{"id":4178,"date":"2017-08-06T17:54:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T15:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/florianbrinkmann.com\/en\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2020-02-09T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T09:59:46","slug":"wordpress-weekly-recap-wordpress-4-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/florianbrinkmann.com\/en\/wordpress-weekly-recap-wordpress-4-8-1-4178\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress weekly recap #31: WordPress 4.8.1 and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week the core team released WordPress 4.8.1. The new version contains bug fixes and an HTML widget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/2017\/08\/01\/this-week-in-wpa11y-july-31-2017\/\">This week in WPA11y, July 31, 2017<\/a>\u00ab.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/2017\/08\/03\/wpa11y-documentation-meeting\/\">WPa11y documentation meeting<\/a>\u00ab. Goal of the meeting is to reorganize and rewrite the docs on W.org regarding accessibility.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Text widget fixes and introduction of HTML widget in 4.8.1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The introduction of the visual mode for text widgets in 4.8 caused issues, for example, when a user used code that is stripped out by TinyMCE (for instance, empty elements and HTML attributes TinyMCE does not know). That happens when a pre-4.8 text widget is updated, so the core team introduced a legacy mode for old text widgets that contain code that would cause problems in 4.8.1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These legacy mode text widgets behave like old text widgets without the visual mode, and the user gets a note to give the new HTML widget a try. More information about that in the post \u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/08\/01\/fixes-to-text-widget-and-introduction-of-custom-html-widget-in-4-8-1\/\">Fixes to Text widget and introduction of Custom HTML widget in 4.8.1<\/a>\u00ab by Weston Ruter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dev chat from August 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The team kicked off <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/4-9\/\">the 4.9 release<\/a>, which is planned for November 14 with the \u00bbtheme of editing code, managing plugins and themes, a user-centric way to customize a site, and polishing some recently added features over this last year\u00ab, writes Jeffrey Paul in his post \u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/08\/03\/dev-chat-summary-august-2nd-4-9-week-1\/\">Dev Chat Summary: August 2nd (4.9 week 1)<\/a>\u00ab. More information about the meeting and the other topics in his post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New contributors meeting from August 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The topics from the meeting for new contributors were things to do before creating a ticket, writing a ticket title and description, difference between core and meta trac, reporting security vulnerabilities, what \u00bbenough testing\u00ab is, and if there is a protocol for old tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details to each of the items in the post \u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/08\/03\/new-contributors-meeting-recap-august-2nd\/\">New Contributors Meeting Recap \u2013 August 2nd<\/a>\u00ab by Jonathan Desrosiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Misc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2017\/08\/wordpress-4-8-1-maintenance-release\/\">WordPress 4.8.1 Maintenance Release<\/a>\u00ab. The new version contains bug fixes and a new HTML widget.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/08\/03\/php-meeting-recap-july-31st\/\">PHP Meeting Recap \u2013 July 31st<\/a>\u00ab. Topics were the planned page on W.org to inform users about PHP and problems with outdated versions, and to maybe plan a long-term strategy for PHP updates beyond the 5.2 to 5.3 update.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/08\/04\/media-meeting-recap-aug-3-2017\/\">Media meeting recap \u2013 Aug 3, 2017\u00ab<\/a>.<\/li><li>\u00bb<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/08\/04\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-4th-august\/\">What\u2019s new in Gutenberg? (4th August)<\/a>\u00ab. 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