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 July 17 and July 24, 2023.
- 44 commits
- 83 contributors
- 83 tickets created
- 13 tickets reopened
- 56 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
- Add a missing closing
span 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.) for column sorting indicators – #32170, #57839
- Update dashboard welcome panel for 6.3 – #58545
Build/Test Tools
- Remove outmoded jsvalidate task from Gruntfile – #58645, #26615
Bundled Themes
- Twenty Twenty-One: Enable Dark Mode in the 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 iframe iFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser. – #58835
- Twenty Twenty-Three: Remove the
perPage attribute where the query inherits from the global query. The global attribute should be used instead – #58581
- Twenty Twenty-Three: Revert [55898] – #58485
Code Modernization
- Use
str_contains() in a few more places – #58206
Coding Standards
- Always use parentheses for class instantiation – #58831
- Correct alignment in
wp-includes/media.php – #58831
- Correct equals sign alignment in various files – #58831
- Remove trailing tabs in
wp-admin/about.php – #58831, #58067
- Use strict comparison for static strings in
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php – #32170, #57839
Docs
- Add a missing word in
maybe_create_table() description – #58841
- Fix indentation issue in
WP_REST_Global_Styles_Revisions_Controller class – #57840, #58524
- Fix various incorrect
@since mentions – #58834
- Various docblocks corrections – #57840
Editor
- Add test for context setting in Comment Template block – #58839
- Fix a PHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher notice appearing when adding a new template part – #57851
- Fix abbreviations of “Example” in
block-template-utils.php – #58879
- Fix bug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. where it was not possible to style custom block elements in
theme.json – #57868
- fix popover positioning – #58847
- load title on navigation fallback – #58557
- update npm packages with bug fixes for 6.3 RC2 – #58804
External Libraries
- Update deprecated jQuery code in Farbtastic lib – #57946
General
- Commit changes after running
precommit:css – #57856, #58869
- Rename
wp_in_development_mode() to wp_is_development_mode() – #57487
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.
- Change
wp infix in test classes to Wp – #58899
- Introduce minimal HTML Processor – #58517
Help/About
- Add illustrations to the Get Involved tab – #23348
- String changes in the Contribute screen – #23348
- Update the About page for 6.3 – #58067
- Updates to About page – #58067
I18N 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.
- Add missing translator comment in
WP_Upgrader::generic_strings() – #58831
Media
- Adjust PDF upload handling to remove non-opaque alpha channels from previews – #39216
- Fix Image rotation button overflow in translations – #58877
- Fix height max value in image scaling – #50523
- Stop using and deprecate
set_imagick_time_limit(). Seems it causes more problems than it solves – #58202
REST 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/.
- Update Global styles 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. private methods to protected – #58846
Script Loader
- Improve test coverage for
wp_print_scripts() – #58648
Upgrade/Install
- Add correct parameters to add_option in upgrade_630 – #58821
Props
Thanks to the 83 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week:
@costdev (11), @audrasjb (7), @joemcgill (7), @ramonopoly (6), @mukesh27 (6), @jrf (5), @peterwilsoncc (5), @azaozz (4), @flixos90 (4), @markoserb (4), @oglekler (4), @richtabor (4), @swissspidy (3), @spacedmonkey (3), @joedolson (3), @sergeybiryukov (3), @jorbin (2), @poena (2), @desrosj (2), @dmsnell (2), @dunhakdis (2), @huzaifaalmesbah (2), @westonruter (2), @peterwilson (1), @ryelle (1), @andrewserong (1), @gudmdharalds (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @oandregal (1), @TobiasBg (1), @Malae (1), @sabernhardt (1), @Presskopp (1), @mrinal013 (1), @Rahmohn (1), @mikachan (1), @robinwpdeveloper (1), @onemaggie (1), @dsar (1), @antpb (1), @hberberoglu (1), @mtxz (1), @densityapps (1), @ekazda (1), @matt_fw (1), @jameskoster (1), @soulseekah (1), @mikeschroder (1), @wildworks (1), @davidbaumwald (1), @annezazu (1), @saxonafletcher (1), @mwtsn (1), @hasanuzzamanshamim (1), @Ankit K Gupta (1), @get_dave (1), @scruffian (1), @nekojonez (1), @jordesign (1), @bhrugesh12 (1), @kebbet (1), @isabel_brison (1), @zieladam (1), @gitlost (1), @launchinteractive (1), @emirpprime (1), @ceer (1), @joen (1), @maysi (1), @madejackson (1), @6adminit (1), @crstauf (1), @james0r (1), @jpantani (1), @dansoschin (1), @mikinc860 (1), @priethor (1), @marybaum (1), @eidolonnight (1), @clarkeemily (1), @cbringmann (1), @meher (1), and @youknowriad (1).
Congrats and welcome to our 7 new contributors of the week: @mwtsn, @launchinteractive, @ceer, @maysi, @madejackson, @6adminit, @james0r ♥️
Core committers: @audrasjb (10), @sergeybiryukov (9), @isabel_brison (4), @ryelle (4), @bernhard-reiter (3), @joedolson (2), @davidbaumwald (2), @azaozz (2), @joemcgill (2), @desrosj (1), @antpb (1), @mikeschroder (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @flixos90 (1), and @kadamwhite (1).
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