Week in Core, Mar 8 – Mar 15 2016

Welcome back the latest issue of Week in Core, covering changes [36889-37000]. Here are the highlights:

• WordPress 4.5 Beta 3 released!
• 111 commits
• 42 contributors
• 87 tickets created
• 12 tickets reopened
• 86 tickets closed

Ticket numbers based on trac timeline for the period above.

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Code Changes

About

• Run w-logo-white.png through imagemin. [36929] #35661
• Improve color contrast of WP Badge text, and update the logo to use the latest version. [36910] #35661

Accessibility

• Improve accessibility for the Plugin details modal. [36964] #33305
• Reduce the WordPress shades of grey, Episode 3. [36904] #35783
• Improve the color contrast ratio of the expandable panel “handles”. [36959] #35923
• wpLink: fix accessibility issues [36991] #30468

Administration

• Use admin_url() for “Add New” links in wp-admin/users.php. [36902] #36186
• Use admin_url() for “Add New” links in wp-admin/upload.php. [36901] #36186

Build/Test Tools

• Add Automated Tests for custom logo support [36905] #36086, #33755
• Let’s not reinvent wp_get_attachment_image(). [36914] #36086
• Update grunt-rtlcss ~1.6.0 → ~2.0.1. [36935] #35104
• Rename the precommit:core task to precommit:base for clarification. [36955] #35557
• Introduce multisite unit tests. [36949] #33755, #36086
• Account for expected attachemnt size in custom logo output. [36911] #36086
• Update grunt-browserify ~4.0.1 → ~5.0.0 [36979] #35104
• Update grunt-postcss ~0.7.1 → ~0.8.0 [36978] #35104
• Revert r36978 [36980] #35104
• Increase beautificatedness of language in grunt precommit unit test messages. [36924] #35557
• Improve grunt precommit task [36906] #35557
• Add grunt prerelease task [36930] #35557

Comments

• On the Edit Comment screen do not show the permalink for unapproved comments. [36958] #36161

Customize

• Restore body class removed in [36837] for when custom logo is present. [36903] #33755, #35945
• Fix persistence of toggles for displayed nav menu item properties. [36908] #35273
• Reduce vertical space of site icon control. [36907] #35943
• Only add custom logo’s header text control if needed. [36915] #33755
• Update cropper.js to match changes in [36931] #32783
• Use full URL to image to prevent breakage if moved. See #33755. [36948] #33755
• Rely on selective refresh exclusively for previewing custom logo changes. [36990] #27355, #33755, #36096
• Bump down the priority custom logo’s control. [36912] #35942
• Remove selective refresh error message from appearing inline within the preview. [36890] #27355, #36164
• Remove unused JS variable to fix jshint error introduced in [36890]. [36892] #36164
• Correct a unit test for custom icon functionality. [36952] #36086
• Explicitly set full as the default custom logo size. [36950] #33755

Database

• Reset connection status variables when the connection is closed. [36997] #36240

Docs

• The $update_result parameter passed to WP_Automatic_Updater::after_core_update() is never a WP_Error. If an error is returned, the error object lives in the result property of the paramter. [36995] #32246
• Re-add a @param that went missing in [36993]. [36994] #32246
• Improvements and corrections for the $ver parameter of the dependencies API functions. [36993] #32246
• Use a third-person singular verb for the get_the_excerpt() DocBlock summary. [36942] #32246
• Improve the DocBlock summary for wp_metadata_lazyloader(), introduced in [36566]. [36941] #35816, #35986
• Improve the usefulness of the DocBlock summary for get_edit_term_link(). [36940] #32246
• Improve the 4.5.0 changelog entry in the hook doc for the get_archives_link filter, introduced in [36418]. [36939] #35573, #35986
• Improve the $blog_id parameter description in the DocBlock for the_custom_logo(), introduced in [36698]. [36938] #33755, #35986
• Improve inline documentation for has_custom_logo(), introduced in [36698]. [36936] #33755, #35986
• Improve the DocBlock summary for the_embed_site_title(), introduced in [36693]. [36923] #34561, #35986
• Improve the DocBlock summary for the clean_comment_cache action, introduced in [36405]. [36922] #35610, #35986
• Improve syntax for the $lengths parameter in the hook doc for the wp_get_comment_fields_max_lengths filter, introduced in [36272]. [36921] #10377, #35986
• Improve the DocBlock summary for wp_get_comment_fields_max_lengths(), introduced in [36514]. [36920] #10377, #35986
• Improve the DocBlock summary for wp_queue_comments_for_comment_meta_lazyload(), introduced in [36566]. [36919] #35816, #35986
• Improve the usefulness of associated reference info in the hook doc for the comments_template_query_args filter, introduced in [36235]. [36918] #34442, #35986
• Add a missing DocBlock summary for the WP_Scripts->print_html_before property, added in [36633]. [36917] #14853, #35986
• Improve syntax in the DocBlock for rest_get_server(), introduced in [36529]. [36947] #35329, #35986
• Use a third-person singular verb in the summary for get_embed_template(), introduced in [36876]. [36963] #34561, #34278, #35986
• Improve changelog entries added for the delete_term and delete_{$taxonomy} actions in [36080] and a third entry added for the clean_term_cache action in [36399] [36962] #35213, #35611, #35986
• Improve the summary and return description in the DocBlock for unregister_taxonomy(), introduced in [36243]. [36961] #35227, #35986
• Use a third-person singular verb for the DocBlock summary for remove_permastruct(), introduced in [36181]. [36960] #35235, #35986
• Improve two 4.5.0 changelog entries added for the plugins_update_check_locales and themes_update_check_locales filters, introduced in [36630]. [36966] #34937, #35986
• Correct a typo in the DocBlock summary for get_embed_template(), introduced in [36963]. [36965] #34561, #34278, #35986
• Update default $size value for get_custom_logo filter after [36950]. [36975] #33755
• Correct grammar when referring to “a URL” vs “an URL” in several places. [36970] #36218
• Improve the DocBlock summary for wp_queue_posts_for_term_meta_lazyload(), introduced in [36566]. [36945] #35816, #35986
• Improve the accuracy of the return description for unregister_post_type(), introduced in [36316]. [36944] #14761, #35986
• Improve the DocBlock summary for WP::remove_query_var(), introduced in [36177]. [36900] #35234, #35986
• Standardize file header summary for wp-includes/class-wp-metadata-lazyloader.php. [36899] #35986
• Improve inline documentation syntax throughout WP_Metadata_Lazyloader, introduced in [36566]. [36898] #35816, #35986
• Add a missing file header to wp-includes/class-wp-metadata-lazyloader.php, introduced in [36566]. [36897] #35816, #35986
• Update the return type for get_active_blog_for_user() This is now a WP_Site object. [36895] #32450
• Update param/return types for WP_Site in ms-blogs.php, get_blog_details() now returns a WP_Site object. clean_blog_cache() is now called with a WP_Site object. [36894] #32450
• Update the return type for get_current_site() This is now a WP_Network object. [36893] #32246
• Improve DocBlock syntax for wp_get_upload_dir(), introduced in [36565]. [36925] #34359, #35986

Editor

• Fix size of the resize handle on RTL sites for HiDPI screens. [36934] #36193
• Fix Mac keyboard shortcut for distraction free writing. [36973] #36214
• Hide the Move to Trash link for auto-drafts until they are auto-saved. [36972] #16116
• Correct and update the Visual and Text editors description in the screen help. [36971] #35479

Embeds

• Update Twitter oEmbed URL. [36946] #36197
• Extend the provider list to support moments and timelines from Twitter. [36954] #36197
• Add support for dai.ly embeds over HTTPS. [36951] #36189

Emoji

• Upgrade twemoji.js to version 2. [36928] #36059
• Twemoji replacements weren’t working in TinyMCE after [36816]. [36927] #35300
• Fix typo in wp-emoji.js. [36981] #35977

Media

• Fix typo in test_image_preserves_alpha_on_rotate(). [36998] #30596
• Media: Fall back to GD when loading URL in HHVM Imagick. [36996] #35973
• Progressive enhancement for Imagick; add profiles to whitelist. [36891] #33642, #28634
• Support Imagick in HHVM. [36916] #35973
• Merge two error messages and use sprintf() for the method names. [36968] #33642
• Fix typo introduced in [36887]. [36987] #36230, #36089

Posts, Post Types

• Call set_url_scheme() consistently on URLs passed through preview_post_link [36926] #35407

Query

• Ignore search terms consisting of a single dash. [36989] #36195

Rewrite Rules

• Allow rewrite rules to work in nested WordPress installations on IIS. [36953] #35558

Taxonomy

• Correct @return annotation for wp_set_object_terms() and related functions. [36896] #36182
• After [36874], rename $term_id to $tag_ID in wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php. [36969] #34988
• Fix test related to cap check in get_edit_term_link(). [36986] #35922
• Improve error handling in get_categories(). [36988] #36227

Themes

• Twenty Thirteen, Twenty Fourteen and Twenty Fifteen: Fixes #34033 [36999] #34033
• Twenty Fifteen: Simplify twentyfifteen_the_custom_logo(). [36943] #35944
• Twenty Fifteen: add support for site logos [36913] #35944
• Twenty Thirteen: Removes title attribute from footer [36956] #35843
• Twenty Eleven: Captioned image fix for editor [36957] #33153
• Support second argument in theme support for custom logo. [36909] #33755

Tiny MCE

• Update to 4.3.8, changelog: https://www.tinymce.com/docs/changelog/#version438-march152016. [37000] #36254
• Remove unused user setting for wpLink. Remove redundant text and variable from wp_link_dialog(). [36985] #33301
• Add audible confirmation when a link has been selected or inserted in the editor for both the inline dialog and the modal. Do not auto-search when the URL field is empty or already contains an URL. Remove a few redundant tabindex. [36984] #33301
• When dragging, prevent error when a range cannot be created at the drop location. [36983] #36229
• When doing undo/redo with keyboard shortcut, do not focus the inline dialog. Cannot do consecutive undo/redo if the focus is moved away from the editor. [36982] #33301
• Ensure the inline dialog is in preview mode after updating a link from the (advanced) modal. [36977] #33301
• Tweak the small animation shown while waiting for wpView data to make it sell CPU intensive. [36976] #33525
• When searching, do not empty the URL input field when using the arrow keys to highlight items. [36974] #33301

Users

• Add @since entries to wp_authenticate() and its filters now that the $username parameter can also be an email address. [36992] #9568, #35986

 

Thanks to @celloexpressions, @davidakennedy, @drebbitsweb, @hugobaeta, @iamtakashi, @@iseulde, @adamsilverstein, @afercia, @ahockley, @arush, @azaozz, @boonebgorges, @celloexpressions, @Chouby, @claudiosanches, @danielbachhuber, @DrewAPicture, @DuckDagobert, @ericlewis, @iseulde, @jeremyfelt, @joemcgill, @johnbillion, @johnjamesjacoby, @jorbin, @juliobox, @karmatosed, @markoheijnen, @melchoyce, @mikeschroder, @netweb, @niallkennedy, @obenland, @ocean90, @pento, @programmin, @rachelbaker, @RomSocial, @sebastianpisula, @SergeyBiryukov, @swissspidy, @tywayne, @virgodesign, @westonruter, @wido, @WiZZarD_, and @wonderboymusic for their contributions!

Week in Core, Mar 8 – Mar 15 2016 by Andrew Rockwell was originally posted at https://make.wordpress.org/core/2016/03/16/week-in-core-mar-8-15-2016/