The Formatting component primarily consists of formatting.php in wp-includes. This file contains various escaping and sanitization functions, and other functions for both security and formatting text. This includes two infamous functions with storied WordPress histories, wpautop() and wptexturize(). Formatting also includes kses.php, WordPress’s HTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. security 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..
Changes to the Formatting functions generally require extensive unit testing and a consensus of lead developers. This tends to happen with deliberation across two or more versions. The easiest way to contribute to this component is to write 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. reports or unit tests for existing code. Remember, all security matters should be reported according to the Security FAQ and are not part of the public Formatting information.
Projects for the 4.4 milestone will focus on supporting the Shortcode A shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site. 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. Roadmap, which is deeply entwined with almost every facet of the Formatting functions. Large changes and many bug fixes are needed, and in some ways will also be made possible by the Shortcode plans.
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222 open tickets in the Formatting component
222 open tickets. Last 7 days:
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View list on Trac- #33553 Bug with Linebreak before figcaption, fixed and then revert to make a fix elsewhere javascript
- #34039 shortcode_parse_atts() no longer parses embedded html fragments
- #36124 Format: Aside next to an embedded video, removes player and only displays URL
- #36397 add_query_arg doesn't work with numbered html entities
- #36712 Paragraph tags removed from div elements if script tag is present
- #37077 Replacing one variable handler for another to ensure proper conditional check occurs 100%.
- #39188 Wrapping paragraph tags around 'Read More' link stripped out of custom post type
- #39190 RSS feed not valid: U+001A or 0x1a
- #39674 Special characters are encoded in the database, for site settings options administration
- #39724 Defining custom validation callbacks for tag/attribute values in wp_kses()
- #40045 HTML code entered using "Text" mode gets garbled
- #40528 Title with ascii paragraph separator is not being filtered on post save administration
- #40569 next_post_link parameters $format and $link, have default values that produce awkward to use output
- #42182 esc_js must escape U+2028 and U+2029
- #43155 Formatting bug with ampasands - WooCommerce Layered Nav
- #43156 _walk_bookmarks(): please add the link id as HTML id attribute.
- #43205 Allow filtering the list of characters to be replaced by wptexturize
- #49217 HTML error with the multi-level list in Classic Editor
- #49492 wpautop inserted p tags inconsistently alter visual space
- #49965 wptexturize should also work when using before hook after_theme_setup
- #53041 colors.css is using the old blue. css administration
- #53096 Color Settings include alpha channel for transparency
- #53160 PHP 7.4 map_deep compatibility issue
- #53815 safecss_filter_attr removes styles with min() max() and minmax()
- #56656 Move accent removal from `sanitize_title_with_dashes()` to `remove_accents()`
- #56774 Need more options on pre-existing blocks. ui javascript css template coding-standards
- #57434 Extending the list of supported inline CSS properties allowed by safe_style_css
- #58616 Replace apostrophe with hyphen for slugs
- #58666 added HTML tags in HTML block
- #58872 wpautop not disabled when blocks are inserted dynamically template
- #62156 Defining custom colors in styles color palette removes other colors from palette in several block editor places
6 tickets slated for 7.2
View list in Trac- #60347 wp_kses breaking text fragments links
- #64944 Generated Excerpts - Missing white space when stripping <br>s generated in paragraph block, verse block, etc.
- #65717 Add support for the autofocus attribute for dialog children accessibility
- #65729 List tables: Strip escaped HTML from values used in HTML attributes accessibility administration
- #66110 Block Hooks run during wp_trim_excerpt(), leaking hooked-block markup into excerpts
- #66153 wptexturize alters the content of math elements, including the LaTeX annotation
222 open tickets
Open enhancements: 54 View list on TracOpen tasks: 0 View list on TracOpen feature requests: 10 View list on TracOpen defects: 158 View list on TracHelp maintain this component
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