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Commit Candidates (2 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#37297 Deprecate get_blogaddress_by_id function spacedmonkey spacedmonkey Networks and Sites normal normal enhancement commit 04/10/2025
#62801 Improve performance of X-WP-TotalPages queries spacedmonkey spacedmonkey REST API normal normal enhancement commit 03/26/2025

Needs Dev / Bug Wrangler Feedback (13 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#63007 Bundled themes: Stylesheets for block themes are missing path data for inlining westonruter westonruter* Bundled Theme normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 04/03/2025
#58519 Inline styles block styles in bundled themes spacedmonkey Bundled Theme normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 03/26/2025
#36447 Responsive preview icons in Customizer need tooltips ahortin joedolson* Customize normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 03/26/2025
#38093 WP_Customize_Color_Control - Color Transparency mukesh27 Customize normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 03/27/2025
#62090 Editor: Add filter for supported block binding attributes maxschmeling Editor normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 02/27/2025
#60770 TimeZone select box compatibility with RTL directions farhad0 audrasjb I18N normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 05/07/2025
#55343 Add Tooltip to "Remember Me" (WP Login Form) generosus rajinsharwar Login and Registration normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 02/21/2025
#14110 Expose height and width attributes to 'wp_get_attachment_image_attributes' filter divinenephron adamsilverstein Media normal minor enhancement dev-feedback 04/29/2025
#60495 Following "plugins_list": Add a filter in get_views() in class-wp-plugins-list-table juliobox Plugins normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 02/27/2025
#18836 ORDER BY RAND() is slow scribu pbearne Query normal minor enhancement dev-feedback 05/12/2025
#43936 Settings: Warn when open registration and new user default is privileged kraftbj audrasjb* Security normal normal feature request dev-feedback 05/12/2025
#63375 Make The Search Engines Discouraged Message More Visible jeffr0 Site Health normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 05/08/2025
#62991 Issue: Non-Clickable Area in Admin Profile Dropdown r0nak adamsilverstein Toolbar normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 04/24/2025

Needs Early Attention (9 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#62864 Add padding and color changes to buttons and inputs karmatosed fabiankaegy Administration normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/18/2025
#50442 Add prefixes to all admin notices (Warning, Error, Success, Info) kebbet joedolson* Administration normal normal enhancement early 02/18/2025
#62831 Bring in lighter background for admin karmatosed audrasjb Administration normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/27/2025
#10931 Verify Comment Email Addresses of Registered Users mtdewvirus adamsilverstein Comments normal normal enhancement needs-unit-tests 04/25/2025
#52699 Flash is dead mkeck adamsilverstein General low normal enhancement has-patch 03/31/2025
#43258 Output buffer template rendering and add filter for post-processing (e.g. caching, optimization) nextendweb westonruter* General normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/13/2025
#48885 REST API: Support reading public settings, implement context handling scruffian spacedmonkey REST API normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/03/2025
#50568 Improve WP_Term's sanitization calls Cybr pbearne Taxonomy normal normal enhancement needs-unit-tests 02/26/2025
#58001 Lazy load user capabilities in WP_User object spacedmonkey flixos90 Users normal normal enhancement has-patch 04/22/2025

Needs Docs or Unit Tests (3 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#51006 Add a mechanism for accessible tooltips in core joedolson joedolson* General normal normal enhancement needs-unit-tests 05/07/2025
#63230 Correct expiration time documentation for `wp_set_auth_cookie()` peterwilsoncc Login and Registration normal normal enhancement needs-docs 04/05/2025
#63045 Add caching to `count_many_users_posts()` flixos90 Users normal normal enhancement needs-unit-tests 03/25/2025

Has Patch / Needs Testing (37 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#62866 Adjust background alternate row on post and page tables karmatosed Administration normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/25/2025
#63118 Hide "Skip to Toolbar" shortcut on small screens within admin sabernhardt joedolson* Administration normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/25/2025
#63196 Typo correction mujuonly audrasjb* Administration normal minor enhancement has-patch 03/30/2025
#63135 Testing and Debugging WP_Mail related topics SirLouen Build/Test Tools normal minor enhancement has-patch 05/12/2025
#47595 Re-evaluate whether comment form should still get the HTML5 novalidate attribute westonruter joedolson* Comments normal normal enhancement has-patch 04/22/2025
#10404 dbDelta creates duplicate indexes when index definition contains spaces Denis-de-Bernardy Database normal normal enhancement has-patch 01/21/2023
#29849 Better human_time_diff() kovshenin audrasjb Date/Time normal normal enhancement has-patch 05/12/2025
#48207 Implement new Comment Date Functions dshanske pbearne Date/Time normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/17/2025
#53076 Press This: Add filters to allow custom Press This plugins kraftbj kraftbj* Editor normal normal enhancement has-patch 05/12/2025
#18330 Add a Class functionality to wpautop() wpsmith Formatting normal normal enhancement has-patch 07/25/2023
#61501 KSES Allow more custom data attributes to align with browsers jonsurrell Formatting normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/27/2025
#63199 Allow to control aria-live attribute in settings_errors() andremenrath joedolson* General normal normal enhancement has-patch 04/02/2025
#5276 Allow wp-config.php to be used without including wp-settings.php mastermind General normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/12/2025
#62139 Broaden use of `addAdminNotice()` joedolson General normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/28/2025
#63430 Coding Standards: replace isset() ternary with null coalescing seanwei General normal minor enhancement has-patch 05/12/2025
#61959 Enhance Support for `popovertarget` and `popover` Attributes in Native Browser Popover API harshdeepgill tirth03 General normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/05/2025
#63272 Remove redundant access tags from DocBlocks marian1 SergeyBiryukov General normal trivial enhancement has-patch 05/03/2025
#62483 maybe_serialize() does support double serialization, but does not inform the developer if doing so apermo audrasjb General normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/03/2025
#49442 Request: filter for parse_blocks() result dougwollison General normal normal feature request has-patch 05/07/2025
#62147 Revealed passwords should change back to password type when submitting the form jamieburchell johnbillion Login and Registration normal normal enhancement has-patch 05/12/2025
#62086 Add Filter for Custom Form Attributes in New Site Creation (/wp-admin/network/site-new.php) sakibmoon Networks and Sites normal normal enhancement has-patch 05/04/2025
#11538 Unbundle Hello Dolly caesarsgrunt westi Plugins normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/02/2024
#57496 Lazy load post meta spacedmonkey spacedmonkey Posts, Post Types normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/26/2025
#63115 wp_insert_post missing do_action for pre_post_insert Hrohh Posts, Post Types normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/17/2025
#14368 make the 'orderby' argument in get_posts() accept all "post" fields wjm Query normal normal enhancement has-patch 08/01/2022
#62701 Post controller: support for grouping results by parent-child relationship oandregal REST API normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/28/2025
#43421 The $capabilities argument in the `add_role()` function requires an explicit grant eclev91 johnbillion Role/Capability normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/27/2025
#63047 Add image upload/transform mappings to Site Health ironprogrammer adamsilverstein Site Health normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/18/2025
#63397 Harder Deprecate ms-files.php jorbin Site Health normal normal enhancement has-patch 05/06/2025
#62997 Put the final nail in the coffin of shared terms johnbillion johnbillion* Taxonomy normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/03/2025
#63048 "Admin Color Scheme" label should be changed to "Dashboard Color Scheme" ckoerner audrasjb* Text Changes normal normal enhancement has-patch 04/08/2025
#63126 Theme preview model and Media library model having issues with Shift/Ctrl + Shift next and previous arrows. praful2111 joedolson* Themes normal normal enhancement has-patch 05/12/2025
#49446 cache the results of get_uploaded_header_images() pbiron SergeyBiryukov Themes normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/26/2025
#63021 Lazy load user meta spacedmonkey flixos90 Users normal normal enhancement has-patch 04/22/2025
#63087 Make the Default Avatar support Gravatar's newly added Initials Avatars and Color Avatars haozi audrasjb* Users normal normal enhancement has-patch 05/09/2025
#63286 User profile first name, last name, nickname and email fields should have autocomplete attributes for accessibility greatislander joedolson* Users normal normal enhancement has-patch 04/17/2025
#22114 Propagating password on change ChloeD chriscct7 Users normal normal feature request has-patch 02/25/2025

Needs Reporter Feedback / Steps To Reproduce (3 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#58836 Remove IE specific checks from more default themes sabernhardt sabernhardt* Bundled Theme normal normal enhancement reporter-feedback 05/07/2025
#62126 Cache duplicate calls to WP_Theme_JSON::sanitize josephscott pbearne General normal normal enhancement reporter-feedback 03/26/2025
#62846 Allow direct linking to site health check result sippis audrasjb Site Health normal normal enhancement reporter-feedback 05/12/2025

Needs Patch (14 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#62865 Change font weight of settings and other similar labels karmatosed audrasjb Administration normal normal enhancement 02/26/2025
#49876 Identify items used in current menu in menu selection panels. Dblii joedolson* Customize normal normal enhancement 04/29/2025
#8857 Make WP MySQL strict mode compliant ghostks Database lowest normal enhancement 04/08/2025
#44610 Allow Youtube-Player to use youtube-nocookie.com URLS to avoid setting cookies. jepperask audrasjb Embeds normal normal enhancement 03/03/2025
#62715 Block Hooks: Apply to content-like Custom Post Types Bernhard Reiter General normal normal enhancement 02/25/2025
#62622 Bump minimum PHP version to 7.4 justlevine General normal normal enhancement 05/01/2025
#63020 HTML API: Breadcrumbs should include element indices and attributes westonruter HTML API normal normal enhancement 04/21/2025
#20602 Replace media PorridgeBear Media normal normal enhancement 04/08/2025
#13273 Allow "'non-clickable" menu items stgoos Menus normal normal enhancement 04/10/2025
#48655 Improve the "Add-item" function in menus (esp. for pages) diebombe joedolson* Menus normal major enhancement 03/25/2025
#60549 "Site Upload Quota Space" should indicate network default and possibly site's current usage MadtownLems Networks and Sites normal normal enhancement 05/12/2025
#14513 Time for a wp_post_relationships table? mikeschinkel Posts, Post Types normal normal feature request 04/07/2025
#44267 Privacy Request List Table: A way to show the time of request when it's older than 24 hours. birgire joedolson* Privacy normal normal enhancement 04/18/2025
#63018 Increase styles_inline_size_limit from 20,000 bytes westonruter westonruter* Script Loader normal normal enhancement 03/26/2025
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