Grant Palin 7:06 pm on June 23, 2016
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Week In Core, June 15 – June 22 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 [37720-37800]. Here are the highlights:

  • 80 commits
  • 33 contributors
  • 26 tickets created
  • 9 tickets reopened
  • 37 tickets closed

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

Code Changes

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)

  • Theme Installer, make the “Upload Theme” button… a button. [37742] #35457
  • Remove the ARIA roles from the wp.a11y.speak() live regions. [37734] #36289

Adminadmin (and super admin)

Autosave

  • improve the notice when the sessionStorage autosave is different than the content. [37737] #37025

Build/Test Tools

Comments

  • Wrap or unwrap the List Table comment_date as comment status changes via Ajax. Introduced in [36521]. [37743] #36742

Customize

  • Make sure that preview and return URLs are URLs. Merges [37527] to supported branches. [37780] [37778] [37777] [37775] [37773] [37772] [37770] [37769] [37768]
  • Separate preview and actions in the site icon control. Reverts [37456]. Merge of [37724] to the 4.5 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".. [37725] #36749
  • Separate preview and actions in the site icon control. Reverts [37456] [37724] #36749

Docs

  • Clarify documentation for wp_logout_url() and wp_login_url() and corresponding 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.. [37753] #34352
  • Improve the summaries and return descriptions for get_registered_nav_menus() and get_nav_menu_locations(). [37752] #37106
  • Add a missing summary and @since version to the DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) for WP_MS_Sites_List_Table::prepare_items(). [37739] #36675, #21837, #24833, #33185

Editor

  • Add white outline for contrast on darker backgrounds. Change red colour in toolbar. [37751] #36638
  • after inserting a link detect 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 is broken, first run. [37741] #36638

Embeds

External Libraries

Grunt

  • when running precommit use regex to check which files have been modified. [37749] #36528

L10NL10n Localization, or the act of translating code into one's own language. Also see internationalization. Often written with an uppercase L so it is not confused with the capital letter i or the numeral 1. WordPress has a capable and dynamic group of polyglots who take WordPress to more than 70 different locales.

  • Add unit tests for the override_load_textdomain 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.. [37746] #36398

Media

  • Use the correct variable for the file object. [37728] #14244
  • Pass allowed file extensions to Plupload. [37727] #14244
  • properly refresh the position of the Plupload shim so it moves over the Select Files button or off the screen. Fixes #37039. [37722] #37039

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

Permalinks

Posts

  • Unifies the APIs for getting a post’s modified date or time with getting a post’s date or time. [37738] #37059

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/.

  • Include X-Robots-Tag: noindex 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. in REST API responses to prevent endpoints from being indexed by search engines. [37726] #36390

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.

  • Change the capability needed to view revision diffs to edit_post. Merges [37779] to supported branches. [37799] [37797] [37796] [37791]
  • Change the capability needed to view revision diffs to edit_post. [37779]

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.

Media

  • Improve handling of extensionless filenames. This ensures files retain a filename after sanitization. [37756]
  • Restore keyboard navigation of the media grid. [37755] #36900

Menus

  • Support nested array variables in POST data when saving menus. Merge of [37748] and [37750] to the 4.5 branch. [37754] #36590, #14134
  • Fix _wp_expand_nav_menu_post_data() for PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 5.2. [37750] #36590
  • Support nested array variables in POST data when saving menus. [37748] #36590, #14134

Props

Thanks to @adamsilverstein, @afercia, @akibjorklund, @azaozz, @boonebgorges, @coderste, @coffee2code, @dlh, @DrewAPicture, @ericlewis, @Fab1en, @flixos90, @helen, @imath, @iseulde, @jeremyfelt, @joemcgill, @jorbin, @kraftbj, @lukecavanagh, @m_uysl, @nbachiyski, @neverything, @ocean90, @peterwilsoncc, @polevaultweb, @Props, @rabmalin, @rachelbaker, @rockwell15, @Soean, @swissspidy, and @Viper007Bond for their contributions!

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