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Morgan Estes 9:08 pm on September 21, 2015
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Week in Core: Sept. 13-21, 2015

Welcome to the Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. — Week Four, with super-exciting news from around WordPress-land, and Core changes and updates for Sept. 13–21, 2015 (commits [34093]–[34361]). This week’s core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org. number 106! I’m especially jazzed about the number of new names on the list, and want to thank everyone for your effort this week.

News you can use

The WP 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/. team submitted a proposal to merge 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 into core, with a two-phase integration plan. The merge proposal blog post also does a nice job of presenting the history of the plugin and some use cases.

Do you use my-hacks.php in your site? Don’t. (A quick search through the plugin and theme repos shows only 10 plugins and 3 themes that mention the file.)

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 is making some pretty big changes, including the addition of the  WP_Network class. Check out this blog post, which outlines some of the changes and a roadmap for future updates for 4.4.

Interested in the user-focused part of WordPress? Of course you are! Join in the conversation about “Potential UI/UX projects in core.”

Code changes

Here are some highlights from the 268 change sets published to TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.; the complete report is available online in plain-text format for a bit more in-depth coverage.

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#4-4, #week-in-core

Ryan Boren 4:43 pm on September 2, 2015
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Component Page Updates for 4.4

Now that 4.4 is underway, let’s update the component pages to reflect 4.4 activity. The Customize, Editor, and Press This pages serve as good templates, though they all need 4.4 updates. The component pages are targeted at 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. testers. They should describe the component, list milestones (roadmap), and explain what needs testing and how to test it. Good component pages assist triage. For details, see the previous round of component page updates.

Also, if your component has a corresponding 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/. chat, link to the component page from the chat’s channel topic. This assists using Slack in beta testing flows.

Component maintainers, here are your component pages…

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#components, #maintainership

Mike Schroder 6:03 am on June 19, 2014
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Last Week(s) in WordPress Core

Hi Everyone! It’s time for another update. This edition covers through Sunday, June 15th, and has taken a while due to travel, but @swissspidy & @designsimply have joined the team, helping to gather the information to bring us up to date. Hopefully this will help these updates be a bit more sustainable over time. If you’re interested in pitching in with these updates as well, please let me know in the comments below!

Especially of note are the first pass of the grid view for the media library, several SSLSSL Secure Sockets Layer. Provides a secure means of sending data over the internet. Used for authenticated and private actions. and oEmbed updates, and a new ‘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. Testing’ tab on the Plugins screen.

Adminadmin (and super admin)

  • Plugins Screen: Add a new ‘Beta Testing’ tab on 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 installation screen, for features as plugins such as Press This. [28749] #28513
  • Media Library: Grid view for the media library, first pass. This is alpha; expect imperfection to start. [28682] #24716

SSL

  • Forcing SSL logins now forces SSL for the entire admin. [28609] #10267
  • Force SSL on the frontend when the home URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org uses HTTPSHTTPS 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.. [28610] #27954
  • Force SSL admin when siteurl is explicitly configured with HTTPS. [28674] #27954
  • Use a secure logged_in_cookie when the home URL is forced HTTPS. [28627] #15330
  • Deprecate url_is_accessable_via_ssl(). [28709] #19555

Embeds

  • Read src attribute for the [embed] shortcodeShortcode 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. if the shortcode body is empty. [28559] #24456
  • Add “edit” mode for [embed] and URL media previews. [28752] #28532
  • New wp_embed_register_handler to catch bad YouTube URLs and try correct them. [28652] #24660
  • Add oEmbed support for:
  • Update SlideShare oEmbed regex. [28597] #28380
  • Remove Viddler oEmbed support. [28596] #28379
  • Make it simpler for plugins to register MCE views. [28680] #28458
  • Set shortcode equal to the passed type from default args when calling wp.mce.views.register(). [28689] #28458
  • Improve handling of embed errors/error messages. [28754] #28195

Themes and Templates

  • Add a 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. to human_time_diff() to allow more detailed depictions of time differences. [28670] #27271
  • Allow simple modification of sections of the title by adding a wp_title_parts filter to wp_title(). [28669] #17877
  • Add CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. rules to ensure that videos will be responsive, regardless of theme. [28650] #28414
  • Replace TEMPLATEPATH and STYLESHEETPATH with get_template_directory() and get_stylesheet_directory(). These constants are now deprecated [28563] #18298
  • Update Twenty Thirteen and Twenty Fourteen to Genericons 3.0.3. [28692] [28693]

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)

  • Improve keyboard accessibility for the media modal. [28607] #23560
  • Add screen reader labels to the date inputs on the post editing screen. [28730] #25461

WP_Query

  • When parsing the main query, if s is set to empty: ?s= and $this->is_main_query() && array_key_exists( 's', $this->query ) – kill the query instead of loading the homepage. This will load the search page with no results. [28612] #11330
  • Kill queries that explicitly pass empty arrays to category__in, tag__in, tag_slug__in, and author__in to WP_Query. [28664] #28099
  • Fix SQL generation when meta_query has an 'relation' => 'OR' for its queries and wants to 'orderby' => 'meta_value'. [28659] #25538
  • Allow users to sort posts by type in WP_Query. [28605] #28214
  • Add access modifiers to WP_User_Query Add magic methods for BC: get(), set(), isset(), unset(), and call(). [28528] #27881, #22234

Internals

  • Wide-reaching changes to do away with many instances of variable-variables. See #27881 for full list of changes.
  • Eliminate use of extract() within WordPress. #22400
  • Fix curly quotes around numbers when applicable. [28721] #8775
  • Only include relevant post authors in WXR exports. [28731] #20206
  • Append the date to $wp_version in the build output, for nightly packages. [28611] #26751.
  • Update wp_insert_comment() and wp_new_comment() with a check for successful database insert. [28672] #28254
  • Use get_pages() instead of a raw SQL query in get_body_class(). [28696] #28159
  • Pre-populate the selected URL or mailto:<email-address> when “Insert/edit link” is clicked. [28705] #19992
  • Live update the menu item title when the user is editing the “Navigation Label” field. [28707] #23076
  • Deprecate get_all_category_ids(). Suggest get_terms() as a replacement. [28679] #21200
  • Deprecate like_escape() and replace with $wpdb->esc_like(). [28711] #10041
  • Redirect edit.php?post_type=attachment to upload.php to avoid an empty list table. [28729] #27951

Formatting

  • Add new function wp_spaces_regexp() to filter for common whitespace characters. [28708] #27588
  • Treat &nbsp; like whitespace by using wp_spaces_regexp() instead of raw regex. [28716] #27588, [28717] #27587, [28718] #23185
  • In wptexturize(), ensure that texturization does not corrupt contents of HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. elements, HTML comments, and smartcode attributes. Adds a variety of unit tests/assertions. [28727] #27602, #12690, #8912
  • Various updates to wptexturize() in [28719] #19308, [28725] #22823, [28726] #20342
  • Allow user to disable texturization. [28715] #19550

TinyMCE:

  • Update TinyMCE to 4.0.28. [28606] #28391, #27941
  • In iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads., fix placing the caret at the bottom of longer posts when the keyboard is open and disable resizing on switching editors and on show/hide of the kitchen sinkKitchen Sink When using the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor in WordPress, you can expand the capabilities to allow more options. This expanded area is called the "Kitchen Sink." row. [28626] #28242
  • Fix problems with undo/redo after resizing an image several times. [28614] #28389
  • Fix saving the editor content on switching from Visual to Text. [28576] #28353

Thanks to @aaroncampbell, @adamsilverstein, @alexander.rohmann, @aliso, @atimmer, @avryl, @azaozz, @boonebgorges, @bramd, @celloexpressions, @clifgriffin, @coffee2code, @danielhuesken, @DavidTheMachine, @DeBAAT, @donncha, @DrewAPicture, @eddiemoya, @edwin-at-studiojoyo.com, @ericlewis, @filosofo, @frank-klein, @Funkatronic, @garhdez, @gauravmittal1995, @gcorne, @georgestephanis, @ghost1227, @grahamarmfield, @harrym, @helen, @iamtakashi, @iljoja, @issuu, @ixkaito, @jackreichert, @JanHenkG, @Jayjdk, @jdgrimes, @jeffstieler, @jeremyfelt, @jesin, @jgadbois, @jjeaton, @jkudish, @joedolson, @johnbillion, @johnjamesjacoby, @johnzanussi, @jtsternberg, @kitchin, @knutsp, @kovshenin, @kpdesign, @kraftbj, @kurtpayne, @kwight, @lancewillett, @lessbloat, @markoheijnen, @mdbitz, @MikeHansenMe, @mikemanger, @miqrogroove, @mrmist, @MuViMoTV, @nabil_kadimi, @nacin, @nd987, @Nessworthy, @netweb, @niallkennedy, @ocean90, @obenland, @pdclark, @pento, @purzlbaum, @rclations, @redsweater, @ruudjoyo, @schoenwaldnils, @scribu, @senlin, @SergeyBiryukov, @sharonaustin, @shaunandrews, @simonwheatley, @sixhours, @slimndap, @solarissmoke, @tar.gz, @tillkruess, @topher1kenobe, @torresga, @UmeshSingla, @winterDev, @wonderboymusic, @wpsmith, @zamfeer, and @duck_ for their coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. contributions!

Thanks to @swissspidy & @designsimply for their help with compiling this post.
RevisionsRevisions 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. covered: [28528] to [28757]. For the complete list of commits to 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., check out the log on Trac.

Interested in joining in? Write or test a patch for 4.0.

#4-0, #week-in-core

Mike Schroder 7:33 pm on April 9, 2014
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Last Week in WordPress Core

Howdy everyone! This is Last Week in WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. for the week of March 31-April 7. I’m including all of the commits up to RC1 this week, which was released yesterday. Things are looking good, with very few remaining tickets open.

3.8.2 and 3.7.2 were also released with security fixes, and automatic updates are rolling out.

Developers, please test with your plugins and themes and let us know if you find issues.

TinyMCE: As a quick note, since I’ve seen this brought up in the forums — in this release, TinyMCE no longer uses wpdialogs. This means it now needs to be enqueued by any 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 that wants to use it. As of [28024], there is a clarified warning that will appear in the 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/. console if you attempt to use it, and it’s not enqueued.

IE8 & wpview: Due to IE7/8 compat being necessary in TinyMCE (to resolve caret issues), IE8 and wpview are not currently the best of friends. Post RC1, fixes landed for #27546 that make wpviews degrade more gracefully.

Media:

  • Playlists: Make elements in playlists responsive and fix playlist advancement on mobile. [27894] [27895] #27625
  • Playlists: Set preload='none' for the empty <audio|video> 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.). [27974] #26779
  • Playlists: Make tracks keyboard-accessible. [28023] #27644
  • A/V Shortcodes: Remove support for a caption in audio and video shortcodes. This was part of a UXUX User experience iteration for the related MCE views, but these captions have since been excluded. See [27640]. [27979] #27320
  • Edit Image Modal: Make the calculation of the aspect ratio more robust. [27942] [27948] #27366
  • Do not show featured images for image attachments; remove post_supports_thumbnails() and theme_supports_thumbnails() for now. [28051] #27673

HTML5 Galleries:

  • Remove <br> elements for HTML5 galleries; see #26697. [27914] #27637
  • Twenty Thirteen and Fourteen: Update styles to support the new HTML5 line-break-less galleries. [27926] #27637

Adminadmin (and super admin):

  • 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. 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. Images: Better handle cropping failures; improve 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) and styles. [27970] #27598; [27946] [27947] [27971] #21785
  • Customizer Header Images: Add suggested dimensions. [28030] [28031] [28039] #21785
  • Edit Post|Page: When autosaving a new post for the first time after a title was typed, cancel the autosave if the user is submitting the form. [27951] #27657

Theme Installer:

  • Hide “Add New” with no-JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors.. [27936] #27055
  • Use JSONP for api.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ requests. [27961] #27639
  • Fix sorting and counts. Add prev/next to previews and improve keyboard navigation. [27937] #27055; [28033] [28036] [28049] #27521
  • Handle currently installed themes, add search route, let prev/next refresh collections. [28025] [28038] #27695
  • Improve More Filters section and handling when there are no themes found. [27896] [28035] [28037] #27055

Widgets

  • Trigger jQuery events for widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. updates. widget-added when a widget is added to a 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. and widget-updated/widget-synced for widget soft/hard updates. [27909] [27969] #19675; #27491
  • In WP_Widget, introduce is_preview() method to allow widgets to check to see if they’re currently being previewed via the customizer. [27966] #27538
  • Widget Customizer: Improve compatibility with plugin custom scripts and styles for widgets. [27907] #27619
  • Widget Customizer: Rename inject_preview_css to print_preview_css. [27968] #27534
  • Widget Customizer: Use postMessage to highlight widgets in preview or sections/controls in Customizer. [27892] [27893] #27622
  • Widget Customizer: Refactor and clean up WidgetCustomizer as wp.customize.Widgets, and make available widgets panel a Backbone view. [27985] [27986] [27988] [27995] [28034] #27690

TinyMCE

  • Update TinyMCE to 4.0.21. [27897] #24067
  • Image Details Modal Improve look-and-feel, and add a Custom Size option to the size drop-down that reveals fields for soft-resizing the inserted image. [27918] #27366
  • Image Details Modal: Move all advanced options under a single toggle, bring back the field for CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Class, and optimize CSS for responsive layout. [27898] #27366
  • Drag and Drop Uploading: Add new argument to wp_editor() to enable. [27901] #27465
  • Gallery Views: Avoid JS errors when image attachments lack metadata. [28008] #27691
  • Return to loading /langs/[locale].js and /langs/[locale]_dlg.js from PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher to prevent errors with missing translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. files when requireLangPack() is used without its second argument. Back to using ISO 639-1 (two letter) locales. #24067; [27922] #27610
  • Clarify error when wpdialogs is not enqueued. Add wp_enqueue_editor action fired when scripts and styles for the editor are being enqueued. [28024] #16284
  • Update translatable strings. [27927] #27453, #24067
  • Tighten up toolbar and tab styles. [27978] [27983] #27279
  • Expose toolbar keyboard shortcut in Help documentation for TinyMCE, and clean up TinyMCE help dialog, removing duplicated text and leaving only Keyboard Shortcuts. [28029] #27024; [28032] #27100

Database:

  • Fall back from ext/mysqli to ext/mysqlMySQL MySQL is a relational database management system. A database is a structured collection of data where content, configuration and other options are stored. https://www.mysql.com/. if the connection fails. This allows us to avoid breaking a site that works under ext/mysql but is misconfigured for ext/mysqli. [27935] #21663
  • Add $allow_bail argument to wpdb::check_connection() to match the connect method. [27925] #27240
  • Don’t pass a second argument to mysqli_fetch_field(). [28002] #27693
  • Rename USE_EXT_MYSQL to WP_USE_EXT_MYSQL. [28022] #21663

Internals:

  • Updates: Record Plugin & Theme update statistics like we do for Core updates. [27905] [27906] #27633
  • Pingbacks: Forward pingbackPingback A pingback is a special type of comment that's created when you link to another blog post, as long as the other blog is set to accept pingbacks. Pingback allows you to notify other bloggers that you have linked to their article on your website. Although there are some minor technical differences, a trackback is basically the same thing as a pingback. IP during verification. [27872] #27613
  • Dashicons: [27989] [28005] [28013] #26936
    • New icons: .dashicons-external, .dashicons-editor-contract and .dashicons-universal-access-alt.
    • Updated icons: .dashicons-code, .dashicons-universal-access, .dashicons-arrow-x-alt and .dashicons-arrow-x-alt2.
    • Restores .dashicons-post-trash as an alias for .dashicons-trash, which is the new one.
    • Use new icons in Widget Customizer.
  • Don’t try to resolve symlinks for single-file plugins. plugins_url() should not be used in this context anyway. [27999] #16953
  • Remove old links_recently_updated_* DB options that never had a UIUI User interface. [27916] #27649
  • Deprecate wpmu_current_site(). [28009] #27702

Many thanks to @adamsilverstein, @andykeith, @avryl, @azaozz, @bramd, @chiragswadia, @davidmarichal, @dd32, @dpe415, @duck_, @DrewAPicture, @DrProtocols, @ehg, @eightface, @empireoflight, @gcorne, @helen, @jackreichert, @jdgrimes, @jeremyfelt, @jesin, @joedolson, @johnbillion, @jorbin, @jond3r, @kovshenin, @kpdesign, @leewillis77, @markjaquith, @matveb, @mcsf, @melchoyce, @michael-arestad, @nacin, @Nessworthy, @norcross, @obenland, @ocean90, @pento, @plocha, @rachelbaker, @rmccue, @sdasse, @SergeyBiryukov, @siobhan, @sonjanyc, @tellyworth, Tom Adams, @vancoder, @westonruter, and @wonderboymusic for their help this week!

For the complete list of commits to 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., check out the log on Trac. Since we’re getting very close to release, the best way to help is to test! Let us know if you run into problems in the Alpha/Beta forums or on trac.

#3-9, #week-in-core

Andrew Nacin 9:01 pm on January 27, 2014
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Proposed Trac component reorganization

Warning, this long. tl;dr: I propose a reorganization of our TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. components. 34 top-level components with two dozen subcomponents. New tree at the bottom. First, an overview of some of our problems.
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#components, #trac

Andrew Nacin 7:47 pm on January 6, 2014
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Lots of improvements to Core Trac

Over the holidays, I was sick for two weeks (boo). While resting and recovering, I took to working on our tools (yay). Specifically, TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.. Here’s an overview of the added features, enhancements, and 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. fixes. There’s a lot (and more on the way), so I’ll try to keep each point brief. If you have any questions I’d be happy to elaborate in the comments.
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#trac

Andrew Nacin 9:26 pm on December 31, 2013
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Commit announcements for 3.9

Lots of news to share! First: Helen Hou-Sandí has had guest commit for the past three release cycles. She’s been spending the last year reviewing contributions, mentoring contributors, and working on some of our larger UIUI User interface projects. I’m proud to announce @helen is now a permanent committercommitter A developer with commit access. WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally, the project usually has a few guest or component committers - a developer receiving commit access, generally for a single release cycle (sometimes renewed) and/or for a specific component. to WordPress!

We’ve invited John Blackbourn (@johnbillion) to be a committer for the 3.9 cycle. His strong, consistent contributions have been backed by excellent judgment and temperament.

Matt Thomas, who led the dashboard redesign in 3.8 (and 3.2, and 2.7, etc.), will keep his commit to continue to maintain and improve WordPress UI. He’s been a great mentor to many contributing designers and his long-term impact is indelible.

For the last few years, we’ve been granting commit access on per-cycle basis, sometimes for a particular component, feature, etc. Generally, after about a year, a guest committer can be considered for permanent commit access. Dominik Schilling, Sergey Biryukov, Drew Jaynes, and Scott Taylor have all had their commit extended for 3.9.

Drew (@DrewAPicture) was given temporary commit for inline documentation starting with 3.7. He’s been heading up the long-running initiative to document every hook in WordPress. Scott (@wonderboymusic) also started committing during 3.7, and has a particular penchant for digging deep into the query and 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. APIs. And Sergey (@SergeyBiryukov) and Dominik (@ocean90), well, they are forces of nature.

(@aaroncampbell was also given guest commit in 3.7, but he ended up not having much time to use it.)

Here’s a full list of those with permanent commit: @markjaquith, @ryan, @westi, @matt, @azaozz, @dd32, @koopersmith, @duck_, @helen, and me (@nacin); @lancewillett for bundled themes; @iammattthomas for UI. You might have also seen commits before from @josephscott (XML-RPC), @nbachiyski (internationalization), and @mdawaffe (secret weapon for really tricky problems).

Next weekly meeting is January 8. Happy new year, everyone. Here’s to a great 2014.

#3-9, #commit

Andrew Nacin 6:50 pm on August 21, 2013
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Agenda for today’s dev meeting Review why how…

Agenda for today’s dev meeting:

  • Review why/how we’re doing features-as-plugins for post-3.7 releases (@samuelsidler)
  • Start cranking on tickets, discuss any major tickets we need to discuss, check if anyone is stuck or wants something to work on (@duck_)
  • A number of people are working on make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. posts to kick off some 3.7 initiatives (updates, language packs, inline docsinline docs (phpdoc, docblock, xref), develop.svn ideas list) or jumpstart conversations for future dev meetings (CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. preprocessor pros/cons) — let’s aim to get these done this week.
  • This meeting will be followed by 3.8 office hours at 21:00 UTC. There is no 3.8 meeting tomorrow — postponed for this week.

Also, the 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/. meeting (IRC logs) went great:

  • @kadamwhite and @carldanley will be enumerating JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. style preferences and working on a jshintrc
  • @jorbin and @kadamwhite are working on JS unit tests (#24870, #25096, #25088)
  • We’ll be formally adopting JSDoc for inline documentation (same basic style as PHPDocPHPDoc (docblock, inline docs))
  • Also discussed include JS actions/filters (#21170)

#3-7, #agenda

Andrew Nacin 7:35 pm on August 14, 2013
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WordPress 3.7 organization

With WordPress 3.7 and 3.8, we’re a project in major transition. Version 3.7 aims to solve for a lot of things that are weighing us down. (See the initial kickoff post.) What do you want to do? In terms of process, here is what is being worked on for 3.7:

Processes, Tools, Workflows

  • New development tools — develop.svn.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ — run by @koop. If you are interested in Grunt, unit testing (including JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. testing), and how we can streamline and modernize our workflows, this is for you.
  • Code reference — inline documentation efforts — run by @rzen, @ericlewis, and @drewapicture. If you are interested in inline documentation, this is for you. See this post to get started.
  • Process changes (including improvements to TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. and how we organize around components). If you want to write some Python for Trac, this is for you. If you’re just interested in helping with component reorganization, stay tuned here — there will be a post soon outlining a new component tree.

Security, Stability, and Updates

We have a few other focuses that all deal with a general theme of security and stability.

  • Passwords. We are aiming to improve the adoption of best security practices by assisting with password generation. #24633. @duck_ is also working on some changes to strengthen cookies. #20276. If you are interested in security, this is for you.
  • Updates. @dd32 and @pento will be heading up automatic updates for minor releases, as well as improving the trustworthiness of our upgrader. If you love updates and stability, this is for you.
  • Language packs. We need to separate language files from plugins, themes, and coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., allowing them to be maintained and updated independently (and, ideally, automatically). #18200. If you want to help WordPress’ global reach, hook up with me, @dd32, and @markoheijnen.

General Triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors.

Finally, we have 3,800 (already only 3,600) open tickets on Trac. There are dozens of components with many, many tickets. Already, there have been a few components with a strong base of contributors working on them, including:

  • 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, currently being smashed by @jeremyfelt and others. If you like multisite and want to make it better and more stable, this is for you. There are currently 122 open tickets.
  • 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/.. A number of you have expressed interest on working on JavaScript in core. Whether that is shoring up the stability of existing features, improving existing JS, or working on a JS testing framework, this should be a great working group. @carldanley, @adamsilverstein, @nbachiyski, @kadamwhite, and others expressed interest.
  • Query and 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.. These two advanced areas of core kind of go hand-in-hand, not in the least because @wonderboymusic smashes query tickets with his left hand and taxonomy tickets with his right. If you’re interested in bringing down these tickets (68 and 93 open), this is for you.
  • General triage. Folks like @c3mdigital and @avryl have been already going through old tickets either closing them out or finding diamonds in the rough. Or maybe you find that one of the many open components catches your interest. (Go here and choose any component from the drop-down to see all open tickets.) We’ll be coordinating efforts to work together both in IRCIRC Internet Relay Chat, a network where users can have conversations online. IRC channels are used widely by open source projects, and by WordPress. The primary WordPress channels are #wordpress and #wordpress-dev, on irc.freenode.net. (especially during the weekly meetings) and here on make/core.
  • Components with a lot of open tickets: General (376 tickets), Administration (302 tickets), Media (221 tickets), Template (161 tickets), Comments (135 tickets), Users (107 tickets), Themes (105 tickets), Formatting (98 tickets), Menus (96 tickets), Widgets (90 tickets), Plugins (90 tickets), Editor (85 tickets), Upgrade/Install (84 tickets), Import (70 tickets). If you want to do general triage, General and Administration in particular need a lot of work!

Today during the weekly meeting, we’ll be talking about ongoing efforts, rallying the troops and helping to assemble working groups, and setting up some times for regular triage meetings.

So, what do you want to work on? Let’s start coordinating in the comments.

#3-7

Andrew Nacin 7:17 pm on August 6, 2013
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WordPress 3.7 meeting tomorrow, August 7

If you haven’t caught @matt‘s State of the Word keynote at 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. San Francisco last weekend, you should. It contains a lot of great insight into how WordPress is used (using data from the 2013 user survey) and what should be expected for WordPress 3.7 and 3.8. (Talk about 3.7 starts at around 33 minutes in.)

Here’s what was announced: WordPress 3.7 will be released in two months — early October. (Wat.) Jon Cave (@duck_) and I will be leading the release. It will be a quick “platform-focused” release, with a focus on stability and security.

There are three main things we’d like to get done — language packs, auto-updates for minor releases, and some enhancements to help strengthen user’s passwords. Beyond that, though, the major goal of 3.7 is to offer a bit of a “reset” — which includes a huge cleanup of TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.. We’re currently at 3,800 open tickets, and we’d like to whittle that down as well as make things more manageable for the future. That includes reorganizing our Trac components, making it easier to contribute to certain areas of coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (rather than, say, drinking from a single Trac firehose), and trying to organize teams around these components.

Outside of core, there will also be work on developer.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/, which will include a hosted code reference and developer handbooks. As part of this, there will be a lot of inline documentation cleanup in 3.7 — potentially including an inline documentation standard for actions and filters.

Better development tools will also be a goal in 3.7 — see also the post on develop.svn.wordpress.org from earlier.

This is just the beginning. Please join me on Wednesday, August 7, 20:00 UTC for our weekly developer meeting in #wordpress-dev on freenode.net. I expect 3.7 to be a bit crazy, with a high volume of commits (oh, the days of WordPress 3.0), but also with increasing organization that can help set the stage for future releases. Daily 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! Rapid development! High tempo! Yay! Who is with me? See you tomorrow.

#3-7, #agenda, #release-lead