Week in Core, August 2 – 9, 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 [38181-38238]. Here are the highlights:

  • 58 commits
  • 47 contributors
  • 76 tickets created
  • 10 tickets reopened
  • 53 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

Help/ About

Boostrap/ Load

  • Improve forward compatiblity of 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 global backup methods [38223-38224] #17817, #17817, #36819

Customize

Dashboard

  • Don’t escape 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. titles in screen reader text [38225-38226] #37595, #37594

Docs

Embeds

  • Fix copy/paste error in WP_oEmbed::_add_provider_early() description. [38230] #37602

Emoji

Formatting

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.

  • Correct the documented return types of get_translations_for_domain(). [38198] #32246

Media

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

Plugins

Requests

  • Merge handling for custom 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. methods [38191-38192] #37503

Taxononmy

  • Set WP_Term_Query::terms when returning terms from the cache in WP_Term_Query::get_terms() [38212], [38214] #37591
  • Add unit that shows that WP_Term_Query is broken when the query is read from the cache. [38211] #37591

Themes

Upgrade/ Install

Props

Thanks to @adamsilverstein, @afercia, @Ankit, @azaozz, @boonebgorges, @celloexpressions, @cmillerdev, @dd32, @DrewAPicture, @endocreative, @fliespl, @flixos90, @gitlost, @Gupta, @hugobaeta, @iamfriendly, @Ipstenu, @ivantedja, @jbrinley, @jeremyfelt, @joemcgill, @johnbillion, @jorbin, @juhise, @K, @karmatosed, @macmanx, @mapk, @michael-arestad, @mikeschroder, @nacin, @obenland, @ocean90, @olarmarius, @ovann86, @pento, @peterwilsoncc, @petya, @rahulsprajapati, @ramiy, @rosso99, @SergeyBiryukov, @swissspidy, @vishalkakadiya, @westonruter, @wonderboymusic, and @zetaraffix for their contributions!

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