Archives

Andrew Rockwell 7:14 pm on February 4, 2016
Tags: ,   

Week in Core, Jan. 26 – Feb. 2 2016

Hi everybody! Welcome back to the latest issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., covering changes from January 26th [36407] – February 2nd [36470], changesets [36407-36470]. Here are the highlights:

  • 64 commits
  • 16 contributors with props
  • 83 tickets created
  • 6 tickets reopened
  • 45 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on trac timeline for the period above.

Note: If you want to help write the next WordPress Core Weekly summary, check out the schedule over at make/docs and get in touch in the #core-weekly-update 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.

Code Updates

Networks and sites

  • Replace “blogblog (versus network, site)” usage with “site” in docs. [36417] [36416] #35417

Database

  • Allow loading when only the mysqlnd extension is loaded. [36434] #33261

Performance

  • Add a close() method to wpdb, for when the connection needs to be manually closed. [36433] #34903

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.

  • Fix searching for available nav menu items by updating reference to nonce. [36432] #35617
  • Export nonce, theme, and url app settings in preview as exported in pane. [36414] #27355, #35617
  • Improve parity between JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. Setting models in preview with JS Setting models in pane. [36407] #27355, #35616

Media

  • In wp_read_image_metadata() make sure that IPTC keywords are UTF8 encoded. [36429] #35316

Menus

  • Avoid displaying two spinners when adding selected menu items. [36427] #35682
  • After [36379] prevent “Quick Search” form submission when pressing Enter. [36426] #35374
  • Remove a redundant and unused 0 parameter from the Delete Menu link on the nav menus adminadmin (and super admin) screen. [36419] #35641

Comments

  • Add back $req variable in comments_template(). Reverts [36322]. [36425] #35473
  • Add a back link to wp_die() comment form submission error display. [36424] #4332
  • Fix set up/tear down of post types in comment query test. [36415] #35633

Install

  • Improve the install page language chooser button style. [36423] #34547

UIUI User interface

  • Remove all the occurrences of the old CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. clearfix. [36422] #26396

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

  • Add the global cache group sites to restore_current_blog() and wp_start_object_cache(). [36413] #32450
  • Add the global cache group networks to restore_current_blog(). Missed in [36258]. [36411] #35251

General

  • Simplify action placement in update_metadata(). [36420] #35652
  • Revert changes to wp_validate_redirect()  [35792]. This causes a 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. and causes redirects to potentially fail. [35792]  #5114, #34028
  • Pass additional params to get_archive_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.. [36418] #35573

Docs

  • Document the difference between site_url() and home_url(). [36408] #35238

External Libraries

  • Update Random_Compat to the latest version (1.1.6). [36421] #35665

Props

Thanks to @afercia, @boonebgorges, @dd32, @ericlewis, @helen, @jorbin, @kouratoras, @nexurium, @ocean90, @pento, @rachelbaker, @sebastianpisula, @shamess, @Shelob9, @westonruter, and @wonderboymusic for their contributions!

#4-5, #week-in-core

Eric Binnion 6:50 pm on January 27, 2016
Tags: ,   

Week in Core, Jan. 19-26 2016

Welcome back to the latest issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., covering changes from January 19th – January 26th, 2016, changesets [36351-36406]. Here are the highlights:

  • 55 commits
  • 44 contributors with props
  • 99 tickets created
  • 10 tickets reopened
  • 86 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on trac timeline for the period above.

Note: If you want to help write the next WordPress Core Weekly summary, check out the schedule over at make/docs and get in touch in the #core-weekly-update 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.

Code Updates

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 the focus style on the Credits screen. Leads and contributing developers will now look nicer when focused. Also, combines adjacent image and text links for the same resource thus simplifying markup and reducing noise for screen reader users. [36406] #34953
  • Accessibility: Improve the color contrast ratio replacing the residual occurrences of the #777 gray. Uses the existing #72777c on white backgrounds and the new #555d66 “dark medium gray” on darker backgrounds. [36396] #35605
  • Fix the color contrast ratio in the login screen. [36395] #31548
  • Remove title attributes from the Menus screen. [36379] #35374

Cache 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.

  • Pass $clean_taxonomy param to ‘clean_term_cache’ action. [36399] #35611

Comments

  • Fire an action after a comment is removed from object cache. When a comment is removed from the object cache, the clean_comment_cache action is now fired. This provides 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. and theme developers a chance to perform secondary cache invalidation as needed. [36405] #35610
  • In comments list table, $post_id should default to false rather than 0. [36387] #35090
  • Allow comment query results to be limited to comments with comment_post_ID = 0. [36381] #35090
  • Ignore hierarchy in pagination calculation when comment threading is disabled. Merges [36275] to the 4.4 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".. [36362] #8071, #35419
  • Respect all post-related filters in WP_Comment_Query. Merges [36326] to the 4.4 branch. Fixes #35478. [36361] #35478
  • Use the post-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. WHERE clause when querying for comment descendants. Merges [36277] to the 4.4 branch. Fixes #35192. [36357] #35192
  • Always respect $comments array passed to wp_list_comments(). Merges [36276] to the 4.4 branch. [36356] #35175, #35356
  • In comments_template(), don’t run hierarchical queries if comment threading is disabled. Merges [36226] to the 4.4 branch. [36353] #35378

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.

  • Use “(Untitled)” as site title if blogname is empty. Fixes #35579. [36388] #35579
  • Add shift-click on nav menu items in preview to focus on corresponding nav menu item controls in pane. [36383] #32681
  • Hide help toggle button in panel when no description is supplied. This aligns with the .customize-panel-description element which is also excluded if there is no description. [36374] #35540
  • Fix click.preview event handler for jump links and shift+clicks in preview. Fixes #26005. [36371] #32681, #26005
  • Prevent erroneously directing user to login screen when closing. Fixes #35355. [36363] #32637, #35355
  • Respect custom pagination params when using wp_list_comments() in a 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. Merges [36324] to the 4.4 branch. [36360] #35402

Documentation

  • Correct return value for is_allowed_http_origin(). [36398] #35607
  • Clarify that mu-plugins can’t be “active” in docs. [36397]
  • Fix parameter documentation ordering in the hook docs for the register_taxonomy_args filter. [36391] #32246

Editor

  • TinyMCE: add inline link dialog. First run. Links the advanced button to the “old” dialog for now. [36384] #33301
  • TinyMCE: remove the srcset and sizes attributes (if any) after replacing or editing an image. [36376] #35434

Emoji

  • Work around a mod_security rule which prevents pages with 4 or more instances of String.fromCharCode( from being served. [36359] #35412

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.

  • Add the text domain to translate_nooped_plural() calls as well. [36390] #34126
  • Add a test for the add-textdomain.php script. [36389]

Media

  • In _wp_handle_upload(), move ending brace to a new line. [36373] #35565
  • When reusing the initial values from the global MediaElement config object, the config object should first be cloned. Objects in JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. are references that will retain any changes. Fixes #34152. [36364] #34152

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

Plugins

  • Pass data consistently on plugin, networknetwork (versus site, blog) plugin, and network theme screens. [36394] #35335

Query

  • Respect ‘suppress_filters’ when filtering search-related SQL. [36404] #35594
  • Introduce $comment_status and $ping_status params for WP_Query. [36403] #35601
  • Avoid invalidinvalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. SQL when building ORDER BY clause using long search strings. Merges [36251] to the 4.4 branch. Fixes #35361. [36354] #35361

Quick/Bulk Edit

  • Remove a no more used jQuery loop for unsupported post formats. See #24096. [36375] #23426, #24096, #35564
  • On the Taxonomies screens, prevent a page reload when pressing Enter on a focused field. Merges [36260 to the 4.4 branch. [36355] #35401

Posts, Post Types

  • Allow is_post_type_viewable() to accept a post type name. Previously, it accepted only a post type object. [36402] #35609
  • Add tests for is_post_type_viewable(). [36401] #35609

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.

  • Populate term cache with proper clone of term objects. Merges [36323] to the 4.4 branch. [36358] #35462

Themes

  • Themes: Enhance filtering options for allowed themes on a network. [36366] #28436

TinyMCE

  • Update to 4.3.3. Update the QUnit tests and revert back to testing the non-minified files in /src. [36352] #35539

Upgrade/Install

  • Switch the locking mechanism to using static methods so that it can be accessed from other upgrade-classes. [36370] #34878

Widgets

  • Show the “Clear Inactive Widgets” button only after the 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. with inactive widgets. Merges [36326] to the 4.4 branch. [36369] #35447

Props

Thanks to @5um17, @afercia, @azaozz, @berengerzyla, @birgire, @boonebgorges, @chandrapatel, @chriscct7, @danielbachhuber, @dd32, @dmsnell, @dotancohen, @drebbitsweb, @DrewAPicture, @ericlewis, @Fab1en, @firebird75, @Frozzare, @georgestephanis, @iseulde, @ivankristianto, @jeremyfelt, @jmdodd, @johnjamesjacoby, @johnnypea, @kraftbj, @lamosty, @luciole135, @MattGeri, @michalzuber, @mrahmadawais, @obenland, @ocean90, @pauldewouters, @rob, @salvoaranzulla, @scarinessreported, @SergeyBiryukov, @spacedmonkey, @tahteche, @walbo, @westi, @westonruter, and @wonderboymusic for their contributions!

#4-5, #week-in-core

Adam Silverstein 10:34 pm on January 13, 2016
Tags: ,   

Core Dev Chat Notes for Jan 13

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. Chat

  • Chat meeting notes posted on make/core.
  • Another feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins chat will be scheduled before the feature plugin decision deadline which is Feb. 3rd.

Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.

  • These are very popular and much appreciated updates.
  • @morganestes has done a great job with them; we need more volunteers!
  • @ebinnion and @grantpalin volunteered to take on these updates; The crowd reacted wildly!

Focus Status Check

  • 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. Improvements: @johnbillion
    • Continue with HTTPS fixes, including edge cases, mixed content
    • Help fix sites that use a mixture of HTTPHTTP 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. and HTTPS (for example, HTTPS for the adminadmin (and super admin) area)
    • Introduce a means of forcing a site to use HTTPS exclusively
    • Attempt to default to HTTPS for new installs where it’s supported
  • Image Improvements: @joemcgill
    • Some 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. fixing from 4.4 implementation
    • Picking up work on #33642 – improving compression of images
    • Start working thru code cleanup in images
    • @azaozz mentioned the longer term goal of changing image handling overall
  • 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.: @westonruter, @celloexpressions
    • Many things targeted for 4.5 in the Customizer –
      Status the same as from yesterday’s meeting.
    • Looking for theme developer feedback on Selective Refresh (#27355).
  • 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/WP_Site: @jeremyfelt
    • Regular meetings will begin again in #core-multisite Tuesday at 21:00 UTC.
    • WP_Site class, ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #32450 has a good 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.. Feedback is very welcome.
  • Post New: @michaelarestad
    • Project ideas posted on the make blog.  Many ideas here; some will take longer than a single release cycle.
    • Comment there to express interest in working on any of the items.
  • Editor: @azaozz, @iseulde
    • Inline wplink dialog.
    • Improved wpView/blocks inside the editor using the recently introduced TinyMCE 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..
    • Few more “editing shortcuts” like backticks for <code> and triple backticks for <pre><code>.
    • Thinking about how to integrate TineMCE’s image manipulation module.
    • Will post a “wishlist” for 4.5 by the end of the week.

Open Floor

  • Comments update from @rachelbaker: 8 open tickets right now slated for 4.5. Highlights
    • #4332 – a 9+ year old TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticket that @wonderboymusic made some progress on in 4.4. I refreshed the patch yesterday, but it still needs 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. and developer feedback.
    • #34133 has some great UXUX User experience feedback/discussion from @melchoyce @karmatosed and @afercia. Improves Moderate Comments screen. Feedback requested.
    • #33717 ( Notification Email When a Comment is Approved ) has an updated patch and @swisspidy is looking for some feedback.
  • Notifications API update from @johnbillion:
    • Would like to replace wp_mail() with an extensibleExtensible This is the ability to add additional functionality to the code. Plugins extend the WordPress core software. notifications API, which sends emails by default but can easily be hooked in to send notifications via any other means, such as webhooks that enable 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//IM/push notifications, etc. Optional admin UIUI User interface for users and admins to opt in/out of individual notifications and notification types. Will post to make/core shortly.

View the full logs on Slack.

#4-5, #meeting-notes

Kira Schroder 10:22 pm on December 30, 2015
Tags: ,   

WordPress 4.5: What’s on your Wishlist?

A few weeks ago, I put out an initial call for volunteers for 4.5.

In the spirit of the much-commented @wonderboymusic 4.4 Wishlist post, I’d like to extend the call a bit more.

  • What are you most interested in seeing in WordPress 4.5 — big, or small?
  • What are your or your users’ biggest pain points?
  • What do you see as the most important UXUX User experience or performance low-hanging fruit to be solved?

Look forward to hearing from you in the comments!

The WordPress 4.5 kickoff chat will be next Wednesday, January 6, 2016 16:00 UTC-5.

#4-5, #wishlist

Kira Schroder 5:42 am on December 11, 2015
Tags: , , ,   

December 10 Meeting Summary and 4.5 Call for Volunteers

We gathered together after the marvelous release of 4.4. Many congrats to @wonderboymusic, his deputies @sergeybiryukov and @ocean90, and all contributors who helped out! See the full transcript for the entire chat.

On 4.4

What’s Next?
@helen is building a product design team that is kicking off shortly. I’m excited about this — it’s an opportunity to really step up our game in the UXUX User experience space. She’ll be building out a few projects and calling for volunteers on make/design, so watch there if you’re interested in getting involved.

Officially, 4.5 doesn’t kick off until early January, but I’d like to start off with a ready-to-go set of teams. The time between now and then is also great for preparing feature plugins that you’re interested in seeing merged.

4.5 Call for Volunteers
Currently looking for those interested in:

  • Being a Release Backup/Deputy
  • Contributing to Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Summary Posts
  • Working on a particular development focus or feature

If you’re interested in contributing in any of these areas/roles, please leave a comment! Feel free to 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.” me in the Make 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/ (@mike) if you have any questions on these roles.

#4-4, #4-5, #deputies, #deputy

Morgan Estes 1:45 am on October 13, 2015
Tags: ,   

Week in Core: Sept. 28 – Oct. 11, 2015

Welcome back to the latest issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., covering changes from Sept. 28 – Oct. 11, 2015, changesets [34659]–[35029]. Here are the highlights:

https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/10/07/%F0%9F%8E%89-one-more-committer-for-4-4/

See that ↑ right there? That’s an oEmbed. And it’s loaded from inside this site.

Feature Plugins Merged

The Responsive Images, oEmbed Provider, and the “baby” REST API feature plugins have been merged into core. Grab the latest version of 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 test them out.

WordPress logo with wordmark below

Responsive images in your posts. Just upload and insert!

Potent Notables

These changes were big enough to merit their own blogblog (versus network, site) posts:

Deeper Reading

Some commits pack in a lot of info, from detailed background to best practices in using 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.. Here are a few worth reading the entire commit message:

  • WP_Term class introduced [34997] #14162
  • Fix scalability performance problem for previewing multidimensional settings in the 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.. [35007] #32103
  • Ensure that wp.customize.Widgets.savedWidgetIds is defined up front. [34883] #33901
  • The history and implementation of oEmbeds. [34903] #32522
  • Improve role-related arguments in WP_User_Query. [34875] #22212
  • Use wp_installing() instead of WP_INSTALLING constant. [34828] #31130
  • Introduce *_network_option functions for 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 installs. [34777] #28290
  • Ensure that comment permalinks reflect pagination. [34735] #34068, #34073

Continue reading →

#4-4, #week-in-core

Morgan Estes 7:37 pm on September 29, 2015
Tags: ,   

Week in Core: Sept. 21-27, 2015

Oh Snap!, it’s time to usher in a new edition of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.! If you have the time, throw a house party with some friends and read the full force of changes on Trac; if not, don’t sweat it — take simple pleasure in these highlights.

This post covers changesets [34362]–[34658], committed during Sept. 21–27, 2015. Let’s give a hi-five and some TLC to the 102 contributors for a combined 296 updates! Together, we’re making WordPress nice & smooth.

Continue reading →

#4-4, #week-in-core

Morgan Estes 9:08 pm on September 21, 2015
Tags: ,   

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.

Continue reading →

#4-4, #week-in-core

Morgan Estes 9:04 pm on September 16, 2015
Tags: ,   

Week in Core: Aug. 31 – Sept. 12, 2015

Welcome to the Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., with updates from weeks 2 & 3: Aug. 31 – Sept. 12, 2015, changesets [33821]–[34092].

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in Core, with almost too many changes to count (for the record, this one covers 271 commits!). I’m going to keep this update shorter than usual and highlight some of the bigger changes.

If you’re interested in helping write this weekly post, 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.” @morganestes in #core-weekly-update on Slack.

Special Note: WordPress 4.3.1 was released this week, with three security-related fixes. Be sure to update your sites!

Here’s some highlights of recent changes in core, along with some future plans and ongoing initiatives. Remember, Core moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

  • WordPress will support PHP7 when it’s released. Huzzah!
  • HTTPHTTP 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./2 is coming! Here’s a list of tickets that need attention to get WordPress ready.
  • Get involved in Twenty Sixteen, which is in active development on GitHub.
  • Write better commit messages. The world will thank you for it. 🙂
  • As described in this post by @johnbillion, the show_ui flag for post types now gets fully honored. See #33763 for the ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. discussion.
  • A new helper function, wp_validate_action( $action = '' ), was introduced in [34059] and is used throughout adminadmin (and super admin) instead of directly accessing $_REQUEST['action'].
  • A new file, wp-admin/includes/noop.php, was created to load all of the noop functions for load-script|styles.php and is only loaded by those files. DRYs in the process. [34037] #33813
  • Schema change introduced in [34030] to increase the length of wp_options.option_name to 191 chars. #13310
  • Implement a priority system for Help Tabs to add them at specific positions. [33985] #19828
  • 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: Don’t allow sites to be created with the following reserved slugs: wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes [33952] #33615
  • Updated recommendations for minimum versions of PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher (5.6) and 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 (5.5), with a special note that Oracle only actively supports MySQL for 5 years after a General Availability release. [33937] [33946]

For the full report, visit https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log/?verbose=on&format=changelog&rev=34092&stop_rev=33821&limit=400&mode=stop_on_copy.

Thanks to @adamsilverstein, @afercia, @amereservant, @ankit-k-gupta, @antpb, @austinginder, @azaozz, @BdN3504, @benjmay, @boonebgorges, @bradt, @brettz95, @celloexpressions, @cgrymala, @Cheffheid, @chriscct7, @codeelite, @CoenJacobs, @danielbachhuber, @daniellandau, @dannydehaan, @dd32, @dimadin, @dipeshkakadiya, @dlh, @DrewAPicture, @dustinbolton, @egower, @enshrined, @ericdaams, @ericlewis, @extendwings, @figureone, @filosofo, @gaelan, @GaryJ, @gitlost, @gnaka08, @gradyetc, @gregrickaby, @hauvong, @helen, @imath, @ippetkov, @iseulde, @ixkaito, @jazbek, @jeffstieler, @jeremyfelt, @jesin, @jobst, @johnbillion, @joostdevalk, @jorbin, @juliobox, @JustinSainton, @kevinlangleyjr, @khromov, @kitchin, @kraftbj, @lancewillett, @liljimmi, @lukecarbis, @macmanx, @MatheusFD, @mehulkaklotar, @mercime, @metodiew, @michielhab, @MikeHansenMe, @miqrogroove, @mitchoyoshitaka, @mordauk, @morganestes, @mrahmadawais, @mrmist, @Mte9, @nacin, @netweb, @nikeo, @nikolovtmw, @nofearinc, @obenland, @ocean90, @OriginalEXE, @Otto42, @paulwilde, @pavelevap, @pento, @peterwilsoncc, @racaseh, @rachelbaker, @rajnikmit, @rmccue, @rommelxcastro, @sc0ttkclark, @scribu, @SergeyBiryukov, @sillybean, @solarissmoke, @stevehenty, @swissspidy, @tmatsuur, @trepmal, @tyxla, @umeshnevase, @utkarshpatel, @wen-solutions, @wenthemes, @westonruter, @wojtekszkutnik, @wonderboymusic, @yoavf, and @zeo for their contributions!

#4-4, #week-in-core

Ryan Boren 4:43 pm on September 2, 2015
Tags: , maintainership   

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…

Continue reading →

#components, #maintainership