Version 3.7

On October 24, 2013, WordPress Version 3.7, named for Count Basie, was released to the public. For more information on this enhancement and bug-fix release, read the WordPress Blog, the Release Post, and see the Changelog for 3.7.

For Version 3.7, the database version (db_version in wp_options) changed to 25824, and the Trac revision was r25913.

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Highlights #

You might not notice a thing, and we’re okay with that.

• Background Updates
  • Automatic updates for maintenance and security updates.
  • Daily updates for developers using nightly builds.
• Stronger Password Meter
  • New password meter to encourage users to choose stronger passwords.
• Improved Search
  • More relevant search results.
• Better Global Support
  • Localized versions will receive faster and more complete translations.
  • Background updates will include translations

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Under The Hood #

General #

• Optional filters for background updates, to allow for fine-grained control
• Advanced Date Queries for posts now includes date ranges, older/newer than options, and more
• Multisite now has wp_get_sites() to list all sites on the network

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Dashboard #

• Make shift + click selection of checkboxes work in both directions
• Add RTL body classes to iFrames in the back-end
• Actually limit password-protected post passwords to the 20-character limit
• Display an error message when logging in with cookies disabled
• Fix issue with failed searches reverting to previous search criteria
• Fix bad styling when bulk actions are disabled for custom post types

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Media #

• Add the image file size information in the attachment editing screen
• Fix issue with orderby attribute getting removed from updated  shortcodes
• Stop linking to non-public post types from media screens

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Comments #

• Add commenter IP address on the Edit Comment screen
• Remove generated avatars from comment moderation screens
• Make email recipients filterable in wp_notify_moderator()
• Add ability to filter comment screen by post type

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Appearance #

• Only show a custom header image preview when an image is actually set
• Display Customizer control descriptions
• Enable the Customizer to load the home URL

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Plugins #

• Fix plugin search errors related to PHP 5.4

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Users #

• Ensure that the user_activation_key is hashed in the database
• Trim leading and trailing spaces from passwords when saving
• Streamline the behavior of the default password nag after login

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Accessibility

• Make list table row actions keyboard accessible
• Fix issue with a broken “Close” button on refresh in the Customizer
• Improve default color contrast ratios in the default themes
• After a post is updated, only focus the “Title” field if it’s empty

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Bug Fixes #

• Fix terms with a post count of 0 returning if ‘hide_empty’ is true.
• Fix allowing https URL enclosures
• Fixed bug with is_day by checking bad dates and redirect, instead of 404ing.
• Avoid using the *_exists() functionality on ncFTPd servers
• Allow a WP_Error return from register_new_user()
• Hide the custom header image preview unless an image is set
• Add signup_id primary key to $wpdb->signups
• Fix issue with deleting terms shared across taxonomies from deleting associated nav menus
• Cast $labels to array in get_taxonomy_labels() and _get_custom_object_labels() to avoid failure
• Correct rewrite tag for hierarchical post types without a query_var.

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Multisite #

• Introduce wp_get_sites() [25445]
• Introduce wp_maybe_update_network_site_counts() [25621]
• Introduce wp_maybe_update_network_user_counts() [25621]
• Introduce wp_update_network_site_counts() [25621]
• Introduce wp_update_network_user_counts() [25621]

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Classes #

• Introduce WP_Automatic_Updater class [22704]
• Introduce Automatic_Upgrader_Skin class [25421]
• Introduce Headerless_Upgrader_Skin class [25566]

• Introduce WP_Date_Query class [25139]
• Introduce WP_Comment_Query::date_query property [25139]
• Introduce WP_Query::date_query property [25139]

• Introduce WP_Query::stopwords property [25632]
• Introduce WP_Query::parse_search() method [25632]
• Introduce WP_Query::parse_search_terms() method [25632]
• Introduce WP_Query::get_search_stopwords() method [25632]

• Introduce WP_Query::reset_postdata() method [25601]
• Introduce author__in and author__not_in for WP_Query [25248]

• Introduce WP_Http_Streams class [25224]
• Introduce WP_Http::handle_redirects() method [24843]
• Introduce WP_Http::is_ip_address() method [25224]
• Introduce WP_Meta_Query::get_cast_for_type() method [25269]

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Functions #

What’s New #

• Introduce unregister_taxonomy_for_object_type() [25596]
• Introduce got_url_rewrite() [25456]
• Introduce get_previous_post_link() [25327]
• Introduce get_next_post_link() [25327]
• Introduce get_adjacent_post_link() [25327]
• Introduce wp_using_ext_object_cache() [25289]
• Introduce is_main_network() template tag [25147]
• Introduce verify_file_md5() [25541]
• Introduce wp_clean_plugins_cache() [25272]
• Introduce find_core_auto_update() [25421]
• Introduce get_core_checksums() [25540]
• Introduce wp_get_translation_updates() [25566]
• Introduce wp_extract_urls() [25313]
• Introduce __return_empty_string() [25037]
• Introduce mbstring_binary_safe_encoding() [25346]
• Introduce reset_mbstring_encoding() [25346]
• Introduce wp_get_installed_translations() [25536]
• Introduce wp_get_pomo_file_data() [25520]
• Introduce get_post_type_archive_template() [25291]
• Introduce wp_auto_updates_maybe_update() [25421]
• Introduce wp_authenticate_spam_check() [24848]
• Introduce wp_get_user_contact_methods() [25606]

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Changes #

• Make is_tag() accept a term-id, term-name, term-slug or an array of id’s, names and slugs [18746]
• meta_box_cb callback for register_taxonomy() [25572]
• description__like for get_terms() [25241]
• show_in_menu for register_taxonomy() [25133]
• Convert all get_category() calls to use get_terms()

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Actions & Filters #

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Actions #

• save_post_{$post_type} [25050]
• user_new_form [25629]

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Filters #

• Introduce wp_count_attachments [25579]
• Introduce bulk_post_updated_messages [25577]
• Introduce got_url_rewrite [25456]
• Introduce post_password_expires [25450]
• Introduce img_caption_shortcode_width [25444]
• Introduce ajax_query_attachments_args [25279]
• Introduce months_dropdown_results [25556]
• Introduce install_plugins_table_api_args_{$tab} [25070]
• Introduce upgrader_pre_download [25427]
• Introduce enable_auto_upgrade_email [25542]
• Introduce populate_network_meta [25414]
• Introduce wp_link_query_args [25393]
• Introduce wp_link_query [25393]
• Introduce wp_audio_shortcode_override [25484]
• Introduce wp_video_shortcode_override [25484]
• Introduce enable_live_network_counts [25621]
• Introduce enable_live_network_counts [25621]
• Introduce wp_count_posts [25578]
• Introduce wp_search_stopwords [25632]
• Introduce posts_search_orderby [25632]
• Introduce flush_rewrite_rules_hard [25328]
• Introduce plugins_update_check_locales [25634]
• Introduce themes_update_check_locales [25634]

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External Libraries #

• zxcvbn (password strength meter)

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Deprecated #

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Miscellaneous #

• EP_ALL_ARCHIVES [24812]