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Janis Elsts

@whiteshadow Latvia joined Oct 2007

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    • 6.5

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    July 2026
    Jul 20 Mon · 15:03
    Plugins high
    Committed [3615440] to Plugins SVN:
    Fixed by adding a recursion guard. This could have gone in the map_meta_cap filter callback, but it's more convenient to add in evaluatePostPolicy() since the post ID is reliably available there and potentially-variable inputs like the cap name have been mapped to known internal equivalents.
    June 2026
    Jun 28 Sun · 08:07
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Disabled Visual Revisions on WordPress 7.0 by Admin Menu Editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes, my understanding is that it can happen with any plugin that adds meta boxes,…
    Jun 27 Sat · 09:41
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Disabled Visual Revisions on WordPress 7.0 by Admin Menu Editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The "Content Permissions" feature generally doesn't affect the admin menu. It's intended for hiding individual…
    Jun 27 Sat · 09:14
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Disabled Visual Revisions on WordPress 7.0 by Admin Menu Editor, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    It looks like this is probably because WP automatically disables visual revisions when any plugin…
    May 2026
    May 22 Fri · 09:36
    Plugins high
    Committed [3543505] to Plugins SVN:
    The correct behaviour is to reset the item back to "no special permissions".
    May 20 Wed · 18:46
    Plugins high
    Committed [3539882] to Plugins SVN:
    Minor: Let modules explicitly specify their directory instead of it being detected via reflection.
    May 18 Mon · 12:09
    Plugins high
    Committed [3535609] to Plugins SVN:
    Add the ability to set the default border widths when initializing a border schema
    May 17 Sun · 15:13
    Plugins high
    Committed [3534636] to Plugins SVN:
    attach(), detach(), and contains() are all deprecated in PHP 8.5, so they were replaced with non-deprecated alternatives. Also, NotificationSenderQueue::enqueue() was simplified since the if clause had common parts in both branches.
    May 17 Sun · 12:38
    Plugins high
    Committed [3534540] to Plugins SVN:
    That ruleset was winning over ours even though the one from AME technically has higher specificity. Maybe inheritance-related, since AME didn't directly target the icon before.
    May 17 Sun · 12:17
    Plugins high
    Committed [3534522] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag version 1.15.1

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