This week’s AI contributor meeting focused on final preparations for WordPress 7.0, specifically addressing critical compatibility issues between 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. and coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. The group also discussed a potential rebrand of the experiments 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., the introduction of “Capital F” features, and initial coordination for the upcoming 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/.

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AI Experiments Plugin & Rebranding

@jeffpaul shared major updates regarding the roadmap for the experiments plugin as it transitions toward the WordPress 7.0 release.

• Version 0.5 and 0.6: The upcoming 0.5 release will shift the plugin to leverage the AI client now bundled in WordPress core, raising the minimum supported version to 7.0. This allows the team to remove technical debt by dropping support for 6.9.
• “Capital F” Features: Following feedback from Matt, the team is identifying “Features” (stable) versus “Experiments” (testing). Image Editing is slated to be the first official “Feature” elevated within the plugin.
• Rebranding Discussion: With the mix of stable features and experiments, the name “AI Experiments” may no longer fit. Early suggestions include WordPress AI, AI, or AI Labs.
• Visual Assets: Discussions are ongoing regarding whether the plugin’s callout on the Connectors page should align with the WordPress 7.0 “About” page design treatment to create a fluid user onboarding experience.

WordPress 7.0 Compatibility & Critical Fixes

A significant portion of the meeting addressed a “fatal error” risk for users testing WordPress 7.0 with the current version of the AI Experiments plugin.

• Fatal Error Alert: @jorgefilipecosta noted that the current plugin release crashes on WordPress 7.0 due to conflicts with the now-core AI Client.
• Immediate Patching: @darinkotter confirmed the fix is already in develop. The team is working to push version 0.5 immediately to ensure that when the “Try AI” call-out appears in the next WordPress 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., users land on a functional experience.
• AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility): Several accessibility issues in GutenbergGutenberg The 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/ related to AI features were identified. @jorgefilipecosta and @raftaar1191 are coordinating to ensure these are patched before the RC1 milestone.

Technical Updates: Core & MCP

• Kill Switch (Trac 64706): @davidlevine presented a PR for a single switch to disable all LLM-related features in core, providing site owners with high-level control over AI functionality.
• APIAPI An 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. Key Masking (Trac 64819): Progress continues on validating and masking API keys. While merged in Gutenberg, work remains to ensure it is properly backported to core.
• 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.: @neillmcshea reported that the 0.5.0 release of the MCP (Model Context Protocol) adapter is currently in testing and awaiting final feedback.

WordCamp Asia Contributor Day

The team began surfacing needs for the AI table at WordCamp Asia.

• Onboarding Materials: @raftaar1191 suggested a video overview or a “TL;DR” of the AI team’s progress over the last six months to help new contributors get up to speed.
• Task Identification: @jeffpaul will work on identifying “Good First Issues” across the 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/index.php AI Client, WordPress Core, and the Experiments plugin to give new attendees clear entry points.
• Pre-event Communication: The team discussed drafting a Make post or email for registered attendees to provide pre-contributor day “homework” or context.

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Next Steps

• Release AI Experiments 0.5: @jeffpaul and @darinkotter to tag and release the compatibility fix to prevent fatal errors on WP 7.0.
• Feature Graduation Docs: @jeffpaul to draft a PR outlining the conceptual requirements for an experiment to graduate to a “Feature.”
• Accessibility Patches: Review and merge accessibility fixes for the connectors interface.
• WordCamp Asia Planning: @raftaar1191 to draft a welcome message/resource list for Contributor Day.

Upcoming Meetings

• AI Team Chat (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/): Thursday, 19 March 2026 at 17:00 UTC.
• AI Contributor Meeting (Video): Wednesday, 18 March 2026 at 17:00 UTC.

Props to @jeffpaul for pre-publish review.

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