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 June 7 and June 14, 2021.
- 63 commits
- 105 contributors
- 57 tickets created
- 6 tickets reopened
- 65 tickets closed
Please note that the WordPress Core team released WordPress 5.8 beta 1 last week. Everyone is welcome to help testing the next major release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope. of WordPress 🌟
Ticket 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 and/or focus.
Code changes
Administration
- Adjust Internet Explorer message to be a bit more clear – #48743
- Escape the values of data-colname – #40401
- Introduce dashboard notice to discourage use of out of date browser – #48743
Application Passwords
- Allow enter key to submit profile form – #52849
Block Block 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. Editor
- Add a type property to allow Core to identify the source of the editor styles – #53175
- Add the Site Logo block’s server implementation – #53247
- Allow themes to add inline styles for all blocks when using lazy styles loading – #53358
- Fix typo in the typography block support – #52991
- Ignore generated CSS Cascading Style Sheets. files in Page List and Post Template blocks – #52991, #53309
- Include the page list block server-side code – #53309
- Package updates for 5.8 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. 1 – #52991
- Package updates for WordPress 5.8 beta 1 (batch2) – #52991
- Prevent duplicate queries – #53280, #53176
- Ensure that the block editor can be used on the page post type – #45537
Boostrap/Load
- Add 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. to allow disabling of object cache – #53322
Build/Test Tools
- Ensure that we are using https:// urls – #39589
- Silence jQuery Migrate console warnings when running E2E tests – #52860
- Update
devDependencies for bundled themes – #52624 - Update several
devDependencies – #52624
Bundled Themes
- Introduce block patterns for Twenty Eleven – #51106
- Introduce block patterns for Twenty Ten – #51107
- Twenty Nineteen: Fix pullquote styling in editor when block has alignment – #53112
- Twenty Nineteen: Set a default color for button links in the editor – #52555
- Twenty Thirteen: Add “No Shadow” style to button block – #51223
- Twenty Twenty: Ensure custom primary color is applied to text in the editor – #50120
- Twenty Twenty: Regenerate the RTL editor stylesheet – #50120
- Apply an alignment fix – #53246
- Extraneous white space at end of line – #51189
- Use single quotes when there are no variables withi/n the string – #48743
Comments
- Return valid comment reply link if comments are paginated – #51189
Documentation
- Correct DocBlock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) formatting for some revision tests – #52628
- Document the usage of
$wp_widget_factory global in WP_Customize_Widgets::sanitize_widget_instance() – #53394 - Update documentation for some
WP_Customize_Widgets methods per the documentation standards – #52628
Emoji
- Update the Twemoji library to version 13.1.0 – #52852
Feeds
- Avoid notices in
get_post_comments_feed_link() – #52814
Login and Registration
- Improve the unknown username error message – #52915
- Wrap long site titles to a new line – #52776
Media
- Add new functions to return the previous/next attachment links – #45708
- Allow multi-uploads in Galleries – #53169
- Ensure that post_id variable is initiated ahead of usage – #39589
- Restore AJAX response data shape in media library – #50105
Permalinks
- Limit pagination for posts with comments – #50233
- Revert the changes stemming from pagination limits – #50233
Privacy
- Improve naming of user confimed action email filters – #44314
Revisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision.
- Check and return errors for insertions to revisions – #30009
Script Loader
- Fix 404 errors for the
jquery-masonry script when SCRIPT_DEBUG is true – #47353
Site Health
- Display a list of file formats supported by the GD library – #53022
Tests
- Fix typo in a
get_bookmarks() test name – #52625 - Fix typo in a
retrieve_widgets() test name – #52625 - Ignore EOL differences in some tests using multiline string assertions – #52625
- Introduce some E2E tests for the Quick Draft dashboard widget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. – #523905
- Use
assertSameSets() in some newly introduced tests – #52625
Themes
- Fix accessibility Accessibility (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) issues with controls in themes screen – #52649
TinyMCE
TinyMCE
- Fix initialization when the editor is in a postbox by delaying it until
document.readyState === 'complete' – #52133, #52050
Upgrade/Install
- Built files should not be included in the
$_old_files list – #53367 - Remove parsing of
readme.txt files for plugin A 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 or theme requirements – #48520, #48515, #meta2952, #meta4514, #meta4621 - Update the
$_old_files list for 5.8 – #52991, #52846, #53246, #53367
Widgets
- Don’t decode HTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. entities ahead of the widget constructor – #53138
- Make new WordPress installations use blocks in widget areas instead of widgets – #53324
- Ensure that HTML entities are converted in widget descriptions – #53138
- Improve unit tests for RSS Widget – #53278
- Prevent infinite loop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop. in PHP8+ if the URL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org for the widget instance is incorrectly defined – #53278
Props
Thanks to the 105 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week:
@audrasjb (10), @SergeyBiryukov (8), @desrosj (8), @hellofromTonya (7), @sabernhardt (5), @isabel_brison (4), @whyisjake (4), @dd32 (3), @johnbillion (3), @alexstine (3), @adamsilverstein (3), @kjellr (3), @melchoyce (3), @antpb (2), @jorbin (2), @jorgefilipecosta (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), @beafialho (2), @jeffpaul (2), @aristath (2), @davidbaumwald (2), @mukesh27 (2), @chanthaboune (2), @youknowriad (2), @poena (2), @ocean90 (2), @azaozz (2), @DrewAPicture (2), @nosolosw (2), @boniu91 (1), @geekpress (1), @mikejolley (1), @ntsekouras (1), @scruffian (1), @mcsf (1), @sumitsingh (1), @Chouby (1), @onemaggie (1), @danieldudzic (1), @devnel (1), @timothyblynjacobs (1), @notlaura (1), @metalandcoffee (1), @paaggeli (1), @MrPauloEn (1), @mkdgs (1), @dway (1), @spikeuk1 (1), @herrvigg (1), @patkemper (1), @promz (1), @pondermatic (1), @andraganescu (1), @hellofromtonya (1), @noisysocks (1), @Boniu91 (1), @williampatton (1), @joyously (1), @Otto42 (1), @afragen (1), @wpgurudev (1), @hannahmalcolm (1), @achbed (1), @coffee2code (1), @coreymckrill (1), @rmccue (1), @marybaum (1), @dlh (1), @lukecarbis (1), @xkon (1), @helen (1), @TZ-Media (1), @pento (1), @Mista-Flo (1), @pbiron (1), @lifeforceinst (1), @birgire (1), @garrett-eclipse (1), @kapilpaul (1), @jontyravi (1), @david.binda (1), @joedolson (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @flixos90 (1), @gitlost (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @kraftbj (1), @justinahinon (1), @hareesh-pillai (1), @rellect (1), @knutsp (1), @grantmkin (1), @ArnaudBan (1), @Fantasy1125 (1), @swissspidy (1), @mor10 (1), @cameronjonesweb (1), @jeherve (1), @netweb (1), @afercia (1), @chaion07 (1), @sumanm (1), @carike (1), @devrekli (1), and @engahmeds3ed (1).
Congrats and welcome to our 6 new contributors of the week! @pondermatic, @lifeforceinst, @Fantasy1125, @cameronjonesweb, @sumanm, and @devrekli ♥️
Core committers: @desrosj (16), @whyisjake (10), @sergeybiryukov (8), @ryelle (8), @youknowriad (7), @joedolson (5), @antpb (4), @jorbin (3), @azaozz (2), @peterwilsoncc (1), and @noisysocks (1).
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