Hello everyone, and welcome to this installment of the WP Weekly Roundup! This edition covers February 11th, 2015 [31411] through February 18h, 2015 [31478].
Right at the top of the list: the release of 4.1.1 rolled out Wednesday. You can read the changelog for full details, but here’s the overview.
WordPress 4.1.1
Tag 4.1.1 [31478]
Bump $tinymce_version in the 4.1 branch. [31477]
Remove errant string. [31475]
About: Add changelog for 4.1.1. [31474]
Add SVN eol-style = native where missing. [31471]
Add eol-style property and normalize EOLs. [31470]
Bump 4.1.1 version numbers & dates. [31431]
Media
Revert [31198] from the 4.1 branch, as it is an incomplete fix that introduces more problems than the tiny issue it was attempting to solve. [31468] #30725
Don’t try to read a non-existent Exif:Title tag in wp_read_image_metadata(), as it’s not a part of the Exif standard. [31462] #31043
Fix the display of Audio and Video in the Media Library when using IE8 and below. [31444] #31058
Prevent IE9 and lower displaying the download file dialogue when attempting to upload using the html4 Plupload handler. [31429] [31430] #31037
TinyMCE
Fire nodeChanged when an embedded iframe is resized so we can adjust the editor height and other UI components. Props iseulde, [31466] #30646
Ensure the image toolbar stays visible when the image is much wider than the editor. Merges [31362] to the 4.1 branch. [31437] #30696
Select the iframe element by id. Needed as some browser extensions insert extra elements in the page. Merges [31180] to the 4.1 branch. [31436] #30785
Bundled Themes
Update CSS rules for .screen-reader-text to be consistent with current accessibility guidelines. [31464] #31279
Remove URLs from reset credits. Closes #30764. [31454] #30764
Replace array_shift() with current() for performance. [31453] #31260
Internals
Add inline documentation to clarify the reasoning behind the various conditions that control how WP is loaded. [31463] #30935
Improve ‘orderby’ syntax for WP_Comment_Query. [31467] #31045, #30478, #31265
Replace hardcoded usage of comment-page with the comment pagination base. [31459] #18084
Respect ‘default_option’ filters during early sanity checks in add_option() and update_option(). [31473] #31047
Add $expiration as a parameter to the pre_set_transient_{$transient}filter. [31414] #30576
Restore PHP 5.2 to Travis CI. [31472] #31244
Return a WP_Error if an empty name is provided when registering a post type. [31450] #31134
Posts list table: Add a filter to disable the months dropdown. [31438] #30254
In paginate_links(), don’t override custom format arguments when setting up default ‘add_args’. [31433] #30831
Avoid a PHP Warning when add_args is passed as false to paginate_links(). [31432] #30831
Customize
Remove margin for hidden controls. [31460] #31330
Don’t focus new widgets if they are added programmatically. [31428] #31295
Escape Customizer links in the admin menu. Fix usage of add_query_arg(). [31427] #30952
Restore showing a login form inside the previewer if an user is logged out. Broken since [31370]. [31421] #31294
Widgets: Add return param for widgets admin page to the “Manage in Customizer” link. [31420] #30888
Improve [31252] to show the move-widget buttons only if there is more than one rendered sidebar. [31419] #30690
Query
More careful type conversion in WP_Query is_*() methods. [31458] #24674
Add tests for some of WP_Query‘s sticky post logic. [31439] #27282
Toolbar
Remove title attributes from ‘About WordPress’, ‘Add New’, and ‘My Account’ items. [31456] #31324
Add a label for search field on front-end. [31455] #31323
Use require_once() to prevent a fatal error if _wp_admin_bar_init() is called twice. [31411] #31287
General
Provide a secondary sort order for wp_get_archives() when type=postbypost. [31452] #30480
Update the default admin color scheme for more unity and refinement.
This removes the red channel from blues and cools the grays a bit for a more cohesive and purposeful color scheme. [31422] #31234
Taxonomy
Return a WP_Error if an empty name is provided when registering a taxonomy. [31449] #31135
Split shared taxonomy terms on term update.
When updating an existing taxonomy term that shares its term_id with another term, we generate a new row in wp_terms and associate the updated term_taxonomy_id with the new term. This separates the terms, such that updating the name of one term does not change the name of any others. #5809
Networks and Sites
Use get_admin_url() to get the correct My Sites URL without calling switch_to_blog() directly. [31448] #31314
Create the My Sites URL in the context of a user’s primary site.
Switch to the user’s primary (or active) site before creating the My Sites URL. This previously linked to the current site’s dashboard, even if a user was not a member of that site. [31445] #31314
Administration
Use correct default values for some admin template functions. [31446] #31308
Rename unused argument and remove obsolete global in iframe_header(). [31443] #31309
_list_meta_row() should always return a string. [31442] #31310
Terminate JS statements in two admin files. [31440] #31311
Move the (recently added) .notice admin notices below the first H2, same as the .updated and .error notices. Merges [31023] to the 4.1 branch. [31434] #30885
Admin menu: Ensure top level menu item keeps hover color when hovering over or focusing on the submenu. [31424] #31275
Introduce a logout_redirect filter so the redirect destination can be changed when a user logs out. [31417] #27617
Embeds
Use RegEx instead of DOMDocumentwhen protecting <pre> tags in WP_oEmbed::_strip_newlines(). It is incredibly difficult to maintain character encoding and whitespace when parsing viaDOMDocument. [31423] #31214
After [31415], make sure str_replace() only occurs once for each matched tag to avoid overwriting until <pre>s. [31416] #31214
Protect <pre> tags when parsing oEmbed responses in WP_oEmbed::_strip_newlines() in DOMDocument is available. [31415] #31214
oEmbed discovery fails on encoded link URLs: decode HTML chars in the HTML-encoded URLs that are returned. [31413] #31213
Dev Chat Notes
The merge period for Feature Plugins has opened. The two candidates, Customizer Theme Switcher and the revamped Press This were both approved and will be “shepherded” in over the next week.
Also discussed were the possible switch in build tools from CSSJanus to RTLCSS (#31332), using the button element for buttons (instead of <a href="#">) and recruiting release leads for 4.3 and 4.4, with a reminder that this isn’t necessarily a developer position.
Yeah, so, the leads are already thinking about who might lead 4.3 and 4.4. The goal was always to announce these ahead of time, and hopefully see overlap with releases, but if nothing else, the release lead for next major +n can be looking at feature plugins, tracking them, pushing them, etc.
With 4.3 starting development in less than 3 months, now would be the time to throw your hat into the ring. I think, ideally, there is an announcement before 4.2 hits beta. This wouldn’t be about doing nothing for the next 3 months, but already getting started in terms of laying the groundwork.
If you are interested in leading a release in 2015, now would be the time to say something. Same if you are interested in helping to lead a release in 2015.
— nacin during #core devchat
Tickets needing a look
These tickets were specifically mentioned by developers looking for assistance or an extra set of eyes:
#31218: nav-menu.js menu item added event
#27282: WP_Query returns more results when there are sticky posts
#17817: do_action/apply_filters/etc. recursion on same filter kills underlying call
#31332: RTL CSS generation: Switch from CSSJanus to RTLCSS
#23367: Remove message parameters from admin URl’s in the browser address bar
#31233: Dismissable admin notices
#31251: Show username in wp_dropdown_users when deleting users, not display name
#22768: EXIF/IPTC captions should populate caption/post_excerpt on upload, not description/post_content
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