Source: Make WordPress: Core

With r29892 the first pass at our new default theme, Twenty Fifteen, is in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. While a lot of hard work has gone into it already it won’t be complete without your help. Check it out and do your…

In recent releases we’ve sporadically done weekly 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 on Fridays. They allow contributors a concentrated period…

In our initial meeting on Wednesday (IRC log), we outlined some steps and a fairly aggressive timeline to get ourselves in a place where changes to wp_dropdown_users() (#19867) and wp_dropdown_pages() (#9864) are suitable for patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and…

Agenda, IRC log. User/Post Dropdown Performance (#) @helen, @ericlewis No code movement as of recently, but they’re laying out a plan to get both working in 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…

Agenda for today’s dev chat () in #wordpress-dev. Updates from @helen and @markjaquith on post/user dropdown performance, and editor focus improvements, respectively. Anything needed from either party? Updates from @boonebgorges on his query enhancements. Any pending blockers, feedback, testing, etc needed? Updates from myself, @johnbillion, on the session management UIUI User interface feature pluginFeature Plugin…

In the last few releases, the theme and 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 the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress.…

Hi Everyone! It’s time for Last Week in WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.! This update covers through Sunday, October 5th, and contains many commits from WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where…

In 3.9, I started taking a look at solving some long-standing scaling issues with dropdowns, notably those for users (#19867) and pages (#9864). I arrived at a conclusion about our mixed usage of autocomplete and autosuggest far too late to make it for 3.9, and did not add it to my plate for 4.0, but…

WordPress 4.1 development is under way. See the release schedule for the key dates. Here’s an overview of the headline features for this release. If you’d like to get involved with mockups, design, development, documentation, testing – anything really – see the users and tickets listed below each item. Further work on the editor focus…

For WP 4.1, I’ll be working on improvements to WP_Meta_Query, WP_Tax_Query, and WP_Date_Query, the Three Tenors Three Stooges Three Amigos of WordPress. Here’s a summary of the proposed changes, with some notes about where help is needed. Unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application.…