Aaron Jorbin 6:27 pm on May 30, 2024
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WordPress 6.5.4 RC1 is now available

WordPress 6.5.4 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing! Some ways you can help test this minor release:

  • Use the WordPress Beta Tester pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party
    • As this is a minor RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). release, select the Point Release channel and the Nightlies stream. This is the latest build including the RC and potentially any subsequent commits in trunk.
  • Use WP-CLIWP-CLI WP-CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way. The project page is http://wp-cli.org/ https://make.wordpress.org/cli/ to test: wp core update https://wordpress.org/wordpress-6.5.4-RC1.zip
  • Directly download the Beta/RC version.

What’s in this release candidate?

6.5.4 RC1 features 3 fixes in Core.

The following coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. tickets from TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. are fixed:

Additionally, two build and test tool changes have been made to the 6.5 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 ensure the continued ability to maintain this version of WordPress. These do not affect user code.

What’s next?

The dev-reviewed workflow (double committer sign-off) remains in effect when making changes to the 6.5 branch.

The final release is expected on Wednesday, June 5th, 2024. Please note that this date can change depending on possible issues after RC1 is released. Coordination will happen in the WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. #6-5-release-leads channel.

A special thanks to everyone who helped test, raised issues, and helped to fix tickets. With this release candidate, testing continues, so please help test!

Thanks to @hellofromtonya for pre-publication review and @davidbaumwald for RC package assistance.

#6-5, #6-5-x, #minor-releases, #releases

Joe McGill 3:01 pm on May 30, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, May 29, 2024

Start of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., facilitated by @mikachan. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

  • The scheduled date for WordPress 6.6 Beta 1 is June 4. From this point on, we will focus on testing and fixing bugs discovered during betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. testing. Begin writing Dev Notesdev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. and the About page.
  • GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 18.4 was released on May 22. Read more about what was included in this release here.

Forthcoming Releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

We are currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle. See the Roadmap Post for details about what is planned for this release. Gutenberg 18.5 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). is scheduled for May 31, which is the final RC before WordPress 6.6 Beta 1. It will include these issues and PRs.

Next maintenance release: 6.5.4

@jorbin has confirmed that there will be a 6.5.4 release scheduled for June 5, to accommodate #61269. An RC is scheduled for May 30.

@hellofromtonya shared that an alternate approach to #61269 is being considered for 6.5.4 and requested more feedback:

This could have an impact on the planned RC schedule for 6.5.4 depending on consensus on what approach to ship.

Discussion

With the Beta 1 deadline quickly approaching, we used the discussion time to check in on priority items for this release. Please review the list of Editor Updates from this week’s agenda for a list of updates of several key features related to this release.

@fabiankaegy has flagged that there are a number of commits that still need to be synced from the Gutenberg repo as part of this tracking issue. He also is tracking related PRs in this table on the WP 6.6 Editor Tasks board. Support from folks to review and commit these PRs is appreciated as we approach the 6.6 beta 1 deadline.

@joemcgill asked if the Release Squad needed any support to be ready for the 6.6 Beta 1 release next week.

@meher shared that all teams have reported a 🟢 status in the last check-in. Waiting for the Design and Performance to add their status. The documentation team has got help from folks.

Currently trying to decide whether the time to start Beta 1 should be 14:00 UTC or 16:00 UTC. Conversation about this continued after the meeting in the #6-6-release-squad channel.

Open Floor

Nothing was raised during Open Floor this week

Note: Anyone reading this summary outside of the meeting, please drop a comment in the post summary, if you can/want to help with something.

Props to @mikachan for proofreading.

#6-6, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Emily Clarke 11:45 am on May 29, 2024
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Performance Chat Summary: 28 May 2024

The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Announcements

  • Welcome to our new members of #core-performance
  • Performance Lab 3.2.0 release date is June 6, 2024
  • WordPress 6.6 betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 is scheduled for Tuesday June 4

Priority Items

Structure:

  • WordPress performance TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
    • Current release (WP 6.6)
  • Performance Lab pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party (and other performance plugins)
    • Auto-Sizes for Lazy-Loaded Images
    • Embed Optimizer
    • Fetchpriority
    • Image Placeholders
    • Modern Image Formats
    • Optimization Detective
    • Performant Translations
    • Speculative Loading
  • Active priority projects
    • Improve template loading
    • INP research opportunities
    • Improving the calculation of image size attributes
    • Optimized autoloaded options

WordPress Performance Trac Tickets

  • WordPress 6.6 enhancement tickets:
    • @adamsilverstein to test #53167 and aim to get it in beta 1
    • For #57789 @thekt12 added persistent cache to  get_theme_data . Yet to run it with existing unit testunit test Code written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression. and take performance result. He will add a PR today for testing add it today for testing. Currently he is adding some last changes to https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/6392 which will fix some unit test
    • @thekt12 has updated #59595 with https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/6392 with the review changes. Suggest changes weren’t working fully as $metadata[‘name’] was not present for all the block_nodes so updated it even further. Also identified repetitive code in old function which is fixed
    • @mukesh27 has #61276 ready for review, it has lots of testing on this one
      • @johnbillion I think we already have a few site health checks that aren’t particularly actionable by an end user, so this shouldn’t be a blockerblocker A bug which is so severe that it blocks a release., but definitely something to consider
      • @joemcgill In the Performance Lab plugin, we include a way for end users to review the specific options that are being flagged and allow them to turn off autoloading for them. Still unsure if that functionality is ready for all end users, but the fact that this site health check can be enhanced with specific additional details is a nice starting point. We can always adjust the copy during betas as well. I think we’ll likely get more feedback once the Dev Notedev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. for #42441 is published. Pairing the health check with this improvement seems like a nice affordance

Performance Lab Plugin (and other Performance Plugins)

  • @westonruter suggested moving the 3.2.0 performance lab plugin release date to June 6 to accommodate the newest designs for the new icons
  • @stellastopfer provided an update on the new Performance Lab icon set, and advised that option 2 is being voted the best set of icons
  • @westonruter On this note… For the onboarding experience I think timing is great to coincide with WP 6.5.4 to introduce redirection to the Performance screen when activating the plugin
  • Decision agreed to move Performance Lab plugin 3.2.0 release until after the WordPress 6.5.4 release on June 5
  • We have the first Performance Lab repo bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub on Wednesday May 29
  • @westonruter Modern Image formats is close to wrapping a couple of PRs for merge – this ticket in particular by @adamsilverstein
  • @westonruter is etting very close to finishing the Optimization Detective refactor/extraction into Image Prioritizer dependent plugin

Active Priority Projects

  • @stellastopfer We now also have one project board that should cover all current and upcoming work. The board is still a bit of a WIP, but should get its final shape over the course of the next couple of weeks.
    • Hopefully, it will serve our team just as well as some of you lurkers out there, so you can get an idea on features added to upcoming releases, bug fixes and other improvements, but also discuss and contribute where you see an opportunity to do so.
    • The first next step would be to add all of the issues that are in progress, but aren’t there. Then we will triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. and align on labels. I think there are some we can do without and others we can simplify.
    • If you click on the arrow in the tab, and go to Slice by > Milestone, it will open a sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.. There you can choose the milestone you want to see card for and they will 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. on the right.
    • Only one milestone at a time. We could create a filter by due date. That would cover multiple
  • @joemcgill suggested we’ll probably need some follow-up or some documentation on how we want to use the board (best practices, tips, that sort of thing), but this is an amazing start and should help us organize visibility of our work much better.

Improving the calculation of image size attributes

  • @mukesh27 has been working on improved image sizes algorithm. And asked @joemcgill to please review it when you have moment.
    • PR that ready for review:
      • PR #1250 – Initial implementation of improved image sizes algorithm
      • PR #1252 – Use correct sizes for small images

Open Floor

Our next chat will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 15:00 UTC in the #core-performance channel in Slack.

#core-performance, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary

Sarah Norris 2:42 pm on May 24, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, May 22, 2024

Start of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., facilitated by @joemcgill. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

  • The scheduled date for WordPress 6.6 Beta 1 is June 4, which is less than 2 weeks away. From this point on, we will focus on testing and fixing bugs discovered during betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. testing. Begin writing Dev Notesdev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. and the About page.
  • @ellatrix recently announced that the last GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release to go into WP 6.6 will have an RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). next Friday, May 31.

Forthcoming Releases

Our next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope. is WordPress 6.6. See the Roadmap Post for details about what is planned. Also, see the Bug Scrub post for more details on when the 6.6 bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrubs are happening.

@jorbin requested that we discuss the potential of doing a 6.5.4 release to accommodate #61269, and noted:

@hellofromtonya, @costdev and myself have been working through some options to help solve some issues that cropped up from pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party dependencies and are proposing #61269 as a solution that we would like to get in the hands of users as soon as possible.

Our suggestion is that we do a very small focused 6.5.4 on 5 June with an RC on 30 May. I am not currently aware of any other issues but would be open to including other fixes. I know it’s not much time for feedback, but am open to it as far as the schedule goes and also open to other tickets folks want to raise for inclusion.

The feedback that would be most helpful:

  • Testing and review of the proposed 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.
  • feedback on the schedule,
  • proposal of additional issues that should be considered for the release if any

@jorbin also highlighted that we will need someone with MC access, someone with a 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. sandbox, someone who can create a helphub page. Please reach out if you can help with any of these tasks.

The next GB release, Gutenberg 18.4, is going out soon and includes these issues. As mentioned during the announcements section of this chat, that means the following GB release (18.5) will be the last one planned to be included in WP 6.6. Now’s a very important time to be testing and reviewing PRs that are being synced from that repo to trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision..

Discussion

Ahead of the meeting, @annezazu highlighted the following updates on features for 6.6 – please help review and provide feedback as you can!

  • About a 10 minute long video demo of zoomed out view and where things stand, including current challenges with adding it to the pattern insertion experience. As it stands today, it looks like the zoomed out experience to build with patterns won’t be ready but will be an experiment in the plugin.
  • Block bindings latest update including a run down of merged PRs, risks for the release, and next steps. As it stands today, it looks like having the functionality to allow editing of custom fields when connected to blocks will likely not be ready for 6.6.
  • Section styling has a new discussion around CSS specificity which is necessary to resolve for the feature to land. There is potential breakage that might happen with the zero specificity styles and an alternative plan presented to preserve backwards compatibility.

@fabiankaegy and @colorful-tones have been doing great work triaging the WP 6.6 Editor Tasks board as well.

@vcanales mentioned the following issues in the WordPress 6.6 Editor Tasks board that are up for grabs for developers:

Open Floor

@dmsnell mentioned the HTML API: we’re getting nervously close to the deadline but still on task for our two main updates:

  • adding a spec-compliant text decoder
  • refactoring the HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. Processor so that it always presents a normalized “perfect” view of the HTML it’s parsing

@dmsnell mentioned that the best way to support this project is to review the work or share thoughts about how it’s all structured. The WP_Token_Map (Core-60324) is the biggest general thing in view and everyone is invited to share input on it or on the dev note I’ve prepared.

@dmsnell also raised two other tickets:

  • #61009 allows storing the proposed “Bits” syntax, making it possible for experimentation inside Gutenberg.
  • #61052 allows storing custom data attributes containing dashes, which is what the Interactivity 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. relies on.

The first one opens up the ability for Gutenberg to start experimenting with Bits, which are “Shortcodes, 2.0”, or dynamic tokens for externally-sourced data. This could use security review and scrutiny but is quite small in scope. The idea is that these can appear with a name and attributes which denote that something will replace it when rendered, but where Blocks are big, Bits are small, for example:

<//wp:post-meta key="isbn">

The main discussion around this is here.

The second ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. is about aligning kses with the needs of the Interactivity API. There is more information in this ticket. It would also be helpful to have more eyes and scrutiny on the way that this has been implemented.

For more information about both of these tickets, please read @dmsnell‘s messages during the dev chat from here.

Note: Anyone reading this summary outside of the meeting, please drop a comment in the post summary, if you can/want to help with something.

Props to @joemcgill for proofreading.

#6-6, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Alex Lende 8:00 am on May 23, 2024
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What’s new in Gutenberg 18.4 (22 May)

“What’s new in GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Editor.

Gutenberg 18.4 is ready and available for download!

This release includes 178 pull requests by 58 contributors. Look for improvements to the Grid blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience., a new handy keyboard shortcut, and useful features for extenders. Additionally, as always, a number of bugs, 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) issues, and performance issues have been fixed.

Great work to all who contributed to Gutenberg 18.4, with special appreciation for the first-time contributors we had this release. Thank you!

Table of Contents

Visualize grid layouts

No longer an experiment, the grid layout visualization is now available to everyone! See outlines of the grid columns and rows, and use the drag handles to make content span across them. (#61640)

Group blocks with a keyboard shortcut

Many design tools provide shortcuts for grouping elements. Gutenberg has been missing this convenience since blocks could be grouped… until today. Now you can conveniently group all selected blocks with the ⌘ Command + G on MacOS or Ctrl + G on Windows. (#46972)

Define custom aspect ratio presets with theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML.

Tired of being stuck with the same standard aspect ratios for image cropping and layout? Now themes can define their own aspect ratio presets to use. (#47271)

Set new aspect ratios with the settings.dimensions.aspectRatios option in theme.json. As with other presets, the default options are always available by default. To remove them and use only your own, set the settings.dimensions.defaultAspectRatios option to false.

{
	"version": 3,
	"settings": {
		"dimensions": {
			"aspectRatios": [
				{
					"name": "Super Ultra-Wide - 32:9",
					"slug": "32-9",
					"ratio": "32/9"
				}
			]
		}
	}
}

Other notable highlights

For extenders needing more customizability than the BlockToolbar has to offer, you can use the newly exported BlockPopover component to easily create your own custom toolbar. (#61529)

For extenders replicating rich text pasting behavior in your own blocks, you now have access to a convenient supports.splitting block setting. When it is enabled and content is pasted inside the block, it will split your block in two, insert the content, and then merge the ends together. (#54543)

For theme developers, the list block now includes a wp-block-list class to allow styling the block separately from other lists. No more accidentally selecting too many things when styling list blocks. (#56469)

Changelog

View full list of changes

Enhancements

Layout

  • Check child layout exists before generating classname. (61392)
  • Hide Image block resizer when inside a grid layout. (61603)

Grid interactivity

  • Improve max attribute logic. (61420)
  • Improve how grid resizer handles 0-width and 0-height cells. (61423)
  • Show grid visualizer when block inspector is closed. (61429)
  • Stabilise grid layout visualiser and resizer. (61640)

Global Styles

  • Add aspect ratio presets support via theme.json. (47271, 61774)
  • Background images: Remove required “file” prop. (61387, 61469)
  • Change “Solid” tab to “Color”. (61366)
  • Improve panel title and description for palette. (61365)
  • Tweak palette panel spacing and empty message. (61368)
  • Update color variations. (61334)

Block Styles

  • Add extended version of register block style functions. (61029)

Post actions

  • Improve success messages of some post actions. (61539)
  • Unify the list of available post type actions. (61520)
  • Don’t export duplicatePostAction for now. (61407)

Zoom Out

  • Editor: Enable Zoom-out mode in the post editor. (61293)
  • Keep original viewport width (single scale). (61424)
  • Open inserter sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. when clicking on inserter buttons on zoom-out mode. (61434)
  • Remove experimental zoom out control. (61509)
  • Zoomed Out View: Don’t close the inserter. (61004)

Components

  • Do not render FormTokenField label when not defined. (61336)
  • Placeholder: Tweak placeholder style. (61590)
  • Add content only descriptions in dropdown menus for patterns and templates. (61127)

Block Library

  • List Block: Add block class name to the list block. (56469)
  • Embeds Block: Add Bluesky variation. (61352)
  • Site Logo Block: Add setting labels via the ‘register_setting’ method. (61351)

Block Editor

  • Make BlockPopover component public. (61529)
  • Only add the selected pattern categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. in metadata during insertion. (61557)
  • Add a keyboard shortcut to create group from the selected blocks. (46972)
  • Enhance block outlines and selection interactions. (60757)
  • Tiny tweak to position close button properly in the inserter. (61461)

Editor

  • Editor: Unify 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. component. (61273)
  • Editor: Unify the sidebar between the post and site editors. (61507)
  • Editor: Update and simplify the Post Summary and Post Card section in the document sidebar. (61624)
  • Try: Improve date-wrapping in prepublish flow. (61490)
  • Update: Implement the new discussion panel design. (61357)

Post Editor

  • Add global styles to settings using existing context code. (61556)
  • Display a notice after moving a post into the trashTrash Trash in WordPress is like the Recycle Bin on your PC or Trash in your Macintosh computer. Users with the proper permission level (administrators and editors) have the ability to delete a post, page, and/or comments. When you delete the item, it is moved to the trash folder where it will remain for 30 days.. (61670)
  • Simplify Post Publish Flow status term. (61386)

Site Editor

  • Redirect /wp_template_part/all to /patterns. (61446)
  • Moves “Patterns” command to site editor main navigation. (61416)
  • Adds “Template Parts” command to site editor. (61287)
  • Show pin/unpin button on the site editor pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party sidebar. (61448)
  • Remove default entry into Navigation MenuNavigation Menu A theme feature introduced with Version 3.0. WordPress includes an easy to use mechanism for giving various control options to get users to click from one place to another on a site. focus mode but retain ability to access via “Edit”. (61275)

Data Views

  • Add bulk actions toolbar. (59714)
  • Align list and table layout visuals. (61157)
  • Add actions to list layout. (60805)
  • Make pattern preview click area larger. (61250)

Bug Fixes

Layout

  • Fix grid item resizing in non-iframed editor. (61636)
  • Fix resizing items to top and left with GridItemResizer. (60986)
  • Grid Visualizer: Fix grid item resizing in site editor. (61641)
  • Grid Visualizer: Fix resize not ending when mouse is released outside grid’s bounds. (61668)
  • GridItemResizer: Fix resizing when List View is open. (61643)
  • Only show grid resizer if grid block allows resizing on children. (61552)

Global Styles

  • Background image: Explicitly set background repeat value in user styles. (61526)
  • Background image: Size controls should show when an image is set. (61388)
  • Make sure to replace all instances of :Where(body) instead of just …. (61602)
  • Reduce specificity of global styles body margin reset rule. (61340)
  • Remove Post Template background override. (61545)

Patterns

  • Fix blocks in unsynced patterns can enable overrides. (61639)
  • Revert “Use contentOnly locking for pattern block, remove hard-coded block check in block inspector”. (61517)

List View

  • Account for text fields in shortcut handler. (61583)
  • Add a special case for shortcuts coming from modals. (61606)
  • Standardize List View feature name to use title case capitalization. (61535)

Zoom Out

  • Block editor: Scroll block into view on insert. (61418)
  • Fix double scrollbars in site editor with zoom out view enabled. (61548)
  • Fix zoom out UIUI User interface scale. (61265)
  • Add bottom and top inserters. (61473)
  • Add patterns loading state. (61513)
  • Don’t allow dropping outside section root. (61512)
  • Don’t select last block. (61484)
  • Pass the section root ID to the inserter. (61464)
  • Zoom-out: Fix 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. ref error. (61200)

Components

  • Fix inconsistent complementary header styles. (61331)
  • Fix sticking “Reset” option in ToolsPanel. (60621)
  • RadioControl: Fix shrinking radio controls. (61476)

Block Library

  • Navigation Block: Add list item wrapper to social links when used in navigation block. (61396)
  • HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. Block: Remove font weight on toolbar tab button – #61254. (61308)
  • Time to Read Block: Fix “this block has encountered an error” – #61459. (61614)
  • Image Block: Enable crop action when image has a link. (61470)
  • ShortcodeShortcode A shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site. Block: Fix layout margin override. (55028)

Block Editor

  • Editor styles: Fix cache (by wrapper selector). (61397)
  • Fix Truncate component for long unbreakable text. (61137)
  • Fix focus loss due to filtering blocks. (61558)
  • Fix: The issue of appender button not clickable in row/stack group. (61585)
  • Writing Flow/Rich Text: Unify split logic. (54543)

Post Editor

  • Fix the ‘usePaddingAppender’ error. (61500)
  • Return an empty object when no fallback templates are found (wp/v2/templates/lookup). (60925)

Site Editor

  • Fix user capabilities check for the Site Editor. (61444)
  • Preserve the wp_theme_preview query arg when navigating in Site Editor. (61394)
  • Trigger sidebar animations only on cross-route navigations. (61402)
  • Site Editor: Restore the hover zoom effect when hovering the editor frame. (61647)

Widgets Editor

  • Hide the close button on the inserter for widgets editor. (61510)

Data Views

  • Fix regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. on keyboard navigation. (61478)
  • Improve dataview types. (61586)

Interactivity 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.

  • Interactivity API: Allow multiple event handlers for the same type with data-wp-on-document and data-wp-on-window. (61009)
  • Interactivity API: Prevent empty namespace or different namespaces from killing the runtime. (61409)
  • Interactivity API: Prevent wrong written directives from killing the runtime. (61249)

Accessibility

Components

  • ComboboxControl supports disabled items. (61294)
  • Remove usage of aria-details from InputControl and BaseControl. (61203)

Block Library

  • Fix the RRS block placeholder labeling and improve spacing. (61576)

Block Editor

  • Focus currently selected block when entering canvas. (61472)
  • Focus inserter toggle when closing the inserter sidebar. (61467)
  • Inserter: Add close button. (61421)

Post Editor

  • Post Actions: Correctly disable dropdown trigger. (61625)

Performance

  • Calculate and report quartiles in performance results. (60950)
  • Refactor InserterTabs to use children and remove re-memoizing. (61295)
  • Tests: Improve collection and reporting. (61450)
  • Performance tests: Fix results file path. (61686)
  • Revert “useBlockSync: Remove isControlled effect”. (61480)

Documentation

  • Update old document URLs to new ones. (61595)
  • Add a section about block_editor_settings_all to the Filters and HooksHooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same. doc. (61597)
  • Add link to VS Code Playwright Extension. (61505)
  • Added check for duplicated slugs during manifest.json generation. (61332)
  • Block Editor: Remove multiline prop from Richtext doc. (61592)
  • Docs: How-to Guides > 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. Boxes – Update metabox.md. (61314)
  • Docs: Interactivity API – Add viewScriptModule as a requirement to work with the Interactivity API. (61355)
  • Docs: Interactivity API : New pages – About and FAQ. (61323)
  • Docs: Interactivity Api – Small fixes. (61403)
  • Docs: Remove list of keyboard shortcuts from FAQ page. (61591)
  • Docs: Update theme-json-living.md to fix little issue. (61354)
  • Fix WP versions for theme.json v3 migrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies. in inline documentation. (61328)
  • Several Typo Correction in Inline doc. (61379)
  • Small fixes as per feedback received. (61445)
  • Theme.json: Update schema with working create theme link. (61306)
  • Update wordpress/a11yAccessibility 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) README.md. (61635)
  • Update Node.js requirement in create-block docs. (60962)
  • Update and restructure the Editor Hooks doc. (61596)
  • Updated links to developer resources on README.md. (61525)
  • theme.json schema: Remove duplicate key. (61523)
  • Several Typo Corrections in Inline Documentations. (61662)

Code Quality

  • PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher load: move rest template controller 6.6 import to “REST” area. (61564)
  • Replace classnames with clsx. (61138, 61380)

Block Bindings

  • Remove not needed breaks in gutenberg_block_bindings_replace_html. (61660)
  • Simplify the HTML replacement logic until the HTML API is ready. (61236)

Patterns

  • Pattern overrides: Use block binding editing API. (60721)

Components

  • Assess stabilization of Theme. (61077)
  • Upgrade @types/reactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. package and @types/react-dom. (60796)
  • Fix problem with gradient-parser types. (61679)

Block Editor

  • Improve LineHeightControl unit tests. (61337)

Editor

  • Move the starter template options to the editor package. (61665)

Post Editor

  • Edit post: Do not consider sidebars mutually exclusive. (61468)
  • Editor: Move the sidebar component to the editor package. (61497)

Site Editor

  • Site Editor sidebar: Provide explicit backPaths, remove the getBackPath helper. (61286)

Data Views

  • Expand typing more components. (61654)
  • Add end-to-end tests for keyboard interactions in DataViews ListView. (61648)
  • Add types to the ViewGrid component. (61667)
  • Type the BulkActions component. (61666)
  • Type the ItemActions component. (61400)
  • Type the ViewList component. (61246)
  • Remove onActionPerformed & onActionStart from the ActionModal API. (61659)

Interactivity API

  • Add types for warn helper. (61687)
  • Enable strict type checking. (59865)

Tools

Testing

  • Convert FocalPointPicker tests to TypeScript. (61373)
  • E2E: Fix artifacts handling in CI. (61338)
  • Interactivity API: Fix flaky tests for attribute hydration. (61615)
  • Lightbox UI block override tests. (61414)
  • Playwright Utils: Silence some of the warnings coming from Firefox. (61451)
  • Test: Fix failing style linting error. (61649)
  • Tests: Fix flaky interactivity deferred test. (61359)

Build Tooling

  • Add stylelint rule to disallow the order CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. property. (61243)
  • Enforce @since tags in /packages/block-serialization-default-parser/ and other files. (60007)
  • Bug: False positives for react-hooks/exhaustive-deps. (61599)
  • Scripts: Add RTLCSS to wp-scripts. (61540)
  • WP-ENV: Fix return type and tests. (61631)
  • Create Block: Match specified engines with Gutenberg and CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. (61430)
  • Set prefer-dedupe as the default. (61630)
  • build: Suggest workaround if tsc --build fails. (61501)
  • build:package-types: Run silently to reduce user confusion. (61530)
  • GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Actions: Fix PHP file change detection 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. pattern. (61183)
  • Dedupe packages. (61532)
  • 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. react-autosize-textarea for updated types. (61570)
  • Upgrade @use-gesture/react. (61503)
  • Upgrade framer-motion. (61572)

First time contributors

The following PRs were merged by first time contributors:

Contributors

The following contributors merged PRs in this release:

@aaronrobertshaw @afercia @ajlende @amitraj2203 @anton-vlasenko @artemiomorales @bacoords @carolinan @cbravobernal @colinduwe @DaniGuardiola @DAreRodz @desrosj @draganescu @ellatrix @fullofcaffeine @geriux @getdave @gigitux @hbhalodia @jameskoster @jasmussen @jeryj @jffng @johnhooks @jorgefilipecosta @jpstevens @jsnajdr @juanmaguitar @kevin940726 @kovshenin @MaggieCabrera @Mamaduka @mcsf @mrmurphy @ndiego @noisysocks @ntsekouras @oandregal @ramonjd @retrofox @richtabor @ryelle @SantosGuillamot @scheinercc @scruffian @shail-mehta @sirreal @stokesman @StyleShit @swissspidy @t-hamano @talldan @tellthemachines @tyxla @vipul0425 @WunderBart @youknowriad

#block-editor, #core-editor, #gutenberg, #gutenberg-new

Emily Clarke 9:42 am on May 21, 2024
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Performance Chat Agenda: 21 May 2024

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 21, 2024 at 15:00 UTC.

  • Announcements
    • Welcome to our new members of #core-performance
    • Performance lab 3.1.0 released yesterday
    • Request for feedback on ideas to improve the Performance Team site. See this issue for discussion
    • Confirmation of the 3.2.0 release date moving to June 3 due to WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe travel
  • Priority items
    • WordPress performance TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
      • Current release (6.6)
      • Future release
    • Performance Lab pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party (and other performance plugins) including:
      • Auto-Sizes for Lazy-Loaded Images
      • Embed Optimizer
      • Fetchpriority
      • Image Placeholders
      • Modern Image Formats
      • Optimization Detective
      • Performant Translations
      • Speculative Loading
    • Active priority projects
      • Improve template loading
      • INP research opportunities
      • Improving the calculation of image size attributes
      • Optimized autoloaded options
  • Open floor
    • Frequency of a Performance Lab plugin focused bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub

If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.

This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Make WordPress Slack.

#agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

Olga Gleckler 6:17 pm on May 18, 2024
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Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.6

Following sessions are dedicated to move things forward and be ready in time according to 6.6 Release Schedule.

Everyone is welcome to join not only to triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. tickets but also to look for tickets you can contribute by creating patches, making code review and testing.

Things to keep in mind:

  • All features and enhancements should be in the Trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. before BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 and most bugs and all strings need to be there before RC1.
  • If you are working on a 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., plan your contribution to have enough time for other contributors to make suggestions, review and test.

Alpha Bug Scrubs

Focus: features, enhancements and then bugs with priority on tickets that are closer to resolution

Beta Bug Scrubs

Focus: rest of the bugs plus reported regressions

Release Candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). Bug Scrubs (if needed)

Focus: issues reported from the previous RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta)..

  • TBD

Check this schedule often, as it will change to reflect the latest information.

Regular component scrubs and triage sessions

For your reference, here are some of the recurring sessions:

Have a regular component scrub or triage session?
PingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” @nhrrob or @oglekler on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. to have it added to this page.

You can start your own triage sessions

  • Decide what you want to work on

6.6 triage session are our priority and moving forward tickets which already are scheduled for the release is most needed task. If you want to lead some of them, they can be added on this schedule.

But if you are interested in particular component or user focus, for example to take care about RTL-tickets, this will be most welcome too.

Especially interested can be the session to scrub old tickets. We are continuously closing new tickets with the same topic in favor of existing ones and because these tickets are looking complicated just because they’re age not, so many contributors are eager to work on them, but there are actual treasures hidden among very difficult or tricky topics.

  • Ping @oglekler or@nhrrob on Slack with the day and time you’re considering, as well as the report or tickets you want to scrub. Note that scrubs are happening in the main coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. channel and cannot clash with other meetings in this channel.

Useful reports and information

  • Report 5 provides a list of all open 6.6 tickets:
    • Use this list to focus on highest priority tickets first.
    • Use this list to focus on tickets that haven’t received love in a while.
  • Report 6 provides a list of open 6.6 tickets ordered by workflow.

Need a refresher on bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrubs? Checkout Leading Bug Scrubs in the core handbook.

#6-6, #bug-scrub, #core

Joe McGill 10:18 pm on May 17, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, May 15, 2024

Start of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., facilitated by @annezazu. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

A reminder that the WordPress 6.6 roadmap has been published. Please also read and leave feedback on the Server to client data sharing for Script Modules proposal. Feel free to leave feedback either during Dev Chat or on the proposal post.

Forthcoming Releases

We’re currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle. You can find out more about the release squad in this post.

@annezazu noted that after a discussion in the public #6-6-release-leads channel, there is an update underway for the remaining roles yet to be filled. This has now been posted here.

For any folks who want to learn more about the release and help contribute back, I want to call attention to this post on Early opportunities to Test WordPress 6.6. Help the release and learn about it at the same time!

Discussion

Release Squad: A lengthy discussion ensued about the fact that 3 weeks from BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1 that the full release squad has not been filled. There were questions about why this release has been so hard to fill and what we could do to improve this in the future. Some questioned the size of the release squad making it difficult to fill and others questioned the length of the cycle. Suggestions were made to try to recruit a release squad earlier in the cycle, or even at the end of the previous cycle.

Note: Since the meeting, the WordPress 6.6 release squad is ready.

Canonical blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. plugins proposal: There is an initial issue and discussion here, and a follow-up Gutenberg PR is currently in progress to create a time to read block. Have folks had a chance to catch up here? Any questions or concerns?

  • @jeffpaul questioned what problem this would solve compared with either shipping these blocks in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. or allow them to be maintained as community plugins.
  • @jorbin expressed support for the idea, but identified that there were some questions that need to be answered in addition to what @grantmkin shared in this GitHub comment.
  • @annezazu shared that the difference is useful in that some blocks haven’t been a great fit for Core, for a variety of reasons. This separation allows the base experience to remain the same while offering strong, supported blocks provided by Core that folks can add on.
  • This was a lengthy discussion. Everyone is encouraged to provide feedback on the related issue.

Proposal: Server to client data sharing for Script Modules: This proposal is still looking for feedback.

Open Floor

@kkmuffme requested guidance on several tickets that have stalled, that he is hoping will get picked up in time for the 6.6 release. Following the meeting, @jeffpaul scrubbed the list and pinged relevant core developers who might be able to review and provide feedback.

Note: Anyone reading this summary outside of the meeting, please drop a comment in the post summary, if you can/want to help with something.

Props to @mikachan for proofreading.

#6-6, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Héctor Prieto 6:06 pm on May 16, 2024
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WordPress 6.6 release squad ready

This post is a follow-up to the WordPress 6.6 call for volunteers update.

I’m glad to announce the WordPress 6.6 release squad is ready and the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. and Documentation lead roles have been filled:

Big thanks to everybody who volunteered to the release squad or to mentor and support!

Thanks to @chanthaboune for reviewing this post.

#6-6 #planning

Sarah Norris 4:24 pm on May 9, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, May 8, 2024

Start of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., facilitated by @joemcgill. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

The WordPress 6.6 roadmap has been published.

WordPress 6.5.3 was released on Tuesday, May 7. This minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality. features 12 bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. fixes in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and 9 bug fixes for the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. editor. You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release by reading the Release Candidate announcement.

Gutenberg 18.3 was released on Wednesday, May 8. The release highlights include a full page client-side navigation experiment, negative values for margin controls, and adding a publish flow to the editor.

Forthcoming Releases

We are currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle and 4 weeks away from BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1. The latest update on the release squad is detailed in this post and there are a few TBD roles for Core triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. and Docs leads. During the meeting, @OGlekler volunteered to be Core Triage Lead for 6.6. @priethor also followed up with a note to say:

  • Would the Core Triage role benefit from a second lead?
  • The Docs lead role is nearly ready too.

@jorbin confirmed that 6.5.3 came out on May 7. Thank you to everyone who helped. We now need to consider whether we should plan a 6.5.4. As of now, there is one potential regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. that is being investigated, so @jorbin suggested that we give it one to two weeks before making a decision. The 6.5.4 milestone has already been added in tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress..

@annezazu noted that the only other feedback is around this: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/59511: There’s been some feedback from an enterprise client as they can no longer change titles easily. The problem is there’s not an intermediate solution in the works and it will be resolved by 6.6 when the site editor pattern experience comes to classic themes. This will be discussed further in #6-5-release-leads.

Discussion

Here are a couple of follow-ups from previous meetings:

  • New slack channels: #core-interactivity-api was created to help folks working there better organize and collaborate.
  • GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ commits: as a way to bring additional visibility to changes committed in the Gutenberg repo, we’ve started an experiment to show commits to the trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. 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". (PR merges) in the #core channel.

We dedicated a lot of discussion time to the 6.6 roadmap and any updates about the major efforts listed on the Roadmap.

@afragen gave an update about Rollback Auto-Update: there have been zero reported issues with the PR. We’re currently just looking at making some of the comments a bit more descriptive. Hopefully Rollback Auto-Update will be committed in the next day or so.

@johnbillion raised #61173: if anyone wants to help with that workflow that would be great.

Open Floor

@azaozz requested for “more eyes” and reviews on https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/6407#issuecomment-2101275000. This is a PR that properly fixes the infinite 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. as reported on #60652 (the current 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. just hides it, that PR removes the possibility for a loop to happen). It also fixes the possibility for a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party to completely remove the new font_dir 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. which is a pretty nasty thing to do and would break all other plugins that are using that filter.

@kkmuffme requested some final reviews on the following PRs:

@grantmkin also noted: @vcanales and I have started exploring “canonical block plugins,” an idea to have more community developed blocks that are shipped as stand-alone block plugins, for blocks that aren’t a fit in the default block library shipped with Gutenberg/WordPress. The primary issue is at https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/58773, in case you’d like to learn more about, follow, discuss, or contribute to the effort. There will likely be a follow-up on make/core to get more feedback.

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Props to @joemcgill for proofreading.

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