Core-AI Contributor Check-in: September 3rd, 2025

Editor’s note (@jeffpaul): These notes were sitting in draft, and while dated do capture prior discussions, decisions, and other updates so I’m publishing this meeting summary (in a condensed format) for transparency purposes.


Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85296485830?pwd=u2QlmopcccfTu8zvLnUKLbg61kE4Ol.1

Announcements (5 min)

  1. A very successful Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. at WCUS 🎉
    1. Thank you @justlevine for keeping things lit remotely
  2. PHP AI Client SDKPHP AI Client SDK A platform-agnostic library providing unified access to LLMs and embedding models from any major AI provider. Developed collaboratively with the PHP community. The WordPress AI Client SDK is the WordPress-specific package that adds REST API endpoints, API key management, and integrations through `AI_Client::prompt()`. is now available in its first release: https://github.com/WordPress/php-ai-client/releases/tag/0.1.0

Progress this week (5 min)

  1. Update to the handbook:
    1. https://make.wordpress.org/ai/handbook/contributing/
    2. https://make.wordpress.org/ai/handbook/resources-and-links/
    3. https://make.wordpress.org/ai/handbook/get-involved/
    4. https://make.wordpress.org/ai/handbook/contributing/project-management/ (WIP)

Questions/Decision points (15 min)

  1. New format for Weekly Check in review proposal Based on comments in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. and discussions at WCUS:
    1. Focus on updates from each of the projects (Project Facilitator + Lead)
    2. Review next Milestone – and tasks to support that milestone
    3. Blockers and Opportunities
  2. From @justlevine: Review mcp-adapter status and next steps.
    1. Align on immediate fixes and workflows.
    2. Update v0.1.0 release notes to prevent user confusion.
  3. Badges for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. AI – For now contributors need to request themselves as per the instruction noted here. @jeffpaul working on being able to add link himself.
  4. Reminder From @karmatosed: As we fix roadmaps, let’s also reflect those in the projects. We will do that but I want to ensure they get logged into traceable formats that can take action also.