WordPress 4.9.3 Release Candidate

WordPress 4.9.3 maintenance release fixes 34 issues reported against 4.9 and is scheduled for February 5th. The release candidate is now ready for testing.

Thus far WordPress 4.9 has been downloaded more than 34 million times since its release on November 16, 2017. Please help us by testing this RC to ensure 4.9.3 fixes the reported issues and does not introduce any new ones.

JSHint Removal

One of the important changes is the removal of JSHint from code editor due to its GPLGPL GNU General Public License. Also see copyright license.-incompatible license. If your code relies upon JSHint from coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., you should update it to include a copy of JSHint. See ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #42850 for more details.

Changes Since 4.9.3 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process.

Code Editor

  • #42586 Add Ctrl/Cmd+F as aliases for persistent search for more intuitive behaviour.

Customize

  • #42450 Ensure customize_autosaved requests only use revision of logged-in user.
  • #42495 Ensure media playlists get initialized after selective refresh; expose new wp.playlist.initialize() 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..
  • #42658 Ensure heartbeat keeps changeset locked when in branching mode.
  • #42991 Include nav menu item for Home custom link in search results for "Home".

Media

  • #39859 Avoid page scrolling when opening the media modal.

For a full list of changes see the 4.9.3 Beta posttickets closed, and the changesets committed.

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