The WordPress coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:
Found a bugbugA 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.?Create a ticket in our bug tracker.
With 6.2 well underway, it’s time to schedule the 6.2 bugbugA 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. scrub sessions. These 6.2 specific ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. scrubs will happen each week until the final release.
BetaBetaA 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. Bug Scrubs Focus: issues reported from the previous beta.
Release Candidaterelease candidateOne 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). Bug Scrubs (if needed) Focus: issues reported from the previous RCrelease candidateOne 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)..
Check this schedule often, as it will change to reflect the latest information.
What about recurring component scrubs and triagetriageThe act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. sessions?
For your reference, here are some of the recurring sessions:
Have a recurring component scrub or triage session? PingPingThe act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.”@costdev or @mukesh27 on SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. to have it added to this page.
Want to lead a bug scrub?
Did you know that anyone can lead a bug scrub at any time? Yes, you can!
How? Ping @costdev or @mukesh27 on Slack with the day and time you’re considering as well as the report or tickets you want to scrub.
Planning one that’s 6.2-focused? Awesome! It can be added it to the schedule here. You’ll get well deserved props in Dev Chat, as well as in the #props Slack channel!
Use this list to focus on highest priority tickets first.
Use this list to focus on tickets that haven’t received love in a while.
Report 6 provides a list of open 6.2 tickets ordered by workflow.
Need a refresher on bug scrubs? Checkout Leading Bug Scrubs in the coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. handbook.
Questions?
Have a question, concern, or suggestion? Want to lead a bug scrub? Please leave a comment or reach out directly to @costdev or @mukesh27 on Slack.
“What’s new in GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Site Editor project (formerly called Full Site Editing).
The latest release of the pluginPluginA 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 is lighter on user-facing features than normal and focuses heavily on bugbugA bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. fixes, testing, and other much-needed improvements. But, there are some welcome additions, such as turning paragraphs into columns, an improved Cover blockBlockBlock 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., and new template descriptions in the site editor.
The Cover block now supports the text color design tool. The enhancementenhancementEnhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. makes it easier for users and theme authors to customize the color for all inner blocks with a single setting. Along with this benefit, the change made it easier to handle transforms from the Media & Text block.
The Cover block also now works the same as the Group block with its layout handling. Currently, the block only supports the flow layout and is set to a constrained width by default. It does not yet support flex layout variations.
The update brings consistency to layout handling, building atop a standardized system that will make for fewer edge cases and necessary customizations for theme authors.
Theme authors should test their themes against this update. In the past, some have had to work around the layout limitations of the Cover block, and the block’s support of the standard layout system may override custom implementations.
Updated template descriptions
Template descriptions have received a major overhaul in the latest update. Nearly all of them have been updated to better explain what each template does. This should make it easier for users to understand each template’s purpose when customizing it in the Site Editor.
Other Notable Highlights
A new textColumns property has been added as a “block supports” feature and is now in the style engine. It will allow users to split text-based blocks into columns. Developers can opt into this for their custom blocks, but no coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blocks support the feature yet. There are open tickets for adding it to the Paragraph and Post Excerpt blocks in future updates.
Theme authors can now target the :link and :any-link pseudo-elements in theme.json, giving them more control over styling hyperlinks.
The FontSizePicker component allows for an array of custom units to be defined. This is the first step toward allowing theme authors to eventually control the available units if their themes support custom font sizes. However, the editor’s Typography panel does not yet support this feature.
Change Log
Enhancements
Site Editor
Adjust whileHover effect to be a bit subtler and less pronounced. (48928)
Go direct to edit from manage all templates list. (48764)
Move “Add Template”‘s descriptions to tooltips. (48710)
Add descriptions to all panels in the Site Editor’s dark side. (48739)
Add hover animation to site editor canvas. (48575)
Fix non-us spelling in sidebarSidebarA 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.. (48976)
Prevent the saving button from showing when renaming templates. (48399)
Navigation Sidebar: Change the logic about which navigation gets selected for the sidebar. (48689)
Add “Added by” description to template part navigation sidebar. (48732)
Add border radius to off canvas navigation menuNavigation MenuA theme feature introduced with Version 3.0. WordPress includes an easy to use mechanism for giving various control options to get users to click from one place to another on a site. items. (48798)
Add page details when viewing a specific page. (48650)
Duotone: Limit SVG filterFilterFilters 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. output to used filters. (48995)
Open convert to links modal on select of a page item. (48723)
Post Featured ImageFeatured imageA 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.: Remove 16:10. (48969)
FormTokenField: Hide suggestions list on blur event if input value is invalidinvalidA 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.. (48785)
Design Tools
Block Supports: Add text columns (column count) to typography block supports. (33587)
Global Styles
Move the global styles provider to the app level component. (49011)
Add support for :link and :Any-link in theme.jsonJSONJSON, 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.. (48634)
Add compound class to layout wrapper for global spacing styles. (47952)
Block APIAPIAn 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.
Block Deprecations: Provide extra data for isEligible check. (48815)
Post Editor
Provide static native editor help article slugs. (48802)
Try getting Post Content layout on server before editor loads. (45299)
Packages
Introduce prependHTTPS URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org util. (47648)
Bug Fixes
Block Library
Embed Block: Fix Aspect Ratio Classes #29641. (41141)
Ensure aspect ratio is applied when Post Featured Image block is linked. (48495)
Fix PostContent initial render by waiting for the canEdit request. (48642)
Fix navigation block off-canvas appender for empty menus. (48907)
Fixes extra UIUIUser interface in navigation block inspector. (48679)
Import Classic Menu using the menu name as the block menu title. (48771)
Navigation Link: Remove color generation code. (48927)
Navigation: Fix missing state for MenuControls. (48921)
Update missing translationtranslationThe process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. from label. (48760)
WidgetWidgetA 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. Importer: Fix Widget Group block imports. (48669)
Query LoopLoopThe 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.: Show variant patterns even if there are no patterns for the Query Loop block. (48793)
Comments: Fix ‘sprintf requires more than 1 params’ error. (49054)
Adjust Post Featured Image PanelBody label to “Settings”. (49076)
Add help text to Gallery Image Size control. (49074)
I18ni18nInternationalization, 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. of created Navigation menu title. (48773)
Make sure the directly inserted block in the Nav block is a Page link. (48740)
Tweak label for Latest Posts excerptExcerptAn excerpt is the description of the blog post or page that will by default show on the blog archive page, in search results (SERPs), and on social media. With an SEO plugin, the excerpt may also be in that plugin’s metabox. control. (49077)
Page List Block: Show untitled pages on page list on the editor. (48772)
Site Editor
Don’t offer Classic block as a recovery action when not registered. (49051)
Fix browser history when synchronising state with urls. (48731)
Fix lingering insertion point within template parts. (48913)
Remove actions from SidebarNavigationScreenWrapper. (48935)
Update template descriptions with more detail. (48934)
Global Styles
Fix typo: Use WP_Theme_JSON_Gutenberg instead of WP_Theme_JSON class name. (48648)
Fix: Crashes on getNodesWithSettings and getNodesWithStyles. (49023)
Fix: Global Styles crash in updateConfigWithSeparator when not block styles are passed. (49045)
Fix: Global Styles getNodesWithStyles expects an object with elements. (49044)
Fix: Global Styles getPresetsClasses crashes if no selector is passed. (49024)
Fix: Global styles forces a white background. (49042)
Style Book: Move iframeiframeiFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser. to root of content area to support styles that overflow block previews. (48664)
WP_Theme_JSON: Sync indirect properties changes from core. (48646)
ResizeTooltip: Use default.fontFamily on tooltip. (48805)
ResponsiveWrapper: Use aspect-ratio CSSCSSCascading Style Sheets. prop and support SVG elements. (48573)
AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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)
Make sure useFocusOnMount runs when all the children tabbable elements have mounted. (42187)
Distraction Free Mode: Don’t show the metaboxes. (48947)
Don’t add Post Content layout styles to title in the post editor. (48663)
Fix animation and browser console error when returning from template edit mode. (48930)
Block Editor
LinkControl: Remove HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. from suggestion title before passing it to TextHighlight component. (48685)
Order initial block items in Navigation with PrivateInserter. (48752)
BlockInvalidWarning: Prefer canInsertBlockType and refactor to hooksHooksIn 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.. (49052)
Fix: Incorrect selector generated by append_to_selector method. (48759)
Block Library
Lodash: Remove _.get() from various blocks. (48491)
Data Layer
Lodash: Refactor away from _.set() in core-data. (48784)
GitHubGitHubGitHub 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
Prefer committercommitterA developer with commit access. WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally, the project usually has a few guest or component committers - a developer receiving commit access, generally for a single release cycle (sometimes renewed) and/or for a specific component. over author date for perf results timestamp. (48673)
Documentation
Add links to hook documentation in curation doc. (48653)
Add missing playwright end-to-end documentation to toc.json. (48447)
Adding examples of how to programmatically remove the panels in Document sidebar. (48895)
Adds link to post on the developer blogblog(versus network, site) to the deprecation page. (49069)
Add position: Sticky to the Opt-in into UI controls appearanceTools section. (48763)
Duotone: Style Engine: Add unit testunit testCode 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. and associated refactoring. (49033)
Query Block: Add tests for getValueFromObjectPath() util. (48956)
First time contributors
The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:
@abhi3315: Link Control – Add support for text only labels. (47930)
@hbhalodia: Change higher order with-constraint-tabbing from .js to .tsx. (48162)
@sboerrigter: Fix incorrect css property in editor-color-palette documentation. (48333)
@shreyasikhar: Site Editor Sidebar: Add line-height for template/parts name and update width for edit button. (48160)
@suvrodattamitu: Style Engine: Fix wrong property name letterSpacing to lineHeight. (48091)
@tomdevisser: Remove copy for managing a block’s style variations. (48367)
Contributors
The following contributors merged PRs in this release:
Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between March 13 and March 20, 2023.
30 commits
70 contributors
51 tickets created
4 tickets reopened
46 tickets closed
TicketticketCreated 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
Define the $title global on the Menus screen for classic themes – #57918
Update dashboard welcome panel colors, remove broken link – #57759
Build/Test Tools
Fix issue with add method in object-cache.php – #57963
Add test class for wp_enqueue_stored_styles() – #57841
Add test class for wp_script_is() – #57841, #57958
Improve documentation and variable names in some formatting tests – #57841
Rename test class and improve tests for wp_get_global_stylesheet() – #57841, #57958
Use the data_ prefix for various data provider methods – #57841
Cache APIAPIAn 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.
Add a warning when calling _get_non_cached_ids with invalidinvalidA 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. ids – #57593
Correct the second parameter’s name in _get_non_cached_ids() – #40420
Code Modernization
Fix dynamic properties in WP_Admin_Bar – #56876, #56034
Coding Standards
Remove unused variable in WP_Plugins_List_Table::single_row() – #55132
Remove unused variables in WP_Comment_Query – #57482
Use single quotes for strings without variables in register_block_style_handle() – #57903
Date/Time
Remove usage of mysql2date in generate_postdata method – #57683
Docs
Fix typo in _validate_cache_id() description – #57593
Editor
Correctly load RTL stylesheets for non-core blocks – #57903
Show scheduled text when changing to new future dates – #31040
Update wordpress packages for 6.2 RC2 – #57471 – #57895
Update wordpress packages for 6.2 RC3 – #57471, #57929
Return false for empty paths in FTPFTPFTP 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.::exists() methods – #33058
HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. API
Allow filter property to accept a URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org in safecss_filter_attr() – #57780
The meeting’s scheduled facilitator will be @francina
@oglekler and @webcommsat are on the rota for this week’s meeting summary. If you would like to volunteer for the summary, do add a comment to this ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. for @webcommsat.
GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ 15.4 RCrelease candidateOne 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). is scheduled (now available for testing)
More updates from the Release Squad to come in the meeting.
5. Request for help with tickets/ components/ blockers/
If you have a ticket or request to help, please add a comment to the agenda post. Please indicate if you will be attending the meeting live and be able to highlight the issue further if needed.
If you are unable to attend dev chat live, you can add further details of the issue you would like highlighted either in comments, or message CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team reps @webcommsat and @hellofromtonya with the additional information to raise in this week’s meeting for you.
6. Open floor
Items for this agenda item and the previous one are welcome from across time zones. Please add suggestions in comments on this post. Thanks.
Release the Performance Lab pluginPluginA 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 2.1.0 yesterday
@spacedmonkey I have been working on profiling translations and looking into how we can make them faster
@joemcgill working with @spacedmonkey on comparing notes this week on some initial profiling that we’ve done. I’m still struggling a bit to write all of this up in a shareable way, given that I’ve got one arm in a sling, but we should have some good progress to share by next week.
@flixos90 Autoloading is tricky. There is probably some memory benefit of not loading as much PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher code, but we’ll have to assess the performance impact more. Of course autoloading is a good practice, but we also need a good argument to support getting this into coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. And if it actually slows down server response time, I would say we shouldn’t push it. But more research needs to be done.
@joemcgill let’s move these tickets to the 6.3 milestone
JavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. & CSSCSSCascading Style Sheets.
@10upsimon gave his update on Enhancing the Scripts APIAPIAn 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. with a loading strategy ahead of time
Engineering for the epic as a whole has been completed and is in round 1 of code review and iteration – work can be seen here. We anticipate an iterative feedback and implementation loopLoopThe 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. to continue into next week, followed by a full and final code and functional review of all work by EOW next week, thus concluding engineering and being in a state to consider and implement a core merge proposal mid-April.
A developer testing plan is currently in review, which aims to support testing efforts of all engineering work carried out. This includes validation of all unit tests introduced as part of said work, and defines functional testing approaches, of which popular WordPress themes and plugins are included as part thereof.
An approach for documentation (automated/code reference & community) has been discussed and is soon to be executed. Draft documentation items will be produced for review, with the aim of being released as soon after the core merge as possible.
@adamsilverstein I have an update about the image comparison game/study I ran at WordCampWordCampWordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Asia. In the game people compare two images generated by WordPress to the original uploaded image. The image quality setting between the images varies and the format changes as well, so far I’m testing with WebP and JPEG and quality settings from 70 to 90.
@adamsilverstein Here is a doc with a summary of the results and a bit of analysis as well as a link to a sheet with the raw data:
To summarize the results though:
People loved playing the game and also became super engaged about images
We didn’t gather enough data to have statistically meaningful results
Anecdotally, most people struggled to tell which image was closer to the original
@joemcgill I’m starting a high-level review of our approach to calculating the sizes attribute for images in WordPress this week. It’s the first step for me to work on ways we can improve some of the base assumptions that the current approach takes and see if we can improve it now that we have more information and blockBlockBlock 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.
@flixos90 I have been researching the remaining problems with lazy-loaded LCP images, with some good findings. I should have something to share in a week or two. Likely this will be in form of a few new TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets with things we should fix. It’s worth noting that still more than 20% of LCP images today are being lazy-loaded with the loading attribute. This is where WordPress core can help.
(Additionally ~10% of LCP images today are lazy-loaded through other custom JSJSJavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. technologies, so that’s something where plugins and libraries will have to do the work. Maybe something we can help facilitate)
@joemcgill Automated performance timing continues to be collected and was useful while reviewing potential performance regressions during release candidates for 6.2. We are starting to put some thought into what the next improvements should be. If anyone has specific ideas they think should be considered, I’d certainly love input. Will share some ideas in the coming weeks.
@adamsilverstein I wanted to link to a Drupal ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. where their team is working on adding automated performance testing for Drupal core: https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3346765. The approach they are taking is quite different, with a plan to store performance traces using a tool like Open Telemetry or “jaeger” (new to me) – although they are starting more simply like we have. I feel like it is worth following their effort as we can always learn from each other
@joegrainger We are working on the final elements on the Plugin Checker infrastructure with plans to complete this by the end of the week. From next week we’ll be performing initial testing and review of the infrastructure before working on the additional checks. Progress as always can be seen on the GitHub repo here. Please feel free to take a look and leave any thoughts/ideas you may have in the repo.
@clarkeemily we’re aiming to complete engineering of Milestone 1 issues by end of next week
@flixos90 The idea is to publish the WebP standalone plugin first, essentially to test that everything is working as expected. If we need to fix something, at least that way we’re only messing with one plugin instead of 4
Once we’ve established the publishing workflow functions as expected, we’ll publish the other standalone plugins
New Projects / Proposals
A polite reminder, our 2023 roadmap is intentionally broad. Despite there being clear workstreams envisioned within the highlighted priorities, the team aims to support contributors with additional related ideas
Released the Performance Lab pluginPluginA 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 2.1.0 yesterday
WordPress 6.2 will be released on Tuesday March 28th. We are in the final sprint of testing the release candidates.
GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ 15.4 will be released later today.
15.4 RCrelease candidateOne 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). is scheduled (now available for testing)
commented on the agenda post: “I’m seeking feedback on some proposals to preload Navigation Menus and Template Parts (server side) in order to improve the perceived editor load times.It does involve certain compromises and assumptions which I’d like to discuss in more detail and also find more concrete evidence for. Any help much appreciated.”
Open Floor
@Mdxf
commented on the agenda: “I vote to improve the perceived load times on the Browser Mode + also on the “back to WP adminadmin(and super admin) menu” action (when clicking on the site logo on top left) !!! (here on FF it is very slow, i did not test on Chrome)….” @ndiego suggested you create new GitHub issue, detailing exactly what you are seeing . In his experience, slowness in the Site Editor that is exacerbated by third-party plugins, so it would be good to also understand the setup you use.
“As everyone is aware, we have a LOT of open issues and PRs in the GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ repo. The TriagetriageThe act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. team does a fantastic job, and @mamaduka and I have been running weekly bugbugA bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrubs here in #coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.-editor. Yet, the number of open items continues to rise. After the 6.2 release, I will be spending some time thinking about how we can better tackle this situation, but I did want to also call attention to a discussion started by @tomjdevisser on GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/ Discussion: “Auto-closing inactive issues to shift focus towards important issues” If you have time to provide feedback or thoughts, it would be much appreciated.”
@hellofromtonya contributed how it is handled in TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.
“In Trac, there are 2 ways it’s handled:
Add a close keyword with a comment that it will be closed in x amount of time without reporter follow-up.
Or close with a reason and a comment to re-open if more information is available for further investigation or consideration.
This is a manual ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.-by-ticket triage process” She clarified further: “The close keyword with message gives all who previously contributed to the ticket the opportunity to revive it. If they are still interested in it, it invites them back while also setting the expectation that it will be closed otherwise.”
@francina led the chat. The meeting start on the coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. channel of the Make WordPress SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..
The agenda, prepared by @webcommsat, has a full list of 6.2 links, only new links are listed below.
WordPress 6.2 RC 2 landed on Tuesday, March 14, 2023! Please download and test, and remember that in the RCrelease candidateOne 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). period:
It takes two committers to commit code to the 6.2 branchbranchA 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".
The 6.3 branch is open for early tickets, proposals and more
GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ 15.4 is underway.
@johnbillion raised #57916, about 6.2 server-side performance regressions. @hellofromtonya noted the ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. is about assessing performance and will not generate any late commits to 6.2.
@costev highlighted that he, @ironprogrammer, and @afragen are working on an update to the WordPress BetaBetaA 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. Tester pluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party that will add a section where users can report a bugbugA 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. right in the interface.
The meeting is scheduled facilitator will be @francina and @marybaum will draft the meeting summary. If you would like to volunteer for the summary, add a comment to this ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. for @webcommsat.
GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ 15.4 Release Candidaterelease candidateOne 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). is scheduled.
What’s new in Gutenberg 15.3? (March 13, 2023) – posted by @richtabor. This version tightens up the site editing experience, adds a new “Time to Read” blockBlockBlock 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., and some Duotone enhancements.
3. Highlighted posts
A Week in CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., March 6-13, 2023 – thanks to @audrasjb
48 commits
62 contributors
47 tickets created
8 tickets reopened
68 tickets closed
And welcome to the five new contributors from this week!
4. Releases
Useful information on the next major WordPress release 6.2:
Performance team has also been considering TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. Ticket #57916 to explore and assess 6.2 server-side performance regressions.
Any additional updates from the Release Squad will be shared in the meeting.
5. Request for help with tickets/ components/ blockers/
If you have a ticket or request to help, please add a comment to the agenda post. Please indicate if you will be attending the meeting live and be able to highlight the issue further if needed.
If you are unable to attend dev chat live, you can add further details of the issue you would like highlighted either in comments, or message Core Team reps @webcommsat and @hellofromtonya with the additional information to raise in this week’s meeting for you.
6. Open floor
Items for this agenda item and the previous one are welcome from across time zones. Please add suggestions in comments on this post. Thanks.
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