Pascal Birchler 3:37 pm on March 13, 2015
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WordPress Core Weekly

Hi everyone, and welcome to this week’s installment of WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Weekly – covering March 5 2015 [31621] through March 13, 2015 [31764].

If you want to write the next WordPress Core Weekly summary, check out the schedule over at make/docs and get in touch in the #core-weekly-update Slack channel.

WordPress 4.2 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

In case you missed it, the first beta of WordPress 4.2 was released yesterday! Read the announcement post for a quick overview of all features (emojis! 🎉🎉) and be sure to test it extensively.

Code Updates

General

  • Add emoji support, with Twemoji fallback. [31733] [31745] [31750] [31756] [31758] #31242
  • Add emoji URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org support, and Twemoji fallback for displaying slugs in wp-adminadmin (and super admin), when the browser doesn’t natively support emoji. [31734] #31328
  • Gravatars: Enable HiDPI versions for browsers that support srcset. [31721] [31722] #22329
  • Declare 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 as a field for WP_Object_Cache. [31682] #30799
  • Introduce $autoload parameter to update_option(). [31640] [31628] #31130, #26394

TinyMCE

  • Abstract the code for creating floating toolbars. Introduce editor.wp namespace to hold exported methods from our plugins. [31725] #30619
  • Hide TinyMCE help button on mobile. [31718] #31161
  • Update TinyMCE to 4.1.9. [31700] #31551
  • TinyMCE: when pasting an URL over a selection, insert a link with the URL instead of replacing the selection with it. [31691] #31571
  • In the modal state for Embed previews, only show the Title field when the preview fails. [31632] #29476

Upgrade/Install

  • Shiny Updates: Disable body scrolling when filesystem request modal is open. [31753] #31607
  • Shiny Updates: Don’t translate an error code string. [31751] #31606

Posts, Post Types

  • Allow is_page_template() to accept an array, as many other conditional tags do. [31754] #31271
  • Introduce a new algorithm for displaying a hierarchical list of post objects in the WP_Posts_List_Table. This reduces processing time, reduces database queries, and substantially reduces memory use on sites with a high number of Pages. [31730] #15459

Press This

  • Remove obsolete help tab in Settings -> Writing. [31743] #26794
  • update _limit_url(), use esc_url_raw(). [31737] #31373
  • 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. and select the content on the PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher side. Then pass only the needed data to JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors.. [31693] #31373
  • Add preview functionality. Opens the preview in a new window or a tab next to the source tab. [31654] #31458

Media

  • EXIF/IPTC captions should populate Caption (post_excerpt) on upload, not Description (post_content). [31694] #22768
  • Introduce a function, wp_attachment_is( $type, $post = 0 ), to collapse the logic for determining whether an attachment is an image, audio, or video. [31645] [31670] #25275

Widgets

Feeds

External Libraries

Plugins

  • 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 details: Ensure banner image doesn’t repeat. [31719] #30773

Embeds

  • Remove oEmbed support for Revision3. [31712] #31592
  • Allow 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. URLs for Instagram embeds, and switch to https for its oEmbed 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. endpoint. [31710] [31711] #28507
  • Add oEmbed support for Kickstarter. [31671] #29126
  • Add oEmbed support for Tumblr. [31630] #31180

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.

  • Return the original value when filtering theme mods/options and the current blogblog (versus network, site) has changed. [31707] #31428
  • Prevent a race condition when attempting to publish too soon after updating 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. form fields with multiple edits. [31706] #31501
  • Fix previewing and applying widgets when previewing another theme. [31705] #31484
  • Introduce WP_Customize_Media_Control, a new base class for all Customizer media controls. [31698] #29215
  • Add loading indicators for the Customizer preview. [31697] #31196
  • Add audio/video previews for upload controls. [31661] #30850

Comments

  • Improved customizability for the Submit button in comment_form(). [31699] #15015
  • Comments: Show more identifying information for moderation and editing. [31641] [31695] #23988

Administration

  • Screen Options: Improve items per page option label. Add a default label “Number of items per page:” to WP_Screen->render_per_page_options() and remove all the existing one-word labels. [31696] #31349, #15576
  • Theme Details: Hide admin toolbar on smaller screens. [31702] #31381
  • Star ratings: Use a yellow color across the board. Keying these to color schemes originally turned out to be weird. [31747] #31424
  • Remove single-use URL parameters and create canonical link based on new URL. [31736] #23367
  • Allow swiping of the admin menu on touch devices. [31720] #31187
  • Restore <title> tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) on Posts and Pages screens after [31696]. [31709] #31349
  • Replace flagrant instances of .htmlHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers.(”) with .empty(). [31690] #27034
  • Nav menus: Return to calling links “Custom Links”. [31748] #31344

Networks and Sites

  • Introduce delete_site 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. capability. [31673] #30470
  • Return 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. status code 403 in networknetwork (versus site, blog) admin when access is forbidden. [31658] #31422
  • Return HTTP status code 500 by default in ms_not_installed() [31657] #30002

Query

Users

  • Improve experience when deleting users from a multisite network. [31656] #18132

Bundled Theme

  • Twenty Fifteen: add ARIA attributes to menu toggle. [31644] #31527

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