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This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from April 19th (agenda, Slack archive). 4.7.4 Release Timing We pushed out that RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). for 4.7.4 yesterday, please test it diligently So far…

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 [40476-40556]. Here are the highlights: 81 commits 29 contributors 90 tickets created 11 tickets reopened 48 tickets closed Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on…

Several changes have made their way into WordPress’ unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. suite and its infrastructure recently. If you maintain a WordPress project (such as a pluginPlugin…

Previously, we discussed the new editor and browser support within WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Following up on those conversations, we are officially ending support for Internet Explorer versions 8, 9, and 10, starting with WordPress 4.8. Microsoft officially discontinued supporting these…

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 [40417-40475]. Here are the highlights: 59 commits 37 contributors 59 tickets created 6 tickets reopened 36 tickets closed Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on…

In last week’s coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. dev chat, @rmccue identified a need to coordinate on consistent approaches to common JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive…

After about six weeks of development, a Release Candidate for WordPress 4.7.4 is now available. This maintenance release fixes 46 issues reported against 4.7 and is scheduled for final release on Thursday, April 20, 2017. Thus far WordPress 4.7 has been downloaded nearly 60 million times since its release on December 6, 2016. Please help us by testing this release candidate to ensure…

This is the agenda for the weekly dev meeting on : 4.7.4 release timing REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”)…

In an effort to grow awareness of WordPress community events like WordCamps and meetups, a group of us have been working to upgrade the WordPress News widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page.…

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from April 12th (agenda, Slack archive). 4.7.4 Planning There are currently 23 open tickets in the milestone We had been aiming for an early May release, but an annoying bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature…