Last Week in WordPress Core
Hello there! This is Last Week in WordPress Core for the week of April 8-April 14. Similar to last week, commits are included up to RC2, which was released today. In addition, maintenance releases 3.8.3 and 3.7.3 are available, and automatic updates are rolling out.
Customizer
- Widgets: Properly handle widget settings when activating a previewed theme. [28124] #27767
- Widgets: Account for a sidebar with no container to which classes can be added. [28100] #27780
- Custom Headers: Fix image ordering. [28102] #27791
- Custom Headers: Fix cropping when working with large images. [28101] #27790
- Add color scheme support for widget choosers. [28122] #27793
Theme Installer
- Improve route handling and make
?theme=work. [28123] #27708 - Revert to proxying through PHP for WordPress.org API requests to ensure we have valid installation nonces. [28126] #27798
TinyMCE
- Update TinyMCE to 4.0.21.1. [28066] #27744
- Update TinyMCE paste plugin to the latest development version. Improves Pasting from Word to remove inline comments and change tracking. [28089] #27771
- Ensure vertical resizing and menubar show/hide are set to default for each TinyMCE instance. [28059] #27724
- Stabilize MediaElement within TinyMCE, and avoid adding undo steps when the body of a wpView changes. [28084] #27389
- Improve fallback compatibility for wpViews with IE7 and 8. [28062] [28063] #27546
Media
- In the Image Details modal, remember the last state of the advanced toggle. [28125] #27366
- Add hooks for
wpeditimageTinyMCE plugin and Image Details modal. Includeswp.media.events, which is intended to be a global media event bus. [28095] #27698 - Apply new
add_image_size()cropping preferences to all sizes when image is saved in editor. [28072] #19393 - Fix tabbing out of the title field on Media->Edit Media screen. [28069] [28070] #27750
Internals
- Updates: Add a TTL to core update checks to allow us to narrow the 12-hour update window. [28129] #27772
- User Query: Don’t blindly re-append new meta queries for capabilities. [28087] #21119
- Avoid stomping of bulk postdata inside the
bulk_edit_posts()loop. Reverts [27990], which did not fix it for authors and comment/ping status. [28113] #27792 - RTL fixes for Login screen ([28096] #27784), Themes screen ([28104] #27779), TinyMCE ([28094] #27773), and feature pointers ([28107] #27778).
Externals
- MediaElement: Update to 2.14.2. Release Notes. [28068] #27582
- Plupload: Restore 3.8 handles and filenames to avoid breaking plugins. [28108] #27763
- Plupload: Restore the settings in
media_upload_form(). [28110] #27763
For the complete list of commits to trunk, check out the log on Trac. Release is scheduled for this Wednesday, so, the best way to help is to test! Please let us know if you run into problems in the Alpha/Beta forums or on trac.
Thanks to @azaozz, @dd32, @DrewAPicture, @ehg, @GaryJ, @gcorne, @helen, @jesin, @johnbillion, @kerikae, @kpdesign, @mattheu, @matveb, @melchoyce, @morganestes, @nacin, @ocean90, @Otto42, @pavelevap, @redsweater, @ryelle, @scottlee, @SergeyBiryukov, @siobhan, @westonruter, @wonderboymusic, and @yoavf for their help this week!
Stagger Lee and 
Stagger Lee 5:03 pm on April 15, 2014 Permalink
I am using WP Beta tester plugin, latest nightly and video playlist is still missing. Audio playlist is there. Is it normal for this beta moment ?
Mike Schroder 6:44 pm on April 15, 2014 Permalink
Have you uploaded any videos? The “Create Video Playlist” option should appear on the left in the “Add Media” modal after you have videos uploaded to compile into a playlist.
Stagger Lee 8:23 pm on April 15, 2014 Permalink
Yes i see now, thank you. Tried to upload it with FTP client first. (C/P, localhost) Still a bit confusing for beginners.
Do you plan to make same styled playlists for Youtube videos ? I know there are plugins for it, but it is core code, style is fine and URL option is already there.