Jb Audras 3:00 pm on October 18, 2021
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Bug Scrub Schedule for 5.9

With 5.9 well underway, we’re ready to schedule the 5.9 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. scrub sessions. These 5.9 specific ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. scrubs will happen each week until the final release.

Alpha Scrubs:

Hosted by @audrasjb

Hosted by @chaion07 (APAC-friendly)

BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. Scrubs:

Focus: issues reported from the previous beta.

RC Scrubs:

Focus: issues reported from the previous RC

Check this schedule often, as it will change to reflect the latest information.

What about recurring component scrubs and triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. sessions?

The above 5.9 scheduled bug scrubs are separate and in addition.

For your reference, here are some of the recurring sessions:

  • Twenty Twenty-Two Triage: Every Monday 15:00 UTC in the #core-themes channel.
  • GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ Design Triage: Every Tuesday 16:00 UTC in the #design channel.
  • 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) Scrub: Every Friday 15:00 UTC in the #accessibility channel.
  • Testing Scrub: Every Friday 13:15 UTC in the #core-test channel.
  • CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Scrub: First Thursday of every month 20:00 UTC in the #core-css channel.
  • Upgrade/Install Component: Every Tuesday at 17:00 UTC in the #core-auto-update channel.
  • Help/About Component: Every Monday, 19:00 UTC in the #core channel.

Want to lead a bug scrub?

Did you know that anyone can lead a bug scrub at anytime? Yes, you can!

How? PingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” @audrasjb or @chaion07 on 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/. and let us know the day and time you’re considering as well as the report or tickets you want to scrub.

Planning one that’s 5.9-focused? Awesome! We’ll add it to the schedule here. You’ll get well deserved props in the weekly Dev Chat, as well as in the #props Slack channel!

Where can you find tickets to scrub?

  • Report 5 provides a list of all open 5.9 tickets:
    • Use this list to focus on highest priority tickets first.
    • Use this list to focus on tickets that haven’t received love in a while.
  • Report 6 provides a list of open 5.9 tickets ordered by workflow.

Need a refresher on bug scrubs? Checkout Leading Bug Scrubs in the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. handbook.

Questions?

Have a question, concern, or suggestion? Want to lead a bug scrub? Please leave a comment or reach out directly to @audrasjb or @chaion07 on slack.

Thanks @jeffpaul for proof-reading.

#5-9, #bug-scrub

Jb Audras 11:09 pm on November 16, 2021
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A Week in Core – November 15, 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 November 8 and November 15, 2021.

  • 116 commits (!)
  • 204 contributors (!)
  • 57 tickets created
  • 10 tickets reopened
  • 89 tickets closed

The Core team is currently working on the 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., WordPress 5.9 🛠

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

About/Help

  • Add commas to end of multi-line array items – #54357
  • add docs links to several screens – #54357

Administration

  • Restores “Customize” menu item for non-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. themes and moves for block themes – #54418

Bootstrap/Load

  • Add HTTP/3 as a valid HTTPHTTP HTTP 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. protocol. – #54404
  • Bootstrap/Load: Check $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] exists before passing to strpos() in wp_fix_server_vars() – #54142

Build/Test Tools

  • Cache the results of PHP_CodeSniffer across workflow runs – #49783
  • Exclude plugins and non-bundled themes from PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher compatibility scans – #54425
  • Make adjustments to how Quick Draft tests confirm expected behavior – #54409
  • Mock no results remote request in WP_REST_Block_Directory_Controller:: get_items() – #54420
  • Mock remote request for WP_REST_Block_Directory_Controller::get_items() – #54420
  • Mock remote request for unknown 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 in WP_REST_Plugins_Controller::create_item() – #54420
  • Restore the httpsHTTPS HTTPS is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 'S' at the end of HTTPS stands for 'Secure'. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. This is especially helpful for protecting sensitive data like banking information. URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org for browserify-aes – #54337
  • Update all 3rd party 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 to the latest versions – #53363
  • Change default GitHub 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". to trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. – #54399
  • Update qUnit test fixtures after [52128] – #54336

Bundled Theme

  • Display required text field in core themes – #54392
  • Import Twenty Twenty-Two, the new default theme for WordPress 5.9 – #54318
  • Twenty Eleven: Improve comment form styling for required fields – #54408
  • Twenty Nineteen: Apply coding standards fix from running composer format – #54392
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Add privacy policy link to footer – #53445
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Correct default image alignment in the editor – #53809
  • Twenty Twenty-One: Prevent printing skip link focus fix when SCRIPT_DEBUG is enabled – #54429
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Import the assets directory from GitHub – #52081
  • Twenty Twenty-Two: Import the latest changes from GitHub – #54318

Coding Standards

  • Minor alignment fix after [52058] – #52058
  • PHP Code style errors – #43700
  • PHP Code style errors – #43700
  • Rename the $gzData argument to $gz_data in WP_Http_Encoding::compatible_gzinflate() – #53359
  • Revert accidental image changes in [52171] – #54168
  • Revert unrelated change to wp_send_user_request() – #43700
  • Use strict comparison in wp-admin/includes/ms.php – #47422

Comments

  • Don’t output “cancel comment reply link” if comments aren’t threaded – #37267
  • Use get_comment_author() to retrieve the comment author name in get_comment_reply_link() – #53678

Database

  • WPDB: Capture error in wpdb::$last_error when insert fails instead of silently failing for 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. data or value too long – #37267

Docs

  • Add missing documentation for the $javascript parameter of the wp_inline_script_attributes 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. – #53399
  • Avoid using “CPT” instead of “custom post typeCustom Post Type WordPress can hold and display many different types of content. A single item of such a content is generally called a post, although post is also a specific post type. Custom Post Types gives your site the ability to have templated posts, to simplify the concept.” – #53399, #54335, #54336
  • List the expected return type first in a few functions – #53399

Editor

  • Update SVNSVN Subversion, the popular version control system (VCS) by the Apache project, used by WordPress to manage changes to its codebase. props to ignore new asset files – #54337, #53361
  • Update SVN props to ignore new asset files – #54337, #53361
  • Add documentation for the $block_editor_context parameter of the block_editor_rest_api_preload_paths hook – #52920, #53399
  • Site Editor and PHP changes from GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 10.1 – 11.9 – #54337
  • Site Editor: Load as full screen by default – #54337
  • Add Navigation Area infrastructure – #54337
  • Add block theme infrastructure – #54335
  • Add get_query_pagination_arrow function to core
  • Add public functions for interacting with global styles & settings – #54336
  • Fix fatal call to add_query_args() – #54337
  • Fix how the Site Editor is linked to – #54337
  • Fix incorrect access of ID field – #54337
  • Global Styles Rest endpoints – #54336
  • Global styles user content escaping – #54336
  • Load iframed assets in Site Editor – #54337
  • Update wordpress packages – #54337
  • Fix Linting error affecting trunk
  • Update wordpress packages – #54337
  • Update wordpress packages – #54337
  • Update block-theme-pl_PL.mo file. – #54336

Embeds

  • Conditionally enqueue wp-embed only if needed and send ready message in case script loads after post embed windows – #44632, #44306
  • Fix inclusion of wp-embed-template script and style when SCRIPT_DEBUG is disabled – #44632
  • Fix parsing of post embeds in wp_filter_oembed_result() by appending wp-embed script instead of prepending it in get_post_embed_html() – #44632

External Libraries

  • Update the regenerator-runtime package to version 0.13.9 – #54027
  • Update ‘reactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/.’ and ‘react-dom’ – #54337

General

  • Add “noopener” to wp_list_bookmarks() output – #53839
  • General: Convert wp_list_filter() into a wrapper for wp_filter_object_list() – #53988
  • General: Minor fixes to Global Style related code – #54336

HTTP 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.

  • Ensure value returned from 'http_allowed_safe_ports' is an array to avoid PHP 8+ TypeError fatal error – #54331
  • Introduce 'http_allowed_safe_ports' filter in wp_http_validate_url() – #54331

Internationalization

  • Add language switcher on login/registration screens – #43700
  • Add missing translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. wrapper for the Global Styles post type description – #54336

Login and Registration

  • Fix failing test for “email already exists” registration error improvement – #53631
  • Improve “email already exists” registration error message – #53631
  • Improve messaging for invalid log-out nonces – #52600
  • Pass $errors parameter to registration_redirect filter – #53992
  • Wrap long usernames in login error message – #37617

Mail

  • Add wp_mail_succeeded hook to wp_mail – #53826

Media

  • Add “webp” extension to wp.media.controller.Library isImageAttachment – #53917
  • Change upload button to a file input for better e2e targeting – #54168
  • Featured imageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. modal loads only selected image – #42937
  • Featured image modal loads only selected image – #53765
  • Refine the heuristics to exclude certain images and iframes from being lazy-loaded to improve performance – #53675, #50425
  • Revert media uploader input change in [52059] – #54168, #54411
  • Add audible notice on menu item add or remove – #53840

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

  • Correct docs for $_meta_value parameter in xxx_{$meta_type}_meta hooksHooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same. – #53102

Posts, Post Types

  • Add $old_status parameter to {$new_status}_{$post->post_type} action – #36180
  • Mark the wp_global_styles post type as _builtin – #54336
  • Remove gutenberg text domain from post type strings – #54336, #54337
  • Update _edit_last meta when posts are edited in bulk – #42446

Quick/Bulk Edit

  • Disable auto-correct for slugs – #50499

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/.

  • Add /wp/v2/block-navigation-areas endpoint – #54393
  • Add batch support for posts and terms controllers – #53063
  • Expose the site icon in the REST API index – #52321
  • Introduce Menu management endpoints – #40878
  • Regenerate wp-api-generated.js after [52068] – #53063
  • Remove experimental block menu item types – #40878

RevisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision.

  • Introduce wp_get_post_revisions_url() to get URL for editing revisions – #39062

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.

  • Allow get_*_*_link() and edit_term_link() functions to accept a term ID, WP_Term, or term object – #50225
  • Change some static strings to registration labels – #43060
  • Clarify the taxonomy labels for customizing the field descriptions on Edit Tags screen: – #43060
  • Display update notices when adding terms – #42937
  • Document that the get_terms filter can have null for $taxonomies – #54222

Template

  • Fix “undefined index: 00” when archive month query is empty in wp_title() – #31521

Themes

  • Avoid fatal error loading adminadmin (and super admin) styles when SCRIPT_DEBUG is false – #54401, #54336
  • Check both parent and child themes for a theme.json file – #54401
  • Force a scrollbar on the Themes page to prevent visual shake on hover – #53478
  • Twenty Twenty-Two is now the default theme – #54318
  • Update theme.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. classes for WordPress 5.9 – #54336
  • Hide Customize from admin bar when using a block theme – #54337

Upgrade/Install

  • Deactivate the Gutenberg plugin if its version is 11.8 or lower – #54405
  • Update screen reader text counts in adminbar – #29022

Users

  • Introduce wp_list_users() function – #15145
  • Prevent infinite 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. when using capability checks during determine_current_user on multisitemultisite Used 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 – #53386

Widgets

  • Use isset() in WP_Widget:: display_callback() to support ArrayIterator and ArrayObject – #52728
  • Wraps long 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. titles in classic Widgets screen – #37451

Props

Please note that it was the most prolific week since we restarted the Week in Core blogblog (versus network, site) posts last year!

Thanks to the 204 (!) people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @hellofromTonya (28), @audrasjb (21), @sabernhardt (14), @desrosj (11), @sergeybiryukov (11), @costdev (10), @johnbillion (9), @oandregal (8), @spacedmonkey (7), @peterwilsoncc (7), @poena (6), @swissspidy (6), @afercia (6), @youknowriad (6), @noisysocks (5), @davidbaumwald (5), @hellofromtonya (4), @birgire (4), @TimothyBlynJacobs (4), @SergeyBiryukov (4), @mukesh27 (3), @Mamaduka (3), @adamsilverstein (3), @antonvlasenko (3), @aristath (3), @pento (3), @dd32 (3), @chaion07 (3), @westonruter (3), @jorbin (3), @TobiasBg (2), @chrisvanpatten (2), @joedolson (2), @soean (2), @dilipbheda (2), @manishamakhija (2), @kjellr (2), @garrett-eclipse (2), @flixos90 (2), @kafleg (2), @Clorith (2), @dlh (2), @Boniu91 (2), @justinahinon (2), @ryelle (2), @ocean90 (2), @mte90 (2), @hareesh-pillai (2), @jrf (2), @webcommsat (2), @drewapicture (2), @tobifjellner (2), @bgardner (1), @rviscomi (1), @sourav926 (1), @jonoaldersonwp (1), @azaozz (1), @briceduclos (1), @colorful-tones (1), @tweetythierry (1), @pbearne (1), @sebastianpisula (1), @aaroncampbell (1), @kapilpaul (1), @xknown (1), @chriscct7 (1), @donmhico (1), @gziolo (1), @malthert (1), @greenshady (1), @nacin (1), @rohan013 (1), @bernhard-reiter (1), @ntsekouras (1), @tw2113 (1), @Nikschavan (1), @keyur5 (1), @paaljoachim (1), @jdy68 (1), @dgwyer (1), @almendron (1), @kallookoo (1), @zieladam (1), @palmiak (1), @andraganescu (1), @dingo_d (1), @isabel_brison (1), @utz119 (1), @kadamwhite (1), @scruffian (1), @NateWr (1), @schlessera (1), @Spacedmonkey (1), @ribaricplusplus (1), @talldanwp (1), @wpscholar (1), @pgking (1), @andynick (1), @richtabor (1), @kraftbj (1), @dimadin (1), @gregrickaby (1), @ellenbauer (1), @jffng (1), @dansoschin (1), @karmatosed (1), @littlebigthing (1), @williampatton (1), @onemaggie (1), @matveb (1), @mburridge (1), @mtoensing (1), @nickcernis (1), @nielslange (1), @wparslan (1), @georgestephanis (1), @davidkryzaniak (1), @lukecarbis (1), @galbaras (1), @jdgrimes (1), @justindocanto (1), @kwisatz (1), @liammitchell (1), @lucasw89 (1), @nettsite (1), @dpegasusm (1), @nlpro (1), @procodewp (1), @psufan (1), @richardfoley (1), @skunkbad (1), @travisnorthcutt (1), @fpcsjames (1), @asif2bd (1), @zoiec (1), @ianhayes94 (1), @david.binda (1), @mista-flo (1), @jeffpaul (1), @bravokeyl (1), @gkloveweb (1), @hitendra-chopda (1), @ovann86 (1), @anthonyeden (1), @pankajmohale (1), @sabrib (1), @xkon (1), @dlt101 (1), @mnelson4 (1), @datainterlock (1), @anandau14 (1), @woodyhayday (1), @henrywright (1), @aadilali (1), @jeremyescott (1), @davidmosterd (1), @herregroen (1), @michelwppi (1), @kebbet (1), @iaaxpage (1), @mclaurent (1), @theMikeD (1), @paulschreiber (1), @jeremyfelt (1), @dontgo2sleep (1), @swb1192 (1), @afragen (1), @JeffPaul (1), @Collizo4sky (1), @antpb (1), @hasanuzzamanshamim (1), @jigneshnakrani (1), @sourovroy (1), @rachelbaker (1), @soniakash (1), @benitolopez (1), @danielbachhuber (1), @PieWP (1), @szaqal21 (1), @mjulian7 (1), @pputzer (1), @mamaduka (1), @karpstrucking (1), @mcjambi (1), @ashfame (1), @annezazu (1), @calebwoodbridge (1), @guillaumeturpin (1), and @timothyblynjacobs (1).

Congrats and welcome to our 36 (!!) new contributors of the week: @manishamakhija, @rviscomi, @briceduclos, @keyur5, @kallookoo, @pgking, @andynick, @dansoschin, @mburridge, @mtoensing, @nickcernis, @wparslan, @justindocanto, @kwisatz, @liammitchell, @lucasw89, @nettsite, @dpegasusm, @psufan, @skunkbad, @zoiec, @ianhayes94, @anthonyeden, @sabrib, @dlt101, @datainterlock, @woodyhayday, @aadilali, @mclaurent, @dontgo2sleep, @swb1192, @hasanuzzamanshamim, @benitolopez, @mjulian7, @mcjambi, @calebwoodbridge. ♥️

Core committers: @hellofromtonya (23), @desrosj (18), @noisysocks (14), @joedolson (12), @sergeybiryukov (8), @jorgefilipecosta (7), @davidbaumwald (6), @peterwilsoncc (5), @timothyblynjacobs (5), @westonruter (4), @johnjamesjacoby (2), @jorbin (1), @johnbillion (1), @spacedmonkey (1), @adamsilverstein (1), @ocean90 (1), @youknowriad (1), @flixos90 (1), @antpb (1), @jffng (1), and @ryelle (1).

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

Tonya Mork 9:33 pm on November 16, 2021
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WordPress 5.9 Beta 1 will be delayed for 24 hours

WordPress 5.9 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 was scheduled for release today.

A flag was raised in #core-editor that is considered a blockerblocker A bug which is so severe that it blocks a release. for the Beta phase. There are a few minor flags that need to be prioritized for Beta 2 and beyond. A list of tickets/issues is being prepared to add to 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/, and this post will be updated with that information as it becomes available.

Beta 1 is now delayed by one day. The release team anticipates starting the process on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 21:00 UTC. That’s immediately after the weekly CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. developers’ chat, in the Core channel on 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/..

It’s the last opportunity for tickets to land in 5.9. After Beta 1, any tickets not committed will move to 6.0 or future releases.

The rest of the 5.9 release cycle schedule is unchanged.

#5-9
Paal Joachim Romdahl 9:50 pm on November 15, 2021
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Editor Chat Agenda: 17 November 2021

Facilitator and notetaker: @paaljoachim

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat scheduled for Wednesday, November 17 2021, 03:00 PM GMT+1.

This meeting is held in the #core-editor channel in the Making WordPress 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/..

  • GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 12.0 RC (I assume) will be released Wednesday.
  • WordPress 5.9 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 to be released 16 November.
  • WordPress 5.9 roadmap and priorities.
  • Updates based on updated scope for site editing projects:
    • Navigation 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. & Navigation Editor.
    • Template editor.
    • Patterns.
    • Styling.
    • Mobile Team.
  • Task Coordination.
  • Open Floor.

If you are not able to attend the meeting, you are encouraged to share anything relevant for the discussion:

  • If you have an update for the main site editing projects, please feel free to share as a comment or come prepared for the meeting itself.
  • If you have anything to share for the Task Coordination section, please leave it as a comment on this post.
  • If you have anything to propose for the agenda or other specific items related to those listed above, please leave a comment below.

#agenda, #core-editor, #core-editor-agenda, #meeting

Justin Ahinon 12:04 pm on November 15, 2021
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Performance Chat Agenda: November 16, 2021

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting to occur on November 16 2021, at 15:00 UTC.

Focus group projects discussion

Over the current meeting and the next one (November 23), we will allocate 30 minutes for each focus group to share and discuss their plans with the overall performance team.

Weekly meeting time

Currently, our weekly meetings are held at the same time as 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/. and Themes team meetings. With several interested people unable to attend.

One option would be to hold our meetings an hour later, so at 4:00 PM UTC. What do you think about this?

This meeting happens in the #performance channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Making WordPress Slack.

#agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

Andrew Serong 12:48 am on November 12, 2021
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What’s new in Gutenberg 11.9.0 (10 November)

It’s now November, which means this is the final GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release for WordPress 5.9! Included are several new Gutenberg blocks for working with post comments, along with a host of enhancements to existing blocks with a lot of focus going into improving the Navigation 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., which will feature heavily in block themes.

Finalizing the Site Editing entry point

In preparation to introduce Site Editing in WordPress 5.9 and following the site editing IA proposal, the Site Editor menu item has been renamed to “Editor”, and now sits under the Appearance menu.

Fullscreen pattern explorer modal

With the increasing number of block patterns available in the pattern directory and bundled with themes, there is now a full-screen modal pattern explorer that can be accessed via an Explore button in the pattern inserter. This explorer allows users to find patterns in a bigger, more advanced tool.

New comment blocks

This release includes a handful of new blocks to allow for granular control over the design of comments in templates for posts. The new Comments Query Loop and Comment Template blocks work similarly to the Query 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. and Post Template blocks, but for the display of comments via a default template composed of Post Comment Author, Post Comment Date, and Post Comment Content blocks. Site owners can lay out the blocks to suit their designs, for example, by including the newly added Comment Author Avatar block.

Outside of the display of the comments themselves, are two blocks for displaying the Comment Reply Link and Edit Comment Link.

With these new blocks now available, the existing experimental Post Comment block has been deprecated, with the block now hidden in the inserter.

Further iterations on the Navigation block

With its inclusion in 5.9 and all its recent enhancements, the Navigation block is no longer considered experimental. The block has now opted-in to the flex layout block support, the placeholder for the block has been simplified, and the UIUI User interface and naming of navigation entities have been refined. The data layer for the Navigation block has also been improved, as the block’s data is now saved to a wp_navigation custom post typeCustom Post Type WordPress can hold and display many different types of content. A single item of such a content is generally called a post, although post is also a specific post type. Custom Post Types gives your site the ability to have templated posts, to simplify the concept., allowing greater flexibility surrounding the management of navigation menus used for this block. Among these management improvements, there is an additional menu item for editing and managing navigation menus, found under the Appearance tab, and it is now also possible to create new menus from an existing Navigation block directly within the editor.

Typography tools enhancements

The Typography controls for blocks have been switched to use the ToolsPanel component, which allows blocks’ frequently used settings to be displayed by default, with more advanced controls able to be exposed via a menu. With this in place, typography support across the whole block library has been updated, with many blocks now opting into more controls. For example, most text-based blocks like paragraph, heading, and list blocks now support font style, letter spacing, and text transform, with only the most common font size displayed by default.

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) improvements

Performance and accessibility of the block list view have been improved by using a windowing technique that now renders a fixed number of items at a time instead of every block. The post title component is now covered for screen readers, and announcements have been added on formatting changes in rich text fields. Also, the “Save” keyboard shortcut has been rolled out to the site editor.

Other Notable Highlights

As part of contributors’ efforts to provide an outstanding editor performance, the initial loading of the site editor has been improved. A few features common to the block editor have now been rolled out to the site editor, including rich previews in the link editing UI, which also features an extra text field when modifying an existing link. The UI for saving multiple entities (e.g. site, template, and template parts) has also been improved with descriptive text added.

Block enhancements include padding support for the Columns block, and the Post Author, Post Excerpt, Comment Author, and Code blocks now all have spacing support. Support for embedding Wolfram Cloud links has been added, and there is now transparency support in the Duotone 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. that can be applied to images.

In 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. changes, there is a proposed new set of functions to make it easier for plugins and themes to extract data from theme.json settings and styles without having to use WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver. Also, usage of InnerBlocks.Content within blocks’ save functions has been replaced with useInnerBlocksProps.save for better consistency with behavior in edit components.

The full set of changes included in this release can be found below.

Gutenberg 11.9.0

Features

Block Library

  • New Block: Comment Reply Link. (35774)
  • New Block: Comment Link. (35965)
  • New Block: Comment AvatarAvatar An avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name.. (35396)
  • New Block: Comments Query Loop. (35231)

Enhancements

Block Library

  • Buttons: Add flex layout and new layout type. (35819)
  • Code: Add support for padding, color, and border styles. (27582)
  • Columns: Add padding support. (35701)
  • Comment Author Name: Add spacing to have same options as Post Author Name. (36213)
  • Comment Edit Link: Add alignment option. (36033)
  • Embed: Add Wolfram Cloud as an embed provider. (35656)
  • Gallery: Replace gallery experimental setting with a check for use_balanceTags. (34979)
  • Image: Add data-id attribute on server side render for coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. galleries. (35975)
  • Navigation: Add create new menu button. (36245)
  • Navigation: Add delete nav menu button. (35981)
  • Navigation: Add featured transforms in Link Control for Navigation Link items. (35857)
  • Navigation: Add flex layout. (36169)
  • Navigation: Add missing menu item attributes. (35634)
  • Navigation: Create nav menu on pattern insertion or when the block has uncontrolled inner blocks. (36024)
  • Navigation: Migrate classic menus to block-based menus on theme switch. (36255)
  • Navigation: Mobile responsive navigation by default. (35917)
  • Navigation: Provide a way to manage wp_navigation posts from wp-adminadmin (and super admin). (36126)
  • Navigation: Reword navigation color labels. (35916)
  • Navigation: Save data to a wp_navigation post type. (35746)
  • Navigation: Show the placeholder again when moving from a valid menu to non-existing menu. (36210)
  • Navigation: Update block entity automatic name generation and refine naming UI. (36238)
  • Navigation: Use a single placeholder for the block. (36023)
  • Page List: Create a JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. version for the editor. (31670)
  • Post Author: Add spacing controls. (35963)
  • Post Comment: Deprecate the block now that the Comment Query Loop block has been added. (36032)
  • Post Comment Author: Add alignment options. (36045)
  • Post Comments: Even out the top margin inside the block. (35887)
  • Post Comments: Hide the “Comments Closed” message. (35743)
  • Post Comment Form: Adds in basic styling for post comment form. (35704)
  • Post ExcerptExcerpt An excerpt is the description of the blog post or page that will by default show on the blog archive page, in search results (SERPs), and on social media. With an SEO plugin, the excerpt may also be in that plugin’s metabox.: Add spacing controls. (35959)
  • Post Excerpt: Don’t print the wrapper when there is no excerpt. (35749)
  • Post Title: Return no markup if title is empty. (35861)
  • Search: Add contextual defaults when inserted in Navigation block. (36125)
  • Gallery block: Add a dismissible warning about the need for versions >=18.2 of the mobile app. (36012)

Accessibility

  • Add announcement on formatting change for screen readers. (35896)
  • Add aria-current to navigation link, submenu, page list. (35880)
  • Link editing: Improve focus styles for Link UI preview title. (35853)
  • Site Editor: Enable the “Save” keyboard shortcut. (36138)
  • Try to communicate to screen readers that post title is textarea. (35898)

Block Editor

  • Block toolbar: Remove visual clue from text alignment icon. (35922)
  • Drag and drop: Show drag slot instead of hiding the block being dragged. (33950)
  • Enable rich previews in the Link UI for the Site Editor. (35951)
  • Link editing: Update Link UI design for preview action buttons to use icons for edit and unlink. (35833)
  • Multi-Entity Saving UI Improvements. (35933)
  • Use the block’s name in the “remove block” menu item in the block settings dropdown. (35872)
  • StripHTML: preserve leading and trailing spaces and strip script and on* attributes. (35539)

Full Site Editing

  • Improve the initial loading of the site editor. (36044)
  • Move the Site Editor menu item to sit under Appearance and rename to Editor. (36064)
  • Remove navigation panel in site editor. (36194)
  • Use Heading component on NavigationMenu and NavigationGroup components. (36009)
  • Use SearchControl component inside nav menu. (36011)

Components

  • ColorPicker: Implement new color palette editor component. (35783)
  • Duotone: Add description to clarify that the underlying image will not be affected. (36018)
  • Modal: Wrap the modal contents in a StyleProvider. (36261)
  • ToolsPanel: Update typography panel layout. (35911)
  • LinkControl: Split control for URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org and Text within Link UI. (33849)

Template Editor

  • Add resizer to template part focus mode. (35728)
  • Auto resize the height of template part focus mode. (35974)

Global Styles

  • Remove the duplicated title in background, text and link views. (35583)
  • Typography: Switch to ToolsPanel for block support UI. (33744)
  • Add a Global Styles endpoint and use it in the site editor. (35801)
  • Migrate theme.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. v1 to v2. (36155)
  • Update: Show all color and gradient origins (core, theme, and user). (35970)

Design Tools

  • Duotone: Enable transparency. (34130)
  • Layout: Add flex-wrap control to flex layout. (36003)
  • Typography block support: Add typography support and defaults. (34064)

Media

  • Remove “security” verbiage from warning when filetype does not pass on upload. (36226)

Patterns

  • Add an inserter flag to hide patterns from UI. (36108)

Themes

  • Remove experimental feature notice for block themes. (36083)

General Interface

  • Apply borders to canvas rather than other UI elements. (31081)

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/.

  • Respect fields param for global styles REST API requests. (36206)
  • URL Details: Update regex to include og:Description. (35875)

New APIs

Global Styles

  • Add API to access global settings, styles, and stylesheet. (34843)

Block Library

  • Inner blocks: Add useInnerBlocksProps.save function for edit/save symmetry, and stabilise API. (26031)

Bug Fixes

Block Library

  • Buttons: Address deprecation issues from Buttons flex layout PR. (36192)
  • Classic: Fix select all blocks side effect that overwrote paragraph block contents. (35999)
  • Column: Only add flex-basis if width contains a number. (35831)
  • Comment Template: Move inner blocks container to separate components. (36174)
  • Blocks: Fix relative URLs for inlined styles. (35538)
  • Navigation: Disable ability to edit wp_navigation menus via Appearance -> Navigation Menus for non-FSE themes. (36257)
  • Fix incorrect attributes definitions. (36264)
  • Fix saving template parts in the site editor by fixing controlled inner blocks parent block attributes updates. (35827)
  • Fix incorrect attributes definitions for Column, Cover, and Group blocks. (36140)
  • Gallery: Make sure the mobile warning notice only runs when images are added to a new block. (36326)
  • Gallery: Only show the gallery upload error message if mixed multiple files are uploaded. (35790)
  • Gallery: Remove the arbitrary alt text that is added to gallery images. (35936)
  • Group: Fix inner container regexes that relied on fixed div 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.). (36256)
  • Heading: Avoid error on split when the paragraph isn’t registered. (35871)
  • Image: Make sure the Image block border radius is inherited if the image is linked. (36289)
  • Navigation Submenu: Fix PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher notice caused by stale id reference. (35984)
  • Navigation overlay menu: Fix submenu spacing. (35823)
  • Navigation: Ensure menus exist before map operation. (36355)
  • Navigation: Fix accessibility issues. (36292)
  • Navigation: Fix dropdown indicator position. (36106)
  • Navigation: Fix issues with responsive justifications. (35913) and (36105)
  • Navigation: Fix padding for social links on mobile. (35824)
  • Navigation: Fix submenus not opening on click. (36290)
  • Navigation: Hide post attributes 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. box. (36358)
  • Navigation: Small styling fixes and tweaks. (36298)
  • Pattern: Remove wrapping div. (36090)
  • Post Comment: Handle the case where a comment does not exist. (35810)
  • Post Navigation Link: Do not translate HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. tag. (35930)
  • Post Template Block: Move inner blocks container to separate component. (35945)
  • Post Terms: Prevent the block from breaking on pages. (35957)
  • Site Logo: Fix center alignment. (35971)
  • Site Logo: Fix fatal error in Site Logo block in WP 5.9. (36195)
  • Prevent PHP notice in Elements block support for blocks with empty content. (35836)

Components

  • AnglePickerControl: Use admin color scheme. (35908)
  • BaseControl: Fix undefined Help text id if no id is passed to component. (35899)
  • ColorListPicker: Fix spacing to accomodate the new color picker. (36017)
  • ColorPalette: Fix className. (36016)
  • ColorPicker: Fix unexpected movements, and closing on first click in the color picker. (35670)
  • Popover: Check anchorDocument default view before removing events. (35832)
  • RangeControl: Fix style issue in RTL. (35777)
  • Storybook: Lazy load LTR/RTL styles for consistent specificity. (35771)
  • Text: Fix text color value to use correct gray color value for Link UI preview description text. (35851)

Global Styles

  • Fix navigation in global styles 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.. (36203)
  • Fix presets data for themes that do not provide any preset. (36054)
  • Generate preset metadata for font-family in the site editor. (36022)
  • Hotfix for leftovers of WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::Get_merged_data. (36173)
  • Lower the specificity of border & padding styles for the outline block style in the button block. (35968)
  • Theme.json: Remove custom prefixes from properties that did not land in 5.8. (34485)
  • Fix Rest global styles controller accessing configuration that may not exist. (36047)

Block Editor

  • Allow moving metaboxes to previously empty area. (25187)
  • Change console.error to console.warn for enqueued styles in the editor. (35914)
  • Fix inserter with block pattern categories. (36116)
  • Fix navigation block link control zero value in it. (36198)
  • Fix the update of link and suggestions in LinkControl. (32320)
  • Make Link UI inactive if selection extends beyond format bounds or encounters new link. (35946)
  • Fix selection by holding shift key for nested blocks. (35668)
  • Fix shift+click on a child block with its parent selected. (35988)
  • Fix: Crash when resetting user color palette. (36233)
  • Fix: Show user colors on palette indicator. (36232)
  • Fix getPxFromCssUnit test stability and test that memoized function works correctly. (35939)
  • Link editing: Account for link anchor no longer being present when generating unique link instance key. (36357)
  • Preserve highlighted text selection when changing colors (36263)

Design Tools

  • Font Appearance: Improve consistency of label in Typography panel. (35860)
  • Font Family Support: Fix skip serialization check. (36073)
  • Navigation: Force text decoration styles on nav item in editor. (35859)

Template Editor

  • Clear selected block when clicking outside in the template part focus mode. (35816)
  • Templates: Only include templates for the current post types. (35802)

Core Data

  • Avoid showing deleted records in editor saving flow. (36027)
  • Fix getEntityRecords to ensure resolution on REST API failure. (36353)
  • Fix Core Data using hardcoded baseURL prefix for taxonomies and post types API requests. (35850)
  • Make saveEditedEntityRecord use the entity key when available. (36212)

Patterns

  • Update unsaved navigation block flow. (35976)

Full Site Editing

  • Add fallback handling for plugins or themes using the 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.. (35877)
  • Fix missing <MainDashboardButton> slot fill in site editor. (36369)
  • Remove duplicate Editor menu item. (36342)
  • Theme resolver: Fix crash from calls to undefined functions. (36248)
  • Unhook _block_template_render_title_tag to prevent duplicate title tags from rendering. (36133)

Widgets Editor

  • Fix layout styles not applying in widgets customizer. (35865)

CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. & Styling

  • Editor defaults for themes with no editor styles and when user disables theme styles. (35736)

History

  • Support disabling autosave for native Unsupported Block Editor. (35639)

Performance

List View

  • Fix pagedown/pageup and improve scrolling. (36063)
  • List View: Render a fixed number of items. (35230)

Block Editor

  • Improve opening of the block inserter via manual token-based analysis of reusable blocks. (35763)

Widgets Editor

  • List View: Avoid re-rendering all items on block focus. Enable persistent List View in the 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. editor. (35706)

Experiments

Block Library

  • Navigation Area block. (36178)

Full Site Editing

  • Always display Customizer menu item. (36168)
  • Revert “Always display Customizer menu item”. (36189)
  • Remove slug and status columns from templates list in Appearance > Templates. (35996)

REST API

  • Show a warning when trying to save unsupported blocks. (35993)

Documentation

  • Added link to Ways to keep up with Gutenberg & Full Site Editing. (36077)

Handbook

  • Add Thunks Tutorial. (36051)
  • Add a more detailed guide for reactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. native development. (35529)
  • Blocks: Add view script to block schema and documentation. (36175)
  • Blocks: Document changes to style and editorStyle in block.json. (36218)
  • Add Getting Started level for documentation. (35891)
  • Add section about using the schema during development. (35835)
  • Fix a small typo in the “Getting started” documentation. (36109)
  • Fix Typos in widgets/overview.md. (36078)
  • Fix wording in the Authoring Experience documentation. (35969)
  • Improve Getting Started landing page. (35893)
  • Release Docs: Remove consecutive RCs warning. (35855)
  • Theme.json: Fix typo. (36139)
  • Theme.json docs: Add missing settings & styles. (36137)
  • Tweak organization for getting-started documentation. (34091)
  • Update the recommendation for the cadence of npm releases. (35925)

Packages

  • Components: Update Components CONTRIBUTING.md indentation. (35866)
  • Create Block: Move create-block changelog entries back to Unreleased section. (35886)
  • DOM: Backtick added around <textarea> input tag in readme file. (34813)
  • Env: Update wordpress-develop example to clarify src/build location. (35978)
  • Rich Text: Add usage documentation for Rich Text package. (35885)
  • Schemas: Fix schema file URL. (36157)

Code Quality

REST API

  • Add Theme’s base global styles endpoint. (35985)
  • Improvements for the global styles endpoint. (36071)
  • Remove “experimental” from URL details REST controller and promote to v1 namespace. (35915)

Block Library

  • Heading: Auto-generated anchors hide implementation details. (35747)
  • Mark FSE blocks as non experimental. (35979)
  • Mark Post Comments as stable and Comments Query Loop as experimental. (36132)
  • Mark Post Navigation Link and Term Description blocks as stable. (36163)
  • Remove post- prefix from Comment Template inner blocks. (36171)

Global Styles

Post Editor

  • Migrate to thunks. (35720)
  • Refactor FlatTermSelector into a functional component. (33459)
  • Remove GB prefixed functions from template part. (36180)
  • Translated site properties. (36097)

Components

  • ToolsPanel: Use Grid component to handle layout. (35621)
  • Update spacing in CircularOptionPicker. (36014)
  • Use small button on tools panel toggle. (35935)

Other Packages

  • Create Block: Add block.json schema to generated file. (35843)
  • Data: Rename types file from .d.ts to .ts. (36062)
  • Url: Move getStablePath function into the wordrpess/url package. (35992)
  • Schemas: Add schemas package. (35998)
  • Schemas: Theme.json – Add title to templateParts. (36145)

CSS & Styling

  • Remove 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. buttons block CSS property. (33793)

Tools

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 and backporting to WordPress core

  • Updates WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver and tests to be equal to core. (36223)
  • Changes for FSE 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. in core. (36201)
  • Temporarily pin .wp-env.json to WP 5.8.1. (36333)

Testing

  • Add a method to disable auto-accepting dialogs. (35828)
  • Skip broken widgets test. (36239)
  • Skip flaky test for loading block stylesheets in iframeiframe iFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser.. (35961)
  • Tests: Run block fixtures through KSES. (35611)
  • theme.json: Make sure tests are pure. (36253)
  • theme.json: Update test data. (35883)
  • Scripts: Increase timeout for end-to-end tests to 30 seconds. (35983)
  • Improve unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. coverage for REST API menus endpoints. (36177)
  • Update child theme.json merge test to match core. (36329)

Debugging

  • Wp-env: Disable Xdebug by default unless specified by user. (34324)

Performance Benchmark

The following benchmark compares performance for a particularly sizeable post (~36,000 words, ~1,000 blocks) over the last releases. Such a large post isn’t representative of the average editing experience but is adequate for spotting variations in performance.

VersionTime to Render First BlockKeyPress Event (typing)
Gutenberg 11.95.58s40.22ms
Gutenberg 11.85.53s38.89ms
WordPress 5.85.86s47.3ms

Thank you to @critterverse for the assets included in this post, @priethor for coordinating the release process, @ramonopoly and @aaronrobertshaw for proofreading the release notes, and @glendaviesnz, @zieladam, @noisysocks, @mamaduka, and @isabel_brison for assisting with troubleshooting and pushing the release to the plugin directory, and to all those who contributed to this big release! 🎉

#block-editor, #core-editor, #gutenberg, #gutenberg-new

Lara Schenck 6:23 pm on November 11, 2021
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CSS Chat Agenda: November 11, 2021

The next weekly CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. meeting is today Thursday, November 11, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT in the #core-css channel in Making WordPress 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/.. If there are any other topics you’d like to discuss, please leave a comment on this post.

Meeting Agenda

  • Welcome (21:00pm UTC)
  • Announcements & housekeeping
    • Discuss meeting time
  • CSS Custom Properties (#49930)
  • CSS Audit Improvements & other projects
  • Open floor / CSS link share

See you there!

#agenda, #core-css
Dan Farrow 6:17 pm on November 11, 2021
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CSS Chat Summary: 04 November 2021

The meeting took place here on Slack. @notlaura facilitated and @danfarrow wrote up these notes.

Announcements & housekeeping

  • @notlaura noted some recent facilitator problems and asked for ideas to improve the situation, suggesting:
    • Continue as we are, with the chance of missed meetings
    • Take a winter break
    • Change the meeting frequency
  • @ryelle responded that the meeting have been helpful to coordinate the custom properties project but maybe the time doesn’t work so well for people, plus the EU daylight savings time change may have caused some disruption

CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Custom Properties (#49930)

  • @ryelle reported that there are still some open PRs to review, and also possibly some files that need to be re-claimed. It also looks unlikely that we’ll make the deadline for 5.9
  • @ryelle added that the planning doc has tasks for late September 2021 which she thinks are still valid. She hopes that we can get some momentum up for 6.0
  • @notlaura agreed that aiming for 6.0, and perhaps revising the meeting time, could help pick up some momentum

Thanks everybody!

#core-css, #summary

Fabian Kägy 1:27 pm on November 11, 2021
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Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 10 November 2021

This post summarizes the latest weekly Editor meeting (agenda, slack transcript), held in the #core-editor 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/. channel, on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 03:00 PM GMT+1.

General Updates:

GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 11.9

Gutenberg 11.9 RC4 was released earlier today and the goal is to publish the stable release Thursday morning APAC time, which should be around the end of the day Wednesday 10th in North America.

See the note from @andrewserong in Slack.

WordPress 5.9

Planning Roundup
Preliminary Roadmap
Feature Go/No Results

@noisysocks shared the following 5.9 related updates:

  • The coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. patches have been merged for 5.9. Follow up work from this is ongoing.
  • Gutenberg needs to be updated to work with core trunk. There were CI test failures so we changed CI to run 5.8.2 as a temporary fix. @danr is working on updating Gutenberg, but help is appreciated
  • Please add the 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. label to 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. fix PRs
  • Please pick up an issue or two from the Must Haves board. There’s a few things with no assignee

@mkaz shared an update on documentation for 5.9:

I’ve created a new public 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/ project to track documentation needs for the WP 5.9 release. You can access it at: https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/11

Let me know if you have trouble accessing that link. GitHub project is a new tool so I’m still getting familiar, but basically a spreadsheet connected to GitHub issues and tickets.

I pulled in all tickets labeled “Needs Dev Notedev note Each 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.” so please if you’ve worked on a ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. definitely take a look. I’ll reach out and confirm assigned, the ones listed now were pulled in automatically.

The “Doc Type” label is a general categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. I made up for the items.

  • Dev Note is a specific post on Make Core for developers for any breaking changes in a release.
  • User Docs is intended for user facing documentation of new features for non-developers. For example, how do I use Global Styles?
  • Dev Docs is a catch-all for all other developer documentation that isn’t necessarily a specific Dev Note, for example “How do I create 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. theme?” or 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. updates.

One thing to note, the tabs at the top are actually views, so entries are filtered by the type. So if you switch to a “tab” and add an entry, it actually “disappears” since it doesn’t have the correct type to be shown in that view. So adding items is easiest in Overview (all items) and then enter the Doc Type.

Updates on the key projects:

@get_dave shared an update on the GitHub Tracking issue

  • Work has continued on making Navigations reusable across a Site and between Themes.
  • A Navigation Area block was added to facilitate the reuse of Navigations between Themes. You can now switch Themes and (if the target Theme is configured correctly) your Navigation will be preserved.
  • This works somewhat similarly to Menu Locations in classic Themes:
    • you add a Nav Area block and configure it to be Primary, Secondary or Tertiary. These terms are provided by default and denote an approximate hierarchy of navigations on a site.
    • you then insert a Nav block inside the Nav Area block. This can be used to configure presentational properties of a given Menu and is ideal for Theme Developers. Note you do not need to add any nav items at this point.
    • you then optionally add items to your Navigation block.
    • when switching Theme, assuming the new Theme also has a Navigation Area block with a matching “area” (e.g. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary), then any nav items from matching Navigation Areas on your old Theme will automatically appear in the associated location in the new Theme.
    • the navigation -> area relationship is saved via site options is a format of  { "primary": 794, "secondary": 112 }where the keys are the navigation areas and the values are the post IDs of Navigation post types.
  • Lots of great work behind the scenes work on the 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/. which has allowed all of the above to progress.
  • Tweaks to the UIUI User interface and UXUX User experience of the block itself have been ongoing.

Mobile

@Antonis Lilis

Improvements and Fixes

  • Fix on the synchronisation mechanism for serialising content from the editor on Android
  • Added more Integration tests for Embed block
  • Disabled swipe gesture on BottomSheets to fix scroll-axis issue

In Progress

  • Finalising tweaks to the Embed block
  • Finalising GSS Font size, line height and selected text colours.

Global Styles

@jorgefilipecosta

  • The focus this week was porting all the infrastructure to the core (theme.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. changes endpoints, etc) and that is done.

Template editor

  • No updates were shared

Patterns

@paaljoachim

Task Coordination:

Note: Anyone reading this summary outside of the meeting, please drop a comment in the post summary, if you can/want to help with something.

@joen

Always navigation. So much is in flux, but I’m looking at bugfixes related to justification, theming, submenus and others. It would help me if github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/36298 could be approved soon.

@mamaduka

I’m primarily working on WP 5.9 Must-Haves, helping with reviews, and trying to fix bugs, now and then.

Open Floor:

@Louis

#core-editor, #core-editor-summary, #gutenberg, #meeting-notes, #summary

Estela Rueda 9:48 pm on November 10, 2021
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Dev Chat Summary November 10, 2021

@francina led the weekly meeting at 20:00 UTC. Here is the meeting agenda.

Link to this <dev-chat> in #core on Making WordPress 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/..

Notable news and blogblog (versus network, site) posts

Components check-in and status updates

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.

  • There are currently 203 tickets open in the 5.9 milestone. https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/major/workflow
  • These need to be committed or punted by BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 next week, which is November 16. Some of them could still make it into 5.9 if people step up to do the work.

Testing

Build/Test Tools

  • Added missing @covers tags for PHPUnit tests. See ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #39265 for more details.

General

  • Polyfills for some new PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher functions are landing in core:
    • str_ends_with() and str_starts_with() (PHP 8.0+). See ticket #54377 for more details.
    • str_contains() (PHP 8.0+). See ticket #49652 for more details.
    • array_key_first() and array_key_last() (PHP 7.3+). See ticket #45055 for more details.

This lets 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 and theme developers use these functions safely on older PHP versions.

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.

Login and registration screens are getting a language switcher.  See ticket #43700 for more details.

No major news this week

Help/About

Two issues have been committed, and a third is on the way.

Adopt a component!

@francina invited contributors to adopt a component. Interested? Learn all about it. Got questions? Interested? Contact @francina and @jeffpaul.

Open floor

@marybaum, @webcommsat and @nalininonstopnewsuk adopted the Quick/bulk edit component.

@costdev invited contributors to discuss what is possible or not in the time leading to the feature freeze.

@hellofromtonya reminded us that Build/Test Tools are not bound to milestones. So discussion, patches and commits can continue regardless of feature freeze.

#5-8-2, #5-9, #dev-chat, #summary

Aaron Jorbin 6:57 pm on November 10, 2021
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Default git branch for wordpress/wordpress-develop

Last year the decision was made to move the default branches for official WordPress GitHub repositories from master to trunk. The necessary systems work for the svn to git sync has been completed and as of today, https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop and git://develop.git.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org// have been updated to reflect the new default 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"..

If you have a local checkout, you can take the following steps to update the default branch

$ git checkout master
$ git branch -m master trunk
$ git fetch
$ git branch --unset-upstream
$ git branch -u origin/trunk
$ git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/trunk

Please note that https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress and git://core.git.wordpress.org/ along with a few others on github have not been updated yet. This post will be updated when that move is complete.

Thanks to @desrosj for reviewing this post.

#git, #github