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Jb Audras 9:00 pm on November 23, 2020
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A Week in Core – November 23, 2020

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 November 16 and November 23, 2020.

  • 29 commits
  • 76 contributors
  • 72 tickets created
  • 13 tickets reopened
  • 129 tickets closed

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

Code changes

Application Passwords

  • Regenerate the .htaccess file to add a new rule – #51723
  • Unify availability language – #51513

Build/Test Tools

  • Update the package.json engines to point to the new LTS versions of Node/NPM – #51749

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Twenty-One: Sync the latest changes for 5.6 RC1 – #51526

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.

  • Temporary fix for autosave restore notice not being removed
  • #51425
  • Ensure multiple CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. classes are passed to nav_menu_link_attributes as an array
  • #43113

Documentation

  • Add documentation for the $type and $mime_type properties in WP_Customize_Image_Control – #44411
  • Add documentation for the $type, $mime_type, and $button_labels properties in WP_Customize_Upload_Control – #44411
  • Use more specific type in parameter descriptions for in_category() and is_object_in_term() – #51825

Editor

  • Update WordPress packages for RC1 – #51793

Embeds

  • Document $args in wp_oembed_get() – #51269

External libraries

  • Update jQuery Migrate to 3.3.2 – #50564

Feeds

  • Add an early exit when calling RSS functions directly – #35835

General

  • Rename the wp_error_checked action to is_wp_error_instance for clarity – #40568
  • Code Modernization: Only call libxml_disable_entity_loader() in PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 < 8 – #50898

Help/About

  • Move trailing punctuation in the jQuery Migrate Helper 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 link outside of the HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. 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.) – #51813
  • Correct placeholder for the 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) statement feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins. link – #51415
  • Clarify accessibility features. Captions are uploaded in the 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. editor, and not created in the editor. Avoid making an 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. claim of WCAGWCAG WCAG is an acronym for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. These guidelines are helping make sure the internet is accessible to all people no matter how they would need to access the internet (screen-reader, keyboard only, etc) https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/. 2.1 conformance or trivialize the efforts still required to build an accessible and compliant site – #51415

Internationalization

  • Avoid PHP notices for relative URLs in load_script_textdomain() – #49145

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

  • More consistency for clean_dirsize_cache() – #19879

Permalinks

Plugins

  • Check if _error_nonce is set before attempting to verify it – #43876
  • Make sure the HTML ID attributes for plugin checkboxes are unique – #51256

Site Health

  • Check if $core_updates is an array before iterating on it – #51818
  • Add missing 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. for the App Passwords documentation link – #51815

Upgrade/Install

  • Replace the conditionals that check the AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED constant and the automatic_updater_disabled 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. in update-core.php with a call to WP_Automatic_Updater::is_disabled(). This prevents a PHP warning, the logic, and considers wp_is_file_mod_allowed( 'automatic_updater' ) when determining the UIUI User interface state – #51827
  • Consistent layout and accurate messages on the update screen – #51742

Users

  • Use do_action_ref_array() for pre_get_users and pre_get_terms actions – #50961

Props

Thanks to everyone who contributed to WordPress Core last week:

@SergeyBiryukov (8), @audrasjb (6), @helen (5), @hellofromTonya (4), @pbiron (3), @sabernhardt (2), @dlh (2), @poena (2), @hellofromtonya (2), @isabel_brison (2), @johnbillion (2), @ryelle (2), @TimothyBlynJacobs (2), @subrataemfluence (2), @joedolson (2), @azaozz (2), @peterwilsoncc (1), @thib3113 (1), @williampatton (1), @zodiac1978 (1), @andy (1), @flymike (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @desrosj (1), @TheGP (1), @dd32 (1), @mkaz (1), @jorbin (1), @johnjamesjacoby (1), @Toro_Unit (1), @Mte90 (1), @alexstandiford (1), @jnylen0 (1), @luminuu (1), @kjellr (1), @aristath (1), @nourma (1), @kishanjasani (1), @mukesh27 (1), @hareesh-pillai (1), @karthikbhatb (1), @jrf (1), @justinahinon (1), @psmits1567 (1), @archon810 (1), @marybaum (1), @tobifjellner (1), @fierevere (1), @markscottrobson (1), @wponlinesupport (1), @jamesros161 (1), @paulschreiber (1), @princeahmed (1), @tai (1), @mgol (1), @elmastudio (1), @melchoyce (1), @karmatosed (1), @webcommsat (1), @meher (1), @SeBsZ (1), @OGlekler (1), @lmurillom (1), @vimes1984 (1), @sabrinazeidan (1), @nalininonstopnewsuk (1), @afshanadiya (1), @michelleames (1), @bmcdede (1), @yvettesonneveld (1), @sarahricker (1), @chanthaboune (1), @cbringmann (1), @garrett-eclipse (1), @marks99 (1) and @ocean90 (1).

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (13), @helen (3), @desrosj (3), @noisysocks (3), @azaozz (2), @ryelle (2), @peterwilsoncc (1), @whyisjake (1) and @timothyblynjacobs (1).

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Francesca Marano 5:55 pm on November 17, 2020
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A Week in Core – November 16, 2020

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 November 9 and November 16, 2020.

  • 30 commits
  • 114 contributors
  • 39 tickets created
  • 8 tickets reopened
  • 46 tickets closed

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

Code changes

Administration

  • Make sure auto-update counts properly update when bulk deleting plugins or themes – #50870

Application Passwords

  • Unify availability language – #51513
  • Further 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) improvements – #51580
  • Include authorization rewrite rule in default 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 htaccess – #51772
  • MOAR accessibility improvements – #51580

Build/Test Tools

  • Only enforce PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 extension requirements when running core tests – #50640
  • Tests QUnit: Remove restriction on running the TinyMCE Textpattern WP 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 tests in PhantomJS – #42009
  • Clean up the new contributor welcome message – #50401

Bundled Themes

  • Introduce 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. patterns for Twenty Seventeen – #51100
  • Introduce block patterns for Twenty Sixteen – #51101
  • Twenty Nineteen: Remove unnecessary references to some variables in twentynineteen_hsl_hex() before they are defined – #49052
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Merge the latest changes changes from GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can 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/ for 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. 4 – #51526

Canonical

  • Prevent ID enumeration of private post slugs – #5272

Customize

  • Temporary fix for autosave restore notice not being removed – #51425
  • Ensure multiple CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. classes are passed to nav_menu_link_attributes as an array – #43113
  • Exclude 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. ID attributes from search – #46456

Database

  • Clean up the post_category column removed from DB schema for new installations in WordPress 28 – #51288

Documentation

  • For clarity, add some information about the return types of get_option() – #51278
  • Add missing descriptions for _WP_List_Table_Compat methods – #46842
  • Add missing descriptions for Automatic_Upgrader_Skin methods – #44546
  • Clarify that get_pages() returns an array of pages, not an HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. list – #39049
  • Correct the Chocolatey package name for Node in the local environment setup instructions – #51414
  • Add missing full stop for a comment in create_initial_rest_routes() – #51788

Editor

  • Update WordPress packages for RC1 – #51793
  • Move pre_render_block, render_block_data, render_block_context – #51612
  • Update packages – #51696
  • Display short description from block directory in results – #51212

Embeds

  • Document $args in wp_oembed_get() – #51269

Feeds

  • Don’t treat media URLs with fragments as unique for enclosures – #47421
  • Add an early exit when calling RSS functions directly – #35835
  • Register transient feed cache handler using the recommended method for SimplePie 13 or later – #29204

General

  • Convert wp_array_get() to a “private” function and add tests – #51720
  • Code Modernization: Only call libxml_disable_entity_loader() in PHP < 8 – #50898

Help/About

  • Add Site Health Status dashboard widget to the Help → Content tab – #51745

Internationalization

  • Remove HTML tags from translatable strings on WordPress Updates screen – #51742

Media

  • Avoid fatal error in wp_prepare_attachment_for_js() – #51791
  • Allow users to switch from media grid to list mode in media library – #51396
  • Adjust box-sizing for audio players – #51685
  • Adjusts alignment of file name text in browser uploader – #41648
  • Improve count in Media Library pagination – #39968

Multisite

  • More consistency for clean_dirsize_cache() – #19879

Permalinks

Plugins

  • Make sure the HTML ID attributes for plugin checkboxes are unique – #51256

Upgrade/Install

  • Account for the automatic_updater_disabled 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. in core auto-update settings UIUI User interface – #51742
  • Better UI for auto-update settings on update screen – #51742
  • Enable all core autoupdates for new installs – #51743

Widgets

  • Do not use wrapping container in the adminadmin (and super admin) – #19709

Props

Thanks to everyone who contributed to WordPress Core last week:

@audrasjb (8), @SergeyBiryukov (8), @dd32 (5), @sabernhardt (5), @helen (4), @hellofromTonya (4), @TimothyBlynJacobs (4), @desrosj (4), @johannadevos (4), @ryelle (3), @kjellr (3), @poena (3), @dlh (3), @bridgetwillard (2), @beafialho (2), @pbiron (2), @melchoyce (2), @justinahinon (2), @noisysocks (2), @afercia (2), @azaozz (2), @karmatosed (2), @alexstine (2), @mista-flo (2), @onemaggie (2), @nacin (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), @isabel_brison (2), @ocean90 (2), @mukesh27 (2), @rogerlos (1), @kburgoine (1), @archduck (1), @dossy (1), @mopsyd (1), @Mte90 (1), @dshanske (1), @whyisjake (1), @subscriptiongroup (1), @andystitt829 (1), @thefarlilacfield (1), @jfoulquier (1), @fabifott (1), @joedolson (1), @NathanAtmoz (1), @HoaSi (1), @l3rady (1), @ravipatel (1), @samful (1), @Viper007Bond (1), @OptimizingMatters (1), @lpointet (1), @tzafrir (1), @pishmishy (1), @nlpro (1), @donmhico (1), @Denis-de-Bernardy (1), @Ipstenu (1), @bph (1), @joostdevalk (1), @andraganescu (1), @justlevine (1), @roikles (1), @krupajnanda (1), @mikeschroder (1), @MadtownLems (1), @stulab (1), @aaroncampbell (1), @lucagrandicelli (1), @ayeshrajans (1), @Pillai (1), @useStrict (1), @flymike (1), @ReneHermi (1), @ankitmaru (1), @gziolo (1), @gaambo (1), @david.binda (1), @rebasaurus (1), @williampatton (1), @zodiac1978 (1), @TheGP (1), @swissspidy (1), @thib3113 (1), @hellofromtonya (1), @jrf (1), @johnbillion (1), @Toro_Unit (1), @karthikbhatb (1), @hareesh-pillai (1), @kishanjasani (1), @SaeedFard (1), @dilipbheda (1), @ComputerGuru (1), @luminuu (1), @markoheijnen (1), @Senning (1), @afragen (1), @donsony (1), @jamescollins (1), @davidbaumwald (1), @leogermani (1), @aristath (1), @Hareesh (1), @ben.meredith@gmail.com (1), @jorgefilipecosta (1), @jffng (1), @marybaum (1), @hedgefield (1), @fierevere (1), @markparnell (1), @pbearne (1), @ovenall (1) and @jeffpaul (1).

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (17), @helen (8), @noisysocks (4), @timothyblynjacobs (4), @antpb (4), @desrosj (3), @johnbillion (3), @peterwilsoncc (2), @whyisjake (1) and @azaozz (1).

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Jb Audras 9:17 am on November 10, 2020
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A Week in Core – November 9, 2020

Three years after the last post published using the #week-in-core 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.), CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps @francina and @audrasjb wanted to restore the Week in Core tradition, thanks for @helen reminder that such thing existed. The idea is to provide a general overview on what changed on core from one week to another. So let’s take a look on what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between November 2 and November 9, 2020.

  • 35 commits
  • 57 contributors
  • 47 tickets created
  • 6 tickets reopened
  • 79 tickets closed

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

Code changes

About/Help

  • Optimize freedoms sprite and add 2 column layout – #46363

Build/Test Tools

  • Check if all the required PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 extensions are loaded before running the test suite – #50640
  • Disable update attempts while running unit tests – #51670
  • Clean up the new contributor welcome message – #50401
  • Remove PHP >= 5.3 check – #51737
  • Remove duplicate fields key in WP_Query test – #51344

Bundled Themes

  • Sync Twenty Twenty-One with the latest changes from GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can 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/ – #51526
  • Correct list 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. alignment in editor styles – #51157
  • Twenty Thirteen: Correct alignment of blocks inside a full-width or wide-width group block – #51440
  • Twenty Twenty: Correct heading blocks alignment in editor styles – #51148
  • Twenty Twenty: Correctly indent nested unordered lists in RTL editor styles – #51574

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.

  • Customize: Ensure menu items expand horizontally on large screens – #51647

Documentation

  • Improve return value description for esc_url() – #50585
  • Fix typo in a comment in Walker::display_element() – #51713.
  • Improve documentation for is_archive() – #50545
  • Change the @since entry for template and template_lock post type arguments to 5.0.0 – #46261
  • Document the $linkdata parameter of wp_insert_link() using hash notation – #50853.
  • General: Make some inline comments more descriptive – #51683
  • Clean up the new contributor welcome message – #50401

Editor

Feeds

  • Don’t treat media URLs with fragments as unique for enclosures – #47421

Formatting

  • Update docs for $context in sanitize_title_with_dashes() – #50569

Internationalization

  • Merge duplicate “Column” strings, remove unnecessary context – #47259
  • Unify various “Back to…” vs. “Return to…” vs. “Go to…” strings – #47235

Login and Registration

  • App Passwords: Further 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) improvements – #51580

Media

  • Restore the ability of WP_Image_Editor_Imagick->save() to create a missing directory when needed – #51665
  • Adjust box-sizing for audio players – #51685
  • Adjusts alignment of file name text in browser uploader – #41648

Networks and Sites (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)

  • Assign the array of site or networknetwork (versus site, blog) data returned from filters to the respective class property – #51333

Privacy

  • More precise checking of user request action names – #46536

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/.

  • Use _n() in some error messages for proper plural forms support – #51727.

Site Health

  • Validate the test result data format in JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. before using it – #50145.
  • Site errors are for *this* site, not necessarily *your* site – #51524

Upgrade/Install

  • Change the notice displayed after saving auto-update settings to .notice-success – #51701
  • Update help tab text to include major WordPress updates – #51653
  • Prevent removal of additional data from 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 update info – #51609

Props

Thanks to everyone who contributed to WordPress Core last week:

@sergeybiryukov (18), @audrasjb (11), @sabernhardt (7), @helen (6), @desrosj (5), @stevenlinx (4), @garrett-eclipse (4), @johnbillion (3), @TimothyBlynJacobs (4), @ryelle (2), @ocean90 (2), @kjellr (2), @ramiy (2), @Clorith (3), @justinahinon (2), @amolv (1), @francina (1), @david.binda (1), @antpb (1), @Lumne (1), @metalandcoffee (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), @techboyg5 (1), @ayeshrajans (1), @poena (1), @luminuu (1), @aristath (1), @felipeelia (1), @jrf (1), @valentinbora (1), @tobifjellner (1), @mikeschroder (1), @noisysocks (1), @ravipatel (1), @alexstine (1), @afercia (1), @archduck (1), @dshanske (1), @joedolson (1), @jeffpaul (1), @eemitch (1), @hellofromTonya (1), @whyisjake (1), @p00ya (1), @kharisblank (1), @yakimun (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @dogwithblog (1), @kraftbj (1) and @joostdevalk (1).

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov, @helen, @desrosj, @noisysocks, @antpb, @TimothyBlynJacobs and @johnbillion.

Andrew Rockwell 6:11 pm on June 8, 2017
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Welcome back 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 [40857-40877]. Here are the highlights:

  • 21 commits
  • 25 contributors
  • 43 tickets created
  • 3 tickets reopened
  • 46 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.

Code Changes

Administration

  • Dashboard: Better titles for the Recent Drafts 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.. [40877] #37595

Build/Test Tools

  • Fix PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 5.2 compatibility for grandchild methods which expect exceptions to be raised. [40876] #39822
  • Fixed support of PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase as the base class. [40873] #39822

Bundled Theme

  • Import Twenty Sixteen, default theme for 2016. [40860] #36497
  • Import Twenty Sixteen for the 4.6 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".. [40857] #36497

Help/About

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 translator comments for strings in the community events widget. [40866] #40865

Media

  • Fix an issue selecting media when clicking item edges. [40874] #40578

Misc

  • 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. is really 4.9-alpha now [40871] #
  • Trunk is now 4.9-alpha [40870] #
  • Branch 4.8 [40869] #
  • Bump version after RC2 [40868] #
  • Bump version for WordPress 4.8 RC2 [40867] #
  • Travis: After [40857], stop cloning Twenty Sixteen [40859] #

Networks and Sites

  • 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: Revert indentation of the sample page content added in [40296]. [40864] #40895

TinyMCE

  • Force urlencoding of commas in URLs added by plugins to prevent warnings about missing stylesheets. [40862] #40893

Thanks to @bridgetwillard, @adamsilverstein, @afercia, @azaozz, @bhargavbhandari90, @circlecube, @dimadin, @flixos90, @francina, @iandunn, @iseulde, @jenblogs4u, @johnbillion, @johnroper100, @melchoyce, @michelleweber, @obenland, @ocean90, @psiico, @rcutmore, @soniakash, @sudar, @swissspidy, @voldemortensen, and @zachwtx for their contributions!

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Andrew Rockwell 12:46 am on June 2, 2017
Tags: week in core   

Week in Core, May 24th – 30th 2017

Welcome back 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 [40827-40856]. Here are the highlights:

  • 30 commits
  • 27 contributors
  • 40 tickets created
  • 7 tickets reopened
  • 26 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.

Code Changes

Build/Test Tools

  • Add a missing class to the PHPUnit 6 back compatback compat Backward compatibility - a desire to ensure that plugins and themes do not break under new releases - is a driving philosophy of WordPress. While it is a commonly accepted software development practice to break compatibility in major releases, WordPress strives to avoid this at all costs. Any backward incompatible change is carefully considered by the entire core development team and announced, with affected plugins often contacted. It should be noted that external libraries, such as jQuery, do have backward incompatible changes between major releases, which is often going to be a greater concern for developers.. [40854] #39822
  • Remove mentions of HHVM from the test infrastructure on Travis for the 4.0 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".. [40833] #40548

Bundled Theme

Emoji

Help/About

  • About: Introduce design and add link to Media Widgets 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. dev notedev 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 a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase.. [40849] #40721
  • About: Further polish for Under The Hood. [40841] #40721
  • About: Further polish for feature descriptions. [40838] #40721

Media

Misc

Plugins

  • Fix 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. in search input field size. [40840] #40130, #40857

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/.

  • In the adminadmin (and super admin) area, ensure the REST API endpoint URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org is forced to https when necessary. [40843] #36451

TinyMCE

Widgets

  • Normalize YouTube and Vimeo URLs in video shortcodeShortcode A shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site. (primarily for Video 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.) to work around ME.js 2.22 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.. [40847] #32417, #39994, #40866
  • Ensure that audio and video files appear in media library browser upon upload. [40836] #32417, #39994, #39995, #40803
  • Supply missing descriptions for instance schema fields in media widgets. [40835] #32417
  • Prevent multiple items from being selectable when first populating a media widget. [40827] #32417

Thanks to @apmarshall @obenland, @hedgefield, @reportermike, @ryelle, @rclations, @westonruter, @adamsilverstein, @apmarshall, @azaozz, @bridgetwillard, @celloexpressions, @iandunn, @jnylen0, @johnbillion, @juhise, @karmatosed, @leemon, @matveb, @melchoyce, @mikeschroder, @mohanjith, @obenland, @ocean90, @pento, @peterwilsoncc, @peterwilsoncc, @Soean, @timmydcrawford, @voldemortensen, and @westonruter for their contributions!

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Andrew Rockwell 3:52 am on May 25, 2017
Tags: week in core   

Week in Core, May 17th – 23th 2017

Welcome back 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 [40771-40826]. Here are the highlights:

  • 56 commits
  • 75 contributors
  • 70 tickets created
  • 7 tickets reopened
  • 71 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.

Code Changes

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)

  • Remove the title attributes used in the Tag cloud 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.. [40816] #24766, #35566

Administration

  • Fix some HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. validation errors. [40823] #37004
  • Update the docs for wp_check_browser_version(). [40822] #40839
  • Dashboard: Change the cache key for dashboard RSS widget; remove the unnecessary database upgrade routine. [40803] #40702
  • Dashboard: Append the current localeLocale A locale is a combination of language and regional dialect. Usually locales correspond to countries, as is the case with Portuguese (Portugal) and Portuguese (Brazil). Other examples of locales include Canadian English and U.S. English. to dashboard RSS widget cache key in wp_dashboard_rss_control(), for consistency with the changes to wp_dashboard_cached_rss_widget() in [33183] and [33192]. [40802] #32804, #40702
  • Dashboard: Don’t trigger an Events search when the search field is empty. [40799] #40816
  • Dashboard: Improve the Events widget spinner position after [40789]. [40794] #40735
  • Dashboard: Improve the handling of locations determined by geolocating the IP address and by entering a city name. Fix couple of edge cases, and some names. [40790] #40702
  • Dashboard: [40789] #40735
  • Dashboard: Combine methods to retreive IP [40781] #40702
  • Use consistent spacing for form elements in the Discussion Settings screen. [40779] #31594
  • Dashboard: Document request proxy for events. [40777] #40702
  • Dashboard: Properly localize data for events [40776] #40702
  • Dashboard: Always pass the IP when getting events [40774] #40702
  • Upgrade: Use correct commit no. to trigger upgrade [40773] #40702

Build/Test Tools

  • Remove mentions of HHVM from the test infrastructure on Travis for the 4.6 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".. [40818] #40548

Bundled Theme

  • Twenty Seventeen: Remove uneccessary return statement [40795] #40516

Customize

  • Docs: Improve phpdocPHPDoc (docblock, inline docs) for WP_Customize_Manager, WP_Customize_Control, WP_Customize_Setting, and WP_Customize_Selective_Refresh. [40804] #39671
  • Docs: Add missing @since tags and phpdoc descriptions to the Custom_Image_Header class. [40788] #21785, #40231
  • Run a partial’s fallback behavior (full refresh) when selective refresh fails due to a script error. [40771] #27355, #40658

Help/About

  • About: Remove a stray quotation mark. [40814] #40721, #40837
  • About: Optimize strings for l10nL10n Localization, or the act of translating code into one's own language. Also see internationalization. Often written with an uppercase L so it is not confused with the capital letter i or the numeral 1. WordPress has a capable and dynamic group of polyglots who take WordPress to more than 70 different locales. [40798] #40721
  • About: Let’s get a headstart on 4.8 about strings [40791] #40721

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.

  • Dashboard: Use get_user_locale() for the news feed cache key. [40793] #40417

Login and Registration

  • Add some margin to notices on the login screen so multiple notices remain separated. [40778] #39971

Media

  • Decode HTML entities in author_name before sending to JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors.. [40809] #39955
  • Ensure WP_Screen sets post type on wp-adminadmin (and super admin)/upload.php. [40800] #39509
  • Make search input full width on mobile. [40792] #40130
  • Correct a translatable string for MediaElement.js. [40775] #37394, #40800

Misc

  • Themes: Skip tests if ReflectionMethod::setAccessible is unavailable [40826] #
  • Post-4.8 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 bump. [40820] #
  • WordPress 4.8 Beta 2 ([40807] again) [40819] #
  • Revert [40807] unbumping from 4.8 Beta 2 back to Beta 1 due to aborted release. [40808] #
  • WordPress 4.8 Beta 2 [40807] #
  • Updates for 4.6. Merge of and to the 4.6 branch.

Quick/Bulk Edit

  • Docs: Improve inline docsinline docs (phpdoc, docblock, xref) for inlineEditPost. [40796] #39823

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/.

  • Fix changing parameters with set_param() for some requests. [40815] #40344
  • Avoid sending blank Last-Modified headers with authenticated requests. [40805] #40444
  • Do not set X-WP-Deprecated* headers as often. [40782] #40787

Themes

  • More unit tests for Custom 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. [40825] #38639, #39241
  • Improve browser history support on new themes page. [40824] #36613
  • Improve the theme Custom Logo accessibility. [40817] #38768
  • Improve the theme installer Favorites and Feature 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. tabs alignment. [40797] #40315

TinyMCE

  • Fix selecting the link node after creating a link by pasting an URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org. [40801] #40818
  • Editor: When stripping paragraph tags, and there is a <br> at the beginning or the end, merge them and keep the paragraph, not the <br>. [40787] #37066
  • Fix pasting while an image with caption is selected. The image and the caption should be replaced with the pasted content. [40786] #40809
  • Provide styles for link and code boundaries. [40783] #40767

Users

  • 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: Handle both role change selections in site-users.php. [40780] #40113

Widgets

  • Further refine WP JS coding style in media widgets code. [40821] #32417
  • Remove core embedding support for WMV and WMA files since MediaElement.js has discontinued supporting them. [40813] #39994, #39995, #40819
  • Clarify some context information for translators. [40812] #32417, #39993, #39994, #39995
  • Remove unused JS variable to fix JSHint error introduced in [40640]. [40811] #39994
  • Introduce isHostedVideo method on VideoWidgetControl to allow plugins to extend for recognizing services beyond YouTube and Vimeo. [40810] #39994, #40808
  • Revert [40251] pending more accessible solution for showing default widget titles rather than using placeholders. [40806] #39909
  • Ensure title field for media widget will update with sanitized value after change event in addition to input event. [40785] #32417, #40805
  • Use “Add Audio” for button in Audio widget instead of generic “Add File”. [40784] #39995, #40797
  • Media: Trim whitespace in URLs provided for external embeds. [40772] #40771

Thanks to @4nickpick, @abhishekfdd, @adamsilverstein, @adamsoucie, @afercia, @arena, @arshidkv12, @azaozz, @BharatKambariya, @bradyvercher, @bridgetwillard, @coffee2code, @coreymckrill, @darshan02, @dd32, @desrosj, @emirpprime, @gma992, @iandunn, @iandunn, @iseulde, @Italian polyglots teamPolyglots Team Polyglots Team is a group of multilingual translators who work on translating plugins, themes, documentation, and front-facing marketing copy. https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/., @iv3rson76, @jenblogs4u, @jeremyfelt, @jjcomack, @jnylen0, @joedolson, @joemcgill, @joen, @johnbillion, @juhise, @ketuchetan, @kraftbj, @leewillis77, @LiamMcArthur, @matveb, @melchoyce, @michalzuber, @michelleweber, @mihai2u, @MikeLittle, @mikeschroder, @mp518, @mrahmadawais, @netwe, @nitin, @kevadiya, @nobremarcos, @obenland, @ocean90, @odysseygate, @pento, @postpostmodern, @rellect, @rensw90, @rianrietveld, @riddhiehta02, @rmccue, @ryelle, @sagarjadhav, @sagarprajapati, @Samantha Miller., @sami.keijonen, @SergeyBiryukov, @sloisel, @sstoqnov, @stubgo, @swissspidy, @tejas5989, @timmydcrawford, @TimothyBlynJacobs, @topher1kenobe, @truongwp, @westonruter, and @zinigor for their contributions!

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Andrew Rockwell 2:17 pm on May 4, 2017
Tags: week in core   

Week in Core, April 26th – May 2nd 2017

Welcome back 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 [40557-40568]. Here are the highlights:

  • 12 commits
  • 13 contributors
  • 76 tickets created
  • 4 tickets reopened
  • 29 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.

Code Changes

Administration

  • 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): Avoid a keyboard trap on the date and time custom format settings. [40568] #40515

Build/Test Tools

  • When asserting microtime output as a number, make it a number [40566] #30336
  • Automatically skip tests in the ms-required and ms-excluded groups. [40564] #40531
  • Pin the WordPress Importer 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 to version 0.6.3 when testing on Travis. [40562] #40620
  • Add object-cache.php to the 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. suite. [40561] #40619

Comments

Customize

  • Allow select dropdowns to stretch full width in widened controls pane. [40567] #32296

Menus

  • Introduce page_menu_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. in Walker_Page::start_el() for the HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. attributes applied to a page menu item’s anchor element. [40565] #40359

Posts, Post Types

Role/Capability

  • Users: Add two missing special cases to the capability tests for non-logged-in users. [40563] #37405

Users

  • Ensure user counts remain accurate if users are added to or removed from the users table without corresponding usermeta entries being added or removed. [40560] #38741, #29785

Thanks to @afercia, @boonebgorges, @dots, @jdgrime, @johnbillion, @pbiron, @psoluch, @ptbello, @SergeyBiryukov, @stephdau, @tharsheblow, @timmydcrawford, and @westonruter for their contributions!

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Andrew Rockwell 4:10 pm on April 26, 2017
Tags: week in core   

Week in Core, April 19th – April 25th 2017

Welcome back 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 [40476-40556]. Here are the highlights:

  • 81 commits
  • 29 contributors
  • 90 tickets created
  • 11 tickets reopened
  • 48 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.

Code Changes

Administration

  • List Tables: After [38703], [38706], and [40118], adjust the jQuery selector to make the selection of a range of checkboxes work again. [40512] #40056
  • 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): Make some Widgets buttons real buttons. [40480] #35622, #31476

Build/Test Tools

  • Feeds: Remove an incorrect usage of sizeof() in a helper class used during unit testing of XML element handling. [40555] #40109
  • Add Composer files to the cache on Travis. [40554] #40539
  • 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. various recent changes to the 4.7 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".. [40547] #40539, #39822, #40548
  • Remove HHVM from the test infrastructure on Travis. [40546] #40548
  • Remove more unnecessary test skipping when erroneous situations occur. [40544] #40533
  • Introduce skipWithoutMultisite() and skipWithMultisite() methods into the test suite. [40543] #40531
  • More tweaks to the deprecated calls assertion. This needs to be triggered when there are unexpected deprecated calls or wrongdoings too. [40542] #40538
  • Only perform an assertion for deprecated calls and wrongdoings if any are expected. [40541] #40538
  • Move the setExpectedException() method into the WP_Ajax_UnitTestCase class to avoid a fatal error when PHPUnit 3.6 is in use. [40539] #39822
  • Add support for PHPUnit 6+. [40536] #39822
  • Ensure that WP_UnitTestCase::expectedDeprecated() performs an assertion to avoid risky test notices. [40535] #40538
  • Be strict about tests that do not test anything. [40534] #40538
  • Remove unnecessary checks and skips that should instead cause failures if they ever fail. [40533] #40533
  • Convert more test skipping into hard failures. These dependencies should all be present when testing. [40532] #40533
  • Correct an incorrect ms- group name. [40530] #40531
  • Add some localeLocale A locale is a combination of language and regional dialect. Usually locales correspond to countries, as is the case with Portuguese (Portugal) and Portuguese (Brazil). Other examples of locales include Canadian English and U.S. English. debugging to the Travis config so we can determine which locales are available to test with. [40528] #40533, #19861
  • Enable verbose mode in PHPUnit so we can see which tests are being skipped, and now that the number of skipped tests has been lowered. [40527] #40533, #40531
  • Don’t trigger a skipped test when the built version of wp-embed.min.js isn’t present. [40526] #34698, #40533
  • Replace test skipping with actual assertions when dealing with the DISALLOW_UNFILTERED_HTML, DISALLOW_FILE_MODS, and DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT constants. [40525] #40533
  • Remove more skipped tests that should actually be failures if their conditions aren’t satisfied. [40524] #40533
  • Remove ancient UT ticket handling. [40523] #40533
  • Add some more tests to the ms-required and ms-excluded groups. [40522] #40531
  • Introduce ms-required and ms-excluded groups for tests. [40520] #40531
  • Don’t skip tests when php.net or dev.mysql.com are unreachable. [40519] #40533
  • Avoid skipping canonical tests that are connected to open Trac tickets. [40518] #30284, #40534
  • Canonical: Don’t skip tests if the test data is 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.. [40517] #40533

Customize

Database

Editor

  • TinyMCE: Fix cursor position after updating a wpview node. Fix hiding the inline toolbar on editor blur. [40482] #40480
  • Define $suffix before using it in _WP_Editors::print_tinymce_scripts(). [40477] #40479, #35760
  • Provide 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. for the editor to be dynamically instantiated via JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors.. First run. [40476] #35760

General

  • Accessibility: Make Safari 10 + VoiceOver announce repeated, identical, wp.a11y.speak() messages. [40479] #36853

Help/About

  • Fix typo in help text on Reading Settings screen. [40540] #40530

Menus

  • Add filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. to sub-menu class in nav menus. [40537] #36163

Networks and Sites

  • 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 $network_id parameter to wp_update_network_counts(). [40486] #40386, #38699
  • Multisite: Add $network_id parameter to wp_update_network_user_counts(). [40485] #40349, #38699
  • Multisite: Add $network_id parameter to wp_update_network_site_counts(). [40484] #37528, #38699
  • Multisite: After [37918] add support for retrieving custom site properties set by the site_details filter. [40478] #40458

Posts, Post Types

  • Correct the fallback value for the label_count argument of register_post_status(). [40516] #38686

Query

  • Remove a useless 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.. [40545] #35907, #38373

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.

  • Restore support for taxonomy ‘args’ override when querying object terms. [40514] #40496
  • Docs: Improve @param and @return entries for wp_get_post_categories(), wp_get_post_tags(), and wp_get_post_terms(). [40483] #40481

TinyMCE

Widgets

  • Improve the News dashboard 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. no-js notice. [40556] #40529

Thanks to @csloisel, @afercia, @Arena94, @azaozz, @bhargavbhandari90, @boonebgorges, @celloexpressions, @danielbachhuber, @darthaud, @dd32, @flixos90, @gitlost, @imath, @iseulde, @johnbillion, @johnjamesjacoby, @littler.chicken, @miyauchi, @ocean90, @peterwilsoncc, @philipjohn, @PieWP, @raisonon, @SergeyBiryukov, @swissspidy, @theMikeD, @timmydcrawford, @westonruter, and @xrm for their contributions!

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Andrew Rockwell 11:21 pm on April 21, 2017
Tags: week in core   

Week in Core, April 12th – April 18th 2017

Welcome back 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 [40417-40475]. Here are the highlights:

  • 59 commits
  • 37 contributors
  • 59 tickets created
  • 6 tickets reopened
  • 36 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.

Code Changes

Administration

  • Add “(link opens in a new window)” as a screen reader text for “Preview” link on Edit Post screen. [40422] #40185

Build/Test Tools

  • Build/Test tools: Ruthlessly remove failing tests from the 4.0 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".. [40457] #40463
  • Better rewrite rule flushing in test_permalink_without_title(). [40456] #40463
  • Remove failing tests related to WP_User::__unset(). [40455] #30284, #40463
  • Remove failing is_textdomain_loaded() test. [40454] #30284, #40463
  • Remove failing tests related to square brackets being stripped in URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org sanitizers. [40453] #30284, #40463
  • Remove failing test in the hooks group. [40452] #30284, #40463
  • Remove skipped tests for unimplemented JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. plural functions. [40451] #22229, #40463
  • Remove failing unit tests from ‘canonical’ group. [40450] #30284, #40463
  • Partial merge of [30283] into the 4.0 branch to avoid PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 notices that cause a test failure. [40449] #30284
  • assertTag() has been deprecated in PHPUnit 4.2. Rewrite some of the tests in Tests_Paginate_Links to use DOMDocument. [40447] #29545
  • Build/Test tools: Reverse the order in which the Travis jobs run on the 3.8 branch. [40444] #39705
  • Build/Test tools: Reverse the order in which the Travis jobs run. [40435] #39705
  • Build/Test tools: Introduce and implement assertNotIXRError() and assertIXRError() assertion methods. [40417] #40423

Bundled Theme

  • Twenty Seventeen: Bump version and update the changelog. [40473] #40461
  • Twenty Seventeen: Correct heading hierarchy for posts on the front page. [40459] #40264

Customize

  • Use fixed-width illustrative placeholder for hex field in color picker to prevent truncation. [40471] #39096
  • Verify availability of history.replaceState (in IE9) before attempting to populate changeset_uuid parameter. [40420] #39227, #40405

Media

  • Fix broken audio/video functions when sanitizing ID3 data [40470] #40075, #40085
  • Default to always showing the “Create Audio/Video Playlist” buttons. [40430] #31071
  • Ensure Crop Image is always visible. [40429] #40152
  • Add filters to allow overriding slow media queries. [40425] #31071
  • Improve filters that allow overriding slow media queries. [40421] #31071

Misc

  • Bump 4.7 branch to 4.7.4-RC1. [40475] #
  • 4.7.4-RC [40474] #
  • Tests: Fix a YouTube embed test failing since YouTube switched to 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.-only. [40448] #
  • Updates for 4.6. Merge of and to the 4.6 branch.

Networks and Sites

  • Correct a capability check when accessing the Sites -> Add New screen. [40433] #39156

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

Posts, Post Types

  • In wp_check_post_lock(), check if the user with lock exists and return false otherwise. [40424] #39888
  • Improve the docs for wp_check_post_lock() and wp_set_post_lock(). [40423] #39888

Query

  • Remove failing 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. for #27193. [40445] #27193

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/.

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.

TinyMCE

  • Update TinyMCE to 4.5.6. Has many improvements and bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. [40419] #40305

Toolbar

  • Reset CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. properties that might be inherited from the active Theme. [40418] #40313

Upload

  • Improve legacy SWFUpload event handlers for current jQuery. [40431] #39886

Thanks to @sagarprajapati, @1naveengiri, @adamsilverstein, @afercia, @arshidkv12, @azaozz, @celloexpressions, @curdin, @Cybr, @davidakennedy, @eclev91, @boldwater, @flixos9, @jdgrimes, @jnylen0, @joedolson, @joemcgill, @johnbillion, @karinedo, @lukecavanagh, @MatheusGimenez, @mayurk, @mayur, @MMDeveloper, @netwe, @Presskopp, @programmin, @rianrietveld, @sagarprajapati, @sboisvert, @SergeyBiryukov, @stormrockwell, @swissspidy, @tejas5989, @timmydcrawfor, @westonruter, and @wonderboymusic for their contributions!

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Andrew Rockwell 12:30 pm on April 13, 2017
Tags: week in core   

Week in Core, April 5th – April 11th 2017

Welcome back 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 [40376-40416]. Here are the highlights:

  • 41 commits
  • 26 contributors
  • 61 tickets created
  • 12 tickets reopened
  • 56 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.

Code Changes

Bootstrap/Load

Build/Test Tools

  • Build/Test tools: Improve the failure message reported by assertQueryTrue() so it’s a little less cryptic. [40416] #40411
  • Build/Test tools: Trim the test matrix on Travis in order to speed up the 3.8 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". build. [40407-40415] #40407
  • Add assertNotFalse() method to WP_UnitTestCase and use it where appropriate. [40388] #39219

Customize

  • Verify availability of history.replaceState (in IE9) before attempting to populate changeset_uuid parameter. [40405] #39227, #40405
  • Auto-expand a 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. area section when expanding the Widgets panel if there is only one registered sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. and it is active. [40395], [40402] #37471
  • Fix behavior of clicking Delete Menu link and keep available nav menu items panel open when doing bulk deletion. [40396], [40401] #38953
  • Fix 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. navigation of site in preview on IE11. [40381], [40386] #38409, #40198
  • Use is_header_video_active() as active_callback for external_header_video control instead of is_front_page(). [40379], [40384] #38738, #40308
  • Fix reversal of nav menu item’s type and object properties for page stub added in 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.. [40380], [40383] #38164, #40277

General

  • Build/Test tools: Remove occurrences of create_function() in unit tests. [40392] #37082

Media

Networks and Sites

  • 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: Replace unnecessary is_super_admin() check when setting up the initial networknetwork (versus site, blog). [40406] #40406, #37616
  • Align the display of site statuses on the Sites listing screen with those of posts on the Posts listing screen. [40393] #40290
  • Multisite: Partially revert [40295]. [40391] #39676, #37616
  • Multisite: Handle sites cache invalidation more granularly for option updates. [40385] #40063

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/.

Role/Capability

TinyMCE

  • Update the tests for version 4.5.6. Remove default plugins tests, it is quite pointless to keep repeating them at this point. [40399] #40305
  • Update TinyMCE to 4.5.6. Has many improvements and bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. [40398] #40305

Upgrade/Install

  • Introduce wp_disallow_file_mods() helper function. [40394] #38673

Thanks to @adamsilverstein, @ashokkumar24, @azaozz, @blobfolio, @curdin, @DavidAnderson, @delawski, @desrosj, @dhanendran, @flixos90, @jnylen0, @joemcgill, @johnbillion, @ketuchetan, @maguiar, @MatheusGimenez, @mattwiebe, @MaximeCulea, @melchoyce, @peterwilsoncc, @pratikshrestha, @sboisvert, @swissspidy, @timmydcrawford , @westonruter, and @wonderboymusic for their contributions!

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