone! It’s time for another update. This edition covers through Sunday, June 15th, and has taken a while due to travel, but @swissspidy & @designsimply have joined the team, helping to gather the information to bring us up to date. Hopefully this will help these updates be a bit more sustainable over time. If you’re interested in pitching in with these updates as well, please let me know in the comments below!

Especially of note are the first pass of the grid view for the media library, several SSLSSL Secure Sockets Layer. Provides a secure means of sending data over the internet. Used for authenticated and private actions. and oEmbed updates, and a new ‘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. Testing’ tab on the Plugins screen.

Adminadmin (and super admin)

  • Plugins Screen: Add a new ‘Beta Testing’ tab on the 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 installation screen, for features as plugins such as Press This. [28749] #28513
  • Media Library: Grid view for the media library, first pass. This is alpha; expect imperfection to start. [28682] #24716

SSL

  • Forcing SSL logins now forces SSL for the entire admin. [28609] #10267
  • Force SSL on the frontend when the home URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org uses HTTPSHTTPS HTTPS is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'Secure'. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. This is especially helpful for protecting sensitive data like banking information.. [28610] #27954
  • Force SSL admin when siteurl is explicitly configured with HTTPS. [28674] #27954
  • Use a secure logged_in_cookie when the home URL is forced HTTPS. [28627] #15330
  • Deprecate url_is_accessable_via_ssl(). [28709] #19555

Embeds

  • Read src attribute for the [embed] 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. if the shortcode body is empty. [28559] #24456
  • Add “edit” mode for [embed] and URL media previews. [28752] #28532
  • New wp_embed_register_handler to catch bad YouTube URLs and try correct them. [28652] #24660
  • Add oEmbed support for:
  • Update SlideShare oEmbed regex. [28597] #28380
  • Remove Viddler oEmbed support. [28596] #28379
  • Make it simpler for plugins to register MCE views. [28680] #28458
  • Set shortcode equal to the passed type from default args when calling wp.mce.views.register(). [28689] #28458
  • Improve handling of embed errors/error messages. [28754] #28195

Themes and Templates

  • Add a 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. to human_time_diff() to allow more detailed depictions of time differences. [28670] #27271
  • Allow simple modification of sections of the title by adding a wp_title_parts filter to wp_title(). [28669] #17877
  • Add CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. rules to ensure that videos will be responsive, regardless of theme. [28650] #28414
  • Replace TEMPLATEPATH and STYLESHEETPATH with get_template_directory() and get_stylesheet_directory(). These constants are now deprecated [28563] #18298
  • Update Twenty Thirteen and Twenty Fourteen to Genericons 3.0.3. [28692] [28693]

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)

  • Improve keyboard accessibility for the media modal. [28607] #23560
  • Add screen reader labels to the date inputs on the post editing screen. [28730] #25461

WP_Query

  • When parsing the main query, if s is set to empty: ?s= and $this->is_main_query() && array_key_exists( 's', $this->query ) – kill the query instead of loading the homepage. This will load the search page with no results. [28612] #11330
  • Kill queries that explicitly pass empty arrays to category__in, tag__in, tag_slug__in, and author__in to WP_Query. [28664] #28099
  • Fix SQL generation when meta_query has an 'relation' => 'OR' for its queries and wants to 'orderby' => 'meta_value'. [28659] #25538
  • Allow users to sort posts by type in WP_Query. [28605] #28214
  • Add access modifiers to WP_User_Query Add magic methods for BC: get(), set(), isset(), unset(), and call(). [28528] #27881, #22234

Internals

  • Wide-reaching changes to do away with many instances of variable-variables. See #27881 for full list of changes.
  • Eliminate use of extract() within WordPress. #22400
  • Fix curly quotes around numbers when applicable. [28721] #8775
  • Only include relevant post authors in WXR exports. [28731] #20206
  • Append the date to $wp_version in the build output, for nightly packages. [28611] #26751.
  • Update wp_insert_comment() and wp_new_comment() with a check for successful database insert. [28672] #28254
  • Use get_pages() instead of a raw SQL query in get_body_class(). [28696] #28159
  • Pre-populate the selected URL or mailto:<email-address> when “Insert/edit link” is clicked. [28705] #19992
  • Live update the menu item title when the user is editing the “Navigation Label” field. [28707] #23076
  • Deprecate get_all_category_ids(). Suggest get_terms() as a replacement. [28679] #21200
  • Deprecate like_escape() and replace with $wpdb->esc_like(). [28711] #10041
  • Redirect edit.php?post_type=attachment to upload.php to avoid an empty list table. [28729] #27951

Formatting

  • Add new function wp_spaces_regexp() to filter for common whitespace characters. [28708] #27588
  • Treat &nbsp; like whitespace by using wp_spaces_regexp() instead of raw regex. [28716] #27588, [28717] #27587, [28718] #23185
  • In wptexturize(), ensure that texturization does not corrupt contents of HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. elements, HTML comments, and smartcode attributes. Adds a variety of unit tests/assertions. [28727] #27602, #12690, #8912
  • Various updates to wptexturize() in [28719] #19308, [28725] #22823, [28726] #20342
  • Allow user to disable texturization. [28715] #19550

TinyMCE:

  • Update TinyMCE to 4.0.28. [28606] #28391, #27941
  • In iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads., fix placing the caret at the bottom of longer posts when the keyboard is open and disable resizing on switching editors and on show/hide of the kitchen sinkKitchen Sink When using the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor in WordPress, you can expand the capabilities to allow more options. This expanded area is called the "Kitchen Sink." row. [28626] #28242
  • Fix problems with undo/redo after resizing an image several times. [28614] #28389
  • Fix saving the editor content on switching from Visual to Text. [28576] #28353

Thanks to @aaroncampbell, @adamsilverstein, @alexander.rohmann, @aliso, @atimmer, @avryl, @azaozz, @boonebgorges, @bramd, @celloexpressions, @clifgriffin, @coffee2code, @danielhuesken, @DavidTheMachine, @DeBAAT, @donncha, @DrewAPicture, @eddiemoya, @edwin-at-studiojoyo.com, @ericlewis, @filosofo, @frank-klein, @Funkatronic, @garhdez, @gauravmittal1995, @gcorne, @georgestephanis, @ghost1227, @grahamarmfield, @harrym, @helen, @iamtakashi, @iljoja, @issuu, @ixkaito, @jackreichert, @JanHenkG, @Jayjdk, @jdgrimes, @jeffstieler, @jeremyfelt, @jesin, @jgadbois, @jjeaton, @jkudish, @joedolson, @johnbillion, @johnjamesjacoby, @johnzanussi, @jtsternberg, @kitchin, @knutsp, @kovshenin, @kpdesign, @kraftbj, @kurtpayne, @kwight, @lancewillett, @lessbloat, @markoheijnen, @mdbitz, @MikeHansenMe, @mikemanger, @miqrogroove, @mrmist, @MuViMoTV, @nabil_kadimi, @nacin, @nd987, @Nessworthy, @netweb, @niallkennedy, @ocean90, @obenland, @pdclark, @pento, @purzlbaum, @rclations, @redsweater, @ruudjoyo, @schoenwaldnils, @scribu, @senlin, @SergeyBiryukov, @sharonaustin, @shaunandrews, @simonwheatley, @sixhours, @slimndap, @solarissmoke, @tar.gz, @tillkruess, @topher1kenobe, @torresga, @UmeshSingla, @winterDev, @wonderboymusic, @wpsmith, @zamfeer, and @duck_ for their coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. contributions!

Thanks to @swissspidy & @designsimply for their help with compiling this post.
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: [28528] to [28757]. 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 4.0.

#4-0, #week-in-core

Kira Schroder 9:32 am on April 15, 2014
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Last Week in WordPress Core

Hello there! This is Last Week in WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. for the week of April 8-April 14. Similar to last week, commits are included up to RC2, which was released today. In addition, maintenance releases 3.8.3 and 3.7.3 are available, and automatic updates are rolling out.

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.

  • Widgets: Properly handle widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. settings when activating a previewed theme. [28124] #27767
  • Widgets: Account for a 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. with no container to which classes can be added. [28100] #27780
  • Custom Headers: Fix image ordering. [28102] #27791
  • Custom Headers: Fix cropping when working with large images. [28101] #27790
  • Add color scheme support for widget choosers. [28122] #27793

Theme Installer

  • Improve route handling and make ?theme= work. [28123] #27708
  • Revert to proxying through PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher for 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/ 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. requests to ensure we have valid installation nonces. [28126] #27798

TinyMCE

  • Update TinyMCE to 4.0.21.1. [28066] #27744
  • Update TinyMCE paste 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 to the latest development version. Improves Pasting from Word to remove inline comments and change tracking. [28089] #27771
  • Ensure vertical resizing and menubar show/hide are set to default for each TinyMCE instance. [28059] #27724
  • Stabilize MediaElement within TinyMCE, and avoid adding undo steps when the body of a wpView changes. [28084] #27389
  • Improve fallback compatibility for wpViews with IE7 and 8. [28062] [28063] #27546

Media

  • In the Image Details modal, remember the last state of the advanced toggle. [28125] #27366
  • Add 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. for wpeditimage TinyMCE plugin and Image Details modal. Includes wp.media.events, which is intended to be a global media event bus. [28095] #27698
  • Apply new add_image_size() cropping preferences to all sizes when image is saved in editor. [28072] #19393
  • Fix tabbing out of the title field on Media->Edit Media screen. [28069] [28070] #27750

Internals

  • Updates: Add a TTL to core update checks to allow us to narrow the 12-hour update window. [28129] #27772
  • User Query: Don’t blindly re-append new 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. queries for capabilities. [28087] #21119
  • Avoid stomping of bulk postdata inside the bulk_edit_posts() loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop.. Reverts [27990], which did not fix it for authors and comment/pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” status. [28113] #27792
  • RTL fixes for Login screen ([28096] #27784), Themes screen ([28104] #27779), TinyMCE ([28094] #27773), and feature pointers ([28107] #27778).

Externals

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. Release is scheduled for this Wednesday, so, the best way to help is to test! Please let us know if you run into problems in the Alpha/Beta forums or on trac.

Thanks to @azaozz, @dd32, @DrewAPicture, @ehg, @GaryJ, @gcorne, @helen, @jesin, @johnbillion, @kerikae, @kpdesign, @mattheu, @matveb, @melchoyce, @morganestes, @nacin, @ocean90, @Otto42, @pavelevap, @redsweater, @ryelle, @scottlee, @SergeyBiryukov, @siobhan, @westonruter, @wonderboymusic, and @yoavf for their help this week!

#3-9, #week-in-core

Kira Schroder 7:33 pm on April 9, 2014
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Last Week in WordPress Core

Howdy everyone! This is Last Week in WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. for the week of March 31-April 7. I’m including all of the commits up to RC1 this week, which was released yesterday. Things are looking good, with very few remaining tickets open.

3.8.2 and 3.7.2 were also released with security fixes, and automatic updates are rolling out.

Developers, please test with your plugins and themes and let us know if you find issues.

TinyMCE: As a quick note, since I’ve seen this brought up in the forums — in this release, TinyMCE no longer uses wpdialogs. This means it now needs to be enqueued by any 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 that wants to use it. As of [28024], there is a clarified warning that will appear in the 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/. console if you attempt to use it, and it’s not enqueued.

IE8 & wpview: Due to IE7/8 compat being necessary in TinyMCE (to resolve caret issues), IE8 and wpview are not currently the best of friends. Post RC1, fixes landed for #27546 that make wpviews degrade more gracefully.

Media:

  • Playlists: Make elements in playlists responsive and fix playlist advancement on mobile. [27894] [27895] #27625
  • Playlists: Set preload='none' for the empty <audio|video> 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.). [27974] #26779
  • Playlists: Make tracks keyboard-accessible. [28023] #27644
  • A/V Shortcodes: Remove support for a caption in audio and video shortcodes. This was part of a UXUX User experience iteration for the related MCE views, but these captions have since been excluded. See [27640]. [27979] #27320
  • Edit Image Modal: Make the calculation of the aspect ratio more robust. [27942] [27948] #27366
  • Do not show featured images for image attachments; remove post_supports_thumbnails() and theme_supports_thumbnails() for now. [28051] #27673

HTML5 Galleries:

  • Remove <br> elements for HTML5 galleries; see #26697. [27914] #27637
  • Twenty Thirteen and Fourteen: Update styles to support the new HTML5 line-break-less galleries. [27926] #27637

Adminadmin (and super admin):

  • 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. HeaderHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. Images: Better handle cropping failures; improve 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) and styles. [27970] #27598; [27946] [27947] [27971] #21785
  • Customizer Header Images: Add suggested dimensions. [28030] [28031] [28039] #21785
  • Edit Post|Page: When autosaving a new post for the first time after a title was typed, cancel the autosave if the user is submitting the form. [27951] #27657

Theme Installer:

  • Hide “Add New” with no-JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors.. [27936] #27055
  • Use JSONP for api.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/ requests. [27961] #27639
  • Fix sorting and counts. Add prev/next to previews and improve keyboard navigation. [27937] #27055; [28033] [28036] [28049] #27521
  • Handle currently installed themes, add search route, let prev/next refresh collections. [28025] [28038] #27695
  • Improve More Filters section and handling when there are no themes found. [27896] [28035] [28037] #27055

Widgets

  • Trigger jQuery events for widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. updates. widget-added when a widget is added to a 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. and widget-updated/widget-synced for widget soft/hard updates. [27909] [27969] #19675; #27491
  • In WP_Widget, introduce is_preview() method to allow widgets to check to see if they’re currently being previewed via the customizer. [27966] #27538
  • Widget Customizer: Improve compatibility with plugin custom scripts and styles for widgets. [27907] #27619
  • Widget Customizer: Rename inject_preview_css to print_preview_css. [27968] #27534
  • Widget Customizer: Use postMessage to highlight widgets in preview or sections/controls in Customizer. [27892] [27893] #27622
  • Widget Customizer: Refactor and clean up WidgetCustomizer as wp.customize.Widgets, and make available widgets panel a Backbone view. [27985] [27986] [27988] [27995] [28034] #27690

TinyMCE

  • Update TinyMCE to 4.0.21. [27897] #24067
  • Image Details Modal Improve look-and-feel, and add a Custom Size option to the size drop-down that reveals fields for soft-resizing the inserted image. [27918] #27366
  • Image Details Modal: Move all advanced options under a single toggle, bring back the field for CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Class, and optimize CSS for responsive layout. [27898] #27366
  • Drag and Drop Uploading: Add new argument to wp_editor() to enable. [27901] #27465
  • Gallery Views: Avoid JS errors when image attachments lack metadata. [28008] #27691
  • Return to loading /langs/[locale].js and /langs/[locale]_dlg.js from PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher to prevent errors with missing translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. files when requireLangPack() is used without its second argument. Back to using ISO 639-1 (two letter) locales. #24067; [27922] #27610
  • Clarify error when wpdialogs is not enqueued. Add wp_enqueue_editor action fired when scripts and styles for the editor are being enqueued. [28024] #16284
  • Update translatable strings. [27927] #27453, #24067
  • Tighten up toolbar and tab styles. [27978] [27983] #27279
  • Expose toolbar keyboard shortcut in Help documentation for TinyMCE, and clean up TinyMCE help dialog, removing duplicated text and leaving only Keyboard Shortcuts. [28029] #27024; [28032] #27100

Database:

  • Fall back from ext/mysqli to ext/mysqlMySQL MySQL is a relational database management system. A database is a structured collection of data where content, configuration and other options are stored. https://www.mysql.com/. if the connection fails. This allows us to avoid breaking a site that works under ext/mysql but is misconfigured for ext/mysqli. [27935] #21663
  • Add $allow_bail argument to wpdb::check_connection() to match the connect method. [27925] #27240
  • Don’t pass a second argument to mysqli_fetch_field(). [28002] #27693
  • Rename USE_EXT_MYSQL to WP_USE_EXT_MYSQL. [28022] #21663

Internals:

  • Updates: Record Plugin & Theme update statistics like we do for Core updates. [27905] [27906] #27633
  • Pingbacks: Forward pingbackPingback A pingback is a special type of comment that's created when you link to another blog post, as long as the other blog is set to accept pingbacks. Pingback allows you to notify other bloggers that you have linked to their article on your website. Although there are some minor technical differences, a trackback is basically the same thing as a pingback. IP during verification. [27872] #27613
  • Dashicons: [27989] [28005] [28013] #26936
    • New icons: .dashicons-external, .dashicons-editor-contract and .dashicons-universal-access-alt.
    • Updated icons: .dashicons-code, .dashicons-universal-access, .dashicons-arrow-x-alt and .dashicons-arrow-x-alt2.
    • Restores .dashicons-post-trash as an alias for .dashicons-trash, which is the new one.
    • Use new icons in Widget Customizer.
  • Don’t try to resolve symlinks for single-file plugins. plugins_url() should not be used in this context anyway. [27999] #16953
  • Remove old links_recently_updated_* DB options that never had a UIUI User interface. [27916] #27649
  • Deprecate wpmu_current_site(). [28009] #27702

Many thanks to @adamsilverstein, @andykeith, @avryl, @azaozz, @bramd, @chiragswadia, @davidmarichal, @dd32, @dpe415, @duck_, @DrewAPicture, @DrProtocols, @ehg, @eightface, @empireoflight, @gcorne, @helen, @jackreichert, @jdgrimes, @jeremyfelt, @jesin, @joedolson, @johnbillion, @jorbin, @jond3r, @kovshenin, @kpdesign, @leewillis77, @markjaquith, @matveb, @mcsf, @melchoyce, @michael-arestad, @nacin, @Nessworthy, @norcross, @obenland, @ocean90, @pento, @plocha, @rachelbaker, @rmccue, @sdasse, @SergeyBiryukov, @siobhan, @sonjanyc, @tellyworth, Tom Adams, @vancoder, @westonruter, and @wonderboymusic for their help this week!

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. Since we’re getting very close to release, the best way to help is to test! Let us know if you run into problems in the Alpha/Beta forums or on trac.

#3-9, #week-in-core

Kira Schroder 8:12 am on April 3, 2014
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Last Weeks in WordPress Core

Hi! This is a late Last Week in WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. for the two weeks of March 17-30. Lots going on as we approach RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta)..

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. 3 is out, and you can check out the release post here. There are a few big things that have landed that are included. In particular, please test video and audio playlists by uploading more than one file of either, and check to see if you see any oddities in quote formatting, as much of wptexturize() was revamped.

Adminadmin (and super admin):

  • Theme Installer: Restore the feature 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., improve responsiveness, update router, make ‘Upload Theme’ button more consistent with the admin, and avoid theme-count causing filters to jump. [27636] #27055
  • Theme Installer: Bring keyboard 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) to the theme install screen and theme action buttons. [27804] #27521
  • Dashboard: Restore the update message in the dashboard that was removed in 3.8. [27711] #26664
  • Distraction Free Writing: Allow the fullscreen editor’s content area to be responsive. [27821] #27569
  • Accessibility: Better focus styles for form elements in the admin. [27741] #27173

WidgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. 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.:

  • Restore highlighting of widgets in preview. [27584] [27702] #27358
  • Use WP_Error for errors, and add handling for when user is missing cap to change widgets or is logged out. [27652] #27419

Themes:

  • Introduce HTML5 caption support: When supported by a theme via add_theme_support( 'html5', 'caption' ), use figure and figcaption instead of div and p. With HTML5 captions, no longer include extra 10 pixels within inline styles. img_caption_shortcode_width is skipped when the theme supports HTML5 captions. [27668] #26642 #9066
  • On attachment pages for audio and video, add support for players. [27622] #27243
  • Default Themes: Improve accessibility for keyboard and voice-over interactions. [27594] #27147 [27606] [27607] #24839
  • Default Themes: Update editor styles for A/V and Galleries. [27638] [27637] [27641] #27462
  • Default Themes: Enable thumbnail support for attachment:audio and attachment:video. Check for theme OR post type support when determining whether to enable Featured ImageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. UIUI User interface in the admin. [27657] #27460

Media

  • There is no more video-playlist 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.. To use video, it is now [playlist type='video' ...]. Core playlist styles removed; the style attribute is still supported, defaulting to light. [27785] [27812] #27552
  • Only enqueue the media modal image editor within the admin. [27625] #21811
  • Support a caption attribute for audio and video shortcodes. [27640] #27320
  • Create a new file, media-audiovideo.js, to house all of the audio and video JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. code in core, and improve UXUX User experience. [27608] [27631] #27437
  • With Plupload, switch to urlstream upload method when the flash runtime is used in non IE browsers. This ensures cookies are sent but limits the maximum file size that flash can handle. By default only IE9 and older use flash, so it would only affect things if a 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 disables the html5 runtime. [27662]
  • Provide a metaboxMetabox A post metabox is a draggable box shown on the post editing screen. Its purpose is to allow the user to select or enter information in addition to the main post content. This information should be related to the post in some way. to edit audio metadata (initially from ID3) on the “Edit Media” page. [27862] [27862] [27864] [27869] #27574.

TinyMCE:

  • Update TinyMCE to 4.0.20. [27603] #24067
  • Update tests. It’s now possible to run most TinyMCE tests directly from the cli using PhantomJS. [27679] [27680] #27014
  • Playlist Preview: Support playlist views in TinyMCE. [27640] #27320
  • Edit Image Modal: Bring back some of the advanced settings. [27797] #27366

Internals

  • Masonry: Update Masonry v2/v3 shim from upstream. [27779] [27780] [27781] #27510
  • Texturize: Massive performance improvements (~600% faster); better handling of braces, nbsp, double, and weird spaces; 136 new unit tests. [27839] [27844] #22692
  • Cookie Session Checks:: Only show test cookie warnings on submit as caching/proxies may intercept the test cookie for GET requests. Introduce a new string for when headers are sent and link them to a new Cookies page on the codex. [27859] #27373
  • Object Cache:: Introduce pre_update_option filter, available in update_option(). Allows filtering of any option before its value is (maybe) serialized and updated. [27815] #27504
  • wpautop: Remove select and input from wpautop()‘s HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. blocks list. [27761] #22230
  • Heartbeat: 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. should always receive unslashed data. This affects the privileged hooks; the unprivileged hooks already did so. [27576] #27260
  • Customizer: Use esc_url_raw to escape customizer URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org settings to prevent double encoding. [27574] #26569
  • Template: Encode spaces in get_template_directory_uri() and get_stylesheet_directory_uri(). [27710] #21969
  • Filesystem: Fix getchmod() for direct and ssh2 transports, for directories. [27566] #26598
  • Text/i18ni18n Internationalization, or the act of writing and preparing code to be fully translatable into other languages. Also see localization. Often written with a lowercase i so it is not confused with a lowercase L or the numeral 1. Often an acquired skill. Cleanup: Many text changes and updates. Check out all of them in the full log on Trac.
  • i18n: In is_serialized(), use substr() rather than array access, for compatibility with multibyte overloading. [27565] #18007
  • Postmeta: Return false from metadata_exists() if the get_$type_metadata filter returns a false value. [27562] #22746
  • Pagination: Introduce before_page_number and after_page_number arguments for paginate_links(). [27600] #24709
  • E-mail: Always decode special characters for email subjects. [27801] #25346
  • WP Class: Add post_parent to the private query vars list. Fixes detached media queries. [27782] #27532.
  • Post: Use wp_parse_id_list() when parsing exclude_tree in get_pages(). Ensure a URL string, array with string as value, and array with array as value for exclude_tree can be used to specify multiple IDs. [27767] #9153

WP_Query

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:

  • Introduce a ms_site_not_found filter to replace NOBLOGREDIRECT. Bail if there’s no site. [27663] #21143; #27003
  • In multisite load, cache the main site lookup query. [27664] #27003
  • Ensure the $path is trailing-slashed in domain_exists(). [27717] #20589

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 helping close out the release? Write or test a patch for 3.9.

Thanks to @adamsilverstein, @adelval, @afercia, @aliso, @aubreypwd, @avryl, @azaozz, @barry, @bcworkz, @celloexpressions, @cgaffga, @Chouby, @chriseverson, @chrisguitarguy, @cramdesign, @danielbachhuber, @dannydehaan, @DavidAnderson, @DrewAPicture, @drozdz, @dustyf, @eatingrules, @ehg, @eightface, @ejdanderson, @eliorivero, @empireoflight, @ericlewis, @ericmann, @ethitter, @fahmiadib, @frank-klein, @gcorne, @grahamarmfield, @GregLone, @hakre, @helen, @jackreichert, @janw.oostendorp, @jartes, @jbkkd, @jdgrimes, @jeremyfelt, @joedolson, @johnbillion, @jorbin, @kawauso, @kovshenin, @kpdesign, @kwight, @lancewillett, @lkwdwrd, @markjaquith, @mattheu, @mattonomics, @matveb, @mauryaratan, @mcsf, @melchoyce, @MikeHansenMe, @miqrogroove, @mordauk, @nacin, @Nao, @Nessworthy, @nofearinc, @obenland, @ocean90, @paulwilde, @pavelevap, @pbearne, @philiparthurmoore, @prettyboymp, @raamdev, @rachelbaker, @ramonchiara, @roothorick, @ryelle, @sabreuse, @sandyr, @SergeyBiryukov, @shahpranaf, @siobhyb, @spmlucas, @stevenkword, @tbrams, @tlovett1, @TobiasBg, @tomauger, @Toru, @vanillalounge, @westonruter, @wonderboymusic, @xknown, and @yoavf for their efforts!

#3-9, #week-in-core

Kira Schroder 10:29 am on March 13, 2014
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Last Week in WordPress Core

Hi there! Welcome to Last Week in WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. for the week of March 3–9. By now, you’ve heard that WordPress 3.9 Beta 1 is available! Thank you for your hard work this last week. Now we’re done adding new enhancements, and on to bugs. Your help is appreciated as we continue to test and squash bugs on the way to a stable RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta)..

There are a couple important things that landed on Monday that are not covered in this post, but shipped in 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.. Namely, please test the Theme Install screen refresh and the ability to crop headers from within the Customizer.

Adminadmin (and super admin):

  • Widgets: Add widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. management to 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.. This brings in the Widget Customizer plugin. [27419] #27112
  • Admin Menu: Introduce a .dashicons-before CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. class and use it in the admin menu. Lets you use a Dashicon before an element without copying the entire .dashicons styling to your :before styling. [27418] [27425] [27444] [27482] #26630
  • Editor: Show “View Post” for any post the author can read. This expands it to private posts and matches the logic in the toolbar. [27483] #27059

Media:

  • First pass at bringing the Image Editor into the media modal. Please test me! [27445] #21811
  • First pass adding a loading indicator to the Media Library. [27438] #24859
  • Allow $crop in add_image_size() and set_post_thumbnail_size() to receive crop anchors (top, left, right, bottom, center). [27472] #19393.
  • Add subtitle support to Video editing in the Media Modal. [27481] #27016
  • Do not output default gallery styles if the theme has opted into HTML5 galleries. [27396] #27045; see #26697
  • Add a class attribute to the caption 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. to allow additional classes to be specified. [27404] #25295
  • Add playlist_styles and wp_playlist_scripts filters to allow users to roll their own playlist themes. [27486] #26631 & [27488] #26631

TinyMCE:

  • Update TinyMCE to 4.0.18. [27387] #24067
  • Add TinyMCE placeholders for audio and video shortcodes and provide a UIUI User interface to both edit shortcode attributes and replace the src media file in an audio or video shortcode. Also, a flurry of improvements and fixes to them, visible in the full changelog. [27411] #27016
  • Add a Ctrl+K shortcut to open the linking dialog, which is the “de-facto standard”. [27449] #27305
  • Add the <hr> 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 and button to the toolbar. [27428] #27159
  • With drag-and-drop uploading, support multiple editor instances, limit to IE10+, and other small fixes. [27378] [27372] [27464] #19845
  • When parsing a caption shortcode, recreate missing width attributes using the image 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.)’s width. [27426] #23103
  • Restore the “link” button state to disabled by default and enabled when text or image is selected. Remove the (recently added) default link plugin; not needed. [27447] #27309

Templates:

  • Add has-post-thumbnail as a post class. [27429] #18804
  • Rename the new page_templates 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. to theme_page_templates, and pass it a post object for proper context. [27470] [27471] #13265
  • Introduce get_the_permalink() as an alias for get_permalink(). This better aligns it with other the_* and get_the_* function pairs. [27409] #24164
  • Let get_the_date() accept a post object. [27380] #13771
  • Add the ability to short-circuit wp_nav_menu() via the pre_wp_nav_menu hook. [27386] #23627
  • Better plural handling for labels in wp_generate_tag_cloud() / wp_tag_cloud(). [27376] #27262, see #7989, #14424

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:

  • Incremental improvements and 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. fixes with the multisite load process. Please test your networks! [27406] [27439] [27407] #27003
  • Fix bulk activation of networknetwork (versus site, blog)-only plugins. [27413] #26487

Query:

  • Add has_password and post_password query variables to WP_Query. has_password true means posts with passwords, false means posts without. post_password can query for posts with a particular password. [27395] #20308
  • Allow a posts_per_rss query variable to be set to override the posts_per_rss option. [27456] [27455] #25380
  • Allow get_page_by_path() and get_page_by_title() to accept an array of post types. [27423] #24763

Internals:

  • Allow for custom authentication handlers for all requests. Turn the logic used by wp_get_current_user() into a determine_current_user filter. [27484] #26706
  • Allow the role attribute in kses for all elements. [27388] #24098
  • Add a pre_set_theme_mod_$name filter to set_theme_mod(), modeled after pre_update_option_$option in update_option(). [27393] [27402] #14721.
  • Improve HHVM compatibility by eliminating some of our last remaining create_function() calls and making OBJECT a case sensitive constant. [27373] [27374] [27465] #14424 [27377] #27231
  • Pass $reassign parameter to delete_user and deleted_user actions. [27462] [27466] #23057
  • Bail early from shortcode functions if no delimiter is present. It’s the little things; performance results on-ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.. [27394] #23855
  • Update PHPMailer to 5.2.7 from 5.2.4. Includes two trivial modifications for WordPress (no impact to plugin developers); see the commit message. [27385] #25560
  • Use SSLSSL Secure Sockets Layer. Provides a secure means of sending data over the internet. Used for authenticated and private actions. when linking 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/. [27469] #27115

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 3.9.

Thanks to @adamsilverstein, @akeda, @avryl, @bassgang, @bigdawggi, @bobbravo2, @bpetty, @bradt, @celloexpressions, @coffee2code, @danielbachhuber, @dd32, @DJPaul, @DrewAPicture, @empireoflight, @ericlewis, @ericmann, @frank-klein, @gcorne, @genkisan, @gradyetc, @hakre, @Hanni, @Jayjdk, @jenmylo, @johnregan3, @jorbin, @JoshuaAbenazer, @kadamwhite, @kasparsd, @Kopepasah, @kovshenin, @kpdesign, @lpointet, @markjaquith, @mcadwell, @melchoyce, @michael-arestad, @mikecorkum, @mordauk, @nacin, @obenland, @Otto42, @pavelevap, @Rarst, @rhyswynne, @ricardocorreia, @rmccue, @robmiller, @seanchayes, @SergeyBiryukov, @shaunandrews, @simonwheatley, @sirzooro, @tanner-m, @TobiasBg, @tomauger, @topher1kenobe, @topquarky, @toszcze, @westonruter, @wokamoto, @wonderboymusic, @zbtirrell, and @zodiac1978 for their efforts this week!

#3-9, #week-in-core

Kira Schroder 8:23 am on March 5, 2014
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Last Week in WordPress Core

Howdy! This is Last Week in WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. for the week of February 24—March 2! Lots of activity for the past week, which is great as we head into our last few days of alpha. Please join us for daily triage at 1900 UTC to help work through the remaining enhancements scheduled for 3.9.

As a quick note, if you work with our tools in ‘develop’, and are receiving a SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN error, you can resolve it by running npm config set ca="". For details, check out this npm blog post.

If you want to skim, each section is roughly ordered by an important and/or interesting factor.

Editor

  • Add the ability to drag and drop files directly onto the editor. Upon drop, the media manager will open, and file will begin to upload. [27343] #19845
  • Throttle scrolling of the main window when the editor is active and is being scrolled with the mouse wheel or a trackpad. [27368]. Expect some major tweaks here, though; see #27013.

Templating

  • Introduce HTML5 gallery support. When a theme supports HTML5 galleries via add_theme_support( 'html5', 'gallery' ), figure, and figcaption will be used instead of definition list markup. [27302] #26697
  • Add a 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. to remove or rename page templates for a theme. This does not yet handle adding page templates. [27297] #13265
  • Move comment-reply.js to the footer. While it can function before the page is loaded, it works by moving the comment form, which is usually toward the bottom of the page. Please report any contraindications on the ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.. [27303] #12641
  • Return 404 when querying author’s posts who is not a member and has no posts on the site. [27290] #20601
  • Make get_adjacent_post() wrap a new WP_Adjacent_Post object that uses WP_Query. [27285] [27286] #26937
  • Add exclude and include arguments to wp_list_authors(). [27274] #9902

Internals

  • 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: Introduce get_site_by_path() and further rewrite the site detection process for multisite. This makes it so that a sunrise 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 could do much of its work by adding filters, if those are even needed. [27359] #27003
  • Database: Use MySQLi for WordPress development versions, regardless of PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher version, to increase testing footprint. There’s also a constant for testing purposes. [27257] [27278] #21663
  • Plugin 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.: Introduce doing_filter() and doing_action() to identify 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. in progress. You can also use this with to identify a hook that has completed. For more, see [27294] #14994.
  • Formatting: Strip backslashes, not just forward slashes, from untrailingslashit(). trailingslashit() will now remove any forward or backslashes from the end of a string before appending a forward slash. [27344] #22267
  • Date/Time: Allow current_time() to accept a date format string, adding to timestamp and mysql. [27259] #21653
  • Updates: During core upgrade, copy wp-includes/version.php over last, to avoid an installation failing with the new version.php in place. [27336] #25860
  • Rewrite API: Allow rewrite endpoints to specify a query variable name. [27327] #20905
  • Cache API: Revert [27115] and let cache backends handle the stripping of spaces in cache keys as necessary. microtime() returns greater precision than microtime(true). [27300] #27000, #23448, #26903, #14485
  • Query: Add a $default argument to get_query_var() and WP_Query::get(). Helpful when working with endpoints. [27304] #16471
  • Comment Query: Allow user_id to be an array of IDs in WP_Comment_Query. [27258] #27064
  • Users: Make the user arguments for get_edit_profile_url() and get_dashboard_url() optional, defaulting to the current user. [27260] [27265] #16686

External Libraries

  • Update the Masonry 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/. library to version 3. [27271] #25351
    • The new script handle is masonry. The old jquery-masonry handle is the official shiv that sits on top of the v3 library to be backwards compatible with v2 usage. While v3 no longer depends on jQuery, a theme or plugin may have been implicitly loading jQuery though Masonry, rather than additionally declaring it as a dependency for themselves.
    • Themes should switch to masonry and declare jQuery as a dependency on their own if they need it.
    • Upgrade guide on Masonry’s site, with the exception that, for core, we continue to include imagesLoaded.
  • Upgrade Plupload to 2.x (2.1.1) [27316] #25663
  • Update the Root Certificate bundle used for SSLSSL Secure Sockets Layer. Provides a secure means of sending data over the internet. Used for authenticated and private actions. communication by WP_HTTP from the latest Mozilla release NSS. [27307] #27017

Developer Tools

  • Add grunt-patch-wordpress for applying patches directly from TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.. Mapped to grunt patch, which declares usage. Requires npm install to install. [27299] #27023
  • Add JSHint to Travis CI config. [27267] #26446

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 3.9.

Thanks to @adamsilverstein, @andy, @avryl, @bassgang, @bootsz, @chrisscott, @danielbachhuber, @DrewAPicture, @enej, @ericlewis, @ericmann, @ethitter, @evarlese, @garyc40, @GaryJ, @gcorne, @georgestephanis, @GregLone, @helen, @iamfriendly, @Ipstenu, @jackreichert, @jeremyfelt, @johnjamesjacoby, @jorbin, @knutsp, @kovshenin, @kpdesign, @leewillis77, @markjaquith, @mattheu, @mboynes, @mitchoyoshitaka, @mjbanks, @mordauk, @morganestes, @nacin, @nicolealleyinteractivecom, @obenland, @ocean90, @patricknami, @pento, @pross, @rickalee, @salcode, @scribu, @SergeyBiryukov, @shelob9, @siobhyb, @solarissmoke, @xsonic, @stephcook22, @theorboman, @tivnet, @TobiasBg, @willmot, @wonderboymusic, @xknown, and @yoavf for their help this week!

#3-9, #week-in-core

K. Adam White 9:48 pm on November 5, 2013
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JavaScript Coding Standards

The PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher files in WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. become cleaner and easier to read with every release, thanks in part to our standards for PHP code style. Our 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/., on the other hand, hasn’t gotten nearly enough love. This post is intended to open up the recent discussion around JavaScript style to the greater community so we can make up for lost time.

Don’t we already have a style guide for JavaScript?

Back in March, @tommcfarlin added a set of coding standards for JavaScript to the developer handbook. These WordPress JS coding standards are a great work-in-progress, but weren’t fully comprehensive (leading to some comment threads clarifying various areas). More importantly, without any clear implementation plan the style guide failed to gain traction.

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. Boston’s core contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. I revisited this style guide with @mattwiebe and Corey Frang (@gnarf37). It is important to identify *and implement* conventions for JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. style ASAP because syntax issues in the JS within WordPress may hide latent bugs, and inconsistent code discourages contribution. Focusing on implementation lead us to look for an existing, proven JS style guide with a .jshintrc file (a set of configuration options for the JSHint code quality tool) which we could adopt largely as-is: Getting JSHint in place lets us see the biggest issues in our JS, so we can begin tackling them incrementally (perhaps in the same manner as the inline docs effort).

After looking at Idiomatic.js and several other widely-adopted JS style guides, we feel the jQuery Foundation’s jQuery Core JavaScript Style Guide guide is the closest match for what we need in WordPress.

Adopting the jQuery Core JavaScript Style Guide

jQuery’s guide shared WordPress core’s love of white space—the same “when in doubt, space it out” mantra from the existing JS style page. Moreover, jQuery’s code conventions have been referenced in tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets as an example of how we should be writing our code. Adopting their guide wholesale capitalizes on our stylistic similarities, and will let us adopt their .jshintrc and any future code quality tools they write with minimal changes.
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#coding-style, #javascript

Kim Parsell 6:34 pm on November 4, 2013
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The State of Inline Docs

We haven’t posted an update in several weeks, so thought we’d bring everyone up to speed on the Inline Docsinline docs (phpdoc, docblock, xref) project.

This project started July 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. San Francisco as a 3.7 release action item. Work continues into the 3.8 release cycle, and we would like to have the hook documentation completed by the time 3.8 is released in December.

PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher Documentation Standards

The PHP Documentation Standard has been amended several times since it was first published in early September. The latest amendments include:

If you are one of our contributors, please make sure you read the standards again to familiarize yourself with the changes.

WordCamp Contributor Days

We would like to thank WordCamp Toronto (10/6), WordCamp Europe (10/7), and WordCamp Sofia (10/27) for including Inline Docs as part of their respective Contributor Days. Approximately 35 files were documented, and several new contributors had their first patches committed to WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. as a result. Woot!

Contributors

So far, 47 people have received props for submitting inline docs patches:

@admiralthrawn, @aeg0125, @a.hoereth, @andg, @aralbald, @bananastalktome, @ben.moody, @betzster, @bftrick, @dllh, @drewapicture, @dougwollison, @dustyf, @enej, @ericlewis, @Faison, @FrankKlein, @gayadesign, @gizburdt, @johnafish, @johnbillion, @jonlynch, @kpdesign, @l10nL10n Localization, or the act of translating code into one's own language. Also see internationalization. Often written with an uppercase L so it is not confused with the capital letter i or the numeral 1. WordPress has a capable and dynamic group of polyglots who take WordPress to more than 70 different locales., @nacin, @naomicbush, @NikV, @ninio, @miyauchi, @morduak, @Nao, @natejacobs, @netweb, @nukaga, @nullvariable, @pauldewouters, @r3df, @rzen, @sboisvert, @SergeyBiryukov, @ShinichiN, @Siobhyb, @swissspidy, @tmtoy, @tomauger, @tw2113, @vinod dalvi

There are 10 other contributors with patches waiting to be reviewed and committed that will be added to this list. We want to thank everyone for their participation so far, and hope you continue contributing!

Progress To Date

According to the “master list“, there are 185 files containing 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. to be documented. The current status, as of today:

  • Completed: 92 files (49.72%)
  • In progress: 23 files
  • Available to claim: 70 files

Weekly Office Hours

We continue to hold weekly office hours meetings on Wednesdays at 19:00 UTC in #wordpress-sfd.

#3-8, #inline-docs