Jorge Costa 5:57 pm on August 5, 2021
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Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 4 August 2021

This post summarizes the weekly editor chat meeting on Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 14:00 UTC held in Slack.

WordPress 5.8 final release

@jorgefilipecosta congratulated all the people that contribute to the WordPress 5.8 release. Adding that it was a big release that changed multiple things in the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., added part of the FSE engine, implemented 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. widgets between other big additions.

@youknowriad invited people to participate in a retrospective that is happening. And added the following:

One thing I didn’t share on my comment there is that we’ve been on a feature release work for a long time. I’d love if we can focus more on quality related work (polish/performance…). For instance if you worked on a feature on previous releases, what can you do today to make it better in terms of code, performance and maintenability.

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/ 11.2.0

@jorgefilipecosta announced that Gutenberg 11.2 was released before the chat, and asked people to report any 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. found in their tests or if the update did not work as expected.

Project updates

Site Editor

@jorgefilipecosta submitted a PR that proposes a mosaic view one of the goals for July & August. The PE contains most of the functionality proposed in the mockups but not all of it because the PR was already huge. The PR also implemented the logic for an editor modes functionality that will be used to add the code editor in edit site very useful for example to full site editing theme developers.

Navigation block

@mkaz shared that, the Navigation Block is in a good state, still iterating but the next big step is a call for testing in the next week. And asked people to keep an eye out at #fse-outreach-experiment or the make.wordpress.org/test site. The team will collect feedback from that call to define what areas need focus, improving, and further iteration.

Navigation

Widgets

Native mobile application

Available in the next release:

  • “New block” block picker badge for 50% of users to measure performance.
  • Setting 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. via the Image block directly.
  • Fixed a crash in the column block, and an issue with the “More” menu in the UBE.

In progress

  • Updated the Mobile Gallery Block Refactor (PR) with the changes from Web and merged it.
  • Block Picker Search, Embed block, editor onboarding help section, GSS Font size, line height, colors.

Task coordination

@youknowriad

Is working on performance work. Has a PR improving inserter search performance.
Is also iterating on some layout-related additions. Like the block gap support.
Reviewing the PRs that he can help with.

@joen

Looks forward to getting back to polishing and improving the navigation block, list view, and a ton of other cool things, perhaps even a little framer animation! Is also going to land github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/32659 one of these days, and follow up with what that will mean for the Gallery block.

@gziolo

  • Finished working on adding support for variations in block.json file to WordPress core: As part of the efforts the same 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. proposes a unified way to apply translations to block.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. and theme.json.
  • Finished working (together with @jsnajdr and @walbo) on webpack upgrade from v4 to v5 in the build tooling: It would be great to have a wider testing before the team lands it as it impacts Gutenberg, Storybook and all projects that use wordpress/scripts.

@get_dave

Mainly working with @joen on adding a Text field to the Link UI to improve the UX around adding links (mainly in the Nav Editor). Also taking a look at pattern-based solutions to some Widgets screen markup backwards compatibility problems. Starting to think about Navigation Editor and theme.json again.

@jorgefilipecosta

His objectives for the week are:

  • Address feedback and merge the mosaic view PR
  • Propose a follow up PR with the remaining mosaic functionality.
  • Propose a PR with the code editor view on the site editor.
  • Investigate and improve the performance of the site editor.
  • Submit some site editor 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 and code quality/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. improvements.
  • Review the locking improvement proposal.

Open floor

Alignments in the shortcodeShortcode A shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site. block

@paaljoachim share the following:

The Shortcode block does not have alignment or a way to add a custom CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets.. Here is a conversation in slackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. which would be helpful to take a closer look at: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02QB2JS7/p1627590018095900

Adding that he is hoping that we can improve the shortcode block, as it is very limited in functionality.

@jorgefilipecosta said that for this use case the shortcode should be nested inside a group block.

@paaljoachim added that the shortcode is not working well inside the group block and as a follow up is going to open an issue so the team can investigate this further. The issue was created after the chat.

Wassim Boussebha new contributor presentation

Wassim Boussebha introduced himself to the participants of the chat:

I am Wassim Boussebha 18 years old,  computer science student in first year , I am interested to contribute to gutenberg project and be one of the maintainers in the future, currently I am learning computer science basics and foundations including algorithms, computer operating systems,databases….

Adding that he would like to know what is the specific tech stack that would allow him to contribute and work on this project and if it would be possible to provide some orientation.

@jorgefilipecosta thanked Wassim Boussebha for the interest in contributing. And together with @paaljoachim shared links to some tutorials, explained the tech stack, and referred what could be the first issues Wassim can work on. @jorgefilipecosta added that the team is available on slack to help with any blocking points while trying to contribute.

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

Daniel Richards 6:07 am on August 5, 2021
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What’s new in Gutenberg 11.2.0? (4 August)

Two weeks have already passed since 11.1, so this week 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/ 11.2 was released. This release seems to have had more of a focus 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. fixes and tooling, but nevertheless there are still some great features to highlight. Color support has been expanded on two blocks, a new layout option is being tested for parent blocks, and there’s now an option for creating a new post after publishing.

Search 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. – button and border colors

The range of options for customizing blocks continues to improve. The search block now has additional options for customizing button and border colors.

Group block – flex layout

An experimental flex layout option is being beta tested on the group block. This is an early glimpse at a feature that would give parent blocks the capability of defining the layout of their inner blocks.

In the near future the intention is to provide options for changing the orientation, alignment, justification, and spacing within a flex layout.

New button for creating posts as part of the publishing flow

If you’re creating more than one consecutive posts, you can now create a new post from the editor as part of the publishing flow.

11.2.0

Features

  • Search Block: Add color support to search button. (32416)
  • Search Block: Add border color support. (31783)
  • Pullquote: Add border and color support. (30951)

Enhancements

  • Post Editor
    • Add a new page/post button on publish panel. (33276)
  • Widgets Editor
    • 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. inserter: Clarify that the button toggles the inserter. (33561)
    • Update widget editor help links to point to the new support article. (33482)
  • Components
    • Spacer: Change props override order, split types. (33555)
    • Elevation: Reduced motion styles, updated documentation and README. (33551)
    • components: Add unit values utils. (33514)
    • components: Add isValueNumeric util. (33206)
    • [Components]: Add SegmentedControl. (31937)
    • Components: Promote VisuallyHidden from ui into full components (#31244). (31902)
  • 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)
    • Inserter: In text label mode, use “Close” label when inserter is open. (33534)
  • Data
    • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Data: Pass query argument to data selector shortcuts. (33689)

Bug Fixes

  • Block Library
    • 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.: Allow authors to select images uploaded by other users. (33567)
    • Template Part: Avoid button layout shift. (33362)
    • Remove instagram reference from embed block’s description. (33519)
  • Block Editor
    • Fixed that the block is selected instead of the title when using the select all shortcut. (33621)
  • Post Editor
    • Most Used Terms: Avoid 403 error for non-administrators. (33569)
    • Editor: Set ‘hide_empty’ for the most used terms query. (33457)
    • HierarchicalTermSelector: Use TextControl component. (33545)
    • PWA manifest: icon: Fix error when adminadmin (and super admin) bar is gone. (33702)
  • Widgets Editor
    • Fix pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party/theme incompatibility, call onChangeSectionExpanded conditionally. (33618)
  • Components
    • Fix: Native UnitControl to handle single unit configuration. (33641)
    • NumberControl: Allow empty values. (33485)
    • BoxControl: Prevent 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. style values. (33444)
    • FocalPointPicker: Check if value is NaN. (33637)
    • UnitControl: Set correct unit when units has one option. (33634)
    • components: Use useCx to fix 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. support. (33301)
    • Card: Add missing box-sizing CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. rules. (33511)
    • CardBody: Change default value of isScrollable to false. (33490)
    • ItemGroup: Fix padding, split types, rename boolean props. (33553)
  • Themes
    • 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 broken loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop. in WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver. (33624)
  • Site Editor
    • Site editor: Check template resolution. (33527)
    • FSE: Fix content height. (33698)
  • Media
    • Format Library: Remove style from inline image if width not set. (32516)

Performance

  • Drag and drop
    • Set passive listener option for use popover scroll to avoid affecting scrolling performance. (33478)
    • Drag items via transform property to avoid layout and re-paints. (33395)

Experiments

  • Full Site Editing
    • Query Pagination: Update the arrows on the Next and Prev pagination blocks. (33626)
  • Block Library
    • Add flex layout support to the block editor. (33359)

Tools

  • Testing
    • E2E: Navigation wait for links before counting them. (33704)
    • Automation: Track Gutenberg performance metrics over time. (33694)
    • Re-enable “Save flow should work as expected” end-to-end test. (33548)
    • Skip some widgets editing related tests. (33547)
    • Enable the reusable blocks skipped test. (33510)
    • Skip end-to-end tests. (33503)
    • Tests: Run Prettier after regenerating test fixture. (33502)
    • Fix screenshots not being captured when snapshots failed. (33448)
    • Add coverage folder to .gitignore. (33413)
    • Automated Testing: Disable remote patterns in tests. (33160)
    • Improve function widgets test. (33489)
    • Make the performance CI job more stable. (33710)
    • Update button block corner radius test to px. (33562)
    • Add unsupported block title translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. test. (33340)
    • Re-enable skipped widgets end-to-end test. (33449)
  • Build Tooling
    • Update sass version to 1.35.2 with fixes. (33433)
    • Improve Feature mapping in automatically generated changelog. (33625)
    • Add depth to git fetch in npm publishing. (33595)
    • Release docs: Add process for creating a point releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality. of the Plugin. (33546)
    • Docs: Run Prettier after updating 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. in documentation. (33498)
    • Publish android artifacts with publish to s3 gradle plugin. (33441)
    • Build: Split configuration into two parts – blocks and packages. (33293)
    • Automate grouping of release Changelog PRs by feature. (33229)
    • Fix dependency extraction webpack v5 deprecation. (33090)
    • Scripts: Update eslint-plugin-markdown version. (33432)
    • Replace CRLF with LF when generating unminified assets. (33509)

Documentation

  • Add missing space in documentation. (33690)
  • Added common steps of plugin translation. (23535)
  • Packages: Ensure changelog entries are attributed to the correct release. (33590)
  • Add i18n filters to documentation table of contents. (33556)
  • Update the create a block theme how-to guide. (33382)
  • Block API: Improve how blocks assets are versioned. (33075)
  • Update the tested up to version in the readme file. (33760)
  • Correct {% end%} 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.) – missing a space. (33189)
  • Use tabs instead of spaces in block transform doc example. (33549)
  • Fix flaky widgets end-to-end tests by waiting for the snackbar correctly. (33317)
  • Scripts: Add changlog entry for module update. (33473)
  • Create block: Update “Tested up to” in readme.txt. (33493)

Code Quality

  • Block Library
    • Fix optional params in page list rendering. (33639)
  • Block Editor
    • Block editor: Use ReactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. events for shortcuts (portal bubbles & contextual). (32323)
    • Block editor: Remove focus stopPropagation from appender. (32003)
    • Block editor: iframe: Incorporate writing flow. (33497)
    • Escape key sanity (avoid event.stopPropagation). (33630)
    • Writing flow: select all: Remove early return for post title. (33699)
    • Remove event.stopPropagation for past WritingFlow/ObserveTyping compatibility. (33632)
  • Post Editor
    • Editor: Refactor Post Author component. (33695)

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.

VersionLoading TimeKeyPress Event (typing)
Gutenberg 11.28.48s37.89ms
Gutenberg 11.18.54s38.17ms
WordPress 5.88.43s39.71ms

Kudos to all the contributors that helped with the release! 👏

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

pbking 1:56 pm on August 4, 2021
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X-post: Block-based Themes Meeting Agenda: August 4, 2021

X-post from +make.wordpress.org/themes: Block-based Themes Meeting Agenda: August 4, 2021

Francesca Marano 9:52 am on August 4, 2021
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Dev Chat Agenda for August 4, 2021

Here is the agenda for this week’s developer meeting to occur at August 4, 2021 at 20:00 UTC.

Blogblog (versus network, site) Post Highlights

Bringing to your attention some interesting reads and some call for feedback and/or volunteers

Components check-in and status updates

  • Check-in with each component for status updates.
  • Poll for components that need assistance.

Open Floor

Do you have something to propose for the agenda, or a specific item relevant to the usual agenda items above?

Please leave a comment, and say whether or not you’ll be in the chat, so the group can either give you the floor or bring up your topic for you accordingly.

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

#agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Francesca Marano 2:23 pm on August 3, 2021
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Upgrade/Install component meeting agenda for August 3, 2021

The next meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021, at 17:00 UTC and will take place on #core-auto-updates 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 with the following agenda:

  • Status update on the rollback for failed plugin/theme updates
  • Open floor, tickets awaiting review, triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. – depending on who shows up 🙂

Got something to propose for the agenda? Please leave a comment below.

#core-auto-updates, #updater, #upgrade-install

Dan Farrow 10:13 am on August 3, 2021
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CSS Chat Summary: 29 July 2021

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

Housekeeping

Custom Properties (#49930)

  • @notlaura shared her draft Make post calling for contributors. UPDATE: The post has now been published here!
  • @Dave Ryan shared a note from his PR about the need for some common colour values – more discussion needed on this
  • @ryelle gave an update on her recent progress:
    • common.css has been updated and pushed to the try/custom-properties 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".
    • Making PRs to try/custom-properties is a great way for contributors to add their contributions
    • She is keeping try/custom-properties up-to-date with master
    • Anybody can give feedback on any PRs in that repo
  • @Dave Ryan asked if fallback values should be provided as he’s seen some changes that use them and some that don’t. @ryelle clarified that she had used them in admin-bar.css as adminadmin (and super admin) color schemes don’t apply to the frontend, so the custom properties may not be defined. @Dave Ryan pointed out that the same reasoning applies to the login page too
  • @notlaura suggested that the next few meetings which have work sessions should begin with a quick check in for updates & housekeeping and then straight into the work session

CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Link Share / Open Floor

Thanks everyone!

#core-css, #summary

Paal Joachim Romdahl 9:45 am on August 3, 2021
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Editor Chat Agenda: 4 August 2021

Facilitator and notetaker: @jorgefilipecosta

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat scheduled for Wednesday, August 04, 2021, 04:00 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/..

  • WordPress 5.8 final release.
  • What’s new in Gutenberg 11.2.0
  • Whats next in Gutenberg: July and August.
  • Project updates based on the latest site editing scope & 5.8 Priorities:
    • 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. based 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.
    • Navigation Block & 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 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, #meetings

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

Welcome back to a new issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Let’s take a look at what changed on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between July 26 and August 26, 2021.

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

Pending the appointment of the WordPress 5.9 team, a number of tickets have been fixed, waiting for the next minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality.(s). No release date is yet available for 5.8.1, but it should arrive in a couple of weeks.

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.

Code changes

Build/Test Tools

  • Post a message to #core in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. when a workflow fails – #52644
  • Remove the check for changes to version-controlled files in the Test Old Branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". workflow – #53799
  • Revert the test and coding standards changes in [51511] – #52644
  • Split packages and blocks to their webpack configs – #53690

Bundled Themes

  • Remove extra trailing spaces from translatable strings in blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. patterns – #53774

Coding Standards

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

Documentation

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

Networks and Sites

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

Site Health

  • Add some more MySQLMySQL MySQL is a relational database management system. A database is a structured collection of data where content, configuration and other options are stored. https://www.mysql.com/. information to the Site Health Info screen – #53845

Site Health

  • Standardise site health check status message punctuation – #53594

TaxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies.

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

Themes

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

Upgrade/Install

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

Props

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

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

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

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

Ajit Bohra 12:27 pm on August 2, 2021
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Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 28 July 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, July 28, 2021, 14:00 UTC.

WordPress 5.8

WordPress 5.8 was released on 20th July check out the release post for a complete list of features and enhancements.

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/ 11.1.0

Gutenberg 11.1.0 was released on 21st July check out the release post for a complete list of features and enhancements:

Gutenberg 11.2.0

Gutenberg 11.2.0 RC is now available for testing.

Monthly Plan

The monthly update containing the high-level items that Gutenberg contributors are focusing on for June are:

  • Global Styles.
  • 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.-based 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.
  • Navigation block.
  • Full Site Editing.

For a detailed plan check out monthly priorities post.

Updates on the key projects

@chipsnyder

For the Mobile side of things we have:

  • Soon Working to update the Mobile Gallery Block Refactor with the changes from Web, should be ready this week.
  • Work for the iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. share extension on hold as we investigate some of the technical challenges there
     
    In Progress:
  • Editor Onboarding.
  • Adding search to the block inserter.
  • Embed block.
  • Integration tests.
  • Support GSS Font Settings and specific text color settings.

@annezazu

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.

@youknowriad

  • I’m working on the Flex Layout a bit, and experimenting with multi-layout architecture for inner blocks
  • I’ve also spent some time on performance jobs, tooling around that and I’m planning to continue that a bit
  • Reviewing a number of PRs

@get_dave

@mamaduka

  • Refactored Post Author component for editor. It now only makes one request to render the component instead of four.
  • Deprecated getAuthors data selector in favor of getUsers.
  • Fixed regression in withFontSizes HOC. I would love to get some feedback on this PR and maybe ship with 5.8.1.
  • Now it’s possible to pass context to getUser and similar data selector shortcuts.
  • Worked on flaky “Block Hierarchy Navigation” test issue.
  • Fixed issue when hitting maxLength in FormTokenField component triggered an error

@annezazu

  • I was out last week but am working on a few things this week for the #fse-outreach-experiment including a hallway hangout happening likely tomorrow (to be announced soon), a survey of block theme authors, and the next call for testing.
  • Working to try to update the github template to use forms as well to perhaps make it easier for people to report issues.
  • Hoping to fit in some time to triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. too.

Open Floor

@mikeschroder

  • If it’s okay, I’d be interested in shadowing someone close to my timezone (JST, so I’m guessing APAC or EU would work best) on a Gutenberg release, to learn more about what’s involved.
  • I’d eventually love to be able to help with running one, and hoping that would help with learning about the knowledge gaps to fill.

@get_dave

  • Could whoever is running the Gutenberg 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 release today please let me know how they found the automated changelog feature grouping? I worked on a couple of PRs on that and I’m curious to know whether anything could be improved. My DM’s are open.
  • Also on that note, please can I make a plea for folks to consider being even more proactive in assigning labels 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/ Issues? With the correct labels assigned creating the release changelog can be far more automated. I’ve noticed a number of recent PRs without any labels and so I’m hopeful that we can reverse that trend for the benefit of the release leads. Much appreciated.

@mamaduka

  • I try to label the issues, but can do same for PRs as well 

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

Lara Schenck 10:05 am on August 2, 2021
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Call for CSS contributors! Help implement custom properties in WP Admin.

WordPress needs your CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. chops!

In #core-css, we have been working for over a year to devise how to implement custom properties for WP Adminadmin (and super admin) in order to allow extended flexibility of color schemes, e.g. dark mode and high contrast. After much deliberation, research, and prototyping, we are now going forward with replacing the current color scheme implementation with custom properties as outlined in ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #49582, and we need some help!

If you’d like to get started on your own or learn details about this work, we are keeping track of our workflow and collecting information that will serve as future documentation in this Google Doc: WordPress Core CSS custom properties.

Join our Custom Property Work Sessions

We also know that it can take time to understand the nuances of a project enough to contribute, it can be intimidating, and it can be hard to designate the time for it. That’s why we are devoting the next three weekly CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. CSS Chats to work time and “office hours”, where experienced folks will be available to help with any issues in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..

The dates and times for the CSS Chat: Custom Property Work Session editions of the weekly meeting will be:

  • August 5, 2021 at 21:00 UTC
  • August 12, 2021 at 21:00 UTC
  • August 19, 2021 at 21:00 UTC

Excellent Opportunity for New Contributors

This is a great opportunity to get involved with contributing code to WordPress! The knowledge you’ll need for contributing is:

  • Ability to fork and clone a repo from 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 create your own 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".
  • Run commands to start the WordPress development environment
  • Read CSS selectors from a file and find what they refer to in the DOM
  • Understanding of CSS custom properties (a.k.a. CSS variables) syntax

Some helpful links for where to obtain this knowledge:

That said, this knowledge is not required for attending the work sessions. If you run into an issue or have trouble following the doc above, just ask in Slack during one of the meetings, and someone will help.

We hope you will join us to help advance and maintain WordPress’ core stylesheets!

#core-css