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 February 20 and February 27, 2023.
- 45 commits
- 103 contributors
- 50 tickets created
- 7 tickets reopened
- 64 tickets closed
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
- Move
wp-theme-plugin-editor script before – #57073
Bootstrap/Load
- Check that either
mysqli_connect() or mysql_connect() is available – #51988
Build/Test Tools
- Add test coverage for the
get_posts_navigation() function – #55751
- Remove duplicate DocBlock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) opening characters in
tests/theme/wpTheme.php – #56792
Bundled Themes
- Twenty Seventeen: Mark one more screen reader string with a translator comment – #29748
- Twenty Twenty: Avoid PHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher warnings in 8.1 due to incorrect usage of
wp_add_inline_style() – #57777
Coding Standards
- Use strict comparison in bundled themes’ PHP files – #56791
Comments
- Prevent replying to unapproved comments – #53962
- Restore global $comment assignment in comment_form_title() – #53962
Database
- Remove the check for
sitecategories table on Database Repair screen – #57762
Docs
- Correct duplicate hook reference for
notify_moderator – #57808
- Document default values for optional parameters in various DocBlocks – #56792
- Fix erroneous since mention in
wp_internal_hosts hook – #57796
Editor
- Fix ‘wp-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.-library-theme’ style enqueue conditions – #57561
- Fix invalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. parameters being passed to
wp_register_style() – #57771, #56990, #57688
- Update the WP packages with fixes prior to WP 6.2 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. 3 – #57471
Formatting
- Add
aspect-ratio tests for safecss_filter_attr() – #57664
General
- Add more error checking to
WP_List_Util::pluck() – #56650
HTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. API An 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.
- Fix finding bookmarks set on closing 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.) WP_HTML_Tag_Processor – #57787, #57575
- Set $this->html to protected to support subclassing – #57575
- Add fragment support to
WP_Http::make_absolute_url() – #56231
Help/About
- Avoid extra redirections on HelpHub Links – #57726
- Avoid extra redirections on HelpHub Links – #57726
- Restore the correct URL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org for Editing Files article on Edit Themes screen – #57726
- Use a consistent capitalization for “Support forums” links across WP Admin (and super admin) – #57726
- Use a consistent capitalization for “Support forums” links across WP Admin – #57726
- Use the new
/documentation/ URLs for HelpHub links in Bundled Themes – #57726
- Use the new
/documentation/ URLs for HelpHub links in WordPress Admin – #57726
Mail
- Fix character encoding issues in 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/Theme background update emails – #56964
Media
- Add
WP_Image_Editor_Imagick::set_imagick_time_limit() method – #52569
Networks and Sites
- Fix the attributes for the email input field on the new network (versus site, blog) user screen – #38460
- Remove confusing upper case for option names on Edit Site: Settings screen – #50572
- Use consistent markup for admin notices – #39213
Posts, Post Types
- Pass the post object to
_update_posts_count_on_delete() – #57023
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.
- Remove an unnecessary call to
_doing_it_wrong() and corresponding new text string from the implementation of the new wp_save_post_revision_revisions_before_deletion 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. – #57320
Site Health
- Use PasswordHash API directly when validating keys – #56787
Taxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies.
- Rename temporary variable in
wp_queue_posts_for_term_meta_lazyload() – #57150
Themes
- Account for a numeric theme directory in
WP_Theme::__construct() – #54645
- Add 3 and update 2 shadow presets in
theme.json – #57708, #57559
Toolbar
- Update the URL for Documentation link in the admin bar – #57726
Upgrade/Install
- Introduce
WP_Automatic_Updater::is_allowed_dir() method – #42619
Users
- Adjust the initialization of the
$duplicated_keys array in wp_salt() – #57121
- Fix confirmation link for multisite Used to describe a WordPress installation with a network of multiple blogs, grouped by sites. This installation type has shared users tables, and creates separate database tables for each blog (wp_posts becomes wp_0_posts). See also network, blog, site users with no role – #57164
Widgets
- Match variable types in rss feed RSS is an acronym for Real Simple Syndication which is a type of web feed which allows users to access updates to online content in a standardized, computer-readable format. This is the feed. link filter – #57594
Props
Thanks to the 103 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @sergeybiryukov (15), @costdev (12), @audrasjb (11), @sabernhardt (9), @hellofromTonya (5), @flixos90 (4), @mukesh27 (4), @dhrupo (3), @poena (3), @desrosj (3), @Ankit-K-Gupta (2), @afragen (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @dmsnell (2), @hasanmisbah (2), @sakibmd (2), @jrf (2), @afercia (2), @dd32 (2), @robinwpdeveloper (2), @afrin29 (2), @mamaduka (2), @scruffian (2), @ipajen (2), @johnbillion (2), @richtabor (1), @drzraf (1), @fabiankaegy (1), @priethor (1), @ajlende (1), @jameskoster (1), @oandregal (1), @mtias (1), @kellychoffman (1), @joen (1), @beafialho (1), @antpb (1), @adityaarora010196 (1), @skithund (1), @boniu91 (1), @sc0ttkclark (1), @dimadin (1), @bgin (1), @sannevndrmeulen (1), @ndiego (1), @jffng (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @mikachan (1), @milana_cap (1), @fasuto (1), @Chouby (1), @schlessera (1), @dshanske (1), @ellatrix (1), @ntsekouras (1), @roytanck (1), @calvinalkan (1), @paulkevan (1), @ocean90 (1), @joemcgill (1), @madhudollu (1), @sanketchodavadiya (1), @franz00 (1), @swissspidy (1), @meyegui (1), @markjaquith (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @hugodevos (1), @winterpsv (1), @alvastar (1), @lopo (1), @simongomes02 (1), @robin-labadie (1), @wildworks (1), @chrisbaltazar (1), @sun (1), @geisthanen (1), @joyously (1), @michelmany (1), @jongycastillo (1), @rahmohn (1), @arnolp (1), @pbiron (1), @zieladam (1), @benjgrolleau (1), @afshanadiya (1), @Mista-Flo (1), @adeltahri (1), @stalukder03 (1), @dilipbheda (1), @itsnikhilpatel (1), @paulamit (1), @paulschreiber (1), @zevilz (1), @joedolson (1), @obayedmamur (1), @aryamaaru (1), @jeremyfelt (1), @stevenkword (1), @marksabbath (1), @aristath (1), @chiragrathod103 (1), and @azaozz (1).
Congrats and welcome to our 21 (!!) new contributors of the week: @hasanmisbah, @sakibmd, @adityaarora010196, @fasuto, @calvinalkan, @meyegui, @winterpsv, @alvastar, @simongomes02, @robin-labadie, @chrisbaltazar, @sun, @geisthanen, @michelmany, @jongycastillo, @arnolp, @itsnikhilpatel, @paulamit, @zevilz, @marksabbath, @chiragrathod103 ♥️
Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (15), @audrasjb (14), @hellofromtonya (4), @peterwilsoncc (3), @flixos90 (2), @joedolson (2), @johnbillion (2), @ocean90 (1), @timothyblynjacobs (1), and @gziolo (1).
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