|
#27177
|
Child themes should inherit parent theme customizer settings on activation / switching
|
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
37
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
03/28/2020
|
|
#16838
|
Excluding Akismet from Future WordPress Releases / Plugin Directory
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
36
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
03/02/2024
|
|
#17924
|
Make Integrating Multiple Roles Per User Easier for Plugin Authors
|
|
Role/Capability
|
normal
|
major
|
33
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
07/20/2021
|
|
#42725
|
Allow gender specific translations
|
|
I18N
|
normal
|
normal
|
31
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
08/03/2020
|
|
#18282
|
Issue with admin page hierarchy in Menu admin
|
|
Menus
|
normal
|
critical
|
31
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
09/30/2025
|
|
#33472
|
Templating Engine
|
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
30
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
|
04/28/2021
|
|
#19834
|
More Robust Capabilities for Attachments
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
29
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
|
09/10/2020
|
|
#24152
|
Use JSON as alternative to CSS file headers
|
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
29
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
has-patch
|
03/08/2026
|
|
#30934
|
Create a new API to standardize application logging
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
28
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
08/04/2022
|
|
#57271
|
Cron unschedule / reschedule event errors
|
audrasjb
|
Cron API
|
normal
|
normal
|
26
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
03/10/2025
|
|
#46635
|
Improve identifying of non–trivial callbacks in hooks
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
26
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
10/22/2025
|
|
#40834
|
Introduce a JS module pattern to WordPress
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
25
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
09/04/2018
|
|
#46763
|
Improve plugin search results with already active plugins
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
25
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
11/02/2022
|
|
#61040
|
Provide a framework for plugin onboarding experiences
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
23
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
06/12/2024
|
|
#24672
|
Remove final from WP_Post class
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
22
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
07/15/2025
|
|
#39123
|
Allow usernames to be changed by administrators
|
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
21
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
07/28/2024
|
|
#60789
|
Administration Email Address: Allow method to deactivate
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
20
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
close
|
02/24/2026
|
|
#50214
|
Consider introducing the concept of "Editors"
|
|
Editor
|
normal
|
normal
|
20
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
|
11/23/2020
|
|
#51139
|
Allow "tested up to" PHP version statement for plugins & themes
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
20
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
01/09/2024
|
|
#40031
|
Consider Adding Web Annotations to WordPress
|
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
|
02/19/2018
|
|
#60375
|
Site Transfer Protocol
|
|
Import
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
03/30/2026
|
|
#29118
|
Registering rewrite rules is hard, so let's introduce remove_rewrite_rule.
|
|
Rewrite Rules
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
08/14/2024
|
|
#12295
|
More support to customize user profile edit page
|
nacin*
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
01/28/2026
|
|
#45439
|
Add a link to plugins/themes details in dashboard to translation page
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
01/16/2019
|
|
#48486
|
Add compliance tab to plugin repository pages on WordPress.org
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
16
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
|
01/14/2022
|
|
#27888
|
Feature request: `get_current_admin_url()` and `get_current_admin_hook()`
|
lucatume
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
has-patch
|
01/18/2026
|
|
#41281
|
attachment_url_to_postid results in very slow query
|
joemcgill*
|
Database
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
07/18/2024
|
|
#14558
|
Separate Database Table Support for Custom Post Types
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
03/04/2024
|
|
#14682
|
Privacy leakage: gravatars leak identity information
|
|
Privacy
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
07/01/2020
|
|
#47192
|
Allow users to enter recovery mode via their registered email
|
|
Site Health
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
04/22/2020
|
|
#62450
|
TinyMCE editor doesn't load properly when initializing on Visual Tab (Firefox) [again]
|
|
TinyMCE
|
normal
|
major
|
15
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
reporter-feedback
|
01/28/2026
|
|
#49200
|
Allow Developers to Cryptographically Sign Their Own Plugins/Themes with the Gossamer Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
10/15/2020
|
|
#50539
|
Explore a larger icon less WP Admin menu
|
youknowriad*
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
03/29/2022
|
|
#57785
|
How about displaying links to rudimentary Learn WordPress tutorials and videos on the dashboard?
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
has-patch
|
07/07/2024
|
|
#52895
|
Overview of e2e tests to be written
|
|
Build/Test Tools
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
05/06/2025
|
|
#19173
|
Issues with wp_editor() when used inside of a meta box.
|
azaozz
|
Editor
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
07/07/2021
|
|
#34116
|
Rethink default install content like "Sample Page", etc.
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
11/01/2025
|
|
#23279
|
Add templates to style registration, signup, activation, login and password reset pages
|
|
Login and Registration
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
02/22/2017
|
|
#45982
|
PDF thumbnails have a default black background
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
06/13/2023
|
|
#37958
|
Improve looping through sites and restoring
|
|
Networks and Sites
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
03/19/2025
|
|
#37656
|
Improve plugin bootstrapping processes
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
02/03/2026
|
|
#37301
|
A way to test plugin/theme installs and updates before applying
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
dev-feedback
|
04/15/2020
|
|
#23165
|
Admin validation errors on form nonce element IDs (_wpnonce)
|
|
Security
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
02/08/2021
|
|
#28160
|
Get authors user query in-efficient when dealing with large numbers of users.
|
|
Users
|
normal
|
major
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
04/08/2022
|
|
#27473
|
Thickbox width and height parameters are ignored when using TB_iframe
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
12/17/2021
|
|
#40432
|
Customizer: Should we stop contextually hiding features?
|
|
Customize
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
09/12/2018
|
|
#13372
|
Separate Image sizes for different post types
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
close
|
04/18/2020
|
|
#26861
|
Too easy to delete a site in Multisite
|
flixos90
|
Networks and Sites
|
normal
|
minor
|
13
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
07/18/2017
|
|
#19493
|
post and archive pagination don't work with custom endpoints
|
|
Rewrite Rules
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
01/25/2018
|
|
#15955
|
move_uploaded_file mangles non-ascii characters on Windows platforms
|
SergeyBiryukov*
|
Upload
|
normal
|
major
|
13
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
close
|
05/14/2025
|
|
#31387
|
New core API for adding Meta tags to the header
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
12
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
08/11/2021
|
|
#28053
|
Fields with same name added to new media modal using 'attachment_fields_to_edit' do not pass as an array when saving.
|
joedolson*
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
12
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
03/03/2021
|
|
#42920
|
Add support for the picture element
|
adamsilverstein
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
12
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
08/13/2024
|
|
#35094
|
Replace static with Dynamic Image Sizes for inserted images
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
12
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
08/16/2018
|
|
#37677
|
Introduce WP_Plugin class analogous to WP_Theme
|
|
Plugins
|
low
|
normal
|
12
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
04/25/2024
|
|
#27303
|
Make the "Plugins bubble-link" only show plugins that have an update available
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
12
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
09/23/2020
|
|
#43492
|
Core Telemetry and Updates
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
12
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
11/11/2024
|
|
#34316
|
User status inconsistent between single-site & multisite
|
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
12
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
09/27/2017
|
|
#18525
|
zlib.output_compression "on" in server conflicts with autoupdate
|
|
Bootstrap/Load
|
normal
|
normal
|
11
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
close
|
05/22/2025
|
|
#40142
|
WP Remote Remaining Methods
|
|
HTTP API
|
normal
|
normal
|
11
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
04/19/2023
|
|
#50909
|
WordPress 5.5 update adds height and width attributes to images
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
11
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
close
|
10/30/2020
|
|
#41358
|
Shutdown hooks can significantly slow down REST API responses
|
|
REST API
|
normal
|
normal
|
11
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
01/07/2026
|
|
#49742
|
No longer able to enqueue multiple Google Fonts with wp_enqueue_style
|
|
Script Loader
|
normal
|
normal
|
11
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
11/10/2021
|
|
#21062
|
Add a 'template_file' hook to load_template()
|
johnbillion
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
11
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
03/05/2018
|
|
#31744
|
All PHP files in the root should be dummy files, pointing to wp-includes versions
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
11
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
02/06/2017
|
|
#29807
|
add support for picture element and srcset attribute on img in wp_kses
|
adamsilverstein
|
Formatting
|
normal
|
normal
|
23
|
7.1
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
03/14/2026
|
|
#10931
|
Verify Comment Email Addresses of Registered Users
|
adamsilverstein
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
21
|
7.1
|
enhancement
|
needs-docs
|
04/02/2026
|
|
#55603
|
PHP 8.2: address deprecation of the utf8_encode() and utf8_decode() functions
|
SergeyBiryukov*
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
21
|
7.1
|
task (blessed)
|
dev-feedback
|
03/24/2026
|
|
#51006
|
Add a mechanism for accessible tooltips in core
|
joedolson*
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
7.1
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
04/14/2026
|
|
#63901
|
Add `AGENTS.md` for the project
|
|
Build/Test Tools
|
normal
|
normal
|
12
|
7.1
|
feature request
|
|
03/19/2026
|
|
#60478
|
Upgrade to jQuery 4.0
|
|
External Libraries
|
normal
|
normal
|
12
|
7.1
|
task (blessed)
|
early
|
02/17/2026
|
|
#31992
|
Unicode Email Addresses
|
SergeyBiryukov*
|
Formatting
|
normal
|
normal
|
11
|
7.1
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
04/18/2026
|
|
#64696
|
Real time collboration effectively disables persistent post caches while anyone edits a post
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
27
|
7.0
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
04/20/2026
|
|
#64536
|
About Page - 7.0
|
|
Help/About
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
7.0
|
task (blessed)
|
|
04/16/2026
|
|
#64789
|
Security audit for API key storage on the Connectors screen
|
|
Security
|
normal
|
normal
|
11
|
7.0
|
task (blessed)
|
dev-feedback
|
04/19/2026
|
|
#11538
|
Unbundle Hello Dolly
|
westi
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
12
|
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
03/02/2024
|
|
#12877
|
Modular themes: Apply template hierarchy to folders within a theme
|
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
28
|
|
feature request
|
dev-feedback
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#15086
|
get_template_part() should let you specify a directory
|
westi*
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
26
|
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#21810
|
Improve intermediate image size handling
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
23
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#27048
|
Export: Allow multiple post types to be selected
|
|
Export
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
11/07/2024
|
|
#21374
|
Add core support for letting custom permalink structure for different post types
|
|
Rewrite Rules
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#22325
|
Abstract GPCS away from the superglobals
|
|
Bootstrap/Load
|
normal
|
normal
|
18
|
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
10/05/2024
|
|
#12567
|
make post_submit_meta_box more generic
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#22277
|
Admin (not just superadmin) should be able to add user without confirmation email in multisite
|
morganestes
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/05/2019
|
|
#23169
|
Introduce register_post_status_for_object_type
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
16
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#33134
|
Complex Nested Shortcodes Inside of Attributes Are Not Processed Left-to-Right
|
|
Shortcodes
|
normal
|
normal
|
16
|
|
defect (bug)
|
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#31018
|
Persistent database connections with mysqli
|
|
Database
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
08/01/2022
|
|
#21537
|
Email address sanitisation mangles valid email addresses
|
|
Formatting
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
10/23/2022
|
|
#49278
|
Improve meta query
|
|
Query
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
02/27/2025
|
|
#41928
|
Dark mode option to enable within wp-admin
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
|
feature request
|
|
07/31/2025
|
|
#22100
|
Treat built-in image sizes the same as custom image sizes
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
01/30/2026
|
|
#34223
|
Core support for image regeneration
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
|
feature request
|
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10/18/2023
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#35689
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Pagination issue on front page after 4.4.1 update
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Canonical
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normal
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normal
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12
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defect (bug)
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06/04/2019
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#10690
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WordPress does not support non-ascii characters in the domain name
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markjaquith
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Canonical
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normal
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normal
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12
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defect (bug)
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needs-unit-tests
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06/04/2019
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#29890
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Make menu descriptions available to be displayed on the front-end
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helen
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Menus
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normal
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normal
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12
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enhancement
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has-patch
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06/04/2019
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#23168
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Introduce remove_post_status
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Posts, Post Types
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normal
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normal
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12
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enhancement
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06/04/2019
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#26050
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Continual Admin Page POST (HeartBeats?) Can Cause SQL Connection Issues
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Administration
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normal
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normal
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11
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defect (bug)
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03/20/2024
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#26575
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Dashboard widgets should be able to specify a min-width at which they span two columns
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Administration
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normal
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normal
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11
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defect (bug)
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06/04/2019
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#48316
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Changeset 46482 breaks upload when using ".." in upload_path.
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Filesystem API
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normal
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normal
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11
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defect (bug)
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dev-feedback
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02/07/2024
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#14050
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shortcode_unautop() should also remove the <br /> added after shortcodes
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aaroncampbell
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Formatting
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normal
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normal
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11
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defect (bug)
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06/04/2019
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