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Recent posts on the make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blogblog (versus network, site)

• Accessibility improvements to widgets outputting lists of links in 5.5 (July 9, 2020)
• Changes related to Calendar Widget markup in WordPress 5.4 (February 12, 2020)
• Porting Widgets to Blocks: Feb 18, 2019 (February 18, 2019)
• Porting Widgets to Blocks: Feb 4, 2019 (February 5, 2019)
• Status Update: Porting Widgets to Blocks (December 17, 2018)

View all posts tagged widgets.

Recent posts on the make/test blog

• Adding a widget via the customizer, iPad Air, landscape (April 15, 2015)
• Remove a widget with the customizer, iPhone 6+ (April 3, 2015)

View all posts tagged widgets.

126 open tickets in the Widgets component

126 open tickets. Last 7 days: -1 ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.

4 tickets that have no replies

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• #44375  `update_option` in `WP_Widget::update` breaks 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.
• #46541  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. class name sent in headers is incorrect when the widget has a namespace
• #48373  Widgets area grouping ui
• #48492  Add 'before_widgetcontent' and 'after_widgetcontent' attributes to register_sidebar

4 tickets slated for 5.6

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• #16773  Unescaped preg_match breaks with PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 5.3 Namespaced Widget Classes.
• #19709  Add 'before_sidebar' and 'after_sidebar' attributes to register_sidebar()
• #29319  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. dayswithposts in widget calendar
• #49354  Provide 'Cancel' when editing widget in 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) mode ui accessibility administration

126 open tickets

Open bugs: 59. View list on Trac

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