Welcome back to a new issue of Week in Core Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on Trac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between November 23 and November 30, 2020.
- 9 commits
- 19 contributors
- 51 tickets created
- 23 tickets reopened
- 141 tickets closed
Ticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.
Code changes
Comments
- Correct ending tag A 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.) placement in the “Search results for: …” subtitle – #51889
External Libraries
- Upgrade PHPMailer to version 6.2.0 – #51874
- Fix hiding of the text in the jQuery UI User interface dialog close button – #51863
Help/About
- Update URLs in About page – #51415
Options, Meta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. APIs
- Pass `$meta_type` to the `get_{$meta_type}_metadata` filter 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. in `metadata_exists()` – #51866
Quick/Bulk Edit
- Fix `undefined` error when initializing UI Autocomplete 1.12.1 on non-existing element and then attempting to use the autocomplete instance – #51872
Tests
- Test that `sanitize_title_with_dashes()` strips HTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. tags – #51881
Upgrade/Install
- Display “You are using a development version” message on WordPress Updates screen for Beta 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. or RC One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). versions – #51822
- Display “You are using a development version” message in the admin (and super admin) footer for Beta or RC versions – #51892
Props
Thanks to everyone who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week:
@azaozz (4), @afragen (2), @audrasjb (2), @SergeyBiryukov (2), @Clorith (2), @ayeshrajans (1), @mukesh27 (1), @jsmoriss (1), @pbiron (1), @pbearne (1), @ocean90 (1), @marijnkoopman (1), @donmhico (1), @sabernhardt (1), @_luigi (1), @jrf (1), @johnbillion (1), @kebbet (1) and @TimothyBlynJacobs (1).
Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (6), @azaozz (2), and @ryelle (1).
#week-in-core
