ClassicPress 2.6.0 Release Notes

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We’re happy to announce the release of ClassicPress 2.6.0.

This is a feature and maintenance release.

New Features

  • Added polyfills for PHP 8.5 functions array_first and array_last
  • Added strategy parameter support for wp_enqueue_script()
  • Added support for inline attachments in wp_mail
  • Enabled the enqueueing of JavaScript modules
  • Updated Twemoji support to v16
  • Added support for PHP 8.5
  • Introduced ability to delete post and page revisions

Minor changes and bugfixes since 2.5.0

  • Backport of security fixes from WordPress 6.8.3
  • Fixed initialization of imgAreaSelect when cropping a header image or a site icon or logo.
  • Ensure password is reverted to password input type upon submission
  • Set correct canonical admin URL
  • Added post-migration notification to Welcome screen
  • Prevent TinyMCE duplication in Customizer text widgets
  • Use HTML5 for display of date and time on Edit Comment screen
  • Copy attachment properties on site icon crop
  • Improved Theme Editor menu label
  • Improved compatibility notices for plugins
  • Improved Help tab content in several admin areas
  • Improved option descriptions in Media Settings page
  • Optimized SQL for custom field retrieval on editing screens
  • Refactored translation domain iteration for updates
  • Added User Groups to admin menu
  • Added i18n support for FilePond uploader modal
  • Update About and Freedoms screens
  • Fixed logged undefined array key warning in Revisions
  • Added i18n support for screen reader text in FilePond uploader
  • Restored Theme file editing on Windows servers
  • Removed duplicate id names in HTML elements on Page tables
  • Improved tests for mail embeds using a dataProvider
  • Update site health and privacy settings pages to use HTML5
  • Keep revisions timeline within screen boundaries
  • Removed unused reference to nav menu template in CP Theme
  • Fixed upload rename loop in FilePond uploader
  • Moved L10n strings for media-grid and Filepond to script-loader
  • Corrected media grid order and display after page manually chosen
  • Fixed box-shadow when Plugin list contains block information
  • Eliminated 404 for mediaelement icon sprite
  • Moved .mejs-overlay-button padding to wp-mediaelement.css
  • Applied optional chaining in media.js to avoid console errors
  • Added null checks in autosave.js for content, title, and excerpt
  • Refactored widget title assignment with conditional check
  • Ensure Encoding is reset to 8-bit in wp_mail()
  • Fixed use of null as an array offset in WP_Date_Query
  • Updated mediaelement dependency to v7.1.0
  • Improved multipart message handling in wp_mail()
  • Removed en_US locale from core update link
  • Backported several PHP 8.5 coding enhancements
  • Removed wp-pointer dependency for widgets CSS in script-loader
  • Check mediaCatSelect exists before adding styling
  • Ensured Update URI cannot be bypassed
  • Fixed category selector in Editor
  • Keep Clear Inactive Widgets button active when appropriate
  • Dynamically initialize Audio widgets in admin

Build and Testing Changes

  • Updated caniuse-lite in package-lock.json
  • Added coverage check to external-http PHPUnit job
  • List distributed dependencies correctly
  • Introduced Grunt task for updating Root Certificates
  • Added mediaelement as dependency and introduced build steps
  • Refactored emoji build to use async API calls
  • Updated CONTRIBUTING.MD documentation
  • Added PHP 8.5 test jobs
  • Updated ECMAScript version to 11 in lint configurations
  • Updated precommit workflow action

Deprecation notices

  • wp-pointer stylesheet will be removed in a future version

Contributors

In no particular order the following people have contributed to this ClassicPress release:

ClassicPress props

Matt Robinson, Simone Fioravanti, Tim Kaye, Guido, jujist, 8ctopus, nootkan, sybrew, rhavin.

ClassicPress committers (in random order)

Guido, Tim Kaye, Matt Robinson, Simone Fioravanti.

ClassicPress translation contributors (for this release)

Guido, Matt Robinson, rodrigog

WordPress committers

Andrew Ozz, Aaron Jorbin, Joe McGill, Jonathan Desrosiers, Joe Dolson, Timothy Jacobs, Sergey Biryukov, 8ctopus, bernhard-reiter, Dennis Snell, Pascal Birchler, Greg Ziółkowski, Felix Arntz, Weston Ruter, Peter Wilson, Bernie Reiter, John James Jacoby.

WordPress props

John Blackbourn, desrosj, whyisjake, ayeshrajans, SergeyBiryukov, swissspidy, skithund, barry, alshakero, arthur791004, nmutua, audrasjb, ironprogrammer, obenland, costdev, ajmaurya, jamieburchell, sukhendu2002, vgnavada, tusharbharti, jorbin, peterwilsoncc, mukesh27, 10upsimon, thekt12, westonruter, flixos90, spacedmonkey, adamsilverstein, azaozz, mukeshpanchal27, mor10, scep, wpnook, vanaf1979, Otto42, TobiasBg, joemcgill, andraganescu, ehti, hurayraiit, iandunn, joehoyle, mnelson4, noisysocks, phillsav, rmccue, timothyblynjacobs, vortfu, zieladam, afercia, rcreators, joedolson, huzaifaalmesbah, shailu25, jesin, chrisvendiadvertisingcom, SirLouen, yashjawale, iamadisingh, luisherranz, idad5, neffff, jonsurrell, gziolo, nefff, swisspidy, jonsurrel, bernhard-reiter, kamranzafar4343, cbravobernal, youknowriad, dd32, sergiomdgomes, dmsnell, valterlorran, kraftbj, jeffpaul, hareesh-pillai, hbhalodia, pento, abcd95, hellofromtonya, misulicus, script2see, Presskopp, siliconforks, littler.chicken, paulkevan, zodiac1978, andrewserong, isabel_brison, rishabhwp, vidugupta, justlevine, mreishus, codebuddy, dilip2615, sajjad67, stephenharris, gitlost, westi, MattyRob, bgermann, nacin, MikeHansenMe, Kleor, kitchin, JeffMatson, christinecooper, JohnVieth, dawidadach, imokweb, lakshyajeet.

Download this release

New sites Download
ClassicPress-release-2.6.0.zip
and follow the installation instructions.
Existing WordPress sites Download the migration plugin and follow the migration instructions.
Existing ClassicPress sites Use the built-in update mechanism (more info).

Full changelog

The full changelog is available on GitHub.

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