On August 1, 2013, WordPress Version 3.6, named for Oscar Peterson, 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 3.6.

For Version 3.6, the database version (db_version in wp_options) changed to 24448, and the Trac revision was r24973.

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Use digraphs for German umlauts in remove_accents()

Use Ellipses instead of …

Consistently apply ‘register’ filter

Automatically esc_url() the URL echoed by the_permalink()

Allow developers to specify an Accept-Encoding header in WP_Http::accept_encoding()

Pass tag object and args array to topic_count_text_callback from wp_generate_tag_cloud()

Use wp_unslash() instead of stripslashes_deep

Improve the performance of backslashit() by avoiding regular expressions

Disallow accidental or negligent deregistering of critical scripts in the admin. Covers jQuery, jQuery UI, Underscore, and Backbone

Remove the_title_attribute() from anchors with the_title() as text

Display username (user_login) rather than user_nicename in Toolbar below username

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The Revision Management UI saw significant improvement

Shortcode attributes can now be filtered via shortcode_atts_$shortcode hook

The ability to change post formats was removed from Quick Edit

A ‘not_found’ label was added for non-hierarchical taxonomys

Better UX for dealing with multiple users editing the same content (aka Post Locking)

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Add oEmbed support for Rdio and Spotify

.webm (video/webm) was added to the MIME types list

The Media Library can now be sorted by Author name

Bug fixed where initial gallery link-to setting wasn’t applied

Return from image_downsize() earlier if a custom resize function is used

Orientation information was added to items in gallery_shortcode()

New Audio and Video previews are available on the Media > Edit Screen

Added wp_audio_shortcode() and wp_video_shortcode()

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Improve wp_list_comments() markup

Add the ability to use HTML5 input types in the comment form

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The Navigation Menus UI got a significant refresh

The Customizer can now be accessed via the Appearance menu

Screen options can now be added to the Appearance > Widgets Screen

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Prevent plugins from overriding jQuery in the admin

Prevent plugins with certain filenames from breaking links in the admin menu

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Remove the three default contact methods (AIM, YIM, Jabber) for new installs.

Pass old roles to set_user_role action

The workflow for deleting users has been improved

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Allow any post format to be set as default in Settings > Writing Screen

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Better keyboard/screen reader accessibility in the Nav Menus UI

Background image’s “select a file” link works with keyboard navigation

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Under The Hood # Under The Hood

Use official MIME types for Windows Media file extensions

Redirect after save on options-permalink.php to ensure permalinks are fully flushed

Only show database errors if both WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY are enabled

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Bug Fixes # Bug Fixes

Strip slashes from passwords sent to new users by email

Make sure the url returned by post_preview() is filterable with preview_post_link

Fix handling of ‘0’ as meta_value argument in get_pages()

Correctly print ‘after’ data when scripts are concatenated in WP_Styles class

Properly truncate UTF-8 post slugs in wp_unique_post_slug()

Avoid PHP notices in Media Library if an attachment parent does not exist

Fix some tabbing issues on the post editing screen

Avoid notice by checking for user agent in wp_new_comment()

Avoid notice in parent_dropdown() by checking if post exists before testing post id

Prevent an unintended visibility change from “Password protected” to “Public” when updating the post

Avoid a warning in mb_internal_encoding by making sure we have a charset first

Fix unnecessarily persistent “pending email change” admin message

Ensure we strictly compare ‘all options’ and ‘not options’ when protecting these special options

Make sure to reset the modal after gallery insertion

Add sanity checks on image metadata to avoid warnings

Avoid an undefined index notice in get_post_type_archive_feed_link()

Avoid notices when array args are missing in WP_Image_Editor::multi_resize()

Fix notice in wp_generate_attachment_metadata()

Avoid PHP notices when deleting or restoring an item that no longer exists

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Pass blog_id to the wpmu_drop_tables filter

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XML-RPC: Return an error for getRecentPosts (mw and blogger) if the user does not have edit_posts

XML-RPC: Standardize home/site url labels with core labels

Preserve alpha in WP_Image_Editor_GD when images are not resized

Make sure WP_Http funnels all redirect requests through WP_Http::request() to ensure the proper transport is used

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An arg parameter was added for wp_nonce_url()

Allow paths with two consecutive dots to be passed to home_url() and all related *_url() functions

Document 7th parameter, $callback_args in add_meta_box()

Confirm a user exists before deleting them in wp_delete_user() and wpmu_delete_user()

Return WP_Error from wp_crop_image() if saving has failed

Bail early with correct WP_Error if invalid post ID passed to wp_insert_post()

Remove duplicate calls to add_new_user_to_blog()

Introduce wp_add_id3_tag_data()

Introduce wp_read_video_metadata()

Introduce wp_read_audio_metadata()

Introduce wp_nav_menu_disabled_check()

Introduce wp_nav_menu_update_menu_items()

Introduce do_accordion_sections()

Introduce wp_slash()

Introduce wp_unslash()

Introduce wp_is_writable()

Introduce wp_auth_check_load()

Introduce wp_auth_check()

Introduce get_tag_regex()

Introduce wp_registration_url()

Introduce wp_heartbeat_settings()

Introduce wp_mediaelement_fallback()

Introduce wp_get_audio_extensions()

Introduce wp_audio_shortcode()

Introduce wp_get_video_extensions()

Introduce wp_video_shortcode()

Introduce wp_embed_handler_audio()

Introduce wp_embed_handler_video()

Introduce get_attached_media()

Introduce get_post_galleries()

Introduce get_post_galleries_images()

Introduce get_post_gallery()

Introduce get_post_gallery_images()

Introduce wp_post_revision_title_expanded()

Introduce paginate_content()

Introduce get_paged_content()

Introduce wp_revisions_enabled()

Introduce wp_revisions_to_keep()

Introduce wp_text_diff_with_count()

Introduce shortcode_exists()

Introduce has_shortcode()

Introduce wp_parse_post_content()

Introduce wp_remove_object_terms()

Introduce wp_add_object_terms()

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Update to jQuery Color 2.2.1

Update to Backbone 1.0.0

Update to jQuery UI 1.10.3

Services_JSON 1.0.3

Iris 1.0.3

hoverIntent r7

MediaElement.js 2.11.1 (New)

getid3 1.9.7 (New)

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