Jb Audras 9:11 pm on April 12, 2021
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A Week in Core – April 12, 2021

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore 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 TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between April 5 and April 12, 2021.

  • 26 commits
  • 42 contributors
  • 54 tickets created
  • 9 tickets reopened
  • 45 tickets closed

Reminder: WordPress 5.7.1 is planned for April 14, 2021. The release candidate is available for testing.

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.

Code changes

Administration

  • Update various background colors for increased contrast – #52760

Build/Test Tools

  • Remove remaining Travis CI references – #52161, #52666
  • Prevent PHPUnit tests on push for forks/private mirrors – #52983
  • Update dependencies in default themes – #52624
  • Update development dependencies from WP packages – #52991
  • Revert package-lock.json change in [50682] – #52768
  • Update some dependencies – #52624

Bundled Themes

  • Update the “Tested up to” value – #52859
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Rebuild IE specific editor stylesheet – #52981, #52702

Coding Standards

  • Rewrite a fragment in request_filesystem_credentials() for clarity and to avoid repetition – #52627
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/includes/file.php – #52627
  • Simplify the check for parent terms in export_wp() – #52627
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/includes/credits.php – #52627
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/includes/comment.php – #52627
  • Remove unnecessary unset() calls in WP_Importer methods – #52996
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php – #52627
  • Give a variable in wp-admin/themes.php a more meaningful name – #52627

Customize

  • Set `playsinline` attribute for custom headerHeader The 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. videos – #50111

Editor

  • Use a consistent way to retrieve post ID on Edit Post screens – #52995
  • Ensure wordpress/inteface package is listed as a dependency – #52991

Login and Registration

  • Check if $_GET['login'] is set before using it in wp-login.php – #52980

Media

  • Do not lazy load hidden images or embeds – #52768

Options, MetaMeta 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

  • Update default color scheme swatch to match CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. changes – #52750

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/.

  • Move the rest_jsonp_enabled filterFilter 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. before setting the Content-Type header – #52691

Site Health

  • Reduce false reports of HTTPSHTTPS HTTPS is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'Secure'. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. This is especially helpful for protecting sensitive data like banking information. failures – #52783

Themes

  • Remove unused code fragment from wp-admin/themes.php – #53005

Props

Thanks to the 42 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week:

@peterwilsoncc (3), @SergeyBiryukov (3), @mukesh27 (3), @johnbillion (2), @TimothyBlynJacobs (2), @ocean90 (2), @ravipatel (2), @klevyke (1), @annalamprou (1), @AnotherDave (1), @ayeshrajans (1), @bobbingwide (1), @Clorith (1), @dragongate (1), @geoffrey1963 (1), @eatsleepcode (1), @gab81 (1), @ninetyninew (1), @Ipstenu (1), @k3nsai (1), @mmuyskens (1), @nicegamer7 (1), @pwallner (1), @ryelle (1), @swissspidy (1), @desrosj (1), @melchoyce (1), @dd32 (1), @rkradadiya (1), @davidbaumwald (1), @jrf (1), @rachelbaker (1), @kebbet (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @audrasjb (1), @fabianpimminger (1), @flixos90 (1), @jonkastonka (1), @joyously (1), @SirStuey (1), @satrancali (1), and @Toru (1).

Please welcome our 17 (!!) new Core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org. of the week ♥️
@klevyke, @annalamprou, @AnotherDave, @dragongate, @geoffrey1963, @eatsleepcode, @gab81, @ninetyninew, @k3nsai, @mmuyskens, @nicegamer7, @pwallner, @rkradadiya, @fabianpimminger, @jonkastonka, @SirStuey, and @satrancali.

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (11), @desrosj (5), @peterwilsoncc (4), @ocean90 (2), @gziolo (2), @rachelbaker (1), and @ryelle (1).

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