This Week at WordPress.org (May 5, 2024)News* WordPress 6.5.3 Maintenance Release * Apply for the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for WordCamp US 2024 * Interactivity API Showcase Thread * jQuery 4 Update Test
Accessibility* Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: May 3, 2024
Community* Community Team May Meeting Recap
DEIB Working Group* 2024-05-03 DEIB Working Group Meeting
Core * Core Editor Improvement: Upgrade your designs * What’s new in Gutenberg 18.3? (8 May) * Recap: WordPress 6.5 “Regina” Retrospective * Merge Proposal: Preferred Languages * Progress Report: HTML API * Proposal: Server to client data sharing for Script Modules * Roadmap to 6.6 * Core Performance Team Update: April 2024 * Data Liberation: Project plan * Data Liberation: Outreach recap and updates
Core TracBugs* Twenty Twenty Theme: Quote block align text is not working properly in front-end side
* Update get_attachment_link() to return image URL when attachment pages are turned off
* CSS: Parse Error. html :where([style * =border-top-color])
* wp:post-date format including html tag
* Our rest api User listing has chances to reveal username of Administrator User “wp-json/wp/v2/users”
* Multisite: Marking a user account as spam, also marks the blogs he’s a member of as spam
Enhancements Fix coding standards issues in elements block supports * class WP_User(), mark prop $deleted as deprecated * Disable Post via email Gutenberg DiscussionsDiscussions Query Loop Block – Insert block after so many posts * Why not have the style engine generate reasonable semantic classes instead of repetitive .wp-container-whatever classes? * Why is removeEditorPanel deprecated and is there a new alternative? * Expand on Click for Galleries is Clunky and Inefficient – Toggle for Entire Gallery? * FSE: Issue applying Gutenberg Template for Custom Post Type in a Plugin * Changelog – Tracking Breaking Changes in the Interactivity API * Attaching multiple handlers to an event and allowing asynchronous event handlers * Interactivity API showcase * Move away from the verb ‘Toggle’ in the UI * Interactivity outside blocks or as “standalone” (like Alpine.js)? * Router region replacement funky with Query-No-Results block after Post-Template block * Block not working when using custom webpack * Support for lazy hydration techniques: idle and view Gutenberg IssuesFeature Requests* RichText not focusable in InnerBlocks * Avoid more occurrences of the term ‘sidebar’ in user-facing strings * Social Icons: Add Bluesky social icon * Interactivity API: Improve readability in directives check function inside vdom.ts * Command Palette: add command to switch back to the site editor * Custom HTML Block should display content in LTR layout for all languages * Navigation block: unable to explore block settings moving with Tab key
Fixes* Pattern Overrides: Button block left empty in original pattern and used as an override throws an error in pattern instances * Calendar Block Color options are not working properly * Focus ring doesn’t match button Site Hub Icon size * Custom attributes for list block are lost when migrating from WordPress 5.5.1 to WordPress 6.1.1 * Several Typo Correction in Inline doc * Patterns: Unable to insert pattern in nested location * Time to Read block showing “this block has encountered an error” * Regression: Hovering preview frame no longer scales it up * [@wordpress/components] [TypeScript] Unnecessary Requirement of Pointer Events on SVG Components
Other Updates Gutenberg plugin v18.3, stable release May 8, 2024 * Refine how the ‘Always open list view’ preference should work * Improve the block inserter labeling Performance Plugin srcset not created when “Generate JPEG files in addition to WebP” enabled * Initial implementation of improved image sizes algorithm * Collect and measure impact of image sizes improvements Core Meetings* Summary, Dev Chat, May 8, 2024 * Performance Chat Summary: 7 May 2024 * Performance Chat Agenda: 7 May 2024
Developer Blog:* Building a book review site with Block Bindings, part 1: Custom fields and block variations
WordPress Developer Blog Content Discussions Curating the Editor Experience: Tips & Tricks * How JSON schema versioning works and how it’s different from the theme.json version * Customizing and extending the Formatting Toolbar * Classic themes: tutorial on moving away from widgets to template parts * Performance best practices * Tutorial on how to create custom components Design Design Share #55 (Apr 22-May 3)
Documentation* Summary for Docs Team Discussion Meeting (07-May-2024) * Documentation Team Update – May 6, 2024 * Create a Mail page under Server Configuration
Documentation-Issue-Tracker Mobile App – How to add a link? * Mobile App – How do I embed an Instagram photo? Hosting Hosting Team meeting agenda 2024-05-08
Five for the Future* Update Five for the Future Documentation to Support Company and Contributor Onboarding and Retention * Request: create two report tools for Five for the Future
Marketing* WordPress Media Corps Next Steps * Media Corps discussion: Points of Contact
Marketing WordPress.org YouTube video showing how release pages are created with blocks Meta Meeting Agenda for May 1, 2024 * The Plugin Directory gets a refresh
Showcase* Allow exporting of user feedback * Showcase breadcrumbs issue
WP Org Main (Theme)* Set page templates for all pages
Meta Trac & GitHubHere are the issues and discussions from the files metatracmay9.html, wporg.pdf, wordcamp.pdf, and theme directory.pdf formatted as requested:
Meta Trac * “Views” widget missing in Theme’s and Plugin’s forum views * Update Credits for WordPress 6.5.3 * Allow images in plugin and theme pages
WordPress.org * Improve font size, underlining, other, in plugin sidebar * Modify search results total when there are more than 1000 results * Proposal to refine plugin search bar layout * Add “Community” and “Commercial” descriptions to search archives * Considerations for future homepage redesigns * Add a resource that teaches people what plugins are and how to use them
Theme Directory * Theme Directory Redesign: Make the translation link more visible * Favorites: Logged out view shows as “nothing found” * Theme Directory Redesign: H1 size is very small * Single theme: Ratings breakdown buggy on Rosetta sites * New Theme: No screenshot in embed template Meta WordCamp Redirect eu.wordcamp.org to WCEU * Add style.css to wporg-events-2023 * Ignore locale when sorting for shortcode “camptix_attendees” * Favorite Session Enhancement * Improve design of Cookies close & accept Popup Openverse A week in Openverse: 2024-04-29 – 2024-05-06 * The Openverse API is moving to api.openverse.org
Openverse GitHub Remove the ssrRef from provider store
* Initialize the feature flag store state on server request
* Replace invalid license value in the catalog database
* Audio waveform should return 424 instead of 500 when waveform cannot be generated
* Replace the sample string in a secret with a more obviously safe value
* The just api/init command fails when executed repeatedly in succession
* Incorporate djlint to lint HTML templates
Playground wpCLI step in the example doesn’t match with the heading
* runPHPWithOptions step in the example doesn’t match with the heading
* Remove “Step” word after each step heading
* ifAlreadyInstalled does not work
* Unexpected error when exporting to Github
Plugins* Plugin Review Team: 6 May 2024
Polyglots* Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – May 8, 2024 (13:00 UTC)
Sustainability* Sustainability Chat Summary, April 26, 2024
Test* Early opportunities to Test WordPress 6.6 * Test Team Chat Agenda for 7 May 2024 * Test Team Update: 6 May 2024
Themes* Themes team update May 07, 2024
Community Themes Archivist: add color palettes for styles Training Training Team Meeting Recap – 02nd May 2024 * Request for feedback: AI-generated voiceovers for video content * Project thread: The second Learn WordPress Course Cohort * Training Team Update – May 2024
Online Workshops* Homepage displays: Latest posts vs static * How to facilitate Online Workshop for the WordPress Training Team * How to facilitate Online Workshop for the WordPress Training Team * Testing Studio by WordPress.com * Developer Hours: Alternatives to Custom Meta Boxes in the Block Editor
Learn GitHub Issues Learning Pathways landing page * Single Lesson page * Add locale suggestion banner * Feedback – Introduction FULL-FEATUERD WP-Version * Meeting Agenda May 9, 2024 * Language post meta field * Feedback – wrong answer in sitemaps lesson plan * Understanding the Difference Between Action Hooks and Filter Hooks * Add Audience taxonomy to Lessons and Courses (Closed) * Lessons landing page template WPTV Latest WordPress TV videos
The PHP project has decided to extend security support for versions from one to two years.
The same RFC clarifies a few other items, such as when minor features can be introduced during the release process.
You can read the updated document at: https://t.co/PgyOUn9YvH
— php.net (@official_php) May 9, 2024
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