The release candidate package for 4.9.8 has been released and is now available for testing. Please help test the release candidate version to ensure the version works as expected.
Note: testing of the release candidate package shortly after it was built uncovered a serious bug in the “Try Gutenberg callout”, see #44635. It was decided that we should still go forward with the release and will release a 2nd release candidate package as soon as a fix for this bug is found.
The total number of bug fixes in 4.9.8 is 28, the number of enhancements remains is 12 and the number of blessed tasks is 3.
Blessed Tasks
A full list of blessed tasks in 4.9.8 Release Candidate 1 can be found on Trac.
Editor
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#41316 – Introduce “Try Gutenberg” callout
Emoji
TinyMCE
Bug Fixes
A full list of bugs fixed in 4.9.8 Release Candidate 1 can be found on Trac.
Administration
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#44611 – try Gutenberg header wraps over text below on narrow screens
Bundled Theme
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#44109 – TwentySeventeen backend editor: level 2 bulleted lists nested under numbered lists show numbers instead of bullets
Comments
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#44141 – Privacy: Don’t replace comment author URL and email with anything
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#44342 – Commenter cookie consent message should not be displayed if the cookie action isn’t hooked
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#44126 – Adding fields to comments_form args prevents checkbox displaying
Customize
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#44104 – Customize: Attempt to count uncountable value
Editor
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#44341 – Replace _deprecated_function( ‘add_filter’ ) with apply_filters_deprecated()
Filesystem API
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#43054 – wp_is_stream fails with stream definition containing nonascii chars
I18N
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#44139 – i18n: “About” disambiguation
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#44574 – Saratov and other cities missing from translations
Login and Registration
- #44052 – Missing parameter type for `login_header()`
Media
- #43751 – REST API: Attachments controller should respect “Max upload file size” and “Site upload space” in multisite
- #44532 – Extreme memory leak related to wp_is_stream in wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress 4.9.7
Privacy
- #44099 – Add Request Type into Admin Email Subject for GDPR
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#44130 – Mixed Case of Privacy Policy on Privacy Settings page
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#44192 – Title of Privacy Policy Page not used on login page
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#44195 – “Silence is golden” index.html generates output
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#44265 – Add filter for email subject for erasure complete notification
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#44353 – Replace `site_url( ‘wp-login.php’ )` in `wp_send_user_request()`
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#44379 – GDPR filters should provide either $request or $request_id
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#44382 – Filter the subject within _wp_privacy_send_request_confirmation_notification
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#44396 – Inconsistent use of blogname and sitename in Privacy emails
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#44590 – Remove “// WPCS:” comments
Rest API
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#40861 – REST API saves attachments with absolute path for `_wp_attached_file` on Windows platforms
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#43874 – REST API: Only render fields specific to request when _fields= is used
Taxonomy
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#42691 – WP_Term_Query get_terms generates invalid sql queries
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#44096 – REST API: Taxonomy and term endpoints should use correct permission checks
TinyMCE
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#44330 – TinyMCE: do not force-load external TinyMCE plugins
Enhancements
A full list of enhancements in 4.9.8 Release Candidate 1 can be found on Trac.
Options, Meta APIs
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#38323 – Reconsider $object_subtype handling in `register_meta()`
Posts, Post Types
Privacy
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#43967 – Admin emails after email confirmation don’t work for data privacy requests
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#44006 – Privacy Policy page should have suffix like other special pages
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#44025 – Privacy: Pagination screen options for the requests list tables
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#44100 – GDPR Privacy Page setting allows for Draft Pages
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#44131 – If draft page selected for Privacy Policy page should verbiage change from view to preview
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#44181 – The input field id username_or_email_to_export should be something else on remove_personal_data page
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#44373 – Add a privacy setting to disable comment cookie consent
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#44612 – Grammar – Missing ‘a’ in ‘select new Privacy Policy page’
REST API
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#44321 – REST API: Expose revision count and last revision ID on Post response
Role/Capability
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#44287 – REST API: Declare user capability to perform actions using JSON Hyper Schema `targetSchema`
Change Log
Introduced
Functions
_wp_privacy_requests_screen_options()
source file: wp-admin/includes/user.php
_wp_privacy_settings_filter_draft_page_titles()
source file: wp-admin/includes/misc.php
get_object_subtype()
source file: wp-includes/meta.php
register_post_meta()
source file: wp-includes/post.php
register_term_meta()
source file: wp-includes/taxonomy.php
unregister_post_meta()
source file: wp-includes/post.php
unregister_term_meta()
source file: wp-includes/taxonomy.php
wp_ajax_update_try_gutenberg_panel()
source file: wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
wp_try_gutenberg_panel()
source file: wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
Hooks
add_inline_data
source file: wp-admin/includes/template.php
auth_{$object_type}_meta_{$meta_key}_for_{$object_subtype}
source file: wp-includes/capabilities.php
get_object_subtype_{$object_type}
source file: wp-includes/meta.php
sanitize_{$object_type}_meta_{$meta_key}_for_{$object_subtype}
source file: wp-includes/meta.php
try_gutenberg_panel
source file: wp-admin/index.php
user_erasure_complete_email_subject
source file: wp-includes/user.php
user_request_confirmed_email_subject
source file: wp-includes/user.php
Methods
WP_REST_Attachments_Controller::check_upload_size()
source file: wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php
WP_REST_Comment_Meta_Fields::get_meta_subtype()
source file: wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-comment-meta-fields.php
WP_REST_Meta_Fields::get_meta_subtype()
source file: wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-meta-fields.php
WP_REST_Post_Meta_Fields::get_meta_subtype()
source file: wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-post-meta-fields.php
WP_REST_Posts_Controller::get_available_actions()
source file: wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
WP_REST_Posts_Controller::get_schema_links()
source file: wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
WP_REST_Term_Meta_Fields::get_meta_subtype()
source file: wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-term-meta-fields.php
WP_REST_User_Meta_Fields::get_meta_subtype()
source file: wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-user-meta-fields.php
WP_Term_Query::populate_terms()
source file: wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
Modified
Functions
get_registered_meta_keys()
modification: The $object_subtype parameter was added.
source file: wp-includes/meta.php
register_meta()
modification: The $object_subtype argument was added to the arguments array.
source file: wp-includes/meta.php
registered_meta_key_exists()
modification: The $object_subtype parameter was added.
source file: wp-includes/meta.php
sanitize_meta()
modification: The $object_subtype parameter was added.
source file: wp-includes/meta.php
unregister_meta_key()
modification: The $object_subtype parameter was added.
source file: wp-includes/meta.php
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