Index: src/wp-includes/category-template.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-includes/category-template.php	(revision 52708)
+++ src/wp-includes/category-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
 	}
 
 	// Descendants of exclusions should be excluded too.
-	if ( true == $parsed_args['hierarchical'] ) {
+	if ( true === $parsed_args['hierarchical'] ) {
 		$exclude_tree = array();
 
 		if ( $parsed_args['exclude_tree'] ) {
Index: src/wp-includes/option.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-includes/option.php	(revision 52708)
+++ src/wp-includes/option.php	(working copy)
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@
 		$cookie = preg_replace( '/[^A-Za-z0-9=&_]/', '', $_COOKIE[ 'wp-settings-' . $user_id ] );
 
 		// No change or both empty.
-		if ( $cookie == $settings ) {
+		if ( $cookie === $settings ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
Index: src/wp-includes/category.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-includes/category.php	(revision 52708)
+++ src/wp-includes/category.php	(working copy)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 	foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
 		$path        = '/' . $leaf_path;
 		$curcategory = $category;
-		while ( ( 0 != $curcategory->parent ) && ( $curcategory->parent != $curcategory->term_id ) ) {
+		while ( ( 0 !== $curcategory->parent ) && ( $curcategory->parent !== $curcategory->term_id ) ) {
 			$curcategory = get_term( $curcategory->parent, 'category' );
 
 			if ( is_wp_error( $curcategory ) ) {
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 			$path = '/' . $curcategory->slug . $path;
 		}
 
-		if ( $path == $full_path ) {
+		if ( $path === $full_path ) {
 			$category = get_term( $category->term_id, 'category', $output );
 			_make_cat_compat( $category );
 
Index: src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php	(revision 52708)
+++ src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php	(working copy)
@@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@
 	if ( count( $taxonomies ) > 1 ) {
 		foreach ( $taxonomies as $index => $taxonomy ) {
 			$t = get_taxonomy( $taxonomy );
-			if ( isset( $t->args ) && is_array( $t->args ) && array_merge( $args, $t->args ) != $args ) {
+			if ( isset( $t->args ) && is_array( $t->args ) && array_merge( $args, $t->args ) !== $args ) {
 				unset( $taxonomies[ $index ] );
 				$terms = array_merge( $terms, wp_get_object_terms( $object_ids, $taxonomy, array_merge( $args, $t->args ) ) );
 			}
@@ -3465,7 +3465,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ( array_filter( $object_types, 'post_type_exists' ) == $object_types ) {
+		if ( array_filter( $object_types, 'post_type_exists' ) === $object_types ) {
 			// Only post types are attached to this taxonomy.
 			_update_post_term_count( $terms, $taxonomy );
 		} else {
Index: src/wp-includes/rewrite.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-includes/rewrite.php	(revision 52708)
+++ src/wp-includes/rewrite.php	(working copy)
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Add a new rewrite tag (like %postname%).
+ * Adds a new rewrite tag (like %postname%).
  *
  * The `$query` parameter is optional. If it is omitted you must ensure that you call
  * this on, or before, the {@see 'init'} hook. This is because `$query` defaults to
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Add permalink structure.
+ * Adds permalink structure.
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 	if ( ! is_array( $args ) ) {
 		$args = array( 'with_front' => $args );
 	}
-	if ( func_num_args() == 4 ) {
+	if ( func_num_args() === 4 ) {
 		$args['ep_mask'] = func_get_arg( 3 );
 	}
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Add a new feed type like /atom1/.
+ * Adds a new feed type like /atom1/.
  *
  * @since 2.1.0
  *
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Remove rewrite rules and then recreate rewrite rules.
+ * Removes rewrite rules and then recreate rewrite rules.
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  *
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Add an endpoint, like /trackback/.
+ * Adds an endpoint, like /trackback/.
  *
  * Adding an endpoint creates extra rewrite rules for each of the matching
  * places specified by the provided bitmask. For example:
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
 
 
 /**
- * Resolve numeric slugs that collide with date permalinks.
+ * Resolves numeric slugs that collide with date permalinks.
  *
  * Permalinks of posts with numeric slugs can sometimes look to WP_Query::parse_query()
  * like a date archive, as when your permalink structure is `/%year%/%postname%/` and
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Examine a URL and try to determine the post ID it represents.
+ * Examines a URL and try to determine the post ID it represents.
  *
  * Checks are supposedly from the hosted site blog.
  *
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
 
 		// If the requesting file is the anchor of the match,
 		// prepend it to the path info.
-		if ( ! empty( $url ) && ( $url != $request ) && ( strpos( $match, $url ) === 0 ) ) {
+		if ( ! empty( $url ) && ( $url !== $request ) && ( strpos( $match, $url ) === 0 ) ) {
 			$request_match = $url . '/' . $request;
 		}
 
Index: src/wp-includes/post-template.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-includes/post-template.php	(revision 52708)
+++ src/wp-includes/post-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * Display the ID of the current item in the WordPress Loop.
+ * Displays the ID of the current item in the WordPress Loop.
  *
  * @since 0.71
  */
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve the ID of the current item in the WordPress Loop.
+ * Retrieves the ID of the current item in the WordPress Loop.
  *
  * @since 2.1.0
  *
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Display or retrieve the current post title with optional markup.
+ * Displays or retrieve the current post title with optional markup.
  *
  * @since 0.71
  *
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 function the_title( $before = '', $after = '', $echo = true ) {
 	$title = get_the_title();
 
-	if ( strlen( $title ) == 0 ) {
+	if ( strlen( $title ) === 0 ) {
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Sanitize the current title when retrieving or displaying.
+ * Sanitizes the current title when retrieving or displaying.
  *
  * Works like the_title(), except the parameters can be in a string or
  * an array. See the function for what can be override in the $args parameter.
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
 	$title = get_the_title( $parsed_args['post'] );
 
-	if ( strlen( $title ) == 0 ) {
+	if ( strlen( $title ) === 0 ) {
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve post title.
+ * Retrieves post title.
  *
  * If the post is protected and the visitor is not an admin, then "Protected"
  * will be displayed before the post title. If the post is private, then
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Display the Post Global Unique Identifier (guid).
+ * Displays the Post Global Unique Identifier (guid).
  *
  * The guid will appear to be a link, but should not be used as a link to the
  * post. The reason you should not use it as a link, is because of moving the
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve the Post Global Unique Identifier (guid).
+ * Retrieves the Post Global Unique Identifier (guid).
  *
  * The guid will appear to be a link, but should not be used as an link to the
  * post. The reason you should not use it as a link, is because of moving the
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Display the post content.
+ * Displays the post content.
  *
  * @since 0.71
  *
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve the post content.
+ * Retrieves the post content.
  *
  * @since 0.71
  * @since 5.2.0 Added the `$post` parameter.
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
 		$content = array( $content );
 	}
 
-	if ( false !== strpos( $_post->post_content, '<!--noteaser-->' ) && ( ! $elements['multipage'] || 1 == $elements['page'] ) ) {
+	if ( false !== strpos( $_post->post_content, '<!--noteaser-->' ) && ( ! $elements['multipage'] || 1 === $elements['page'] ) ) {
 		$strip_teaser = true;
 	}
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Display the post excerpt.
+ * Displays the post excerpt.
  *
  * @since 0.71
  */
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@
 			$output .= $parsed_args['before'];
 			for ( $i = 1; $i <= $numpages; $i++ ) {
 				$link = $parsed_args['link_before'] . str_replace( '%', $i, $parsed_args['pagelink'] ) . $parsed_args['link_after'];
-				if ( $i != $page || ! $more && 1 == $page ) {
+				if ( $i !== $page || ! $more && 1 === $page ) {
 					$link = _wp_link_page( $i ) . $link . '</a>';
 				} elseif ( $i === $page ) {
 					$link = '<span class="post-page-numbers current" aria-current="' . esc_attr( $parsed_args['aria_current'] ) . '">' . $link . '</span>';
@@ -1033,12 +1033,12 @@
 	$post       = get_post();
 	$query_args = array();
 
-	if ( 1 == $i ) {
+	if ( 1 === $i ) {
 		$url = get_permalink();
 	} else {
 		if ( ! get_option( 'permalink_structure' ) || in_array( $post->post_status, array( 'draft', 'pending' ), true ) ) {
 			$url = add_query_arg( 'page', $i, get_permalink() );
-		} elseif ( 'page' === get_option( 'show_on_front' ) && get_option( 'page_on_front' ) == $post->ID ) {
+		} elseif ( 'page' === get_option( 'show_on_front' ) && get_option( 'page_on_front' ) === $post->ID ) {
 			$url = trailingslashit( get_permalink() ) . user_trailingslashit( "$wp_rewrite->pagination_base/" . $i, 'single_paged' );
 		} else {
 			$url = trailingslashit( get_permalink() ) . user_trailingslashit( $i, 'single_paged' );
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@
 //
 
 /**
- * Retrieve post custom meta data field.
+ * Retrieves post custom meta data field.
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
  *
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Display a list of post custom fields.
+ * Displays a list of post custom fields.
  *
  * @since 1.2.0
  *
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@
 //
 
 /**
- * Retrieve or display a list of pages as a dropdown (select list).
+ * Retrieves or display a list of pages as a dropdown (select list).
  *
  * @since 2.1.0
  * @since 4.2.0 The `$value_field` argument was added.
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve or display a list of pages (or hierarchical post type items) in list (li) format.
+ * Retrieves or display a list of pages (or hierarchical post type items) in list (li) format.
  *
  * @since 1.5.0
  * @since 4.7.0 Added the `item_spacing` argument.
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@
 //
 
 /**
- * Retrieve HTML list content for page list.
+ * Retrieves HTML list content for page list.
  *
  * @uses Walker_Page to create HTML list content.
  * @since 2.1.0
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve HTML dropdown (select) content for page list.
+ * Retrieves HTML dropdown (select) content for page list.
  *
  * @since 2.1.0
  * @since 5.3.0 Formalized the existing `...$args` parameter by adding it
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@
 //
 
 /**
- * Display an attachment page link using an image or icon.
+ * Displays an attachment page link using an image or icon.
  *
  * @since 2.0.0
  *
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve an attachment page link using an image or icon, if possible.
+ * Retrieves an attachment page link using an image or icon, if possible.
  *
  * @since 2.5.0
  * @since 4.4.0 The `$id` parameter can now accept either a post ID or `WP_Post` object.
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Wrap attachment in paragraph tag before content.
+ * Wraps attachment in paragraph tag before content.
  *
  * @since 2.0.0
  *
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@
 //
 
 /**
- * Retrieve protected post password form content.
+ * Retrieves protected post password form content.
  *
  * @since 1.0.0
  *
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@
 		return (bool) $page_template;
 	}
 
-	if ( $template == $page_template ) {
+	if ( $template === $page_template ) {
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -1813,7 +1813,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve formatted date timestamp of a revision (linked to that revisions's page).
+ * Retrieves formatted date timestamp of a revision (linked to that revisions's page).
  *
  * @since 2.6.0
  *
@@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieve formatted date timestamp of a revision (linked to that revisions's page).
+ * Retrieves formatted date timestamp of a revision (linked to that revisions's page).
  *
  * @since 3.6.0
  *
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Display a list of a post's revisions.
+ * Displays a list of a post's revisions.
  *
  * Can output either a UL with edit links or a TABLE with diff interface, and
  * restore action links.
Index: src/wp-includes/class-wp-simplepie-file.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-includes/class-wp-simplepie-file.php	(revision 52708)
+++ src/wp-includes/class-wp-simplepie-file.php	(working copy)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 				$args['headers'] = $this->headers;
 			}
 
-			if ( SIMPLEPIE_USERAGENT != $this->useragent ) { // Use default WP user agent unless custom has been specified.
+			if ( SIMPLEPIE_USERAGENT !== $this->useragent ) { // Use default WP user agent unless custom has been specified.
 				$args['user-agent'] = $this->useragent;
 			}
 
Index: src/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php
===================================================================
--- src/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php	(revision 52708)
+++ src/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php	(working copy)
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@
 		// Extra permastructs.
 		foreach ( $this->extra_permastructs as $permastructname => $struct ) {
 			if ( is_array( $struct ) ) {
-				if ( count( $struct ) == 2 ) {
+				if ( count( $struct ) === 2 ) {
 					$rules = $this->generate_rewrite_rules( $struct[0], $struct[1] );
 				} else {
 					$rules = $this->generate_rewrite_rules( $struct['struct'], $struct['ep_mask'], $struct['paged'], $struct['feed'], $struct['forcomments'], $struct['walk_dirs'], $struct['endpoints'] );
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@
 			$index = false === strpos( $query, '?' ) ? strlen( $query ) : strpos( $query, '?' );
 			$front = substr( $query, 0, $index );
 
-			$external = $front != $this->index;
+			$external = $front !== $this->index;
 		}
 
 		// "external" = it doesn't correspond to index.php.
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@
 		if ( ! is_array( $args ) ) {
 			$args = array( 'with_front' => $args );
 		}
-		if ( func_num_args() == 4 ) {
+		if ( func_num_args() === 4 ) {
 			$args['ep_mask'] = func_get_arg( 3 );
 		}
 
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@
 	 * @param string $permalink_structure Permalink structure.
 	 */
 	public function set_permalink_structure( $permalink_structure ) {
-		if ( $permalink_structure != $this->permalink_structure ) {
+		if ( $permalink_structure !== $this->permalink_structure ) {
 			$old_permalink_structure = $this->permalink_structure;
 			update_option( 'permalink_structure', $permalink_structure );