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 October 31 and November 7, 2022.
- 47 commits
- 120 contributors
- 97 tickets created
- 27 tickets reopened
- 104 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 missing escaping for a few strings used as HTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. attributes – #57093
Bundled Themes
- Twenty Seventeen: Improve
letter-spacing reset for non-latin alphabets – #56994
Canonical
- Protect against error for term not exists queries – #55955
Coding Standards
- Apply spacing changes after
composer format – #57057
- Declare
$wp_taxonomies global at the top of unregister_taxonomy() – #57058
- Use consistent spelling for “cacheable” in
WP_Query::get_posts() – #57012
Docs
- Document the usage of
$wpdb global in WP_Date_Query methods – #57033
- Document the usage of globals in some functions – #57082
- Fix
block_editor_rest_api_preload() parameter type – #56810, #56792
- Improve globals documentation in
unregister_taxonomy() and wp_term_is_shared() – #57058, #56792
- Replace HTTP HTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. links with HTTPS HTTPS is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'Secure'. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. This is especially helpful for protecting sensitive data like banking information. in
class-json.php docblocks – #57017, #56792
- Replace HTTP links with HTTPS in
class-pop3.php docblocks and JS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. vendor readme file – #57017, #56792
- Typo correction in
get_registered_nav_menus() docblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) – #57101, #56792
- Various docblock fixes in 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 administration functions – #56792
Editor
- Avoid running certain logic around
theme.json parsing unnecessarily for classic themes – #56945
- Correctly style separator blocks when only a
background-color is defined – #56903
- Improve Archive template description – #57001
- Improve frontend performance for
get_default_block_editor_settings() – #56815
- Improve how
min/max font sizes are calculated for fluid typography – #57075
- Improve performance of
WP_Theme_JSON class by reducing usage of expensive array functions – #56974, #57067
- Update 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 packages to the latest patch 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. releases – #57038, #56818, #56955, #56923
Filesystem
- Return FTP FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol which is a way of moving computer files from one computer to another via the Internet. You can use software, known as a FTP client, to upload files to a server for a WordPress website. https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients./FTP Sockets
exists() methods to a previous state – #56966, #51170, #28013
Formatting
- Check that both
normalizer_* functions exist in remove_accents() – #56980
General
- Use HTTPS for the b2/cafélog link in
readme.html – #57018
Help/About
- Fix inconsistency in auto-updates help tabs – #56921
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.
- Always pass
$locale to load_textdomain() – #57060
- Initialize textdomain registry in
wp_load_translations_early() – #57051
Media
- Prevent decoding attribute corrupting JSON 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. data – #56969
Menus
- Apply
menu-item-has-children class in sub-menus – #56946, #28620
Networks and Sites
- Replace “N/A” with “Not applicable” in
choose_primary_blog() – #57040
Posts, Post Types
Query
- Bypass caching for filtered
SELECTs – #57012
- Don’t attempt caching if running a WP_User_Query before plugins_loaded – #56952
- Prevent ID only queries erroring when starting the loop 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. – #56948
Tests
- Combine duplicate
update_posts_count() tests – #57023, #56793
- Correct the test for
get_blogaddress_by_id() with a non-existing ID – #56793
- Resolve
WP_Query test failures on MariaDB due to indeterminate sort order – #57012
- Restore blog (versus network, site) switching in
update_posts_count() test – #57023
Text Changes
- Improve the wording of the email sent to confirm site deletion – #56921
- Remove capitalization on “site editing” – #57026
- Replace “Full site editing” with “Site Editor” – #57026
- Update
@since mentions for [54786] changes – #57026
Themes
- Improve
WP_Query call getting global styles – #56900
- Re-order valid link pseudo classes – #56928
- Reduce usage of
wp_get_theme function. – #57057
- Revert one instance of
wp_get_theme() from [54817] – #57057
Update/Install
- Deactivate Gutenberg 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/ 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 version older than 14.1 – #56985
Upgrade/Install
- Delete the
comments-query-loop folder in wp-includes/blocks – #57080
Props
Thanks to the 120 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @mukesh27 (12), @SergeyBiryukov (12), @desrosj (11), @spacedmonkey (10), @peterwilsoncc (9), @audrasjb (7), @flixos90 (6), @costdev (5), @TimothyBlynJacobs (5), @ocean90 (4), @hellofromTonya (4), @sabernhardt (3), @aristath (3), @andrewserong (3), @NekoJonez (2), @wildworks (2), @mikachan (2), @dd32 (2), @ironprogrammer (2), @swissspidy (2), @upadalavipul (2), @miguelaxcar (2), @mxbclang (2), @czapla (2), @poena (2), @davidbaumwald (2), @mamaduka (2), @azaozz (2), @nithins53 (2), @ramonopoly (2), @kowsar89 (2), @joen (2), @cbravobernal (2), @namithjawahar (1), @rjasdfiii (1), @dilipbheda (1), @10upsimon (1), @Bjorn2404 (1), @itpathsolutions (1), @kadamwhite (1), @codesdnc (1), @nuvoPoint (1), @outrankjames (1), @oandregal (1), @manuilov (1), @pbiron (1), @webmandesign (1), @sippis (1), @petitphp (1), @mattkeys (1), @stentibbing (1), @rajeshraval786 (1), @pento (1), @pypwalters (1), @haritpanchal (1), @webaxones (1), @Chaton666 (1), @obenland (1), @oakesjosh (1), @subrataemfluence (1), @carazo (1), @johnwatkins0 (1), @claytoncollie (1), @Clorith (1), @chouby (1), @janthiel (1), @JeffPaul (1), @johnbillion (1), @amirrezatm (1), @lozula (1), @konyoldeath (1), @Mamaduka (1), @hiren1094 (1), @larsmqller (1), @LeonidasMilossis (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @innovext (1), @bernhard-reiter (1), @bph (1), @noisysocks (1), @mciampini (1), @talldanwp (1), @andraganescu (1), @scruffian (1), @get_dave (1), @isabel_brison (1), @ntsekouras (1), @ellatrix (1), @aaronrobertshaw (1), @gisgeo (1), @jchambo (1), @zodiac1978 (1), @gamecreature (1), @pkolenbr (1), @afragen (1), @jsh4 (1), @tyxla (1), @mcsf (1), @fpodhorsky (1), @kacper3355 (1), @davidvongries (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @mw108 (1), @joelmadigan (1), @rodricus (1), @jorbin (1), @azurseisme (1), @jrf (1), @vtad (1), @krunal265 (1), @ryankienstra (1), @riccardodicurti (1), @0mirka00 (1), @ndiego (1), @kevin940726 (1), @alexstine (1), @youknowriad (1), @cybr (1), @krupalpanchal (1), and @rajanpanchal2028 (1).
Congrats and welcome to our 31 (!!!) new contributors of the week: @miguelaxcar, @kowsar89, @rjasdfiii, @10upsimon, @Bjorn2404, @itpathsolutions, @codesdnc, @nuvoPoint, @outrankjames, @stentibbing, @carazo, @amirrezatm, @lozula, @konyoldeath, @larsmqller, @LeonidasMilossis, @innovext, @gisgeo, @jchambo, @gamecreature, @pkolenbr, @jsh4, @fpodhorsky, @kacper3355, @davidvongries, @mw108, @joelmadigan, @rodricus, @azurseisme, @krunal265, @riccardodicurti, ♥️
Core committers: @audrasjb (14), @sergeybiryukov (11), @peterwilsoncc (8), @desrosj (7), @flixos90 (3), @spacedmonkey (1), @ocean90 (1), @hellofromtonya (1), and @timothyblynjacobs (1).
#6-2, #6-1-1, #core, #week-in-core
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