This week’s AI contributor meeting focused on progress toward WordPress 7.0 BetaBeta A 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, updates across the AI Experiments pluginAI Experiments Plugin WordPress's AI laboratory bringing all building blocks together. Serves as both a user tool and developer reference implementation. First release (v0.1.0) includes Title Generation experiment., the WordPress AI Client ecosystem, and next steps for the MCP adapterMCP Adapter Translates WordPress abilities into Model Context Protocol format, allowing AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT to discover and invoke WordPress capabilities as tools, resources, and prompts. project. Contributors also discussed upcoming testing needs around the connectors interface and early feedback on “Try AI” onboarding flows.

WordPress 7.0 Timeline

WordPress 7.0 Beta 3 is scheduled for release tomorrow. Contributors noted that the upcoming beta milestone continues to shape priorities across several AI-related efforts, particularly testing and stabilization work tied to the AI Client ecosystem and related plugins.

AI Experiments Plugin

@jeffpaul shared updates on the AI Experiments plugin roadmap:

• Version 0.4.0 is nearing release, with only a couple of remaining PRs left to finalize. The goal is to publish the release tomorrow.
• Version 0.5.0 planning has begun and will focus on aligning the pluginPlugin A 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. with the WordPress AI Client version in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
• Planned changes for the next milestone include dropping WordPress 6.9 support, introducing an image editing feature, and adding onboarding flows that guide users toward AI connectors and features after installing or upgrading to WordPress 7.0.

These changes aim to help the plugin evolve from experimentation toward practical demonstrations of AI functionality built on the core client architecture.

PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php AI Client and ProviderProvider An AI service offering models for generation, embeddings, or other capabilities (e.g., Anthropic, Google, OpenAI). Plugins

@flixos90 shared updates on the broader AI Client ecosystem.

• Three official provider plugins are now available on WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ to enable connections to supported AI providers (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI).
• Work is underway to introduce additional providers beyond the initial set.
• A new provider plugin for Ollama is being prepared for submission to WordPress.org, providing a local-model alternative to the current hosted providers and enabling additional testing scenarios in the Connectors interface.

The goal is to keep WordPress core provider-agnosticProvider-Agnostic Software design that works with multiple service providers without being tied to one. Recommended for WordPress AI integrations. while allowing provider support to evolve independently through plugins.

MCP Adapter Progress

@neel33 provided an update on the MCP adapter project. The current focus is restarting progress toward the next milestone by:

1. Completing the outstanding pull requests needed for version 0.5.0
2. Merging the 0.5.0 milestone into the trunk of the adapter repository
3. Conducting a dedicated testing phase
4. Continuing with remaining feature and integration work

Contributors were encouraged to review the open MCP PRs to help move the milestone forward.

Documentation and Community Coordination

Two additional coordination topics were raised during the meeting:

• AI documentation tooling: Early exploration is underway around using AI-powered documentation assistance for WordPress core blocks. A draft proposal has been shared for feedback.
• WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Asia 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/: Planning continues for the AI contributor table, with documentation being assembled to help guide participants and identify useful starter tasks.

These efforts aim to broaden participation and make AI-related contribution areas easier for new contributors to engage with.

Next Steps

• Finalize and release AI Experiments 0.4.0.
• Continue development toward AI Experiments 0.5.0, including onboarding and image editing features.
• Advance MCP adapter work toward the 0.5.0 milestone through additional reviews and testing.
• Continue expanding AI provider plugin support on WordPress.org.
• Gather feedback on connectors testing and the “Try AI” onboarding experience.

Upcoming meetings

Folks are welcome to join on Wednesday’s at 1700 UTC via Google Meet with in-meeting notes captured in a Slack Canvas and then paired with Gemini meeting notes to help generate this meeting summary post. All team meetings are published to https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/#ai.

• The next bi-weekly AI Team Office Hours 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/ discussion is scheduled for 5 March 2026.
• The next weekly AI Contributor weekly Google Meet video call is scheduled for 11 March 2026.

Props to @neel33 for pre-publish review.

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