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WordPress 4.1.2 has been released
WordPress 4.1.2 has been released. It is a security release. There are no stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. changes. In order to benefit from the automated release process it could be possible that you have to prepare your localeLocale Locale =…
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Reminder: Please Test Your Plugins With 4.2
WordPress 4.2 is being released this week. Are your plugins ready? After testing your plugins and ensuring compatibility, it only takes a few moments to change the readme “Tested up to:” value to 4.2. This information provides peace of mind to users and helps encourage them to update to the latest version. For each pluginPlugin…
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Shortcake (Shortcode UI) chat summary – April 20th, 2015
Present: @danielbachhuber, @matth_eu Meeting focused on clearing up some of the remaining issues in the v0.3 milestone. In v0.4, we’re looking into de-coupling Shortcake from the Media Library experience. If you have opinions on this regard, you should follow along on this issue Matt has done some exploration of repeatable fields. The crux of the…
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Fixing add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() usage
Background: Due to a now-fixed ambiguity in the documentation for the add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() functions, many plugins were using them incorrectly, allowing for potential XSS attack vectors in their code. Both add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() have an optional argument to define the base query string to use. If this argument is undefined, it will use $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’],…
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This Week in 4.2: April 20 – 26
This is the jump-start post for the fourteenth (and final!) week of the WordPress 4.2 release cycle. Last week, we tagged RC1 and “hard froze” strings. We’ll likely tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control…
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Automated Release Packages
Please make sure your localeLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ is always eligible for automated release packagesAutomated Release Packages Automated release packages are release packages…
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WordPress Core Weekly
Howdy! Sorry, I dropped the ball last week so this week’s Weekly Roundup is a double issue — it covers April 4, 2015 [32003] to April 18, 2015 [32140]. This week marks the release of RC1, which is the first release that many pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions…
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Queue focus event A long time ago we…
Queue focus event A long time ago, we used to have as a team a day where people would get together on IRC and really tackle the queues. This was a great opportunity for people to really focus. We’re going to be bringing this back. This time, we want to really focus what people are…
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WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Alice in Wonderland WC Paris, WC Hamburg and WC Atlanta submitted videos this week. WC Lancaster – WC St Louis – WC Dayton – WC Seattle and WC San Diego videos are still in process. In the Mod Chat we talked about: moderating…