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Jb Audras 11:36 pm on February 7, 2022
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A Week in Core – February 7, 2022

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 31 and February 7, 2022.

  • 29 commits
  • 46 contributors
  • 101 tickets created
  • 14 tickets reopened
  • 69 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality., WP 5.9.1, and on the next major, WP 6.0 🛠

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/Tests tools

  • Rename the test file and class for wp_get_global_stylesheet() tests – #54782
  • Use more appropriate assertions in wp_get_global_stylesheet() tests – #54782

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Twelve: Typo correction a bundled pattern – #55099
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Replace 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/ with .org link in Theme URI – #55018
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Fix headings consistency in Pricing table pattern – #54929
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Make 404 pattern search label and button translatable – #54928
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Remove negative side margins on group blocks with a background – #54944
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Restore custom padding for group blocks with a background color – #55103, #54944
  • Twenty Twenty: Add Noto Serif as a fallback font before Garamond – #50723

Coding Standards

  • Rename $r variable to $args for clarity in walk_nav_menu_tree() – #54728
  • Rename $r variable to $args for clarity in walk_page_tree() – #54728
  • Rename the $profileuser variable to $profile_user in wp-admin/user-edit.php – #54728
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/user-edit.php – #54728
  • Use strict type check for in_array() in wp_get_global_stylesheet() – #54782

Comments

  • Only render term update notices on term screens – #54955, #42937
  • Verify ‘mirroring’ property exists in media views – #53856

Docs

  • Add a comment to clarify the username_exists() check in wpmu_validate_blog_signup() – #54326
  • Fix typo in the is_post_status_viewable() function description – #55068
  • Typo corrections in various 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. docblocks – #55073, #54729

Editor

  • Classic themes using default presets are not working – #54782
  • Remove standard post type UIUI User interface for templates and template parts – #54908

Update jQuery Color to 2.2.0 – #55016, #51405 Update version string for hoverIntent – #54904

General

  • Remove inaccurate reference to the link_updated field from the wp_insert_link() DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) – #54880

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

  • Correct some inline docsinline docs (phpdoc, docblock, xref) for update_post_meta and delete_post_meta – #54835

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.

  • Remove cache expiry limitation in WP_Term_Query – #54511

Toolbar

  • Don’t hide adminadmin (and super admin) bar text labels from screen readers on small screens – #54895

Upgrade

  • Add follow up ticket ID to upgrade_590() comment – #54906
  • Prevent warnings upgrading cron array – #54906, #53940

Props

Thanks to the 46 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @sabernhardt (4), @SergeyBiryukov (3), @kjellr (3), @audrasjb (3), @mukesh27 (2), @rafiahmedd (2), @webmandesign (2), @thelovekesh (1), @tillkruess (1), @dlh (1), @flixos90 (1), @manfcarlo (1), @walbo (1), @nmschaller (1), @tobifjellner (1), @rehanali (1), @dshanske (1), @dharm1025 (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @kafleg (1), @chrisvanpatten (1), @kapilpaul (1), @henry.wright (1), @joyously (1), @boonebgorges (1), @Boniu91 (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @hellofromTonya (1), @azouamauriac (1), @uzumymw (1), @jffng (1), @hasanuzzamanshamim (1), @eddystile (1), @petaryoast (1), @oandregal (1), @desrosj (1), @MMDeveloper (1), @costdev (1), @pbearne (1), @johnstonphilip (1), @legendusmaximus (1), @konradyoast (1), @david.binda (1), @gadhiyaravi (1), @ravipatel (1), and @swissspidy (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 8 new contributors of the week: @rafiahmedd, @nmschaller, @azouamauriac, @uzumymw, @petaryoast, @legendusmaximus, @konradyoast, @gadhiyaravi ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (11), @audrasjb (9), @clorith (2), @joedolson (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), @jorgefilipecosta (1), @spacedmonkey (1), and @davidbaumwald (1).

#5-9-1, #6-0, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 8:03 pm on February 1, 2022
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A Week in Core – January 31, 2022

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 24 and January 31, 2022.

  • 16 commits
  • 30 contributors
  • 126 tickets created
  • 19 tickets reopened
  • 71 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality., WP 5.9.1, and on the next major, WP 6.0 🛠

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

  • Add a top margin to Mail Server Port field on small screens – #50177

Build/Test Tools

  • Switch to some more appropriate assertions – #54725

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Twenty-One: Replace 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/ with .org link in Theme URI – #55018
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Optimize the assets/images/ducks.jpg image – #54911

Docs

  • Add a comment to clarify the username_exists() check in wpmu_validate_blog_signup() – #54326
  • Fix incorrect type in translations_api and translations_api_result docblocks – #54959
  • Increase the specificity of types in various inline documentation – #54729

External libraries

  • Update jQuery Color to 2.2.0 – #55016, #51405
  • Update jQuery UIUI User interface to 1.13.1 – #54902

General

  • Remove inaccurate reference to the link_updated field from the wp_insert_link() DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) – #54880

Media

  • Remove target blank attribute from media uploader edit links – #54945, #23432

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

  • Correct some inline docsinline docs (phpdoc, docblock, xref) for update_post_meta and delete_post_meta – #54835

Role/Capability

  • Correct the documented accepted types for the capability argument of WP_User_Query – #16841, #54729

Themes

  • Correct the width of theme preview on Add Themes screen – #54764

Upgrade/Install

  • Make sure the “Show hidden updates” button is visible and works as expected – #54886
  • Prevent warnings upgrading cron array – #54906, #53940

Users

  • Return a WP_Error from wp_insert_user() if the user_url field is too long – #44107

Props

Thanks to the 30 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @SergeyBiryukov (7), @kafleg (2), @kapilpaul (2), @sabernhardt (2), @thelovekesh (1), @utz119 (1), @volodymyrkolesnykov (1), @kebbet (1), @sumitsingh (1), @costdev (1), @shreyasikhar26 (1), @mgol (1), @linux4me2 (1), @blogaid (1), @audrasjb (1), @thimalw (1), @tszming (1), @afercia (1), @pravinparmar2404 (1), @rehanali (1), @mkox (1), @jffng (1), @kjellr (1), @swissspidy (1), @joyously (1), @henry.wright (1), @chrisvanpatten (1), @dharm1025 (1), @dshanske (1), and @malinevskiy (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 4 new contributors of the week: @thelovekesh, @shreyasikhar26, @blogaid, @malinevskiy ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (5), @audrasjb (4), @johnbillion (3), @clorith (2), @davidbaumwald (1), and @peterwilsoncc (1).

#5-9-1, #6-0, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 11:35 pm on January 24, 2022
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A Week in Core – January 24, 2022

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 17 and January 24, 2022.

  • 25 commits
  • 33 contributors
  • 60 tickets created
  • 24 tickets reopened
  • 65 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major release, WordPress 5.9 🛠

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

  • Properly handle HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. entities in the News & Events 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. – #41208

Bundled Themes

  • Bump the versions for bundled themes for release – #54783
  • Reverts [52549] (default presets in use by default themes) – #54782
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Re-add the link to the theme’s HelpHub changelog – #54318
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: update the required version – #54318

Coding Standards

  • Use a more appropriate variable name in link_advanced_meta_box() – #54856

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.

  • Remove Menus panel when a theme does not support menus – #54888
  • Remove Widgets panel when a theme does not support widgets – #54888

Date/Time

  • Add 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. for the return type of current_datetime() – #53484

Docs

  • Docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) corrections for get_block_file_template() – #54879
  • Docblocks consistency fixes after [52604] – #54690
  • Fix typos in some DocBlocks – #54729
  • Further update the send_retrieve_password_email 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. documentation for consistency – #54690
  • Replace “Current theme” with “Active theme” in various DocBlocks – #54831, #54770

Editor

  • wordpress package updates – #54487
  • Bump editor packages to include the latest fixes – #54487
  • Update wordpress packages for WP 5.9 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 4 – #54487
  • Update wordpress packages for WP 5.9 RC 3 – #54487

General

  • Clarify the deprecation messages in the _deprecated_*() functions family – #54658

Help/About

  • Update Freedoms page for 5.9 – #54270

Internationalization

  • Improve the context for color-related strings in WP_Theme::translate_header() – #54804

Plugins/Themes

  • Allow to install/activate plugins/themes which require the WordPress version currently in development – #54882

Script loader

  • Prevent DB errors during 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 install – #54800

Upgrade/Install

  • Update $_old_files for 5.9 – #54894

Users

  • Add new hooksHooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same. to filter retrieve password emails – #54690
  • Revert the variable change in [52606] that caused the tests to fail – #54690

Props

Thanks to the 39 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @audrasjb (8), @costdev (6), @SergeyBiryukov (5), @hellofromTonya (4), @johnbillion (3), @talldanwp (3), @desrosj (2), @kjellr (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), @poena (2), @shedonist (1), @ryelle (1), @get_dave (1), @schlessera (1), @aristath (1), @kebbet (1), @connapptivity (1), @ocean90 (1), @sabernhardt (1), @sayedulsayem (1), @pbearne (1), @iandunn (1), @kpegoraro (1), @nickciske (1), @mukesh27 (1), @Presskopp (1), @davidbaumwald (1), @hellofromtonya (1), @mkox (1), @cbravobernal (1), @joen (1), @mamaduka (1), and @isabel_brison (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 3 new contributors of the week: @connapptivity, @kpegoraro, @mkox ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (7), @audrasjb (5), @noisysocks (4), @desrosj (3), @peterwilsoncc (2), @davidbaumwald (1), @ocean90 (1), @jffng (1), and @hellofromtonya (1).

#5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 11:51 pm on January 17, 2022
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A Week in Core – January 17, 2022

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 10 and January 17, 2022.

  • 34 commits
  • 39 contributors
  • 74 tickets created
  • 20 tickets reopened
  • 53 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major release, WordPress 5.9 🛠

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

  • Ensure an integer is used for menu priority in add_menu_page() – #54798, #48249
  • Fix an erroneous translators comment after changeset [52569] – #54798
  • Replace “Current theme” with “Active theme” in user facing strings – #54770
  • Revert [51946] – #54837, #53587
  • Update design of the Dashboard welcome panel – #54489

Build/Test Tools

  • Re-enable E2E tests for the 5.8 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". – #54749
  • Avoid duplicate queries in some WP_Query tests – #54822
  • Trac ticket number correction after changeset [52569] – #54798

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Sync updates 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 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 2
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Sync updates from GitHub from RC3 – #54318

Coding Standards

  • Correct alignment in get_block_editor_settings() – #54728
  • Remove an extra variable in get_author_posts_url() – #54728
  • Rename the $val variable to $site for clarity in WP_MS_Users_List_Table::column_blogs() – #54728
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-users-list-table.php – #54728
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-users-list-table.php – #54728

Database

  • Add missing AS after INNER JOIN in some queries – #54769

Docs

  • Correct description for two 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. 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. functions: – #54796
  • Miscellaneous docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) corrections in 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/. and Sitemaps API – #54729
  • Typo correction in WP_REST_Response class docblocks – #54823

Editor

  • Explicitly load remote 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 in the block and site editor screens – #54806
  • Fix enqueueing additional styles in wp_enqueue_block_style() to print only when blocks render – #54787
  • Update some default presets in use by default themes to the new format – #54782
  • WordPress default presets aren’t loaded for all themes – #54781
  • Site Editor: Fix typo in home template translatable description – #54787
  • Update packages to include these 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. fixes 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/: – #54487

Help/About

  • Correction in “Managing Themes” HelpHub Docs link – #54707
  • Update the About section for 5.9 – #54270

Internationalization

  • Contextualize “light” color translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. strings – #54804

Media

  • Add a missing / in post thumbnail lazy loading regex – #54815
  • Typo correction in wp_image_maybe_exif_rotate docblock – #54816

Script Loader

  • Fix a variable typo in wp_enqueue_block_style – #54786

Upgrade/Install

  • Check if the disk_free_space() function exists before calling it – #54826, #54730
  • Typo correction in a Core_Upgrader class inline comment – #54821

XML-RPC

  • Fix typos in some XMLRPC related docblocks – #54820

Props

Thanks to the 39 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @audrasjb (8), @costdev (5), @kebbet (4), @SergeyBiryukov (4), @hellofromTonya (3), @richtabor (2), @Presskopp (2), @critterverse (2), @poena (2), @kjellr (2), @oandregal (2), @joedolson (2), @danieldudzic (1), @omaeyusuke (1), @sabernhardt (1), @aristath (1), @Mamaduka (1), @domainsupport (1), @scruffian (1), @kharisblank (1), @talldanwp (1), @isabel_brison (1), @desrosj (1), @versusbassz (1), @SierraTR (1), @kirtan95 (1), @johnbillion (1), @chesio (1), @mitogh (1), @noisysocks (1), @shreyasikhar26 (1), @david.binda (1), @swb1192 (1), @jrf (1), @tobifjellner (1), @ironprogrammer (1), @dhusakovic (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), and @jdy68 (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 9 new contributors of the week: @omaeyusuke, @domainsupport, @versusbassz, @SierraTR, @kirtan95, @shreyasikhar26, @swb1192, @ironprogrammer, @dhusakovic ♥️

Core committers: @audrasjb (12), @sergeybiryukov (9), @hellofromtonya (4), @jffng (2), @ryelle (2), @davidbaumwald (2), @jorgefilipecosta (2), and @noisysocks (1).

#5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 12:06 am on January 11, 2022
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A Week in Core – January 10, 2022

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 3 and January 10, 2022.

  • 41 commits
  • 63 contributors
  • 65 tickets created
  • 8 tickets reopened
  • 51 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major release, WordPress 5.9 🛠

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

  • Add missing texture image for Welcome panel & About page – #54489, #54270
  • Refresh the Dashboard Welcome panel – #54489

Build/Test Tools

  • Add the 5.9 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". to the workflow for testing branches
  • Re-enable E2E tests for the 5.8 branch – #54749
  • Update qUnit test fixtures after [52535] – #54745

Bundled Themes

  • Fix: WordPress default presets aren’t loaded for all themes – #54781
  • Update some default presets in use by default themes to the new format – #54782
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Sync updates 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 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1 – #54318

Coding Standards

  • Remove empty space at end of inline comment in _add_default_theme_supports() – #54731
  • Correct alignment in get_block_editor_settings() – #54728
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/options.php – #53359
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/plugin-install.php – #54728
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/revision.php – #54728
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/themes.php – #54728

Editor

  • Update wordpress packages for WP 5.9 RC 1 – #54487

Embeds

  • Fix oEmbed host script enqueueing on 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.-based themes – #44632

External Libraries

  • Update jQuery hoverIntent to version 1.10.2 – #54722, #51812

Formatting

  • Correctly encode ASCII characters in post slugs

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. 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 docs for wp_remote_retrieve_header function return value – #51736

Help/About

  • Change the HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. title of Themes Screen and add related HelpHub Docs link – #54707
  • Change the Learn WP link in the about page – #54755
  • Correction in “Managing Themes” HelpHub Docs link – #54707
  • Correction on the documentation link about adding new themes – #54709
  • Use “refactoring” noun form in WordPress 5.9 About Page – #54270
  • WordPress 5.9 About Page

Login and Registration

  • Remove aria-expanded from “Generate Password” button – #54538
  • Rename login_language_switcher_args to login_language_dropdown_args – #54696
  • Rename two filters related to language dropdown for better consistency – #54696

Query

  • Improve sanitization within WP_Meta_Query
  • Improve sanitization within WP_Tax_Query

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/.

  • Add unit tests for the 404 template slug handler – #54680
  • Typo correction in a link description object – #54745

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.

  • Improve _set_preview for case when autosave is missing – #54708

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.

  • Typo correction in context used for the navigation link block title – #54566

Themes

  • Make block themes support HTML5 by default – #54731, #54597

Upgrade/Install

  • Avoid using unserialize() unnecessarily
  • Fix parameter count in error call when an automatic core upgrade fails – #53284
  • Make first comment URLs translatable – #54535

Props

Thanks to the 63 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @hellofromTonya (9), @audrasjb (7), @desrosj (5), @SergeyBiryukov (4), @costdev (4), @xknown (4), @tobifjellner (3), @jdy68 (3), @dd32 (3), @marybaum (3), @sabernhardt (2), @oandregal (2), @critterverse (2), @kebbet (2), @melchoyce (2), @walbo (2), @webcommsat (2), @Mamaduka (2), @johnjamesjacoby (2), @davidbaumwald (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), @vortfu (2), @chanthaboune (1), @mukesh27 (1), @mkaz (1), @kjellr (1), @ryelle (1), @annezazu (1), @paaljoachim (1), @richtabor (1), @Clorith (1), @mitogh (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @kafleg (1), @faisal03 (1), @swissspidy (1), @westonruter (1), @rachelbaker (1), @ockham (1), @flixos90 (1), @cbringmann (1), @smit08 (1), @nalininonstopnewsuk (1), @hlashbrooke (1), @sainthkh (1), @devutpol (1), @Chouby (1), @la-geek (1), @zieladam (1), @whyisjake (1), @iandunn (1), @ehtis (1), @alexstine (1), @dansoschin (1), @jameskoster (1), @noisysocks (1), @karmatosed (1), @poena (1), @robtarr (1), @felipeelia (1), @joyously (1), @ocean90 (1), and @titsmaker (1).

Congrats and welcome to our new contributor of the week: @dansoschin, @robtarr ♥️

Core committers: @audrasjb (13), @sergeybiryukov (9), @hellofromtonya (5), @davidbaumwald (4), @desrosj (4), @ryelle (3), @jorgefilipecosta (2), and @noisysocks (1).

#5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 10:23 am on January 4, 2022
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A Week in Core – January 3, 2022

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 December 27, 2021 and January 3, 2022.

  • 17 commits
  • 21 contributors
  • 34 tickets created
  • 1 tickets reopened
  • 23 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major release, WordPress 5.9 🛠

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

  • Update PHPCompatibilityWP to version 2.1.3 – #54711

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Sync updates 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 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1 – #54318

Coding Standards

  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/options-reading.php – #53359
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/options.php – #53359

Docs

  • Further corrections and improvements to the inline documentation for wpdb – #53399, #54610
  • Miscellaneous inline documentation improvements – #53399

Editor

  • Update wordpress packages for WP 5.9 RC 1 – #54487

External Libraries

  • Update jQuery hoverIntent to version 1.10.2 – #54722, #51812

General

  • Bump the recommended MySQLMySQL MySQL is a relational database management system. A database is a structured collection of data where content, configuration and other options are stored. https://www.mysql.com/. and MariaDB versions in readme.html – #41490, #meta5999
  • Happy New Year! 🎄 – Update copyright year to 2022 in license.txt and bundled themes

Login and registration

  • Rename login_language_switcher_args to login_language_dropdown_args – #54696
  • Rename two filters related to language dropdown for better consistency – #54696

Plugins

  • Escape the WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ 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 page URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org in the Plugin Installation modal – #54362

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.

  • Improve _set_preview for case when autosave is missing – #54708

Tests

  • Add 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. for the recommended MariaDB version in readme.html – #41490
  • Correct the check for the recommended MySQL version in readme.html – #41490

Users

  • Use the “Posts” post type general name to contextualize the string used in Users posts count column label – #54712

Props

Thanks to the 21 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @SergeyBiryukov (4), @audrasjb (3), @hellofromTonya (2), @titsmaker (1), @henrywright (1), @dimadin (1), @Presskopp (1), @chintan1896 (1), @JavierCasares (1), @jrf (1), @jdy68 (1), @richtabor (1), @kjellr (1), @faisal03 (1), @Clorith (1), @mukesh27 (1), @kebbet (1), @Mamaduka (1), @walbo (1), @adamsilverstein (1), and @aezazshekh (1).

Congrats and welcome to our new contributor of the week: @titsmaker ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (8), @audrasjb (5), @johnbillion (2), @noisysocks (1), and @hellofromtonya (1).

#5-9, #core, #meta5999, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 10:45 pm on December 29, 2021
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A Year in Core – 2021

Here’s some aggregate data for 2021 about WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. contribution on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.. Please note: it only include code contributions and it does not include contributions on 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/ repositories like 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/.

The raw data for this post are on this public spreadsheet. You might find that easier to read if you have low vision or colorblindness; the graphics below are a snapshot pulled together to include as much information as possible in this blogpost.

General Trac overview

In 2021, the WordPress Core team shipped 1852 commits. 2797 tickets were opened, 2732 tickets were closed, and 408 were reopened.

Also, 2572 people contributed to WordPress source code using Trac, and 305 people made their very first contribution to WordPress Core ♥️

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulaugSepOctNovDecTotal
Commits6217511097142286174175103573271441852
Tickets closed236315372147182355248210157882711512732
Tickets reopened263345212537773622193136408
Tickets created2002803711771973202882971611261901902797
New contributors144314223537151218147110305
Contributors120229165117280400154132156905551742572
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Check out the Trac timeline in the graph below:

Here’s how many props and new contributors the Core project had per month. The most prolific month was November, in the WordPress 5.9 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. cycle, followed by June (WP 5.8 beta cycle).

Components activity

How did 2021’s commits break out by Core Component?

The most prolific components were:

  • Build/Test Tools with 310 commits (17% of all listed commits)
  • Docs with 198 commits (11% of all listed commits)
  • Editor with 188 commits (10.5% of all listed commits)
  • Bundled Themes with 144 commits (8% of all listed commits)
  • Coding Standards with 140 commits (8% of all listed commits)
  • Then comes Media, 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/., Code Modernization, External Librairies, Administration, Upgrade/Install, Site Health and Posts/Post Types. The other components each had fewer than 30 commits this year.

Data fetched from WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ profiles

The data below comes from matching contributors’ usernames, as mentioned in Trac props, with their profiles on WordPress.org. One caveat: usernames that did not match a profile on dotorg, or that left blank their country/company information, filled in non-exploitable info got ignored. After all, “The Universe” or “The place to be” are not known countries 😆

Contributions by country

The next graph shows the number of props received by country. The top eight countries, based on the number of props received, are these:

  • United States with 1142 contributions
  • France with 266 contributions
  • Russia with 227 contributions
  • The Netherlands with 225 contributions
  • India with 219 contributions
  • Australia with 211 contributions
  • United Kingdom with 112 contributions
  • Canada with 102 contributions

Contributors (people) by country

In 2021, people from more than 56 countries contributed to WordPress Core.

The top eight countries by contributions, expressed as the number of props received, are:

  • United States with 155 people
  • India with 58 people
  • United Kingdom with 34 people
  • France with 26 people
  • Germany with 23 people
  • The Netherlands with 20 people
  • Canada with 16 people
  • Australia with 15 people

Contributions by company

In 2021, people from at least 236 companies contributed to WP Core.

These companies each contributed (well, their people did) to more than 50 commits:

  • Automattic with 785 contributions
  • Yoast with 379 contributions
  • Whodunit with 215 contributions
  • Advies en zo with 191 contributions
  • Bluehost with 146 contributions
  • Human Made with 131 contributions
  • Google with 87 contributions
  • iThemes with 73 contributions
  • Dekode Interaktiv with 52 contributions

Contributors (people) by company

The graph below is also interesting, because it shows that a huge number of companies have only one contributor—or a very few contributors. The exceptions are Automattic, with 85 core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org. on Trac in 2021, Yoast (18 contributors) and 10up. Only those three companies had more than ten people credited on Trac in 2021.

What did 2021 hold for Core Committers?

33 Core Committers committed code to the WordPress SVNSVN Subversion, the popular version control system (VCS) by the Apache project, used by WordPress to manage changes to its codebase. repository this year:

@sergeybiryukov (729), @desrosj (272), @hellofromtonya (159), @johnbillion (93), @peterwilsoncc (86), @ryelle (61), @audrasjb (59), @noisysocks (54), @joedolson (46), @gziolo (42), @timothyblynjacobs (38), @youknowriad (38), @davidbaumwald (31), @antpb (26), @whyisjake (20), @jorbin (19), @azaozz (18), @jorgefilipecosta (15), @johnjamesjacoby (13), @ocean90 (12), @clorith (10), @spacedmonkey (9), @adamsilverstein (8), @flixos90 (7), @jffng (6), @pento (6), @iandunn (5), @mikeschroder (4), @westonruter (4), @joemcgill (3), @rachelbaker (2), @isabel_brison (2), and @swissspidy (1).

Of the 1852 commits, 729 were made by people working at Yoast, 426 from employees of Automattic, and 272 came from Bluehost people:

Thanks to @marybaum for the copy review and to @flixos90 and @adamsilverstein for proofreading.

#contributions, #contributors, #team-update, #week-in-core, #year-in-core

Jb Audras 12:06 pm on December 28, 2021
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A Week in Core – December 27, 2021

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 December 20 and December 27, 2021.

  • 28 commits
  • 45 contributors
  • 36 tickets created
  • 1 tickets reopened
  • 25 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major release, WordPress 5.9, and the beta 4 was released last week 🛠

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

  • Add “File” to Theme/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 Editor menu names and relocate “Plugin File Editor” to Tools for 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. themes – #54382
  • Make sure the $customize_url variable is always defined in the adminadmin (and super admin) menu – #54682

Application Passwords

  • Show 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. required message without filtering when not enabled or not in local environment – #53658

Build/Test Tools

  • Allow the PHPCSPHP Code Sniffer PHP Code Sniffer, a popular tool for analyzing code quality. The WordPress Coding Standards rely on PHPCS. plugin in Composer configuration – #54686
  • Restore the https URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org for browserify-aes – #54487
  • Separate the tests for recommended PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher and MySQLMySQL MySQL is a relational database management system. A database is a structured collection of data where content, configuration and other options are stored. https://www.mysql.com/. versions in readme.html – #41490

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Sync updates 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 – #54318

Coding Standards

Docs

  • Improve the @since 5.9.0 note for WP_Theme_JSON::PRESETS_METADATA – #53399

Docs

  • Typo correction in validate_file() comments – #53399
  • Typo correction in wp_dropdown_languages() DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) – #53399
  • Typo correction in wp_get_layout_style() introduced in 5.9 – #53399

Editor

  • Add edit_theme_options capabilities to wp_navigation post type – #54487
  • Add missing default template areas to the post/page editor settings – #54679
  • Add support for nameless font sizes in WP_Theme_JSON – #54640, #54487
  • Explicitly declare $post_types and $area properties in WP_Block_Template class – #54670
  • Update wordpress packages for Beta 4 – #54487

External Libraries

  • Update the SimplePie library to version 1.5.7 – #54659
  • Update the SimplePie library to version 1.5.8 – #54659

General

  • Fix 'rel' argument in Tests_Functions_wpListBookmarks test datasets – #53839

Login and Registration

  • Use secondary button style for the Language switcher – #54692
  • Add a filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. to allow to disable the Login screen language dropdown – #54675

Plugins

  • Escape the WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ plugin page URL in the Plugin Installation modal – #54362

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/.

  • Support . in theme directory names in WP_REST_Global_Styles_Controller, WP_REST_Templates_Controller, and WP_REST_Themes_Controller – #54596

Script Loader

  • Skip getting 'can_compress_scripts' option in script_concat_settings() during install – #54634

Toolbar

  • Show the Customize link on front end when using a block theme if any plugins use the CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. – #54683

Props

Thanks to the 45 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @costdev (7), @hellofromTonya (8), @SergeyBiryukov (5), @audrasjb (5), @jrf (4), @johnbillion (3), @spacedmonkey (2), @schlessera (2), @david.binda (2), @pbiron (2), @ocean90 (2), @marybaum (1), @walbo (1), @youknowriad (1), @rickcurran (1), @TimothyBlynJacobs (1), @ntsekouras (1), @get_dave (1), @joyously (1), @bijayyadav (1), @kafleg (1), @felipeelia (1), @williampatton (1), @manfcarlo (1), @chintan1896 (1), @joen (1), @Mamaduka (1), @dimadin (1), @henry.wright (1), @aezazshekh (1), @rainbowgeek (1), @afragen (1), @sabernhardt (1), @faisal03 (1), @gziolo (1), @jameskoster (1), @poena (1), @annezazu (1), @clorith (1), @courane01 (1), @dryanpress (1), @desrosj (1), @Presskopp (1), @ipstenu (1), and @kjellr (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 5 new contributors of the week: @rickcurran, @bijayyadav, @manfcarlo, @aezazshekh, @rainbowgeek ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (12), @hellofromtonya (8), @audrasjb (6), @isabel_brison (1), and @jffng (1).

#5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 12:03 am on December 21, 2021
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A Week in Core – December 20, 2021

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 December 13 and December 20, 2021.

  • 31 commits
  • 44 contributors
  • 57 tickets created
  • 6 tickets reopened
  • 42 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major release, WordPress 5.9, and the beta 3 was released last week 🛠

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

  • Reduce the use of unnecessary randomness in tests – #37371
  • Remove the assertion in filter_rest_url_for_leading_slash() – #54661
  • Add an assertion to test the WP_REST_Server::add_site_logo_to_index() method – #53516, #53363
  • Add unit tests for theme features that 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. themes should support by default – #54597
  • Fix typo in a data provider name – #53363
  • Fix typo in a test method name – #53363
  • Mock the 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. request response in download_url() tests – #54420, #53363
  • Move the tests for theme features that block themes should support by default to a more appropriate place – #54597
  • Use shared fixtures in block theme tests – #53363

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Sync updates 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. 3 – #54318
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Sync updates from GitHub for Beta 4 – #54318

Customize

  • Customize: Overlay incompatible banner for block themes – #54549

Database

  • Correct and improve documentation for properties and parameters in wpdb – #53399

Docs

  • Capitalize “ID”, when referring to 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. ID or 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. ID, in a more consistent way – #53399
  • Typo correction in TinyMCE related JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. file – #53399
  • Typo correction in wp_dropdown_languages() DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) – #53399
  • Use generic references to “Database” in wp-config-sample.php – #54610

Editor

  • Activate missing default theme features for block themes – #54597
  • Add “Featured” patterns from pattern directory to Patterns in block inserter – #54623
  • Update @wordpress packages – #54487
  • 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. custom block templates with PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher – #54335

External Libraries

  • Update the SimplePie library to version 1.5.7 – #54659

Formatting

  • Use is_scalar() in sanitize_key() – #54160

Media

  • Fix selections in Media Library Featured ImageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. modal on open – #53765

Posts, Post Types

  • Add missing translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. context on FSE related post types labels – #54611

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/.

  • Add block theme support for valid non-alphanumeric characters in theme’s directory name – #54596
  • Ensure that the get_theme_item method should respect fields param – #54595
  • Ensure that the parent link, uses the rest_get_route_for_post function – #53656

Script Loader

  • Fix deprecated usage of passing null to explode() – #53635

Site Health

  • Typo correction in Site Health help tab – #54656

Themes

  • Rename public static functions in WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver to remove custom_post_type references – #54517

Props

Thanks to the 44 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @hellofromTonya (11), @costdev (6), @noisysocks (4), @youknowriad (4), @SergeyBiryukov (4), @audrasjb (3), @peterwilsoncc (3), @ocean90 (2), @oandregal (2), @antonvlasenko (2), @spacedmonkey (2), @jffng (2), @desrosj (2), @jrf (2), @kjellr (2), @sabernhardt (2), @pedromendonca (1), @mamaduka (1), @Ov3rfly (1), @schlessera (1), @williampatton (1), @wppunk (1), @shaunandrews (1), @poena (1), @joyously (1), @bernhard-reiter (1), @johnillo (1), @scruffian (1), @joen (1), @szaqal21 (1), @onemaggie (1), @TimothyBlynJacobs (1), @benitolopez (1), @justinahinon (1), @joedolson (1), @mkaz (1), @ryelle (1), @circlecube (1), @danielbachhuber (1), @ignatggeorgiev (1), @PieWP (1), @sergeybiryukov (1), @dariak (1), and @Spacedmonkey (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 3 new contributors of the week: @wppunk, @johnillo, @ignatggeorgiev ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (10), @audrasjb (6), @hellofromtonya (5), @johnbillion (3), @jffng (2), @spacedmonkey (2), @noisysocks (2), and @isabel_brison (1).

#5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 10:51 pm on December 13, 2021
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A Week in Core – December 13, 2021

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 December 6 and December 13, 2021.

  • 19 commits
  • 23 contributors
  • 35 tickets created
  • 13 tickets reopened
  • 33 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next major release, WordPress 5.9, and the beta 2 was released last week 🛠

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

  • Disable WP Cron when installing PHPUnit tests – #54612

Coding Standards

  • Correct alignment in blocks.php and class-wp-rest-templates-controller – #53359
  • Remove a trailing comma from a compact() call in _wp_customize_include() – #53359
  • Simplify or wrap some long conditions in wp-includes/theme.php for better readability – #53359, #53399
  • Use camel case with a lowercase first letter for the blockTheme array key – #54578, #53359

Docs

  • Capitalize “ID”, when referring to a post ID, term ID, etc. in a more consistent way – #53399
  • Capitalize “ID”, when referring to a 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. ID in a more consistent way – #53399
  • Capitalize “ID”, when referring to 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. ID or sidebar ID, in a more consistent way – #53399
  • Correct the format of some comments per the documentation standards – #53399
  • Docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) adjustments in some 5.9 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. related functions – #53359
  • Document the global used in upgrade_590() function – #53399
  • Update a comment in wp-admin/load-styles.php per the documentation standards – #53399
  • Update some @var tags per the documentation standards – #53399

Editor

  • Add an editor settings flag to enable the new gallery for mobile apps for 5.9 – #54583

General

  • Mark the recommended MariaDB version number in readme.html with a <strong> 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.) – #41490

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/.

  • Ensure that the parent link, uses the rest_get_route_for_post function – #53656

Themes

  • Auto-enable block-templates support for all block themes – #54335
  • Show only “Customize” or “Activate” button in block theme’s Theme Details modal – #54578

Upgrade/install

Props

Thanks to the 23 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @hellofromTonya (3), @SergeyBiryukov (3), @costdev (2), @noisysocks (2), @Spacedmonkey (1), @bronsonquick (1), @glendaviesnz (1), @Boniu91 (1), @francina (1), @TobiasBg (1), @desrosj (1), @aristath (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), @afragen (1), @galbaras (1), @dlh (1), @pbiron (1), @antonvlasenko (1), @kafleg (1), @ryelle (1), @poena (1), @Chouby (1), and @ocean90 (1).

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (11), @audrasjb (4), @spacedmonkey (1), @hellofromtonya (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), and @youknowriad (1).

#5-9, #core, #week-in-core