Summary, Dev Chat, July 2, 2025

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PHPStan Code Quality Improvements

Over 15 small pull requests have been submitted under #63268, addressing code quality issues revealed by PHPStan. While a few contributors have been handling most of the reviews and commits, additional committers are invited to help reduce the workload. Coordination has so far been informal, with contributors commenting on tickets and pull requests to avoid overlap.

PHPUnit Test Suite Updates

Ongoing work on #53010 (namespacing test classes) and #62004 (updating for PHPUnit 10–12 compatibility) aims to modernize the test suite. These tasks are considered related to the ongoing PHPStan efforts. A suggestion was made to form a dedicated team to accelerate progress, though the main blockerblocker A bug which is so severe that it blocks a release. remains limited commit time and unresolved technical feedback.

PHPStan Integration into CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.

A proposal is in progress to formally integrate PHPStan into the Core test suite. Current efforts are manual and patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing.-based. The upcoming proposal will aim to provide a sustainable and automated approach for ongoing code analysis.

Multisitemultisite 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 Privacy Tools and Feature PluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins. Consideration

#43738 suggests extending personal data export/delete tools to support networknetwork (versus site, blog)-wide functionality. Discussion focused on whether the scope of the enhancementenhancement Enhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. justifies building a feature plugin. While the feature could be useful for multisite operators, it was noted that it does not address a critical GDPR requirement and may not meet the criteria for core inclusion. Prototyping the feature as a pluginPlugin 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 was recommended to assess usage and value.

Handling of .git-blame-ignore-revs

The .git-blame-ignore-revs file, used to exclude formatting-only commits from blame output, was discussed. While a few entries have been added manually, the file is not systematically maintained. Suggestions were made to either update it regularly or de-prioritize it due to limited practical impact.