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Jb Audras 4:30 pm on September 21, 2021
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A Week in Core – September 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 September 13 and September 20, 2021.

  • 21 commits
  • 42 contributors
  • 31 tickets created
  • 0 tickets reopened
  • 23 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next point (5.8.2) and major (5.9) releases 🛠

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

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. editor

  • Cache global stylesheet by theme key – #53175

Build/Test Tools

  • Expect an absolute path in WP_TESTS_PHPUNIT_POLYFILLS_PATH constant – #46149
  • Improve messaging when PHPUnit Polyfills cannot be found – #46149
  • Improve messaging when PHPUnit Polyfills do not comply with version requirements – #46149
  • Make WP_TESTS_PHPUNIT_POLYFILLS_PATH more flexible – #46149
  • Reworks Tests_Option_Option::test_bad_option_names() into data provider – #53635

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Eleven: Set a fixed height for search form when headerHeader The 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. image is added – #40398
  • Twenty Seventeen: Make blogblog (versus network, site) header margin more specific on front page – #43628
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Add missing escaping for the “Secondary menu” label – #54127

Coding Standards

  • Code Modernization: Fix “passing null to non-nullable” deprecation notice in WP_Comment_Query::get_comment_ids() – #53635
  • Rename the $arrURL variable to $parsed_url in WP_Http::request() – #53359
  • Rename the $arrURL variable to $parsed_url in WP_Http_Cookie::__construct() – #53359
  • Rename the $arrURL variable to $parsed_url in WP_Http_Streams::request() – #53359
  • Rename the $processedHeaders variable to $processed_headers in WP_Http::request() – #53359
  • Use strict comparison in wp-inclues/class-wp-http-cookie.php – #53359

Documentation

  • Update description for the $wp_version global – #53413

Embeds

  • Add Pinterest as a trusted oEmbed provider – #53448

Internationalization

  • Add a translator comment to clarify the “Block HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers.” string in the Block 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. settings form – #54110

Media

  • Fix $content parameter default value in img_caption_shortcode() – #53635

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

  • Fix “passing null to non-nullable” deprecations to (get|add|update|delete)_option() – #53635

Upgrade/Install

  • Create a temporary backup of plugins and themes before updating – #51857

Props

Thanks to the 42 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @hellofromTonya (9), @jrf (8), @lucatume (4), @schlessera (4), @jeherve (4), @sabernhardt (3), @mukesh27 (3), @SergeyBiryukov (3), @pbearne (2), @azaozz (2), @dd32 (2), @muhammadfaizanhaidar (2), @NekoJonez (1), @Amieiro (1), @knutsp (1), @johnbillion (1), @namith.jawahar (1), @ayeshrajans (1), @laurelfulford (1), @hirofumi2012 (1), @jainnidhi (1), @mai21 (1), @fedepia (1), @Soean (1), @francina (1), @a2hosting (1), @Boniu91 (1), @richards1052 (1), @galbaras (1), @KZeni (1), @pento (1), @mikeschroder (1), @audrasjb (1), @TimothyBlynJacobs (1), @poena (1), @pbiron (1), @afragen (1), @aristath (1), @joedolson (1), @oandregal (1), @teucrium (1), @lukecavanagh (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 7 new contributors of the week: @NekoJonez, @Amieiro, @namith.jawahar, @mai21, @richards1052, @KZeni, and @teucrium ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (11), @hellofromtonya (8), @pento (1), @jorgefilipecosta (1).

#5-8-2, #5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 10:13 pm on September 13, 2021
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A Week in Core – September 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 September 6 and September 13, 2021.

  • 37 commits
  • 30 contributors
  • 40 tickets created
  • 4 tickets reopened
  • 25 tickets closed

As expected, WordPress 5.8.1 was released last week! Props to @desrosj and @circlecube for leading this new point 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. 🌟

The Core team is currently working on the next point (5.8.2) and major (5.9) releases 🛠

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

  • 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): Improve aria-label on networknetwork (versus site, blog) adminadmin (and super admin) Themes screen – #24442

Build/Test Tools

  • Fix CI for running tests on PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 8.1 – #53945
  • Add more invalidinvalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. IP test cases and @covers to Tests_Functions_Anonymization – #53363
  • Add tests for wpdb::_real_escape() – #53363
  • Fix “null to non-nullable” deprecation notice in Tests_Admin_IncludesPlugin::test_get_plugin_files_folder() – #53635

Bundled Themes

  • Twenty Eleven: Set a fixed height for search form when headerHeader The 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. image is added – #40398

Code Modernization

  • Fix “passing null to non-nullable” deprecation in wpdb::_real_escape() – #53635
  • Fix “passing null to non-nullable” deprecation notice in WP_Comment_Query::get_comment_ids() – #53635
  • Fix “passing null to non-nullable” deprecation notices in WP_Http::normalize_cookies() – #53635
  • Fix last parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in Walker::start_el() – #51553
  • Fix null to non-nullable deprecation in term_exists() – #53635
  • Fix null to non-nullable deprecation in wp_privacy_anonymize_ip() – #53635
  • Fix null to non-nullable deprecations in WP_Meta_Query::get_sql_for_clause() – #53635
  • Fix parameter name mismatch with parent in WP_Customize_Custom_CSS_Setting::validate() – #51553
  • Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_Customize_Setting::sanitize() – #51553
  • Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_Customize_Setting::update() – #51553
  • Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_Image_Editor::save() – #51553
  • Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_List_Table::column_cb() – #51553
  • Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_List_Table::handle_row_actions() – #51553
  • Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_REST_Controller::prepare_item_for_response() – #51553
  • Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_Sitemaps_Provider::get_max_num_pages() – #51553
  • Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_Sitemaps_Provider::get_url_list() – #51553
  • Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_Upgrader_Skin::error() – #51553
  • Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_Widget::update() – #51553
  • Fix reserved keyword and parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_Upgrader_Skin::feedback() – #51553
  • Fix reserved keyword and parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in Walker::end_el() – #51553
  • Fix reserved keyword and parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in Walker::start_el() – #51553
  • Improve @since message in WP_List_Table::column_default() – #51553

Documentation

  • Correct documentation for the in_plugin_update_message-{$file} 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. – #40006

Editor

  • Revert [51748] and [51649]. They intorduced a 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. where wp.editor may be replaced with wp.oldEditor in certain cases – #53762
  • Editor: fix the replacement of wp.editor with wp.oldEditor in the inline script outputted when enqueueing the old editor – #53762

External Libraries

  • Update jQuery UIUI User interface to 1.13.0-rc2 – #52163

General

  • Only use _jsonp_wp_die_handler() for JSONP 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/. requests

Site Health

  • Add Intl to the list of recommended PHP extensions – #52654
  • Site Health: Move the Imagick entry higher in the list of recommended PHP extensions – #52654

Users

  • Introduce a meta_input argument for wp_insert_user() – #41950

Widgets

Props

Thanks to the 30 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @hellofromTonya (26), @jrf (26), @azaozz (19), @desrosj (18), @johnbillion (15), @sergeybiryukov (15), @audrasjb (2), @david.binda (2), @sabernhardt (2), @Clorith (2), @Soean (1), @davidmosterd (1), @BinaryKitten (1), @donmhico (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), @mdawaffe (1), @get_dave (1), @grantmkin (1), @fullofcaffeine (1), @lukecavanagh (1), @josklever (1), @mukesh27 (1), @zieladam (1), @andraganescu (1), @fedepia (1), @zodiac1978 (1), @mgol (1), @JavierCasares (1), @zeo (1), and @SergeyBiryukov (1).

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

Core committers: @hellofromtonya (26), @sergeybiryukov (6), @azaozz (3), and @johnbillion (2).

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

Jb Audras 9:31 pm on September 6, 2021
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A Week in Core – September 6, 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 August 30 and September 6, 2021.

  • 23 commits
  • 61 contributors
  • 41 tickets created
  • 12 tickets reopened
  • 52 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next point (5.8.1) and major (5.9) releases.

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

  • Double escape quotation marks(“) for SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. “messages” – #52644
  • Clean css/dist as part of the webpack build step – #53719
  • Add missing @covers tags for Tests_Admin_IncludesComment – #39265
  • Add missing @covers tags for Tests_Admin_wpCommunityEvents – #39265
  • Add missing @covers tags for actions’ tests – #39265

Code Modernization

  • Code Modernization: Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in WP_List_Table::column_default() – #51553
  • Apply coding standards on CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. – #53866

Customize

  • Add wp-embed-responsive class to body if using widgets 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. editor – #53609

Documentation

  • Correct the post_submitbox_minor_actions hook description – #54045
  • Fix typo in a comment in WP_Customize_Manager::get_return_url() – #53399
  • Improve documentation in wp-signup.php – #41566
  • Move @since notes from the safe_style_css 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 the safecss_filter_attr() function – #53731
  • Provide a more accurate description for a few script and style functions – #54044
  • Сlarify that term_id is a valid value for the $field parameter of get_term_by() – #54065

Editor

  • Update block editor packages for WordPress 5.8.1 – #54052, #52818

Media

  • Remove documentation detailing specific edge cases in the image_editor_output_format filter – #53955
  • Apply the wp_editor_set_quality filter not only when loading an image in the editor but also when saving an converted image, after the mime-type of the output image has changed – #53667
  • Media: fix showing of the “Filter Media” filds when replacing an image from the media modal – #53833

Site Health

  • Remove 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/. query cache size from the Site Health Info screen – #53845

Widgets

  • Pass correct context to get_block_categories() calls – #53757
  • Rename and soft deprecate retrieve_widgets() – #53811
  • Show title and media select fields 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 – #53641

Props

Thanks to the 61 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @audrasjb (8), @hellofromTonya (5), @pbearne (4), @jrf (4), @azaozz (4), @sabernhardt (4), @desrosj (3), @zieladam (2), @walbo (2), @kevin940726 (2), @johnbillion (2), @andraganescu (2), @netweb (2), @sergeybiryukov (2), @peterwilsoncc (2), @mukesh27 (2), @circlecube (2), @zodiac1978 (1), @noisysocks (1), @antonvlasenko (1), @terraling (1), @dariak (1), @vladytimy (1), @bedas (1), @ramonopoly (1), @timothyblynjacobs (1), @mikeschroder (1), @mkaz (1), @mhuntdesign (1), @hudson-atwell (1), @mark-k (1), @alexstine (1), @Enchiridion (1), @mt8biz (1), @westonruter (1), @jayupadhyay01 (1), @joen (1), @aristath (1), @toro_unit (1), @juanmaguitar (1), @gazchap (1), @tmatsuur (1), @muhammadfaizanhaidar (1), @ankitmaru (1), @pbiron (1), @ayeshrajans (1), @hareesh-pillai (1), @oandregal (1), @gziolo (1), @ntsekouras (1), @jblz (1), @talldanwp (1), @ribaricplusplus (1), @youknowriad (1), @paaljoachim (1), @kreppar (1), @ellatrix (1), @ajlende (1), and @mamaduka (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 7 (!) new contributors of the week! @terraling, @bedas, @hudson-atwell, @Enchiridion, @juanmaguitar, @gazchap, and @muhammadfaizanhaidar ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (8), @hellofromtonya (5), @desrosj (4), @azaozz (2), @ryelle (1), @noisysocks (1), and @peterwilsoncc (1).

#5-8-1, #5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 7:03 am on August 31, 2021
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A Week in Core – August 30, 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 August 23 and August 30, 2021.

  • 33 commits
  • 34 contributors
  • 63 tickets created
  • 11 tickets reopened
  • 49 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the next point (5.8.1) and major (5.9) releases.

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

  • Remove a misleading pointer cursor from list items in the adminadmin (and super admin) menu – #51551

Build/Test Tools

  • Install the Composer package dependencies within the Docker environment as part of the local development environment installation and testing processes – #53945
  • Preserve text within backticks in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. notifications – #52644
  • Remove shell: bash from PHPUnit test workflow – #53363
  • Remove shell: bash from code coverage workflow – #53363
  • Use list format when defining environment variables in Docker compose file – #53820
  • Remove css/dist in grunt clean command – #53719
  • Improve bootstrap error message for when ABSPATH folder does not exist
  • Move wp_list_filter() tests to their own file – #53363, #53987
  • Move wp_list_pluck() tests to their own file – #53363, #53987
  • Move wp_list_sort() tests to their own file – #53363, #53987
  • Remove duplicate wp_list_pluck() tests – #53363, #53987
  • Rename the test file and class for wp_filter_object_list() tests – #53363, #53987

Coding Standards

  • Add missing visibility keywords for wp_filter_object_list() and wp_list_pluck() tests – #53363, #53987
  • Fix WPCSWordPress Coding Standards A collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) to validate code developed for WordPress. It ensures code quality and adherence to coding conventions, especially the official standards for WordPress Core. issue in [51682] – #54030
  • Fix indentation and remove ignore annotation in wp_privacy_send_personal_data_export_email() – #53359
  • Make ignore annotation more specific in WP_Site_Health_Auto_Updates::test_vcs_abspath() – #53359
  • Remove redundant ignore annotation in populate_options() – #53359
  • Update the config for WordPress.PHP.FileName in PHPCSPHP Code Sniffer PHP Code Sniffer, a popular tool for analyzing code quality. The WordPress Coding Standards rely on PHPCS. ruleset – #53359
  • Update the config for WordPress.PHP.NoSilencedErrors in PHPCS ruleset – #53359
  • Use static closures when not using $this – #53359
  • Pass correct default value to http_build_query() in WP_Sitemaps_Provider::get_sitemap_url() – #53635

Customize

  • Prevent collapsing expanded panel/section/control when Esc is pressed on a 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. editor instance – #54030
  • Respect prefers-reduced-motion media query in 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. animations – #53542

Documentation

  • Add missing @since 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.) for the $check_signatures parameter of WP_Upgrader::run() – #53399
  • Clarify a comment in WP_Upgrader::run() – #53399

Editor

  • Ensure block attribute serialization in PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher matches the JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. equivalent – #53936

Filesystem 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.

  • Make sure to only call fread() on non-empty files in PclZip::privAddFile() – #54036

Media

  • Fix wp_unique_filename() to check for name collisions with all alternate file names when an image may be converted after uploading. This includes possible collinions with pre-existing images whose sub-sizes/thumbnails are regenerated – #53668

Menus

  • Save display locations for new menus – #53877

Plugins

  • Display a message on Plugins list table if a 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 requires a higher version of PHP or WordPress – #53990

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/.

  • Correct the description for the last_updated property in the block-directory endpoint – #53595

Security

  • Correct the inline docsinline docs (phpdoc, docblock, xref) for the wp_kses_allowed_html 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. – #53597

Toolbar

  • Provide a CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. custom property for the admin bar height – #52623

Props

Thanks to the 34 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @jrf (10), @hellofromTonya (8), @SergeyBiryukov (6), @desrosj (5), @johnbillion (3), @dlh (2), @azaozz (2), @netweb (2), @sabernhardt (1), @pbearne (1), @swissspidy (1), @youknowriad (1), @nico23 (1), @ocean90 (1), @pbrearne (1), @timothyblynjacobs (1), @kevinfodness (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), @mikeschroder (1), @mamaduka (1), @TacoVerdo (1), @zieladam (1), @isabel_brison (1), @kevin940726 (1), @earnjam (1), @gwwar (1), @opurockey (1), @ryelle (1), @kurudrive (1), @circlecube (1), @DavidAnderson (1), @mukesh27 (1), @andraganescu (1), and @ianmjones (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 2 new contributors of the week! @kevinfodness and @kurudrive ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (12), @hellofromtonya (7), @desrosj (5), @johnbillion (4), @peterwilsoncc (2), @mikeschroder (1), @ryelle (1), and @azaozz (1).

#5-8-1, #5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 7:35 pm on August 24, 2021
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A Week in Core – August 23, 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 August 16 and August 23, 2021.

  • 27 commits
  • 21 contributors
  • 58 tickets created
  • 5 tickets reopened
  • 43 tickets closed

Pending the appointment of the WordPress 5.9 team, a number of tickets have been fixed, waiting for the next minor and major releasemajor release A 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.(s).

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

  • Include the commit short summary in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. messages – #52644
  • Move loading the PO class to set_up_before_class() – #53363
  • Move loading the WP_Community_Events class to set_up_before_class() – #53363
  • Rename classes in phpunit/tests/admin/ per the naming conventions – #53363
  • Rename classes in phpunit/tests/editor/ per the naming conventions – #53363
  • Rename classes in phpunit/tests/error-protection/ per the naming conventions – #53363
  • Rename classes in phpunit/tests/feed/ per the naming conventions – #53363
  • Rename classes in phpunit/tests/formatting/ per the naming conventions – #53363
  • Use a better return type check for parse_url() in do_enclose() tests – #53635

Code Modernization

  • Check the input type in validate_file() – #53635
  • Check the return type of parse_url() in WP::parse_request() – #53635
  • Check the return type of parse_url() in download_url() – #53635
  • Check the return type of parse_url() in ms_cookie_constants() – #53635
  • Check the return type of parse_url() on 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/Theme Editor screens – #53635
  • Correct handling of null in wp_parse_str() – #53635
  • Only set auto_detect_line_endings in PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher < 8.1 – #53635
  • Pass correct default value to http_build_query() in WP_Sitemaps_Provider::get_sitemap_url() – #53635
  • Silence the deprecation warning for auto_detect_line_endings – #53635

Customize

  • Hide native control on background position field – #53803

Editor

  • Replace the remaining references to wp.editor with wp.oldEditor – #53762

External Libraries

  • Restore the phpcs:ignore statements in PHPMailer – #53953
  • Upgrade PHPMailer to version 6.5.1 – #53953

Media

  • Check the return type of _get_cron_array() in WP_Media_List_Table::prepare_items() – #53949
  • Fix layout of media library modal on narrow screens – #53679
  • Increase number of media items displayed per page – #53827

Privacy

  • Add space below page selector – #53782

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/.

  • Remove trailing slashes when preloading requests and add unit tests for it – #51636

Toolbar

  • Limit the icon transition style to color only – #43423

Props

Thanks to the 21 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @jrf (10), @SergeyBiryukov (9), @hellofromTonya (8), @mukesh27 (4), @sabernhardt (3), @joedolson (2), @zieladam (2), @audrasjb (2), @earnjam (1), @moch11 (1), @desrosj (1), @andraganescu (1), @wb1234 (1), @walbo (1), @antpb (1), @AlGala (1), @ravipatel (1), @antonvlasenko (1), @johnjamesjacoby (1), @guillaumeturpin (1), and @lucatume (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 5 new contributors of the week! @moch11, @wb1234, @AlGala, @antonvlasenko, and @guillaumeturpin ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (19), @peterwilsoncc (3), @azaozz (2), @ryelle (2), and @desrosj (1).

#5-8-1, #5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 6:57 am on August 17, 2021
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A Week in Core – August 16, 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 August 9 and August 16, 2021.

  • 33 commits
  • 31 contributors
  • 43 tickets created
  • 5 tickets reopened
  • 37 tickets closed

Pending the appointment of the WordPress 5.9 team, a number of tickets have been fixed, waiting for 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.(s).

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

  • Add schema reference to PHPUnit config files – #53363
  • Declare two TestCase classes as abstract – #53363
  • Enable running the tests on PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 8.1 – #53891, #53635
  • Hard deprecate WP_UnitTestCase_Base::checkRequirements() – #46149
  • Hard deprecate WP_UnitTestCase_Base::checkRequirements() – #46149
  • Make the polyfills loading more flexible – #46149
  • Remove Unicode character from PHPUnit version check message – #53363
  • Revert [51602] for now to investigate test failures on PHPUnit < 7.0 – #46149
  • Simplify the PHPUnit test workflow – #53891
  • Add unit tests for the wp_nonce_ays() function – #53882
  • Fix failing i18ni18n Internationalization, or the act of writing and preparing code to be fully translatable into other languages. Also see localization. Often written with a lowercase i so it is not confused with a lowercase L or the numeral 1. Often an acquired skill. unit tests 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. metadata – Follow up for #53238
  • Rename classes in phpunit/tests/formatting/ per the naming conventions – #53363
  • Use correct comparison in do_enclose() tests – #53635

Code Modernization

  • Check the return type of _get_cron_array() in wp_schedule_event() – #53635
  • Check the return type of parse_url() in WP::parse_request() – #53635
  • Correct handling of null in wp_parse_str() – #53635
  • Rename the readonly() function to wp_readonly() – #53858
  • Replace strftime() and gmstrftime() usage in unit tests – #53897
  • Silence the deprecation warning for missing return type in phpunit/tests/compat.php – #53635

Documentation

  • Add a @see reference to the wp_mail_content_type 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. in wp_staticize_emoji_for_email() – #53399
  • Add a @see reference to the xmlrpc_enabled filter in wp_xmlrpc_server::set_is_enabled() – #53399
  • Correct @since version for the wp_parse_str filter – #53399
  • Fix typo in the get_block_editor_settings() description – #53922
  • Improve documentation for a few functions per the documentation standards – #53399
  • Synchronize documentation for wp_get_attachment_image_attributes filter callbacks in bundled themes – #53878

Editor

  • Preserve the original template keys when preparing a list of page templates – #53898
  • Add support for variations in block.json file – #53238

General

  • Restore (un-deprecate) the sanitize_url() function – #53876

Themes

  • Make sure the theme 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. response is not an error before operating on it in themes_api() – #53913
  • Twenty Seventeen: Add support for wa.me links in Social Links menu – #51946
  • Twenty Twenty: Add support for wa.me links in Social menu – #50542

Upgrade/Install

  • Update sodium_compat to v1.17.0 – #53907
  • Use consistent capitalization for “web host” in setup messages – #53926

Props

Thanks to the 31 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @jrf (17), @SergeyBiryukov (7), @swissspidy (4), @hellofromTonya (4), @pbearne (3), @sabernhardt (3), @mukesh27 (3), @lucatume (2), @Ipstenu (1), @thomasplevy (1), @Toro_Unit (1), @aadilali (1), @Mamaduka (1), @jorgefilipecosta (1), @youknowriad (1), @ayeshrajans (1), @haosun (1), @jeherve (1), @desrosj (1), @schlessera (1), @gwwar (1), @pierlo (1), @ankitmaru (1), @bradparbs (1), @tmatsuur (1), @dkarfa (1), @carepsules (1), @macmanx (1), @pedromendonca (1), @iluy (1), and @knutsp (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 3 new contributors of the week! @aadilali, @carepsules, and @iluy ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (31), and @gziolo (2).

#5-8-1, #5-9, #core, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 10:14 pm on August 9, 2021
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A Week in Core – August 9, 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 August 2 and August 9, 2021.

  • 58 commits
  • 22 contributors
  • 48 tickets created
  • 8 tickets reopened
  • 23 tickets closed

Pending the appointment of the WordPress 5.9 team, a number of tickets have been fixed, waiting for 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.(s). This week was also partly dedicated to PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 8.1 compatibility.

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

  • Add Composer dependency on the PHPUnit Polyfills package – #46149
  • Add 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". filtering for SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. notifications workflow – #52644
  • Add schema reference to PHPUnit config files – #53363
  • Alias the Getopt class conditionally, as the class no longer exists in PHPUnit 9.x – #46149
  • Change the inheritance order of the abstract test classes – #46149
  • Correct invalidinvalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. JSONJSON JSON, 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. in Slack payload – #52644
  • Correctly check for the trigger event when running the Slack notifications workflow – #52644
  • Declare two TestCase classes as abstract – #53363
  • Enable running the tests on PHP 8.1 – #53891, #53635
  • Expand Slack notifications for 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/ Actions – #52644
  • Fix message display in test bootstrap – #53363
  • Handle removal of TestCase::getAnnotations() – #46149
  • Implement use of the void solution – #46149
  • Loosen the PHPUnit restriction – #46149
  • Remove SpeedTrapListener – #46149
  • Remove Unicode character from PHPUnit version check message – #53363
  • Remove the Composer lock file from version controlversion control A version control system keeps track of the source code and revisions to the source code. WordPress uses Subversion (SVN) for version control, with Git mirrors for most repositories. – #47381
  • Remove the copied-in PHPUnit 9.x MockObject files – #46149
  • Revert changes only included for testing purposes – #52644
  • Simplify redundant PHPUnit shim for setExpectedException() – #46149
  • Switch to always running the tests via Composer – #47381
  • Unify the PHPUnit adapter TestCases – #46149
  • Use a custom autoloader for the PHPUnit 9.x mock object classes – #47381
  • Use the PHPUnit Polyfill TestCase as void workaround – #46149
  • Fix tests failing due to assertContains() using strict checking – #46149
  • Remove redundant @requires tags – #46149
  • Remove use of assertArraySubset() in Test_WP_Widget_Media::test_constructor() – #46149
  • Replace assertFileNotExists() with assertFileDoesNotExist() – #46149
  • Replace assertNotRegExp() with assertDoesNotMatchRegularExpression() – #46149
  • Replace assertRegExp() with assertMatchesRegularExpression() – #46149
  • Replace expectException() for PHP native errors with calls to the dedicated PHPUnit 8.4+ methods – #46149
  • Replace expectException() for PHP native errors with calls to the dedicated PHPUnit 8.4+ methods – #46149
  • Use more appropriate assertions in get_themes() tests – #53363
  • Use more appropriate assertions in get_themes() tests – #53363

Bundled Themes

  • Add / character to tags – #53870
  • Remove redundant semicolons after closing curly brackets – #53359
  • Twenty Thirteen: Correct indentation in image.php template – #53359
  • Twenty Thirteen: Remove wrapping HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. 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.) from translatable string – #53359

Code Modernization

  • Pass correct default value to new DateTime() in wp_default_packages_inline_scripts() – #53635
  • Rename the readonly() function to wp_readonly() – #53858
  • Replace strftime() and gmstrftime() usage in unit tests – #53897
  • Set the MySQLi error reporting off for PHP 8.1 – #52825
  • Silence the deprecation warnings for missing return type in WP_Block_List – #53635
  • Silence the deprecation warnings for missing return type in WP_Hook – #53635
  • Silence the deprecation warnings for missing return type in WP_REST_Request – #53635
  • Silence the deprecation warnings for missing return type in WP_Theme – #53635

Coding Standards

  • Correct DateTimeZone class name in WP_Customize_Date_Time_Control::get_timezone_info() – #53359
  • Fix incorrect alignment in two comment blocks – #53359
  • Fix incorrect comment indent in safecss_filter_attr() – #53359
  • Remove redundant semicolons after closing curly brackets – #53359
  • Silence a WPCSWordPress Coding Standards A collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) to validate code developed for WordPress. It ensures code quality and adherence to coding conventions, especially the official standards for WordPress Core. warning in date_i18n() – #53359
  • Use strict comparisons in wp-admin/options-discussion.php – #53359
  • Use strict comparisons in wp-admin/upload.php – #53359

Editor

  • Prevent 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.-editor JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. loading in other editors – #53696
  • Block Editor: Add missing border setting on button block – #53702

Media

  • Add / character to <img> tag in wp_print_media_templates() – #53870
  • Hide bulk-select on new menu page – #53654

Themes

  • Correct the documented types for theme mod values – #53399

Props

Thanks to the 22 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @jrf (43), @SergeyBiryukov (8), @hellofromTonya (6), @johnbillion (6), @netweb (5), @desrosj (4), @ayeshrajans (3), @akabarikalpesh (2), @swissspidy (2), @shital-patel (2), @priethor (1), @daisyo (1), @Mamaduka (1), @sabernhardt (1), @dlh (1), @Clorith (1), @aristath (1), @pputzer (1), @dd32 (1), @knutsp (1), @haosun (1), and @mikeschroder (1).

Congrats and welcome to our new contributor of the week! @haosun ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (47), @desrosj (5), @peterwilsoncc (4), @johnbillion (1), and @jorgefilipecosta (1).

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

Jb Audras 9:48 pm on August 2, 2021
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A Week in Core – August 2, 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 July 26 and August 26, 2021.

  • 24 commits
  • 24 contributors
  • 85 tickets created
  • 7 tickets reopened
  • 58 tickets closed

Pending the appointment of the WordPress 5.9 team, a number of tickets have been fixed, waiting for 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.(s). No release date is yet available for 5.8.1, but it should arrive in a couple of weeks.

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

  • Post a message to #core in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. when a workflow fails – #52644
  • Remove the check for changes to version-controlled files in the Test Old 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". workflow – #53799
  • Revert the test and coding standards changes in [51511] – #52644
  • Split packages and blocks to their webpack configs – #53690

Bundled Themes

  • Remove extra trailing spaces from translatable strings in 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 – #53774

Coding Standards

  • Apply some alignment fixes from composer format – #53729
  • Coding Standards: Fix typo in the JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. function name for handling the password reset button – #53359
  • Code Modernization: Silence the deprecation warning for missing return type in JsonSerializable_Object – #53635
  • Add missing documentation for the minute parameter of WP_Query – #53399

Documentation

  • Clarify the @return value for WP_Filesystem_Base::getnumchmodfromh() – #53399
  • Correct @return type for WP_Filesystem_Base::getnumchmodfromh() – #53793
  • Correct the documented allowed range for the minute and second parameters of WP_Query – #53399
  • Document the $wpdb global in WP_Debug_Data::get_mysql_var() – #53845
  • Fix typo in the WP_Upgrader::install_package() description – #53399
  • Replace $this in hook param docs with more appropriate names – #53457

Networks and Sites

  • Replace two remaining occurrences of “blogblog (versus network, site)” with “site” in user-facing strings – #53775

Site Health

  • Add some more 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/. information to the Site Health Info screen – #53845

Site Health

  • Standardise site health check status message punctuation – #53594

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.

  • Pass correct default value for $post_id to wp_terms_checklist() in the posts list table – #43639

Themes

  • Add “Template Editing” to the list of WordPress theme features – #53556, #meta5802
  • Make sure get_theme_mods() always returns an array – #51423

Upgrade/Install

  • Add files for 5.8 to the $_old_files list that were missed – #53702
  • Avoid creating nonce during installation – #53830
  • Skip any node_modules directories when removing Genericons example.html files on update – #52765
  • Store correct result when bulk updating plugins or themes – #53002

Props

Thanks to the 24 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @SergeyBiryukov (3), @desrosj (3), @audrasjb (3), @jrf (2), @johnbillion (2), @donmhico (2), @mukesh27 (2), @afragen (2), @pbiron (1), @ocean90 (1), @WFMattR (1), @aristath (1), @youknowriad (1), @poena (1), @pwtyler (1), @tareiking (1), @bobbingwide (1), @zodiac1978 (1), @xknown (1), @hellofromTonya (1), @sanketchodavadiya (1), @swissspidy (1), @schlessera (1), and @ankitmaru (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 2 new contributors of the week! @pwtyler and @tareiking ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (15), @desrosj (5) and @johnbillion (4).

#5-8, #meta5802, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 10:24 pm on July 26, 2021
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A Week in Core – July 26, 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 July 19 and July 26, 2021.

  • 24 commits
  • 23 contributors
  • 103 tickets created
  • 18 tickets reopened
  • 68 tickets closed

Please note that as expected, WordPress 5.8 was released last week, on Tuesday July 20, 2021 🌟

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

  • Rename classes in phpunit/tests/widgets/ per the naming conventions – #53363
  • Rename classes in phpunit/tests/sitemaps/ per the naming conventions – #53363
  • Rename classes in phpunit/tests/blocks/ per the naming conventions – #53363
  • Move and fix incorrectly placed tests 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. supported styles – #53363
  • Use better assertions in WP_UnitTestCase_Base::assertEqualFields(): – #53363
  • Modernize the WP_UnitTestCase_Base::assertEqualFields() method: – #53363
  • Correct placement of the $message parameter in assertDiscardWhitespace() – #53363
  • Add a $message parameter for custom assertions in WP_UnitTestCase_Base – #53363
  • Correct class name for WP_Filesystem_Base::find_folder() tests – #53363
  • Update PHP_CodeSniffer to version 3.6.0 – #53477

Bundled Themes

  • Version Bump 2010, 2011 and 2012 – #53777
  • Bundled Themes: Use correct path for loading images in block patterns – #53769
  • Twenty Ten: Use correct path for loading block patterns – #53752

Media

  • Check the posts_per_page value in wp_ajax_query_attachments() before using it as a divisor – #53773
  • Media: Remove unused code from wp-admin/includes/media.php – #53764

Documentation

  • Miscellaneous docblockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) corrections and improvements – #53399
  • Add a comment about the $title global usage in various adminadmin (and super admin) files – #53729
  • Correct a comment about WebP constants in wp-includes/compat.php – #53680

Help/About

  • Add / character to img and source tags – #53716

Internationalization

  • Fix broken 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. in WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver

Editor

  • Conditionally load registered styles for block variations – #53616

External Libraries

  • Correct the underscore version used when registering – #53713
  • Correct the jquery-form version used when registering – #53714
  • Correct the hoverIntent version used when registering – #53715

Props

Thanks to the 23 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @jrf (5), @audrasjb (4), @sabernhardt (3), @david.binda (3), @hellofromTonya (2), @aristath (2), @SergeyBiryukov (1), @schlessera (1), @TobiasBg (1), @ankitmaru (1), @radixweb (1), @rtm909 (1), @GaryJ (1), @dd32 (1), @ravipatel (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), @loranrendel (1), @ryelle (1), @rudlinkon (1), @youknowriad (1), @kapilpaul (1), @2linctools (1), and @johnbillion (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 5 new contributors of the week! @radixweb, @rtm909, @loranrendel, @rudlinkon, and @2linctools ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (17), @desrosj (3), @gziolo (2), @peterwilsoncc (1), and @johnbillion (1).

#5-8, #week-in-core

Jb Audras 10:50 pm on July 19, 2021
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A Week in Core – July 19, 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 July 12 and July 19, 2021.

  • 37 commits
  • 35 contributors
  • 53 tickets created
  • 15 tickets reopened
  • 51 tickets closed

Please note that WordPress 5.8 will be released tomorrow on Tuesday July 20, 2021 🌟

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

Application Passwords

  • Improve various user-facing and developer-facing terminology – #53503, #53691

Build/Test Tools

  • Update the caniuse browser data and regenerate CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. – #53277
  • Clean up skipping conditions and requirements for various tests – #53009
  • Correct the test for autosaving a post with Ajax – #53363
  • Replace assertContains() with assertStringContainsString() when used with strings – #53363, #46149
  • Require the WP_REST_Test_Controller class in WP_REST_Controller tests – #53363
  • Reset $current_screen global between tests to avoid cross-test interdependencies – #53431
  • Use more appropriate assertions in rest_sanitize_request_arg() tests – #53363
  • Use more appropriate assertions in various tests – #53123, #53363
  • Use more appropriate assertions in various tests – #53363
  • Use more appropriate assertions in various tests – #53363
  • Use more appropriate assertions in various tests – #53363
  • Use more appropriate assertions in various tests – #53363
  • Use more appropriate assertions in various tests – #53363
  • Use more appropriate assertions in various tests – #53363
  • Use more appropriate assertions in various tests – #53363

Bundled Themes

  • Revert the [51372] update to 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 bundled themes – #53617

Coding Standards

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.

  • Don’t always set normalizedTransitionendEventName to null – #53562

Documentation

  • Correct documentation for wp_get_post_parent_id() – #53399
  • Synchronize the $post_id argument description for some post and attachment functions – #53399
  • Various documentation fixes following [51129] – #44314

Editor

  • Second round of package updates ahead of RC3
  • Backportbackport A 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. fixes targetted for WordPress 5.8 RC4 – #53397
  • Include the fixes targetted for WordPress 5.8 RC3 – #53397

Help/About

  • Update the About page for 5.8 – #52775
  • Update the About section for 5.8 – #52775

Media

  • Document edge cases with the new image_editor_output_format 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. – #5366, #53668, #35725
  • Fix JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. error in Media Library when infinite scroll enabled – #53672
  • When resizing WebP images set the compression to “lossy” by default. Fixes a 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. where the compression was set to “lossless” when the uploaded WebP images have extended file format (VP8X) – #53653

Privacy

  • Ensure the copy button actually copies the suggested privacy policy text – #53652, #52891

Upgrade/Install

  • Add additional files to $_old_files for 5.8 – #53367

Widgets

  • Prevent widgets unintentionally being moved to the inactive 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. – #53657
  • Replace wp.editor references in the legacy text 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. – #53437
  • Use wp_sidebar_description() to retrieve a sidebar’s description – #53646
  • Validate HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. before saving block widgets

Props

Thanks to the 35 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @desrosj (6), @SergeyBiryukov (4), @jrf (3), @peterwilsoncc (3), @hellofromTonya (3), @adamsilverstein (2), @javiarce (2), @talldanwp (2), @zieladam (2), @timothyblynjacobs (2), @mikeschroder (2), @antpb (1), @denisco (1), @milana_cap (1), @karmatosed (1), @audrasjb (1), @nao (1), @kevin940726 (1), @noisysocks (1), @jorbin (1), @johnbillion (1), @mukesh27 (1), @kapilpaul (1), @youknowriad (1), @ianmjones (1), @mcsf (1), @get_dave (1), @ellatrix (1), @walbo (1), @dd32 (1), @htmgarcia (1), @linux4me2 (1), @mmxxi (1), @wildworks (1), and @spacedmonkey (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 3 new contributors of the week! @htmgarcia, @linux4me2, and @mmxxi ♥️

Core committers: @sergeybiryukov (16), @desrosj (12), @youknowriad (2), @ryelle (2), @johnbillion (1), @joedolson (1), @azaozz (1), @mikeschroder (1), and @peterwilsoncc (1).

#5-8, #week-in-core