This Week at WordPress.org (July 29, 2024)
News
Accessibility
- Call for Accessibility Team Representatives
- Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: August 2, 2024
- Accessibility Office Hours Summer break
CLI
Community
- Community Team Meeting Agenda for 1 β August 2024
- Recap of the Contributor Working Groupβs Mentorship Chat on July 18th, 2024
- Meetup Organizer Newsletter: July 2024
- Using Playground to demo WordPress to first time meetup participants
- Update: Meetup Reactivation and Closures
Core
Create Block Theme
Core Trac
Editor
- Setting Button block to Outline Style causes CSS output order to change and cause conflicts – Status: New
- Custom post type editor working – Status: New
- Site needs help – Status: Closed
- Global Styles: Prevent empty CSS rules and malformed selectors for custom css for blocks – Status: New
- Link Field for Javascript Functions – Status: Closed
- Windows defender Trojan error for wp-includes\dist\block-library\style.min.css – Status: Closed
General
- wp_list_pages() depth of 0 can show only top level of pages – Status: Reopened
- Spacing issues since 6.6 (Gutenberg with Block- or Hybrid Themes) – Status: New
- Plugin and theme editors should show files in alpha order – Status: New
- wp_term_insert inconsistent validation logic for name and slug – Status: New
- Options can be incorrectly cached following database errors – Status: New
- get_posts($args) returns auto-drafts even when post_status=>publish – Status: New
- I saw some bug at undo operation on browser for login credential – Status: New
- get_posts() returns posts of removed custom post type – Status: New
- Error 403 while adding ‘ to last name on user page – Status: New
- Background color is not getting updated in block editor which we are setting through theme customization through templates – Status: New
- Menu works but submenu not – Status: New
- block.json – custom block style asset is loaded unconditionally to all pages with a non block-based theme – Status: Assigned
- Use unadulterated WP version in is_wp_version_compatible() – Status: Assigned
- Memoize wp_get_wp_version – Status: Reopened
- All post table UI breaks upon adding multiple taxonomies – Status: New
- not able to scroll down on pages or tabs in wordpress – Status: New
- 6.6.1 Link Styling Issue – Status: New
Script Loader
- Unused array_merge call? – Status: New
- Use WPINC constant in script-loader.php – Status: New
- Script Modules: add the importmap’s scopes key – Status: New
Customize
- Customizing Panel Size – Status: New
- customize.php – autofocus – not working anymore – issue with the sanitize – Status: Closed
Media
- Improve speed of AVIF image generation – Status: Assigned
Site Health
- Site Health: Autoloaded options could affect performance – Status: Assigned
- In “Directories and Sizes” “Loading⦔ persists – Status: Closed
Bundled Theme
- Twenty Eleven & Twenty Twelve: Code block does not adjust font size with block settings – Status: Closed
- Multiple bundled themes: Add site logo theme support – Status: New
- Twenty Twelve: hyphens only on front end for pages and widgets – Status: New
- Twenty Twelve outputs an empty heading if the tagline is empty – Status: Closed
- Twenty Nineteen: Preformatted block font size is not same in editor – Status: New
- Twenty Twenty: Separator block (dots) does not render anymore – Status: New
- Bundled themes: Update schema version in style variation files – Status: Closed
- Twenty Twelve: The large quote pattern does not use a quote block – Status: Assigned
Query
Options, Meta APIs
Formatting
- Improve potentially confusing documentation for wp_strip_all_tags() – Status: Closed
Plugins
Themes
Upgrade/Install
- Rewrite text about using child themes – Status: New
Performance
π οΈ Needs Dev
- Activation of plugin that registers a new tag visitor should automatically make URL Metrics stale – [Plugin] Optimization Detective – [Type] Enhancement
- Picture element: Full size image is missing in PICTURE > SOURCE srcset – [Plugin] Modern Image Formats – [Type] Bug
π οΈ Infrastructure
- Development mode should be set to ‘plugin’ in the development environment – [Plugin] Optimization Detective
π οΈ [Plugin] Optimization Detective
- Dependencies for tag visitors in Optimization Detective – [Type] Enhancement
- Snapshot testing for Optimization Detective – [Plugin] Embed Optimizer – [Plugin] Enhanced Responsive Images – [Plugin] Image Prioritizer – [Type] Enhancement
π οΈ [Plugin] Modern Image Formats
- Lots of broken images after regenerate thumbnails – [Type] Bug
π οΈ [Plugin] Enhanced Responsive Images
Gutenberg Discussions
π¬ [Feature] Extensibility
β© Interactivity API
- How to get the selected option in data-wp-each – Closed
- What should be the HTML structure returned when
wp-show
is false? - Interactivity API and extensibility
- data-wp-each is there an iterator available? – Closed
- Question: Modal with Interactivity API
- Changelog – Tracking Breaking Changes in the Interactivity API
π‘ [Feature] Layout
Gutenberg Issues
Weekly Round-Up
π [Type] Enhancement
- wp-env: use descriptive names for
cacheDirectoryPath
- Take advantage of CSS Typed OM for performance and bundle size gains
- SVG Support?
- Auto convert to blocks
- Command Package – Suggested Improvements
- Use native component props for radio help text
- Address duplication caused by ComplementaryAreaHeader
- Improve display of many tabs in narrow containers
- Disable Patterns tab
- Make it possible for plugins to have their own private actions and selectors
- Show name of named block in settings sidebar like page- or postname
- Font size presets UI: Allow renaming of theme sizes
- A filter to disable or tweak how container classes are generated with indexes
π [Type] Bug
- All synced patterns are loaded in background
- Full width of template does not get displayed in Post Editor when Post Content block is in a group
- Full Site Editor: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘useEntityProp’)
- Pattern with floating content hard to select
- InnerBlocks doesn’t show align wide/full controls when inside a custom block
- New Splitting unification duplicates empty content blocks if a json attribute is present
- Trying to find the pattern (add_filter the_content + parse_blocks with wp_enqueue_scripts)
- Accessibility issue with links listing blocks.
π [Type] Tracking Issue
- ComboboxControl component: Account for the
value
when displaying the available options - Docs: Add explanations about attributes of each Core Block in the documentation (and in the source code)
π [Type] Project Management
π¨ [Package] Components
π [Type] Developer Documentation
ComboboxControl component: Account for the value
when displaying the available options
Core Meetings
- Summary, Dev Chat, July 31, 2024
- Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday July 31, 2024
- Summary, Dev Chat, July 24, 2024
- Performance Chat Summary: 30 July 2024
- Performance Chat Agenda: 30 July 2024
- WordPress 6.6 Performance Improvements
- Performance Chat Summary: 23 July 2024
- Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday July 24, 2024
- Performance Chat Agenda: 23 July 2024
Developer Blog:
Design
do_action
Documentation
Docs Issue Tracker
6.6
[Status] To do
- Enhance the Visibility of the Comment box under every Article
- Documentation for add_meta_boxes hook specifies incomplete parameter types
- [6.6 Theme Handbook] Documentation outdated for theme.json > settings > dimensions
- Doc Update: Replace Broken Images
- [6.6 Theme Handbook] Documentation outdated for lightbox
- Path and Link Broken in Theme Security Handbook
[Status] In progress
Five for the Future
Hosting
Meta
Openverse
Openverse Issues
π οΈ [Fixes & Improvements]
- Remove Vue teleport hot-fix
- Fix
audiowaveform
isolation issues in API dockerfile - Update the Vue components to match Vue 3 conventions
- Unable to generate waveform for short audio files
- Image unavailability not communicated to users relying on screen-readers to navigate Openverse frontend
- Convert usages of Pipenv to PDM after the ingestion server removal
- Normalise
verbose_name
andverbose_name_plural
for audio models - Waveform issues are reported to Sentry twice
- Investigate DAG idempotency
π [Additions & New Features]
Playground
π Documentation
- Docs: Guide “WordPress Playground for Plugin Developers”
- Docs: Guide “WordPress Playground for Theme Developers”
π [Type] Bug
- Typescript: Could not find a declaration file for module
@php-wasm/node
- Offline mode doesn’t work in Firefox
- WordPress does not default to pretty permalinks in Playground
- Add CI test for built packages
π§ Other Issues
Plugins
Plugin Check
Polyglots
Support
Sustainability
Test
Themes
Theme Directory
Twenty Twenty Five
Training
- Meet the new Learn WordPress
- Learn WordPress Newsletter β August 2024
- Contributor Spotlight: Wes Theron
- Training Team Meeting Recap β 25th July 2024
- Call for contributors: Intermediate Plugin Developer learning pathway
- Training Team Meeting Recap β 18th July 2024
Learn Issues
WordPress/Learn
π [Type] Bug
- Localized lesson content is overwriting or being appended to English content – Awaiting Triage
- Subscribe field gets disabled on submitting the email – [Component] Learn Theme
- User reporting strange behaviour when attempting to access course content – Awaiting Triage
- A11y / Course Filter / Learn – Toggle to open filters does not have a useful accessible name – Accessibility
- A11y / Playground Block / Learn – Focus out of sequence/Open in new tab – Accessibility
- A11y / Sensei / Learn – Duplicate navigation for lesson nav – Accessibility
- A11y / Sensei / Learn – Quiz questions not associated with answer options – Accessibility
- Lesson CTA button sizes are inconsistent – [Component] Learn Theme
- Hidden Lessons appear in search results – [Component] Jetpack
π οΈ [Type] Enhancement
- Feature request: Add link to archive of Learn WordPress newsletter in subscription box – [Component] Learn Theme – [Dev] Needs Design
- Lessons archive pages – Better distinguish between lessons with the same name – [Component] Learn Theme – [Dev] Needs Design
- Lessons – Consider moving Take Quiz button above Complete Complete button – [Component] Learn Theme – [Dev] Needs Design
- Lesson Plans – make experience level conditional – [Component] Learn Theme
π Documentation
- Meeting Agenda August 1, 2024 – [Admin] Agenda
- Handbook: How to create the Training Team Update – [Admin] Handbook
- Handbook: How to create the Learn WordPress Newsletter – [Admin] Handbook
π§ Other Issues
- Plugin Maintenance
- Using the Forums
- Helper Plugins
- Debug Bar and Add-Ons
- Update the name of Twitter – [Component] Learn Plugin
- Lesson Update: Enqueuing CSS or JavaScript
- Lesson update: Include new tools in Local development environment lesson
- Storybook
- Add Your Plugin to the Block Directory
- Block Specific Plugin Guidelines
- Using Subversion
- How Your Plugin Assets Work
- Planning and Submitting a Plugins
- Detailed Plugin Guidelines
- Introduction to the Plugin directory
- Authentication: OAuth
- Authentication: JSON Web Tokens
- Custom Controller Classes
- Custom routes and endpoints
- Quiz needs better design consistency – [Component] Learn Theme – [Component] Sensei – [Dev] Needs Design
- German translation for Lesson “EinfΓΌhrung in WordPress” / “Introduction to WordPress” – [Content] Translation
Courses
Online Workshops
- Developer Hours: Hello, Blocks! β An Introduction to Block Development
- Developer Hours: Building WordPress themes with the Create Block Theme plugin
WPTV
- Second Beta of jQuery 4.0.0
- Curl 8.9.1 NEW
- Node 22.5.1
- React 18.3.1 / React 19 Upgrade Guide
- PHP 8.4.0 Alpha 2 available for testing
- PHP 8.3.9 Released!
- PHP 8.2.21 Released!
- PHP 8.1.29 Released!
- PHPCS 3.10.2
- WPCS 3.1.0
- LibZip 1.10.1
- Changes in MySQL 8.4.2
- Composer 2.7.7
- Homebrew 4.3.12 – NEW
- TC39
- Chromium Roadmap
- Firefox Release Calendar
- Safari Release Notes
- Safari 17.6 Release Notes – NEW
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