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Week In Core, July 6 – July 12 2016
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 [37980-38039]. Here are the highlights: 59 commits 39 contributors 61 tickets created 3 tickets reopened 20 tickets closed Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on…
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Weekly Dev Chat Agenda for July 13 — Twelve Weeks Later
Agenda for the weekly dev meeting on : WordPress 4.6 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…
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dbDelta() updates in 4.6
dbDelta() is a function which helps to modify the database based on specified SQL statements. In WordPress 4.6 this function has been updated to resolve some long standing bugs. Normalized index definitions Previously, dbDelta() compared the raw SQL data for index definitions with the output of SHOW INDEX FROM. This required a specific format so indices…
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WP_Post_Type in 4.6
WordPress 4.6 will introduce a new WP_Post_Type class. This changes the global $wp_post_types to an array of WP_Post_Type objects. WP_Post_Type provides methods to handle post type supports, rewrite rules, metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites…
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This Week in 4.6: July 11 – 17
This is the jump-start post for the twelfth week of the WordPress 4.6 release cycle. 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…
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Multisite Focused Changes in 4.6
The 4.6 release cycle has been a productive one! Several major and a few minor updates are described in detail below. If you’d like even more detail, here is a full list of multisitemultisite Used to describe a WordPress installation with a network of multiple blogs, grouped by sites. This installation type has shared users…
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Enhancing register_meta() in 4.6
In 4.6, register_meta() expands to support the registration of metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. keys and what to expect from those keys. See #35658 for the discussion around…
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Native Fonts in 4.6
When WordPress switched to Open Sans in version 3.8 at the end of 2013, the state of typography on the web was just beginning to evolve. Before, our choices for typefaces were limited to a small subset of fonts reliably installed on most major operating systems. And, in some cases, those fonts were optimized for print,…
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Dev Chat Summary: July 6th, 2016
WordPress 4.6 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…
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Multisite Office Hours Recap (July 5, 2016)
Multisitemultisite Used to describe a WordPress installation with a network of multiple blogs, grouped by sites. This installation type has shared users tables, and creates separate database tables for each blog (wp_posts becomes wp_0_posts). See also network, blog, site office hours are held every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC in #core-multisite. The next will be .…