This Week at WordPress.org (September 7, 2024)News* WordPress Contribution Health Dashboards: An Experiment * WordPress 6.6.2 Maintenance Release * WordCamp US 2024: Oregon-a See You There?
I generated 1MB of PHP code using AI.
It was a MySQL query parser. I needed it to improve SQLite support in WordPress.
It took two nights, $520, and a passive aggressive prompt I felt bad about It worked, but not without bugs.
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— Adam Zieliński (@adamzielin) September 10, 2024
Community* WCUS2024 Contributor Day: Community Team Agenda
Core * Core Performance Team Update: August 2024 * Gutenberg development practices and common pitfalls * What is new in Gutenberg 19.2 (11 September) * Progress Report: HTML API
Create Block Theme* Add some kind of doc/explanation about the ‘Theme subfolder’ option. Core Trac Administration
Administration* Removed Unused Arguments From _wp_filter_build_unique_id Function * PHP warning in wp-includes/canonical.php when accessing custom feed with specific permalink structure
Application Passwords* Add copy button when creating new application password
Build/Test Tools* Test suite: update the tests for PHPUnit 10/11 and get ready for PHPUnit 12
Bundled Theme* Bundled themes: add initial-scale to viewport meta * Twenty Eleven: Previous and Next links are not clickable in Mobile Portrait mode * Twenty Twelve: fix heading typography in the editor * Bump default theme versions for WordPress 6.7 * Twenty Fifteen : Read More Block Hover effects is different in editor and frontend
Canonical* WP allows to inject random strings into archive page URLs, still returning 200
Customize* Inconsistent Text Selection Color Contrast on date, time, month, week & datetime-local
Editor* Extend Block Metadata PHP Cache to Third-Party Blocks * Editor: Add a ‘format’ parameter to query to enable filtering post formats in the Query Loop block * Link Control Hidden behind Metaboxes * Minor grammatical error in doc comment
Formatting wp_kses_post incorrectly escapes “<” attributes values * Unable to use wp_kses with JavaScript templating * make_clickable doesn’t handle closing parenthesis character just before the ‘dot’ on a file URL * Issue with is_email() and sanitize_email()
General* Error page viewport missing initial-scale=1 * PHP strict comparison * Inconsistent file name after cropping from Site Icon * Need to Correct @since documentation order in inline documentation * License adaptable text (e.g., suggested Privacy Policy) under liberal license * Paragraph margins not honored (in the backend) when global blockspacing is set to zero * Site issue
HTML API* HTML API: Satisfy return types in new methods * HTML API: Introduce normalization methods
I18N* The .json files with theme translations are loaded only if they are present in the plugins path
Media* Target media library svg images * Undefined array key “height” and “width” in wp-includes/media.php
Networks and Sites* Fixing the non yoda conditions in ms-functions.php * SITE_ID_CURRENT_SITE broken in 6.3 or later
Options, Meta APIs* Proposal: Add label argument to register_meta function
* Proposal: Set show_in_rest to true by default when label argument is defined
Plugins* Removed Unused Arguments From _wp_filter_build_unique_id Function * Allow plugins and themes perform extra checks upon install/upgrade via filter
Posts, Post Types* Old Blogs Getting Delinked (404 Errors) – Assistance Required * Slug Conflict When a Published and Draft Page Share post_name
Query* WP_User_Query with compare_key always get 0 user * Allow read access to users with edit_posts capabilities * WP allows to inject random strings into archive page URLs, still returning 200
REST API* Allow read access to users with edit_posts capabilities
Security* Enhance wp_hash function to support custom hashing algorithms
Taxonomy* Term cache is not properly cleaned when using persistent object caching
Themes* Can’t Access Some Block Templates in Classic Themes
Upgrade/Install* Debug log for updates not removed after RC 1 * Do not bloat Debug Log with Scraping home page when auto upgrade is OK
Users* User_Query cache triggers fatal error by ignoring ‘fields’ query var * Add copy button when creating or updating a user’s password * Forgotten Password Error: There is no account with that username or email address when email exits
Bundled Theme* TT3 and TT4: make template heading text translatable – Status: New – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: 6.7
* Twenty Twenty-One: Remove the use of empty rulesets – Status: New – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: Awaiting Review
* Twenty Seventeen: Also define the standard property ‘filter’ for compatibility – Status: Closed – Type: Defect (bug)
* Twenty Twenty-One: defining standard appearance property in the CSS files – Status: New – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: Awaiting Review
* Twenty Eleven: Do not use empty rulesets css (emptyRules) – Status: Closed – Type: Defect (bug)
Editor* aspect-ratio setting for image in overwritten pattern not working – Status: New – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: Awaiting Review
* Rename wp_should_load_separate_core_block_assets() to clarify its purpose – Status: Assigned – Type: Enhancement – Milestone: 6.7
General* Block Bindings: Add canUpdateBlockBindings editor setting – Status: Assigned – Type: Enhancement – Milestone: 6.7
* Uploading WAV files fail in Gutenberg editor on Firefox browser when drag-dropped – Status: Assigned – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: Awaiting Review
* Website is a bit more than one minute behind the time! – Status: Closed – Type: Defect (bug)
* Enhance Support for popovertarget and popover Attributes in Native Browser Popover API – Status: New – Type: Enhancement – Milestone: Awaiting Review
* Provide a way for classic themes to use wp-block-library even when loading block assets only for blocks that actually render on a page – Status: New – Type: Enhancement – Milestone: Awaiting Review
Help/About* About Page – 6.7 – Status: New – Type: Task (blessed) – Milestone: 6.7
HTML API* Global documentation is missing in class-wp-html-decoder.php file – Status: Closed – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: 6.7
* HTML API: Add method to split text nodes by null or empty prefixes. – Status: Closed – Type: Enhancement – Milestone: 6.7
Media* Do not call getimagesize() against non-existent files – Status: New – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: Awaiting Review
Options, Meta APIs add_meta()/get*_meta() undocumented type juggling for some meta values – Status: New – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: 6.7
Plugins* error.log – can’t figure out issue with Google Search.. – Status: New – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: Awaiting Review * TranslatePress – Business – Status: Closed – Type: Defect (bug)
Posts, Post Types* Post guid for custom post type being modified – Status: New – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: Awaiting Review
REST API* Fatal error: Attempt to read property “ID” on null in /src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-autosaves-controller.php – Status: New – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: Awaiting Review
* Managing Dynamic Search, Category Filtering, and Pagination for Bulk Patterns – Status: New – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: Awaiting Review
Site Health* Allow site health management – Status: New – Type: Feature request – Milestone: Awaiting Review
Taxonomy* Taxonomies: Allow querying for all posts with any term of a given taxonomy – Status: New – Type: Enhancement – Milestone: Awaiting Review
Themes* Convert div to main tag for web accessibility – Status: Assigned – Type: Defect (bug) – Milestone: Awaiting Review
Users* Wrong argument type in documentation for hook new_user_email_content – Status: Closed – Type: Defect (bug)
WordPress.org SiteList user topics in a plugin or theme forum – Status: Closed – Type: Defect (bug)
Performance Update auto sizes logic in Enhanced Responsive Images plugin to no longer load if already in Core
* Prepare PL 3.5.0 release
* Unit test: AVIF image not supported
Gutenberg Discussions General Script translation through load_script_translations
* Any way to render shared inline SVG’s for block’s both in posts and templates?
* Saving data from block to custom table
* Command Palette API: Where to find command names provided by core?
* Collaborative Editing
* Effect on store of multiple blocks in same plugin
* Css not injected upon installation from editor
* You use my project as a dependency.
* Interactivity API and the advanced usage
* Does Gutenberg have a CDN?
* interactivity api and the router package for multilingual support
* How to check and update current post’s discussion settings?
* Optimizing yielding prior to actions out of the box
* Block editor usability improvement: Greater visibility to block parent container options when child block selected
* Is possible to define a store independently from a block?
* proper way to programmatically select an inner block in parent block’s edit() function
* Better support for block themes and the Your homepage displays option
* Create Block variation in custom block
Developer Experience* Better support for block themes and the Your homepage displays option – [Feature] Themes, Started 2 weeks ago by felixarntz
* My experience trying to adapt a theme to Full Site Editing – Started on Jun 16, 2022 by Jeremy-Bolella
* Exploring version control and Git workflows in block themes (Site Editor) – Started on Feb 29 by ndiego
Interactivity API* Effect on store of multiple blocks in same plugin – Started yesterday by AlphaZebra * Interactivity API and the router package for multilingual support – Started 2 weeks ago by hadimahoor * Interactivity API and the advanced usage – Started last week by giuliodelmastro
Q&A Css not injected upon installation from editor –
* Saving data from block to custom table
* Command Palette API: Where to find command names provided by core? –
Gutenberg Issues
[Package] Components SearchControl style variants
* Settings panel toggle button doesn’t expose the associated keyboard shortcut
* BorderBoxControl: Horizontal scrollbar is displayed in block sidebar
* Components: :focus → :focus-visible
[Package] Editor* Settings panel toggle button doesn’t expose the associated keyboard shortcut * Site Title block conflicts between typography and link styles * Modals: patterns selector appears over welcome guide modal
[Block] Query Loop* Post Formats: Query loop shows the wrong posts * Audit the Query loop ‘Reload full page’ labels and descriptions
[Block] Image* Image block resizer: layout issues in the editor * Image Block: Lightbox – Display image original size when lightbox is open for custom size image
[Block] Post Terms* Categories, Tags, Post Terms blocks do not reflect changes made in the editor
[Package] DataViews* Post formats: Archive templates have no description * DataViews: when there’s only one primary action, hide actions dropdown and display action directly * DataViews grid layout: Long pattern names are cut off
[Block] Navigation* Request to add dropdown menu on mobile devices * Navigation Block – Add setting to show submenus on arrow button click
[Feature] Inserter* Add some kind of “Add Inside” functionality for containers * 6.6.2: changed behaviour on pressing Enter on a selected block * In between block inserter: add exit animation
[Package] Block Editor* Refactor Insertion API * Nested blocks should always honor the parent content and wide widths
[Package] Dependency Extraction Webpack Plugin* Dependency Extraction Webpack Plugin: Support cyclical module dependencies * Improve dependency extraction to only include wp-polyfill when needed
[Block] Gallery* Gallery block setting Randomize order isn’t doing anything
[Feature] Zoom Out* Detect iframed editor before enabling Zoom Out feature * Fix vertical toolbar placement in Zoom Out mode * Zoom Out: All Template Content Must Be Inside Containment Block * Site Editor: Canvas width glitch when selecting ‘Browse Styles’ then closing inserter sidebar
[Package] Edit Post* Don’t force users to move their mouse when publishing
[Package] Edit Site* Global styles menu: avoid unnecessary mismatch between visible label and accessible name
[Feature] Block API* Explore adding media related roles to block attributes
[Feature] Writing Flow* Difficulty removing empty heading blocks
[Block] Paragraph* Add Dropcap Customization to UI
[Feature] Patterns* Modals: patterns selector appears over welcome guide modal
[Package] Keyboard Shortcuts* Distraction free: keyboard shortcuts conflicts with system-level shortcut in Safari on macOS
[Block] Gallery* Gallery block setting Randomize order isn’t doing anything
[Block] Embed* Embed Block: Match HTML in the editor and frontend
[Package] Block Library Nested blocks should always honor the parent content and wide widths Core Meetings Default Theme Chat Summary, September 11, 2024 * Summary, Dev Chat, September 11, 2024 * Summary of the Developer Blog editorial meeting on 5 September 2024 * Default Theme Chat Agenda: September 11, 2024 * Performance Chat Summary: 10 September 2024 * Admin Toolbar menu has new, higher priority values * Performance Chat Agenda: 10 September 2024 * Agenda, Dev Chat, September 11, 2024 * Default Theme Chat Summary, September 4, 2024 * Summary, Dev Chat, September 4, 2024
Developer Blog:* What’s new for developers? (September 2024) * Website security checks – WP-CLI for site owners and administrators
Dev Blog Content You don’t need CSS for that: All the ways you can use theme.json for styling
* Modifying text with the HTML API in WordPress 6.7
* How to add contentOnly editing support to a custom block
* Extending User profile views natively with DataViews
* How to customize WordPress embeds to match your theme
* How to conditionally register/unregister patterns
* Exploring post formats in a block theme world (maybe with 6.7 additions)
* List of summaries of monthly editorial group meetings 2024
* Building a multi-block plugin
* Prevent a11y Errors Through Post Locking
Design Design Share #63 (Aug 26-Sep 6)
* Data Views Update #1
* Advancing the WordPress Design System
do_action* do_action Bhopal 2024 * do_action Cagliari 2024
Documentation* Summary for Docs Team Meeting (20-Aug-2024)
Docs Issue Tracker Theme Handbook Overhaul: Classic Themes > Basics > Templates * Theme Handbook Overhaul: Classic Themes > Basics > The Loop * In the WordPress developer documentation article titled “Updating WordPress,” several links are redirecting to different destinations. * Update fluid typography section in theme handbook to include min/max viewport width settings Five for the Future The Five for the Future site gets a refresh * [Component] Theme * New Theme: Use appropriately sized gravatar images * New Theme: Make sure {X} hours doesn’t wrap to a new line * New Theme: Add contributor count to “Contributor” page heading * New theme: Link teams in the profiles * [Component] Content * New Theme: Hide middot on pledge page when content is wrapped * New Theme: Add spacing between testimonials on mobile
Hosting* Hosting Team Meeting 2024-09-11
Media Corp Upcoming Media Corps Briefing on Mid-term Goals for WordPress * Crash when enabling network and adding a YouTube video to a post Meta WordCamp US Contributor Day * Agenda for September 4, 2024
Meta TracAPI
General* wp_kses missing style attribute for tr tags * Rendering arbitrary Tailwind CSS classes break in Gutenberg Block
Photo Directory* Allow for separate notes to user on approval and rejection
Plugin Directory* Live-Preview: load Playground in actual language
Support Forums* Responsive problem with the Max-Width: 480px in the topic page of the Persian support forum
Trac* Email addresses entered on trac are not truncated in slack bot.
* span.time-ago line-height appears misaligned in Safari
Version Control* New Core Committer (Bundled Themes): Carolina Nymark (@poena)
WordPress.org Site Passkey work in chrome but not in firefox WP Org Main (Theme) Capabilities: Update “designer” role to access private pages * Update WPCOM copy on Dotorg /hosting page * Update the Accessibility page to match accessibility standards. * Homepage banner: WCUS 2024 Live Stream Hero Banner * Homepage banner: Small notice format for WCUS 2024
Showcase* Update front page tagline * Showcase archive pagination not center aligned on wide screens
Openverse* A week in Openverse: 2024-09-02 – 2024-09-09
Openverse Issues
aspect: code
aspect: interface* The content switcher in the header is broken * Dark mode visual bugs
goal: improvement* Create an “always safe / always non-sensitive” version of Openverse * Handle constraint mapping failures in data refresh * Tweaks to VSafetyWall component to support dark mode
goal: internal improvement* Update the @openverse/eslint-plugin to use ESLint v.9 * Add/review Slack messaging for the new data refresh * Address disabled workflows * notify_slack should determine dag_id on its own * Unify run_sql tasks across DAGs * Unify ES CPU alarm names once they’re updated upstream * Refactor usage of environment variables for DAG configuration to use Airflow Variables
goal: fix* Playwright tests do not fail if the snapshot name is completely new * The content switcher in the header is broken * Stop sending reminder pings on “shipped” projects * Dark mode visual bugs * Flickr results do not use “raw” (human readable) tags * RuntimeError: unable to perform operation on * Requests causing 500 errors when verifying OAuth application registration do not have errors logged * Media list endpoints have incorrect OpenAPI example definitions * Sentry: Importing a module script failed * Sentry: Failed to fetch dynamically imported module * Add backoff to Stocksnap DAG for 5XX errors * Changes to Catalog of Life data causing iNaturalist failure
stack: frontend
stack: catalog* Atlas of Living Australia * Add/review Slack messaging for the new data refresh * Handle constraint mapping failures in data refresh * Changes to Catalog of Life data causing iNaturalist failure * Refactor usage of environment variables for DAG configuration to use Airflow Variables
stack: api RuntimeError: unable to perform operation on * Requests causing 500 errors when verifying OAuth application registration do not have errors logged * Media list endpoints have incorrect OpenAPI example definitions PlaygroundPlayground Issues[Aspect] WordPress Consider setting “DISABLE_WP_CRON”: true by default in the web version
[Package][@wp-playground] Blueprints* Consider setting “DISABLE_WP_CRON”: true by default in the web version * Example “Load an older WordPress version” at “Blueprints > Examples” is not working
[Type] Bug* Recover from an invalid local directory handle
[Type] Enhancement* Consider setting “DISABLE_WP_CRON”: true by default in the web version * Recover from an invalid local directory handle * Consider maintaining stats for feature usage and kinds of errors
[Type] UI / UX / User Experience* Recover from an invalid local directory handle
[Type] Developer Documentation* Example “Load an older WordPress version” at “Blueprints > Examples” is not working
[Type] Documentation* Example “Load an older WordPress version” at “Blueprints > Examples” is not working
[Type] Repo / Project Management* Consider maintaining stats for feature usage and kinds of errors
[Type] Tracking* Consider maintaining stats for feature usage and kinds of errors
General Issues Site info doesn’t appear on first load * Simultaneous scrolling in multiple tabs within a code editor * How do I self-host and activate my theme? Photos Photo Directory Team Reps 2024: Submit your Votes!
Plugins* Upcoming Security Changes for Plugin and Theme Authors on WordPress.org * Plugin Review Team: 9 September 2024
Plugin Check Check: Badly named files (spaces etc)
* Custom validation of Contributors in readme
* Custom validation of Contributors in readme
* Add end-to-end (e2e) tests
Polyglots WordPress 6.6.2 has been released….
Support* Support Team Meeting – September 5th
Sustainability* Guidelines for making WordPress websites more sustainable. First steps and plans
Test* Team Chat Agenda: September 10, 2024 * Test Team Update: 9 September 2024 * Test Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.7
Themes* Themes team meeting notes for September 10, 2024
Twenty Twenty Five* Default Theme Task Force update for August, 2024
TT5 Issues[Status] Needs Design Feedback
Accessibility (a11y)* Text-only blog single post: The category above the post title needs to be moved * News blog single post: The date above the post title needs to be moved * Default single post: The category above the post title needs to be moved * Right aligned blog with vertical heading: Make sure there is only one H1 heading * Add missing elements to template patterns * Posts without titles can not be reached from the list of blog posts
[Type] Bug* Text-only blog single post: The category above the post title needs to be moved * News blog single post: The date above the post title needs to be moved * Default single post: The category above the post title needs to be moved * All patterns that are not hidden needs a description * theme.json missing customTemplates of templates folder * Right aligned blog with vertical heading: Make sure there is only one H1 heading * Add missing elements to template patterns * The Quote block style is not working properly * News blog archive and News blog search results are referencing missing patterns
[Component] Block Patterns* All patterns that are not hidden needs a description * Right aligned blog with vertical heading: Make sure there is only one H1 heading * Add missing elements to template patterns * Audit patterns filenames
[Component] Template Parts* Right aligned blog with vertical heading: Make sure there is only one H1 heading
[Priority] High* Right aligned blog with vertical heading: Make sure there is only one H1 heading * Add missing elements to template patterns
[Priority] Highest* News blog archive and News blog search results are referencing missing patterns
[Type] Enhancement* Audit patterns filenames * Move the style variation specific font families from the main theme.json to the variation json file
[Component] Style Variations* Move the style variation specific font families from the main theme.json to the variation json file
[Component] theme.json Move the style variation specific font families from the main theme.json to the variation json file Training Training Team Meeting Recap – 05 September 2024 * Call for Contributors: Become an Online Workshop Host * Drawing new learners to the new Learn.WordPress.org
Learn Issues[Component] Environment* Feedback – Remove automatically generated development files
[Type] Enhancement* Feedback – Remove automatically generated development files * Consider removing locale prompt on Learn.WordPress.org * Feedback – Improve the lesson preview CTA banner
[Admin] Agenda* Meeting Agenda September 12, 2024 * Meeting Agenda September 5, 2024
[Content] Experienced Author* Lesson: Introduction to developing themes quiz * Online Workshop: Submitting an enhancement to the WordPress Playground Block
[Component] Learn Theme* A revamped design in Lesson flow * Feedback – Improve the lesson preview CTA banner
[Component] Sensei* A revamped design in Lesson flow * Feedback – Improve the lesson preview CTA banner
[Content] Needs Co-host* Online Workshop: Submitting an enhancement to the WordPress Playground Block
[Dev] Needs Design* A revamped design in Lesson flow * Feedback – Improve the lesson preview CTA banner
Awaiting Triage* Online Workshop: Submitting an enhancement to the WordPress Playground Block
[Component] Content* Course deprecation
General Issues React without JSX * Online Workshop: Setting up a WordPress blog * Block Hooks * Japanese Online Workshop – デザインデータからのテーマ作成。ブロックを活用して更新しやすいテーマを作ろう！ Online Workshops Developer Hours: An Introduction to Data Views * WordPress Playground Block code editor theme support
WordCamps* WP Campus Connect Ajmer, India * WordCamp Youth Hackathon Skopje
WPTV* Latest WordPress TV videos
Dependencies
JSConf is Back & Joining the OpenJS Foundation!
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— OpenJS Foundation (@openjsf) September 13, 2024
Released: PHPUnit Polyfills 1.1.2, 2.0.2 and 3.0.0.
Polyfills 3.0.0 adds full support for PHPUnit 11, including polyfilling new PHPUnit functionality for use with older PHPUnit versions.
Go upgrade & enjoy!
Props for @hellofromtonya for helping out.https://t.co/UeC6Xjlv7Q
— Juliette (@jrf_nl@phpc.social) (@jrf_nl) September 7, 2024
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