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Week in Core, January 4th – 10th, 2017

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 [39666-39758]. Here are the highlights:

  • 93 commits
  • 35 contributors
  • 100 tickets created
  • 8 tickets reopened
  • 80 tickets closed

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. numbers based on trac timeline for the period above. The following is a summary of commits, organized by component.

Code Changes

Administration

  • Docs: Remove incorrect @param tags for admin_print_footer_scripts-{$hook_suffix} and admin_footer-{$hook_suffix} dynamic actiona. [39755] #39527

Build/Test Tools

  • Build: Update pinned version of grunt-cssjanus for the 4.0 branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a “branch”, such as “the 4.0 branch”. to hopefully please the build. [39747-39748] #29038

Bundled Theme

  • Twenty Seventeen: Expand a changelog entry added in [39742] with the new item name. [39752] #39489
  • Twenty Seventeen: Correct @param entries for twentyseventeen_content_width, twentyseventeen_custom_colors_saturation and twentyseventeen_social_links_icons filters. [39733] #39488
  • Twenty Seventeen: Correct @param entry for twentyseventeen_front_page_sections filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.. [39732] #39488
  • Twenty Seventeen: Introduce a theme-specific filter twentyseventeen_starter_content for customizing the starter content array. [39720] #39109
  • Upgrade: Fix the installation of TwentySeventeen upon upgrade from an early version. [39687] #38551, #30799, #39138

Comments

  • Docs: Use correct closing 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 systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) in submit_field description in comment_form(). [39753] #39508

Customize

  • Correct a comment in get_theme_starter_content() added in [39561]. [39751] #39104
  • Docs: Correct @access entries and duplicate hook references in WP_Customize_Selective_Refresh. [39734] #39501
  • Prevent removal of underline upon hover/focus for nav menu deletion links. [39696] #37527, #39444
  • Remove extra left padding in core for site title and widgets in preview. [39695] #38651, #39349
  • Ensure theme_mod-cache of custom_css lookup of -1 short-circuits a WP_Query from being made. [39694] #35395, #39259
  • CDon’t query for postmeta for Custom CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. (for not-current-themes) and CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. Changeset posts. [39692-39693] #39194
  • Ensure theme_mod-cache of custom_css lookup of -1 short-circuits a WP_Query from being made. [39688] #35395, #39259
  • Update customize.php URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org with changeset_uuid param the instant a change is made instead of deferring until the changeset update request responds. [39686] #39227
  • Remove extra left padding in core for site title and widgets in preview. [39685] #38651, #39349
  • Prevent removal of underline upon hover/focus for nav menu deletion links. [39677] #37527, #39444
  • Docs: Correct @access tag for WP_Customize_Partial::id_data property. [39674] #39464
  • Docs: Add missing @since and @access tags for WP_Widget_Form_Customize_Control::to_json() and ::render_content(). [39673] #39463

Database

  • Docs: Move install_network() DocBlockdocblock (phpdoc, xref, inline docs) after the function_exists() call. [39709] #39478

Editor

  • Docs: Use 3-digit, x.x.x style semantic versioning for @since entries in wp-admin/js/word-count.js. [39739] #37718
  • Docs: Add documentation for wp-admin/js/editor.js. [39738] #38933
  • Always add page-template-default class to the editor body when the template is not specified. This matches the behavior on the front-end. [39678-39679] #39368

External Libraries

Feeds

  • Don’t override the Content-Type headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. inside fetch_feed(). [39681], [39683] #39066

General

  • Docs: Add missing @since entry for Walker::unset_children(). [39741] #39506
  • Update copyright year to 2017 in license.txt. [39698-39707] #39433
  • Docs: Correct rest_insert_* duplicate hook references in 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”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”)
    https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/    . [39671] #39371
  • Docs: Add missing session_token_manager duplicate hook reference in wp-includes/class-wp-session-tokens.php. [39670] #39371
  • Docs: Correct comment_email duplicate hook reference in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php. [39669] #39371
  • Docs: Add missing duplicate hook references in wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php. [39668] #39371

I18Ni18n Internationalization, or the act of writing and preparing code to be fully translatable into other languages. Also see localization. Often written with a lowercase i so it is not confused with a lowercase L or the numeral 1. Often an acquired skill.

  • Docs: Correct @access entries for WP_Locale::init() and WP_Locale::register_globals(). [39737] #39504
  • Add post type context to “Featured ImageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts.” post labels. [39667] #39458

Mail

  • In PHPMailer 5.2.7 the case of the Send() method changed to send(), update our call for consistency with the library. [39691] #39469

Media

  • Docs: Use 3-digit, x.x.x style semantic versioning for @since entries in wp-admin/js/image-edit.js. [39740] #38748

Menus

  • Posts, Post Types: Add a @since entry for archives post type label introduced in [35382]. [39666] #16075

Misc

Options, MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. APIs

  • Docs: Add variable to @param entry for whitelist_options filter. [39708] #39477

Posts, Post Types

  • Use an existing string for “Invalidinvalid A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. post type” error message. [39756] #39171
  • Docs: Add missing @param tag for show_post_locked_dialog filter. [39710] #39479

Query

  • Docs: Add missing @since and @access tags for WP_Date_Query::is_first_order_clause(). [39672] #39462

REST API

Security

  • Docs: Make @deprecated entry for wp_kses_js_entities(), deprecated in [38785], consistent with other entries. [39758] #39541

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.

  • Docs: Correct @since and @access tags for WP_Term_Query::get_terms() and WP_Term_Query::parse_orderby_meta(). [39675] #39467

Themes

  • Docs: Add missing @since entries for WP_Theme class methods. [39736] #39503
  • Docs: Correct the DocBlock for get_header_video_url(). [39676] #39468

Upgrade/Install

  • Docs: Move install_global_terms() DocBlock after the function_exists() call. [39754] #39526
  • Avoid creating nonce during installation. [39697] #39047
  • Updates: Properly define $filesystemForm to handle error in modals. [39689-39690] #39057
  • Avoid creating nonce during installation. [39684] #39047

Users

  • Docs: Change @param type for $user_object in WP_Users_List_Table::single_row() from object to WP_User to be more accurate. [39757] #39536
  • Docs: Correct @access entry for WP_User::filter property. [39735] #39502, #39278

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