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Week in Core, July 19 – July 26 2016

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 [38111-38160]. Here are the highlights:

  • 49 commits
  • 35 contributors
  • 73 tickets created
  • 4 tickets reopened
  • 67 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

  • System fonts: Adjust the smaller tabs so they appear as tabs. [38153] #36753
  • System fonts: Don’t quote single-word font names, per our coding standards. [38152] #36753

Build/Test Tools

Comments

  • Introduce the cache_domain argument for WP_Comment_Query to allow caching to a unique set of cache buckets. [38117] #37419
  • Tests: Include the check_comment function tests in the comment group. Adds @group comment notation to the Tests_Comment_CheckComment class. Introduced in [32519]. [38114] #37356

Cron APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.

  • Docs: In wp_schedule_single_event(), add a note about scheduling an event to occur within 10 minutes of another event with the same action hook. [38148] #37455

Database

  • Replace incorrect use of E_USER_NOTICE in wpdb::_real_escape() with the version number where the message was added. [38133] #36403

Editor

  • Inline link: Remove proxying through WordPress to test if an URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org exists. Fix and enhance the regex that tests if the URL is well formed. [38159] #36638
  • Improve styling of “Add Media” button on mobile and make it more consistent with media buttons added by plugins. [38132] #36999
  • Link check: Use wp.a11y.speak() to announce bad URLs. Do not add a title to the link toolbar. Better error message. [38126] #36638

Feeds

  • Docs: Add missing class, method, and property DocBlocks for feed classes. [38112] #36295

Filesystem API

  • Filesystem API: Change the default value for the $context parameter of get_filesystem_method() and request_filesystem_credentials() to an empty string. [38138] #37412

General

  • Docs: Fix typo in hook description for customize_save_validation_before. [38140] #37318
  • Docs: Fix formatting, tense, verb conjugation, and other syntax for wp-includes/* elements introduced or changed in 4.6. [38121] [38125] #37318
  • Docs: Add missing inline documentation in WP_HTTP_Requests_Response. [38120] #37318, #33055

Media

  • 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.: Add a translator comment for two MediaElement.js strings added in [38089]. [38150] #37453, #37394
  • Docs: Fix minor formatting issue for a comment added in [38113]. [38139] #32171
  • Ensure empty alt attributes are set to blank strings. [38116] #36735
  • Remove global import for $content_width in _wp_post_thumbnail_html(). $content_width is unused since [35023]. [38136] #28512
  • Clean up prior image edits if IMAGE_EDIT_OVERWRITE is true. [38113] #32171
  • Docs: Update the description of the $box argument of wp_nav_menu_item_taxonomy_meta_box() for consistency with [38129]. Missed in [38130]. [38142] #37211
  • Docs: In 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. box functions, clarify that “Meta box ID” refers to the id attribute of the meta box and not a numeric ID. [38131] #37211
  • Docs: Correct and expand the docs for the $taxonomy argument of wp_nav_menu_item_taxonomy_meta_box(). [38128] #37211
  • Docs: Correct and expand the docs for the $post_type argument of wp_nav_menu_item_post_type_meta_box(). [38127] #37211
  • In wp_nav_menu_item_taxonomy_meta_box(): Rename the $taxonomy parameter to $box for clarity and consistency with other meta box functions. [38130] #37211
  • In wp_nav_menu_item_post_type_meta_box(): Rename the $post_type parameter to $box for clarity and consistency with other meta box functions. [38129] #37211
  • In get_page_uri(), don’t prepend a parent page slug if it’s empty. [38145] #36174

Plugins

  • Use history.pushState() to customize the URL during searches. history.pushState() requires an event handler for popstate which doesn’t exist (yet). [38154] #37233
  • Add a missing space between classes on “ element for custom columns of the Plugins list table. [38149] #37460
  • List Table: Improve WP_Plugins_List_Table::search_box() which was added in [38033]. [38146] #37230
  • Improve Ajax search of new plugins. [38119] #37233
  • 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 person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility): Ensure only text is sent to aria-live messages. [38115] #37382
  • Make search field placeholder translatable. [38141] #37230

Posts, Post Types

  • Remove a redundant function_exists( 'mb_strlen' ) check in get_sample_permalink_html(). mb_strlen() is always available since [32114]. [38147] #30633
  • Unit Tests: Add a @ticket reference for test_get_page_uri_without_argument(). [38144] #26284
  • Unit Tests: Move get_page_uri() tests to post/getPageUri.php, added in [37345]. [38143] #26284

Post Thumbnails

  • Remove an unused nonce in _wp_post_thumbnail_html(). [38137] #12922
  • Only update featured images when saving a post. [38118] #12922

Script Loader

Themes

  • Docs: Fix typo in wp_title() description. [38135] #37442
  • Docs: Change type of WP_Upgrader_Skin::$result to string|bool|WP_Error. [38134] #32246

TinyMCE

  • Fix the calculation for the inline toolbar vertical position. [38160] #37481
  • wpView:
  • Add the wpview-wrap class and pass third param to the getNodes() callback for back-compat.
  • Attach the mutation observer that resizes a view iframeiframe iFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser. inside the iframe to minimize memory use/leaks.
  • Remove the wp-mce-view-unbind event. It has never been particularly reliable and now it doesn’t fire when the user deletes a view by typing or pasting over it.
  • Restore changing of a view iframe body classes when the editor body classes change. [38158] #36434
  • TinyMCE, wpView: bail early when the iframe node is not attached to the DOM. We can’t load any HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. in it as here is no iframe.contentWindow in these cases. [38157] #36434
  • Fix selecting an image on touch in iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. Safari for TinyMCE 4.4.1. [38156] #37427
  • Upgrade to 4.4.1, changelog: https://www.tinymce.com/docs/changelog/#version441-july262016. [38155] #37427, #37476

Upgrade/Install

  • Prevent an endless self-calling loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop in wp_tempnam(). [38151] #33999

Thanks to @adamsilverstein, @afercia, @afineman, @andizer, @azaozz, @bradt, @Chouby, @chriscct7, @crstauf, @DrewAPicture, @flixos90, @FolioVision, @gma992, @helen, @ideag, @inderpreet99, @iseulde, @ixkaito, @joemcgill, @jorbin, @medariox, @mehulkaklotar for initial patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing., @mikeschroder, @netweb, @ocean9, @ocean90, @pento, @peterwilsoncc, @rachelbaker, @rahulsprajapati, @rahulsprajapati for initial patch, @ramiy, @SergeyBiryukov, @stevenkword, and @swissspidy for their contributions!

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