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wp theme list, wp theme status and wp theme update call is_theme_version_valid() for every installed theme. Each call made its own themes_api( 'theme_information' ) request to find out whether the installed version is higher than the one on WordPress.org.

We don't need those requests. The update_themes check that runs just before already returns the latest version of every WordPress.org theme: themes with an update are in response, and the rest are in no_update. is_theme_version_valid() now takes that data as an optional third argument:

  • Theme listed in response or no_update: compare the installed version against new_version.
  • Theme not listed (not hosted on WordPress.org): return '', the same as when the API errors.
  • No no_update data (e.g. an old or filtered transient): fall back to the previous themes_api() request.

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Measured on a site with the default themes plus one custom theme:

Command Before After
wp theme status 1.02 s 0.34 s
wp theme list 1.14 s 0.53 s

Each extra installed theme previously added one more HTTP round trip.

Tests

  • New scenario: bumps an installed WordPress.org theme's version above the current release and mocks api.wordpress.org/themes/info/ to return a 500. wp theme list and wp theme update still report "version higher than expected", so the check now relies on the update data alone. The scenario fails on main.
  • Existing theme features: all theme*.feature files pass locally.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Theme listings now identify installed themes whose versions are higher than expected, even when theme information is unavailable.
    • Locally installed themes without available update information are listed with no update available.
    • Updating a theme whose installed version is higher than expected now displays a corresponding warning.

`wp theme list`, `wp theme status` and `wp theme update` made a
themes_api() request for every installed theme to find out whether the
installed version is higher than the one on WordPress.org. The update
check already returns the latest version of every WordPress.org theme
(in `response` or `no_update`), so use that and only fall back to
themes_api() when that information is missing.

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Theme version validation now uses update transient data to compare installed and available versions. A feature scenario checks the theme list and update warning when the themes-info endpoint returns HTTP 500.

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Theme Version Validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cached update validation
src/WP_CLI/ParseThemeNameInput.php, features/theme.feature
get_all_themes() passes the update transient to is_theme_version_valid(). The method checks the theme’s response and no_update entries for new_version. The feature scenario checks the theme list and update warning when the themes-info request fails.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Refactor

Suggested reviewers: schlessera

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The change avoids per-theme information requests while retaining the older-core fallback. No actionable merge-blocking risk is established; proceed with normal checks.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to c4f20

The change reuses information already trusted for theme updates and introduces no new installation path. A compatibility risk remains: object-shaped cached entries can interrupt theme enumeration and prevent an otherwise unrelated update batch from starting.

Retained concerns

  • Low · reliability · inferred: If a checked theme has a stdClass entry in cached response or no_update metadata, the new nested array access can terminate enumeration before requested-theme filtering. One incompatible entry can therefore block an entire update invocation, including security-remediation updates for other themes. This is a conditional contract and failure-containment risk, not a verified attacker-triggered vulnerability or default WordPress failure.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated failure-containment scope is the checked theme set of the loaded WordPress installation: validation runs before update_many narrows the requested items. An incompatible entry can block the invocation before any bulk-upgrade mutation starts.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The changed gate now takes its expected version from the same cached metadata used for the update offer, rather than independently consulting theme information. Response retains precedence, and WordPress/PHP compatibility and VCS exclusions remain before bulk mutation.

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  • proposed — Normalize nested cached entries at the producer-consumer boundary so documented object-shaped entries cannot abort enumeration and block unrelated remediation updates.
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916-916: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Make the sed step portable and verify the scenario's tool constraint.

sed -i.bak leaves a style.css.bak file in the theme directory. WP-CLI loads themes by style.css, so the backup is harmless. The step depends on the shell tool sed. The coding guidelines state that Behat tests may run only WP-CLI commands installed in composer.json. This guideline covers WP-CLI commands, and other scenarios in this file already use sed-like shell tools such as xargs. This is low risk.

Optionally, write the file with a Behat file step instead. This also removes the .bak file.

As per coding guidelines: "For Behat tests, only WP-CLI commands installed in composer.json can be run."

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Update the scenario’s style.css Version mutation step to use a supported Behat
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Review comments at @src/WP_CLI/ParseThemeNameInput.php:
- Around line 199-212: Update is_theme_version_valid to cast the matched theme
entry to an array before accessing new_version, so object entries from
update_info are handled safely while preserving the existing lookup across
response and no_update.

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- Line 916: Update the scenario’s style.css Version mutation step to use a
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@github-actions github-actions Bot added automated-pr bug command:theme-list Related to 'theme list' command command:theme-status Related to 'theme status' command command:theme-update Related to 'theme update' command labels Oct 5, 2026
claude added 2 commits October 6, 2026 06:26
Update check entries are arrays in core, but filters can turn them into
objects, so cast an entry before reading `new_version`.

The update check only lists themes without an update in `no_update`
since WordPress 5.5. Before that, the per-theme request is still needed,
so the new scenario does not apply there.

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… test

contact-form-7 6.2 requires WordPress 7.1, so on the PHP 7.2/7.3 jobs
with WordPress 6.9 the WordPress requirement check fails first and the
expected PHP warning never shows. wp-mail-smtp requires PHP 7.4 and
WordPress 5.5.

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The Behat | PHP 7.2 | WP 6.9 | mysql-8.0 failure isn't caused by this PR. It is the "Can't install plugin that requires a newer version of PHP" scenario, which fails the same way in the scheduled run on main. contact-form-7 6.2 now requires WordPress 7.1, so the WordPress requirement warning appears before the PHP one the scenario expects.

The fix is #560, which switches that scenario to wp-mail-smtp. I've added the same commit here as e2582ae; it becomes a no-op once #560 is merged.


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