This week’s AI contributor meeting focused on upcoming AI 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. releases, 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. US planning, team collaboration processes, AI Client roadmap items for WordPress 7.1, and the team’s broader vision for human-centered AI experiences in WordPress.

AI Plugin 1.0.2 Released

Version 1.0.2 of the AI plugin has been released and includes general improvements and security fixes. Contributors are encouraged to help test and review two key areas targeted for the upcoming 1.1.0 release planned for end of June:

• Type Ahead experiment
• Encryption tooling and related implementation decisions

WordCamp US AI Booth Planning

The team discussed goals, positioning, and logistics for the AI Team’s presence at WordCamp US.

Key themes included:

• Creating an approachable “help center” experience for attendees.
• Providing a place where contributors and users can ask questions about AI in WordPress.
• Gathering feedback about how people are using AI and where they see opportunities for WordPress.
• Creating opportunities for attendees to learn practical workflows and share knowledge with others.

The group aligned around a more conversational, human-centered environment rather than a traditional demo or support booth. Ideas included a lounge or campfire-style atmosphere focused on discussion, learning, and discovery.

@justlevine will coordinate logistics and publish a volunteer sign-up form and draft announcement post.

DECISION: The team aligned on pursuing a more conversational, human-centered booth environment rather than a traditional exhibition booth, with an emphasis on one-on-one interactions and community feedback.

Human Skills Repository

@neel33 highlighted continued progress on the Human Skills Repository initiative and encouraged contributors to participate.

The repository aims to improve visibility into contributor skills and interests, helping the team identify people who can assist with specific initiatives and making collaboration easier across the project.

Team Collaboration and Project Tracking

The team discussed challenges with tracking work that spans multiple repositories and non-code initiatives such as documentation, WordCamp planning, and roadmap efforts.

After discussing several options, the group aligned on exploring GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/ Projects as the primary mechanism for coordinating work across repositories and initiatives.

The discussion also covered opportunities to automate team updates and recurring summaries using tooling that can aggregate activity from GitHub and 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/.

DECISION: The team agreed to explore GitHub Projects as the primary tool for tracking and coordinating work that spans repositories and non-code initiatives.

AI Client and WordPress 7.1

@jason_the_adams provided an update on AI Client work planned for WordPress 7.1.

Current priorities include:

• Stability improvements and fixes.
• Embedding support.
• Evaluation of streaming support as an experimental feature.

The team discussed the importance of clearly distinguishing experimental functionality from production-ready features and maintaining predictable release schedules.

DECISION: The group agreed that streaming support is worth pursuing as an experimental capability for the AI Client, provided it remains appropriately gated and does not create release risk.

Human-Centered AI Vision

A significant portion of the meeting focused on the team’s evolving philosophy around AI in WordPress.

Discussion topics included:

• Empowering people rather than replacing them.
• Helping users navigate uncertainty and concerns about AI adoption.
• Ensuring AI features remain approachable and understandable.
• Creating experiences that feel intuitive and useful without requiring users to become AI experts.
• Balancing developer-focused building blocks with consumer-facing experiences.

Participants emphasized that WordPress should continue its long-standing mission of empowering people to publish and share ideas while adapting to a rapidly evolving AI landscape.

The discussion also highlighted the importance of maintaining humans in the decision-making loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop and creating tools that augment human capabilities rather than attempting to replace them.

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Next Steps

• Publish a volunteer form and announcement draft for the WordCamp US AI booth.
• Identify contributors to help lead booth messaging and positioning.
• Share and promote participation in the Human Skills Repository.
• Continue evaluating GitHub Projects for team-wide coordination.
• Complete embedding support work for the AI Client.
• Investigate streaming support for future AI Client releases.
• Draft updates covering AI Client plans for WordPress 7.1.
• Continue refining the team’s human-centered AI vision and messaging.

Upcoming Meetings

• Contributors are welcome to join every Wednesday at 1700 UTC via Google Meet. In-meeting notes are captured live in a Slack Canvas and paired with aggregate transcription data to generate this meeting summary post. All team meeting schedules are published directly to the WordPress Meeting Calendar.
• AI Team Office Hours (Slack): Thursday, 25 June 2026
• Weekly AI Contributor Call (Google Meet): Wednesday, 24 June 2026.

Props to @justlevine for pre-publish review.

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