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Jb Audras 8:41 am on February 23, 2021
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Enhancements to the Import/Export feature in WordPress 5.7

In WordPress 5.7, two main changes affected the WordPress built-in import/export feature. A new export specific 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 […]

Robert Anderson 11:43 pm on February 22, 2021
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New block variation APIs in 5.7

New isActive property BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user […]

Felix Arntz 8:00 pm on February 22, 2021
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Improved HTTPS detection and migration in WordPress 5.7

WordPress 5.7 will feature a number of enhancements which simplify the migrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies. of a site from HTTPHTTP HTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used […]

Jb Audras 10:31 am on February 22, 2021
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Send reset password links in WordPress 5.7

WordPress 5.7 introduces a new feature that allows website administrators to manually send a reset password link to existing users. This can be helpful when users lose their password and cannot use the lost password link for any reason. In terms of workflow, the feature does not directly change the user’s password. It sends them […]

Jb Audras 8:01 pm on February 19, 2021
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Robots API and max-image-preview directive in WordPress 5.7

WordPress 5.7 introduces 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 […]

Felix Arntz 4:55 pm on February 19, 2021
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Lazy-loading iframes in 5.7

In WordPress 5.7, iframes will be lazy-loaded by default, using the browser-level loading attribute. This will bring to iframes the same performance benefits which WordPress 5.5 introduced by lazy-loading images. Similar to how it affects images, WordPress will add loading=”lazy” to only those iframe tags that have both width and height attributes present, to avoid […]

Monika Rao 4:05 am on February 19, 2021  

Test scrub for WordPress 5.7 Beta 3 and office hours

As part of the 5.7 release, we’ll be hosting a  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 […]

Jb Audras 10:24 pm on February 18, 2021
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Introducing additional functions to check if a post is publicly viewable in WordPress 5.7

WordPress 5.7 introduces two additional functions to check if a post is publicly viewable. Previously, the is_post_type_viewable() function was already available to determine if a post type is visible to anonymous users via the publicly_queryable setting when registering the post type. However, it wasn’t sufficient to determine if a specific post is viewable as this function only checks for […]

Jb Audras 9:12 pm on February 18, 2021
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WordPress 5.7: A new dynamic hook to filter the content of a single block

The render_block() function is responsible for rendering each individual blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery […]

Jb Audras 12:57 pm on February 16, 2021
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Login & registration screens changes in WordPress 5.7

This devnotedev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core […]