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WordPress 5.2 will allow administrators to fix or mitigate fatal errors on their site that would previously have been impossible to address without developer interference and modifying the codebase. Even in the case where a fatal error would commonly have made the backend completely inaccessible (for example through a so-called “white screen of death”), administrators…

It’s been over 3 years since Dashicons has been updated (see #34221 from version 4.5). But, they have not been forgotten about! In 5.2, the Dashicons will see several changes, including 13 awesome new icons. New Build Process A new build process has been implemented in the Dashicons GitHub repository to make adding new icons…

WordPress 5.2 introduces new short circuit filters to WP_Site_Query and WP_Network_Query. These two filters, sites_pre_query and network_pre_query, were introduced in [44983] and run before the database queries are executed. This enables short-circuiting the database query entirely to return custom results. Returning a non-null value from either filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of…

The following 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 will help us drop to 0 tickets in the 5.2 milestone by RC1…

Below is a summary of this week’s 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 chat (agenda, Slack Transcript).…

Below is the agenda for the weekly devchat meeting on . Announcements 5.2 updates Upcoming 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 Continued call for…

One of the goals of 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/ project’s phase 2 is to expand the usage…

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat meeting on Wednesday, 10th April 2019, 13:00 UTC 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/ 5.5 and WordPress…

This post summarizes for the weekly editor chat meeting on Wednesday, 3rd April 2019, 14:00 UTC held in Slack. Pre-meeting discussion around Meeting Time After some discussion about leaving the meeting time unaffected by Daylight Savings, ie leaving the meeting at 14:00 UTC, it was decided to switch to 13:00 UTC. Next week’s meeting will…

Below is the agenda for the weekly devchat meeting on Wednesday, 3rd April 2019, 21:00 GMT: Announcements 5.2 updates Calls from component maintainers Open Floor If you have anything to propose for the agenda or specific items related to those listed above, please leave a comment below. This meeting is held in the #core channel in the Making WordPress Slack. #5-2, #agenda, #devchat