Andrew Rockwell 6:40 pm on May 13, 2017  

Week in Core, May 3rd – 9th 2017

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 [40569-40597]. Here are the highlights:

  • 29 commits
  • 42 contributors
  • 64 tickets created
  • 8 tickets reopened
  • 52 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.

Code Changes

Administration

  • Restore missing spinner when installing a new language. [40579] #40478
  • Remove unit and prefixed version from a CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. declaration. [40576] #35358
  • 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): Improve the color contrast ratio of the dismiss notice buttons. [40570] #39970

Cron 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.

Editor

  • Add wp.editor.remove() for editors that were dynamically instantiated from JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors.. [40588] #35760
  • Accessibility: Make the Get Shortlink button be a real button. [40578] #26504, #40448

Embeds

  • Add screencast.com to oEmbed provider whitelist. [40574] #38367

Emoji

Media

  • Optionally return attachment id from media_sideload_image(). [40597] #19629
  • Accessibility: Improve the suggested image size text in the media views. [40573] #38932

Networks and Sites

  • 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: Fix 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. 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. for the updating networknetwork (versus site, blog) count functions. [40596] #40703
  • Multisite: Add $network_id parameter to wp_maybe_update_network_user_counts(). [40591], [40593] #40385, #38699
  • Multisite: Add missing documentation for new $network_id parameter of wp_maybe_update_network_site_counts(). [40592] #40384
  • Multisite: Add $network_id parameter to wp_is_large_network(). [40590] #40489
  • Multisite: Introduce minimum_site_name_length filter. [40589] #39676

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/.

  • WP_REST_Request::remove_header() should canonicalize 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. names. [40577] #40347
  • Improve strings added after 4.7 string freeze. [40571] #39178

Themes

  • Fix missing search field in the Theme Install screen after [40572]. [40586] #34881
  • Accessibility: Wrap the installed themes search field within a form element. [40572] #34881

TinyMCE

  • Improve adding of custom UIUI User interface to the MCE Factory. [40587] #40690
  • Fix linting errors in tinymce-obsolete.js. [40585] #40690
  • Remove the pre-4.6.0 tests. Move regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. testing for obsolete tags and attributes to the default QUnit tests. [40584] #40690
  • Update to 4.6.0. Has many new features and bugbug A 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. [40583] #40690

Users

  • Multisite: Check only valid looking emails against banned domain list. [40595] #39915
  • Multisite: Validate email before checking against banned domains. [40594] #39915
  • Correct a permission check when showing the User item in the + New adminadmin (and super admin) toolbar menu. [40581] #39252
  • Clear the user settings cookies when clearing auth cookies. [40580] #32567

Widgets

  • Customize: Fix a visual glitch on the 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. control animation introduced in [40480]. [40569] #27112, #31476

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