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Follow-up to [15147], which handled Description: this way. The Theme Name: and Author: headers reach
post_title and the _author post meta through the same writers, so they are handled the same way: refused at
upload rather than edited into shape.

strip_shortcodes(), which this PR used to do, is a single pass, and a single pass can leave a shortcode in place:

  • It unwraps an escaped [[tag]] into a live [tag]strip_shortcode_tag() returns substr( $match, 1, -1 )
    for that syntax by design.
  • Removing one shortcode can splice the surrounding text into another. [gal[caption]lery ids="1"] carries no
    shortcode until the inner [caption] is taken out, at which point the remainder joins into a live
    [gallery ids="1"].

Matching a shortcode has neither failing, and the uploader is told rather than having their header quietly rewritten.

Theme URI and Author URI come back out of scope. WP_Theme::get() returns them through esc_url_raw(), which
percent-encodes the delimiters, so those two cannot carry the syntax in the first place and the strip on them was a
no-op. test_uri_headers_are_inert_before_the_check() pins that, so they come back if it ever stops being true.

The name has the second writer the description has — wporg_themes_approve_version() re-reads style.css from SVN
when a version goes live, and a commit reaches it without passing the upload's check — so its delimiters are encoded
there alongside the description's. That also covers names stored before this change.

Bracketed prose is unaffected: [developers] is not a registered shortcode, so nothing matches it.

Testing steps

  1. Upload a theme whose style.css has Theme Name: Fixture [caption width="1" caption="x"]y[/caption] Theme. The
    upload is refused with a message pointing at the Theme Name: line. Try [[caption …]y[/caption]] and
    [gal[caption]lery ids="1"] too, and the same three in Author:; all are refused.
  2. Upload a theme named A theme for [developers]. It is accepted, and the name reads as written.
  3. Commit a style.css to SVN renaming a listed theme to a name carrying a shortcode, then take the version live.
    The stored title shows the brackets as text rather than running them.
  4. npm run themes:test from environments/
    → 159 tests, 250 assertions, all passing. The pre-existing Search_Published_Filter_Test risky-test notice and
    the has_screenshot() deprecation from a fixture without a screenshot are both unrelated.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Theme uploads now reject shortcode markup in theme names, descriptions, and author information before storage.
    • Theme names and descriptions are safely stored without interpreting shortcode syntax, while ordinary bracketed text remains supported.
    • Upload validation now identifies files omitted from automated review and filenames that may not work across supported platforms, with concise file lists in error messages.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for shortcode handling, URL sanitization, and live-version metadata storage.

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Theme imports now reject shortcode-bearing stored headers and package files that automated review cannot process or that use non-portable names. Storage no longer strips shortcodes. Live-version processing escapes theme-name delimiters, with expanded PHPUnit coverage.

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Theme Upload Validation and Header Storage

Layer / File(s) Summary
Validate package contents and stored headers
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/class-wporg-themes-upload.php
The upload flow checks package files for review omissions and non-portable names. It rejects shortcodes in descriptions, names, and author headers.
Store safe theme header values
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/class-wporg-themes-upload.php, wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/theme-directory.php
Theme post and metadata storage no longer strips shortcodes. Live-version processing escapes square brackets in theme names.
Test upload header and package validation
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/tests/Theme_Header_Storage_Test.php
Fixtures and data providers test shortcode rejection, bracketed prose, URI sanitization, upload cleanup, and import behavior.
Test live-version name encoding
wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/tests/Theme_Header_Storage_Test.php
Mocked SVN and repopackage fixtures test encoded new and existing names and unchanged ordinary names.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 5e8f3

Uploads can commit unreviewed or non-portable files despite passing validation, so this should be fixed before merge.

Suggested reviewers: mcliwanow, obenland

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`@wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/class-wporg-themes-upload.php`:
- Line 1532: Update the header title sanitization in the theme upload flow
around get('Name') so all shortcode-shaped input is neutralized before storage,
including unregistered tags that may be registered later; replace
strip_shortcodes() with the project’s all-shortcode sanitizer and add a
regression test covering a tag registered after storage.

In
`@wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins/theme-directory/tests/Theme_Header_Storage_Test.php`:
- Line 143: Remove the `$upload->theme_post = null` assignment from the test
setup; rely on the uninitialized initial state handled by
`create_or_update_theme_post()` for new submissions, preserving the declared
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Thanks for the changes, code looks good and tests well.

@bor0 bor0 changed the title Theme Directory: store the one-line style.css headers as text Theme Directory: refuse a shortcode in the name and author headers Sep 7, 2026
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Reworked to follow [15147]: the headers are refused at upload instead of run through strip_shortcodes(), and the name — which wporg_themes_approve_version() also writes from SVN — has its delimiters encoded there. Trunk is merged in, so the description handling this branch used to carry is gone.

This also drops Theme URI and Author URI from the scope. WP_Theme::get() returns them through esc_url_raw(), which percent-encodes the delimiters, so they cannot carry the syntax and the strip on them was a no-op; test_uri_headers_are_inert_before_the_check() pins that.

That covers both CodeRabbit points: the strip_shortcodes() call it flagged is gone, and the test setup it flagged has been rewritten.

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267-267: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Validate regular files whose paths contain __MACOSX.

get_all_files() omits every regular file whose full path contains __MACOSX. Thus, assets__MACOSX_backup/hidden.php is absent from both validation lists. hidden.php is portable itself, but a non-portable file such as assets__MACOSX_backup/CON.php also bypasses non_portable_files(). The recursive svn import receives the full $this->theme_dir, so these files can be committed after validation passes. Use an unfiltered regular-file traversal for both helpers, or remove these paths before import.

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In
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at line 267, Update the validation flow around get_all_files() so regular files
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unfiltered regular-file traversal for both validation helpers, including
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- Line 267: Update the validation flow around get_all_files() so regular files
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bor0 and others added 3 commits September 7, 2026 10:46
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0189WVqActbjvT5CGUwE9tdn
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0189WVqActbjvT5CGUwE9tdn
Follow-up to [15147], which took the same approach for `Description:`.

`strip_shortcodes()` is a single pass, and a single pass can leave a shortcode in
place: it unwraps an escaped `[[tag]]` into a live `[tag]`, and removing one
shortcode can splice the remaining text into another, which is what
`[gal[caption]lery ids="1"]` does. So the headers are refused at upload, where the
author can be told, rather than edited into shape.

`Theme URI` and `Author URI` come back out: `WP_Theme::get()` returns them through
`esc_url_raw()`, which percent-encodes the delimiters, so those two cannot carry the
syntax in the first place and the strip on them was a no-op. A test pins that, so
they come back if it ever stops being true.

The name has the second writer the description has -- `wporg_themes_approve_version()`
re-reads `style.css` from SVN when a version goes live, without passing the upload's
check -- so its delimiters are encoded there alongside the description's. That also
covers names stored before this change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01NQJEFQckmb3KJiccmFUjPM
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bor0 force-pushed the theme-directory/strip-shortcodes-from-headers branch from 8804145 to 5e8f398 Compare September 7, 2026 08:47
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