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In addition to the semantic improvements to tabs in the admin area, there are a few additional accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a…

WordPress 5.2 brings several improvements for developers working with Privacy Policy pages and data exports. New Privacy Policy Page Helpers Four new features have been added to make customizing and designing the Privacy Policy page easier: A new function, is_privacy_policy(), can be used in conditionals to identify whether the current $wp_query is for the Privacy…

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat meeting on Wednesday, 24th April 2019, 13:00 UTC Tasks Coordination Open Floor This meeting is held in the #core-editor channel in the Making WordPress 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/. If you have anything to propose for the agenda or specific…

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In today’s devchat, I raised a concern about the number of tickets still open in the milestone. RC1 had an initial target date of today, but with 43 open tickets it doesn’t seem like a sound decision to continue with that date. After a lot of discussion about upcoming dates (for time off, holidays, and…

In 5.0, WP_Screen::is_block_editor() was introduced to allow developers to conditionally execute code depending on whether the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved…

Below is a summary of this week’s JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com chat (agenda, Slack Transcript).…

Below is the agenda for the weekly devchat meeting on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 2100 UTC. Announcements 5.2 updates Upcoming 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…

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat meeting on Wednesday, 17th April 2019, 13:00 UTC Tasks Coordination Open Floor This meeting is held in the #core-editor channel in the Making WordPress 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/. If you have anything to propose for the agenda or specific…

WordPress 5.2 is officially the best WordPress 2019 has seen that rhymes with wp_nav_menu()! Users will see new coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blocks available, and an added ability to enable or disable blocks within the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used…