diff --git a/phpcompat.xml.dist b/phpcompat.xml.dist
index 727796c908..3ff7f8b302 100644
--- a/phpcompat.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcompat.xml.dist
@@ -40,6 +40,22 @@
 	-->
 	<exclude-pattern>/vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
 
+	<!--
+		PHPCompatibilityParagonieSodiumCompat prevents false positives in `sodium_compat`.
+		However, because these files are included in a non-standard path, false positives are triggered in WordPress Core.
+	-->
+	<exclude-pattern>src/wp-includes/sodium_compat/lib/php72compat_const\.php$</exclude-pattern>
+
+	<rule ref="PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.NewFunctions.sodium_crypto_sign_keypair_from_secretkey_and_publickeyFound">
+		<exclude-pattern>/sodium_compat/src/Compat\.php$</exclude-pattern>
+	</rule>
+	<rule ref="PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.NewFunctions.sodium_padFound">
+		<exclude-pattern>/sodium_compat/src/Compat\.php$</exclude-pattern>
+	</rule>
+	<rule ref="PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.NewFunctions.sodium_unpadFound">
+		<exclude-pattern>/sodium_compat/src/Compat\.php$</exclude-pattern>
+	</rule>
+
 	<!--
 		PHPCompatibilityParagonieRandomCompat prevents false positives in `random_compat`.
 		However, because these files are included in a non-standard path, false positives are triggered in WordPress Core.
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
index da6c4b13ef..07b10ff5dc 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/schema.php
@@ -369,13 +369,6 @@ function populate_options( array $options = array() ) {
 	 */
 	do_action( 'populate_options' );
 
-	if ( ini_get( 'safe_mode' ) ) {
-		// Safe mode can break mkdir() so use a flat structure by default.
-		$uploads_use_yearmonth_folders = 0;
-	} else {
-		$uploads_use_yearmonth_folders = 1;
-	}
-
 	// If WP_DEFAULT_THEME doesn't exist, fall back to the latest core default theme.
 	$stylesheet = WP_DEFAULT_THEME;
 	$template   = WP_DEFAULT_THEME;
@@ -466,7 +459,7 @@ function populate_options( array $options = array() ) {
 		'db_version'                      => $wp_db_version,
 
 		// 2.0.1
-		'uploads_use_yearmonth_folders'   => $uploads_use_yearmonth_folders,
+		'uploads_use_yearmonth_folders'   => 1,
 		'upload_path'                     => '',
 
 		// 2.1
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/ID3/getid3.php b/src/wp-includes/ID3/getid3.php
index cc238253d5..0d19de3a75 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/ID3/getid3.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/ID3/getid3.php
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class getID3
 		}
 
 		// Check safe_mode off
-		if (preg_match('#(1|ON)#i', ini_get('safe_mode'))) {
+		if (preg_match('#(1|ON)#i', ini_get('safe_mode'))) { // phpcs:ignore  // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.RemovedFunctions.get_magic_quotes_runtimeDeprecated
 			$this->warning('WARNING: Safe mode is on, shorten support disabled, md5data/sha1data for ogg vorbis disabled, ogg vorbos/flac tag writing disabled.');
 		}
 
@@ -300,13 +300,13 @@ class getID3
 		if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.4.0', '<')) {
 			// Check for magic_quotes_runtime
 			if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes_runtime')) {
-				if (get_magic_quotes_runtime()) {
+				if (get_magic_quotes_runtime()) { // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.RemovedFunctions.get_magic_quotes_runtimeDeprecated
 					$this->startup_error .= 'magic_quotes_runtime must be disabled before running getID3(). Surround getid3 block by set_magic_quotes_runtime(0) and set_magic_quotes_runtime(1).'."\n";
 				}
 			}
 			// Check for magic_quotes_gpc
 			if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes_gpc')) {
-				if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
+				if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.RemovedFunctions.get_magic_quotes_gpcDeprecated
 					$this->startup_error .= 'magic_quotes_gpc must be disabled before running getID3(). Surround getid3 block by set_magic_quotes_gpc(0) and set_magic_quotes_gpc(1).'."\n";
 				}
 			}
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ class getID3
 			// page sequence numbers likely happens for OggSpeex and OggFLAC as well, but
 			// currently vorbiscomment only works on OggVorbis files.
 
-			if (preg_match('#(1|ON)#i', ini_get('safe_mode'))) {
+			if (preg_match('#(1|ON)#i', ini_get('safe_mode'))) { // phpcs:ignore  // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.RemovedFunctions.get_magic_quotes_runtimeDeprecated
 
 				$this->warning('Failed making system call to vorbiscomment.exe - '.$algorithm.'_data is incorrect - error returned: PHP running in Safe Mode (backtick operator not available)');
 				$this->info[$algorithm.'_data'] = false;
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-snoopy.php b/src/wp-includes/class-snoopy.php
index f26eb0e25a..fb6857c525 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-snoopy.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-snoopy.php
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class Snoopy
 						$frameurls = $this->_frameurls;
 						$this->_frameurls = array();
 
-						while(list(,$frameurl) = each($frameurls))
+						foreach ( $frameurls as $frameurl )
 						{
 							if($this->_framedepth < $this->maxframes)
 							{
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class Snoopy
 					$frameurls = $this->_frameurls;
 					$this->_frameurls = array();
 
-					while(list(,$frameurl) = each($frameurls))
+					foreach ( $frameurls as $frameurl )
 					{
 						if($this->_framedepth < $this->maxframes)
 						{
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class Snoopy
 						$frameurls = $this->_frameurls;
 						$this->_frameurls = array();
 
-						while(list(,$frameurl) = each($frameurls))
+						foreach ( $frameurls as $frameurl )
 						{
 							if($this->_framedepth < $this->maxframes)
 							{
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ class Snoopy
 					$frameurls = $this->_frameurls;
 					$this->_frameurls = array();
 
-					while(list(,$frameurl) = each($frameurls))
+					foreach ( $frameurls as $frameurl )
 					{
 						if($this->_framedepth < $this->maxframes)
 						{
@@ -629,13 +629,13 @@ class Snoopy
 
 		// catenate the non-empty matches from the conditional subpattern
 
-		while(list($key,$val) = each($links[2]))
+		foreach ( $links[2] as $key => $val )
 		{
 			if(!empty($val))
 				$match[] = $val;
 		}
 
-		while(list($key,$val) = each($links[3]))
+		foreach ( $links[3] as $key => $val )
 		{
 			if(!empty($val))
 				$match[] = $val;
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ class Snoopy
 		{
 			if(!is_array($this->rawheaders))
 				$this->rawheaders = (array)$this->rawheaders;
-			while(list($headerKey,$headerVal) = each($this->rawheaders))
+			foreach ( $this->rawheaders as $headerKey => $headerVal )
 				$headers .= $headerKey.": ".$headerVal."\r\n";
 		}
 		if(!empty($content_type)) {
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ class Snoopy
 		{
 			if(!is_array($this->rawheaders))
 				$this->rawheaders = (array)$this->rawheaders;
-			while(list($headerKey,$headerVal) = each($this->rawheaders))
+			foreach ( $this->rawheaders as $headerKey => $headerVal )
 				$headers[] = $headerKey.": ".$headerVal;
 		}
 		if(!empty($content_type)) {
@@ -1204,9 +1204,9 @@ class Snoopy
 		switch ($this->_submit_type) {
 			case "application/x-www-form-urlencoded":
 				reset($formvars);
-				while(list($key,$val) = each($formvars)) {
+				foreach ( $formvars as $key => $val ) {
 					if (is_array($val) || is_object($val)) {
-						while (list($cur_key, $cur_val) = each($val)) {
+						foreach ( $val as $cur_key => $cur_val ) {
 							$postdata .= urlencode($key)."[]=".urlencode($cur_val)."&";
 						}
 					} else
@@ -1218,9 +1218,9 @@ class Snoopy
 				$this->_mime_boundary = "Snoopy".md5(uniqid(microtime()));
 
 				reset($formvars);
-				while(list($key,$val) = each($formvars)) {
+				foreach ( $formvars as $key => $val ) {
 					if (is_array($val) || is_object($val)) {
-						while (list($cur_key, $cur_val) = each($val)) {
+						foreach ( $val as $cur_key => $cur_val ) {
 							$postdata .= "--".$this->_mime_boundary."\r\n";
 							$postdata .= "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"$key\[\]\"\r\n\r\n";
 							$postdata .= "$cur_val\r\n";
@@ -1233,9 +1233,9 @@ class Snoopy
 				}
 
 				reset($formfiles);
-				while (list($field_name, $file_names) = each($formfiles)) {
+				foreach ( $formfiles as $field_name => $file_names ) {
 					settype($file_names, "array");
-					while (list(, $file_name) = each($file_names)) {
+					foreach ( $file_names as $file_name ) {
 						if (!is_readable($file_name)) continue;
 
 						$fp = fopen($file_name, "r");