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Welcome!

Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media. It is both a website where you can search, discover, and learn how to use and attribute media, as well as an openly accessible REST API.

The OpenverseOpenverse Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media, including images and audio. Find Openverse on GitHub and at https://openverse.org. team builds the Openverse Catalog, API, and front-end application, as well as integrations between Openverse and WordPress. Follow this site for updates and discussions on the project.

You can also come chat with us in #openverse on the Make WP Chat. We have a weekly developer chat at 15:00 UTC on Mondays.

If you’re a new contributor, welcome! Have a look at our good first issues or our guide for new contributors.

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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.

#5402: Update docker.io/mccutchen/go-httpbin Docker tag to v2.18.1
#5404: Update python dev dependencies (major)

Catalog

#5404: Update python dev dependencies (major)

Frontend

#5390: Update dependency nuxt to v3.16.0 [SECURITY]
#5393: Update dependency vite to v6.0.14 [SECURITY]
#5395: Update dependency nock to v14.0.3
#5400: Update dependency prettier to v3.5.3

Ingestion Server

#5403: Update dependency ipython to v9

Management

#5396: Update Node.js to v18.20.8

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#1150: Update workflows

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#1149: 🔄 synced file(s) with WordPress/openverseOpenverse Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media, including images and audio. Find Openverse on GitHub and at https://openverse.org.

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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.

#5388: Publish changelog for api-2025.03.10.04.14.33

Documentation

#5388: Publish changelog for api-2025.03.10.04.14.33

Frontend

#5382: Update dependency nock to v14.0.1
#5385: Update dependency @pinia/nuxt to ^0.10.0

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#5391: Update dependency gunicorn to v23 [SECURITY]

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#5387: Update dependency axios to v1.8.2 [SECURITY]

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#5380: Update dependency @octokit/rest to v21.1.1
#5386: Update dependency vue-i18n to v11.1.2 [SECURITY]

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#5380: Update dependency @octokit/rest to v21.1.1

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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.

#5383: Update docker.io/nginxNGINX NGINX is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. It started out as a web server designed for maximum performance and stability. In addition to its HTTP server capabilities, NGINX can also function as a proxy server for email (IMAP, POP3, and SMTP) and a reverse proxy and load balancer for HTTP, TCP, and UDP servers. https://www.nginx.com/. Docker tag to v1.27.4

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#5383: Update docker.io/nginx Docker tag to v1.27.4

Management

#5384: Update workflows

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#1146: Update workflows

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#5378: Move Head, 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., Body props to `useHead`

Closed issues

Frontend

#5377: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'slice')

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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.

#5375: Publish changelog for api-2025.02.05.11.12.38

Catalog

#5370: Update the Met Museum reingestion partitions

Documentation

#5375: Publish changelog for api-2025.02.05.11.12.38
#5376: Publish changelog for frontend-2025.02.05.11.32.04

Frontend

#5348: Update @openverseOpenverse Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media, including images and audio. Find Openverse on GitHub and at https://openverse.org./eslint-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 (major)
#5357: Update dependency @sentry/nuxt to v8.49.0 [SECURITY]
#5360: Update dependency nock to v14.0.0
#5361: Update dependency prettier-plugin-tailwindcss to v0.6.11
#5362: Update dependency typescript to v5.7.3
#5364: Update @openverse/eslint-plugin
#5365: Update dependency @octokit/rest to v21.1.0
#5369: Remove dependency axios-mock-adapter and fix the token unit tests
#5371: Update pnpm to v10.2.0
#5373: Replace Plausible 502 errors with 424
#5374: Update dependency vitest to v3.0.5 [SECURITY]
#5376: Publish changelog for frontend-2025.02.05.11.32.04

Infra

#5373: Replace Plausible 502 errors with 424

Management

#5363: Update workflows
#5365: Update dependency @octokit/rest to v21.1.0
#5372: Update pre-commit hook renovatebot/pre-commit-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 v39.158.2

Closed issues

API

#4835: Remove the Watermark API endpoint

Catalog

#5358: Update the Met Museum reingestion partitions

Frontend

#3309: Transform 5xx responses from Plausible in frontend NginxNGINX NGINX is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. It started out as a web server designed for maximum performance and stability. In addition to its HTTP server capabilities, NGINX can also function as a proxy server for email (IMAP, POP3, and SMTP) and a reverse proxy and load balancer for HTTP, TCP, and UDP servers. https://www.nginx.com/. into 424s

Infra

#3309: Transform 5xx responses from Plausible in frontend Nginx into 424s

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#1142: Update workflows

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We are announcing that, effective immediately, the v1/images/image_id:uuid/watermark/ has been removed due to critical security, stability, and reliability issues. All future requests to that endpoint will return a 404 response.

Reason for Removal

Security: The endpoint used low-level libraries and posed unresolvable vulnerabilities.
Stability: It was unreliable and often raised server errors which led to 5xx responses.
Usage: It had no real-world use-case, which contributed to its negligible usage.

Rationale for Immediate Action

The removal was necessary to safeguard platform reliability. Although we do not have a formal versioning policy yet, unsafe and unstable endpoints are subject to immediate discontinuation when justified. This endpoint has been marked as deprecated for a significant amount of time, to allow any users to switch away from using it.

Impact

This change is expected to have minimal to no impact due to the endpoint’s lack of practical usage. This change will have no impact on the Openverse.org search engine as it was not a consumer of this endpoint.

Questions

For concerns or assistance, contact us via email.

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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.

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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.

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