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Replaces wptv-27's own footer with the WordPress.org global footer.

How the footer gets here

On WordPress.org sites the footer is the wporg/global-footer block from wporg-mu-plugins. WordPress.tv runs on WordPress.com, which doesn't load wporg-mu-plugins, so that block isn't available. Sites outside the network use the block's REST endpoint instead, https://wordpress.org/wp-json/global-header-footer/v1/footer, as Trac and Planet do.

A PHP-only wptv/global-footer block renders it:

• Markup: the endpoint returns the footer followed by wordpress.org's wp_footer() output (emoji loader, speculation rules, interactivity data) and </body></html>. The block keeps only the <footer> element, and renders it as a div. The template part stays the page's <footer>, as on wordpress.org, where themes render the block with "tagName":"div" inside it.
• Caching: the footer is cached in an option for 12 hours. A failed fetch keeps the last copy and retries 5 minutes later; before the first successful fetch, the footer is left out.
• Styles: the footer's stylesheet is enqueued from s.w.org, versioned by when the footer was fetched, so a refreshed footer never pairs with a stylesheet the browser cached for the old one. Its presets (charcoal and blueberry colors, edge-space spacing, Inter) already exist in wptv-27's theme.json. Its only rules outside the global header and footer set custom properties. Core's social links styles are enqueued too, since core only loads block styles for blocks it renders.

Removed

The theme's footer pattern and its styles, the WordPress.org logo it used, and the footer menu location with the filter that filled its Contribute list. "Submit a video" and "Get involved" stay in the header.

Testing

1. npm run wptv:env start from environments/, then open http://localhost:8888 and scroll down. You should see the WordPress.org footer: the link columns, the logo with the trademark notice, the social links, and Code is Poetry. There should be only one <footer> element on the page: the template part, with the global footer inside it.
   If your hosts file points wordpress.org at a sandbox, the container gets a 403 from it and the footer stays empty.
2. npm run wptv:test passes.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • The site footer now displays shared footer content from WordPress.org. If updated content can’t be retrieved, previously cached content remains available.
• Changes
  • Replaced the previous site-specific footer and custom navigation links with the shared footer. Footer styling and its layout on smaller screens have been updated.
  • Single-post pages now retain bottom spacing in the main content area.

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Walkthrough

The WordPress.tv theme adds a global-footer block that retrieves and caches footer markup from WordPress.org. The theme replaces its previous footer pattern and menu integration with the new block and updates related styles.

Changes: Global footer integration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Register and retrieve footer markup wordpress.tv/public_html/wp-content/themes/wptv-27/functions.php, wordpress.tv/public_html/wp-content/themes/wptv-27/inc/global-footer.php	The theme loads and registers the global-footer block. The block fetches markup from the WordPress.org endpoint, accepts only HTTP 200 responses, and extracts footer content when the response meets the stated checks. Successful results are cached for 12 hours. Failed fetches retain prior cached markup and use a 5-minute expiry.
Render the global footer wordpress.tv/public_html/wp-content/themes/wptv-27/inc/global-footer.php	The block returns an empty string when markup is unavailable. Otherwise, it enqueues the footer stylesheet using the fetch time as its version, enqueues social-links styles, and returns the markup.
Replace the theme footer wordpress.tv/public_html/wp-content/themes/wptv-27/parts/footer.html, wordpress.tv/public_html/wp-content/themes/wptv-27/inc/setup.php, wordpress.tv/public_html/wp-content/themes/wptv-27/patterns/footer.php, wordpress.tv/public_html/wp-content/themes/wptv-27/style.css	The footer template uses the global-footer block. The theme removes the footer menu location, menu filter, and old footer pattern. It updates the focus outline rule for global-footer links, hides an aria-hidden element inside the home link, removes old responsive footer layout rules, and adds bottom padding to single-post main content.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Theme as WordPress.tv theme
  participant GlobalFooter as GlobalFooter block
  participant Cache as Footer cache
  participant Endpoint as WordPress.org footer endpoint
  Theme->>GlobalFooter: Render global-footer block
  GlobalFooter->>Cache: Read cached footer data
  Cache-->>GlobalFooter: Return cached data or expired entry
  GlobalFooter->>Endpoint: Fetch markup when cache is expired
  Endpoint-->>GlobalFooter: Return HTTP response
  GlobalFooter->>Cache: Store markup and expiry
  GlobalFooter-->>Theme: Return footer markup

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Possibly related PRs

• WordPress/wordpress.org#1186: Adds the footer pattern and footer-menu integration that this change replaces.
• WordPress/wordpress.org#1202: Includes the footer pattern and menu integration replaced here.

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 103cb

Some visitors can lose the direct Get Involved link on video pages. Restore it or accept this limited navigation regression.

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Minor · Keep the WordPress.tv “Get involved” link in the header. · footer.html:1

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Keep the WordPress.tv “Get involved” link in the header.

If the assigned primary menu omits /get-involved/, the header removes its fallback link. Visitors on video pages can then lose the direct link when the global footer is unavailable. Preserve the link without duplicating it when the assigned menu already contains it.

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[nilovelez]

Thanks, @obenland
Using the WordPress.org footer makes a lot of sense, and I'm happy to drop our own footer and its menu.

I ran the environment locally: the footer looks great, the primary menu still works for the site-specific links, and npm run wptv:test passes. Thanks for setting up the environment too.

Once this is in, I'll bring it back into the theme repo so I can start on the next release and add the features I left out of this version to keep testing simple.