Andrew Rockwell 12:10 am on April 7, 2016
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Week in Core, Mar 29 – Apr 5 2016

Welcome back the latest issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., covering changes [37092-37160]. Here are the highlights:

  • 69 commits
  • 16 contributors
  • 62 tickets created
  • 7 tickets reopened
  • 32 tickets closed
  • Target release date for 4.5 is April 12th

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on trac timeline for the period above.

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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)

  • Improvements for the Editor wpLink modal form fields. [37160] #33301

Build/Test Tools

Comments

  • Wrap the formatted comment text on the comment moderation screen in comment_text() so paragraphs and texturisation are applied. [37158] #34133

Customize

  • Fix toggle of title attribute field visibility on nav menus adminadmin (and super admin) page. [37153] #35273, #36353
  • Put focus on change button instead of remove button in media control. [37152] #36337
  • Respect aspect ratio on cropped images. [37113] #36318

Docs

  • Ignore _wp_upload_dir_baseurl() from parsing for the Code Reference. [37114] #36371

Editor

  • Remove trailing space from a help text string. [37159] #36407
  • Restore the bottom half of the modal. Make it always expanded and remove the toggle. It is used as advanced link options now, no need to have simple mode. [37154] #36359

Embeds

  • Improve how iframes are loaded after being initially hidden. [37093] #35894

General

  • Add deprecated notice and removal warning to _wp_upload_dir_baseurl(). [37112] #36371
  • Snoopy: use escapeshellarg instead of escapeshellcmd [37102-37094]

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.

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.

  • Clarify translator comment for an a11yAccessibility 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) label added in [36618]. [37155] #35111, #36396

JavascriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.

  • Add nonce to AJAX action for script compression setting. Merges [37143] to the 4.4 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". [37144] [37143]

Networks and Sites

  • Improve escaping in networknetwork (versus site, blog) settings.  [37132-37124]
  • Validate new email address confirmations. [37111-37103]

Plugins

Role/Capability

  • Add create_sites and delete_sites to the list of capabilities that are checked as part of the comporehensive roles and capabilities tests. [37157] #32394, #36413

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.

Themes

  • Remove $size reference from get_custom_logo().  [37135] #36327

Upgrade/Install

  • Add Nonce to updating wporg_favorites user 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. field Merges [37145] to the 4.4 branch [37146] [37145]

Thanks to @adamsilverstein, @afercia, @azaozz, @dimadin, @DrewAPicture, @iseulde, @jeremyfelt, @johnbillion, @jorbin, @nbachiyski, @obenland, @ocean90, @sidati, @swissspidy, @TacoVerdo, and @westonruter for their contributions!

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