Andrew Rockwell 12:46 am on June 2, 2017
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Week in Core, May 24th – 30th 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 [40827-40856]. Here are the highlights:

  • 30 commits
  • 27 contributors
  • 40 tickets created
  • 7 tickets reopened
  • 26 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

Build/Test Tools

  • Add a missing class to the PHPUnit 6 back compatback compat Backward compatibility - a desire to ensure that plugins and themes do not break under new releases - is a driving philosophy of WordPress. While it is a commonly accepted software development practice to break compatibility in major releases, WordPress strives to avoid this at all costs. Any backward incompatible change is carefully considered by the entire core development team and announced, with affected plugins often contacted. It should be noted that external libraries, such as jQuery, do have backward incompatible changes between major releases, which is often going to be a greater concern for developers.. [40854] #39822
  • Remove mentions of HHVM from the test infrastructure on Travis for the 4.0 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".. [40833] #40548

Bundled Theme

Emoji

Help/About

  • About: Introduce design and add link to Media Widgets 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. dev notedev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase.. [40849] #40721
  • About: Further polish for Under The Hood. [40841] #40721
  • About: Further polish for feature descriptions. [40838] #40721

Media

Misc

Plugins

  • Fix 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. in search input field size. [40840] #40130, #40857

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/.

  • In the adminadmin (and super admin) area, ensure the REST API endpoint URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org is forced to https when necessary. [40843] #36451

TinyMCE

Widgets

  • Normalize YouTube and Vimeo URLs in video shortcodeShortcode A shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site. (primarily for Video 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.) to work around ME.js 2.22 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.. [40847] #32417, #39994, #40866
  • Ensure that audio and video files appear in media library browser upon upload. [40836] #32417, #39994, #39995, #40803
  • Supply missing descriptions for instance schema fields in media widgets. [40835] #32417
  • Prevent multiple items from being selectable when first populating a media widget. [40827] #32417

Thanks to @apmarshall @obenland, @hedgefield, @reportermike, @ryelle, @rclations, @westonruter, @adamsilverstein, @apmarshall, @azaozz, @bridgetwillard, @celloexpressions, @iandunn, @jnylen0, @johnbillion, @juhise, @karmatosed, @leemon, @matveb, @melchoyce, @mikeschroder, @mohanjith, @obenland, @ocean90, @pento, @peterwilsoncc, @peterwilsoncc, @Soean, @timmydcrawford, @voldemortensen, and @westonruter for their contributions!

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