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WordPress 4.7 introduces a significant reworking of action and 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…

This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on : Update on 4.6.1. Components and features: any decision points to be made, things that are stuck, or calls for help. Twenty Seventeen 🎉 If you have anything to propose to add to the agenda, please leave a comment below. See you there! #4-7, #agenda

This is the weekly update post for the customize component. It includes a summary of this week’s meeting, recent commits, and next week’s meeting agenda. Customize 4.7 Kickoff Meeting Summary On Monday we held the customize component kickoff meeting in #core-customize on Slack [logs]. Potential 4.7 Projects We started by identifying potential projects for 4.7, and…

This is a recap from the the Media Component kickoff meeting last Friday, August 26. The main goal of this meeting was to discuss potential focus areas for 4.7. Read the conversation log in #core-images 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/. Our next meeting is…

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from August 31st (agenda, Slack archive). Holidays & Scheduling Reminder to announce meeting moves or cancellations (e.g., Monday is US Labor Day holiday, Monday after is Eid al Adha) Update on 4.6.1 4.6.1-RC1 planned for release tomorrow (Thursday, September 1). Provides a nice window for testing before the planned release date of…

A Release Candidate for WordPress 4.6.1 is now available. This maintenance release fixes 16 issues reported against 4.6 and is scheduled for final release on Wednesday, September 7. Thus far WordPress 4.6 has been downloaded almost 7 million times since its release on August 16. Please help us by testing this release candidaterelease candidate One of…

Welcome back the latest issue of Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., covering changes [38346-38455]. Here are the highlights: 110 commits 62 contributors 111 tickets created 20 tickets reopened 128 tickets closed Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.…

This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on : General reminder: as holidays or other conflicts come up, be sure to announce meeting moves or cancellations. For instance, next Monday is the US Labor Day holiday and the Monday after that is Eid al Adha. Update on 4.6.1. #36335: Autoloader and #37699: Globals…

This is the jump-start post for the first week of the WordPress 4.7 release cycle. Many projects are still putting together pinkprints for success, so this week is all about getting 4.7 off to a flying start. 🛫 Priority tickets this week: There are currently 3 tickets that require very early consideration.  Please follow them, give…

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 against the performance focus keyword will be taking place on . There are currently 138…