Title: Week in Test: May 26, 2025
Author: Krupa Nanda
Published: May 26, 2025

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/)
5:57 am _on_ May 26, 2025     
Tags: [core-test ( 231 )](https://make.wordpress.org/test/tag/core-test/)

# Week in Test: May 26, 2025

Hello and welcome to another edition of _Week in Test_, the place where contributors
of any skill level can find opportunities to contribute to WordPress through testing.
You can find the Test Team in [#core-test](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-test/).

Jump to:  [Weekly Testing Roundup](https://make.wordpress.org/test/2025/05/26/week-in-test-may-26-2025/?output_format=md#weekly-testing-roundup)
| [Profile Badge Awards](https://make.wordpress.org/test/2025/05/26/week-in-test-may-26-2025/?output_format=md#profile-badge-awards)
| [Read/Watch/Listen](https://make.wordpress.org/test/2025/05/26/week-in-test-may-26-2025/?output_format=md#read-watch-listen)
| [Upcoming Meetings](https://make.wordpress.org/test/2025/05/26/week-in-test-may-26-2025/?output_format=md#upcoming-meetings)

## Weekly Testing Roundup 🤠

Weekly update: [Test Team Update](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/test)

Here’s a roundup of active tickets that are ready for testing contributions.

Did you know that contributions with the [Test Team](https://make.wordpress.org/test/)
are also a fantastic way to level up your WordPress knowledge and skill? Dive in
to contribute, and gain coveted props 😎 for a coming release.

### Reproduction Testing 🔁

**Who?** Any contributor.
**Why?** It is helpful to show an issue exists for other
users in order to move a ticket forward for patching.

The [following new tickets](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=new&focuses=!docs&time=1weekago..&component=!Build%2FTest+Tools&keywords=~-reporter-feedback+-close+-dev-feedback+-2nd-opinion+-needs-refresh+-needs-design+-needs-design-feedback&milestone=Awaiting+Review&owner=&type=defect+(bug)&col=id&col=summary&col=focuses&col=keywords&col=changetime&order=changetime)
are awaiting review, and need testers to attempt to **reproduce the reported issue**(
aka “repro”), and then provide a [reproduction test report](https://make.wordpress.org/test/handbook/test-reports/#2-issue-reproduction)
with the results:

 * [**#63462**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63462) [add_query_arg() should handle encoded input URLs](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63462)
 * [**#63464**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63464) [Uneven Horizontal Spacing in WordPress Admin .wrap Container](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63464)
 * [**#63469**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63469) [Twenty Nineteen: Table block Stripes style does not show borders in the editor](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63469)
 * [**#63470**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63470) [WordPress 6.8.1 – Adding a new block or line in Editor causes the page to jump down](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63470)
 * [**#63474**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63474) [getchmod() can cause Fatal error](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63474)
 * [**#63471**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63471) [Remove IE Compat scripts from Media element scripting](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63471)
 * [**#63465**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63465) [Events and News Widget: Empty <ul> Appears Without City Selection Causing Layout Shift](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63465)
 * [**#63475**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63475) [Changes made to the site icon image through media library are not reflected on the site icon](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63475)
 * [**#63467**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63467) [function do_robots() should use admin_url()](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63467)
 * [**#63473**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63473) [Most recent tab in classic menu is not showing special pages (front, posts, privacy policy)](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63473)
 * [**#63481**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63481) [WP_Image_Editor_Imagick takes longer time to upload image](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63481)
 * [**#63480**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63480) [UI refresh inconsistency in plugin deactivation flow (WP 6.8.1)](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63480)
 * [**#63482**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63482) [wp:list does not like additional attributes on ul](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63482)
 * [**#63479**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63479) [current_filter() can return false if fatal](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63479)

### Patch Testing 🩹

**Who?** All contributors (not just developers) who can set up a local testing environment.
**
Why?** It is necessary to [apply proposed patches](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/patch/)
and test per the [testing instructions](https://make.wordpress.org/test/handbook/test-reports/#1-testing-instructions)
in order to validate that a patch fixes the issue.

The [following tickets](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&status=reviewing&changetime=1weekago..&keywords=~needs-testing+has-patch+-dev-feedback+-2nd-opinion+-close+-needs-refresh+-needs-design+-needs-design-feedback+-changes-requested&milestone=!Awaiting+Review&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=milestone&col=changetime&col=keywords&col=type&col=priority&col=component&order=changetime)
have been reviewed and a patch provided, and need testers to **apply the patch and
manually test**, then provide feedback through a [patch test report](https://make.wordpress.org/test/handbook/test-reports/#3-patch-testing):

 * No tickets found

### PHPUnit Tests 🛟

**Who?** Any QA or PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)
is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially
suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. [https://www.php.net/manual/en/index.php](https://www.php.net/manual/en/index.php)
developer contributors who can (or are interested in learning how to) build [automated PHPUnit tests](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/automated-testing/phpunit/).
**
Why?** [Automated tests](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/automated-testing/)
improve the software development feedback loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by 
WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be 
displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified
criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed
on each post. [https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop](https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop)
for quality and backward compatibility.

The [following tickets](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&status=reviewing&changetime=1weekago..&keywords=~needs-testing+has-patch+-dev-feedback+-2nd-opinion+-close+-needs-refresh+-needs-design+-needs-design-feedback+-changes-requested&milestone=!Awaiting+Review&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=milestone&col=changetime&col=keywords&col=type&col=priority&col=component&order=changetime)
need [PHPUnit tests](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/automated-testing/writing-phpunit-tests/)
built to accompany their respective patches:

 * [**#56311**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/56311) [Week query variable is not being sanitized correctly](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/56311)
 * [**#31127**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31127) [Can’t add a new user to two sites before they’ve accepted their account](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31127)
 * [**#54516**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54516) [Full site editing/REST-API: modify permission checks to use post type.](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54516)
 * [**#62600**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/62600) [fatal error on capabilities.](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/62600)
 * [**#58366**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58366) [Shortcode Support Regained but Content Filters are messing with Shortcode HTML](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58366)
 * [**#8592**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8592) [Private Pages not listed in the Parent dropdown](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8592)
 * [**#42404**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42404) [Introduce singular capabilities for managing individual plugins](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42404)
 * [**#15332**](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15332) [dbDelta($query) – do not create view](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15332)

## Profile Badge Awards 🎉

Profile Badges awarded to [@muddassirnasim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/muddassirnasim/)
and [@Shashank Jain](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iamshashank/)

## Read/Watch/Listen 🔗

 * The next major releaseMajor Release A set of releases or versions having the 
   same major version number may be collectively referred to as “X.Y” -- for example
   version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, and all other versions in the 
   5.2. (five dot two dot) branch of that software. Major Releases often are the
   introduction of new major features and functionality. things are in progress 
   and can be found [here.](https://make.wordpress.org/core/6-9/)
 * [WCEU](https://europe.wordcamp.org/2025) is around the corner. Please check out
   the [schedule](https://europe.wordcamp.org/2025/schedule/).
 * 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)
   20.9 is scheduled for release on Wednesday, **May 28, 2025**.
 * No major announcements from the past week.

## Upcoming Meetings 🗓

🚨 There will be regular [#core-test](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-test/)
meetings held for 2025.

2025 Schedule:

 * [Wednesday, 28 May 2025 at 21:30 GMT+5:30](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20250528T16&p1=1440&ah=1):`
   <test-triage>` in [#core-test](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-test/).
 * [Wednesday, 04 June 2025 at 21:30 GMT+5:30](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20250604T16&p1=1440&ah=1):`
   <test-chat>` in [#core-test](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-test/).

Interested in hosting a `<test-scrub>`? Test Team needs you! Check out [Leading Bug Scrubs](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/tutorials/leading-bug-scrubs/)
for details, or inquire in [#core-test](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-test/)
for more info.

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