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Aaron Jorbin 3:27 pm on September 12, 2016
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The Upcoming Week in 4.7: 12 September – 18 September

This is the jump-start post for the third week of the WordPress 4.7 release cycle. This release is off to a 🚀 start, and there are 5 weeks remaining for feature projects to be merged. 

Priorities this week:

#17817: do_action/apply_filters/etc. recursion on same 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. kills underlying call landed recently.  Please make sure to read the associated post and test.

42 tickets currently milestoned for 4.7 need a 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. or unit tests.

A Media 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. is a commonly requested feature; get involved with #32417 if you would like to make it a reality.

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. meetings this week:

All meetings in the WordPress Slack #core channel unless specified otherwise.

Things to do this week:

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Aaron Jorbin 12:16 pm on August 30, 2016
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The Upcoming Week in 4.7: August 30 – September 4

This is the jump-start post for the first week of the WordPress 4.7 release cycle. Many projects are still putting together pinkprints for success, so this week is all about getting 4.7 off to a flying start. 🛫

Priority tickets this week:

There are currently 3 tickets that require very early consideration.  Please follow them, give feedback, and help test where applicable.

  • #17817: do_action/apply_filters/etc. recursion on same 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. kills underlying call
  • #37699: Death to Globals Episode #1: A Registry, A Pattern
  • #36335: Next generation: coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. autoloader proposal

Core meetings this week:

All meetings in the WordPress Slack #core channel unless specified otherwise.

Things to do this week:

  • Meander through the wishlist comments and give feedback where you feel comfortable
  • Working on a project that you would like to target for 4.7?  Make sure to talk to @helen.
  • Schedule a bug scrub.

#4-7, #jump-starts