The WordPress coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:
Found a bugbugA bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority.?Create a ticket in the bug tracker.
The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.
Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.
Announcements
The WordPress 6.5 retrospective post has been published, please fill in the survey if you would like to leave feedback or suggestions for improvements to the release process.
Forthcoming releases
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6
There are currently 15 open tickets in the 6.5.3 release milestone. There is more information about this release in this post, including the bugbugA bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub schedule and how you can get involved.
Next GutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.2
As there are no immediate 6.6 discussion points and the 6.6 release squad has not yet been finalized, we can discuss some previously suggested topics:
How can we get PHP8 support completed and out of “compatible with exceptions”: suggested by @jorbin
Aligning the coding standards for CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and Gutenberg so that both can use the same tooling: also suggested by @jorbin
Feel free to suggest additional topics in the comments.
Create BlockBlockBlock is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme pluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party: A new major version of the plugin, v2.0.0, has been released, including many new features for exporting themes. See a full list of changes in the changelog.
Please include detail of tickets / PR and the links into comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or will be async.
Performance Lab pluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party version 3.0.0 launch on Mon April 15
Priority items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Current release (6.6)
Future release
Performance Lab plugin (and other performance plugins)
Need to finalise a decision regarding streamlining PL plugin and other standalone plugins #1061
Active priority projects
INP research opportunities
Improve template loading
Open floor
If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.
The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.
Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6
Next GutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.2
We will plan on following up on formalizing a release team for 6.6 and check in on the progress that the 6.5 release coordinators are making on organizing a release retro post (see this thread).
Feel free to suggest additional topics related to this release in the comments.
Interactivity APIAPIAn API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.: check out the in progress PR for Add full page client-side navigation experiment setting work as part of what’s planned for 6.6
Create BlockBlockBlock is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme pluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party: Add theme json inspector has been added for the next release of the plugin, solving a big enhancementenhancementEnhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. request!
Please include detail of tickets / PR and the links into comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or will be async.
Plan to launch Performance Lab pluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party version 3.0.0 on Mon April 15
Priority items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Current release (6.6)
Future release
Performance Lab plugin (and other performance plugins)
Open discussion regarding streamlining PL plugin and other standalone plugins #1061
Active priority projects
INP research opportunities
Improve template loading
Open floor
If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.
The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.
Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.
Announcements
WordPress 6.5 “Regina” has been released. Thank you to everyone who worked on, tested, and supported this release 🎉.
Forthcoming releases
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6
Please leave your feedback about the schedule and release squad size in the comments by April 7th.
If you are interested in participating in WordPress 6.6’s release squad as a lead or as a cohort, please show interest in the comments, specifying the role and the type of involvement (lead/cohort).
Next maintenance release: 6.5.1
There is no specific target date for WordPress 6.5.1 yet. However, we can start ensuring that all the correct bugs are targeted for it and that work progresses towards fixing them.
Next GutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.1
Gutenberg 18.1 is scheduled for release on April 10 and will include these issues.
Discussions
This week the discussion will be a follow-up from the WordPress 6.5 release to address any high priority topics that that need to be addressed following the release.
Feel free to suggest additional topics related to this release in the comments.
CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Editor Updates
Props to @annezazu for putting together these updates.
Project management: Providing more clarity in the Gutenberg GitHub Repo recapping some recent efforts to better organize the repo and ensure the high level labels and associated issues folks use to follow work at various scales are as accurate and robust as possible.
Styles: Filter out color and typography variations PR is underway, which gives theme authors the ability to create multiple color and typography settings. It does this by filtering out color and typography variations out of the list of style variations so that theme authors can add variations that target only these properties without having to create full variations.
Create BlockBlockBlock is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme PluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party: a community plugin that helps supercharge the Site Editor to create and edit block themes has a few efforts underway including early work to add a theme.json editor and bring creating theme variation to the site editor interface.
Design: recent design share has a slightly new format (links to useful design related figma links, issues, etc) to go along with some fresh, in progress designs. This includes the 18 min long walk through of current thinking with the Adminadmin(and super admin) Redesign, thoughts on the UXUXUser experience for overrides in synced patterns, improvements to contentOnly experience, and more.
Tickets for 6.6 will be prioritized. Please include detail of tickets / PR and the links into comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or will be async.
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Current release
Future release
Performance Lab pluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party (and other performance plugins)
Active priority projects
INP research opportunities
Improve template loading
Open floor
If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.
The live meeting will focus on the discussion for updates on 6.5, and have an open floor section.
Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.
Announcements
WordPress 6.5 was scheduled for release on March 26, 2024, however, the release has now been rescheduled for April 2, 2024. Thanks to everyone involved in the related discussions around delaying the release by one week.
Forthcoming releases
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.5
Updates from the release squad can be shared in the Dev Chat.
Please continue to test the 6.5 release. See this list of key features to test, which was published alongside WP 6.5 BetaBetaA pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 3.
Next GutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.0
Gutenberg 18.0 is scheduled for release on March 27 and will include these issues.
Discussions
This week the discussion will focus on any priority topics that need to be raised before the launch of WordPress 6.5.
Proposed topics
Are there any priority topics needed for discussion for WordPress 6.5 release preparations?
Follow-up for the release squad for 6.6
Feel free to suggest additional topics related to this release in the comments.
Advancing contentOnly editing includes a four minute walk through video and an early look at how this editing can be improved. This is a very early design exploration so watch the video with that in mind.
Tickets for 6.5 will be prioritized. Please include detail of tickets / PR and the links into comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or will be async.
RCrelease candidateOne of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 4 will be March 28
Reminder on timezone difference for this week, this chat will remain at 16:00 UTC and then shift to 15:00 UTC from April 2, 2024
Priority items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Current release
Future release
Performance Lab pluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party (and other performance plugins)
Active priority projects
INP research opportunities
Improve template loading
Plugin checker
Open floor
If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.
The live meeting will focus on the discussion for updates on 6.5, and have an open floor section.
Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.
Announcements
WordPress 6.5 RC 3 was released on March 19, 2024. Thanks to everyone involved and those who helped test.
Forthcoming releases
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.5
Updates from the release squad can be shared in the Dev Chat.
Please continue to test the 6.5 release. See this list of key features to test, which was published alongside WP 6.5 BetaBetaA pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 3.
Next GutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.0
Gutenberg 18.0 is scheduled for release on March 27 and will include these issues.
Discussions
This week the discussion will focus on any priority topics that need to be raised before the launch of WordPress 6.5.
Proposed topics
Are there any priority topics needed for discussion ahead of the WordPress 6.5 release?
Is there a need for a silent RCrelease candidateOne of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta).?
Feel free to suggest additional topics related to this release in the comments.
Font Library bugbugA bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. fixed around loading and unloading font faces in the browser when toggling the variants
Tickets for 6.5 will be prioritized. Please include detail of tickets / PR and the links into comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or will be async.
WordPress 6.5 Release Candidaterelease candidateOne of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 3 is today (Mar 19)
Reminder on timezone difference for the next week, this chat will remain at 16:00 UTC and then shift to 15:00 UTC from April 2, 2024
Priority items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Current release
Future release
Performance Lab pluginPluginA plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party (and other performance plugins)
Active priority projects
INP research opportunities
Improve template loading
Plugin checker
Open floor
If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.
