| 9
|
#17763
|
comments_popup_link() need a get_* version
|
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
| 9
|
#12257
|
wpdb Scales Badly Due to Unnecessary Copies of All Query Results
|
|
Database
|
normal
|
critical
|
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
06/04/2019
|
| 9
|
#17923
|
add_query_arg() should encode values
|
|
Formatting
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
08/20/2019
|
| 9
|
#18730
|
media_sideload_image() doesn't handle dynamic image url's well
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
06/04/2020
|
| 9
|
#11877
|
Resized Images lose their EXIF data
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
|
09/10/2025
|
| 9
|
#14172
|
Implement $scheme in site info in ms-sites edit site
|
|
Networks and Sites
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
close
|
07/16/2025
|
| 9
|
#36492
|
Add `WP_Post_Status` class
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/04/2019
|
| 9
|
#15930
|
Make trashed posts/pages still readable
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
minor
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
| 9
|
#23867
|
add_rewrite_endpoint causes front-page.php template to be ignored
|
|
Rewrite Rules
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
reporter-feedback
|
06/04/2019
|
| 9
|
#20558
|
allow wp_localize_script data to be added to existing objects
|
|
Script Loader
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/04/2019
|
| 9
|
#16883
|
Add check for "Template Version" on theme activation
|
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/04/2019
|
| 9
|
#22377
|
Add filter to wp_update_plugins()
|
rmccue
|
Upgrade/Install
|
low
|
minor
|
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
06/05/2019
|
| 8
|
#10404
|
dbDelta creates duplicate indexes when index definition contains spaces
|
|
Database
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
01/21/2023
|
| 8
|
#51383
|
PHP error body class added for suppressed errors
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
08/28/2024
|
| 8
|
#59446
|
Use script helper functions in admin to enable Content-Security-Policy opt-in
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
11/12/2025
|
| 8
|
#41520
|
Disable deprecated functions
|
pbearne
|
Bootstrap/Load
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
08/16/2024
|
| 8
|
#26905
|
Follow CSS coding standards for SASS/SCSS files
|
netweb
|
Build/Test Tools
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
|
04/07/2017
|
| 8
|
#56070
|
Use a consistent order of annotations in the test suite
|
|
Build/Test Tools
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
task (blessed)
|
dev-feedback
|
10/17/2023
|
| 8
|
#59693
|
Twenty Fifteen: Rendering issues in Noto font(s)
|
desrosj
|
Bundled Theme
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
09/24/2025
|
| 8
|
#49787
|
Twenty Nineteen: Highlight text color isn't reflected in the editor
|
poena
|
Bundled Theme
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
05/24/2025
|
| 8
|
#60985
|
Twenty Fifteen: Replace frontend jQuery usage with Interactivity API
|
|
Bundled Theme
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
10/08/2024
|
| 8
|
#28664
|
wp_load_alloptions() fails to set object cache when persistent alloptions cache is "0"
|
|
Cache API
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
02/03/2025
|
| 8
|
#23330
|
Allow autoloading all options, not just autoload = yes options
|
|
Cache API
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
05/29/2024
|
| 8
|
#46713
|
Comment reply link uses inconvenient eventlistener
|
|
Comments
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
07/05/2025
|
| 8
|
#21627
|
Filter for custom-background CSS selector
|
peterwilsoncc
|
Customize
|
low
|
minor
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
05/22/2021
|
| 8
|
#54346
|
Slow SQL queries fetching posts from specific categories
|
craigfrancis*
|
Database
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
05/07/2025
|
| 8
|
#13821
|
Changing visibility to password-protected without entering a password does not warn user
|
kapeels*
|
Editor
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
06/05/2019
|
| 8
|
#37758
|
The Link Checker tool does not detect some links
|
|
Editor
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
09/16/2023
|
| 8
|
#56410
|
WordPress API error when trying to add tags
|
|
Editor
|
normal
|
critical
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
02/07/2024
|
| 8
|
#30720
|
In editor, add a button to refresh/invalidate (oEmbed) embeds cache
|
|
Embeds
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
10/20/2017
|
| 8
|
#60478
|
Upgrade to JQuery 4
|
|
External Libraries
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
08/23/2024
|
| 8
|
#8994
|
Incorporate MediaRSS Plugin into core
|
technosailor
|
Feeds
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
feature request
|
dev-feedback
|
02/07/2021
|
| 8
|
#35517
|
Work around PHP7 php-ssh2 breakage
|
|
Filesystem API
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
06/27/2023
|
| 8
|
#55996
|
the get_the_block_template_html call all the same functions as the the_conent filter so they are run twice
|
|
Formatting
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
08/28/2024
|
| 8
|
#54488
|
wp_filter_nohtml_kses does not remove HTML comments
|
audrasjb
|
Formatting
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
10/12/2023
|
| 8
|
#34778
|
A better indication of action happening on buttons.
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
03/16/2020
|
| 8
|
#57299
|
Implement array key type notation
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
09/22/2025
|
| 8
|
#40280
|
Short-circuit filters can't return common values
|
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
12/08/2017
|
| 8
|
#20194
|
Add Description meta to General Settings
|
|
General
|
normal
|
minor
|
Awaiting Review
|
feature request
|
|
08/10/2021
|
| 8
|
#50673
|
Create "Accessibility Statement" tool with features equivalent to Privacy Policy Tools
|
audrasjb
|
General
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
feature request
|
dev-feedback
|
07/21/2023
|
| 8
|
#50867
|
An API which encourages automatic escaping of HTML
|
|
HTML API
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
02/07/2024
|
| 8
|
#59883
|
Remove support for HTML4 and XHTML
|
|
HTML API
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
08/13/2025
|
| 8
|
#34924
|
Network upgrade fails on tls 1.2 only servers
|
|
HTTP API
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
07/16/2018
|
| 8
|
#42900
|
Add gender field to user profile for use in translations
|
|
I18N
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
01/16/2019
|
| 8
|
#26474
|
Add Filter to Username/Password Fields on Login Form?
|
|
Login and Registration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
05/13/2017
|
| 8
|
#49661
|
mails, Howdy, wp_mail() and filters spreading
|
SirLouen
|
Mail
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
09/23/2025
|
| 8
|
#47456
|
Improve the user interface to ensure correct usage of the image alt text
|
joedolson*
|
Media
|
high
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
|
03/23/2024
|
| 8
|
#30402
|
WordPress does not respect the bit-depth of the original image when resizing
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
03/04/2021
|
| 8
|
#23148
|
Add hook in wp_ajax_save_attachment for additional attachment fields
|
audrasjb
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-docs
|
06/21/2023
|
| 8
|
#36982
|
Add image attributes and additional context to the wp_calculate_image_srcset and wp_calculate_image_sizes filters
|
adamsilverstein
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
09/30/2024
|
| 8
|
#43023
|
Make Core Image Handling More Extensible
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
|
08/21/2020
|
| 8
|
#59742
|
Media library should display the number of pages/posts/urls a particular media file is being used in.
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
08/07/2024
|
| 8
|
#38486
|
current_page_parent class wrongly added to menu item
|
williampatton
|
Menus
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
needs-unit-tests
|
07/31/2020
|
| 8
|
#13273
|
Allow "'non-clickable" menu items
|
|
Menus
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
09/23/2025
|
| 8
|
#13743
|
Ability to choose a network default theme
|
|
Networks and Sites
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
04/30/2025
|
| 8
|
#55189
|
Automatic removal of "Zero-width non-joiner" in URL
|
|
Permalinks
|
normal
|
critical
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
needs-unit-tests
|
02/23/2023
|
| 8
|
#28085
|
Add a "Recently Updated" Plugins' view
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
08/11/2021
|
| 8
|
#58363
|
Update Hello Dolly plugin to current standards
|
|
Plugins
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/25/2025
|
| 8
|
#55019
|
Missing the Upload Featured image and Categories option after update the WP 5.9
|
|
Post Thumbnails
|
normal
|
major
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
|
10/18/2023
|
| 8
|
#45516
|
Auto Draft title issue for custom post types
|
SergeyBiryukov
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
minor
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
11/12/2025
|
| 8
|
#32545
|
Adding actions before and after "Add New" button
|
|
Posts, Post Types
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
05/30/2019
|
| 8
|
#47794
|
EuGH ruling - opt-in obligation for cookies and social media
|
|
Privacy
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
12/17/2019
|
| 8
|
#38173
|
Meta query creates unecessary multiple left joins when using the same meta key
|
pbearne
|
Query
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
11/12/2024
|
| 8
|
#44658
|
Support BETWEEN for term names in WP_Tax_Query/WP_Term_Query
|
|
Query
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
feature request
|
dev-feedback
|
09/11/2019
|
| 8
|
#53603
|
Expose block data directly through REST API endpoints
|
|
REST API
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
12/16/2024
|
| 8
|
#33240
|
Introduce a capability for previewing posts
|
|
Role/Capability
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
07/14/2017
|
| 8
|
#37757
|
Add `allowed_classes` to `maybe_unserialize` When WordPress is running on PHP 7+
|
|
Security
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
04/24/2025
|
| 8
|
#63397
|
Harder Deprecate ms-files.php
|
|
Site Health
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
09/22/2025
|
| 8
|
#56199
|
Make the warnings about critical Site Health issues more prominent
|
|
Site Health
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
05/22/2024
|
| 8
|
#29418
|
Taxonomy archive query not including all of its post types.
|
SergeyBiryukov
|
Taxonomy
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
05/06/2020
|
| 8
|
#38922
|
Use REST API for ajax tag search
|
|
Taxonomy
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
|
10/25/2020
|
| 8
|
#38310
|
Improve "wp_update_term" documentation
|
ruudjoyo
|
Taxonomy
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
09/29/2021
|
| 8
|
#57500
|
Plugin update results in mixing files of old and new versions
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
reporter-feedback
|
05/12/2025
|
| 8
|
#60835
|
Fix and improve handling of uploading of font files
|
|
Upload
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
01/30/2025
|
| 8
|
#20774
|
Flagging a user with any role on a subsite as spam leads to flagging the site as spam
|
|
Users
|
normal
|
major
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
11/16/2020
|
| 8
|
#22367
|
Usernames with "@" char are assumed email addresses, causing incorrect look-up in several places
|
johnjamesjacoby
|
Users
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
08/01/2022
|
| 8
|
#24856
|
Authors widget to highlight authors
|
|
Widgets
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
03/14/2019
|
| 8
|
#28364
|
WordPress Entry Points (wp-load.php occurrences)
|
|
Bootstrap/Load
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
|
06/04/2019
|
| 8
|
#18549
|
wp_texturize incorrectly curls closing quotes after inline HTML end tags
|
miqrogroove
|
Formatting
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
08/18/2023
|
| 8
|
#26759
|
New Generic Sanitize Functions for Core
|
|
Formatting
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
close
|
07/18/2025
|
| 8
|
#15706
|
Allow wildcarded domains in multisite limited email domains
|
westi
|
Login and Registration
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
| 8
|
#31029
|
Allow 0 columns in gallery settings
|
rhurling
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
10/26/2022
|
| 8
|
#28321
|
Media uploader confuses user with description, caption, alt and title, without explanation
|
|
Media
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
|
10/18/2023
|
| 8
|
#28694
|
Provide a clean way for Plugins to run update scripts for MultiSite
|
|
Networks and Sites
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
| 8
|
#12779
|
Better support for custom post types in WP_Rewrite
|
|
Rewrite Rules
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
06/04/2019
|
| 8
|
#36939
|
Role groups
|
|
Role/Capability
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/04/2019
|
| 8
|
#30797
|
New function for parent theme stylesheet uri
|
obenland
|
Themes
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/04/2019
|
| 8
|
#27365
|
Upgrader bulk_upgrade() functions do not return the correct data
|
aaroncampbell
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
06/04/2019
|
| 8
|
#31405
|
upgrade.php fails with mixed HTTPS (SSL) and simple HTTP sites
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
defect (bug)
|
has-patch
|
06/04/2019
|
| 8
|
#33932
|
Filters for Plugin/Theme Update Email Notifications
|
ocean90
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
needs-unit-tests
|
06/05/2019
|
| 8
|
#31532
|
Shiny Updates: Don't activate plugins with PHP errors
|
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
01/07/2020
|
| 8
|
#17451
|
Unify plugin update notices and include changelog data
|
nacin*
|
Upgrade/Install
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
dev-feedback
|
06/04/2019
|
| 8
|
#16613
|
Extend Widget API to allow sidebar/widget manipulation
|
|
Widgets
|
normal
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
|
06/05/2019
|
| 7
|
#8857
|
Make WP MySQL strict mode compliant
|
|
Database
|
lowest
|
normal
|
|
enhancement
|
|
04/08/2025
|
| 7
|
#24447
|
Avoid losing data after nonces expire
|
iseulde
|
Administration
|
normal
|
major
|
Future Release
|
defect (bug)
|
early
|
05/14/2020
|
| 7
|
#50486
|
Improve the admin notices accessibility
|
joedolson*
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
7.0
|
defect (bug)
|
dev-feedback
|
10/21/2025
|
| 7
|
#51086
|
Add native support for tabbed settings pages in WP Admin
|
joedolson*
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
12/17/2021
|
| 7
|
#47954
|
Create a sanity check for siteurl and home changes
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Awaiting Review
|
enhancement
|
has-patch
|
09/29/2019
|
| 7
|
#48644
|
Establish guidelines for button order
|
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
|
01/27/2025
|
| 7
|
#26571
|
Increase flexibility of "At a Glance" Dashboard Widget to match "Right Now" Widget
|
chriscct7
|
Administration
|
normal
|
normal
|
Future Release
|
enhancement
|
needs-docs
|
06/01/2021
|