diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php
index 4804c888b2..07545c6d79 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class WP_Importer {
 					$hashtable[ $r->meta_value ] = (int) $r->post_id;
 				}
 			}
-		} while ( count( $results ) == $limit );
+		} while ( count( $results ) === $limit );
 
 		return $hashtable;
 	}
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class WP_Importer {
 					}
 				}
 			}
-		} while ( count( $results ) == $limit );
+		} while ( count( $results ) === $limit );
 
 		return $hashtable;
 	}
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/menu.php b/wp-admin/includes/menu.php
index 07c382b989..8412284fd4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/menu.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/menu.php
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ function add_menu_classes( $menu ) {
 			$first_item        = false;
 		}
 
-		if ( $i == $items_count ) { // Last item.
+		if ( $i === $items_count ) { // Last item.
 			$classes           = $menu[ $order ][4];
 			$menu[ $order ][4] = add_cssclass( 'menu-top-last', $classes );
 		}
diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
index 02baa6d1f1..38d76a73d2 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php
@@ -2252,7 +2252,7 @@ class WP_Query {
 				}
 				if ( ! $post_type ) {
 					$post_type = 'any';
-				} elseif ( count( $post_type ) == 1 ) {
+				} elseif ( count( $post_type ) === 1 ) {
 					$post_type = $post_type[0];
 				}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php
index 7288d0ef57..1f42f838bc 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ class WP_Rewrite {
 		// Extra permastructs.
 		foreach ( $this->extra_permastructs as $permastructname => $struct ) {
 			if ( is_array( $struct ) ) {
-				if ( count( $struct ) == 2 ) {
+				if ( count( $struct ) === 2 ) {
 					$rules = $this->generate_rewrite_rules( $struct[0], $struct[1] );
 				} else {
 					$rules = $this->generate_rewrite_rules( $struct['struct'], $struct['ep_mask'], $struct['paged'], $struct['feed'], $struct['forcomments'], $struct['walk_dirs'], $struct['endpoints'] );
diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
index f43624d1ec..1220a5c69b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php
@@ -4243,7 +4243,7 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 		}
 
 		// If no specific options where asked for, return all of them.
-		if ( count( $options ) == 0 ) {
+		if ( count( $options ) === 0 ) {
 			$options = array_keys( $this->blog_options );
 		}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/deprecated.php b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
index ffc26afdb1..4ec2354f29 100644
--- a/wp-includes/deprecated.php
+++ b/wp-includes/deprecated.php
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ function get_usermeta( $user_id, $meta_key = '' ) {
 
 	$metas = array_map('maybe_unserialize', $metas);
 
-	if ( count($metas) == 1 )
+	if ( count($metas) === 1 )
 		return $metas[0];
 	else
 		return $metas;
diff --git a/wp-includes/formatting.php b/wp-includes/formatting.php
index 40c04c2c4f..1f8a51b97c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/formatting.php
+++ b/wp-includes/formatting.php
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ function utf8_uri_encode( $utf8_string, $length = 0, $encode_ascii_characters =
 			$unicode        .= $encoded_char;
 			$unicode_length += $encoded_char_length;
 		} else {
-			if ( count( $values ) == 0 ) {
+			if ( count( $values ) === 0 ) {
 				if ( $value < 224 ) {
 					$num_octets = 2;
 				} elseif ( $value < 240 ) {
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ function utf8_uri_encode( $utf8_string, $length = 0, $encode_ascii_characters =
 			if ( $length && ( $unicode_length + ( $num_octets * 3 ) ) > $length ) {
 				break;
 			}
-			if ( count( $values ) == $num_octets ) {
+			if ( count( $values ) === $num_octets ) {
 				for ( $j = 0; $j < $num_octets; $j++ ) {
 					$unicode .= '%' . dechex( $values[ $j ] );
 				}
@@ -3391,7 +3391,7 @@ function wp_remove_targeted_link_rel_filters() {
 function translate_smiley( $matches ) {
 	global $wpsmiliestrans;
 
-	if ( count( $matches ) == 0 ) {
+	if ( count( $matches ) === 0 ) {
 		return '';
 	}
 
@@ -5242,7 +5242,7 @@ function wp_sprintf_l( $pattern, $args ) {
 
 	$args   = (array) $args;
 	$result = array_shift( $args );
-	if ( count( $args ) == 1 ) {
+	if ( count( $args ) === 1 ) {
 		$result .= $l['between_only_two'] . array_shift( $args );
 	}
 
@@ -5251,7 +5251,7 @@ function wp_sprintf_l( $pattern, $args ) {
 	while ( $i ) {
 		$arg = array_shift( $args );
 		$i--;
-		if ( 0 == $i ) {
+		if ( 0 === $i ) {
 			$result .= $l['between_last_two'] . $arg;
 		} else {
 			$result .= $l['between'] . $arg;
diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index 2af752677d..37540ff571 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -4754,7 +4754,7 @@ function smilies_init() {
 	 */
 	$wpsmiliestrans = apply_filters( 'smilies', $wpsmiliestrans );
 
-	if ( count( $wpsmiliestrans ) == 0 ) {
+	if ( count( $wpsmiliestrans ) === 0 ) {
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/kses.php b/wp-includes/kses.php
index 6bbb7c977d..95d9c65cae 100644
--- a/wp-includes/kses.php
+++ b/wp-includes/kses.php
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ function wp_kses_one_attr( $attr, $element ) {
 	// Parse attribute name and value from input.
 	$split = preg_split( '/\s*=\s*/', $attr, 2 );
 	$name  = $split[0];
-	if ( count( $split ) == 2 ) {
+	if ( count( $split ) === 2 ) {
 		$value = $split[1];
 
 		// Remove quotes surrounding $value.
diff --git a/wp-includes/ms-functions.php b/wp-includes/ms-functions.php
index e6cbc32cb0..9f39266231 100644
--- a/wp-includes/ms-functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/ms-functions.php
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ function remove_user_from_blog( $user_id, $blog_id = 0, $reassign = 0 ) {
 	$user->remove_all_caps();
 
 	$blogs = get_blogs_of_user( $user_id );
-	if ( count( $blogs ) == 0 ) {
+	if ( count( $blogs ) === 0 ) {
 		update_user_meta( $user_id, 'primary_blog', '' );
 		update_user_meta( $user_id, 'source_domain', '' );
 	}
diff --git a/wp-includes/pluggable.php b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
index bbf4d43947..8081f9e62c 100644
--- a/wp-includes/pluggable.php
+++ b/wp-includes/pluggable.php
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_mail' ) ) :
 					$recipient_name = '';
 
 					if ( preg_match( '/(.*)<(.+)>/', $address, $matches ) ) {
-						if ( count( $matches ) == 3 ) {
+						if ( count( $matches ) === 3 ) {
 							$recipient_name = $matches[1];
 							$address        = $matches[2];
 						}
diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index c411dcc371..7dc67105e1 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -5732,7 +5732,7 @@ function get_page_by_path( $page_path, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
 				$p = $parent;
 			}
 
-			if ( 0 == $p->post_parent && count( $revparts ) == $count + 1 && $p->post_name == $revparts[ $count ] ) {
+			if ( 0 == $p->post_parent && count( $revparts ) === $count + 1 && $p->post_name == $revparts[ $count ] ) {
 				$foundid = $page->ID;
 				if ( $page->post_type == $post_type ) {
 					break;
diff --git a/wp-includes/template.php b/wp-includes/template.php
index e571a6a141..f071881d49 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function get_archive_template() {
 
 	$templates = array();
 
-	if ( count( $post_types ) == 1 ) {
+	if ( count( $post_types ) === 1 ) {
 		$post_type   = reset( $post_types );
 		$templates[] = "archive-{$post_type}.php";
 	}
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index bd69b0e074..5a21f8b15b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.3-alpha-55641';
+$wp_version = '6.3-alpha-55642';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.