Bethany Chobanian Lang 4:10 pm on May 17, 2022
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Performance team meeting summary 17 May 2022

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Announcements

Focus group updates

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Site Health

N/A

GitHub project

  • We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.
  • @furi3r: Add Site Health test for full page caching (advanced cache) #220 was moved to 1.2.0 is just about ready and waiting for testing

Feedback requested

Measurement

N/A

GitHub project

  • We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or ping in Slack
  • No updates

Feedback requested

JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.

@aristath @sergiomdgomes

GitHub project

  • No updates

Feedback requested

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

  • @shetheliving: Review the module proposal workflow and leave any feedback on the PR
    • @flixos90: We’ve been working on this to have a long-term plan for each module; want to avoid a module going into the plugin and growing stale without any iterations or next steps
    • @jeffpaul: I’ll review with an eye from the core perspective
    • @flixos90: Another benefit of this documentation is that it includes a high-level overview of how to propose a feature project for core, which isn’t really documented right now; this could be a good starting point for the future
  • @olliejones: Might be cool to have a stub performance-lab module for modification by would-be contributors
    • @flixos90: That’s a great idea, though there would be little to start with since a module can be pretty much anything. The best place to start right now is with the writing a module doc, though that’s more about the technical starting point and the new proposal doc is more about overall workflow.
  • @flixos90: Released v1.1.0 yesterday. Next release will be 1.2.0 on Monday, June 20, so we should target merge for anything for that release by about June 15.

Feedback requested

Open floor

  • @olliejones: Following up on the large site/many users work: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/55749
    • Have a new plugin to address the issues outlined there
    • Might be a candidate for a Performance Lab module
    • These issues are mostly fixable with filters and actions, but not completely
    • @adamsilverstein: Looks like a core side issue; the TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. describes hte issue better. Is the issue specific to the REST endpoint or more generally about how the user query is constructed?
    • @olliejones: It’s actually central to WP_User_Query and WP_Meta_Query, but at the same time the REST endpoint’s set of parameters doesn’t allow for avoiding the query-pagination overhead

Help wanted

#core-js, #core-media, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary

Jb Audras 9:48 pm on May 16, 2022
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A Week in Core – May 16, 2022

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 May 9 and May 16, 2022.

  • 20 commits
  • 36 contributors
  • 45 tickets created
  • 12 tickets reopened
  • 45 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major releasemajor 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., WP 6.0, and released 6.0 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 2 🛠

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

Administration

  • Update design of the Dashboard welcome panel – #55532

Build/Tests Tools

  • Expand the test for conditional tags returning early if $wp_query is not set – #55104
  • Use a data provider in the test for conditional tags returning early if $wp_query is not set – #55104

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Twenty-One: Add a missing HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. comment to indicate the end of .post-thumbnail section – #55724
  • Twenty Twenty-One: 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. fix for privacy policy section title – #55709

Coding Standards

  • Fix params indentation in pre_get_network_by_path hook docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) – #55647
  • Restore the $pieces variable for SQL clauses in query classes – #55699
  • Restore the $pieces variable in WP_Query::get_posts() – #55699

Database

  • Use generic references to a database server in ms_not_installed() – #55701

Docs

  • Replace Codex URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org with a corresponding HelpHub article in the Additional CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. section in CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. – #55710, #48987
  • Docs: Use third-person singular verbs for function descriptions in the WP_Network class – #55646

Editor

  • Update WordPress packages for 6.0 RC 2 (part 2) – #55567
  • Update WordPress packages for 6.0 RC 2 – #55567
  • Use stricter assertions in comment template tests – #55708

Help/About

  • Update the About section for 6.0 – #55434

Media

  • Remove error suppression in wp_filesize() – #55678, #49412

Menus

  • Replace “drop down” (noun) with “dropdown” in a few strings – #55661

Query

  • Check if $wp_query is set in is_main_query() – #55104

TaxonomyTaxonomy 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.

  • Set use_desc_for_title to false by default in wp_list_categories() – #55530, #24766

Users

Props

Thanks to the 36 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @SergeyBiryukov (5), @peterwilsoncc (4), @audrasjb (3), @zieladam (2), @fcoveram (2), @johnbillion (2), @costdev (2), @mukesh27 (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @bernhard-reiter (1), @critterverse (1), @joedolson (1), @ndiego (1), @kebbet (1), @Cybr (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @antpb (1), @azouamauriac (1), @ironprogrammer (1), @nlpro (1), @sabernhardt (1), @NekoJonez (1), @haritpanchal (1), @andrija (1), @joyously (1), @just0nequestion (1), @stevenlinx (1), @tobifjellner (1), @hansjovisyoast (1), @tj692 (1), @timkersten655 (1), @teunvgisteren (1), @thijsoo (1), @nhadsall (1), @vdankbaar (1), and @dlh (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 9 new contributors of the week: @haritpanchal, @andrija, @just0nequestion, @tj692, @timkersten655, @teunvgisteren, @thijsoo, @nhadsall, @vdankbaar ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (8), @audrasjb (5), @ryelle (2), @gziolo (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), and @hellofromtonya (1).

#6-0, #core, #week-in-core

Bethany Chobanian Lang 12:22 pm on May 16, 2022
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Performance Chat Agenda: 17 May 2022

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 17, 2022, at 15:00 UTC.

This meeting happens in the #performance channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Making WordPress Slack.

#agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

Paal Joachim Romdahl 9:48 am on May 16, 2022
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Editor chat summary: 11 May, 2022

This post summarizes the weekly editor chat meeting (agenda here) held on Wednesday, May 11 2022, 03:00 PM GMT+1 in Slack. Moderated by @paaljoachim.

GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 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 releases

Gutenberg 13.2 released 11 May.
Whats new in Gutenberg 13.2.

WordPress 6.0

WordPress 6.0 Project board
Project board for Dev Notes
Help Wanted: Test WordPress 6.0

Key project updates

Task Coordination

@amustaque97

I will be looking into issue: Post Comments block: Whitespace on top of warning message

@tomasztunik

A while ago I’ve shared a core Search Block extensibility feature request to give the ability for 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. variations to provide custom search query parameters. Since then I’ve also shared a proposed implementation and I’d love some feedback. This would allow projects like WooCommerce or other projects that introduce custom post types to re-use the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. search experience to provide custom search components for their extensions.But it would also allow creating custom searches for core WordPress experience ie. searching only within specific categories, tags or authors.

Open Floor

Announcements, questions and discussions.

@annezazu

I’d like to start a discussion around adding a new label to the new label to the Gutenberg repo around issues that impact adoption. The aim would be to have an easier way to see, at a glance, what big issues are impacting the adoption of Gutenberg.

  • Would folks find value in having those issues clearly communicated?
  • Does a new GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can 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/ label seem like the right approach? If not, what other approaches would work well?
  • If a new GitHub label works well, what name would work best?

Here are a few suggestions:

  • [Type] Adoption Blockerblocker A bug which is so severe that it blocks a release.
  • [Type] Impacts Adoption

@marybaum
I like Adoption Blocker.
Could also make it active: Blocks Adoption.
@fabiankaegy
I also like the idea of that. Though it is difficult to really gauge the actual impact it has on the party that is blocked from adoption. I guess I’d like to understand what requirements a ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. needs to fulfill in order to “justify” getting that label applied.
@tomasztunik
I think if people had this at the back of their heads when triaging issues or evaluating feature requests this could shift the perspective toward the product and ecosystem more than the problem itself. Like another “standard” question to ask yourself when evaluating something.
@priethor
This is an example of an issue that would need that label: something already existing in WP but that Gutenberg doesn’t support, preventing Gutenberg adoption and users needing to stick with classic implementations:
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/3144
@mikachan
Another alternative for the label itself could be ‘migrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies. blocker’ (or ‘impacts migration’ / ‘blocks migration’).

@ndiego

This is a thought-provoking question that I asked earlier in #6-0-release-leads (SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.). When we fix bugs in Gutenberg (and also in Core), they can have unintended consequences when users upgrade to the new versions where the bugs have been fixed. Thought I would share it here as well.

To get more details go directly to the Open Floor discussions in the Core Editor Slack channel.

#core-editor, #core-editor-summary, #gutenberg, #meeting-notes, #summary

George Hotelling 5:17 pm on May 12, 2022
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What’s new in Gutenberg 13.2? (May 11)

“What’s new in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new 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.)) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, discovering new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Full Site Editing project.

Gutenberg 13.2 brings a new APIAPI 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. to save editor preferences on the server, visual guides for padding and margins, and improvements to the Comment 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..

Table of Contents

Save Editor Preferences

Gutenberg now saves editor preferences on the WordPress server, instead of in the browser. This means that no matter which computer or browser you are using, Gutenberg will always be set up just the way you like it.

Image showing settings from the editor that are persisted

Visualize Padding and Margin

Understanding how margins and padding affect a block is important in getting your layout just right. With Gutenberg 13.2, the margins and padding will highlight in blue as you adjust them.

Improvements to the Placeholders

The Post Content, Post ExcerptExcerpt An excerpt is the description of the blog post or page that will by default show on the blog archive page, in search results (SERPs), and on social media. With an SEO plugin, the excerpt may also be in that plugin’s metabox., Post Comments, and Post Comments Form blocks will show more realistic placeholders in the editor to give you a better understanding of how your site will look with real content.

Screenshot showing a post with placeholders

Other Notable Highlights

You can now exit the Quote block and move on to a new block by pressing the Enter key at the end.

The Separator block now supports top and bottom margins, giving you more control over the whitespace of your content.

Numerous bugfixes to the Comments block fix styles and correct messaging.

Screenshots showing comment block

Props to new contributors

Kudos to the first-time contributors that joined during the last release cycle!

  • @chriszarate: ESLint 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: Fix recommended preset when prettier is not installed. (40634)
  • @danieliser: Fix/block metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. icon prop errors. (40710)
  • @gvgvgvijayan: Fixes broken links. (40578)
  • @iansvo: URLInput now always has an ID and accessible label. (40310)
  • @juhi123: Migrate Image Size to Playwright. (40467)
  • @Trapsta: Close overlay menu when clicking an anchor link. (39625)

If you are interested in contributing but do not know where to start, join the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Editor weekly meetings on Wednesdays at 14:00 UTC in #core-editor focused on all things Gutenberg.

Changelog

Features

  • Add new preferences persistence API, and save editor preferences in user meta. (39795)

Enhancements

  • Add visualizers for padding and margin for all blocks. (40505)
  • Remove the spotlight mode from template parts. (40652)

Block Library

  • Placeholders:
    • Update post content placeholder. (40177)
    • Update the placeholder for post excerpt. (40178)
    • Add placeholder to Post Comments block. (40484)
    • Improve the logic for warnings for Post Comments Form placeholder. (40563)
    • Post Comments Form: Add “proper” visual representation in the editor. (40368)
  • Comments Query LoopLoop 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.: Add Post Comments Form block to Comments Query Loop template. (40256)
  • Post Comments block: Enqueue comment-reply script. (40366)
  • Cover: Avoid unnecessary wrapping when transformed from Group. (40602)
  • Quote v2: Implement exiting on Enter at end. (39911)
  • Separator Block: Add top & bottom margin support. (40551)

Components

  • Fix async timing in tests using user-event. (40790)
  • Add flag for larger default size. (InputControl: 40622, UnitControl: 40627)

Site Editor

  • Use default cursor for non-editable text blocks. (40785)

Block Editor

  • Show add pattern label when patterns are being prioritised. (40598)
  • Improve button spacing in the top right corner of the editor. (40411)

Document Settings

  • Design tweaks to Post Visibility popover. (40530)

Global Styles

  • Global Styles SidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.: Tweak separator margin. (40526)

Webfonts

  • Register all fonts before enqueing any. (40489)
  • Turn off WP 6.0 stopgap handler to use Webfonts API. (40555)

Block API

  • Allow using a custom domainpath for viewscripts. (40136)
  • Add settings hook. (40547)

Post Editor

  • Editor: Refactor PostFeaturedImage component to improve uploading state (40126)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

  • Audio: Correctly handle drag and drop upload errors. (40623)
  • Comments:
    • Comment Content: Show moderation message. (40612)
    • Comment Template: With pagination, make sure to request page 1 if there are no comments. (40759)
    • Comments Title: Count toggle working in ‘Singular’ editing mode (fix). (40728)
    • Comments block: Fix glitches found while backporting. (40628)
    • Fix alignment issue with comment author name. (40610)
    • Fix alignment issue with the comment edit link. (40584)
    • Fix alignment issue with the comment reply link. (40582)
    • Fix an alignment issue with the post comments form. (40613)
    • Fix style comment awaiting moderation indentation. (40681)
    • Prevent comments rendering on password protected posts. (40755)
    • Display paragraph breaks in comment contents block.. (40667)
    • Prevent spam links of author’s name in pending moderation comments. (40702)
  • Cover Block: Fix focal point error when the Featured ImageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. is applied. (40643)
  • Cover: Avoid adding a wrapper Group block when transforming to Group, where possible. (40293)
  • Cover Block: Fixed iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. bugbug 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. handling background-attachment to properly work with iOS 13+. (40087)
  • Navigation block “Open on click”: Inherit font style and font weight. (40671)
  • Post Author: Switch byline to use kses so that rich text elements are rendered correctly. (40776)
  • Latest Post: Fix regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. with featured images in latest posts. (40662)
  • Video: Fix drag and drop upload error state. (40552)
  • Heading: Include text alignment when transforming from paragraph to headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. and back. (40709)
  • No Results: Remove a typo from the no results block. (40573)

Components

  • UnitControl
    • Avoid calling onChange callback twice when unit changes. (40796)
    • Show unit label when units prop has only one unit. (40784)
  • Gradient Tool: Fix closing of popover when the angle control is clicked. (40735)
  • Simpler clear button (40437)

Block Editor

  • Fix dragging in inspector causing block deselection. (40604)
  • [RichText]: Ignore selection changes on non contentEditable nodes. (40611)
  • [Writing Flow]: Try to fix multi-selection with shift+click. (40687)
  • Fix the styles compatibility hook for the editor iframes. (40842)

Patterns

  • Fix core ‘Featured’ pattern categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. registration. (40650)
  • Fix: Page patterns don’t show when only one pattern is available. (40707)

Block Locking

  • Avoid ‘lock’ attribute registration warning. (40654)
  • Register the ‘lock’ attribute on the server. (40468)

Code Editor

  • Commit changes upon switching editors to avoid content loss. (40730)

Navigation MenuNavigation Menu A theme feature introduced with Version 3.0. WordPress includes an easy to use mechanism for giving various control options to get users to click from one place to another on a site. Sidebar

  • Fix Nav Sidebar Site Editor error. (40722)
  • Close overlay menu when clicking an anchor link. (39625)

Icons

  • Fix/block meta icon prop errors. (40710)
  • Fix the Icon component mobile icon. (40748)

Global Styles

  • Element styles: Prevent the WordPress filterFilter 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. callback from being executed. (40594)
  • Global Styles Sidebar: Fix nav header styles and semantics. (40592)
  • Global Styles Sidebar: Tweak spacing. (40588)

Data Layer

  • useSelect: Prevent nested component update after unmount. (40677)
  • core-data: Change “include” type in getQueryParts. (40570)

Themes

  • Theme Export: Bug: Add .DS_Store to the list of ignored files. (40539)

Reusable Blocks

  • Fix template part / reusable block click through on non-safari browsers. (40339)

Block API

  • Check that a transform matches at the time of running the transform. (40497)

AccessibilityAccessibility 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)

Components

  • Improve tools panel accessibility. (40716)

Block Editor

  • URLInput now always has an ID and accessible label. (40310)

Block Library

  • Post Comments block: Fix missing label in placeholder. (40527)

Performance

Block Editor

  • getBlockTransformItems: Support single block object. (40718)

Block Library

  • Navigation Link: Avoid unnecessary re-renders. (40696)
  • Navigation: Improve selector performance. (40700)

Experiments

CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. & Styling

  • Style Engine: Add typography and color to backend. (40332)

Documentation

  • Docs: Omit name from settings object in registerPlugin. (40629)
  • Docs: Update the Block Metadata title. (40482)
  • Fix ColorPalette component’s documentation. (40620)
  • Fix indentation inconsistency in documentation for block variations. (40515)
  • Fix broken links. (40578)

Components

  • Add TypeScript refactor guidelines. (40153)
  • InputControl: Remove default value argument from Storybook. (40410)
  • Components: Fix error in CONTRIBUTING guide. (40682)
  • Components: Update changelog for #40735. (40797)
  • Fix/typos in documentation. (40579)

Themes

  • Adding schema info to theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. reference. (40599)

Code Quality

  • Block Editor: Deprecate ‘BlockColorsStyleSelector’ component. (40502)
  • Global Styles Sidebar: Rename NavigationButton so semantics are clearer. (40590)
  • Handle promise rejections from preferences persistence if the user is offline or the REST APIREST 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/. errors. (40641)
  • Improve the useDisabled hook and Disabled component. (40631)
  • Preferences persistence – mark modified property as not readonly in schema. (40637)
  • Preferences: Improve initial configuration for the new persistence package. (40715)
  • Remove padding prop from popover. (40544)

Components

  • Add DatePicker tests using ReactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. Testing Library. (40754)
  • Borders: Remove unused BorderStyleControl component. (40635)
  • Migrate ConfirmDialog component’s Stories from knobs to controls. (40164)
  • SelectControl: Finish typescript migrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies.. (40737)
  • [components] Use internal Icon component for ToggleGroupControlOptionIcon. (40717)
  • TextControl: Covert component to TypeScript. (40633)

Block Library

  • Comments Query Loop block: Rename to Comments (but keep ID). (40763)
  • Post Comments Form Block: Mark as stable. (40452)
  • Remove Navigation Area block. (40645)
  • Remove testid and update tests. (40534)
  • Refactor: Reuse code of the editor placeholder across Post Comments and Post Comments Form. (40560)

Data Layer

  • useSelect: Improve transition from async to sync mode. (40680)

List View

  • Rename list view prop expandNested to isExpanded. (40731)
  • Tidy list view props and deprecate BlockNavigationDropdown. (40777)

Post Editor

  • Edit Post: Remove unused code. (40499)

Plugin

  • Remove experimental PWA support for WP-Adminadmin (and super admin). (40475)

Tools

  • Remove @mkaz from CODEOWNERS 😢. (40685)
  • Scripts: Add --dist-tag flag to the packages-update command. (40514)
  • Scripts: Remove broken lint-md-js command. (40511)
  • Scripts: Remove deprecated format-js command. (40512)
  • Update oandregal notifications. (40549)
  • Update native mobile wrangler in rich-text CODEOWNER. (40783)
  • Export hydrate in @wordpress/element. (40723)

Storybook

  • Storybook: Make description-loader more reliable. (40616)

Testing

  • Comment Template Unit Testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression.: Cover odd/even classes. (40471)
  • Comments block end-to-end test: Remove now-obsolete Post Comments Form block. (40793)
  • Migrate Image Size to Playwright. (40467)
  • Migrate paragraph test to Playwright. (40779)
  • Refactor image-size test to follow Playwright’s best practices. (40644)
  • Remove require editor hooksHooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same. line from full-content test setup. (40772)
  • Tests: Restore real timers after using Jest’s fake timers. (40760)
  • Update @testing-library/user-event to stable version (14.1.1). (40761)
  • [Automated Testing]: Fix partial selection copy flaky tests. (40607)
  • Retain Playwright end-to-end test’s trace on failure on CI. (40586)
  • Rewrite UnitControl tests in TypeScript. (40697)
  • Fix batchRest not throwing errors in Playwright. (40668)
  • Fix replacing with undefined in stripAnsi. (40384)
  • Nav link block PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher tests replace prefixed function with non-prefixed. (40657)
  • Fix the htmlHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. data is wrong in clipboard emulation in Playwright. (40638)
  • Fix incorrect results in the flaky tests reporter. (40567)

Build Tooling

  • Eslint: Add TypeScript tests and stories to development files. (40504)
  • Fix: npm script(dev:Package) is not working on Windows. (40566)
  • ESLint Plugin: Fix recommended preset when prettier is not installed. (40634)

Performance Benchmark

The following benchmark compares performance for a particularly sizable post over the last releases. Such a large post isn’t representative of the average editing experience but is adequate for spotting variations in performance.

Post Editor

VersionTime to first blockKeyPress Event
Gutenberg 13.26.51s49.36ms
Gutenberg 13.15.74s44.41ms
WordPress 5.95.67s45.38ms

Site Editor

VersionTime to first blockKeyPress Event
Gutenberg 13.26.49s65.55ms
Gutenberg 13.16.61s75.92ms
WordPress 5.95.59s41.42ms

Kudos to all 58 contributors that participated in the release! 👏

Thanks to @priethor for his contributions and improvements to this draft, and @fcoveram for the visual assets.

#gutenberg, #gutenberg-new

webcommsat AbhaNonStopNewsUK 6:18 pm on May 11, 2022
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Dev Chat Summary, May 11, 2022

Agenda followed for Dev Chat for the weekly WordPress Developers Chat which included updates on the next major releasemajor 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. 6.0.

Start of the meeting in #Core Slack

2. Announcements

WordPress 6.0 RC2 is available for testing (released May 10, 2022). Since the RC1 release on May 3, 2022, there have been approximately 40 issues resolved in Gutenberg and Trac. Thanks to everyone involved and people who came along to test at the release party.

Gutenberg 13.2 has landed!

Early bug schedule for 6.1 – thanks @costdev. Note change of day – these will now happen on Thursdays 18:00 UTC and not Mondays.

3. Blogblog (versus network, site) posts of note to coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.

A Week in Core – May 9, 2022 (published May 11, 2022) – thanks to @audrasjb

Performance Team Meeting Summary, May 10, 2022 – includes some updates on WebP, some POCs needed for the Site Health and Measurement sub groups. At the end of the post, there is a list of areas where help is needed.

Open floor item in the Editor Chat agenda for May 11, 2022 on a discussion around adding a new label to the GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ repo around issues that impact adoption. The aim would be to have an easier way to see, at a glance, what big issues are impacting the adoption of Gutenberg.

Full Site Editing Program Testing Call 14 – Rallying Recipe Reviewers. Deadline for feedback: 18 May 2022

4. Upcoming releases

Next major release: WordPress 6.0

Updates

Update via @annezazu
No big updates to share on 6.0 — the release squad is really crushing it and things are moving forward as expected. Some quick updates to be safe though:

  • The 6.0 video continues to progress nicely and is on track to ship the day before the release still.
  • Props are in progress thanks to a wonderful effort by @desrosj.
  • A 6.0.1 board has been started so we carry momentum into the point releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality.: https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/31

Thank you to everyone who is making this release possible. Please keep testing and, if you can’t, encourage others to do so. It all helps.

Update via @costdev on bugs scrub and testing side: Monitoring new tickets regularly and things are going well.

6.0 Release Candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 3

6.0 RC3 Release Party on May 17, 2022, 16:00 UTC
Meet in the #core SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel. As always with releases, there’s a chance this time may change the day of depending on how things are progressing. The time will be communicated across channels (#core-editor, #6-0-release-leads, and in #core). All welcome.

The next major bugbug 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. scrub before RC3 will be on Thursday May 12, 2022, 21:00 UTC. The full bug scrub schedule for 6.0

Recap of useful resources on 6.0

5. Open Floor

If you are a component maintainer or running a bug scrub and have any updates not already mentioned under 6.0 updates, you can raise them in this section too.

a) Component maintainers – items of note

Update from @sergeybiryukov
Build/Test Tools: The local development environment can now run on Apple M1 machines without requiring local configuration changes. Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #52356 for more details.

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.: An edge case was fixed in the script loader where the dependency order was incorrect for scripts with translations in some cases. Ticket #55628 for more details.

General, Date/Time, Permalinks: No major news this week. 

b) WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/., June 2, 2022 – core tables.
Update from @desrosj: If anyone will be at WCEU Contributor Day and has a specific topic they would like to focus on for the day at the Core tables, please share the topic and a brief one or two sentence description by Friday. I have a few generic topics, but if anyone is looking to lead specific discussions, please send them over!

@marybaum: later in the summer, there will be similar planning for WordCamp US.

c) Rubber duck emoji request! It all happens at dev chat!

d) @clorith brought up Ticket Gutenberg 40316 and the issue of experimental APIs versus backward compatibility. A lively discussion followed, with several suggestions on how to get input from the community at large. (Note from Core Team repTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. @marybaum: If you’re new, dev chat is not a forum for making final decisions. But it is a great place to surface topics that warrant wider discussion, and to explore where those conversations should start).

Props to: @webcommsat for writing the summary, @marybaum for reviewing.

#dev-chat, #summary

Jb Audras 6:44 am on May 11, 2022
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A Week in Core – May 9, 2022

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 May 2 and May 9, 2022.

  • 35 commits
  • 64 contributors
  • 61 tickets created
  • 12 tickets reopened
  • 51 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major releasemajor 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., WP 6.0, and released 6.0 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1 🛠

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

Build/Test Tools

  • Add the 6.0 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". to the workflow for testing branches
  • Allow the local development environment to run on Apple M1 machines without requiring local configuration changes – #52356
  • Ensure version number is in ‘X.X’ format after float math: Tests_Basic::test_security_md() – #55667
  • Pass GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can 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 environment variables to the Docker container – #55668
  • Improve the logic of the SECURITY.md test to check all supported versions – #55667
  • Move get_inline_data() tests to a more appropriate place – #55652
  • Temporarily disable the test for “Supported Versions” section of GitHub Security Policy

Code Modernization

  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-admin/includes/template.php – #55650
  • Rename parameters to match native PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher functions in wp-includes/compat.php – #55650

Coding Standards

  • Remove extra space in wp-admin/admin-ajax.php – #55692

Docs

  • Correct parameter types for serialize_block() and serialize_blocks() – #55648, #54729
  • Improve plugin_install_action_links filterFilter 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.’s docs – #55480
  • Remove @return void from various DocBlocks – #54729

Editor

  • Add unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. for Comment Template 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. – #55643, #55634
  • Sets ‘paged’ query arg only when there are comments: build_comment_query_vars_from_block() – #55658
  • Update WordPress packages for 6.0 BetaBeta 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. 4 – #55567
  • Update WordPress packages for 6.0 RC1 – #55567

General

  • Add missing strong 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.) to some error messages – #54437

Help/About

  • Add link to 6.0 Field GuideField guide The field guide is a type of blogpost published on Make/Core during the release candidate phase of the WordPress release cycle. The field guide generally lists all the dev notes published during the beta cycle. This guide is linked in the about page of the corresponding version of WordPress, in the release post and in the HelpHub version page., fix missing placeholder in string – #55434
  • Update the About section for 6.0 – #55434

Media

  • Remove error suppression in wp_filesize() – #55678, #49412

Query

  • Restore late compact() call for the posts_clauses_request filter – #55699

Quick/Bulk Edit

  • Additional tests for showing taxonomies – #49701
  • Remove duplicate HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. IDs – #55575, #35483

REST APIREST 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/.

  • Fixes /wp/v2/pattern-directory/patterns endpoint response for slug parameter – #55617

Script Loader

  • Explain why 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. prevents concatenation – #55628
  • Fix i18n edge case breaking dependencies – #55628

Security

  • Update the Security Policy to include WordPress 6.0

Site Health

  • Remove unused variables in WP_Site_Health::get_test_plugin_version() – #55683

Users

  • Allow any DB field to be returned by WP_User_Query – #53177
  • Improve WP_User_Query tests following [53362] – #53177

Props

Thanks to the 64 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @costdev (6), @SergeyBiryukov (5), @audrasjb (5), @hellofromTonya (3), @ndiego (3), @justinahinon (3), @aristath (3), @gziolo (3), @mukesh27 (3), @johnbillion (3), @bernhard-reiter (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), @spacedmonkey (2), @jrf (2), @antonvlasenko (2), @poena (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @ironprogrammer (2), @darerodz (2), @afragen (2), @zieladam (2), @dlh (1), @marybaum (1), @annezazu (1), @webcommsat (1), @dansoschin (1), @chanthaboune (1), @cbringmann (1), @sergeybiryukov (1), @eidolonnight (1), @laurlittle (1), @JeffPaul (1), @NekoJonez (1), @ocean90 (1), @luisherranz (1), @czapla (1), @cbravobernal (1), @davidbaumwald (1), @timothyblynjacobs (1), @manooweb (1), @critterverse (1), @azaozz (1), @estelaris (1), @chaion07 (1), @figureone (1), @azouamauriac (1), @antpb (1), @rajeshraval786 (1), @dd32 (1), @pbearne (1), @kraftbj (1), @boniu91 (1), @jsnajdr (1), @fcoveram (1), @ugyensupport (1), @desrosj (1), @talldanwp (1), @Cybr (1), @david.binda (1), @5um17 (1), @greglone (1), @joedolson (1), @sabernhardt (1), @pbiron (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 3 new contributors of the week: @laurlittle, @rajeshraval786, @fcoveram ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (18), @peterwilsoncc (7), @hellofromtonya (4), @ryelle (2), @audrasjb (2), @johnbillion (1), and @gziolo (1).

#6-0, #core, #week-in-core

Bethany Chobanian Lang 4:15 pm on May 10, 2022
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Performance team meeting summary 10 May 2022

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Focus group updates

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

  • @adamsilverstein: Refreshed the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. WebP 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. against trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. and started separate follow-up PRs for new featured added to the 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 since then.
  • @shetheliving: Getting pretty close to wrapping up initial proposals for API to facilitate more accurate sizes #140 and Regenerate existing images #24; next steps will be more detailed design docs and core feature proposals. Research continues on Research: Impact of additional WebP images on upload #289 and Research: WebP compatibility #290 and we’ll draft a follow-up post about our findings and next steps.
  • @adamsilverstein: For Research: Impact of additional WebP images on upload #289, working on a survey for hosting providers to gather some field data about file count and size limitations
  • @eugenemanuilov: If there’s someone who has Outlook and Windows, please test if WebP is supported for Research: WebP compatibility #290
    • @codekraft: Looks like it’s supported in the most recent version
  • @adamsilverstein: Found this summary of WebP support in OG tags; looks like sites should stick with JPEG for OG tags

Feedback requested

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Site Health

N/A

GitHub project

  • We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.
  • @furi3r: Add Site Health test for full page caching (advanced cache) #220 is almost ready to be merged

Feedback requested

Measurement

N/A

GitHub project

  • We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or ping in Slack
  • No updates

Feedback requested

JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.

@aristath @sergiomdgomes

GitHub project

  • No updates

Feedback requested

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Open floor

Help wanted

#core-js, #core-media, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary

Bethany Chobanian Lang 12:24 pm on May 9, 2022
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Performance Chat Agenda: 10 May 2022

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 10, 2022, at 15:00 UTC.

This meeting happens in the #performance channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Making WordPress Slack.

#agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

webcommsat AbhaNonStopNewsUK 11:38 pm on May 6, 2022
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Summary Dev Chat, May 5, 2022

Link to the start of the meeting on the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel.

Agenda followed for the meeting.

Dev Chat summary from April 27, 2022 meeting – thanks to @webcommsat for doing these.

2. Announcements

WordPress 6.0 Release Candidate 1 (released on May 3, 2022). This was the hard string freeze for the 6.0 and branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". for the release. You can help by taking part in testing and make the release the best it can be. Thank you to everyone who came to the release parties this week.

WordPress 6.0 Beta 4 was released on May 2, 2022. It was not part of the originally published development cycle. It was aimed at providing an opportunity for testing some specific issues that were resolved since BetaBeta 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.

Early focused meetings will take place on Mondays at a revised time of 18:00 UTC. Thanks to @costdev for working on this. These meetings will mean early tickets can get the attention they need, without disrupting devchat/bugbug 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. scrubs. Thanks to @costdev who will be running these meetings. The meetings will focus on:

  • targeting 3-4 tickets per meeting, discussing the proposal/bug
  • updating the ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. with opinions/findings
  • for some tickets that require investigation, some of the investigation might be possible during the meeting, otherwise we could schedule a date/time for contributors to get together to do any necessary deep-dives (either in chat, or via mob programming)

What’s New in Gutenberg 13.1 (April 27, 2022) GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 13.1 brings border support to the Columns 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., a number of improvements to the Comments blocks, along with a range of accessibilityAccessibility 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) enhancements.

3. Blogblog (versus network, site) posts of note

A Week in Core – May 2, 2022 – thanks to @audrasjb

Full Site Editing Program Testing Call 14 – Rallying Recipe Reviewers. Deadline for feedback: 18 May 2022

 4. Upcoming releases

Next major: WordPress 6.0

Updates from Release Co-coordinators and members of the squad.

@annezazu – Quick run down:

  • A new project board is being considered for 6.0.x releases for Core Editor issues as there are a few that are slated for a point releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality.. Stay tuned there but know bugs are being handled appropriately and are very much appreciated.
  • Check out this great post from @peterwilsoncc on what this current RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). phase means: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/05/04/wordpress-6-0-release-candidate-phase/
  • 6.0 RC 2 is next week on May 10, 2022 and I hope to see you all at the release party! Expect it to be around the same time at 16:00UTC.
  • About page:
    • @marybaum: Well I believe the About Page strings got committed ahead of the hard string freeze, and the rest of that process is going as it has in recent releases.
    • @annezazu: The 6.0 video in progress will also be ready in time for a commit just before the final release. It will be linked in the About Page.
    • @webcommsat: The ticket has some more details.
    • @ryelle: The About page should be pretty much done – any feedback about things looking broken is welcome, but the only changes planned are to add in the correct links.

Some other useful resources on 6.0

A recap of some of the useful resources on 6.0 including the Field GuideField guide The field guide is a type of blogpost published on Make/Core during the release candidate phase of the WordPress release cycle. The field guide generally lists all the dev notes published during the beta cycle. This guide is linked in the about page of the corresponding version of WordPress, in the release post and in the HelpHub version page.!

5. Open floor

Component maintainers

@sergeybiryukov: Build/Test Tools component: Two issues were fixed in the unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. suite:

  • Pass GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can 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 environment variables to the Docker container, so that tests that should only run on trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. don’t unintentionally run on other branches. See ticket #55668 for more details.
  • Update the test for supported versions in the SECURITY.md file so that major versions like 6.0 are handled correctly. See ticket #55667 for more details.

General: The Microsoft IIS configuration file was updated to account for WordPress coding standardsWordPress Coding Standards A collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) to validate code developed for WordPress. It ensures code quality and adherence to coding conventions, especially the official standards for WordPress Core.. Testing is welcome from anyone running their own local IIS server on Windows. See ticket #53377 for more details.Date/Time, 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., Permalinks: No major news this week.

Other open floor items

  • From the release documentation team, if any component maintainers or committers are still working on dev notes for 6.0 or have not had chance to reply to @bph, please can you let her know.
  • WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe (WCEU) Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. Core Tables, June 2, 2022 – @desrosj would you like to share anything on this today? We can share this in a future week. 

 You’re invited to the 6.0 RC 2 Release Party at 16:00 UTC on May 10, 2022 (click to add to your calendar). Meet in #core and be ready to wave hello, emoji reactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/., and help test. As always with releases, there’s a chance this time may change the day of depending on how things are progressing. If the time is changed, it will be communicated across channels (#core-editor, #6-0-release-leads, and in #core). Hope to see you there!

Props to @webcommsat for the summary, @marybaum and @annezazu for reviewing

#6-0, #dev-chat, #summary