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Jb Audras 9:22 pm on February 20, 2024
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A Week in Core – February 19, 2024

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between February 12 and February 19, 2024.

  • 23 commits
  • 43 contributors
  • 81 tickets created
  • 13 tickets reopened
  • 88 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Build/Test Tools

  • Ignore src/wp-content/fonts from version controlversion control A version control system keeps track of the source code and revisions to the source code. WordPress uses Subversion (SVN) for version control, with Git mirrors for most repositories. – #60337
  • Remove more unnecessary direct dependencies – #59658
  • Remove unnecessary direct dependencies – #59658
  • Update several dependencies – #59658
  • Use assertSame() in WP_Query tests involving ::$max_num_pages property – #58683, #59655
  • Use assertSame() in get_comment_pages_count() tests – #58683, #59655

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Nineteen: Update selectors used to change the primary color 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. – #59922
  • Twenty Twenty-Four: Increase the color contrast of the Ember style variation – #60459
  • Support pullquote blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. typography options in Twenty Twenty-One – #57854

Canonical

  • Limit post types searched by redirect_guess_404_permalink() – #59795
  • Rename admin_canonical_url 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 wp_admin_canonical_url – #59545

Coding Standards

  • Allow $newlineEscape parameter in WP_Text_Diff_Renderer_inline::_splitOnWords() – #59650

Docs

  • Various improvements and corrections to inline documentation – #59651

Editor

  • Check PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 8.1.12 for woff/woff2 mime types in WP_Font_Utils – 60536
  • Merge uses_context defined by block bindings sources with block types – #60525
  • Prevent PHP warning when parsing duotone hue values – #59496
  • Interactivity 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.: Skip instead of bail out if HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. contains SVG or MATH – #60517
  • Interactivity API: Use string instead of object in data-wp-interactive attribute – #60542, #60356

General

  • Consistently cast return value to int in functions that use ceil() – #58683
  • Further improve language in SimplePie code comments – #60247

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.

  • Prevent incorrect language dropdown entries when there are .l10n.php files – #59656, #60553

Media

  • Replace media icon images with SVG – #31352

REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/.

  • Clarify documentation for methods and filters relating to REST API search endpoints – #59651

Props

Thanks to the 43 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac: @costdev (3), @shailu25 (3), @gziolo (3), @poena (3), @huzaifaalmesbah (3), @peterwilsoncc (2), @cbravobernal (2), @swissspidy (2), @sabernhardt (2), @jacobcassidy (1), @rahmohn (1), @mukesh27 (1), @westonruter (1), @dmsnell (1), @crstauf (1), @audrasjb (1), @manfcarlo (1), @francescocarlucci (1), @rajinsharwar (1), @Anlino (1), @richtabor (1), @itpathsolutions (1), @santosguillamot (1), @czapla (1), @thekt12 (1), @ironprogrammer (1), @afercia (1), @iseulde (1), @melchoyce (1), @joemcgill (1), @wonderboymusic (1), @ocean90 (1), @karmatosed (1), @boemedia (1), @bosskhj (1), @joedolson (1), @faisal03 (1), @ashikur698 (1), @kafleg (1), @hellofromTonya (1), @darshitrajyaguru97 (1), @harshgajipara (1), and @skyakash12 (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 3 new contributors of the week: @jacobcassidy, @francescocarlucci, @skyakash12 ♥️

Core committers: @swissspidy (8), @sergeybiryukov (5), @desrosj (3), @johnbillion (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @peterwilsoncc (1), @gziolo (1), and @joedolson (1).

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Jb Audras 10:53 pm on October 10, 2023
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Four Weeks in Core – October 9, 2023

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between September 4 and October 9, 2023.

Please note that exceptionally and because of personal vacations, this Week in Core issue covers 4 weeks 😊

  • 269 commits
  • 337 contributors
  • 295 tickets created
  • 43 tickets reopened
  • 277 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

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Jb Audras 6:39 am on September 6, 2023
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Two Weeks in Core – September 4, 2023

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between August 21 and September 4, 2023.

  • 75 commits
  • 150 contributors (!)
  • 25 new contributors (!)
  • 129 tickets created
  • 13 tickets reopened
  • 117 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Administration

  • Escape post type output as field attribute – #59190

Build/Test Tools

  • Avoid doing copy:dynamic when running grunt watch when using --dev option – #59196
  • Change the version of Node.js in the Codespaces container – #56658
  • Compare results in performance measurement workflow – #58358, #58359
  • Enable running the tests on PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 8.3 – #59231
  • Ensure database containers are prepared for commands – #30462, #58867
  • Expand database testing to account for all supported versions and types – #30462
  • Implicitly pass secrets to the called workflow – #30462
  • Merge pre-commit changes missed in [56439] – #30462
  • Revert unintentional .env change in [56449] – #56594
  • Tests_Formatting_MakeClickable should use data providors – #57660
  • Correct uses of ReflectionProperty::setValue() for static properties – #59231
  • Fix coding standards for Tests_Admin_wpUserSearch – #41125
  • Remove webfonts tests – #59165

Bundled Theme

  • Twenty Nineteen: Improve social media icon dimension attributes – #45950
  • Ensure that pull quotes are able to use the correct font size – #57854

Coding Standards

  • Remove unused global variables in various /wp-admin/includes/ files – #59254
  • Use strict comparison in wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php – #58831
  • Use strict comparison in wp-includes/class-wp-widget.php – #58831
  • Use strict comparison in wp-includes/ms-files.php – #58831
  • Use strict comparison in wp-includes/ms-site.php – #58831

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.

  • use the correct X-Robots-Tag 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. – #58865

Database

  • Improve the documentation for various methods in the wpdb class – #58833
  • Remove support for the mysql extension – #59118

Docs

  • Add missing param description in WP_Comment class – #58890
  • Clarify post_date_column_time 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. description – #59029
  • Correct default post type in page_template_dropdown() docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) – #58972
  • Docblock improvements in _deprecated_class() function, as per docblocks standards – #58833
  • Fix typo in a translator comment in _deprecated_class() – #58833
  • Improve PHPCSPHP Code Sniffer PHP Code Sniffer, a popular tool for analyzing code quality. The WordPress Coding Standards rely on PHPCS. comments general consistency – #58833
  • Use third-person singular verbs in various function descriptions, as per docblocks standards – #58833
  • Wrap inline @see tags in curly braces – #58858

Editor

  • Add relative time strings for the wp-date inline script output – #59219, #47373
  • Don’t use fluid layout value in typography – #58754
  • Ensure main query 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. is entered for singular content in blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. themes – #58154
  • Optimize wp_get_block_css_selector to remove array_merge calls for better performance – #59178
  • Preserve block style variations when securing theme – #59108
  • Introduce font-face styles generator and printer – #59165

External Libraries

  • Update jQuery to version 3.7.1 – #59227
  • Upgrade PHPMailer to version 6.8.1 – #59238 – #58833

General

  • Fix coding standards for translatable _deprecated_class() message strings – #41125
  • Introduce a _deprecated_class() function – #41125
  • Replace two esc_url_raw() calls in core with sanitize_url() – #59247
  • Use regular core button styles for page header actions – #41986

HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. 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.

  • Stop processing HTML when encountering unsupported markup – #59167
  • Update WP_Http class to avoid PHP deprecation warnings – #58876

Help/About

  • Match icon and text in Help for bulk edit button – #58785

Login and Registration

  • Improve test coverage for sign on related functions – #36476

Media

  • Add a filter to the get_available_post_mime_types() function to allow overriding its database query – #52759
  • Prevent warning if 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. is used without attributes – #59206
  • Remove unused $is_IE and $is_opera globals in media_upload_form() – #59254

Menus

  • Fix proximity of controls to Save and Delete menus – #56594
  • Revert unintentional changes in [56449] – #56594

Options, 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. APIs

  • Introduce prime_options() to load multiple options with a single database request – #58962
  • Introduce wp_set_option_autoload_values() – #58964

Performance

  • Add fallback for $script_uri to prevent firing plugins_url() unnecessarily – #59181

Plugins

  • Correctly display spaces in new plugins search results – #59143

Posts, Post Types

  • Avoid redundant SQL query in get_pages() – #59224
  • Reinstate missing sort_column options in get_pages() – #59226
  • Remove redundant function calls in get_body_class() – #43661

REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/.

  • Remove misleading comment in WP_REST_Blocks_Controller->get_item_schema – #59193

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.

  • Add missing escaping function for $post_edit_link in wp-admin/revision.php – #59141

Rewrite Rules

  • Prevent stampedes when flush_rewrite_rules() is called – #58998

Site Health

  • Show correct debug value for file uploads – #58737
  • fix check name used for REST API permission checks – #59236

Upgrade/Install

  • Add missing escaping function for get_option( 'home' ) in upgrade.php – #59199
  • Remove unused globals in core_upgrade_preamble() – #59254

Upload

  • Add a MIME type exception for .docx generated by Google Docs – #57898
  • Correct duplicate MIME type for .xlsx files generated by Google Docs – #57898

Users

  • Call add_user_meta() instead of update_user_meta() when adding metadata to a new user – #59212
  • Properly deprecate both constructors in WP_User_Search – #41125
  • Remove unused wpdb global in check_password_reset_key() – #59185

Widgets

  • Improve performance of has_content method in WP_Widget_Media_Gallery class – #58757

XML-RPC

  • Remove unused wpdb global in wp_xmlrpc_server::mw_newMediaObject() – #59185

Props

Thanks to the 150 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week:

@mukesh27 (14), @costdev (11), @sergeybiryukov (10), @joemcgill (8), @flixos90 (7), @jrf (7), @poena (6), @aristath (5), @afercia (5), @upadalavipul (5), @spacedmonkey (5), @rajinsharwar (4), @desrosj (4), @azaozz (4), @Presskopp (4), @jorbin (3), @oglekler (3), @ramonopoly (3), @swissspidy (3), @david.binda (3), @westonruter (2), @hellofromTonya (2), @oandregal (2), @boonebgorges (2), @tabrisrp (2), @gziolo (2), @daxelrod (2), @johnbillion (2), @hztyfoon (2), @davidbaumwald (2), @sabernhardt (2), @jeffpaul (2), @nidhidhandhukiya (2), @niravsherasiya7707 (1), @michelleblanchette (1), @dhruvishah2203 (1), @matthewfarlymn (1), @elrae (1), @DrewAPicture (1), @rmccue (1), @ohryan (1), @wvega (1), @ahardyjpl (1), @nekojonez (1), @dilipbheda (1), @TobiasBg (1), @Synchro (1), @aslamdoctor (1), @maltfield (1), @szepeviktor (1), @bvreeman22 (1), @johnregan3 (1), @johnjamesjacoby (1), @iammehedi1 (1), @jordanpak (1), @adhun (1), @nithi22 (1), @huzaifaalmesbah (1), @deepakvijayan (1), @zunaid321 (1), @olliejones (1), @laurelfulford (1), @maxinacube (1), @l1nuxjedi (1), @pento (1), @netweb (1), @nacin (1), @crstauf (1), @armondal (1), @tahmidulkarim (1), @crunnells (1), @TimothyBlynJacobs (1), @JordanPak (1), @emailjoey (1), @melchoyce (1), @michaelarestad (1), @danieltj (1), @helen (1), @viralsampat (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @iCaleb (1), @maciejmackowiak (1), @archon810 (1), @rcorrales (1), @varjodesigns (1), @jivygraphics (1), @whyisjake (1), @90lines (1), @sc0ttkclark (1), @jakariaistauk (1), @djcowan (1), @arena (1), @askdesign (1), @bph (1), @bradley2083 (1), @colorfultones (1), @dingo_d (1), @domainsupport (1), @annezazu (1), @dryanpress (1), @elmastudio (1), @francina (1), @garrett-eclipse (1), @gigitux (1), @grantmkin (1), @antonvlasenko (1), @andraganescu (1), @ironprogrammer (1), @Michi91 (1), @youknowriad (1), @jastos (1), @aurooba (1), @dsas (1), @jonoaldersonwp (1), @grapplerulrich (1), @jb510 (1), @annashopina (1), @soean (1), @wildworks (1), @zaguiini (1), @winterstreet (1), @mujuonly (1), @mi5t4n (1), @audrasjb (1), @simison (1), @mikeschroder (1), @manzoorwanijk (1), @adrianduffell (1), @ipajen (1), @dmsnell (1), @skorasaurus (1), @shiloey (1), @jeremyyip (1), @mburridge (1), @jffng (1), @joostdevalk (1), @jorgefilipecosta (1), @juanmaguitar (1), @mamaduka (1), @matveb (1), @mitogh (1), @scruffian (1), @ndiego (1), @ntsekouras (1), @ocean90 (1), @paaljoachim (1), @pagelab (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), @priethor (1), and @mattkeys (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 25 (!) new contributors of the week: @niravsherasiya7707, @michelleblanchette, @matthewfarlymn, @wvega, @ahardyjpl, @aslamdoctor, @maltfield, @bvreeman22, @iammehedi1, @jordanpak, @maxinacube, @l1nuxjedi, @JordanPak, @emailjoey, @varjodesigns, @jivygraphics, @90lines, @djcowan, @askdesign, @Michi91, @jastos, @winterstreet, @mi5t4n, @adrianduffell, @shiloey ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (15), @audrasjb (13), @johnbillion (6), @desrosj (5), @swissspidy (4), @drewapicture (4), @jorbin (3), @peterwilsoncc (3), @joedolson (3), @joemcgill (3), @flixos90 (2), @isabel_brison (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @timothyblynjacobs (1), @davidbaumwald (1), @antpb (1), @kadamwhite (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @westonruter (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @bernhard-reiter (1), @costdev (1), and @whyisjake (1).

#6-4, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 5:44 am on June 27, 2023
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A Week in Core – June 26, 2023

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between June 19 and June 26, 2023.

  • 112 commits
  • 192 contributors
  • 68 tickets created
  • 16 tickets reopened
  • 107 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Administration

  • Add the no-store and private directives to the Cache-Control 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. when preventing caching for logged in users – #21938, #57627
  • Backwards compatibility for new sortable keys – #32170
  • Consistent positioning and size of search form – #57949
  • Fix password layout for RTL and mobile – #9883
  • Fix visual regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. in media search input – #57949
  • Hide password in options/writing – #9883
  • Make checkbox column clickable – #21516
  • Reduce translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. calls after [55969] – #57675
  • Replace Tagline option placeholder with a description – #57675
  • Replace contracted verb forms for better consistency – #30796
  • Set accessible state for list table headers – #32170

Bootstrap/Load

  • Require wp-includes/compat.php earlier in wp-settings.php – #58206
  • Require wp-includes/compat.php in wp-load.php – #58206

Build/Test Tools

  • Store artefacts of failing E2E test runs – #58596
  • Update URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org of theme unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. data – #58569
  • Update the test for pre_wp_setup_nav_menu_item 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. – #56577

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Fifteen: Fix Letter Case implementation – #58526
  • Twenty Fifteen: Remove IE specific resources – #56699
  • Twenty Fourteen: Fix Letter Case implementation – #58526
  • Twenty Nineteen: Always set background color and foreground color together – #45916
  • Twenty Nineteen: Ensure Separator blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. supports theme colors in editor – #58558
  • Twenty Nineteen: Fix a JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. coding standard issue found after [55970] – #46474
  • Twenty Nineteen: Prevent a console error related to the main navigation on Firefox – #46474
  • Twenty Nineteen: Remove unused function parameters and variables – #57397
  • Twenty Nineteen: Revert [55960] – #45916
  • Twenty Seventeen: Make twentyseventeen_is_static_front_page() an alias of twentyseventeen_is_frontpage() – #43515
  • Twenty Seventeen: Remove IE specific resources – #56699
  • Twenty Sixteen: Fix Letter Case implementation – #58526
  • Twenty Sixteen: Fix List block padding in the editor – #58409
  • Twenty Ten: Improve Pullquote block line height for better readability – #52546
  • Twenty Thirteen: Remove IE specific resources – #56699
  • Twenty Thirteen: Remove an unnecessary border from Table block – #56538
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Add missing subject tags and feature tags – #58437
  • Twenty Twenty: Fix Letter Case implementation – #58526
  • Twenty Twenty: Fix an RTL style issue leading to failed Test Default Themes & Create ZIPs workflow – #58396
  • Twenty Twenty: Fix left margin in Latest Posts & Latest Comments blocks – #58396
  • Twenty Twenty: Inherit Quote block’s paragraph custom letter spacing in the editor – #58033
  • Twenty Twenty: Remove various unused function parameters and variables – #57371
  • Twenty Twenty: Revert [56034] pending further investigation – #58396

Cache 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.

  • Remove unused usermeta global cache group – #58175

Code Modernization

  • Replace usage of strpos() with str_contains() – #58206
  • Replace usage of substr() with str_starts_with() and str_ends_with() – #58220
  • Use str_contains() in a few more places – #58206
  • Use str_contains() in a few more places – #58206
  • Use str_contains() in a few more places – #58220
  • Use str_ends_with() in a few more places – #58220
  • Use str_starts_with() and str_ends_with() in a few more places – #58220
  • Use str_starts_with() and str_ends_with() in a few more places – #58220
  • Use str_starts_with() in WP_Theme_JSON class methods – #58012

Coding Standards

  • Fix missing semicolon after [56009] – #40966
  • Fix undeclared variable issue – #40966
  • Use Yoda condition in str_ends_with() – #58220
  • Use strict comparison in wp-includes/pomo/translations.php – #57839

Database

  • Replace str_contains() and str_ends_with() usage in wpdb methods – #58206

Docs

  • Add missing param description to update_menu_item_cache in wp_get_nav_menu_items() – #58468, #57840
  • register_block_style() docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) improvement – #58562, #57840

Editor

  • Add a description key to theme.json style variations – #58614
  • Add no-js fallback for site editor – #56228
  • Fix block editor styles being registered with frontend stylesheets – #58605
  • Fix block template utils test: use template part instead of template object – #58540
  • 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) of new custom fieldCustom Field Custom Field, also referred to as post meta, is a feature in WordPress. It allows users to add additional information when writing a post, eg contributors’ names, auth. WordPress stores this information as metadata. Users can display this meta data by using template tags in their WordPress themes. UIUI User interface – #15631
  • Introduce WP_Theme_JSON::prepend_to_selector() to improve code quality and performance – #58193, #58457
  • Register core block styles in one place – #58528
  • Rename wp_get_remote_patterns to wp_get_theme_directory_pattern_slugs – #58460
  • Use static closures to avoid memory leaks – #58323
  • `wp_get_global_styles`: allow transforming the CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Custom Properties into the values they represent – #58588
  • `wp_get_global_styles`: return the standard format for CSS Custom Properties – #58467
  • add Post Content attributes to block editor settings – #58534
  • add grid layout type – #58554
  • add grid layout type – #58554
  • add support for block-level link hover colors – #58575
  • add text columns to typography support – #58549
  • fix site editor layout 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. – #56228
  • rename reusable blocks to patterns – #58577
  • revert add grid layout type – #58554
  • update layout classnames and specificity – #58548
  • use layout.wideSize as max viewport width – #58522
  • use logarithmic scale for fluid typography – #58523

Embeds

  • Add Anghami as a trusted oEmbed provider – #49850

Filesystem API

  • Attempt to create directory in copy_dir() – #41855

General

  • Introduce WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE constant to signify context-specific development mode – #57487
  • Replace substr_compare() usage in the str_ends_with() polyfill – #58220
  • Replace some instances of “blogblog (versus network, site)” with “site” in documentation, translator comments, and user-facing text strings – #58117
  • Return early from str_ends_with() polyfill if both haystack and needle are empty – #58220
  • fix overridden typos – #58464

Help/About

  • Improve Dashboard screen options behavior on small screens – #57977

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.

  • Ensure determine_locale() does not potentially return an empty string – #58317

KSES

  • Add support for CSS repeat() function – #58551

Login and Registration

  • Add required to Username/password inputs – #32510

Media

  • Automatically add fetchpriority="high" to hero image to improve load time performance – #58235
  • Display the “Copy URL” and “Download file” row actions when the “Unattached” filter is applied – #57890, #57893
  • Redirect deprecated wp-admin/media.php file – #57612

Posts, Post Types

  • Add a $previous_status parameter to wp_trash_post() related 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. – #58392

Quick/Bulk Edit

  • Don’t set publish date when editing drafts – #19907

REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/.

  • Indicate when a theme supports the Site editor in the Themes REST API response – #58123
  • Return post modified datetime for Templates – #58540

Script Loader

  • Add support for HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. 5 “async” and “defer” attributes – #12009
  • Replace str_contains() usage in wp-includes/script-loader.php – #58206

Themes

  • Allow non-block themes to add theme support for border settings – #58598
  • Allow non-block themes to add theme support for link color settings – #58597
  • Change the order of path check in is_block_theme method – #58520
  • Fix caching issue in get_post_templates method in WP_Theme – #57886

Tools

  • Fix unresolvable conflicts computation in package sync script – #58628

Upgrade/Install

  • Add aria-describedby for input descriptions – #58613
  • Move location of $upgrade_notice for better consistency – #57939
  • Prevent users from sending multiple bulk 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 updates – #40966
  • Show/hide toggle on password fields – #3534
  • Update ‘show details’ button change – #44714

Props

Thanks to the 192 (!!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week:

@sabernhardt (28), @audrasjb (21), @mukesh27 (20), @costdev (19), @spacedmonkey (16), @joedolson (14), @oglekler (13), @ramonopoly (11), @sergeybiryukov (11), @poena (10), @peterwilsoncc (8), @azaozz (8), @swissspidy (8), @flixos90 (8), @afercia (6), @tb1909 (5), @isabel_brison (5), @andrewserong (5), @dd32 (5), @zunaid321 (5), @kebbet (5), @joemcgill (5), @thakordarshil (4), @pateljaymin (4), @ugyensupport (4), @panchalhimani711 (4), @nidhidhandhukiya (4), @desrosj (3), @westonruter (3), @neychok (3), @pooja1210 (3), @ironprogrammer (3), @nihar007 (3), @clorith (3), @alexstine (3), @rutviksavsani (2), @karmatosed (2), @pbiron (2), @soulseekah (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @bgoewert (2), @kafleg (2), @Cybr (2), @ryelle (2), @samnajian (2), @Soean (2), @jane (2), @upadalavipul (2), @thekt12 (2), @dhruvishah2203 (2), @NekoJonez (2), @wpnook (2), @oandregal (2), @timothyblynjacobs (2), @10upsimon (2), @kapilpaul (1), @ignatggeorgiev (1), @jorbin (1), @krupalpanchal (1), @tacoverdo (1), @ramonopoly (1), @aristath (1), @maxcgparis (1), @rianrietveld (1), @bor0 (1), @boniu91 (1), @renyot (1), @kjellr (1), @zgrkaralar (1), @sabreuse (1), @wojtek.szkutnik (1), @pamprn09 (1), @brookedot (1), @ryan (1), @denis-de-bernardy (1), @mastrup (1), @jrf (1), @otto42 (1), @williampatton (1), @maniu (1), @hellofromTonya (1), @johnjamesjacoby (1), @dimijazz (1), @laurelfulford (1), @samful (1), @monzuralam (1), @azizantoun (1), @bacoords (1), @allancole (1), @d-signed (1), @nant82 (1), @sanchothefat (1), @matmoe (1), @ronakganatra (1), @jeremyfelt (1), @aznadesign (1), @mitchoyoshitaka (1), @lessbloat (1), @ogleker (1), @Boniu91 (1), @dilipbheda (1), @joostdevalk (1), @luehrsen (1), @ianbelanger (1), @grantmkin (1), @McAlyster (1), @janpaulkleijn (1), @rehanali (1), @pavanpatil1 (1), @Dharm1025 (1), @Ankit K Gupta (1), @markdoliner (1), @ayeshrajans (1), @paulkevan (1), @andy786 (1), @johnbillion (1), @pouicpouic (1), @joyously (1), @afragen (1), @Heiko_Mamerow (1), @Denis-de-Bernardy (1), @subrataemfluence (1), @nrqsnchz (1), @fencermonir (1), @zebaafiashama (1), @rudlinkon (1), @uxtremist (1), @rfischmann (1), @youknowriad (1), @mista-flo (1), @batmoo (1), @franrosa (1), @annashopina (1), @hareesh-pillai (1), @bitnissen (1), @krupajnanda (1), @kevin940726 (1), @xkon (1), @nkeller15 (1), @mujuonly (1), @hugod (1), @davidbaumwald (1), @shailu25 (1), @harshgajipara (1), @dmsnell (1), @nadimcse (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @mukeshpanchal27 (1), @mor10 (1), @scep (1), @vanaf1979 (1), @Otto42 (1), @MarcGuay (1), @bookdude13 (1), @melchoyce (1), @aaronrobertshaw (1), @adeltahri (1), @chouby (1), @Clorith (1), @ocean90 (1), @dingo_d (1), @mikeschroder (1), @dhrumilk (1), @markparnell (1), @prashantbhivsane (1), @marybaum (1), @ababir (1), @chiragrathod103 (1), @jahidcse (1), @ntsekouras (1), @ryokuhi (1), @Narthur (1), @simonemanfre (1), @intoxination (1), @vasilism (1), @xmarcos (1), @matt (1), @markjaquith (1), @nazgul (1), @akbigdog (1), @rob1n (1), @DrewAPicture (1), @MichaelH (1), @empireoflight (1), @rmccue (1), @markoheijnen (1), @r0uter (1), @amansurov (1), @bi0xid (1), @caraffande (1)

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Congrats and welcome to our 37 (!!) new contributors of the week: @thakordarshil, @pateljaymin, @panchalhimani711, @samnajian, @dhruvishah2203, @wpnook, @maxcgparis, @renyot, @mastrup, @dimijazz, @azizantoun, @bacoords, @aznadesign, @McAlyster, @janpaulkleijn, @markdoliner, @Heiko_Mamerow, @fencermonir, @uxtremist, @rfischmann, @franrosa, @annashopina, @bitnissen, @shailu25, @harshgajipara, @nadimcse, @scep, @vanaf1979, @ababir, @jahidcse, @Narthur, @simonemanfre, @vasilism, @xmarcos, @akbigdog, @r0uter, @amansurov, and @caraffande ♥️

Core committers: @audrasjb (37), @sergeybiryukov (21), @joedolson (14), @isabel_brison (13), @peterwilsoncc (5), @flixos90 (4), @oandregal (4), @spacedmonkey (3), @swissspidy (2), @johnbillion (2), @westonruter (1), @bernhard-reiter (1), @joemcgill (1).

#6-3, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 6:56 am on August 9, 2022
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A Week in Core – August 8, 2022

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between August 1st and August 8, 2022.

  • 54 commits
  • 78 contributors
  • 39 tickets created
  • 4 tickets reopened
  • 38 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope., WP 6.1 🛠

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Administration

  • Change default site tagline to an empty string – #6479

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Eleven: Remove a useless CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. comment after [53819] – #56297
  • Twenty Eleven: Use more specific CSS selectors for .required styles – #56297

Cache 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.

  • Validate cache key in WP_Object_Cache methods – #56198

Code Modernization

  • Let MockClass extend stdClass – #56033
  • Remove dynamic properties in Tests_File – #56033
  • Remove dynamic properties in Tests_Media_GetPostGalleries – #56033
  • Remove dynamic properties in Tests_POMO_PO – #56033
  • Remove dynamic properties in Tests_Post_Revisions – #56033
  • Remove unused $undefined property in Tests_WP_Customize_Manager – #56033
  • Remove unused dynamic property in Tests_WP_Customize_* – #56033

Coding Standards

  • Remove extra space in two conditionals – #56134
  • Reorder global cache groups alphabetically for some consistency – #55647
  • Wrap long lines with global cache groups for better readability – #55647
  • Properly escape URLs returned by self_admin_url() calls – #56329
  • Properly escape URLs returned by self_admin_url() calls – #56329

Database

  • Suppress errors when checking the validity of table prefix during installation – #42362

Date/Time

Docs

  • Improve @since notes for some WP_Filesystem_* methods – #51170
  • Improve description for doing_filter() and doing_action() – #55646
  • Improve the description of param $list in wp_list_sort() docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) – #56324, #55646
  • Provide a more accurate @return type for get_pages() function – #56330, #55646
  • Remove obsolete comment in object cache tests – #55646, #55652
  • Use third-person singular verbs for function descriptions in WP_REST_Posts_Controller, as per docblocks standards – #55646
  • Various corrections and improvements to inline documentation – #55646
  • Various docblock fixes in wp-admin/includes/image.php class, as per docs standards – #55646
  • Various docblock fixes in wp-includes/blocks.php, as per docs standards – #55646

Editor

  • Safeguard has_blocks() against fatal errors – #55705

Filesystem

  • Rewrite FTPFTP FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol which is a way of moving computer files from one computer to another via the Internet. You can use software, known as a FTP client, to upload files to a server for a WordPress website. https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients./FTP Sockets exists() methods to implement a more stable check – #51170, #53318, #39781

Media

  • Correct a misnamed variable when creating sub sizes with multi_resize – #55443

Media

  • Remove unused _wp_image_belongs_to_attachment function – #56333
  • Use original image size data for full size secondary mime generation – #55443

Plugins

  • Properly encode query string s parameter in 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 search – #56339

Posts, Post Types

  • Change variable name in wp_set_post_terms() for clarity – #56331
  • Force unique slugs for draft posts – #52422

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.

  • Use latest_id as the array key for the latest revision ID – #55857

Revisions

  • Use wp_get_latest_revision_id_and_total_count() where appropriate – #56279

Rewrite rules

  • Prevent malformed date requests throwing notices – #52252

Script loader

  • Enable resource preloading with rel=’preload’ – #42438

Site Health

  • Improve the wording in plugin and theme version tests – #56134

Sitemaps

  • Prevent invalidinvalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. provider names throwing errors – #56336

Tests

  • Add a test case with a float value for WP_Object_Cache::is_valid_key() – #56198
  • Add a unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. for WP_Object_Cache::is_valid_key() – #56198
  • Add more test cases for WP_Object_Cache::is_valid_key() – #56198
  • Combine test classes for get_edit_term_link() tests – #55652
  • Correct data providers for get_term_link() and get_edit_term_link() tests – #55652
  • Improve the test for not throwing a warning on malformed date queries – #52252, #45513
  • Make the comment cache group persistent in WP_UnitTestCase_Base::flush_cache() – #55652
  • Move wp_cache_replace() test to a more appropriate place – #55652
  • Remove the list of global groups in Memcached implementation used in the test suite – #55652
  • Remove the list of non-persistent groups in Memcached implementation used in the test suite – #55652
  • Rename the test class for wp_preload_resources() tests – #42438
  • Simplify the list of global groups in object cache tests – #55647
  • Use named data provider for WP_Object_Cache::is_valid_key() test – #56198

Props

Thanks to the 78 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @costdev (12), @peterwilsoncc (10), @SergeyBiryukov (9), @jrf (7), @audrasjb (7), @mukesh27 (5), @dd32 (4), @tillkruess (3), @spacedmonkey (3), @malthert (3), @desrosj (3), @krishaweb (2), @sabernhardt (2), @johnbillion (2), @azaozz (2), @hellofromTonya (2), @rafiahmedd (1), @martinkrcho (1), @Toro_Unit (1), @boemedia (1), @khag7 (1), @melchoyce (1), @lukecavanagh (1), @karmatosed (1), @hyperbrand (1), @tyxla (1), @h2ham (1), @lazam786 (1), @antonvlasenko (1), @burgiuk (1), @pbearne (1), @rherault (1), @deksar (1), @sumitsingh (1), @maythamalsudany (1), @mdrago (1), @psykro (1), @ironprogrammer (1), @codewhy (1), @blackawxs (1), @mikemanzo (1), @irecinius (1), @Velochicdunord (1), @kovshenin (1), @pento (1), @chriscct7 (1), @flixos90 (1), @RyanMurphy (1), @igrigorik (1), @1naveengiri (1), @giox069 (1), @mkox (1), @afragen (1), @pbiron (1), @Howdy_McGee (1), @colonelphantom (1), @dlh (1), @ovidiul (1), @tremidkhar (1), @mehulkaklotar (1), @nico23 (1), @swissspidy (1), @westonruter (1), @westi (1), @furi3r (1), @aristath (1), @mihai2u (1), @gziolo (1), @praful2111 (1), @jigar-bhanushali (1), @hilayt24 (1), @umesh84 (1), @Presskopp (1), @martin.krcho (1), @Clorith (1), @markjaquith (1), @Denis-de-Bernardy (1), and @rarst (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 19 (!) new contributors of the week: @hyperbrand, @h2ham, @lazam786, @burgiuk, @rherault, @deksar, @maythamalsudany, @mdrago, @codewhy, @blackawxs, @mikemanzo, @irecinius, @Velochicdunord, @RyanMurphy, @igrigorik, @giox069, @colonelphantom, @tremidkhar, @praful2111 ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (31), @audrasjb (14), @adamsilverstein (4), @peterwilsoncc (3), @johnbillion (1), @desrosj (1).

#6-1, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 12:06 am on January 11, 2022
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A Week in Core – January 10, 2022

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between January 3 and January 10, 2022.

  • 41 commits
  • 63 contributors
  • 65 tickets created
  • 8 tickets reopened
  • 51 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major release, WordPress 5.9 🛠

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Administration

  • Add missing texture image for Welcome panel & About page – #54489, #54270
  • Refresh the Dashboard Welcome panel – #54489

Build/Test Tools

  • Add the 5.9 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". to the workflow for testing branches
  • Re-enable E2E tests for the 5.8 branch – #54749
  • Update qUnit test fixtures after [52535] – #54745

Bundled Themes

  • Fix: WordPress default presets aren’t loaded for all themes – #54781
  • Update some default presets in use by default themes to the new format – #54782
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Sync updates from 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/ for 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). 1 – #54318

Coding Standards

  • Remove empty space at end of inline comment in _add_default_theme_supports() – #54731
  • Correct alignment in get_block_editor_settings() – #54728
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/options.php – #53359
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/plugin-install.php – #54728
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/revision.php – #54728
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/themes.php – #54728

Editor

  • Update wordpress packages for WP 5.9 RC 1 – #54487

Embeds

  • Fix oEmbed host script enqueueing on blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience.-based themes – #44632

External Libraries

  • Update jQuery hoverIntent to version 1.10.2 – #54722, #51812

Formatting

  • Correctly encode ASCII characters in post slugs

HTTPHTTP HTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. 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.

  • Improve docs for wp_remote_retrieve_header function return value – #51736

Help/About

  • Change the HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. title of Themes Screen and add related HelpHub Docs link – #54707
  • Change the Learn WP link in the about page – #54755
  • Correction in “Managing Themes” HelpHub Docs link – #54707
  • Correction on the documentation link about adding new themes – #54709
  • Use “refactoring” noun form in WordPress 5.9 About Page – #54270
  • WordPress 5.9 About Page

Login and Registration

  • Remove aria-expanded from “Generate Password” button – #54538
  • Rename login_language_switcher_args to login_language_dropdown_args – #54696
  • Rename two filters related to language dropdown for better consistency – #54696

Query

  • Improve sanitization within WP_Meta_Query
  • Improve sanitization within WP_Tax_Query

REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/.

  • Add unit tests for the 404 template slug handler – #54680
  • Typo correction in a link description object – #54745

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.

  • Improve _set_preview for case when autosave is missing – #54708

TaxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies.

  • Typo correction in context used for the navigation link block title – #54566

Themes

  • Make block themes support HTML5 by default – #54731, #54597

Upgrade/Install

  • Avoid using unserialize() unnecessarily
  • Fix parameter count in error call when an automatic core upgrade fails – #53284
  • Make first comment URLs translatable – #54535

Props

Thanks to the 63 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @hellofromTonya (9), @audrasjb (7), @desrosj (5), @SergeyBiryukov (4), @costdev (4), @xknown (4), @tobifjellner (3), @jdy68 (3), @dd32 (3), @marybaum (3), @sabernhardt (2), @oandregal (2), @critterverse (2), @kebbet (2), @melchoyce (2), @walbo (2), @webcommsat (2), @Mamaduka (2), @johnjamesjacoby (2), @davidbaumwald (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), @vortfu (2), @chanthaboune (1), @mukesh27 (1), @mkaz (1), @kjellr (1), @ryelle (1), @annezazu (1), @paaljoachim (1), @richtabor (1), @Clorith (1), @mitogh (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @kafleg (1), @faisal03 (1), @swissspidy (1), @westonruter (1), @rachelbaker (1), @ockham (1), @flixos90 (1), @cbringmann (1), @smit08 (1), @nalininonstopnewsuk (1), @hlashbrooke (1), @sainthkh (1), @devutpol (1), @Chouby (1), @la-geek (1), @zieladam (1), @whyisjake (1), @iandunn (1), @ehtis (1), @alexstine (1), @dansoschin (1), @jameskoster (1), @noisysocks (1), @karmatosed (1), @poena (1), @robtarr (1), @felipeelia (1), @joyously (1), @ocean90 (1), and @titsmaker (1).

Congrats and welcome to our new contributor of the week: @dansoschin, @robtarr ♥️

Core committers: @audrasjb (13), @sergeybiryukov (9), @hellofromtonya (5), @davidbaumwald (4), @desrosj (4), @ryelle (3), @jorgefilipecosta (2), and @noisysocks (1).

#5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 12:22 am on November 23, 2021
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A Week in Core – November 22, 2021

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between November 15 and November 22, 2021.

  • 76 commits
  • 138 contributors
  • 48 tickets created
  • 6 tickets reopened
  • 73 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major release, WordPress 5.9 🛠

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Administration

  • Restores “Customize” menu item for non-blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. themes and moves for block themes – #54418

Build/Test Tools

  • Add the ruleset file to the cache key for PHPCSPHP Code Sniffer PHP Code Sniffer, a popular tool for analyzing code quality. The WordPress Coding Standards rely on PHPCS. and PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher compatibility scans – #54425
  • Cache the results of PHP_CodeSniffer across workflow runs – #49783
  • Restore the 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. URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org for browserify-aes – #54337
  • Update all 3rd party 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/ actions to the latest versions – #53363

Bundled Themes

  • Update the “Tested up to” 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. to 5.9 – #53797
  • Twenty Nineteen: Apply coding standards fix from running composer format – #54392
  • Twenty Sixteen: Correctly align columns within table blocks as configured in the editor – #54317
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Check if anchor exists before triggering in-page navigation – #53619
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Correct description of Dark Mode 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. – #53892
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Prevent notice thrown in twenty_twenty_one_get_attachment_image_attributes() – #54464
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Remove RSS feedRSS Feed RSS is an acronym for Real Simple Syndication which is a type of web feed which allows users to access updates to online content in a standardized, computer-readable format. This is the feed. 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. icon link – #52880
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Import the latest changes from GitHub – #54318
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Sync updates from GitHub – #54318

Coding Standards

  • Wrap some long lines in js/_enqueues/admin/post.js per the JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. coding standards for better readability – #53359

Comments

  • Change new comment required text class – #16206
  • Don’t output “cancel comment reply link” if comments aren’t threaded – #37267
  • Fix PHP Notice “trying to get property of non-object” in comments_open() and pings_open() – #54159

Commit Standards

Database

  • Check if the $args[0] value exists in wpdb::prepare() before accessing it – #54453

Docs

  • Add missing null allowed type for the $id parameter of wp_set_current_user() – #53399
  • Add missing parameters in in_plugin_update_message-{$file} 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. – #40006
  • Corrections relating to types used in inline documentation for comment ID and site ID proprties – #53399
  • Improve the documentation for registering block patterns and block pattern categories – #53399
  • Remove instances of the “eg.” abbreviation in favor of “example” or “for example” – #53330
  • Restore [51733], accidentally reverted in [52212] – #40006
  • Update documentation for the $plugin_data parameter of various 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. – #53399
  • Various corrections and improvements relating to types used in inline documentation – #53399

Editor

  • Add missing label to new-post-slug input on Classic Editor – #53725
  • Check the correct post type support property for initial_edits – #53813
  • Do not provide initial_edits for properties that are not supported by the current post type – #53813
  • Fix fatal call to add_query_args() – #54337
  • Fix how the Site Editor is linked to – #54337
  • Fix incorrect access of ID field – #54337
  • Load iframed assets in Site Editor – #54337
  • Update wordpress packages – #54337

External Libraries

  • Update the regenerator-runtime package to version 0.13.9 – #54027

Formatting

  • Add additional support for single and nestable tags in force_balance_tags() – #50225

HTTPHTTP HTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. 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.

  • Remove empty ? when only anchor remains in add_query_arg() – #44499

KSES

  • Use correct global in wp_kses_xml_named_entities() – #54060

Login and Registration

  • Wrap long usernames in login error message – #54168
  • auto-focus the reset password field – #40302

Media

  • Add support for v1 and v2 gallery block in get_post_galleries() – #43826
  • 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. modal loads only selected image – #42937
  • Featured image modal loads only selected image – #53765
  • Move dismiss upload errors button after errors – #42979
  • Revert media uploader input change in [52059] – #42937
  • improve error message for failed image uploads – #53985
  • Add audible notice on menu item add or remove – #53840

Posts, Post Types

  • Increment post_count option value during blogblog (versus network, site) creation – #54462, #53443
  • Increment post_count option value only on 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 installations – #54462
  • Multisite: Decrement post_count option value when a post is deleted – #53443
  • Use global post as the default for wp_get_post_parent_id() – #48358

Query

  • Correct and standardise 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. query documentation – #53467

REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/.

  • Make the templates controller follow core REST patterns – #54422
  • Remove experimental block menu item types – #40878

Script Loader

  • Document path as an accepted value for $key in wp_style_add_data() – #53792

TaxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies.

  • Allow get_*_*_link() and edit_term_link() functions to accept a term ID, WP_Term, or term object – #50225
  • Clarify the taxonomy labels for customizing the field descriptions on Edit Tags screen: – #43060

Themes

  • Check both parent and child themes for a theme.json file – #54401
  • Force a scrollbar on the Themes page to prevent visual shake on hover – #53478

Toolbar

  • Refine “Edit site” link.php – #54441

Upgrade/Install

  • Add timezone info to last checked update time – #53554
  • Correct the weekly cron event for clearing the temp-backup directory: – #51857
  • Deactivate the GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 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 if its version is 11.8 or lower – #54405
  • Differentiate en_US version strings from localized ones – #53710
  • Improve the accuracy of the auto_update_{$type} filter docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) – #53330
  • Remove 5.8 function and fix deactivate Gutenberg plugin version compare < 11.9 – #46371

Users

  • Prevent infinite 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. when using capability checks during determine_current_user on multisite – #53386

WPDB

  • Call wp_load_translations_early() in wpdb::_real_escape() – #32315
  • Call wp_load_translations_early() in wpdb::query() and wpdb::process_fields() – #32315
  • Capture error in wpdb::$last_error when insert fails instead of silently failing for invalidinvalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. data or value too long – #37267

Widgets

  • Wraps long widget titles in classic Widgets screen – #37451

Props

Thanks to the 138 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @hellofromTonya (20), @sabernhardt (16), @audrasjb (13), @costdev (10), @sergeybiryukov (7), @johnbillion (7), @desrosj (6), @poena (5), @afercia (5), @SergeyBiryukov (4), @peterwilsoncc (4), @davidbaumwald (4), @birgire (4), @jeffpaul (3), @dilipbheda (3), @henry.wright (3), @pbearne (2), @TimothyBlynJacobs (2), @swissspidy (2), @shaunandrews (2), @glendaviesnz (2), @antpb (2), @kjellr (2), @talldanwp (2), @pento (2), @ramonopoly (2), @manishamakhija (2), @melchoyce (2), @dlh (2), @jrf (2), @dd32 (2), @chaion07 (2), @hareesh-pillai (2), @joedolson (2), @anthonyeden (1), @anandau14 (1), @asif2bd (1), @dpegasusm (1), @datainterlock (1), @mnelson4 (1), @ovann86 (1), @dlt101 (1), @xkon (1), @sabrib (1), @pankajmohale (1), @ianhayes94 (1), @hitendra-chopda (1), @gkloveweb (1), @drewapicture (1), @bravokeyl (1), @fpcsjames (1), @nettsite (1), @galbaras (1), @henrywright (1), @TobiasBg (1), @chrisvanpatten (1), @sourovroy (1), @jorbin (1), @szaqal21 (1), @PieWP (1), @danielbachhuber (1), @benitolopez (1), @ocean90 (1), @soniakash (1), @rachelbaker (1), @jigneshnakrani (1), @zoiec (1), @jdgrimes (1), @woodyhayday (1), @travisnorthcutt (1), @skunkbad (1), @richardfoley (1), @psufan (1), @procodewp (1), @nlpro (1), @david.binda (1), @lukecarbis (1), @lucasw89 (1), @liammitchell (1), @kwisatz (1), @justindocanto (1), @mista-flo (1), @celloexpressions (1), @Mamaduka (1), @kafleg (1), @umesh84 (1), @robertghetau (1), @musabshakeel (1), @rixeo (1), @marybaum (1), @felipeloureirosantos (1), @tmatsuur (1), @hasanuzzamanshamim (1), @wetah (1), @ravipatel (1), @mukesh27 (1), @westonruter (1), @mjaschen (1), @saju4wordpress (1), @otto42 (1), @joen (1), @flixos90 (1), @clucasrowlands (1), @beafealho (1), @luminuu (1), @netweb (1), @richtabor (1), @ovidiul (1), @h71 (1), @andy-schmidt (1), @mkaz (1), @noisysocks (1), @pbiron (1), @wparslan (1), @zieladam (1), @hellofromtonya (1), @benjaminanakenam (1), @webcommsat (1), @zodiac1978 (1), @tellyworth (1), @takahashi_fumiki (1), @russhylov (1), @lynk (1), @youknowriad (1), @donmhico (1), @tobiasbg (1), @danielpost (1), @nacin (1), @alexislloyd (1), @vdwijngaert (1), @ComputerGuru (1), @benjamingosset (1), @Presskopp (1), @thimalw (1), @dufresnesteven (1), @kingkero (1), @clorith (1), and @spacedmonkey (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 8 new contributors of the week: @robertghetau, @musabshakeel, @mjaschen, @saju4wordpress, @clucasrowlands, @russhylov, @lynk, @danielpost ♥️

Core committers: @hellofromtonya (14), @audrasjb (13), @desrosj (12), @joedolson (10), @sergeybiryukov (9), @noisysocks (6), @johnbillion (3), @jffng (2), @spacedmonkey (2), @davidbaumwald (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @ryelle (1), and @timothyblynjacobs (1).

#5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 11:40 pm on November 8, 2021
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A Week in Core – November 8, 2021

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between November 1 and November 8, 2021.

  • 60 commits
  • 115 contributors
  • 45 tickets created
  • 5 tickets reopened
  • 35 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next point (5.8.2) and major (5.9) releases 🛠

Worth noting that each feature slated to the 5.9 milestone has been validated, that the Twenty Twenty-Two Theme development is on the way, and the 5.9 bug scrub schedule has been published 🚀

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Administration

  • Make dashboard 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. control submit button text more clear – #54229
  • reword some “we” usages – #46057

Application Passwords

  • display guiding text & link in user-edit.php when unavailable – #53658

Build/Test Tools

  • Add end-to-end (e2e) tests for edit posts page – #49507
  • Add missing @covers and visibility for Tests_Admin_includesMisc – #39265
  • Add missing @covers tags for Tests_Admin_includesFile – #39265
  • Add missing @covers tags for Tests_Admin_includesListTable – #39265
  • Introduce local visual regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. testing – #49606
  • Pass workflow outcome to 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/. Notifications – #53363
  • Restore changes to package.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. – #54054
  • Restore the https URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org for browserify-aes – #54054
  • Remove polyfills from blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. view scripts – #53690
  • Clean up the $_REQUEST superglobal in WP_UnitTestCase_Base::clean_up_global_scope() – #53363
  • Correct @covers tags in WP_Comments_List_Table tests – #39265
  • Split WP_Posts_List_Table and WP_Comments_List_Table tests into two separate files for clarity – #53363

Bundled Themes

  • TwentySixteen – correct invalidinvalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. font-style value – #46807
  • Add privacy policy link to Twenty Twenty footer – #53446
  • Ensure logo displays in 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. previewer – #51337
  • Remove the “role” attribute on HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. elements with a default landmark role – #54079

Code Modernization

  • Pass correct default value to http_build_query() in get_core_checksums() and wp_version_check() – #54229

Coding Standards

  • Add public visibility to methods in tests/phpunit/includes/ – #54177
  • Add visibility to methods in tests/phpunit/tests/ – #54177
  • Consistently escape attribute in wp-admin/themes.php – #54256
  • Fix some WPCSWPCS The collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) used to format and validate PHP code developed for WordPress according to the WordPress Coding Standards. May also be an acronym referring to the Accessibility, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, etc. coding standards as published in the WordPress Coding Standards Handbook. errors and warnings in wp-admin/user-edit.php – #53658
  • Move wp-includes/class-http.php to wp-includes/class-wp-http.php – #54389, #53359
  • Rename the $strResponse argument to $str_response in WP_Http::processResponse() – #53359

Comments

  • Add noopener noreferrer to author links in list table – #40916
  • Avoid reparenting during post deletion – #37703
  • Mark comment text field as required – #16206
  • remove bespoke truncation from search string HTML – #17636
  • attempt to clarify intent of “Default post settings” section – #54300

Customize

  • Fix focus() to collapse child panels and show parent panel – #34436
  • Make range controls full width – #54329

Docs

  • Clarify the path usage register_block_type_from_metadata – #53806
  • Fix some docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) syntax errors and add a missing canonical reference – #53399, #52867, #38942, #53668
  • Various docblock improvements and corrections – #53399

Editor

  • Update structure of title element for editing – #52314

External Libraries

  • Update the Iris color picker to version 1.1.1 – #54224

General

  • Remove the svn:executable property from wp-admin/_index.php – #54321

Help/About

  • Improve the Welcome text in wp-admin/_index.php – #54321
  • Improve typography in the Welcome to your WordPress Dashboard! text – #54321
  • Simplifies WordPress version in “Help” 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. – #47848
  • add WordPress version to contextual “Help” sidebar area – #47848

Media

  • Add 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 post thumbnail id – #23983
  • Add filter for post thumbnail url – #40547
  • Adjust alt text info link text – #48939
  • Remove security messaging in media upload failures – #53626
  • Use WP_Query::get() method to retrieve the posts_per_page value in wp_ajax_query_attachments() – #54129

Menus

  • Include 960 exact pixel width in collapse measurements – #54210

Permalinks

  • Sanitize non-visible characters inside sanitize_title_with_dashes() – #47912

Posts/Post Types

  • Add filter to is_post_type_viewable() – #49628

REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/.

  • Add URL Details endpoint – #54358
  • Allow sidebars and their widgets to be public – #53915
  • Improve translations, comments, and readability in URL Details endpoint – #54358
  • Support subdirectory themes in the Themes controller – #54349

Site Health

  • Add the constant WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE for debug data – #54340
  • Site Health: Update the icon used when no issues are reported – #53980

Themes

  • Introduce get_header_image_tag_attributes hook – #38942

Widgets

  • Add filter to disable RSS widget icon – #52224
  • Remove unused CSS breaking wp_text_diff layout – #54140

Props

Thanks to the 115 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @audrasjb (15), @hellofromTonya (14), @sabernhardt (14), @costdev (8), @sergeybiryukov (6), @jrf (6), @peterwilsoncc (5), @justinahinon (4), @johnbillion (4), @andraganescu (4), @mukesh27 (4), @joedolson (3), @sabbirshouvo (3), @hareesh-pillai (3), @marybaum (3), @pbearne (3), @SergeyBiryukov (3), @johnjamesjacoby (2), @swissspidy (2), @youknowriad (2), @talldanwp (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @knutsp (2), @azaozz (2), @isabel_brison (2), @spacedmonkey (2), @webcommsat (2), @dlh (2), @karmatosed (2), @afercia (2), @antpb (2), @desrosj (2), @iluy (2), @mai21 (2), @tobifjellner (1), @danfarrow (1), @mnelson4 (1), @donmhico (1), @noisysocks (1), @netweb (1), @shaunandrews (1), @obenland (1), @ocean90 (1), @retrofox (1), @timothyblynjacobs (1), @domainsupport (1), @xknown (1), @marekhrabe (1), @ipstenu (1), @jakubtyrcha (1), @get_dave (1), @webaxones (1), @lukecavanagh (1), @tobiasbg (1), @wpweaver (1), @abesell132 (1), @junaidbhura (1), @chaion07 (1), @shital-patel (1), @mamaduka (1), @aduth (1), @ashfame (1), @davidwebca (1), @beaulebens (1), @poena (1), @kevin940726 (1), @paaljoachim (1), @dhanendran (1), @Ankit K Gupta (1), @aristath (1), @westonruter (1), @alexvorn2 (1), @deepaklalwani (1), @jackreichert (1), @ibenic (1), @joemcgill (1), @rzen (1), @leogermani (1), @sebastianpisula (1), @gilbitron (1), @engelen (1), @kapilpaul (1), @strider72 (1), @rianrietveld (1), @solarissmoke (1), @infected (1), @Boniu91 (1), @mikeschroder (1), @circlecube (1), @Presskopp (1), @melchoyce (1), @powerbuoy (1), @ryelle (1), @celloexpressions (1), @ryokuhi (1), @malae (1), @Cybr (1), @mattwiebe (1), @Clorith (1), @erayalakese (1), @adam3128 (1), @cybr (1), @coreyw (1), @craigfrancis (1), @acosmin (1), @hilayt24 (1), @zodiac1978 (1), @Mte90 (1), @zieladam (1), @generosus (1), @kraftbj (1), @bjorsch (1), @bgoewert (1), @boniu91 (1), @mt8.biz (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 12 (!) new contributors of the week: @iluy, @domainsupport, @webaxones, @abesell132, @davidwebca, @gilbitron, @infected, @adam3128, @hilayt24, @generosus, @bjorsch, @bgoewert ♥️

Core committers: @hellofromtonya (19), @sergeybiryukov (12), @johnjamesjacoby (9), @joedolson (5), @antpb (4), @johnbillion (2), @clorith (2), @timothyblynjacobs (2), @gziolo (2), @peterwilsoncc (1), @davidbaumwald (1), @desrosj (1).

#5-8-2, #5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 10:45 pm on July 5, 2021
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A Week in Core – July 5, 2021

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between June 28 and July 5, 2021.

  • 64 commits
  • 52 contributors
  • 65 tickets created
  • 16 tickets reopened
  • 67 tickets closed

Please note that the WordPress Core team released WordPress 5.8 RC 1 last week. Everyone is welcome to help testing the next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope. of WordPress 🌟

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Build/Test Tools

  • Add the 5.8 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". to the workflow for testing branches
  • Add the artifacts directory to svn-ignore and .gitignore – #53549
  • Replace assertInternalType() usage in unit tests – #53491, #46149
  • Revert [51259-51256,51265] – #53397
  • Split packages and blocks to their webpack configs – #53397

Bundled Themes

  • Correct @since tags for blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. patterns – #52628, #53461
  • Remove mention of “FSE” in Core – #53497
  • Twenty Seventeen: Avoid JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. errors when displaying legacy widgets – #53512
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Add missing documentation for some filters – #52628, #53461
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Ensure Duotone images are displayed correctly in Dark Mode – #53531
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Ensure the dropdown arrow displays for <select> elements when focused – #53560
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Improve documentation per the documentation standards: – #52628, #53461
  • Twenty Twenty: Add missing documentation for some filters – #52628, #53461

Coding Standards

  • Add missing visibility keywords to WP_Theme, WP_Theme_JSON, and WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver tests – #52627
  • Apply an alignment fix after composer format – #53375
  • Remove redundant type casting to array in WP_Query::get_posts() – #53359

Documentation

  • Add @since tags for WP_Theme class properties – #53399
  • Add @ticket references to some WP_Theme_JSON tests – #52628, #53461
  • Add and correct examples of common names for various dynamic 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. – #53581
  • Add missing @since tags for some REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/. methods added in 5.8 – #52628, #53461
  • Add missing @since tags for some WP_Theme_JSON methods
  • Adjust wp_dashboard_browser_nag() DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) per the documentation standards – #52628, #53461
  • Correct @see references for hooks in the get_option() description – #52628, #53461
  • Correct @since annotation for WP_Block_Type->view_script – #53397
  • Correct description for the $image parameter of the wp_save_image_file filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. – #53399
  • Correct description for the upgrader_pre_install filter – #53546
  • Correct documentation for rest_{$post_type}_query and rest_{$taxonomy}_query filters – #53568
  • Corrections and improvements to types used in docblocks for symbols, properties, and filters – #53399
  • Descriptive improvements and corrections for various docblocks – #53399
  • Document common names for dynamic hooks relating to metadata – #53581
  • Document the globals used in WP_REST_Widget_Types_Controller and WP_REST_Widgets_Controller – #52628, #53461
  • Document the globals used in some REST API methods – #53399
  • Fix the documentation for the $tests parameter of the site_status_tests filter – #53399, #46573
  • Further Improve documentation for wp_should_load_separate_core_block_assets() – #53505
  • Further type corrections and improvements for various docblocks – #53399
  • Improve documentation for wp_should_load_separate_core_block_assets() – #53505
  • Improve documentation for optional parameters in WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver methods per the documentation standards – #52628, #53461
  • Improve documentation for optional parameters in WP_Theme_JSON methods per the documentation standards – #52628, #53461
  • List the expected type first instead of WP_Error in some REST API methods added in 5.8 – #52628, #53461
  • Miscellaneous docblock improvements – #53399
  • Miscellaneous formatting corrections for docblocks – #53399
  • Remove an empty line between @param and @return tags in some newly added REST API methods, per the documentation standards – #52628, #53461
  • Undo the accidental revert of [51299] made in [51300] – #53399
  • Update documentation for WP_Widget_Block per the documentation standards – #52628, #53461
  • Update syntax for multi-line comments per the documentation standards – #52628, #53461
  • Update the 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. link from Freenode to Libera.chat – #53590

Editor

  • Ensure global styles are loaded in the footer when loading core assets individually – #53494
  • Ensure the Query block pattern categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. is translatable – #53577
  • Prevent block stylesheets from loading when they do not exist – #53375
  • Remove the experimental experimental-link-color feature – #53175
  • Include the latest fixes targetted for 5.8 RC1 – #53397
  • Package updates including fixes from GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ for WordPress 5.8 RC1 – #53397
  • Remove unnecessary function_exists check in get_the_block_template_html – #53578, #53176

Help/About

  • WordPress 5.8 About Page – #52775

Query

  • Check each post-type’s capabilities when querying multiple post-types – #48556

REST API

  • Allow multiple widgets to be deleted in a single batch request – #53557

Script Loader

  • Add file block assets to the svn-ignore list – #53397
  • Fix PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher notice caused by the viewScript for the core/file block – #53397
  • Revert [51267] – #53397
  • Use the provided block version when registering styles – #53507

Security

  • Add 5.8 to the list of versions receiving security updates

Site Health

  • Improve readability of site titles – #53535

Upgrade/Install

  • Notify users of deactivated plugins during upgrade – #53432
  • Widgets REST API: Fix non-multi widgets not appearing in wp_inactive_widgets – #53534

Props

Thanks to the 52 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @desrosj (9), @walbo (6), @aristath (5), @jorbin (5), @SergeyBiryukov (4), @audrasjb (3), @peterwilsoncc (3), @hellofromTonya (3), @gziolo (3), @nosolosw (2), @swissspidy (2), @isabel_brison (2), @zieladam (2), @pbiron (2), @nalininonstopnewsuk (1), @meher (1), @yvettesonneveld (1), @femkreations (1), @oglekler (1), @alanjacobmathew (1), @milana_cap (1), @courane01 (1), @annezazu (1), @matveb (1), @shaunandrews (1), @javiarce (1), @ryokuhi (1), @Jorbin (1), @Clorith (1), @Boniu91 (1), @ryelle (1), @empatogen (1), @melchoyce (1), @noisysocks (1), @pbearne (1), @jrf (1), @dd32 (1), @ilovecats7 (1), @mcsf (1), @poena (1), @dlh (1), @andraganescu (1), @marybaum (1), @leogermani (1), @jeffpaul (1), @ipstenu (1), @azaozz (1), @youknowriad (1), @chanthaboune (1), @cbringmann (1), @webcommsat (1), and @timothyblynjacobs (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 5 new contributors of the week! @femkreations, @courane01, @javiarce, @empatogen, and @ilovecats7 ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (26), @desrosj (20), @johnbillion (8), @youknowriad (3), @jorbin (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), @ryelle (1), @clorith (1), and @noisysocks (1).

#5-8, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 9:57 pm on June 14, 2021
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A Week in Core – June 14, 2021

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between June 7 and June 14, 2021.

  • 63 commits
  • 105 contributors
  • 57 tickets created
  • 6 tickets reopened
  • 65 tickets closed

Please note that the WordPress Core team released WordPress 5.8 beta 1 last week. Everyone is welcome to help testing the next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope. of WordPress 🌟

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Administration

  • Adjust Internet Explorer message to be a bit more clear – #48743
  • Escape the values of data-colname – #40401
  • Introduce dashboard notice to discourage use of out of date browser – #48743

Application Passwords

  • Allow enter key to submit profile form – #52849

BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor

  • Add a type property to allow Core to identify the source of the editor styles – #53175
  • Add the Site Logo block’s server implementation – #53247
  • Allow themes to add inline styles for all blocks when using lazy styles loading – #53358
  • Fix typo in the typography block support – #52991
  • Ignore generated CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. files in Page List and Post Template blocks – #52991, #53309
  • Include the page list block server-side code – #53309
  • Package updates for 5.8 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. 1 – #52991
  • Package updates for WordPress 5.8 beta 1 (batch2) – #52991
  • Prevent duplicate queries – #53280, #53176
  • Ensure that the block editor can be used on the page post type – #45537

Boostrap/Load

  • Add 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 allow disabling of object cache – #53322

Build/Test Tools

  • Ensure that we are using https:// urls – #39589
  • Silence jQuery Migrate console warnings when running E2E tests – #52860
  • Update devDependencies for bundled themes – #52624
  • Update several devDependencies – #52624

Bundled Themes

  • Introduce block patterns for Twenty Eleven – #51106
  • Introduce block patterns for Twenty Ten – #51107
  • Twenty Nineteen: Fix pullquote styling in editor when block has alignment – #53112
  • Twenty Nineteen: Set a default color for button links in the editor – #52555
  • Twenty Thirteen: Add “No Shadow” style to button block – #51223
  • Twenty Twenty: Ensure custom primary color is applied to text in the editor – #50120
  • Twenty Twenty: Regenerate the RTL editor stylesheet – #50120
  • Apply an alignment fix – #53246
  • Extraneous white space at end of line – #51189
  • Use single quotes when there are no variables withi/n the string – #48743

Comments

  • Return valid comment reply link if comments are paginated – #51189

Documentation

  • Correct DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) formatting for some revision tests – #52628
  • Document the usage of $wp_widget_factory global in WP_Customize_Widgets::sanitize_widget_instance() – #53394
  • Update documentation for some WP_Customize_Widgets methods per the documentation standards – #52628

Emoji

  • Update the Twemoji library to version 13.1.0 – #52852

Feeds

  • Avoid notices in get_post_comments_feed_link() – #52814

Login and Registration

  • Improve the unknown username error message – #52915
  • Wrap long site titles to a new line – #52776

Media

  • Add new functions to return the previous/next attachment links – #45708
  • Allow multi-uploads in Galleries – #53169
  • Ensure that post_id variable is initiated ahead of usage – #39589
  • Restore AJAX response data shape in media library – #50105

Permalinks

  • Limit pagination for posts with comments – #50233
  • Revert the changes stemming from pagination limits – #50233

Privacy

  • Improve naming of user confimed action email filters – #44314

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.

  • Check and return errors for insertions to revisions – #30009

Script Loader

  • Fix 404 errors for the jquery-masonry script when SCRIPT_DEBUG is true – #47353

Site Health

  • Display a list of file formats supported by the GD library – #53022

Tests

  • Fix typo in a get_bookmarks() test name – #52625
  • Fix typo in a retrieve_widgets() test name – #52625
  • Ignore EOL differences in some tests using multiline string assertions – #52625
  • Introduce some E2E tests for the Quick Draft dashboard 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. – #523905
  • Use assertSameSets() in some newly introduced tests – #52625

Themes

  • Fix 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) issues with controls in themes screen – #52649

TinyMCE

TinyMCE

  • Fix initialization when the editor is in a postbox by delaying it until document.readyState === 'complete' – #52133, #52050

Upgrade/Install

  • Built files should not be included in the $_old_files list – #53367
  • Remove parsing of readme.txt files for 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 or theme requirements – #48520, #48515, #meta2952, #meta4514, #meta4621
  • Update the $_old_files list for 5.8 – #52991, #52846, #53246, #53367

Widgets

  • Don’t decode HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. entities ahead of the widget constructor – #53138
  • Make new WordPress installations use blocks in widget areas instead of widgets – #53324
  • Ensure that HTML entities are converted in widget descriptions – #53138
  • Improve unit tests for RSS Widget – #53278
  • Prevent infinite 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. in PHP8+ if the URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org for the widget instance is incorrectly defined – #53278

Props

Thanks to the 105 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week:

@audrasjb (10), @SergeyBiryukov (8), @desrosj (8), @hellofromTonya (7), @sabernhardt (5), @isabel_brison (4), @whyisjake (4), @dd32 (3), @johnbillion (3), @alexstine (3), @adamsilverstein (3), @kjellr (3), @melchoyce (3), @antpb (2), @jorbin (2), @jorgefilipecosta (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), @beafialho (2), @jeffpaul (2), @aristath (2), @davidbaumwald (2), @mukesh27 (2), @chanthaboune (2), @youknowriad (2), @poena (2), @ocean90 (2), @azaozz (2), @DrewAPicture (2), @nosolosw (2), @boniu91 (1), @geekpress (1), @mikejolley (1), @ntsekouras (1), @scruffian (1), @mcsf (1), @sumitsingh (1), @Chouby (1), @onemaggie (1), @danieldudzic (1), @devnel (1), @timothyblynjacobs (1), @notlaura (1), @metalandcoffee (1), @paaggeli (1), @MrPauloEn (1), @mkdgs (1), @dway (1), @spikeuk1 (1), @herrvigg (1), @patkemper (1), @promz (1), @pondermatic (1), @andraganescu (1), @hellofromtonya (1), @noisysocks (1), @Boniu91 (1), @williampatton (1), @joyously (1), @Otto42 (1), @afragen (1), @wpgurudev (1), @hannahmalcolm (1), @achbed (1), @coffee2code (1), @coreymckrill (1), @rmccue (1), @marybaum (1), @dlh (1), @lukecarbis (1), @xkon (1), @helen (1), @TZ-Media (1), @pento (1), @Mista-Flo (1), @pbiron (1), @lifeforceinst (1), @birgire (1), @garrett-eclipse (1), @kapilpaul (1), @jontyravi (1), @david.binda (1), @joedolson (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @flixos90 (1), @gitlost (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @kraftbj (1), @justinahinon (1), @hareesh-pillai (1), @rellect (1), @knutsp (1), @grantmkin (1), @ArnaudBan (1), @Fantasy1125 (1), @swissspidy (1), @mor10 (1), @cameronjonesweb (1), @jeherve (1), @netweb (1), @afercia (1), @chaion07 (1), @sumanm (1), @carike (1), @devrekli (1), and @engahmeds3ed (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 6 new contributors of the week! @pondermatic, @lifeforceinst, @Fantasy1125, @cameronjonesweb, @sumanm, and @devrekli ♥️

Core committers: @desrosj (16), @whyisjake (10), @sergeybiryukov (8), @ryelle (8), @youknowriad (7), @joedolson (5), @antpb (4), @jorbin (3), @azaozz (2), @peterwilsoncc (1), and @noisysocks (1).

#5-8, #meta2952, #meta4514, #meta4621, #week-in-core