From 8db393ada6bd2c33e65a71e06a21cac235741c7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boone Gorges <boonebgorges@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 18:58:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make the `$post` param optional in `get_post_field()`.

When `$post` is `null`, the current post object will be returned.

Props sebastian.pisula.
Fixes #35683.
Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@36481


git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@36448 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-includes/post.php    | 5 +++--
 wp-includes/version.php | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index cccc5c0871..eaf6e09b37 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -494,16 +494,17 @@ function get_post_ancestors( $post ) {
  * supported values are found within those functions.
  *
  * @since 2.3.0
+ * @since 4.5.0 The `$post` parameter was made optional.
  *
  * @see sanitize_post_field()
  *
  * @param string      $field   Post field name.
- * @param int|WP_Post $post    Post ID or post object.
+ * @param int|WP_Post $post    Optional. Post ID or post object. Defaults to current post.
  * @param string      $context Optional. How to filter the field. Accepts 'raw', 'edit', 'db',
  *                             or 'display'. Default 'display'.
  * @return string The value of the post field on success, empty string on failure.
  */
-function get_post_field( $field, $post, $context = 'display' ) {
+function get_post_field( $field, $post = null, $context = 'display' ) {
 	$post = get_post( $post );
 
 	if ( !$post )
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 2acde723cf..82e3c29c89 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.5-alpha-36480';
+$wp_version = '4.5-alpha-36481';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.