The WordPress coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:
Found a bugbugA 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.?Create a ticket in the bug tracker.
The first GutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release of 2020 includes not less than 180 PRs 😍crafted by more than 56 contributors. These change include some of the most asked for features from the community.
It includes a new Buttons blockBlockBlock is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. to align more than one button in a row. Several block plugins had this block available already and now it made its way into Gutenberg CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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)-wise, a new tabbing behaviour has been introduced for Edit mode (mode you’re in when you’re editing blocks). Tabbing forward out of the block will bring you to the end of the content (the sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.) and tabbing backward will bring you to the block toolbar and then the headerHeaderThe 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.. This makes it easier to navigate the editor and brings it closer other editors that let tabbing focus the next element outside the editor, rather than the next element inside the editor. Of course you can still navigate to other blocks with the arrow keys and by escaping the Navigation mode (press Enter to return to Edit mode, arrow keys or tab to navigate to other blocks).
From a developper perspective, this release also includes a big refactoring to the Button component: It now supports an icon prop and the design have been tweaked for more consistency across the different variations.
A new package @wordpress/keyboard-shortcuts has been added. Ultimately, this package will allow users to edit their keyboard shortcut combinations and third-party developers to register their own keyboard shortcuts.
Skip shortcodeShortcodeA 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. if not on its own line. 19059
Writing flow: Improve tabbing for Edit mode. 19235
Audio block: Don’t render an empty audio tagtagA directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.). 18850
Make validation of block htmlHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. tags and attributes case insensitive 19207
Block examples: concatenate strings and add translators notes. 19048
Show the trashTrashTrash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days. button as a link. 19131
Removed the bottom-margin for the RadioControl component. 19340
Removes title case from alignments for text and image. 18757
Unify not capitalizing the heading for each of the attributes. 19374
Updates description of the navigation block. 19098
Performance
Remove the BlockAsyncRenderProvider and render parents asynchronously 19343
Bugs
A11yAccessibilityAccessibility (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):
Add missing i18ni18nInternationalization, 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. to the Latest Posts block settings strings 19032
Media Replace Flow: Don’t show the URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org option unless there is a handler. 19063
Popover: don’t render fallback anchor if anchorRef is defined. 19308
Fix cursor position when splitting blocks with IME keyboard. 19055
URLInput: Avoid showing the suggestions loader when disabled. 18979
New ReactReactReact is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. hook: useInstanceId. 19091
Support running arbitrary commands on the wordpress/env containers and use it for linting and server registered fixtures. 18986
Widgets screen & customizerCustomizerTool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings.:
Fix Drag & Drop not working on the widgets screen. 19029
Allow parent Block to consume child Block’s toolbar. 18440
Allow disabling the Block UIUIUser interface. 18173
Block Directory:
Update the regular expression that determines whether the pluginPluginA 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 is using an img URL or an icon slug. 19316
Use the block’s title for alt text on block directory plugin items. 19263
Refactor the MediaReplaceFlow component to use Dropdown. 19126
Remove unused is-hovered class from the block wrapper. 19390
RichText:
Rewrite withFilters with hooksHooksIn 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.. 19117
Add a pre-commit hook to check whether APIAPIAn 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. docs are updated. 18820
Add mechanism to set a width on withViewportMatch. 17085
Add minimum and maximum values to the Gallery columns attribute. 16314
Validate embed rendering before proceeding to next 19042
Add unit tests to the useViewportMatch and useMediaQuery React hooks. 19019
Performance Benchmark
The following benchmark compares performance for a particularly sizeable post (~ 36000 words, ~ 1000 blocks) over the last releases. Such a large post isn’t representative of the average editing experience but is adequate for spotting variations in performance.
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