|
#32678
|
Audit toolbar links and content
|
helen
|
Toolbar
|
normal
|
normal
|
32
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
02/27/2020
|
|
#42725
|
Allow gender specific translations
|
|
I18N
|
normal
|
normal
|
31
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
08/03/2020
|
|
#38624
|
Allow starter content to apply after a site has already been set up and is no longer “fresh”
|
|
Customize
|
normal
|
normal
|
30
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
11/23/2020
|
|
#22435
|
Export API
|
|
Export
|
normal
|
normal
|
30
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
12/13/2017
|
|
#28197
|
Fallback Languages
|
swissspidy
|
I18N
|
normal
|
normal
|
30
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
02/28/2024
|
|
#12718
|
Better structure for admin menu
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
30
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
02/07/2018
|
|
#33717
|
Send Notification Email When a Comment is Approved From Moderation
|
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
29
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
09/22/2025
|
|
#23314
|
Allow published posts to be revised without being updated immediately
|
|
Revisions
|
normal
|
normal
|
29
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
01/10/2020
|
|
#30934
|
Create a new API to standardize application logging
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
28
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
08/04/2022
|
|
#15317
|
My Sites limited to 23 sites on Admin Bar
|
morganestes
|
Toolbar
|
normal
|
normal
|
28
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
01/08/2025
|
|
#46635
|
Improve identifying of non–trivial callbacks in hooks
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
26
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
10/22/2025
|
|
#15086
|
get_template_part() should let you specify a directory
|
westi*
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
26
|
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#24579
|
Add Drag'n'Drop UI to plugin and theme manual uploaders
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
26
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
10/31/2025
|
|
#61175
|
Integrate PHPStan into the core development workflow
|
justlevine
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
25
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
12/05/2025
|
|
#40834
|
Introduce a JS module pattern to WordPress
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
25
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
09/04/2018
|
|
#21583
|
Improve discoverability and visual design of Screen Options and Help Panels
|
|
Help/About
|
normal
|
normal
|
25
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
11/25/2025
|
|
#46763
|
Improve plugin search results with already active plugins
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
25
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
11/02/2022
|
|
#15499
|
Add an index for get_lastpostmodified query
|
OllieJones
|
Database
|
normal
|
normal
|
24
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
08/28/2025
|
|
#55443
|
Create WebP sub-sizes and use for output
|
adamsilverstein
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
24
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-docs
|
09/11/2025
|
|
#22810
|
Support for theme changelogs
|
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
24
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
04/02/2025
|
|
#22942
|
Remove Post by Email
|
chriscct7
|
Mail
|
normal
|
normal
|
23
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
09/24/2025
|
|
#21810
|
Improve intermediate image size handling
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
23
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#61040
|
Provide a framework for plugin onboarding experiences
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
23
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
06/12/2024
|
|
#60414
|
Core PHP autoloader proposal
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
22
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
12/04/2024
|
|
#24672
|
Remove final from WP_Post class
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
22
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
07/15/2025
|
|
#30262
|
Combine wp_terms and wp_term_taxonomy tables
|
johnbillion*
|
Taxonomy
|
low
|
normal
|
22
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
02/21/2025
|
|
#4328
|
Redirect Old Slugs feature needs to redirect slugs for pages, not just posts, and redirect old permalink structure
|
SergeyBiryukov
|
Canonical
|
normal
|
normal
|
21
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
01/25/2022
|
|
#38734
|
Dogfood the Settings API
|
|
Options, Meta APIs
|
normal
|
normal
|
21
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
10/13/2025
|
|
#42785
|
Change default of `show_in_rest` in register_post_type and register_taxonomy
|
|
REST API
|
normal
|
normal
|
21
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
01/07/2020
|
|
#56141
|
Enhance installer security
|
|
Security
|
high
|
major
|
21
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
08/30/2025
|
|
#39123
|
Allow usernames to be changed by administrators
|
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
21
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
07/28/2024
|
|
#10931
|
Verify Comment Email Addresses of Registered Users
|
adamsilverstein
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
20
|
7.0
|
enhancement
|
needs-docs
|
10/20/2025
|
|
#51139
|
Allow "tested up to" PHP version statement for plugins & themes
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
20
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
01/09/2024
|
|
#17948
|
Enhancements to the login and registration forms
|
wpdavis
|
Login and Registration
|
normal
|
normal
|
20
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
10/06/2017
|
|
#15058
|
Validate option and transient name lengths
|
|
Options, Meta APIs
|
normal
|
normal
|
20
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
06/24/2021
|
|
#27048
|
Export: Allow multiple post types to be selected
|
|
Export
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
11/07/2024
|
|
#30377
|
wp_check_filetype is broken when checking urls with parameters
|
audrasjb
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
04/08/2022
|
|
#39441
|
Improve the Settings API for accessibility and ease of use.
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
01/10/2023
|
|
#23318
|
Plugins Admin Showing Details for Wrong Plugin
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
WordPress.org
|
enhancement
|
|
08/23/2022
|
|
#21374
|
Add core support for letting custom permalink structure for different post types
|
|
Rewrite Rules
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#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
|
|
#57548
|
Stop concatenating scripts and stylesheets in wp-admin and retire load-scripts.php and load-styles.php
|
|
Script Loader
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
10/19/2025
|
|
#12295
|
More support to customize user profile edit page
|
nacin*
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
19
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/23/2022
|
|
#22325
|
Abstract GPCS away from the superglobals
|
|
Bootstrap/Load
|
normal
|
normal
|
18
|
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
10/05/2024
|
|
#37840
|
Optimize full size images
|
enshrined
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
18
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
06/19/2025
|
|
#44043
|
Framework for logging/retrieving a users consent state
|
|
Privacy
|
normal
|
normal
|
18
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
11/26/2020
|
|
#23421
|
Add sortable to taxonomy column
|
|
Taxonomy
|
normal
|
normal
|
18
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
08/11/2021
|
|
#40351
|
Term post re-counts scale poorly, are common and difficult to avoid
|
whyisjake
|
Taxonomy
|
normal
|
normal
|
18
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
05/02/2024
|
|
#19373
|
wp_insert_post() should not contain current_user_can() checks
|
|
Taxonomy
|
normal
|
major
|
18
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
01/08/2025
|
|
#28625
|
Enhancement: Add constants to support SSL connections for mysqli
|
|
Database
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
06/24/2023
|
|
#54042
|
Extending wpdb::prepare() to support IN() operator
|
|
Database
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
09/17/2023
|
|
#62622
|
Bump minimum PHP version to 7.4
|
johnbillion*
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
7.0
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
12/01/2025
|
|
#33704
|
Reduce reliance on wp_is_mobile()
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
close
|
06/04/2025
|
|
#60375
|
Site Transfer Protocol
|
|
Import
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
09/23/2025
|
|
#21352
|
wp_lostpassword_url() on multisite
|
|
Login and Registration
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
10/20/2021
|
|
#22938
|
Presentation of hierarchical taxonomy in Media modal should be checkboxes rather than comma-separated tag list
|
wonderboymusic
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
09/24/2018
|
|
#45439
|
Add a link to plugins/themes details in dashboard to translation page
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
01/16/2019
|
|
#12567
|
make post_submit_meta_box more generic
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
|
#26937
|
get_adjacent_post() should use WP_Query rather than build its own SQL query
|
nacin
|
Query
|
normal
|
normal
|
17
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
01/31/2018
|
|
#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
|
|
#9547
|
Taxonomy - interesting 'unused' term_order column in table term_relationships.
|
|
Taxonomy
|
high
|
normal
|
16
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
11/28/2023
|
|
#20977
|
Add Dynamic Comment Statuses
|
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
07/30/2025
|
|
#41281
|
attachment_url_to_postid results in very slow query
|
joemcgill*
|
Database
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
07/18/2024
|
|
#40415
|
Imagick resize filter hook
|
adamsilverstein
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/03/2025
|
|
#14558
|
Separate Database Table Support for Custom Post Types
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
03/04/2024
|
|
#47192
|
Allow users to enter recovery mode via their registered email
|
|
Site Health
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
04/22/2020
|
|
#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
|
|
#25219
|
DISALLOW_FILE_MODS shouldn't remove update notifications
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
05/27/2019
|
|
#50623
|
Discoverability of plugin and themes autoupdates
|
audrasjb
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
15
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
10/19/2020
|
|
#19958
|
Allow custom post types as "home" and get_posts() to return results for more than one post type
|
pbearne*
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
09/10/2025
|
|
#50539
|
Explore a larger icon less WP Admin menu
|
youknowriad*
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
03/29/2022
|
|
#29792
|
Grunt: Add a stylelint precommit task to check for CSS syntax errors
|
netweb
|
Build/Test Tools
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
11/11/2021
|
|
#52895
|
Overview of e2e tests to be written
|
|
Build/Test Tools
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
05/06/2025
|
|
#31018
|
Persistent database connections with mysqli
|
|
Database
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
08/01/2022
|
|
#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
|
|
#37958
|
Improve looping through sites and restoring
|
|
Networks and Sites
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
03/19/2025
|
|
#32202
|
Add support for options page locking (settings API concurrency)
|
|
Options, Meta APIs
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
07/09/2025
|
|
#37656
|
Improve plugin bootstrapping processes
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
12/13/2019
|
|
#43437
|
Add way for registered users to request deletion or anonymization of their private data
|
|
Privacy
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
10/17/2020
|
|
#49278
|
Improve meta query
|
|
Query
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
02/27/2025
|
|
#19653
|
Order by meta field forces ignore of null records
|
|
Query
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
03/29/2019
|
|
#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
|
|
#36656
|
Improve UX on Add New User screen
|
joedolson*
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
14
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
10/20/2023
|
|
#11515
|
Admin needs standardized way of handling messages (notices) displayed to the user
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
11/16/2018
|
|
#45471
|
Allow caching of parse_blocks results
|
francina
|
Cache API
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/12/2025
|
|
#38707
|
Customizer: Additional CSS highlight, revisions, selection, per-page, pop-out
|
|
Customize
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
06/01/2021
|
|
#40432
|
Customizer: Should we stop contextually hiding features?
|
|
Customize
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
09/12/2018
|
|
#51006
|
Add a mechanism for accessible tooltips in core
|
joedolson*
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
09/02/2025
|
|
#29513
|
Move heavy lifting of wp_mail() to child class of PHPMailer
|
|
Mail
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
08/06/2025
|
|
#13372
|
Separate Image sizes for different post types
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
13
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
close
|
04/18/2020
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#40370
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add_image_sizes does not create the "crop position" versions of the image
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Media
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normal
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normal
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13
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Future Release
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enhancement
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dev-feedback
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05/20/2024
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#26861
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Too easy to delete a site in Multisite
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flixos90
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Networks and Sites
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normal
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minor
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13
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Awaiting Review
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enhancement
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has-patch
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07/18/2017
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#18672
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Implement rel="prev" and rel="next" for archives
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joostdevalk
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Permalinks
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normal
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normal
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13
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Future Release
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enhancement
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02/29/2020
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#57416
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Do not split query if requesting one post
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spacedmonkey
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Query
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normal
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normal
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13
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Future Release
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enhancement
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dev-feedback
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01/29/2025
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#30044
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Use subqueries for AND clauses in WP_Meta_Query
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Query
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normal
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normal
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13
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Future Release
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enhancement
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11/02/2022
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#51407
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Remove inline event handlers and JavaScript URIs for Strict CSP-compatibility
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adamsilverstein
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Security
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normal
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normal
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13
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Future Release
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enhancement
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dev-feedback
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12/26/2023
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#37914
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Taxonomy: Allow terms to be previewed before publishing
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Taxonomy
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normal
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normal
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13
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Future Release
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enhancement
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close
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07/24/2025
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