The WordPress coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:
Found a bugbugA 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.?Create a ticket in our bug tracker.
BlockBlockBlock 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, and their template and template part editing flows.
A myriad of design tools: layout control, block gap, typography options, border support, spacing, dimension controls, enhanced cropping tools, and duotone filters available in many blocks.
Navigation Block.
Improved block interactions, such as List View drag and drop, enhanced toolbar controls when using nested blocks, enhanced inserter between blocks, and block-level locking for patterns and inner blocks.
General UIUIUser interface improvements, like rich URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org previews, the improved settings modal, and refined icons and animations.
Insertion of patterns directly from the Pattern Directory.
Iterative performance improvements.
To note, not all of the above are currently ready, but there is some level of confidence that they can be by the time of 5.9.
Who Attended
Matt Mullenweg – Project Lead (advocating for the vision/mission of WordPress and aggregate body of users)
Matías Ventura – GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ project lead (host of the demo)
Kelly Hoffman – Lead Designer (advocating for Design and following up on design action items)
Helen Hou-Sandí – Lead developer (advocating for CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., and extender community)
Josepha Haden Chomphosy – Executive Director (advocating for the community of WordPress and aggregate body of users)
Chloé Bringmann – Assisting with administrative and operational logistics
Héctor Prieto – Technical Project Manager (following up on technical action items)
While most of the efforts will focus on polishing existing features, the items below represent key high-level items to focus on in the weeks to come. Watch out for the recently created WordPress 5.9 Editor Must-Haves board for a more comprehensive and up-to-date list of items. Also, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg, and don’t hesitate to join us at the core editor meeting every Wednesday at 14:00 UTC in #core-editor!
Block Themes and Site Editor
Block Themes and their template editors will be introduced in WordPress 5.9. It’s important to ease users into this new feature as it grows. To that end, the next steps will be to formalize editing flows for block themes, and to refine the Template Part Focus Mode.
Styling
WordPress 5.8 saw the introduction of theme.jsonJSONJSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML., and WordPress 5.9 aims to go one step beyond by adding a Styles graphic interface for users to personalize the style on their sites. Apart from polishing the Styles sidebarSidebarA 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., work will continue to enhance a wide array of design tools and enable them in blocks that benefit from them. These tools include typography tools, dimension and spacing tools, and UI updates like an improved ColorPicker.
Patterns
Patterns provide a huge help to customize your site by adding rich block compositions and editing their content, and they will play a big role in block theme editing. Thanks to patterns, users are no longer constrained to a theme’s layout as they can design their site’s layout with the help of template part blocks and already available patterns. WordPress 5.9 will offer users patterns directly from the Pattern Directory, so the design choices patterns empower will grow exponentially as the directory gets populated without switching themes or upgrading WordPress! Check out the Pattern Insertion Tracking Issue for enhancements on pattern insertion flows.
Thank you to @cbringmann, @chanthaboune, and @matveb for their work on getting this content processed and ready to ship. Props to @angelasjin, @desrosj, @jeffikus, and @kjellr for reviewing this post.
The proposal for a new Make/Performance team was well received by the meeting participants. Encouraging! Please add your feedback in the post comments.
Worth mentioning:
Thanks to the 30 contributors of the past week, including 3 new contributors! Kudos to the 5 coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. committers of the week, too.
Next minor releaseMinor ReleaseA 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.(s)
Please note that 5.8.2 was deferred due to the lack of ready-to-ship tickets.
Reminder: @desrosj and @circlecube are co-leading the 5.8.x releases. The 5.8.x point releases are coordinated in the #5-8-release-leadsSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel. This channel is public and will be archived once 5.9 is released.
@sergeybiryukov proposed to also backportbackportA 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. changeset [51883] (which is milestoned to 5.8.2) to older branches.
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.
Concerning the next major release —WordPress 5.9— a planning roundup was published some weeks ago.
The go/no go date for the main WP 5.9 features is October 14.
@audrasjb will run another bugbugA 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. scrub on Thursday October 14, 2021 at 20:00 UTC.
Reminder: everyone is welcome to run a bug scrub on the #core Slack channel. If you are interested, please read this handbook post: Leading bug scrubs and get in touch with @audrasjb or @francina for details.
Work has continued on addressing PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher timeouts or missing files during large pluginPluginA 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 or theme updates. A couple of solutions were implemented so far, but it looks like the issue might not be fully resolved yet. Any testing and feedback welcome! See ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.#54166 for more details.
Also, @afragen made a few updates to the new move_dir() function based on @sergeybiryukov’s comments.
Help/About: the component had a scrub Monday and is following up with another on @audrasjb will run another bug scrub on Monday October 18, 2021 at 19:00 UTC. So far two tickets are ready for commit action.
The #core-auto-updates team is still looking on getting a consensus on which approach to proceed with for #22316. Two competing PRs are proposed (1547 and 1724), there is a need to decide what is the best approach.
Open Floor
@johnjamesjacoby raised ticket #38231 and asked for another pair of eyes. @costdev pointed out some possible enhancements in the unit tests provided by the ticket.
@webcommsat shared that the Marketing Team is exploring how to help the Test Team reach extenders with the message to update their test suites to bring them in line with the latest WordPress Core PHP Test Suites.Everyone is welcome to join the collaboration in this document, and they are looking specifically for items to be filled in on the table on page 4 to 6.
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: WP 5.9 👉 WordPress 5.9 Planning Roundup 👉 Introducing Twenty Twenty-Two
Components check-in and status updates
Check-in with each component for status updates.
Poll for components that need assistance.
Open Floor
Do you have something to propose for the agenda, or a specific item relevant to the usual agenda items above?
Please leave a comment, and say whether or not you’ll be in the chat, so the group can either give you the floor or bring up your topic for you accordingly.
This meeting happens in the #core channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Making WordPress Slack.
Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between October 4 and October 11, 2021.
16 commits
30 contributors
29 tickets created
5 tickets reopened
17 tickets closed
The Core team is currently working on the next point (5.8.2) and major (5.9) releases 🛠
TicketticketCreated 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
Allow pluginPluginA 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 action links row to wrap – #53275
Build/Test Tools
Change the patchpatchA special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing. version used for testing the 5.6 branchbranchA 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". of PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher – #54223
Bundled Themes
Twenty Twenty-One: Remove duplicate width and height values from social icons – #54208
Coding Standards
Use strict type check for in_array() in register_block_script_handle() – #54206, #53359
Docs
Add a @since note for the new $parent_block parameter of several filters – #51612
Improve various inline documentation for adminadmin(and super admin) bar functions and hooksHooksIn 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. – #53399
Update jQuery UIUIUser interface to 1.13.0 final – #52163
Permalinks
Move the NginxNGINXNGINX 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/. documentation link to help sidebarSidebarA 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. in wp-admin/options-permalink.php – #39258
Privacy
AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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): Use red color for action buttons on the Erase Personal Data screen: – #49603
Site Health
Use an integer value as a fallback in the available disk space check – #51857
Thanks to the 21 contributors of the past week, including 4 new contributors! Kudos to the 3 coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. committers of the week, too.
Next minor releaseMinor ReleaseA 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.(s)
Please note that 5.8.2 was deferred due to the lack of ready-to-ship tickets.
Reminder: @desrosj and @circlecube are co-leading the 5.8.x releases. The 5.8.x point releases are coordinated in the #5-8-release-leadsSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel. This channel is public and will be archived once 5.9 is released.
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.
Concerning the next major release —WordPress 5.9— a planning roundup was published some weeks ago.
@kjellr introduced the new bundled theme on Make/Core right before the devchat.
As usual, there is a public repository on GitHub so feel free to help testing the theme, and to contribute to this cool project
@chanthaboune wanted to clarify that the go/no go date was moved to October 14. It’s just for scheduling conflicts, there is not any worry over the release.
@audrasjb will run another bugbugA 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. scrub on Thursday October 7, 2021 at 20:00 UTC.
Reminder: everyone is welcome to run a bug scrub on the #core Slack channel. If you are interested, please read this handbook post: Leading bug scrubs and get in touch with @audrasjb or @francina for details.
Last week, PHPUnit tests started failing on PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 5.6 due to a combination of an older OpenSSL version and the DST Root CA X3 certificate that expired on September 30, 2021. This is now resolved by running the tests on the latest patchpatchA special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing. version of PHP 5.6 (5.6.40 at the moment), instead of 5.6.20. See ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.#54223 for more details.
HTTPHTTPHTTP 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.APIAPIAn 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. – @sergeybiryukov
The expired DST Root CA X3 certificate is now removed from the WP core certificate bundle to resolve issues with OpenSSL 1.0.2. See ticket #54207 for more details.
CustomizerCustomizerTool 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. – @dlh
The Customize component could use a designer’s eye on #54211.
There have been issues with pluginPluginA 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 installation/upgrade failures in plugins that have a large number of files. See #51857 (see comment 128 and below) and #54166.
@afragen thinks he have a solution in this pull request and would love some more testing and hopefully an early commit if appropriate.
Also, there are 2 different PRs for #22316 that take different approaches: PR1547 and PR1724.
It would be great to get feedback on which approach is preferred and work on getting that committed. Please test both and leave feedback.
@audrasjb noted that both PRs have detailed testing instructions. They are easy to test and any feedback is welcome.
The three tickets marked early about jQuery updates (37110, #51812, #52163) are almost ready to ship, so there are RC’s in for testing at least.
Open Floor
@annezazu wanted to encourage everyone to attend the Pattern Party call for testing for the #fse-outreach-experiment. All are welcome to join in and she is always open to feedback to make participating even easier.
Next minor releaseMinor ReleaseA 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 5.8.2 👉 WordPress 5.8.2 Deferred
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: WP 5.9 👉 WordPress 5.9 Planning Roundup
Components check-in and status updates
Check-in with each component for status updates.
Poll for components that need assistance.
Open Floor
Do you have something to propose for the agenda, or a specific item relevant to the usual agenda items above?
Please leave a comment, and say whether or not you’ll be in the chat, so the group can either give you the floor or bring up your topic for you accordingly.
This meeting happens in the #core channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Making WordPress Slack.
Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between September 27 and October 4, 2021.
11 commits
21 contributors
31 tickets created
4 tickets reopened
23 tickets closed
The Core team is currently working on the next point (5.8.2) and major (5.9) releases 🛠
TicketticketCreated 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
Enable first and last page buttons in WP_List_Table::pagination() – #42763
App Passwords
Remove placeholder from the app password name input field – #54047
Coding Standards
Remove duplicate assignment from a ternary operator in WP_MS_Sites_List_Table::site_states() – #38296
Use strict comparison in wp-includes/class-http.php – #53359
Use strict comparison in wp-includes/class-wp-http-ixr-client.php – #53359
Docs
Improve documentation for WP_Admin_Bar methods – #54191
HTTPHTTPHTTP 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.APIAPIAn 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.
Remove the DST Root CA X3 certificate expired on September 30, 2021 – #54207, #50828
REST APIREST APIThe 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/.
Sort widgetWidgetA 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. types by their id – #53303
Bundled Themes
Twenty Twenty-One: Keep the closing </span>tagtagA 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.) in footer links – #54209
Twenty Twenty-One: Remove duplicate class name from localized font-family elements – #54196
Twenty Twenty: Remove duplicate class name from localized font-family elements – #54196
Thanks to the 23 contributors of the past week, including 4 new contributors! Kudos to the 5 coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. committers of the week, too.
Next minor releaseMinor ReleaseA 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.(s)
The 5.8.x point releases are coordinated in the #5-8-release-leadsSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel. This channel is public and will be archived once 5.9 is released.
@costdev pointed out that a patchpatchA special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing. for ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #53801 leads to a change in both Core and in the @wordpress/widgets package and asked for advices for how to ensure that any changes are committed at the same time to minimise issues on either end. @audrasjb answered that there is already an issue for this ticket in the 5.8.2 Gutenberg project board.
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.
Concerning the next major release —WordPress 5.9— a planning roundup was published a couple weeks ago.
@audrasjb ran a first bugbugA 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. scrub last week to review the tickets marked early. He will run another one on Thursday September 30, 2019 at 20:00 UTC.
Reminder: everyone is welcome to run a bug scrub on the #core Slack channel. If you are interested, please read this handbook post: Leading bug scrubs and get in touch with @audrasjb or @francina for details.
Also, @audrasjb silently scrubbed the Future Release queue and moved a dozen of tickets (in various components) to 5.9, with refreshed patches when needed. Most of them are ready and waiting for review/commit.
PHPUnit 9.5.10 and 8.5.21 were released with a breaking change: PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher deprecations are no longer converted to exceptions by default (convertDeprecationsToExceptions="true" can be configured to enable this). See changeset [51871] and ticket #54183 for more details.
This is also included in the Changes to the WordPress Core PHP Test Suitedev notedev noteEach 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., which is highly recommended to read as it includes other important changes for pluginPluginA 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 and theme authors using the WordPress Core test framework as a basis for their integration tests.
@joyously asked if it is supposed to handle initial installation or deactivation and uninstall also? @audrasjb answered that it only handles initial installation, because a dependency could exists without the “base” plugin.
@joyously asked what value does this enhancementenhancementEnhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. add to the existing implementation. @clorith answered that It surfaces which plugins would enhance (or enable) functionality, so yes it has value. @audrasjb added that it standardizes a process which currently has many different implementations.
@afragen encouraged testers to install the PR, add a test plugin with a couple of dot org plugin slugs in a comma separated list in the Required PluginsheaderHeaderThe 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.. Removing or changing the header name will deactivate those dependencies from being displayed.
@costdev noted that the Administration component doesn’t have a maintainer currently listed. He asked for a review of #53152. @sergeybiryukov moved it to milestone 5.9.
@pbearne asked for a review of #54020. He’s available to make a simpler patch if needed.
Next minor releaseMinor ReleaseA 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 5.8.2 👉 WordPress 5.8.2+ Release Schedule
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: WP 5.9 👉 WordPress 5.9 Planning Roundup
Components check-in and status updates
Check-in with each component for status updates.
Poll for components that need assistance.
Open Floor
Do you have something to propose for the agenda, or a specific item relevant to the usual agenda items above?
Please leave a comment, and say whether or not you’ll be in the chat, so the group can either give you the floor or bring up your topic for you accordingly.
This meeting happens in the #core channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Making WordPress Slack.
Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between September 20 and September 27, 2021.
22 commits
23 contributors
49 tickets created
6 tickets reopened
57 tickets closed
The Core team is currently working on the next point (5.8.2) and major (5.9) releases 🛠
TicketticketCreated 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
Remove the PHPUnit container from local Docker environment – #54112
Remove duplicate assignment from a ternary operator in WP_MS_Sites_List_Table::site_states() – #38296
Docs
Add @since notes to register_setting() for the deprecated misc and privacy option groups – #53399
Document some more common names for dynamic hooksHooksIn 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. and standardise the phrasing used – #53581
Fix typo in the $clear_working parameter description in WP_Upgrader methods – #54163
Update description for retrieve_widgets() per the documentation standards – #53811
Update and enhance the docs for retrieve_widgets() – #53811
Formatting
Pass the blockBlockBlock 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. instance as a parameter to the render_block filters – #53596
General
Fix code quality issues which were identified by static analysis – #52217
Posts, Post Types
Don’t add a trailing number when there is a unique post parent – #51147
Tests
Correct the @ticket reference in wp_terms_checklist() tests – #53363, #51137
Don’t skip some Ajax tests on multisitemultisiteUsed 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 them to the ms-excluded group instead – #53363
Further improve the tests for avoid_blog_page_permalink_collision(): – #51147
Remove unnecessary setUp() and tearDown() methods in multisite tests – #53363
Rename classes in phpunit/tests/multisite/ per the naming conventions – #53363
Update the Services_JSON test for PHPUnit 9.5.10/8.5.21+ – #54183, #54029, #53363
