diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
index 2d9f152285..af60e89e57 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 	</rule>
 
 	<!-- Whitelist the I18n functions file from issues identified by the I18n sniff
-		(such as calling the low-level translate() function). -->
+		 (such as calling the low-level translate() function). -->
 	<rule ref="WordPress.WP.I18n">
 		<exclude-pattern>/src/wp-includes/l10n\.php</exclude-pattern>
 		<exclude-pattern>/tests/phpunit/tests/l10n\.php</exclude-pattern>
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@
 	</rule>
 
 	<!-- Exclude checking of line endings when reporting errors, but fix them when running phpcbf.
-		Git and SVN manage these pretty well cross-platform as "native".
-		Whitelist configuration files. -->
+		 Git and SVN manage these pretty well cross-platform as "native".
+		 Whitelist configuration files. -->
 	<rule ref="Generic.Files.LineEndings">
 		<exclude-pattern>/wp-config\.php</exclude-pattern>
 		<exclude-pattern>/wp-config-sample\.php</exclude-pattern>
@@ -270,6 +270,21 @@
 		</properties>
 	</rule>
 
+	<!-- Enforce no parenthesis for language constructs, and only one space immediately after.
+		 Including this rule is temporary until it is moved from the WordPress-Extra ruleset to
+		 the WordPress-Core ruleset upstream.
+	-->
+	<rule ref="PEAR.Files.IncludingFile.BracketsNotRequired">
+		<type>warning</type>
+	</rule>
+	<rule ref="PEAR.Files.IncludingFile.UseRequire">
+		<type>warning</type>
+	</rule>
+	<rule ref="PEAR.Files.IncludingFile.UseRequireOnce">
+		<type>warning</type>
+	</rule>
+	<rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.LanguageConstructSpacing"/>
+
 	<!-- Assignments in while conditions are a valid method of looping over iterables. -->
 	<rule ref="WordPress.CodeAnalysis.AssignmentInCondition.FoundInWhileCondition">
 		<exclude-pattern>*</exclude-pattern>
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
index 6307035f3a..7316a1a65b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ function attachment_submit_meta_box( $post ) {
 			echo "<a class='submitdelete deletion' href='" . get_delete_post_link( $post->ID ) . "'>" . __( 'Move to Trash' ) . '</a>';
 		} else {
 			$delete_ays = ! MEDIA_TRASH ? " onclick='return showNotice.warn();'" : '';
-			echo  "<a class='submitdelete deletion'$delete_ays href='" . get_delete_post_link( $post->ID, null, true ) . "'>" . __( 'Delete Permanently' ) . '</a>';
+			echo "<a class='submitdelete deletion'$delete_ays href='" . get_delete_post_link( $post->ID, null, true ) . "'>" . __( 'Delete Permanently' ) . '</a>';
 		}
 	}
 	?>
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/translation-install.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/translation-install.php
index 76ad22bd81..5d15b22f66 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/translation-install.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/translation-install.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function translations_api( $type, $args = null ) {
 	require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php';
 
 	if ( ! in_array( $type, array( 'plugins', 'themes', 'core' ) ) ) {
-		return  new WP_Error( 'invalid_type', __( 'Invalid translation type.' ) );
+		return new WP_Error( 'invalid_type', __( 'Invalid translation type.' ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index a48a09a03b..ef4d23debb 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -5200,7 +5200,7 @@ function _doing_it_wrong( $function, $message, $version ) {
 function is_lighttpd_before_150() {
 	$server_parts    = explode( '/', isset( $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] ) ? $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] : '' );
 	$server_parts[1] = isset( $server_parts[1] ) ? $server_parts[1] : '';
-	return  'lighttpd' == $server_parts[0] && -1 == version_compare( $server_parts[1], '1.5.0' );
+	return 'lighttpd' == $server_parts[0] && -1 == version_compare( $server_parts[1], '1.5.0' );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/shortcodes.php b/src/wp-includes/shortcodes.php
index 5c425bc64a..3b3ef23615 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/shortcodes.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/shortcodes.php
@@ -258,8 +258,7 @@ function get_shortcode_regex( $tagnames = null ) {
 	// Also, see shortcode_unautop() and shortcode.js.
 
 	// phpcs:disable Squiz.Strings.ConcatenationSpacing.PaddingFound -- don't remove regex indentation
-	return
-		'\\['                                // Opening bracket.
+	return '\\['                             // Opening bracket.
 		. '(\\[?)'                           // 1: Optional second opening bracket for escaping shortcodes: [[tag]].
 		. "($tagregexp)"                     // 2: Shortcode name.
 		. '(?![\\w-])'                       // Not followed by word character or hyphen.