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Commit Candidates (1 match)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#61146 Multisite: Marking a user account as spam, also marks the blogs he's a member of as spam ignatiusjeroe johnjamesjacoby Networks and Sites normal normal enhancement commit 02/06/2026

Has Patch / Needs Testing (45 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#64311 Abilities API: add filters for input and output validation priethor priethor AI normal normal enhancement has-patch 11/26/2025
#64547 Admin Reskin: Update button and input field styling to align with WordPress Design System fabiankaegy Administration normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/09/2026
#64549 Admin Reskin: Update card and metabox styling to align with WordPress Design System fabiankaegy Administration normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/04/2026
#64548 Admin Reskin: Update notice styling to align with WordPress Design System fabiankaegy Administration normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/09/2026
#64546 Change the default admin color scheme from "Default" to "Modern" fabiankaegy Administration normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/05/2026
#64308 Explore a "Coat-of-Paint" Visual Reskin of the WordPress Admin for WordPress 7.0 fabiankaegy Administration normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/09/2026
#63728 In WP Admin -> Posts add 'Filter by author' dropdown and add visible labels for filters Presskopp joedolson* Administration normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/09/2026
#64256 Add HTTP 500 status code for WordPress critical error messages swissky Bootstrap/Load normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/05/2026
#47256 Use composer to install and update external PHP libraries spacedmonkey johnbillion* Build/Test Tools normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/08/2026
#64109 Bundled themes: Stylesheets should be minified in classic themes westonruter rutviksavsani Bundled Theme normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/06/2026
#64068 Replace Pullquote block in theme patterns utsavladani utsavladani Bundled Theme normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/08/2026
#64590 Twenty Twenty-One: Consider removing IE support sabernhardt Bundled Theme normal minor enhancement has-patch 02/07/2026
#64473 Embrace WHATWG Encoding Standards dmsnell dmsnell Charset normal normal enhancement has-patch 01/04/2026
#59269 Add support for adding metadata in bulk johnbillion johnbillion Database normal normal enhancement has-patch 01/20/2026
#10404 dbDelta creates duplicate indexes when index definition contains spaces Denis-de-Bernardy Database normal normal enhancement has-patch 01/21/2023
#48207 Implement new Comment Date Functions dshanske pbearne Date/Time normal normal enhancement has-patch 01/22/2026
#64334 Backport Overlay Template Part Area get_dave Editor normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/09/2026
#64594 Block Support: Allow serialization skipping for ariaLabel wildworks Editor normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/04/2026
#64202 Block Supports: Add height support to dimensions block supports aaronrobertshaw Editor normal normal enhancement has-patch 11/06/2025
#64413 Block Supports: Add presets support for dimensions block supports aaronrobertshaw Editor normal normal enhancement has-patch 12/15/2025
#64326 Block Supports: Add typography text indent support aaronrobertshaw Editor normal normal enhancement has-patch 12/01/2025
#64200 Block Supports: Add width support to dimensions block supports aaronrobertshaw Editor normal normal enhancement has-patch 11/05/2025
#64597 Client Site Media: PHP backports from Gutenberg adamsilverstein adamsilverstein Editor normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/07/2026
#64123 Patterns: add the pattern name to pattern blocks when they are converted ramonopoly Editor normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/04/2026
#64416 Update `build_query_vars_from_query_block` to handle new `taxQuery` structure ntsekouras Editor normal normal enhancement has-patch 12/19/2025
#62757 Update jQuery UI library to version 1.14.1 pankaj.sakaria External Libraries normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/09/2026
#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 dmsnell Formatting normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/03/2026
#62715 Block Hooks: Apply to content-like Custom Post Types Bernhard Reiter General normal normal enhancement has-patch 12/01/2025
#64564 Update Google Fonts collection for 7.0 release wildworks General normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/09/2026
#60886 wp_trigger_error() has no action or filter to always run like wp_doing_it_wrong has kkmuffme General normal trivial enhancement has-patch 12/03/2025
#63724 HTML API: Reliably parse HTML attributes in `wp_kses_hair()` dmsnell dmsnell HTML API normal normal enhancement has-patch 01/20/2026
#45164 Added URL to error blocked requests wiuempe SergeyBiryukov HTTP API normal normal enhancement has-patch 10/28/2025
#63984 Assess if the tabpanels in the media modals should receive focus alh0319 joedolson* Media normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/07/2026
#63536 Super Admin Functions Network ID Support spenserhale johnjamesjacoby* Networks and Sites normal normal enhancement has-patch 11/08/2025
#64250 Refactor redirect_guess_404_permalink to use WP_Query instead of raw SQL spacedmonkey spacedmonkey Permalinks normal normal enhancement has-patch 01/20/2026
#60495 Following "plugins_list": Add a filter in get_views() in class-wp-plugins-list-table juliobox Plugins normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/04/2026
#11538 Unbundle Hello Dolly caesarsgrunt westi Plugins normal normal enhancement has-patch 03/02/2024
#14368 make the 'orderby' argument in get_posts() accept all "post" fields wjm Query normal normal enhancement has-patch 08/01/2022
#63761 Adding Edit/PUT Method for Template REST API Endpoint. SirLouen REST API normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/06/2026
#63697 Add OPCache to Site Health oglekler SergeyBiryukov Site Health normal normal enhancement has-patch 01/20/2026
#64445 Expose disk size for each installed plugin maulikmakwana2008 Site Health normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/06/2026
#64370 Response header detection in page cache test for Site Health should be more robust westonruter westonruter* Site Health normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/03/2026
#62132 Make wordpress.org API connections for updates, plugins and themes configurable to a different location jamesking56 Upgrade/Install normal normal feature request has-patch 10/28/2025
#56914 Better guide users when deleting other users stefan.velthuys Users normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/05/2026

Needs Dev / Bug Wrangler Feedback (7 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#44923 Filter .children class on nested comments list greenshady davidbaumwald Comments normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 11/03/2025
#38093 WP_Customize_Color_Control - Color Transparency mukesh27 Customize normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 03/27/2025
#60229 HTML API: Introduce HTML Templating dmsnell HTML API normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 01/29/2026
#60770 TimeZone select box compatibility with RTL directions farhad0 audrasjb I18N normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 01/16/2026
#43936 Settings: Warn when open registration and new user default is privileged kraftbj audrasjb* Security normal normal feature request dev-feedback 01/28/2026
#62846 Allow direct linking to site health check result sippis audrasjb Site Health normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 02/04/2026
#63021 Lazy load user meta spacedmonkey spacedmonkey Users normal normal enhancement dev-feedback 02/05/2026

Needs Docs or Unit Tests (1 match)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#64591 Add WP AI Client flixos90 AI normal normal feature request needs-unit-tests 02/07/2026

Needs Early Attention (3 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#10931 Verify Comment Email Addresses of Registered Users mtdewvirus adamsilverstein Comments normal normal enhancement needs-docs 02/06/2026
#50568 Improve WP_Term's sanitization calls Cybr pbearne Taxonomy normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/03/2026
#58001 Lazy load user capabilities in WP_User object spacedmonkey spacedmonkey Users normal normal enhancement has-patch 02/05/2026

Needs Patch (18 matches)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#8857 Make WP MySQL strict mode compliant ghostks Database lowest normal enhancement 04/08/2025
#63901 Add `AGENTS.md` for the project flixos90 Build/Test Tools normal normal enhancement 02/04/2026
#64003 Generate a list of changed files when a new version is tagged desrosj Build/Test Tools normal normal feature request 10/21/2025
#58519 Inline styles block styles in bundled classic themes spacedmonkey Bundled Theme normal normal enhancement 11/22/2025
#64102 add label to date/time to show which string is the language default pbearne SergeyBiryukov Date/Time normal normal enhancement 11/10/2025
#64598 Block Supports: Define CSS vars for blocks based on feature selectors aaronrobertshaw Editor normal normal enhancement 02/05/2026
#64259 Convert emoji detection script from inline script module to external script module westonruter Emoji normal normal enhancement 12/04/2025
#64471 Add cross-document View Transitions on the frontend westonruter General normal normal enhancement 01/02/2026
#63199 Allow to control aria-live attribute in settings_errors() andremenrath joedolson* General normal normal enhancement 01/20/2026
#63861 Explore removing wpmu activation styles joedolson Login and Registration normal normal enhancement 02/07/2026
#20602 Replace media PorridgeBear Media normal normal enhancement 04/08/2025
#60549 "Site Upload Quota Space" should indicate network default and possibly site's current usage MadtownLems realloc Networks and Sites normal normal enhancement 02/03/2026
#27736 Save one query when inserting a new post ozh pbearne Posts, Post Types normal normal enhancement 12/19/2025
#14513 Time for a wp_post_relationships table? mikeschinkel Posts, Post Types normal normal feature request 04/07/2025
#41325 Adding GraphQL support in core? dingo_d REST API normal normal feature request 07/26/2025
#64442 Deprecate and remove HTML5 script theme support jonsurrell jonsurrell Script Loader normal normal enhancement 01/26/2026
#62709 Script modules integration with wp_resource_hints jonsurrell Script Loader normal minor enhancement 12/09/2025
#53323 Place Hello Dolly in containing folder afragen whyisjake Upgrade/Install normal normal enhancement close 02/03/2026

Tested Patches (1 match)

Ticket Summary Reporter Owner Component Priority Severity Type Workflow Modified
#45035 allow register_post_type() arg to control whether a CPT's counts are added to the "At a Glance" Dashboard widget pbiron Posts, Post Types normal normal enhancement tested 12/26/2025
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