2.0.0 – Release Candidate 1

This is the first Release Candidate of the new Timber 2.0 version. Please test this version thoroughly. In case you find errors, please open an issue. In case you have questions, create a discussion.

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You can try out the next Timber version by following the Installation Guide. When installing Timber through Composer, you need to require the 2.0.0-rc.1 version:

composer require timber/timber:2.0.0-rc.1

What’s changed

Here’s what’s changed since the last 2.0.0-beta.2 release. For information on what's new in version 2.0, please see the Upgrade Guide

Changes

• Make object constructors final by @gchtr in #2660
• Refactor file models by @nlemoine in #2753

Removals

• Remove audio & video methods from Post by @nlemoine in #2750
• Remove unused private property by @nlemoine in #2751
• Remove unused param from Timber\Term::build() by @gchtr in #2754

Bug fixes

• Fix PostFactory::is_image incorrectly using wp_check_filetype by @stayallive in #2730
• Fix custom field test by @nlemoine in #2749
• Fix PHPStan issues on level 2 by @gchtr in #2668
• Fix a bug when the_post hook runs twice on each post in a loop by @gchtr in #2756
• Fix a bug when |time_ago didn’t consider timezones correctly by @gchtr in #2758
• Fix URLHelper methods is_local and is_external by @mcaskill in #2767
  • Optimize URLHelper methods is_local and is_external by @gchtr in #2782
• Fix implicit conversion from float to int by @gchtr in #2775
• Add check to image create functions by @Levdbas in #2780

Documentation

• Add @api tag to Helper by @Levdbas in #2746
• Fix PHPDoc typo by @LogicEveryWhere in #2709
• Update property and method docblocks in Theme.php. by @Levdbas in #2744
• Fix some small issues in Getting Started docs by @gchtr in #2761
• Cleanup todo in code by @gchtr in #2757
• Link checker report fixes by @Levdbas in #2747

Testing and tools

• Fix MariaDB in automatic tests by @gchtr in #2776
• Fix some Coding Standard issues by @gchtr in #2779
• Fix skipped tests by @gchtr in #2760
• Coding Standards: improve imports by @nlemoine in #2700
• Fix: phpstan issues & use fully qualified imports by @nlemoine in #2783

New Contributors

• @stayallive made their first contribution in #2730
• @LogicEveryWhere made their first contribution in #2709

Full Changelog: 2.0.0-beta.2...2.0.0-rc.1

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