Note: This will be the last release supporting PHP_CodeSniffer 2.x.

Changed

• The default value for minimum_supported_wp_version, as used by a number of sniffs detecting usage of deprecated WP features, has been updated to 4.7.
• The WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals sniff will now report the error for hook names and constant names declared with define() on the line containing the parameter for the hook/constant name. Previously, it would report the error on the line containing the function call.
• Various minor housekeeping fixes to inline documentation, rulesets, code.

Removed

• comment_author_email_link(), comment_author_email(), comment_author_IP(), comment_author_link(), comment_author_rss(), comment_author_url_link(), comment_author_url(), comment_author(), comment_date(), comment_excerpt(), comment_form_title(), comment_form(), comment_id_fields(), comment_ID(), comment_reply_link(), comment_text_rss(), comment_text(), comment_time(), comment_type(), comments_link(), comments_number(), comments_popup_link(), comments_popup_script(), comments_rss_link(), delete_get_calendar_cache(), edit_bookmark_link(), edit_comment_link(), edit_post_link(), edit_tag_link(), get_footer(), get_header(), get_sidebar(), get_the_title(), next_comments_link(), next_image_link(), next_post_link(), next_posts_link(), permalink_anchor(), posts_nav_link(), previous_comments_link(), previous_image_link(), previous_post_link(), previous_posts_link(), sticky_class(), the_attachment_link(), the_author_link(), the_author_meta(), the_author_posts_link(), the_author_posts(), the_category_rss(), the_category(), the_content_rss(), the_content(), the_date_xml(), the_excerpt_rss(), the_excerpt(), the_feed_link(), the_ID(), the_meta(), the_modified_author(), the_modified_date(), the_modified_time(), the_permalink(), the_post_thumbnail(), the_search_query(), the_shortlink(), the_tags(), the_taxonomies(), the_terms(), the_time(), the_title_rss(), the_title(), wp_enqueue_script(), wp_meta(), wp_shortlink_header() and wp_shortlink_wp_head() from the list of auto-escaped functions Sniff::$autoEscapedFunctions. This affects the WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput sniff.

Fixed

• The WordPress.WhiteSpace.PrecisionAlignment sniff would loose the value of a custom set ignoreAlignmentTokens property when scanning more than one file.