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Jb Audras 2:55 pm on March 1, 2023
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A Week in Core – February 27, 2023

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between February 20 and February 27, 2023.

  • 45 commits
  • 103 contributors
  • 50 tickets created
  • 7 tickets reopened
  • 64 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Administration

  • Move wp-theme-plugin-editor script before – #57073

Bootstrap/Load

  • Check that either mysqli_connect() or mysql_connect() is available – #51988

Build/Test Tools

  • Add test coverage for the get_posts_navigation() function – #55751
  • Remove duplicate DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) opening characters in tests/theme/wpTheme.php – #56792

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Seventeen: Mark one more screen reader string with a translator comment – #29748
  • Twenty Twenty: Avoid PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher warnings in 8.1 due to incorrect usage of wp_add_inline_style() – #57777

Coding Standards

  • Use strict comparison in bundled themes’ PHP files – #56791

Comments

  • Prevent replying to unapproved comments – #53962
  • Restore global $comment assignment in comment_form_title() – #53962

Database

  • Remove the check for sitecategories table on Database Repair screen – #57762

Docs

  • Correct duplicate hook reference for notify_moderator – #57808
  • Document default values for optional parameters in various DocBlocks – #56792
  • Fix erroneous since mention in wp_internal_hosts hook – #57796

Editor

  • Fix ‘wp-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 experience.-library-theme’ style enqueue conditions – #57561
  • Fix 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. parameters being passed to wp_register_style() – #57771, #56990, #57688
  • Update the WP packages with fixes prior to WP 6.2 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. 3 – #57471

Formatting

  • Add aspect-ratio tests for safecss_filter_attr() – #57664

General

  • Add more error checking to WP_List_Util::pluck() – #56650

HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. 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.

  • Fix finding bookmarks set on closing 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.) WP_HTML_Tag_Processor – #57787, #57575
  • Set $this->html to protected to support subclassing – #57575
  • Add fragment support to WP_Http::make_absolute_url() – #56231

Help/About

  • Avoid extra redirections on HelpHub Links – #57726
  • Avoid extra redirections on HelpHub Links – #57726
  • Restore the correct URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org for Editing Files article on Edit Themes screen – #57726
  • Use a consistent capitalization for “Support forums” links across WP Adminadmin (and super admin) – #57726
  • Use a consistent capitalization for “Support forums” links across WP Admin – #57726
  • Use the new /documentation/ URLs for HelpHub links in Bundled Themes – #57726
  • Use the new /documentation/ URLs for HelpHub links in WordPress Admin – #57726

Mail

  • Fix character encoding issues in 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/Theme background update emails – #56964

Media

  • Add WP_Image_Editor_Imagick::set_imagick_time_limit() method – #52569

Networks and Sites

  • Fix the attributes for the email input field on the new networknetwork (versus site, blog) user screen – #38460
  • Remove confusing upper case for option names on Edit Site: Settings screen – #50572
  • Use consistent markup for admin notices – #39213

Posts, Post Types

  • Pass the post object to _update_posts_count_on_delete() – #57023

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.

  • Remove an unnecessary call to _doing_it_wrong() and corresponding new text string from the implementation of the new wp_save_post_revision_revisions_before_deletion 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. – #57320

Site Health

  • Use PasswordHash API directly when validating keys – #56787

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.

  • Rename temporary variable in wp_queue_posts_for_term_meta_lazyload() – #57150

Themes

  • Account for a numeric theme directory in WP_Theme::__construct() – #54645
  • Add 3 and update 2 shadow presets in theme.json – #57708, #57559

Toolbar

  • Update the URL for Documentation link in the admin bar – #57726

Upgrade/Install

  • Introduce WP_Automatic_Updater::is_allowed_dir() method – #42619

Users

  • Adjust the initialization of the $duplicated_keys array in wp_salt() – #57121
  • Fix confirmation link 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 users with no role – #57164

Widgets

  • Match variable types in rss feedRSS Feed RSS is an acronym for Real Simple Syndication which is a type of web feed which allows users to access updates to online content in a standardized, computer-readable format. This is the feed. link filter – #57594

Props

Thanks to the 103 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @sergeybiryukov (15), @costdev (12), @audrasjb (11), @sabernhardt (9), @hellofromTonya (5), @flixos90 (4), @mukesh27 (4), @dhrupo (3), @poena (3), @desrosj (3), @Ankit-K-Gupta (2), @afragen (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @dmsnell (2), @hasanmisbah (2), @sakibmd (2), @jrf (2), @afercia (2), @dd32 (2), @robinwpdeveloper (2), @afrin29 (2), @mamaduka (2), @scruffian (2), @ipajen (2), @johnbillion (2), @richtabor (1), @drzraf (1), @fabiankaegy (1), @priethor (1), @ajlende (1), @jameskoster (1), @oandregal (1), @mtias (1), @kellychoffman (1), @joen (1), @beafialho (1), @antpb (1), @adityaarora010196 (1), @skithund (1), @boniu91 (1), @sc0ttkclark (1), @dimadin (1), @bgin (1), @sannevndrmeulen (1), @ndiego (1), @jffng (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @mikachan (1), @milana_cap (1), @fasuto (1), @Chouby (1), @schlessera (1), @dshanske (1), @ellatrix (1), @ntsekouras (1), @roytanck (1), @calvinalkan (1), @paulkevan (1), @ocean90 (1), @joemcgill (1), @madhudollu (1), @sanketchodavadiya (1), @franz00 (1), @swissspidy (1), @meyegui (1), @markjaquith (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @hugodevos (1), @winterpsv (1), @alvastar (1), @lopo (1), @simongomes02 (1), @robin-labadie (1), @wildworks (1), @chrisbaltazar (1), @sun (1), @geisthanen (1), @joyously (1), @michelmany (1), @jongycastillo (1), @rahmohn (1), @arnolp (1), @pbiron (1), @zieladam (1), @benjgrolleau (1), @afshanadiya (1), @Mista-Flo (1), @adeltahri (1), @stalukder03 (1), @dilipbheda (1), @itsnikhilpatel (1), @paulamit (1), @paulschreiber (1), @zevilz (1), @joedolson (1), @obayedmamur (1), @aryamaaru (1), @jeremyfelt (1), @stevenkword (1), @marksabbath (1), @aristath (1), @chiragrathod103 (1), and @azaozz (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 21 (!!) new contributors of the week: @hasanmisbah, @sakibmd, @adityaarora010196, @fasuto, @calvinalkan, @meyegui, @winterpsv, @alvastar, @simongomes02, @robin-labadie, @chrisbaltazar, @sun, @geisthanen, @michelmany, @jongycastillo, @arnolp, @itsnikhilpatel, @paulamit, @zevilz, @marksabbath, @chiragrathod103 ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (15), @audrasjb (14), @hellofromtonya (4), @peterwilsoncc (3), @flixos90 (2), @joedolson (2), @johnbillion (2), @ocean90 (1), @timothyblynjacobs (1), and @gziolo (1).

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Jb Audras 9:40 pm on February 21, 2023
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A Week in Core – February 20, 2023

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between February 13 and February 20, 2023.

  • 58 commits
  • 88 contributors
  • 74 tickets created
  • 10 tickets reopened
  • 69 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Administration

  • Close adminadmin (and super admin) menu when focus moves to body – #53587
  • Fix 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/. test failure – #53587

Bootstrap/Load

  • Check that either mysqli_connect() or mysql_connect() is available – #51988

Build/Test Tools

  • Fix inaccurate coverage in Tests_Functions_wpListPluck::set_up() – #56706
  • Fix 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. styles data type PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher Warning in REST_Block_Type_Controller_Test::test_get_item_invalid() – #57706
  • Improve devcontainer setup for non-Codespaces usage – #57187
  • Add missing @covers 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.) for a wp_update_comment() test – #56793
  • Declare the $post_id property in wp_comments_personal_data_exporter() tests – #56793
  • Merge file-level and class-level DocBlocks in various unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. files – #57099
  • Move PasswordHash test file to a more appropriate place – #56340
  • Move wp_comments_personal_data_eraser() tests to their own file – #56793
  • Move wp_comments_personal_data_exporter() tests to their own file – #56793
  • Rename the html tests directory to html-api – #56793

Bundled themes

  • Fix row variation nested in group 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 experience. – #56226
  • Recommit generated files following [55329] – #56226
  • Twenty Twelve: Properly reflect text color changes in Table block – #56466
  • Twenty Twenty: Properly reflect text color changes in Quote and Pullquote block – #55990

Coding Standards

  • Improve variables names in post and comment page link functions – #57746
  • Rename $post_ID variable to $post_id in various files – #57692
  • Rename the remaining $cat_ID variables to $cat_id – #56754
  • Replace strval() with (string) type casting in wp_nav_menu() – #57169

Comments

  • Use correct orderby parameter name in personal data exporter and eraser – #57700

Date/Time

  • Revert mysql2date changes in [55343] – #57705
  • Save a call to wp_timezone in mysql2date – #57705

Docs

  • Add www. prefix to some PHP manual links in code comments – #56792
  • Add a @since note about Twenty Twenty-Three for WP_Theme::$default_themes – #57714
  • Improve code comments in some sanitizing functions – #57712
  • Replace 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. with 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. in PHP Manual links located in WP_Privacy_Policy_Content class – #56792, #57017
  • Replace HTTP with HTTPS in PHP Manual links located in wp-load.php – #56792
  • Update the wording for the Update Services link on Writing Settings screen – #48987
  • Use correct 6.2.0 since version in multiple docblocks – #56792
  • Use third-person singular verbs for WP_Meta_Query related function descriptions, as per docblocks standards – #56792
  • Various improvements in XML-RPC Class function descriptions, as per docblocks standards – #56792

Editor

  • Fix ‘wp-block-library-theme’ style enqueue conditions – #57561
  • Prevent KSES stripping global layout style properties – #57321
  • Remove missing postType and postId query args Site Editor redirect – #57716
  • Restores file block button styles for classic themes – #57688
  • Update wordpress packages for 6.2 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. 2 – #57471

External Libraries

  • Prevent a PHP 8.1 deprecation notice in PasswordHash::gensalt_blowfish() – #56340

Feeds

  • Fix various typos in MagpieRSS – #57102

Filesystem 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.

  • Use trailingslashit( $path ) instead of $path . '/' – #57516

Formatting

  • Add aspect-ratio as valid CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. property in KSES – #57664

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 new strings to about.php for use with end-of-life updates – #57216
  • Check that $wp_locale global is set before calling its methods – #56698

Login and Registration

  • prevent registering with username that matches previous user email – #57394

Media

  • Enhance logic to determine LCP image in block themes and avoid lazy-loading it – #56930

Menus

  • Test creating parent after a child doesn’t throw an error – #57122

Permalinks

  • Properly escape strings in Permalinks Settings screen – #57143

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/.

  • Normalize WP_REST_Server::dispatch() to return a response object – #56566
  • Only use Latin characters in test filenames – #57329, #57761
  • Remove ‘Invalid user ID’ error in WP_REST_Users_Controller::update_item() – #56662

Themes

  • Remove local() from @font-face styles in _wp_theme_json_webfonts_handler() – #57430
  • Use add_action for pre_get_posts hook in _add_template_loader_filters() – #57097

Upgrade/Install

  • Update available theme updates count when a theme si deleted – #57183

Users

  • Correct the error code in wp_insert_user() when login matches an existing email – #57394

Props

Thanks to the 88 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @costdev (12), @sergeybiryukov (9), @mukesh27 (7), @robinwpdeveloper (6), @hellofromTonya (6), @audrasjb (5), @mamaduka (4), @poena (4), @ntsekouras (4), @sabernhardt (4), @peterwilsoncc (3), @tanjimtc71 (3), @desrosj (3), @jrf (3), @ironprogrammer (2), @riccardodicurti (2), @nithins53 (2), @antonvlasenko (2), @kapilpaul (2), @scruffian (2), @spacedmonkey (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @codemonksuvro (1), @petitphp (1), @swissspidy (1), @anantajitjg (1), @kebbet (1), @ace100 (1), @youknowriad (1), @jamilbd07 (1), @andrewserong (1), @wojtekn (1), @hztyfoon (1), @arafatjamil01 (1), @mmtr86 (1), @jaedm97 (1), @mikachan (1), @shraboni (1), @kmadhak (1), @hanshenrik (1), @faguni22 (1), @nidhidhandhukiya (1), @wetah (1), @ehtmlu (1), @aristath (1), @luehrsen (1), @rafinkhan (1), @sapayth (1), @james-roberts (1), @devtanbir (1), @kajalgohel (1), @abirhasandipu (1), @manfcarlo (1), @reduanmasud (1), @shahidul95 (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @flixos90 (1), @wildworks (1), @smeunus (1), @thelovekesh (1), @dhusakovic (1), @ryokuhi (1), @kaneva (1), @joedolson (1), @kraftbj (1), @dalirajab (1), @shamimmiashuhagh (1), @ajayver (1), @roytanck (1), @dunhakdis (1), @buutqn (1), @rahmantasnia (1), @nazmulhasan103 (1), @felipeelia (1), @DaveFX (1), @mahekkalola (1), @azaozz (1), @sc0ttkclark (1), @ipajen (1), @dimadin (1), @bgin (1), @sannevndrmeulen (1), @ndiego (1), @jffng (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @afragen (1), @samruddhikhandale (1), and @ajlende (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 14 new contributors of the week: @tanjimtc71, @codemonksuvro, @ace100, @jamilbd07, @arafatjamil01, @dalirajab, @shamimmiashuhagh, @ajayver, @dunhakdis, @buutqn, @rahmantasnia, @nazmulhasan103, @mahekkalola, @bgin.

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (19), @audrasjb (15), @hellofromtonya (8), @peterwilsoncc (5), @joedolson (2), @gziolo (1), @danielbachhuber (1), @timothyblynjacobs (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @azaozz (1), @helen (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @davidbaumwald (1), and @flixos90 (1).

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Jb Audras 9:38 am on February 15, 2023
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A Week in Core – February 13, 2023

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between February 6 and February 13, 2023.

  • 103 commits
  • 165 contributors
  • 71 tickets created
  • 13 tickets reopened
  • 99 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Administration

  • Close adminadmin (and super admin) menu when focus moves to body – #53587
  • Define the $title global on privacy screens – #57578
  • Fix 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/. test failure – #53587
  • Match title 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.) to menu item for Editor – #57654

Application Passwords

  • Allow plain 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. success and reject URLs when using a local environment type – #52617

Build/Test Tools

  • Add a devcontainer for Codespaces support – #57187
  • Add unit tests for wp_set_password hook – #57436
  • Cleanup change to package.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML.
  • Update json2php package – #57535
  • Update npm dependencies for bundled themes – #57535
  • Add missing @covers tag for a wp_update_comment() test – #56793
  • Declare the $post_id property in wp_comments_personal_data_exporter() tests – #56793
  • Move PasswordHash test file to a more appropriate place – #56340
  • Move wp_comments_personal_data_eraser() tests to their own file – #56793
  • Move wp_comments_personal_data_exporter() tests to their own file – #56793
  • Rename the html tests directory to html-api – #56793
  • Use assertSameSets() in WP_Query tests for search_columns argument – #43867

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Fifteen: Bundle Google Fonts locally – #55985
  • Twenty Fourteen: Bundle Google Fonts locally – #55985
  • Twenty Seventeen: Bundle Google Fonts locally – #55985
  • Twenty Sixteen: Bundle Google Fonts locally – #55985
  • Twenty Thirteen: Bundle Google Fonts locally – #55985
  • Twenty Twelve: Bundle Google Fonts locally – #55985
  • Twenty Twelve: Properly reflect text color changes in Table 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 experience. – #56466
  • Twenty Twenty: Properly reflect text color changes in Quote and Pullquote block – #55990
  • Fix row variation nested in group block – #56226
  • Recommit generated files following [55329] – #56226

Coding Standards

  • Add missing escaping function in Custom_Image_Header::show_header_selector() – #57638
  • Pass correct value to get_delete_post_link() in attachment_submit_meta_box() – #57690
  • Rename $comment_ID variable to $comment_id in various files – #57671, #56791
  • Rename the remaining $cat_ID variables to $cat_id – #56754

Comments

  • Allow to pass $comment_ID parameter to comment_time() – #52322
  • Allow to pass $comment_ID parameter to get_comment_time() – #52322
  • Improve rel attribute usage in comments – #53290, #56444
  • Use correct orderby parameter name in personal data exporter and eraser – #57700

Docs

  • Add a @since note about Twenty Twenty-Three for WP_Theme::$default_themes – #57714
  • Correct @since tag for WP_Locale_Switcher::$stack – #57123
  • Document possible return values for wp_get_word_count_type() – #56698
  • Miscellaneous improvements and corrections to docblocks – #56792
  • Replace short array syntax in WP_HTML_Tag_Processor documentation – #57691
  • Use third-person singular verbs for WP_Meta_Query related function descriptions, as per docblocks standards – #56792
  • Various improvements in XML-RPC Class function descriptions, as per docblocks standards – #56792

Editor

  • Updated the WordPress packages to include GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 15.1.0 changes – #57471
  • Updates the WordPress packages with all the fixes targetted for WP 6.2 beta1 – #57471
  • Add frontend block-level settings to the core – #57651
  • Add layout controls to children of flex layout blocks – #57584
  • Introduce sticky position block support – #57618
  • Remove “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.” label from Site Editor submenu item – #57654
  • Restores file block button styles for classic themes – #57688
  • Support the block_types and viewport_width props for remote patterns fetched from Pattern Directory – #57611
  • Update wordpress packages for 6.2 Beta 2 – #57471
  • Use WP_HTML_Tag_Processor in wp_render_elements_support() – #57642
  • svn add new files missed in [55285] – #57618
  • Backportbackport A port is when code from one branch (or trunk) is merged into another branch or trunk. Some changes in WordPress point releases are the result of backporting code from trunk to the release branch. site editor intialization changes from Gutenberg 15.1 – #57480

Embeds

  • Update YouTube provider for live URLs – #57632
  • Use documented mixcloud.com oembed endpoint – #57376

Emoji

  • Fix emoji feature detection – #57301

External Libraries

  • Prevent a PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 8.1 deprecation notice in PasswordHash::gensalt_blowfish() – #56340
  • Update element-closest – #52851
  • Update jQuery Migrate to version 3.4.0 – #56743
  • Update miscellaneous libraries to their latest versions – #57646

Feeds

  • Fix various typos in MagpieRSS – #57102

Filesystem 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.

  • Add test for uncovered WP_Error in move_dir() – #57375

Formatting

  • Add aspect-ratio as valid CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. property in KSES – #57664
  • Guard wp_strip_all_tags() against fatal errors – #56434
  • Treat math elements as block-level elements – #13340

General

  • Check that set_time_limit() function is available before using it in core – #55711

Help/About

  • Add info about the “View” row action link to the Users screen help tab – #57666

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.

  • Introduce word_count_type property to WP_Locale – #56698
  • Mark screen reader strings as such with translator comments – #29748
  • Prevent fatal error in WP_Textdomain_Registry – #57218

Login and Registration

  • Set correct default values in wp_signon() – #56850

Mail

  • Check that set_time_limit() function is available before using it in class-pop3.php – #57659

Media

  • Add test file missed in [55278] – #57370
  • Bail early if image is already the requested size – #57370
  • Enable selective optout for video and audio shortcodes – #40144
  • Enhance logic to determine LCP image in block themes and avoid lazy-loading it – #56930
  • Fix focus loss updating custom fields in media modal – #40909
  • Introduce wp_get_attachment_link_attributes 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. – #41574
  • Maintain the functionnality of the deprecated WP_Media_List_Table::column_desc() method – #39710
  • Remove unwanted quotation marks for playlist template – #50865
  • Use strict comparison in make_subsize() – #57370

Menus

  • Test creating parent after a child doesn’t throw an error – #57122

Options, MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. APIs

  • Add a filter to allow the shortcut return to wp_load_alloptions function – #56045

Permalinks

  • Properly escape strings in Permalinks Settings screen – #57143

Privacy

  • Add rel="privacy-policy" to the Privacy Policy link – #56345

Query

  • Add a search_columns argument to control which fields are searched in a search query – #43867

Quick/Bulk Edit

  • Remove the bulk_edit_posts action for now – #28112

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/.

  • Remove ‘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. user ID’ error in WP_REST_Users_Controller::update_item() – #56662
  • Support non-Latin characters in template route regex – #57329

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.

  • Add a way to filter the revisions considered for deletion – #57320

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.

  • Implement wp_cache_get_multiple in wp_queue_posts_for_term_meta_lazyload – #57150

Themes

  • Add caching to WP_Theme::is_block_theme() – #57114
  • Remove local() from @font-face styles in _wp_theme_json_webfonts_handler() – #57430
  • Revert appearance tools theme support – #57649
  • Use add_action for pre_get_posts hook in _add_template_loader_filters() – #57097

Toolbar

  • Prevent false positive on automated contrast testing – #56789

Upgrade/Install

  • Skip preloading Requests for WordPress versions before 4.6 – #57662

Users

  • Add support for RoboHash GravatarGravatar Is an acronym for Globally Recognized Avatar. It is the avatar system managed by WordPress.com, and used within the WordPress software. https://gravatar.com/. images in default user profile pics – #57493
  • Change parameters order in send_auth_cookies filter – #56971
  • Pass correct number of arguments to send_auth_cookies filter in wp_clear_auth_cookie() – #56971
  • Pass the authentication scheme to the send_auth_cookies filter – #56971
  • Update get_avatar_url() and get_avatar() to include RoboHash support – #57493

Props

Thanks to the 165 (!!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @costdev (33), @mukesh27 (22), @audrasjb (21), @sergeybiryukov (19), @desrosj (14), @sabernhardt (12), @poena (11), @hellofromTonya (10), @ocean90 (9), @aristath (8), @davidbaumwald (8), @peterwilsoncc (8), @flixos90 (8), @ntsekouras (8), @robinwpdeveloper (8), @paapst (7), @azaozz (7), @webcommsat (7), @JeffPaul (7), @jffng (6), @jhoffmann (6), @cbirdsong (6), @kau-boy (6), @MatthiasReinholz (6), @luminuu (6), @westonruter (6), @bedas (6), @jrf (6), @spacedmonkey (5), @garrett-eclipse (5), @mamaduka (5), @joedolson (5), @hellofromtonya (5), @kjellr (5), @adamsilverstein (4), @kebbet (4), @johnbillion (4), @ironprogrammer (3), @petitphp (3), @rudlinkon (2), @andrewserong (2), @Mamaduka (2), @antpb (2), @afragen (2), @afercia (2), @krunal265 (2), @nithins53 (2), @dmsnell (2), @swissspidy (2), @ryokuhi (2), @joemcgill (2), @antonvlasenko (2), @james-roberts (2), @jorgefilipecosta (1), @birgire (1), @gziolo (1), @hareesh-pillai (1), @jipmoors (1), @Chouby (1), @abidhasan112 (1), @pavelevap (1), @mercime (1), @dd32 (1), @chocofc1 (1), @Presskopp (1), @jeherve (1), @matclayton (1), @slieschke (1), @sergiomdgomes (1), @chintan1896 (1), @juliobox (1), @a4jpcom (1), @stalukder03 (1), @adeltahri (1), @arrasel403 (1), @10upsimon (1), @hvar (1), @aaroncampbell (1), @joyously (1), @jokerrs (1), @theode (1), @adamziel (1), @jhned (1), @kawserz (1), @faisal03 (1), @bookwyrm (1), @bhavz-10 (1), @dshanske (1), @NathanAtmoz (1), @oandregal (1), @ipajen (1), @obayedmamur (1), @bgoewert (1), @SteelWagstaff (1), @hughie.molloy (1), @ericlewis (1), @conner_bw (1), @hakre (1), @wojtek.szkutnik (1), @nicholaswilson (1), @pbearne (1), @galbaras (1), @danielbachhuber (1), @manfcarlo (1), @re_enter_rupok (1), @ajlende (1), @hanshenrik (1), @faguni22 (1), @nidhidhandhukiya (1), @wetah (1), @ehtmlu (1), @luehrsen (1), @rafinkhan (1), @sapayth (1), @devtanbir (1), @kmadhak (1), @kajalgohel (1), @reduanmasud (1), @samruddhikhandale (1), @shahidul95 (1), @scruffian (1), @wildworks (1), @kapilpaul (1), @smeunus (1), @thelovekesh (1), @dhusakovic (1), @kaneva (1), @abirhasandipu (1), @shraboni (1), @jaedm97 (1), @riccardodicurti (1), @anantajitjg (1), @mujuonly (1), @dinhtungdu (1), @wojtekn (1), @thomasplevy (1), @pedromendonca (1), @matveb (1), @priethor (1), @isabel_brison (1), @viralsampat (1), @cadic (1), @wppunk (1), @h4l9k (1), @d-signed (1), @travisaxton (1), @jorbin (1), @samiamnot (1), @benish74 (1), @mburridge (1), @helen (1), @antonyagrios (1), @afrin29 (1), @syhc (1), @teebee (1), @lucymtc (1), @bueltge (1), @lkraav (1), @TobiasBg (1), @lenasterg (1), @grl570810 (1), @wirecat (1), @sam1el (1), @craiglpeters (1), and @mahbubshovan (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 32 (!!) new contributors of the week: @jokerrs, @kawserz, @bookwyrm, @hughiemolloy, @nicholaswilson, @re_enter_rupok, @hanshenrik, @faguni22, @ehtmlu, @rafinkhan, @sapayth, @reduanmasud, @samruddhikhandale, @shahidul95, @smeunus, @abirhasandipu, @jaedm97, @riccardodicurti, @wojtekn, @h4l9k, @d-signed, @travisaxton, @samiamnot, @benish74, @antonyagrios, @afrin29, @syhc, @teebee, @grl570810, @wirecat, @sam1el, @craiglpeters ♥️

Core committers: @audrasjb (29), @sergeybiryukov (24), @peterwilsoncc (7), @davidbaumwald (6), @joedolson (6), @flixos90 (6), @hellofromtonya (5), @danielbachhuber (4), @desrosj (4), @youknowriad (3), @johnbillion (2), @jorbin (2), @spacedmonkey (2), @helen (1), @swissspidy (1), and @jorgefilipecosta (1).

#6-2, #core, #meta6545, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 1:24 pm on February 7, 2023
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A Week in Core – February 6, 2023

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between January 30 and February 6, 2023.

  • 86 commits
  • 137 contributors
  • 66 tickets created
  • 14 tickets reopened
  • 91 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Build/Test Tools

  • Add unit tests for wp_set_password hook – #57436
  • Update json2php package – #57535
  • Update npm dependencies – #57535
  • Update npm dependencies for bundled themes – #57535

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Fourteen: Correctly reflect text color changes in Pullquote 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 experience. – #56006
  • Twenty Sixteen: Fix Gallery block images alignement – #56412
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Improve spacing for the legacy Post Comments block – #57560

Code Modernization

  • Allow some parameters with reserved keywords in wp-includes/class-wp-text-diff-renderer-*.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/formatting.php – #56788
  • Fix a PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 8 deprecation warning in category-template.php uasort() helper – #57358, #56790

Coding Standards

  • Add missing escaping function in Custom_Image_Header::show_header_selector() – #57638
  • Rename the $cat_ID variable to $cat_id in wp_update_category() – #56754

Cron 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.

  • Improve the docs for some cron event and cron schedule related functions – #56792

Docs

  • Capitalize X-Pingback in discover_pingback_server_uri() DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) – #54225
  • Document directory support in FTP/SSH2 filesystem ::move() methods – #57604
  • Document the inserter property in WP_Block_Patterns_Registry::register() – #56792
  • Fix couple of typos in inline docsinline docs (phpdoc, docblock, xref) – #57575
  • Fix typo in the send_auth_cookies 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. DocBlock – #56971, #39367
  • Improve documentation for block pattern properties – #56792
  • Improve the DocBlock for get_attached_file() – #51780, #56792
  • Remove a duplicate line in the send_auth_cookies filter DocBlock – #56971, #39367
  • Use consistent format for the @return tags in _wp_object_name_sort_cb() and _wp_object_count_sort_cb() – #57358, #56792

Editor

  • Add ID support to block wrapper attributes – #56852
  • Update WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver and improve its performance – #57545
  • Add ‘wp-polyfill’ to _wp_get_iframed_editor_assets() for inert attribute in Firefox – #57552
  • Add Template types to the patterns API
  • Add missing WP_Theme_JSON::process_blocks_custom_css() method – #57621
  • Add missing controls to flex layouts in wp_get_layout_style() – #57602
  • Add support for custom CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. in global styles – #57536
  • Add support for editing block style variations in global styles – #57583
  • Backportbackport A port is when code from one branch (or trunk) is merged into another branch or trunk. Some changes in WordPress point releases are the result of backporting code from trunk to the release branch. site editor intialization changes from GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 15.1 – #57480
  • Improve performance of gutenberg_render_layout_support_flag
  • Introduce minimum height dimensions block support – #57582
  • Remove need for template prefix in get_template_hierarchy – #57614
  • Remove unnecessary CSS comments from compiled styles – #56388
  • Separate content styles for iframeiframe iFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser. in __wp_get_iframed_editor_assets() and wp_default_styles() – #57550
  • Support the block_types and viewport_width props for remote patterns fetched from Pattern Directory – #57611
  • Updated the WordPress packages to include Gutenberg 15.1.0 changes – #57471
  • Use WP_HTML_Tag_Processor in wp_render_elements_support() – #57642
  • Use a non-persistent object cache instead of transient in wp_get_global_stylesheet() – #57568
  • Introduce HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. API with HTML Tag Processor – #57575

Embeds

  • Add oEmbed support for crowdsignal.net surveys – #57543
  • Update YouTube provider for live URLs – #57632
  • Use documented mixcloud.com oembed endpoint – #57376

Emoji

  • Always skip nodes with the wp-exclude-emoji CSS class – #52219
  • Fix emoji feature detection – #57301

External Libraries

  • Update jQuery Migrate to version 3.4.0 – #56743

Filesystem API

  • Add directory support to WP_Filesystem_Direct::move() – #57375
  • Add test for uncovered WP_Error in move_dir() – #57375
  • Prevent fatal error in move_dir() – #57375
  • Simplify two conditionals in move_dir() – #57375
  • Update move_dir() to better handle the differences in the WP_Filesystem::move() methods – #57375

Formatting

  • Guard wp_strip_all_tags() against fatal errors – #56434

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. API

  • Fix a unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. failure found after [55210] – #54225
  • Fix request 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. inconsistencies – #54225
  • Restore one instance of the X-Pingback header capitalization – #54225

Help/About

  • Update help tab texts to consistently describe button labels – #57608

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.

  • Improve method names in WP_Locale_Switcher() – #57123
  • I18N: Pass $locale parameter to override_load_textdomain filter – #57056

KSES

  • Allow position-related CSS properties – #57504

Media

  • Add a Download row action to the Media List Table – #57574
  • Add argument to get_attached_file() for subsizes – #51780
  • Allow to omit decoding="async" on tags from wp_get_attachment_image() – #57086
  • Ensure media IDs are type int in bulk editing – #56170
  • Fix inconsistent font weight in media detail views – #54509
  • Fix upload not visible if added after deleting media – #49178
  • Hide ‘view’ link if empty string passed to attachment_link – #54824
  • Maintain the functionnality of the deprecated WP_Media_List_Table::column_desc() method – #39710
  • Pass $size argument to get_attached_file filter – #51780
  • Properly escape Download row action link in Media List Table – #57574
  • Remove metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. data after restoring w/IMAGE_EDIT_OVERWRITE – #55150
  • Remove unwanted quotation marks for playlist template – #50865
  • Replace consecutive periods in sanitize_file_name() – #57242

Plugins

  • Rephrase Add Plugins screen description for better clarity – #57155

Posts, Post Types

  • Add test coverage for _truncate_post_slug() – #56868, #56793
  • Deprecate get_page_by_title() in favour of WP_Query – #57041

Query

  • Add a search_columns argument to control which fields are searched in a search query – #43867
  • Revert [55169] – #56689
  • Use WP_Query in get_page_by_path – #56689

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/.

  • Declare ‘edit_css’ capability in links within WP_REST_Global_Styles_Controller – #57526

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.

  • Add a way to filter the revisions considered for deletion – #57320

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.

  • Implement wp_cache_get_multiple in wp_queue_posts_for_term_meta_lazyload – #57150

Themes

  • Add caching to WP_Theme::is_block_theme() – #57114
  • Add shadow presets support for theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. – #57559
  • Increase HTTP timeout for Theme API requests – #57315

Upgrade/Install

  • Send language pack updates to copy_dir() – #57557
  • Silence Requests deprecations before preloading – #54504
  • Use move_dir() instead of copy_dir() in WP_Upgrader::install_package() when possible – #57557

Users

  • Add context to the send_auth_cookies filter – #56971, #39367
  • Add support for RoboHash GravatarGravatar Is an acronym for Globally Recognized Avatar. It is the avatar system managed by WordPress.com, and used within the WordPress software. https://gravatar.com/. images in default user profile pics – #57493
  • Change parameters order in send_auth_cookies filter – #56971
  • Update get_avatar_url() and get_avatar() to include RoboHash support – #57493

Widgets

  • Preserve classic sidebars when switching to a block theme – #57531

Props

Thanks to the 137 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @costdev (36), @mukesh27 (22), @audrasjb (20), @sergeybiryukov (15), @peterwilsoncc (13), @flixos90 (13), @ntsekouras (9), @afragen (7), @spacedmonkey (7), @mamaduka (7), @oandregal (6), @hellofromtonya (6), @azaozz (6), @adamsilverstein (5), @desrosj (5), @joedolson (5), @robinwpdeveloper (5), @andrewserong (5), @aristath (5), @youknowriad (5), @swissspidy (4), @dd32 (4), @jrf (4), @ironprogrammer (4), @sabernhardt (4), @poena (4), @hellofromTonya (4), @scruffian (3), @joen (3), @ocean90 (3), @Mista-Flo (3), @Mamaduka (3), @joemcgill (3), @isabel_brison (3), @pbiron (3), @aaronrobertshaw (3), @bgoewert (2), @glendaviesnz (2), @jorgefilipecosta (2), @davidbaumwald (2), @kebbet (2), @felixarntz (2), @gziolo (2), @onemaggie (2), @jameskoster (2), @petitphp (2), @noisysocks (2), @johnjamesjacoby (2), @dmsnell (2), @matveb (1), @ryokuhi (1), @paulschreiber (1), @cadic (1), @ndiego (1), @naeemhaque (1), @amin7 (1), @tahmidulkarim (1), @krupalpanchal (1), @jhned (1), @hilayt24 (1), @ellatrix (1), @tellthemachines (1), @maximej (1), @ramonopoly (1), @paaljoachim (1), @madhudollu (1), @timothyblynjacobs (1), @talldanwp (1), @mmtr86 (1), @dsas (1), @antpb (1), @zebaafiashama (1), @rnitinb (1), @iapial (1), @viralsampat (1), @jeawhanlee (1), @mitogh (1), @wildworks (1), @donncha (1), @cbirdsong (1), @eherman24 (1), @ajlende (1), @szaqal21 (1), @ahortin (1), @miguelaxcar (1), @patelhitesh (1), @tanazmasaba (1), @revgeorge (1), @Webrocker (1), @soean (1), @matclayton (1), @Soean (1), @mahbubshovan (1), @adeltahri (1), @stalukder03 (1), @a4jpcom (1), @juliobox (1), @chintan1896 (1), @sergiomdgomes (1), @slieschke (1), @jeherve (1), @ruchirj (1), @chocofc1 (1), @birgire (1), @johnbillion (1), @abidhasan112 (1), @arrasel403 (1), @james-roberts (1), @Presskopp (1), @hvar (1), @10upsimon (1), @umesh84 (1), @amitbarai013 (1), @dlh (1), @arthurshlain (1), @andraganescu (1), @justlevine (1), @get_dave (1), @zieladam (1), @bernhard-reiter (1), @antonvlasenko (1), @bronsonquick (1), @TimothyBlynJacobs (1), @xknown (1), @ArtZ91 (1), @shamayel007 (1), @mhkuu (1), @jigar-bhanushali (1), @otto42 (1), @iandunn (1), @iqbalrony (1), @oh_hello (1), @tahminar27 (1), @ira2910 (1), @zoonini (1), @silicium23 (1), and @justinahinon (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 21 (!!) new contributors of the week: @zebaafiashama, @rnitinb, @iapial, @patelhitesh, @tanazmasaba, @mahbubshovan, @adeltahri, @stalukder03, @slieschke, @ruchirj, @chocofc1, @abidhasan112, @james-roberts, @amitbarai013, @ArtZ91, @shamayel007, @iqbalrony, @oh_hello, @tahminar27, @ira2910, @silicium23 ♥️

Core committers: @audrasjb (24), @sergeybiryukov (13), @flixos90 (9), @hellofromtonya (9), @peterwilsoncc (7), @azaozz (7), @joedolson (7), @jorgefilipecosta (5), @spacedmonkey (3), @desrosj (3), @youknowriad (2), @swissspidy (1), and @johnbillion (1).

#6-2, #core, #meta6545, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 11:42 pm on January 30, 2023
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A Week in Core – January 30, 2023

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between January 23 and January 30, 2023.

  • 49 commits
  • 59 contributors
  • 62 tickets created
  • 6 tickets reopened
  • 62 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Bootstrap/Load

  • Avoid initializing WP_Recovery_Mode when fatal error handler is disabled – #56848

Build/Test Tools

  • Back up and restore the $wp_filters global when running tests – #57236
  • Revert [55137] – #57555
  • Update PostCSS to version 8 – #57554, #57555
  • Update caniuse-lite to the latest version – #57555
  • Update third-party GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Actions – #57572
  • Resolve some line endings issues in blocks/renderCommentTemplate.php on Windows machines – #56793
  • Use wp_recursive_ksort() in WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver tests – #56793

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Twenty-One: Refine primary-navigation.js behavior for anchor links – #53331
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Remove color reference from pattern names – #56720

Code Modernization

  • Allow some parameters with reserved keywords in wp-includes/class-wp-text-diff-renderer-*.php – #56788
  • Fix a JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. error in wpdialog – #56830
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/functions/wpRefererField.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/kses.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/post.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/rest-api.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/shortcode.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in phpunit/tests/widgets/wpWidgetMedia.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/blocks.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json-resolver.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/formatting.php – #56788
  • Rename parameters that use reserved keywords in wp-includes/functions.php – #56788

Coding Standards

  • Allow some parameters with reserved keywords in wp-includes/compat.php – #56788, #56791
  • Bring some consistency to the order of attributes in password fields – #56791

Database

  • Add %i placeholder support to $wpdb->prepare to escape table and column names, take 2 – #52506
  • Replace str_ends_with() usage in wpdb::prepare() – #52506
  • Replace substr_compare() usage with substr() in wpdb::prepare() – #52506

Docs

  • Add missing @since 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.) for WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::remove_json_comments() – #56792
  • Update $types param for wp_get_global_stylesheet() – #57563, #56792
  • Various improvements in ms-blogs.php function descriptions, as per docblocks standards – #56792

Editor

  • Add is 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 experience. theme setting to get_block_editor_settings() – #57549
  • Adds ‘settings.typography.fluid.minFontSize’ support to wp_get_typography_font_size_value() – #57529
  • Adds pagination and ordering support to WP_REST_Pattern_Directory_Controller – #57501
  • Fix undefined variable following [54805] – #56974, #57067
  • Migrate old to the new pattern categories – #57532
  • Remove WP_DEBUG defined check in wp_tinycolor_hue_to_rgb() – #57527
  • Use a non-persistent object cache in wp_get_global_settings() – #57502
  • Use a non-persistent object cache instead of transient in wp_get_global_stylesheet() – #56910
  • Use in/decrementors in wp_tinycolor_hue_to_rgb() – #57527

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.

Media

  • Add download link to media modal and attachment details – #41474
  • Deprecate unused method WP_Media_List_Table::column_desc() – #39710

Menus

  • Add missing escaping function in Adminadmin (and super admin) Menu walker – #57541

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.

  • Only create autosave when content changed – #49532

Themes

  • Add “Style Variations” to the list of WordPress theme features – #56869, #meta6545
  • Add static cache variable to wp_theme_has_theme_json() – #56975
  • Avoid unnecessary database queries from get_default_block_editor_settings() in WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_theme_data() – #57547
  • Support additional link related pseudo classes in theme.json – #57053

Props

Thanks to the 59 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @jrf (14), @poena (14), @sergeybiryukov (14), @aristath (14), @justinahinon (11), @costdev (11), @mukesh27 (9), @oandregal (5), @spacedmonkey (5), @mamaduka (4), @ironprogrammer (4), @hellofromTonya (4), @flixos90 (4), @audrasjb (4), @azaozz (3), @ntsekouras (3), @joen (2), @Otto42 (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @mcsf (2), @ryelle (2), @andreaboe (1), @TobiasBg (1), @shubham1gupta (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), @andrewserong (1), @ramonopoly (1), @cu121 (1), @arrasel403 (1), @paaljoachim (1), @robinwpdeveloper (1), @chaion07 (1), @afercia (1), @annezazu (1), @jameskoster (1), @sabernhardt (1), @aniketpatel (1), @dgwyer (1), @dmsnell (1), @aduth (1), @sanjucta (1), @iandunn (1), @JeffMatson (1), @antpb (1), @countrymusicchicago (1), @joedolson (1), @amin7 (1), @inwerpsel (1), @craigfrancis (1), @antonvlasenko (1), @xknown (1), @ellatrix (1), @alexstine (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @scruffian (1), @jorgefilipecosta (1), @ocean90 (1), @czapla (1), and @whaze (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 5 new contributors of the week: @andreaboe, @shubham1gupta, @sanjucta, @countrymusicchicago, @inwerpsel ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (20), @hellofromtonya (8), @audrasjb (7), @flixos90 (5), @desrosj (4), @davidbaumwald (2), @swissspidy (1), @joedolson (1), and @adamsilverstein (1).

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