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After being approved for a partial merge, Shiny Updates V2 was added to WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. in [37714]. Thanks to that change, updating as well as installing and deleting plugins and themes has become much easier for users. With the exception…

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…

Resource Hints is a rather new W3C specification that “defines the dns-prefetch, preconnect, prefetch, and prerender relationships of the HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. Link Element (<link>)”. These can be used to assist the browser in the decision process of which origins it should connect…

Every time WordPress is loaded, it goes through the bootstrap or loading process. In WordPress 4.6, there will be a few changes to the process focused on making pieces available earlier. Many of these changes will have no effect whatsoever on the vast majority of WordPress sites. However, if you are the type that maintains your…

WordPress 4.6 will introduce WP_Term_Query. This new class brings parity between 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. term queries and WP’s other content type queries: WP_Query, WP_Comment_Query, and WP_User_Query. And – as in the case of posts, comments,…

WordPress 4.6 significantly improves the way translations are loaded for plugins and themes which are hosted in the WordPress 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…

In WordPress 4.6 (#29420) localization defaults were added for the jQuery UI datepicker based on the current localeLocale A locale is a combination of language and regional dialect. Usually locales correspond to countries, as is the case with Portuguese (Portugal) and Portuguese (Brazil). Other examples of locales include Canadian English and U.S. English. using the…

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 [37903-37980]. Here are the highlights: 77 commits 50 contributors 87 tickets created 12 tickets reopened 86 tickets closed Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on…

Since WP_Widget was introduced in 2.8 the register_widget() and unregister_widget() functions required the class name (string) of a WP_Widget subclass to be supplied. As of 4.6 these functions also accept a class instance (object) of a WP_Widget subclass as well. See #28216. Two key benefits for allowing objects to be instantiated are: Widgets can now…

This post contains a summary of the developer-oriented changes and additions to the customize 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 WordPress 4.6. View all 4.6 customize tickets here. The biggest new customize developer…