Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.4

Following sessions are dedicated to move things forward and be ready in time according to 6.4 Release Schedule.

Everyone is welcome to join not only to triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. tickets but also to look for tickets you can contribute by creating patches, making code review and testing. Keep in mind that all features and enhancements should be in the 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. before 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 and most bugs and all strings need to be there before RC1. If you are working on a patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing., plan your contribution to have enough time for other contributors to make suggestions, review and test.

Alpha Bug Scrubs

Focus: features, enhancements and then bugs

Beta Bug Scrubs

Focus: rest of the bugs plus reported regressions

Release Candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). Bug Scrubs (if needed)

Focus: issues reported from the previous RC.

  • TBD

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

Regular component scrubs and triage sessions

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

Have a regular component scrub or triage session?
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@oglekler or @marybaum 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/. to have it added to this page.

You can start your own triage sessions

  • Decide what you want to work on

6.4 triage session are our priority and moving forward tickets which already are scheduled for the release is most needed task. If you want to lead some of them, they can be added on this schedule.

But if you are interested in particular component or user focus, for example to take care about RTL-tickets, this will be most welcome too.

Especially interested can be the session to scrub old tickets. We are continuously closing new tickets with the same topic in favor of existing ones and because these tickets are looking complicated just because they’re age not, so many contributors are eager to work on them, but there are actual treasures hidden among very difficult or tricky topics.

  • Ping @oglekler or @marybaum on Slack with the day and time you’re considering as well as the report or tickets you want to scrub.

Useful reports and information

  • Report 5 provides a list of all open 6.4 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 6.4 tickets ordered by workflow.

Need a refresher on 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. 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.

Thanks to @audrasjb, @mukesh27 and @marybaum for helping to put together this agenda and peer review.

#6-4, #bug-scrub, #core, #props

Editor chat summary: 27 September, 2023

This post summarizes the weekly editor chat meeting (agenda for 27th of September meeting) for Wednesday, September 27 2023, 03:00 PM GMT+1 in #core-editor. Moderated by @paaljoachim.

Accouncements

Gutenberg plugin 16.7 was released today. A big thank you to @mikachan for handling the release!
Beta 1 of WordPress 6.4 was released yesterday.
Only fixes can be added during a 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. period.
The current release target is 7th of November.
WordPress 6.4 Editor Tasks.

Key project updates:

Here is a new list of key updates. Thanks to @bph for gathering this list.

Task Coordination

No updates.

Open Floor

@NekoJonez

During translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. I noticed that some strings about the pattern directory were added… So, I wonder the new string “Directory” about what is it talking? Since in Dutch that can mean two things. I created this ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. for it: Translator confusion about “Directory”
Also, isn’t a verb missing here? See more details in this GithubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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/ issue.
Missing verb in string?


Read complete transcript

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

Developer Blog Editorial Meeting – 07 September 2023

A complete transcript of the meeting can be found in the #core-dev-blog 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/..

Attendees: @greenshady @marybaum, @milana_cap, @oglekler, @ndiego, @bph (facilitator) and @webcommsat (async)

Agenda

  • Site updates and new posts
  • Project Board
    • In Progress
    • Today
    • Needs Review
    • To be approved
  • Proposal for modification of the Field GuideField guide The field guide is a type of blogpost published on Make/Core during the release candidate phase of the WordPress release cycle. The field guide generally lists all the dev notes published during the beta cycle. This guide is linked in the about page of the corresponding version of WordPress, in the release post and in the HelpHub version page.
  • In-between meeting approval rounds for time sensitive post around releases.
  • Open Floor

Site updates and new posts

The Social image 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 was migrated to JetPack, and since then, we struggled a little to find a good way to automatically generate a decent Social Image when sharing posts on Social networks. We could use some design help for a universal template, as the current one is not the most attention-grabbing one.

If you want to catch up on the discussion, there is this GitHub Issue for the Theme

  • Request writers to select a feature image that works with the options in Jetpack
  • Set a default template similar to how it worked before, blue background + post title.


Nick Diego and Birgit Pauli-Haack will work on this.

Project Board

New Posts published since the last meeting.

Huge Thank You to the writers and their reviewers!! Fantastic job!

We published in July and August as many articles as in the three months before! So excited to see this! Incredible work! Thank you to all who contributed!

Posts in the works

On the To-Do list:

To be approved

These topics have been converted to issues, and the discussions are closed. Prospective authors who would like to contribute to the Developer Blogblog (versus network, site) are invited to select one of these to work on, that have not already been assigned an author.

In-between meeting approval rounds for time sensitive post around releases.

If there is a time sensitive topic, they will be voted on in an async fashion over two days. If there is further discussion is needed, it ought to happen on the GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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/ discussion thread, and voting is deferred to the next monthly meeting.

Proposal of modification of the Field Guide

It would need more input on why a secondary digest version would be needed beyond the Field Guide, or if there is a way to improve on the Field Guide itself (most important issues on top). The original discussion takes place on the Make Blog. Proposal: An update to the Field Guide.

Next meeting

The next meeting of the Developer Blog Editorial Group will be on October 5, 2023 at 13:00 UTC in the core-dev-blog channel of the Make WordPress Slack. Contributors continue on GitHub.

Props to @ndiego for reviewing

#core-dev-blog, #summary

Dev Chat Summary, September 27, 2023

The notes from the weekly WordPress developers chat which took place on September 27, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Key links

Announcements

WordPress 6.4 Beta 1 is available – please help test and make the release the best it can be. All details are on the post. Thanks to everyone who contributed to getting this to 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 and those who came and led the release party on September 26.

Highlighted posts

The following were listed on the agenda but not highlighted during the meeting due to a discussion on 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/ and Beta 1:

  • WordPress Performance team has a new version of the Performant Translations 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 with improved compatibility and performance. It has more than 1000 installations as at September 26, 2023. More testers will be needed and @swissspidy has created a proof-of-concept core patch in the meantime.

Release updates

Next major WordPress release: 6.4

WordPress 6.4 Beta 2 is scheduled for October 3, 2023.

Discussion at Dev Chat focused on Gutenberg 16.7 and WordPress 6.4. More on this discussion will be available in a separate post on the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. channel soon. Link to start of the discussion on Slack.

@joemcgill suggested adding comments to the discussion from the WordPress Community Summit: Community Summit Discussion Notes: Aligning processes and contributions between WordPress Core and Gutenberg.

Stay in the 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. with 6.4 by following:

Next minor WordPress release: 6.3.2

Call for ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. reviews by @joemcgill 

The scrub on September 27, 2023 focused on the 6.3.2 milestone in preparation for another 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..
Five tickets in the milestone remain to be fixed in 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..
Request/ Action: reviews are needed of these tickets to move them forward, and if they are able to get in this week. Of note, are a few that need to be synced from the Gutenberg repo. If someone has planned to help with this, please comment in the 6.3 releases leads channel on Slack.

Also six tickets that are fixed, but need to be back ported to the 6.3 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"..
Request: if committers have some time to review and help, that would be a big help.

Discussion followed in Dev Chat and after on potential target dates for the next minor, which would allow time for work to be wrapped up on the remaining tasks. Provisional dates included October 10, earlier in the day from Beta 3. @joemcgill able to help with the 6.3.2 release and noted contributors are still need to be identified for official release roles.
Action: If you can volunteer to help with 6.3.2, comment in the 6.3 release leads channel on Slack. The date for the release is still under discussion.

Gutenberg

Help requests: Components maintainers & Tickets

No other tickets were raised in the agenda comments or after Dev Chat.

Open Floor

This item did not feature at this week’s Dev Chat due to time constraints.

Next meeting

The next meeting will be on Wednesday October 4, 2023, at 20:00 UTC.

Props to @webcommsat for the summary, and @nalininonstopnewsuk, @ironprogrammer, @hellofromtonya for review.

#6-4, #dev-chat, #meeting, #summary

What’s new in Gutenberg 16.7? (27 September)

“What’s new in 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/…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg.

What's New In Gutenberg 16.7?

Gutenberg 16.7 has been released and is available for download!

16.7 is the last Gutenberg release ahead of the upcoming WordPress 6.4 release, so it’s packed with features and 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. fixes. Exciting new features include the new Font Library for font management within the editor, lots of enhancements to pattern management, simplified lightbox functionality, and many UXUX User experience enhancements.

This release consists of 331 pull requests authored by 88 contributors, including 7 new contributors! 🥳 🎉

Table of Contents

  1. Font Management with the Font Library
  2. Import/Export of Patterns
  3. Explore New Pattern Filtering
  4. Naming Group Blocks in the Editor
  5. “My Patterns” Category Reinstated in Post Editor Inserter
  6. Simplified Lightbox Functionality for Images
  7. Background Image Control Added to Group Block
  8. New Social Link Icon for X
  9. Changelog
  10. First time contributors
  11. Contributors

Font Management with the Font Library

Screenshot of the Styles panel in the editor with the Typography settings open

The new Font Library allows users to install, remove, and activate typographic fonts from various sources in WordPress via the editor. The installed fonts are enabled globally, independent of the active theme in the /wp-content/fonts directory, similar to the Media Library. As part of this new feature, users can add fonts manually by uploading them from their local machine or choosing from a list of Google Fonts. (#53884 & #53307)

Import/Export of Patterns

Screenshot of a pattern in the editor with the options panel open, showing the new "Export as JSON" option

It’s now possible to import and export patterns as 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. files directly from the site editor’s patterns screen. This change mirrors the existing import/export functionality in the /wp-admin patterns screen, making it more straightforward for all users to migrate patterns between sites. (#54337)

Explore New Pattern Filtering

Screenshot of the pattern list panel, highlighting the new filters dropdown

Pattern filters have been restructured, with filters now being housed within a dropdown at the top of the pattern list panel. A sticky 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. has also been added to the top of the list panel for improved navigation. (#54681)

Naming Group Blocks in the Editor

Screenshot of the editor with the List View open, showing a custom named block with the name, "My custom name"

Group blocks can now be named using custom naming. Naming these blocks will update their name in the List View, making it easier to distinguish between blocks. This enhancementenhancement Enhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. marks another step forward as the Site Editor’s tools and features continue to expand. (#53735)

“My Patterns” CategoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. Reinstated in Post Editor Inserter

Prompted by feedback, the “My patterns” category has been reintroduced to the post editor’s inserter, providing a central place for users to view their custom patterns. (#54767)

Simplified Lightbox Functionality for Images

The Behaviors UIUI User interface introduced as an experimental feature in Gutenberg 15.9 has been removed and replaced with an “Expand on click” toggle in the Image 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.’s Inspector Controls and in the Global Styles. (#54509) (#54509)

The support for Behaviors in the theme.json has also been deprecated and will be removed completely in Gutenberg 17.0:

  • Users who enabled the “lightbox” behavior in their theme.json file should migrate to a new syntax where the lightbox is simply a new block-level setting:
“settings”: {
	“blocks”: {
		“core/image”: {
			“lightbox”: {
				“enabled”: true | false
				“allowEditing”: true | false
			}
		}
	}
}
  • Note that the support for the “animation” value has been removed.

If you enabled the lightbox on any Image blocks using the previous Behaviors UI, please open and re-save posts that include those blocks to ensure they get migrated to the latest syntax.

With the removal of support for the “animation” value, all images will now only use the “expand” (zoom) animation, even if they had previously used the “fade” animation.

Background Image Control Added to Group Block

Background image support has been added to the Group block, in line with the color controls. (#53934 & #54439)

A new social link icon has been added for the X service. It can be found when searching for “X” or “Twitter”. (#54092)

Changelog

Features

Block Library

  • Social Links: Add X. (54092)

Typography

Font Library:

  • Add mime type validation for font uploads. (53986)
  • Font Collection backend. (54098)
  • Frontend [Stage 1]. (53884)
  • Font Collections frontend. (54566)

Patterns

  • Allow import/export patterns as JSON files. (54337)

Block Editor

  • Adds ‘nofollow’ setting to inline links (rich text only). (53945)
  • Rename Group blocks in the Editor via Modal. (53735)

Enhancements

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

  • Add edits data to the useEntityRecord. (54167)

Components

  • Add non-listbox functionality back to CircularOptionPicker. (54290)
  • Added missing “middle” allowed tooltip position. (52147)
  • BlockSettingsMenu: Ensure only one block settings menu is open at a time. (54083)
  • Bundle the block copy handler within the BlockCanvas component. (54207)
  • Bundle the block selection clearer hook into the BlockCanvas component. (54209)
  • Ensure that ‘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.’ color pickers have relevant labels. (54468)
  • Export ProgressBar to allow it to be used. (54404)
  • FormTokenField – add prop to allow saving of tokens onBlur. (53976)
  • Refactoring BorderControl‘s unit tests. (54155)
  • Remove unnecessary padding-right on the dismissible notice. (52240)
  • Support controlling open/closed state for Dropdown and DropdownMenu. (54257)
  • ToggleGroupControl: Rewrite backdrop animation with framer motion shared layout animations. (50278)
  • ToolTip: Refactor using ariakit. (48440)
  • Tooltip: Add placement prop to replace deprecated position. (54264)
  • Tooltip: Add new hideOnClick prop. (54406)
  • Tweak border control button to proper metrics and simpler action. (53998)
  • Update FormTokenField styling for consistency and visibility. (54402)
  • Update spacing sizes control metrics and icons. (54470)
  • Update/form token field onblur. (54445)
  • Popover: Update positionToPlacement types. (54101)
  • SearchControl: Allow for 32px compact size, introduce option to change default size to 40px. (54548)

Block Library

  • #39457: Image block keep image size on replacing image. (49982)
  • Add __next40pxDefaultSize to 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. opacity control. (54389)
  • Add aspect ratio to image placeholder. (54216)
  • Allow using a button element for button blocks. (54206)
  • Buttons Block: Show inserter if button have variations (#53498). (53783)
  • Change dialogdescription for renaming group block. (54358)
  • Footnotes: Add missing placeholder instructions text. (54056)
  • Heading block: Add support for writingMode. (54351)
  • Improved description for the post-terms core block. (47715)
  • Make matrix position behave like valign. (54050)
  • Navigation block: Add core/buttons to the allowed blocks. (53966)
  • Remove unused prop from GroupPlaceHolder component. (51493)
  • Template parts: Use the template actions component for template parts patterns. (54173)
  • Text orientation: Rotate vertical text when the text is aligned (Upside down text). (53175)
  • Update parent labels in page attributes panel and page list block. (54403)
  • Use __next40pxDefaultSize on more UI. (54400)

Interactivity 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.

  • Add timeout option to navigate(). (54474)
  • Add manual Server Side Rendering (SSR) to the Interactivity API blocks. (54343)
  • Ensure that the view scripts of core blocks have the wp-interactivity dependency. (54594)
  • Image block: Revise lightbox UI to remove ‘behaviors’. (53851)
  • Image block: UI updates for the image lightbox (redo). (54509)
  • Override unfinished navigate calls. (54201)
  • 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.: Add design enhancements for the “enhanced pagination” setting. (54455)
  • Query Loop: Allow “enhanced pagination” only with core blocks. (54347)
  • Query block: Start prefetching on first click to next/previous. (54781)

Patterns

  • Add categories to user patterns, and allow filtering by these in site and post editor. (53835)
  • Add editing of pattern categories to site editor. (54640)
  • Add user categories to site editor 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. navigation screen. (53837)
  • Add user pattern categories to post editor inserter patterns tab. (53933)
  • Apply white background to the preview as a fallback. (54534)
  • Merge unsynced into inserter patterns tab and add paging and filtering. (54007)
  • Update empty template part label. (53842)
  • Memoize useSelect for usePatterns. (54588)
  • Site Editor: Prevent unintended actions on the classic theme. (54422)

Design Tools

  • Add back tooltip to styles UI. (54574)
  • Add block gap to Post Content block. (54282)
  • Add block instance elements support for buttons and headings. (53667)
  • Background Image block support: Add reset menu item. (54341)
  • Block Supports: Add background image support to Group block. (53934)
  • Columns: Adopt button and heading element colors. (54104)
  • Update block styles UI. (54446)
  • Improve background image control. (54439)

Site Editor

  • Copy: End the Templates page description in the Site Editor with a period. (54221)
  • Edit Site: Update progress bar to determinate. (53399)
  • Follow up visual tweaks to block-specific commands. (54427)
  • Site editor sidebar: Abstracting footer so it can be used across details screens. (54082)
  • [Page Inspector]: Add ability to switch templates. (51477)

Global Styles

  • Rename settings & userSettings props to value & inheritedValue respectively in ImageSettingsPanel. (54593)
  • Update Block specific CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. label to include additional instructions. (49626)

Block Editor

  • Use gray color on link control advanced toggle. (54545)
  • Verse: Exit on triple Enter. (53332)
  • Block editor: 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.: Fix rules of hooks violations (2). (48943)
  • Always show the total number of patterns even with only one page. (54813)

Typography

  • Font Face: 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. from Core changeset 56500. (54218)
  • Font Library: Changing the upload directory to wp-content/fonts. (54122)
  • Font Library: Load collection JSON data from a URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org in the collection configuration. (54067)
  • Font Library: Use wporg cdn to host the google fonts json data. (54795)

Themes

  • Theme Previews: Make the back button customizable. (54242)

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

  • Remove ‘Footnotes’ and ‘Comments’ from the non-dynamic block registration list. (54154)

Media

  • Correct function name handleFileChange is replaced by wrong function name. (52250)

List View

  • Allow Escape key to deselect blocks if blocks are selected. (48708)
  • Try directing focus to the list view toggle button when closing the list view. (54175)

Block API

  • Deprecated get_file_path_from_theme method. (45831)

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Make the shortcuts provider optional. (54080)

Blob

  • refactor(blob): Type URL parameter as optional. (49201)

Collaborative Editing

  • Try bundling sync package. (54738)

New APIs

Components

  • Revert “Export ProgressBar to allow it to be used”. (54428)

Block API

  • Stabilize Block Hooks feature. (54293)

Data Layer

  • Data: Introduce countSelectorsByStatus redux metadata selector. (53767)

Framework

  • Add useStateWithHistory hook and use to show a block editor with undo/redo. (54377)
  • BlockEditor: Add BlockCanvas component = 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. + BlockList + WritingFlow. (54149)
  • Extract undo/redo as a separate package. (54292)

Bug Fixes

Components

  • Add children back to toolbar item render for rendered components. (53314)
  • Add missing useState import in Border Control documentation. (49476)
  • Adjust input-style__focus mixin to proper focus size. (54398)
  • DropdownMenu v2: Fix submenu chevron direction in RTL languages. (54036)
  • Fix incorrect focus style size on InputControl. (54394)
  • Make CircularOptionPicker focus styles resilient to button size changes. (54196)
  • PaletteEdit: Fix padding in RTL mode. (54034)
  • Popover: Set is-positioned class only after animation has finished. (54178)
  • Storybook: Restore previous URL for the introduction documentation page. (54247)
  • Storybook: Update doc param values for ConfirmDialog. (54130)
  • Update borderFocus to ADMIN.theme. (54425)
  • Use standard focus style on BorderControl. (54429)
  • DateTimePicker: Fix onChange callback check so that it also works inside iframes. (54669)

Post Editor

  • Adds animation state for DFM off to post editor header. (54244)
  • Block Editor: Memoize the createPageEntity callback. (54580)
  • Edit Post: Avoid fetching the edited template for non-viewable posts. (54158)
  • Editor: Catch errors when creating terms. (53369)
  • Fix layout when post content is root block. (54485)
  • Make order of pinned items consistent. (53908)
  • Prevent the list view shortcut from typing unexpected characters. (54078)
  • Top Toolbar: Prevent the focus outline of the button from being cut off. (54172)
  • Try using fallback layout instead of default in post editor. (54371)
  • [Edit Post]: Toggle Distraction free mode mode based on compatibility. (54073)

Block Library

  • Block Moving Mode: Prevent the block from being moved into itself. (54137)
  • Fix navigation block submenu focus when closing menu with the ESC key. (54299)
  • List Block: Fix numbering style to be applied correctly. (53301)
  • Navigation Link: Restore tooltip. (54263)
  • Post navigation link: Fix the writing mode setting on the front. (54053)
  • PreviewOptions: Fix critical error when children not passed. (54284)
  • Remove role attribute when set to null in data-wp-bind. (54608)
  • [Commands]: Add group/ungroup commands only when eligible. (53988)
  • Replace the gutenberg_ prefix with wp_ in image block. (54678)
  • Navigation block: Fix padding on mobile overlay when global padding is 0. (53725)

Patterns

  • Command Palette: Fix duplicate Patterns command. (54133)
  • Don’t output root padding when editing patterns. (54373)
  • Fix user pattern categories in site editor inserter. (54641)
  • Remove pattern category as a variation for post terms block. (54532)
  • StartPageOptions: Improve conditions to show modal only on a brand new page. (54245)
  • Add My patterns back to post editor inserter categories. (54767)
  • De-emphasise pattern filters in inserter. (54681)
  • Fix All Patterns category default display. (54721)
  • Fix bug with new categories not showing. (54768)
  • Fix bug with pattern categories not saving sometimes. (54676)
  • Fix category type for back link. (54753)
  • Fix duplication of uncategorized patterns. (54755)
  • Inject the theme name into the block attributes. (54595)
  • Reinstate my patterns category in site editor. (54726)
  • Require a title in the creation modal. (54717)
  • Use slug as fallback for empty title. (54731)
  • Allow non-user patterns under Standard sync filter. (54756)
  • Check that pattern is synced before replacing blocks with synced pattern on creation. (54804)
  • Fix back navigation after pattern creation. (54852)
  • Fix category control width in site editor. (54853)
  • Improve sentence case consistency of labels and notices. (54807)

Block Editor

  • Add keyboardReturn submit button back to LinkControl. (52620)
  • Formats: Memoize link value passed to the LinkControl. (54603)
  • List: Merge consecutive lists. (52995)
  • Rich text: Fix useAnchor (remove nextElementSibling). (54013)
  • Iframe: Adjust keydown event bubbling. (54565)
  • Reset page after changing pattern filters or search value. (54774)
  • Block Editor: Fix ‘isBlockSubtreeDisabled’ private selector. (54618)

Site Editor

  • Bump the z-index of the rename modal. (54277)
  • Default template lookup should use slug, not the full permalink, in the site editor. (54599)
  • Fix “Blogblog (versus network, site) title” input border radius in Index / Home details panel. (54192)
  • Hide ghost top toolbar. (54555)
  • CreateTemplatePartModal: Disable the ‘Create’ button while saving. (54716)

Plugin

  • Ensure font-face styles are printed in iframe editors. (54313)
  • Font Face & Font Library: Load PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher files only if the main class does not exist. (54103)
  • Gutenberg Plugin: Add hook to allow writing-mode as a safe CSS property. (54581)
  • Update readme.txt “tested up to 6.3”. (54072)
  • Update cherry-pick script to correctly verify GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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/ CLICLI Command Line Interface. Terminal (Bash) in Mac, Command Prompt in Windows, or WP-CLI for WordPress. setup. (54720)
  • Conditionally remove deprecated ‘print_emoji_styles’. (54828)

Typography

  • Font Library: Ensure merged fontFace data is enconded as an array instead of an object. (54435)
  • Font Library: Fix duplicate variants with different file types. (54490)
  • Font Library: Setting wp_font_family 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. as _builtin and not plublic. (54559)
  • Font Face: Get name from “fontFamily” setting, not “name”. (54615)
  • Font Library: Fix modal width on mobile viewport. (54518)
  • Font Library: Fix space above theme fonts in font library modal. (54598)
  • Font Library: Fix error installing system fonts. (54713)
  • Font Library: Remove font files created by tests after tests run. (54771)
  • Font Library: Avoid rendering font library ui outisde gutenberg plugin. (54830)

Widgets Editor

  • Edit Widgets: Fix broken layout. (54372)
  • Edit Widgets: Fix invisible action area when the top toolbar is enabled. (54329)
  • Fix top toolbar for 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. widgets sidebar control. (54255)

Global Styles

  • Font Library: Fix notification error for actions related to custom fonts. (54535)
  • Prevent layout changes from saving the whole inherited settings object. (54500)

Block API

  • Blocks: Fix incorrect placement for hooked blocks in the parent container. (54349)
  • Pass correct content argument to enter transforms. (54108)
  • Block Hooks: Avoid processing empty content for loaded templates. (54719)

Rich Text

  • Revert: Rich text: Copy 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.) name on internal paste. (54301)

Interactivity API

  • Image: Fix block serialization test case to cover deprecation of behaviors. (54570)
  • Query Loop: Select first anchor inside Post Template with “enhanced pagination” enabled. (54730)

Icons

  • Fix ReactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. forwardRef warnings for TooltipAnchors. (54492)

History

  • Fix extra undo/redo step when removing or replacing all blocks. (54457)

Synced Patterns

  • Patterns: Apply layout and alignment to synced patterns in the editor. (54416)

npm Packages

  • Workflow: Fix the issue with npm publishing for WP major version. (54088)

Media

  • useMediaQuery: Avoid crashing on Safari < 14. (54023)

Nested / Inner Blocks

  • Fix: InnerBlocks allowed blocks change with different sizes. (53943)

Layout

  • Post Content: Ensure layout classnames are applied in readonly preview. (53864)

Document Settings

  • Set the timezone correctly. (48083)

React 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.

  • Fix: 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. import in react-i18n documentation. (54308)

Design Tools

  • Background Image control: Use consistent button, ensure descriptive text accounts for no image selected. (54711)

Collaborative Editing

  • Make sure sync code only runs when experiment is enabled. (54710)

Core Data

  • core-data: Fix nested property access with undefined name. (54790)

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)

Block Library

  • Comments form: Accessibility fixes for back-end. (54393)
  • Navigation: Add ariaLabel block support. (54418)
  • Table block: Fix semantic structure for screen readers on back-end. (54324)

Components

  • Improve Notice component accessibility. (54498)
  • Making Circular Option Picker a listbox. (52255)
  • Allow Modal to place focus on first element within contents via new API. (54590)
  • Improve the placeholder instructions accessibility. (45801)

Site Editor

  • Clarify the “Entity” message of the snackbar. (54333)
  • Use solid accent color selection in command palette. (54318)

Block Editor

  • Update nofollow control label. (54184)

Performance

  • Use median instead of average to stabilize First Block metric. (54157)
  • improvement: Reduce the use of the _wp_array_get function. (51116)

Block Library

  • Footnotes: Add block-level caching when parsing content for footnotes. (52577)
  • Table of Contents: Use a custom store subscription for observing headings. (54094)
  • getClientIdsOfDescendants: Support single ‘clientId’ as a argument. (54421)

Site Editor

  • Edit site: Prevent enqueuing entire stylesheet in iframe. (54254)
  • Fix first block locator’s page reference. (54188)

Patterns

  • Move mapping of values from core-data selector into consumers. (54576)

Block API

  • Unnecessary JSON decoding in block parser. (54424)

Components

  • Tooltip: Render tooltip markup in the DOM only when open. (54312)

Post Editor

  • Editor: Memoize ‘getNestedEditedPostProperty’ selector helper. (54160)

Developer Experience

  • Tests: Improve the environment setup. (54309)

Experiments

Interactivity API

  • Remove wp_store from query block. (54359)

Documentation

  • Add a documentation page to explain how to implement undo/redo in a third-party editor. (54546)
  • Add the Commands Data page to Handbook. (53634)
  • Bootstrap a documentation website tailored towards the usage of Gutenberg outside WordPress. (54375)
  • Button: Undocument the focus prop. (54397)
  • Docs: Add missing callout class. (54558)
  • Docs: Add note about enqueueing assets in the iframe and trim whitespace. (54125)
  • Docs: Consolidated design Reference with the main Design Contributions doc. (51065)
  • Docs: Move Glossary page to Getting Started. (54120)
  • Docs: Move the FAQ page to Getting Started. (54117)
  • Docs: Overhaul the Development Environment section of the Block Editor Handbook. (54395)
  • Docs: Remove Outreach doc from Getting Started section. (54314)
  • Docs: Remove unneeded block theme docs. (51071)
  • Fix bullet hierarchy. (47178)
  • Fix createI18n package import location. (51328)
  • Fix incorrect image src in Design Contributions doc. (54302)
  • Fix: Broken links on ToolbarGroup documentation. (54229)
  • Fix: Remove unrequired code from BorderControl documentation. (54348)
  • Fix: Wrapped ref in quotes in theme.json documentation. (54591)
  • Incorrect file extension?. (54134)
  • Theme JSON schema: Fix “not allowed error” in settings property. (54521)
  • Try: Allow multiple attribute to be a string in upload components. (53350)
  • Update Commands documentation with examples and more context. (54441)
  • Update the components changelog to mark the popover slot removal as a breaking change. (54022)
  • Update versions in WP for 6.3.1. (54069)
  • Updated Related Components Links. (49176)
  • Updates Edit and Save code examples to have matching open/closing tags. (53915)
  • [Docs: Getting Started / Block Development Environment] Updates on the text to improve clarity and preciseness. (54563)
  • documentation – Contribution Triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors.: Formatted text and changed some titles and structure. (54258)
  • documentation [Block Editor Handbook / Getting Started / Block Development Environment]: Fix links. (54571)
  • Add missing global declaration in DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) of interactivity files. (54683)

Code Quality

  • Adds removal notice to view.js.mustache. (54105)
  • Block editor: Remove __unstableElementContext and filter EditorStyles instead. (52888)
  • Improving error messages and codes in jest-console, matcher.js. (53743)
  • Indicate nested paths on __experimentalSaveSpecifiedEntityEdits. (54161)
  • JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. unit tests: Update popover matcher. (54168)
  • Style engine: Sync doc changes from core. (54650)

Components

  • Composite: Refactor to TypeScript. (54028)
  • FocusableIframe: Refactor to TypeScript. (53979)
  • IsolatedEventContainer to Typescript (just test file). (54316)
  • Popover: Remove custom frame scroll/resize listeners. (54286)
  • Revert FormTokenField – add prop to allow saving of tokens onBlur. (54444)
  • Toolbar/ToolbarDropdownMenu Typescript Conversion. (54321)
  • ToolbarGroup – Typescript. (54317)
  • with-focus-outside: Convert to TypeScript. (53980)

Patterns

  • Revert usePatternsState to return an array instead of object. (54582)
  • Add missing dependency of @wordpress/patterns on @babel/runtime. (54118)
  • Move category map creation out of useSelect. (54584)
  • Remove experimental prefixes from patterns package. (54338)
  • Site editor: Consolidate constants. (54484)
  • Fix sidebar nav screen fallback category. (54754)

Post Editor

  • Annotations: Run end-to-end tests with iframe. (54191)
  • EditPostPreferencesModal: Refactor to remove snapshots for index.js. (54141)
  • Extract WordPress specific styles from the BlockTools component. (54356)
  • PageAttributesParent: A minor fixes for useSelect and useMemo hook usages. (54433)
  • PostSyncStatus: Derive sync status inside the selector. (54159)

Block Library

  • Heading: Remove unused ‘aria-label’. (54223)
  • Image Editor: Fix ESLint warnings and remove unnecessary dependencies. (53506)
  • Pattern Category: Set ‘publicly_queryable’ to false. (54567)
  • Post Terms: Fix a ‘useSelect’ warning in the ‘usePostTerms’ hook. (54068)

Interactivity API

  • Prepare image lightbox for private version of the Interactivity API in 6 4. (54547)
  • Remove gutenberg_should_block_use_interactivity_api and the old implementation of interactive blocks. (54297)
  • Search block: Switch interactivity to the Interactivity API. (53343)

Site Editor

  • Remove Tooltip workarounds added in the site and block editor. (54450)
  • 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.: Remove ‘gutenberg’ query param from revisions.php. (54166)
  • Prune store constants. (54585)
  • Use constants rather than hard coded template strings. (54586)

Rich Text

  • RichText: Remove __unstableOnSplitMiddle. (54183)

Typography

  • Fluid typography: Backporting Core since annotations. (54204)
  • Font Face: Remove static instance in wp_print_font_faces(). (54228)
  • Font Library: Refactor logic to disable font library in the frontend. (54748)

Block Editor

  • Improve code commenting around focus mount behaviour of rich text Link UI. (54085)
  • List e2e: Run all tests with iframe. (54181)

Layout

  • Use override editor style API. (54466)

Plugin

  • Require minimum WordPress 6.2. (53451)
  • Ensure that Block Hooks work correctly after landing in WP core. (54651)
  • Update uuid package to 9.0.1. (54725)

Themes

  • Iframe: Skip scoping styles. (46752)

Tools

Testing

  • Button: Update test assertion to match test name. (54260)
  • E2E: Do not run page actions in beforeEach hook when using fixme. (54065)
  • Fix Font library unit tests. (54645)
  • Font Library: Remove upload_mimes filter after uploading fonts. (54647)
  • Migrate RichText end-to-end tests to Playwright. (53493)
  • Perf Tests: Update base point to compare. (54111)
  • Puppeteer tests: Try to fix failing tests related to notices in core. (54452)
  • Remove accidental addition of perf test results (2). (54363)
  • Remove accidental addition of perf test results. (54355)
  • Update WPCSWPCS The collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) used to format and validate PHP code developed for WordPress according to the WordPress Coding Standards. May also be an acronym referring to the Accessibility, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, etc. coding standards as published in the WordPress Coding Standards Handbook. to v3.0, and fix all reported Coding Standards issues. (53866)
  • Modal: Add more unit tests. (54569)
  • end-to-end Test Utils: Add new fixtures for performance metrics. (52993)
  • end-to-end Tests: Fix ‘no-useless-not’ ESLint warnings. (54652)
  • package(e2e-test-utils): Update fixtures. (54128)
  • wp-scripts: Add support for Playwright. (53108)
  • Font Library: Use resolvable domain in test. (54763)
  • Global styles tests: Fire hooks when updating post. (54836)
  • Remove action to fix tests. (54806)
  • Font Library: Fix set upload dir test. (54762)

Build Tooling

  • Backport tools: Filter PRs to be cherry picked by merged date. (54171)
  • Changelog tool: Update Automated Testing label. (54070)
  • Running npm run format:Php may result in an error. (54162)
  • Scripts: Correctly resolve entry points when the directory is symlinked. (54212)
  • Upgrade wp-prettier to v3.0.3. (54539)
  • Update typescript-eslint to v6. (53975)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

  • @andrewhayward: Making Circular Option Picker a listbox. (52255)
  • @jamiemchale: Fix createI18n package import location. (51328)
  • @johnhooks: refactor(blob): Type URL parameter as optional. (49201)
  • @MericKarabulut: Improving error messages and codes in jest-console, matcher.js. (53743)
  • @Piyush-Deshmukh: Fix: Wrapped ref in quotes in theme.json documentation. (54591)
  • @Rajinsharwar: Editor: Catch errors when creating terms. (53369)
  • @toolstack: Set the timezone correctly. (48083)

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @alexstine @andrewhayward @andrewserong @annezazu @anomiex @anton-vlasenko @aristath @artemiomorales @atachibana @bangank36 @bfintal @bph @brookewp @c4rl0sbr4v0 @carolinan @chad1008 @chintu51 @ciampo @DAreRodz @dcalhoun @derekblank @draganescu @ediamin @ellatrix @fluiddot @gaambo @geriux @getdave @glendaviesnz @gvgvgvijayan @gziolo @hellofromtonya @jameskoster @jamiemchale @jeherve @jffng @johnhooks @jordesign @jorgefilipecosta @joshuatf @jrtashjian @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @kkoppenhaver @kmanijak @leewillis77 @luisherranz @madhusudhand @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @margolisj @masteradhoc @matiasbenedetto @mburridge @mcsf @MericKarabulut @mhimon @michalczaplinski @mikachan @mikejolley @mokagio @ndiego @ntsekouras @Olein-jp @petitphp @Piyush-Deshmukh @Rajinsharwar @ramonjd @richtabor @SantosGuillamot @SaxonF @scruffian @spacedmonkey @stokesman @swissspidy @t-hamano @tellthemachines @thelovekesh @toolstack @torounit @tyxla @vcanales @walbo @WunderBart @youknowriad

Props to @siobhyb, @czapla, and @artemiosans for co-writing; @saxonafletcher for the visual assets; @annezazu, @priethor, @andraganescu, @cbringmann, and @ngreennc for peer review; @bernhard-reiter for helping publish the release to 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/.

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

Dev Chat agenda, September 27, 2023

(update with 6.3.2 reference under Releases – 19:30 @webcommsat)

The next weekly WordPress developers chat will take place on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of Make WordPress Slack. All are welcome.

Welcome and housekeeping

Summary of Dev Chat, September 20, 2023 – thanks to @webcommsat @zunaid321 and @ogleckler

Announcements

WordPress 6.4 Beta 1 is available – please help test and make the release the best it can be. All details are on the post. Thanks to everyone who contributed to getting this to 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 and those who came and led the release party on September 26.

Highlighted posts

An early version of a plugin checker has been launched. The Plugins Review team volunteers application form will be open until the end of September 2023 – if you can help contribute to this area, take a look at the post and all the handbook information.

WordPress Performance team has a new version of the Performant Translations 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 with improved compatibility and performance. It has more than 1000 installations as at September 26, 2023. More testers will be needed and @swissspidy has created a proof-of-concept core patch in the meantime.

Forthcoming release updates

Next major WordPress release: 6.4

WordPress 6.4 Beta 2 is scheduled for October 3, 2023.

Existing 6.4 useful links

Release parties schedule for 6.4

Roadmap to 6.4 – this release is scheduled for November 7, 2023.

Bug Scrub Schedule 6.4

6.4 Development Cycle

Project Board for Editor Tasks for WordPress 6.4 on GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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/

New: 6.3.2

Call for ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. reviews – @joemcgill to highlight. 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/. link

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/

  • Gutenberg 16.7 due to go live on September 27, 2023. Update: 16.7.0 released

Tickets or Components help requests

Please add any items for this part of the agenda to the comments. If you can not attend dev chat live, don’t worry, include a note and the facilitator can highlight a ticket if needed.

Open floor

If you have any additional items to add to the agenda, please respond in the comments below to help the facilitator highlight them during the meeting.

#6-4, #agenda, #dev-chat

Performance Chat Summary: 26 September 2023

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Announcements

  • Welcome to our new members of #core-performance
  • WordPress 6.4 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 is September 26, 2023 today
  • Early version of WordPress plugin checker launched

Priority Projects

Server Response Time

Link to roadmap projects

Contributors: @joemcgill @spacedmonkey @aristath @swissspidy @thekt12 @mukesh27

  • @spacedmonkey committed [56621], [56650], [56677], [56678], and [56683]
  • @thekt12 is working on #59314
  • @flixos90 committed [56681] and just opened a follow up bug fix PR that would be great to commit in the next hour if there is consensus (since committed in [56717])
  • @mukesh27 has been working on additional unit tests for #22192
  • @joemcgill posted some additional benchmarking for the two approaches in flight for #57789, and plans to do some more profiles to get more detailed info on both. He is still planning on tracking these PRs in the 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/ repos but have punted to 6.5 for now to keep the release moving while this is getting worked out.

Database Optimization

Link to roadmap projects

Contributors: @spacedmonkey @mukesh27

  • @spacedmonkey committed [56656] and is currently reviewing a PR for #59442 which @thekt12 has been working on
  • @pbearne would like to start working/focus on the option auto-loading issue. now that there is the new 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 allow easy shortcutting from [55256]
    • @flixos90: There are a few more existing ideas around, some of which are being worked on already, such as #42441
    • For any new ideas, a good next step would be to open issues. Depending on what you envision, you may either want to open a new TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. or a new module proposal in the Performance Lab 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
    • There’s also the autoloaded options Site Health check in Performance Lab, for which there are a few ideas to make it more helpful

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/. & CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets.

Link to roadmap project

Contributors: @mukesh27 @10upsimon @westonruter @spacedmonkey

  • @westonruter committed elimination of manual construction of script tags in WP_Scripts and of inline scripts on frontend/login screen in [56687] (see #58664). With this, Strict CSP can now be opted into on the frontend and wp-login screen. Followed up on prior ticket which sought to do the same for all of WP, and opened new ticket to complete effort in admin.
  • @westonruter also iterated on PR for #55491. In 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. scrub yesterday, we agreed this ticket is actually a defect and not an enhancementenhancement Enhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature., so it can still land after beta1 today

Images

Link to roadmap projects

Contributors: @flixos90 @thekt12 @adamsilverstein @joemcgill @pereirinha

  • @flixos90 committed [56651], [56690], and [56693]
  • @pereirinha could use some help to track the tickets that need help
    • @flixos90: One of the most flexible ways to search Trac with various filters is the https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org
    • For example, this query shows all remaining 6.4 tickets with a performance focus; it looks like most tickets there are already assigned but please feel free to take a closer look and familiarize yourself with those issues to see if you’re interested in a particular ticket and/or have additional feedback

Measurement

Link to roadmap projects

Contributors: @adamsilverstein @joemcgill @mukesh27 @swissspidy @flixos90

Ecosystem Tools

Link to roadmap projects

Contributors: @mukesh27 @swissspidy @westonruter

Creating Standalone Plugins

Link to GitHub overview issue

Contributors: @flixos90 @mukesh27 @10upsimon

  • @10upsimon pretty much finalized https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/651, has implemented necessary logic for redirection back to WPP Settings Screen following certain standalone plug-in actions, will outline in code review given that a few approaches needed to be tested before arriving at the working solution.
    • @flixos90 is looking forward to taking a closer look

Open Floor

  • @spacedmonkey raised #42441
    • The PR needs review and feedback
    • There was consensus that due to a lack of feedback this should be punted to the 6.5 milestone
    • Let’s continue discussing on the ticket so we can figure out a good approach for 6.5
  • @thekt12 has updated the PR for #59442 and would like additional feedback since he is not confident if this leads to any new issue as the new approach does change how cache key is generated for query

Our next chat will be held on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 15:00 UTC in the #core-performance channel in Slack.

#core-performance, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary

Editor Chat Agenda: 27 September 2023

Facilitator and notetaker: @paaljoachim

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat scheduled for Wednesday, September 27 2023, 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/..

  • Announcements
  • Project updates
  • Task Coordination
  • Open Floor – extended edition.

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-core-editor-agenda, #meeting

Performance Chat Agenda: 26 September 2023

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for Sep 26, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.


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

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

Editor chat summary: September 20th, 2023

This post summarizes the weekly editor chat meeting (agenda for September 20th meeting) held on Wednesday, September 20th 2023, 03:00 PM GMT+1 in Slack. Moderated by @fabiankaegy.

WordPress 6.4 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 will be released in less than a week on September 26th. The full development cycle for 6.4 can be found here: https://make.wordpress.org/core/6-4/

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/ 16.7 RC1 was released right before the meeting. It’s available to test through GitHub.

Gutenberg 16.6 was released last week and the full changelog was posted here in the Make blog.

Key project updates

Open Floor

@mamaduka asked for feedback/testing on a PR that fixes an issue relating to contentOnly locking.

@mdxfr shared several regressions related to the 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. functionality in WordPress 6.3.

Just want to point out several issues related to Excerpt regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. in WP6.3. Since it is a base feature, it is important to fix it soon.
The tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. issues are milestoned for 6.3.2 but would be nice to ship the fixes into next Gutenberg release (16.7/16.8) but also next WP6.4
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/53570
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/15117
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59270 (flagged 6.3.2)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59043 (flagged 6.3.2)
It has impact for instance on
https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-blocks/issues/10653
https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/39934

About Cover 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. align-top doesn’t work for awareness, the fix was merged into 16.7, thx (https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/54050), maybe we can pick it into WP6.3.2 target list also…

@proxxim asked about any plans for adding a focal point picker to the cover block when it pulls in the 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. of a post. We moved the discussion to the relevant GitHub issue.

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

Dev Chat Summary, September 20, 2023

The notes from the weekly WordPress developers chat which took place on September 20, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Key Links

Announcements

No announcements were made this week.

Highlighted Posts

Hallway Hangout: Performance Improvements for WordPress 6.4: Make plans to talk Performance at this hangouts session planned for October 19, 2023 at 15:00 UTC.

Analyzing the Core Web Vitals performance impact of WordPress 6.3 in the field: Read this thorough breakdown from @felixarntz of how 6.3 performance improvements have been reflected on production sites using WordPress at scale. Feedback in invited on the post.

Community Summit Discussion Notes: Increasing contributor recognition and celebration: Join the discussion on how contributor impact can be better identified and highlighted. The discussion at the summit considered the system of props, credit outside of a release, badges, encouragement of contribution.

Evolving the FSE Outreach Program: A reminder to provide feedback on the next phase for the #fse-outreach-experiment: Deadline for feedback: Friday, September 22, 2023

Additional Highlighted Post on Interoperability under Open Floor.

Release Updates

Next major WordPress release: 6.4

The last 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 before 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 will be on Monday, September 25, 2023 at 17:00 UTC.

More on 6.4 highlighted under Open Floor.

Beta 1 is scheduled for next Tuesday, September 26.

Stay in the 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. with 6.4 by following:

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/

Reminder: the revised release schedule for the next Gutenberg release is as follows:

  • Gutenberg 16.7 RC1: released September 20 (originally planned for September 13)
  • Gutenberg 16.7: September 27

Components & Tickets

Testing request following a recent bug scrub from @joedolson:

  • TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #58912: Mobile: Adminadmin (and super admin) menu unexpectedly closes with Safari – after the patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing. is updated, this will be ready for testing
  • Trac ticket #58756: Media library improvements: UIUI User interface, Non-closing options, and Button select state issues in image editing – this is ready for testing
  • Trac ticket #40822: no longer requires further feedback and is ready for commit


From the tickets posted by @oglekler before dev chat, assistance is needed with the list of tickets left to tackle before Beta 1 (updated September 22, 2023):

  • Trac #55459: Change Login Label name
  • Trac #56886: Admin facing add site screen missing search engine visibility field
  • Trac #58703: wp-list-table: <label> is preceding <input> in the checkbox column – this ticket has a new patch, and further testing is requested
  • Trac #40762: Login: add canonical admin shorthand URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org for login.php

Open Floor

  • Call for WordPress developer proposals: Update from @adamsilverstein regarding Interop 2024 was added to the Highlighted Posts list by @webcommsat.
    Seeking proposals for Interop 2024. WordPress developers are asked to contribute their proposals for 2024 as on GitHub or as a comment on the proposals post. Interop aims to improve interoperability across the three major web browser engines (Chromium, WebKit and Gecko) in important areas as identified by web developers.
  • Call for assistance with 6.3.2: @joemcgill highlighted @mikeschroder‘s message about next steps for getting another bugfix out for 6.3, and if there were any contributors available to help lead the release.
    • @ironprogrammer raised that there may be many busy with beta 1 next week, and more hands may be raised after this
    • @jeffpaul thought the concern before WCUS was that something(s) milestoned for 6.3.2 might be worth getting out before 6.4 lands. He asked if people had interest and availability, could they share this in the #6-3-release-leads Slack channel as it would be very helpful.
  • ** A number of contributors highlighted the final stretch to 6.4 Beta 1, and the calls to help deal with as many bugs as possible, clear triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. queues, and review available content.
    @cbringmann reminded the meeting that contributions are for all and not restricted to just the release squad and cohort. She thanked everyone who is lending a hand to the 6.4 release.

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be on Wednesday September 27, 2023, at 20:00 UTC.

Are you interested in helping draft Dev Chat summaries? Volunteer at the start of the next meeting on the #core Slack channel.

Props to @ironprogrammer for hosting the meeting,
@webcommsat and @zunaid321 for the notes,
and to @marybaum and @oglekler for reviews and updates on tickets.

#6-3, #6-4, #dev-chat, #meeting, #summary