Welcome back to a new issue of Week in Core 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 Trac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. between September 6 and September 13, 2021.
- 37 commits
- 30 contributors
- 40 tickets created
- 4 tickets reopened
- 25 tickets closed
As expected, WordPress 5.8.1 was released last week! Props to @desrosj and @circlecube for leading this new point release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality. 🌟
The Core team is currently working on the next point (5.8.2) and major (5.9) releases 🛠
Ticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component and/or focus.
Code changes
Administration
- Accessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility): Improve
aria-label on network (versus site, blog) admin (and super admin) Themes screen – #24442
Build/Test Tools
- Fix CI for running tests on PHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 8.1 – #53945
- Add more invalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. IP test cases and
@covers to Tests_Functions_Anonymization – #53363 - Add tests for
wpdb::_real_escape() – #53363 - Fix “null to non-nullable” deprecation notice in
Tests_Admin_IncludesPlugin::test_get_plugin_files_folder() – #53635
Bundled Themes
- Twenty Eleven: Set a fixed height for search form when header The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. image is added – #40398
Code Modernization
- Fix “passing null to non-nullable” deprecation in
wpdb::_real_escape() – #53635 - Fix “passing null to non-nullable” deprecation notice in
WP_Comment_Query::get_comment_ids() – #53635 - Fix “passing null to non-nullable” deprecation notices in
WP_Http::normalize_cookies() – #53635 - Fix last parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
Walker::start_el() – #51553 - Fix null to non-nullable deprecation in
term_exists() – #53635 - Fix null to non-nullable deprecation in
wp_privacy_anonymize_ip() – #53635 - Fix null to non-nullable deprecations in
WP_Meta_Query::get_sql_for_clause() – #53635 - Fix parameter name mismatch with parent in
WP_Customize_Custom_CSS_Setting::validate() – #51553 - Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_Customize_Setting::sanitize() – #51553 - Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_Customize_Setting::update() – #51553 - Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_Image_Editor::save() – #51553 - Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_List_Table::column_cb() – #51553 - Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_List_Table::handle_row_actions() – #51553 - Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_REST_Controller::prepare_item_for_response() – #51553 - Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_Sitemaps_Provider::get_max_num_pages() – #51553 - Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_Sitemaps_Provider::get_url_list() – #51553 - Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_Upgrader_Skin::error() – #51553 - Fix parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_Widget::update() – #51553 - Fix reserved keyword and parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
WP_Upgrader_Skin::feedback() – #51553 - Fix reserved keyword and parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
Walker::end_el() – #51553 - Fix reserved keyword and parameter name mismatches for parent/child classes in
Walker::start_el() – #51553 - Improve
@since message in WP_List_Table::column_default() – #51553
Documentation
- Correct documentation for the
in_plugin_update_message-{$file} filter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. – #40006
Editor
- Revert [51748] and [51649]. They intorduced a bug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. where
wp.editor may be replaced with wp.oldEditor in certain cases – #53762 - Editor: fix the replacement of
wp.editor with wp.oldEditor in the inline script outputted when enqueueing the old editor – #53762
External Libraries
- Update jQuery UI User interface to 1.13.0-rc2 – #52163
General
- Only use
_jsonp_wp_die_handler() for JSONP REST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/. requests
Site Health
- Add Intl to the list of recommended PHP extensions – #52654
- Site Health: Move the Imagick entry higher in the list of recommended PHP extensions – #52654
Users
- Introduce a
meta_input argument for wp_insert_user() – #41950
Widgets
Props
Thanks to the 30 people who contributed to WordPress Core on Trac last week: @hellofromTonya (26), @jrf (26), @azaozz (19), @desrosj (18), @johnbillion (15), @sergeybiryukov (15), @audrasjb (2), @david.binda (2), @sabernhardt (2), @Clorith (2), @Soean (1), @davidmosterd (1), @BinaryKitten (1), @donmhico (1), @peterwilsoncc (1), @mdawaffe (1), @get_dave (1), @grantmkin (1), @fullofcaffeine (1), @lukecavanagh (1), @josklever (1), @mukesh27 (1), @zieladam (1), @andraganescu (1), @fedepia (1), @zodiac1978 (1), @mgol (1), @JavierCasares (1), @zeo (1), and @SergeyBiryukov (1).
Congrats and welcome to our new contributor of the week: @josklever ♥️
Core committers: @hellofromtonya (26), @sergeybiryukov (6), @azaozz (3), and @johnbillion (2).
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