A Week in Core – January 30, 2023

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 January 23 and January 30, 2023.

  • 49 commits
  • 59 contributors
  • 62 tickets created
  • 6 tickets reopened
  • 62 tickets closed

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 and/or focus.

Code changes

Bootstrap/Load

  • Avoid initializing WP_Recovery_Mode when fatal error handler is disabled – #56848

Build/Test Tools

  • Back up and restore the $wp_filters global when running tests – #57236
  • Revert [55137]#57555
  • Update PostCSS to version 8 – #57554, #57555
  • Update caniuse-lite to the latest version – #57555
  • Update third-party GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Actions – #57572
  • Resolve some line endings issues in blocks/renderCommentTemplate.php on Windows machines – #56793
  • Use wp_recursive_ksort() in WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver tests – #56793

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Twenty-One: Refine primary-navigation.js behavior for anchor links – #53331
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Remove color reference from pattern names – #56720

Code Modernization

  • Allow some parameters with reserved keywords in wp-includes/class-wp-text-diff-renderer-*.php#56788
  • Fix a JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. error in wpdialog#56830
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/functions/wpRefererField.php#56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/kses.php#56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/post.php#56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/rest-api.php#56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/shortcode.php#56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/widgets/wpWidgetMedia.php#56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/blocks.php#56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php#56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php#56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/formatting.php#56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/functions.php#56788

Coding Standards

  • Allow some parameters with reserved keywords in wp-includes/compat.php#56788, #56791
  • Bring some consistency to the order of attributes in password fields – #56791

Database

  • Add %i placeholder support to $wpdb->prepare to escape table and column names, take 2 – #52506
  • Replace str_ends_with() usage in wpdb::prepare()#52506
  • Replace substr_compare() usage with substr() in wpdb::prepare()#52506

Docs

  • Add missing @since tagtag 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.) for WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::remove_json_comments()#56792
  • Update $types param for wp_get_global_stylesheet() – #57563, #56792
  • Various improvements in ms-blogs.php function descriptions, as per docblocks standards – #56792

Editor

  • Add is blockBlock 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. theme setting to get_block_editor_settings() – #57549
  • Adds ‘settings.typography.fluid.minFontSize’ support to wp_get_typography_font_size_value() – #57529
  • Adds pagination and ordering support to WP_REST_Pattern_Directory_Controller#57501
  • Fix undefined variable following [54805]#56974, #57067
  • Migrate old to the new pattern categories – #57532
  • Remove WP_DEBUG defined check in wp_tinycolor_hue_to_rgb() – #57527
  • Use a non-persistent object cache in wp_get_global_settings()#57502
  • Use a non-persistent object cache instead of transient in wp_get_global_stylesheet()#56910
  • Use in/decrementors in wp_tinycolor_hue_to_rgb() – #57527

I18Ni18n Internationalization, 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.

Media

  • Add download link to media modal and attachment details – #41474
  • Deprecate unused method WP_Media_List_Table::column_desc()#39710

Menus

  • Add missing escaping function in Adminadmin (and super admin) Menu walker – #57541

RevisionsRevisions 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.

  • Only create autosave when content changed – #49532

Themes

  • Add “Style Variations” to the list of WordPress theme features – #56869, #meta6545
  • Add static cache variable to wp_theme_has_theme_json() – #56975
  • Avoid unnecessary database queries from get_default_block_editor_settings() in WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_theme_data()#57547
  • Support additional link related pseudo classes in theme.json#57053

Props

Thanks to the 59 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @jrf (14), @poena (14), @sergeybiryukov (14), @aristath (14), @justinahinon (11), @costdev (11), @mukesh27 (9), @oandregal (5), @spacedmonkey (5), @mamaduka (4), @ironprogrammer (4), @hellofromTonya (4), @flixos90 (4), @audrasjb (4), @azaozz (3), @ntsekouras (3), @joen (2), @Otto42 (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @mcsf (2), @ryelle (2), @andreaboe (1), @TobiasBg (1), @shubham1gupta (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), @andrewserong (1), @ramonopoly (1), @cu121 (1), @arrasel403 (1), @paaljoachim (1), @robinwpdeveloper (1), @chaion07 (1), @afercia (1), @annezazu (1), @jameskoster (1), @sabernhardt (1), @aniketpatel (1), @dgwyer (1), @dmsnell (1), @aduth (1), @sanjucta (1), @iandunn (1), @JeffMatson (1), @antpb (1), @countrymusicchicago (1), @joedolson (1), @amin7 (1), @inwerpsel (1), @craigfrancis (1), @antonvlasenko (1), @xknown (1), @ellatrix (1), @alexstine (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @scruffian (1), @jorgefilipecosta (1), @ocean90 (1), @czapla (1), and @whaze (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 5 new contributors of the week: @andreaboe, @shubham1gupta, @sanjucta, @countrymusicchicago, @inwerpsel ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (20), @hellofromtonya (8), @audrasjb (7), @flixos90 (5), @desrosj (4), @davidbaumwald (2), @swissspidy (1), @joedolson (1), and @adamsilverstein (1).

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