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.
At WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. Europe last week, CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Committers in attendance (including emeritus) gathered for a brief informal meeting.
There was no formal agenda, but a few goals for the meeting were mentioned at the beginning:
Allow newer committers to meet more senior ones.
Allow anyone to raise questions, concerns, or suggestions that have been on their minds.
Just spend some time together chatting and getting to know each other.
Below are some brief notes from discussions that happened following Chatham House Rule.
6.9 Release Cycle
The current 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. cycle was discussed for a bit. More specifically, what should the targeted features be? With (more) recent changes to contributor availability, it’s possible there could be a 6.9 this calendar year (was later confirmed as the goal by Matt in the fireside chat).
A new or revised short-term roadmap would help committers and contributors alike participate more effectively by providing clarity on the current focus areas, goals, and targeted features. For the long-term, clarity on whether the 4 phases are still accurate objectives.
6.8.x Releases
These should continue to be planned and executed as necessary. If major releases are going to be less frequent, carefully including smaller features and enhancements in minor versions would be beneficial.
If the timeline for the next major release does change, minor releases may not have as many contributor resources. That needs to be watched to ensure continued success of minor releases.
Possible Short-Term Targets
A handful of possible short-term features and tasks were identified to explore:
address technical debt
there are many areas of the code base that can likely be moved from Core to a canonical 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. For example, the Links/Bookmarks 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.
No-op or remove severely outdated classes deprecated long ago (3.0 times). For example, Snoopy.
Perform ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. triaging without being afraid to say “no” more often.
Discuss what role themes have in present day WordPress.
Should we continue creating default themes going forward?
What do we want as a project from 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. themes?
How does the pattern directory, font library, block plugins, etc. replace traditional theme components?
Audit the importer plugins.
Can we possibly archive repositories for importers for services long decommissioned?
Should we mark the importers as canonical plugins?
Better contextual integration points for canonical plugins (suggest installing to the user when performing related actions)
How can we better collect feedback from users that choose to install canonical plugins?
Bring Back User Testing
Previously, the project conducted user testing. That seems to have stopped, but this practice was very beneficial and informative. It showed how the software is actually used by users and whether the intended experience was achieved.
It would be great to resume this practice. However, users are goal oriented, not feature oriented. The outcome of user testing is usually not fine grained tickets for small, specific things. This requires different skill sets to address findings (foundational problems in experience vs. bugs to fix).
Increased Amount and Quality of Testing
If releases are spaced out more (ie. once per year), testing early and often is more important to avoid a large number of bugs down the home stretch of a release cycle.
There were questions around whether we were doing a good job encouraging the right types of quality testing.
the testing during release parties can likely be covered more effectively by E2E tests. Contributors are performing the same actions and not truly testing the features that are being shipped.
This allows for better testing actual features with specific interactions.
The ideal testing could be detailed prior to the release party.
When developer notes are published, they could include specific testing instructions.
A specific dev notedev noteEach important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. outlining the different testing paths and intended outcomes could also be published to the Make Test blogblog(versus network, site).
Testing during release parties is a great way to get started contributing, but it’s gotten to a point where that testing is not a good use of resources. Too many people doing the same shallow testing at once.
Can the 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. testing plugin contextually bring in testing instructions?
Can the beta testing plugin better engage the user. Some inspiration can be taken from Apple’s Testflight.
Next Meeting
It’s time to schedule the next virtual Core CommittercommitterA developer with commit access. WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally, the project usually has a few guest or component committers - a developer receiving commit access, generally for a single release cycle (sometimes renewed) and/or for a specific component. meeting on Zoom. The date and time of this will be coordinated in the #core-committers channel in SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..
WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. Europe 2025 Recap
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 posts are online
The first AI Team chat takes place tomorrow at 16:00 UTC in #core-ai. Open to all – a great opportunity to learn more about ongoing projects, ask questions, and connect with the team.
Forthcoming releases 🚀
WordPress 6.8.2 and beyond
The CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team is putting together a squad for future minor releases. A release squad for 6.8.2 should be announced soon. Follow #6-8-release-leads for updates.
Discussion 💬
Discussion on TicketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.#49442 (parse_blocks() Filter)
Ticket #49442, which proposes adding a filter to the result of parse_blocks(), is currently assigned to the 6.9 milestone. During the discussion, it was noted that the ticket still lacks test coverage (needs-test-info).
Creating a minimal test case was suggested to help move the ticket forward. It was also recommended to raise the topic in the Gutenberg repository for broader feedback and discussion.
Open Floor 🎙️
Improvements to the Docker Environment
@westonruter is working on several enhancements to the built-in Docker environment for wordpress-develop. The goal is to address various minor issues and “paper cuts” encountered during development. The first pull request with initial changes is ready for review, with more substantial improvements to follow in separate PRs. Feedback and reviews are welcomed to help improve the development environment for everyone involved.
PHPStan Code Quality
@justlevine has submitted several small pull requests aimed at improving code quality using PHPStan for version 6.9. The PRs are intentionally kept small to minimize conflicts and speed up integration. Support from reviewers and committers is appreciated to help keep the codebase cleaner and more maintainable. See #63268
“What’s new in 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/…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Site Editor project (formerly called Full Site Editing).
This release continues the ongoing effort to refine the editing experience, improve accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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), and streamline 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. customization. Below is a curated summary of the most notable changes in this release.
The HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. Element is now selectable on Button and Separator blocks.
Users can now choose between <a> and <button> elements for better accessibility in the Advanced panel of the Button block.
For the Separator block, they can choose between <hr> and <div>.
Extensive ToolsPanel Refactoring
Many block settings panels—including Button, Comment blocks, Embed, File, List, Navigation, Post Title, RSS, and more—have been refactored to use the unified ToolsPanel interface, providing a more consistent and organized editing experience.
Accessibility and usability
Several blocks, including Button, Columns, and Details, received keyboard accessibility improvements and better focus management.
Numerous 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. fixes address issues with block controls, gallery image captions, social link translations, and more, resulting in a smoother editing workflow.
Changelog
Enhancements
Block Library
Button Block: Add HTML Element selection in Advanced settings. (70139)
Comment Date: Convert Comment Date block settings to ToolsPanel. (70248)
Comment Author Name Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (69407)
Comment Edit Link: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70247)
Comment Title: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70246)
Comments Pagination Block: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70245)
Embed Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (69636)
File Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (70189)
Form Input: Convert Form Input block settings to ToolsPanel. (70249)
Form: Convert Form block settings to ToolsPanel. (70253)
Latest posts: Change panel body to tools panel. (70200)
List Block: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (69387)
Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Hide title UIUIUser interface controls while keeping attribute support. (70234)
Navigation: Refactor display panel to use ToolsPanel. (68011)
Post Title: Refactor settings panel to use ToolsPanel. (70229)
RSS: Refactor setting panel to use ToolsPanel. (70213)
Separator: Change html element option visibility. (70185)
ShortcodeShortcodeA shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site.: Add role attribute to content in block.jsonJSONJSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML.. (70164)
Video: Add option to set a track as default. (70227)
Components
ComboboxControl: Handle Unicode characters when matching values. (70180)
DropZone: Allow overriding the default icon. (70236)
Block Transforms
Adds transforms functionality to Post comments link and post comments number. (70287)
Fix: Click-through blur effect when gallery images have a caption. (69067)
Pullquote block: Cannot override cite element style via theme.json. (70260)
Social Link: Localize social service names for translations. (70199)
Social: Moves size settings to inspector controls. (70186)
Components
Ensure SVG Images Without a Width Attribute Are Displayed Correctly in FocalPointPicker. (70061)
FormTokenField: Fix filtering with full-width string. (70232)
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.
iAPI: Make storePart argument optional in overloads. (70296)
Post Editor
Editor: Better normalize strings for hierarchical term filtering. (70178)
Block Editor
Flex Layout: Fix incorrect default alignment values for Vertical Alignment Control component. (68866)
Accessibility
Block Library
Button: Avoid focus loss when unlinking using keyboard. (70192)
Columns block: Don’t use ToolsPanelItem for Columns setting. (70210)
Details Block: Fix keyboard accessibility issues and allow list view selection to show up inner blocks. (70056)
Components
Toolbar: Adjust colors for dark mode support. (69278)
Experiments
Interactivity API
iAPI: Remove the full-page client-side navigation experiment. (70228)
Documentation
Docs: Added the missing ALT attribute to all images. (70225)
Docs: Remove misleading section from curating the editor experience. (70262)
Removed Empty line and corrected typo in inline document. (70203)
Replace “sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.” with “panel” in tutorial.md. (70257)
The wp_admin_notice() function should be called instead of custom HTML for adminadmin(and super admin) notice in docs/how-to-guides/notices/README.md. (70231)
Updated small typo in inline documentation. (70187)
useDropZone: Refactor documentation to use the correct function syntax. (70286)
Video: Use a unique ‘key’ in the ‘TrackList’ component. (70263)
Tools
Testing
Cover Block: Add E2E Test for FocalPointPicker. (69077)
E2E: Add general end-to-end tests for templateLock functionality. (70160)
Fix end-to-end test for block API / filtered blocks. (51882)
Format .githubGitHubGitHub 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ workflows .yml file. (70219)
Account for tests env port being overridden from 8889 in PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher unit tests. (70267)
First-time contributors
The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:
We’re catching up with these posts now, as they have not been posted in a while. Since the recent releases have been smaller in scope, this post combines updates from both the 20.8 (May 14) and 20.9 (May 28) releases.
Both versions introduce a collection of enhancements, 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. fixes, and improvements. These updates concentrate on refining the editor experience, improving accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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), and ensuring consistent design. Additionally, the releases incorporate under-the-hood updates focused on code quality and performance.
Prevent duplicate HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. main elements for improved accessibility.
Search 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.: Move search setting to inspector.
Move Styles to top of sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. navigation.
Changelog
20.8 (14 May) – Highlights
Prevent duplicate HTML main elements for improved accessibility.
The HTML Element option now includes validation to prevent duplicate <main> tags, enhancing accessibility and HTML compliance. (70002)
Search functionality in template swapping modal.
The template swapping modal now includes a search feature for smoother navigation. (69667)
Changelog
Enhancements
Create Block: Add --textdomain flag to create block tool. (69802)
Components
Guide: Make next and previous button text customizable. (69907)
Popover: Add virtual padding to prevent it from hitting the viewport edge. (69555)
Document Settings
Editor: Add search functionality to template swapping modal. (69667)
Block Editor
WidgetWidgetA WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. Editor: Don’t close the inserter when focusing outside it. (67838)
Editor
Use split view for metaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. boxes only when canvas is iframed and “Desktop” view. (69958)
New APIs
Widgets Editor
Edit Widgets: Save lock control via actions. (69984)
Bug Fixes
GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Actions: Fix components changelog CI check. (70034)
Persist git credentials when publishing via lerna. (70007)
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: Fix deprecation for ‘apply_block_hooks_to_content_from_post_object’. (69909)
ServerSideRender: Don’t render the previous error response in loading state. (69988)
ServerSideRender: Refactor fetchData to use useCallback and refs. (69237)
Block Library
Author, Author Name block: Fix PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher warning error when there is no context. (69949)
Block Editor: Allow editing invalidinvalidA resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid. blocks as HTML. (69902)
Block Editor: Prevent negative width values in Spacer block when used inside a row block. (68845)
Calendar block: Disable edit as HTML support. (69961)
Image: Avoid stale URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org when reselecting the same image from the library. (69985)
Latest Posts: Update content display labels to Display post content and Content length. (69839)
fix: Update the logic of fetching current URL in loginout block. (70031)
Block Editor
Block HTML: Add box-sizing property to prevent overflow. (70014)
Fix: Improve warning message and add spacing in HTMLElementControl. (70002)
MediaPlaceholder: Fix RegressionregressionA software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. with media URL input type to allow a local URL path. (70043)
Prevent block merging on blocks with the ‘disabled’ editing mode. (69918)
Components
Don’t mutate ‘ALL_CSS_UNITS’ default value in ‘useCustomUnits’. (70037)
Fix double border in ItemGroup when last item is focused. (70021)
ToggleGroupControl: Fix active background for empty string value. (69969)
Site Editor
Check user permissions before rendering export menu item. (69971)
Widgets Editor
Fix: Browser Warnings when closing keyboard shortcut modal. (69929)
Block 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.
Fix: Missing conversion from jsonJSONJSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. styled variable to CSSCSSCascading Style Sheets. variable. (69551)
Typography
Fix: Prevent FontSizePicker crash when no font size exists. (68733)
Icons
Remove width / height attributes from svg element. (43747)
Accessibility
Keyboard Shortcuts: Revert delete shortcut to access + z. (69931)
Fix: Remove an unnecessary @returntagtagA directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) from this filterFilterFilters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.docblockdocblock(phpdoc, xref, inline docs). (69960)
Code Quality
ServerSideRender: Use useLayoutEffect to update latestPropsRef. (69999)
Stylelint: Migrate configuration from JSON to JavaScript format. (69590)
List View: Add end-to-end test to verify pasting block styles via keyboard. (69979)
Try: Fix ‘wp-polyfill’ script dependents unit testunit testCode written to test a small piece of code or functionality within a larger application. Everything from themes to WordPress core have a series of unit tests. Also see regression.. (69912)
The settings of the search block have been moved from the block toolbar to the inspector panel for better consistency with other coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blocks. (70144)
Move Styles to top of sidebar navigation.
Move the Styles navigation item to the top position in the Site Editor’s main sidebar navigation, before Navigation, Pages, Templates, and Patterns. (68582)
Changelog
Enhancements
Base Styles: Update to modern Sass module system. (70135)
Post Publish Panel: Open view post links in a new tab. (70127)
Revert Adminadmin(and super admin) bar: Update the Edit Site link. (69974)
Block Library
Custom HTML: Add role attribute to content in block.json. (70154)
DOM: Add summary element to focusable elements. (70051)
Site Editor: Fix PHP warnings in gutenberg_get_site_editor_redirection. (70062)
URL: Handle HTML entities and ampersand in ‘cleanForSlug’. (70078)
Workflows: Persist git credentials when publishing packages via Lerna. (70058)
Block Library
Button: Limit scope of width style for link. (70054)
Image: Provide ‘defaultValue’ for ‘ResolutionTool’ component. (70122)
Post Template: Don’t rely on the default ‘ignore_sticky’ REST APIREST APIThe REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/. value. (70020)
Components
Fix Styling for TextControland TextAreaControl in dark themes. (69640)
Fix URLPopover input handling to properly update value. (70156)
Post Editor
Editor: Honor rich/code editor settings when deriving the editor mode. (70080)
Hide “Create template part” menu from block settings dropdown for classic themes. (65568)
Block Editor
MediaPlaceholder: Fix potential error in ‘handleBlocksDrop’. (70090)
Accessibility
Editor: Add label inTextareaControl in CollabSidebar. (70133)
We’re catching up with these posts now, as they have not been posted in a while. Since the recent releases have been smaller in scope, this post combines updates from both the 20.6 (April 3) and 20.7 (April 22) releases.
Both versions introduce a collection of enhancements, 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. fixes, and improvements. These updates concentrate on refining the editor experience, improving accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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), and ensuring consistent design. Additionally, the releases incorporate under-the-hood updates focused on code quality and performance.
Navigation 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.: Add transparency slider for submenu background.
Navigation in Site View: Automatically expand all options.
Editor: Enable starter pattern modal for all post types.
Changelog
20.6 (3 April) – Highlights
Navigation Block: Add transparency slider for submenu background
This PR adds the ability to set a transparent background for Navigation Block submenus by enabling the alpha (transparency) channel in the color picker for the submenu background setting. (69379)
Changelog
Enhancements
Block Library
Feature: Adding support for more granular controls over the ToC block. (69063)
Navigation Block: Add transparency slider for submenu background. (69379)
RSS Block: Add option to open links in new tab/window and control rel attributes. (69641)
Block Editor
Add keyboard shortcut (cmd(ctrl)+option(alt)+v) to paste styles. (69196)
BlockPatternsExplorer: Hide scrollbar from sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. if not scrollable. (69706)
Post Editor
Editor: Revert new default rendering mode for Pages. (69680)
Bug Fixes
BlockBreadcrumb: Wrap text node in span tagtagA directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.). (69605)
Fix Media & Text block preview alignment on larger devices. (67097)
Format Library: Ensure inline image with updates persist after removing the ‘width’. (69683)
Include blocks manifest build process in Webpack configuration to fix create-block bug with missing blocks manifest file. (69578)
Block Library
Featured ImageFeatured imageA featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. Block: Prevent default action on image click to fix linking to post. (69716)
Fix CategoryCategoryThe 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. List Block: Add optional chaining to taxonomyTaxonomyA taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies. name. (69703)
Fix(embed-block): Only call setAttributes() when attrs change. (68141)
Fix: Correct ‘Displaying 1 – 0 of 0’ issue when no results are found. (69666)
Image block: Omit max width observer element in galleries. (69601)
PostCommentsForm: Fix submit button width regressionregressionA software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5.. (69651)
Components
ComboboxControl: Replace undefined variable usage with color-mix for disabled selection. (69621)
CustomSelectControl: Use dynamic fill color for check icon. (69626)
Fix autocomple UIUIUser interface flicker when deleting trigger prefix. (69562)
Update NumberControl stepping to match HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. number input stepping. (34566)
Block Editor
LinkControl: Fix visually Duplicative label and placeholder. (69620)
PatternsExplorerModal: Fix empty patterns in starter content category. (69629)
Post Editor
Post Template Panel: Render create-new-template-modal over post-template-panel. (69713)
Global Styles
Site Editor: Make the text “Custom Styles” translatable. (69677)
Site Editor
Set IFRAME_REQUEST constant for classic theme site preview. (69535)
Document Settings
PostStatus: Prevent form submission from refreshing the page. (69526)
Accessibility
Document Settings
Post Template Panel: Preserve parent modal when closing template creation dialog. (69724)
Block Library
Site Title: Prevent saving and rendering a value made of only spaces. (69628)
Reference splitTask from interactivity package in documentation. (69602)
Storybook: Update ToolbarItem and ToolbarDropdownMenu exports. (69618)
Update the list of 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/ versions in WordPress versions. (69700)
Navigation in Site View: Automatically expand all options.
This PR changes the default state of navigation submenus in Site View from collapsed to expanded, making all navigation options immediately visible to users without requiring manual expansion. (69343)
Editor: Enable starter pattern modal for all post types.
This PR fixes the starter pattern modal so it works for all post types, not just pages. It removes the restriction that was limiting the modal to only appear when creating new pages. (69753)
Changelog
Enhancements
Format Library: Add a feature to set the alpha value to Highlight. (67525)
Playwright end-to-end utils: Add new emulateNetworkConditions helper. (69865)
Block Library
Details: Enable all non-interactive formats. (68741)
Navigation in Site View: Automatically expand all options. (69343)
Remove experimental status from comments count and comment link blocks. (69832)
Table Block: Preserve Column Alignment when Pasting Markdown Tables. (69322)
Tag Cloud: Remove unnecessary full-width padding. (69725)
Block Editor
Remove truncation from media tab preview tooltips. (69741)
Support passing updater function to ‘setAttributes’. (69709)
Media
Remove @shopify/web-worker Dependency from packages/upload-media. (69816)
Bug Fixes
DataViews: Ensure consistent display of primary ellipsis in list layout. (69846)
Scripts: Fix blocks manifest generation when directory name has space. (69766)
Block Library
Enhance Featured Image Block: Don’t include interactive elements within an element. (69730)
Featured Image: Don’t render empty Resolution tools panel if media is not set. (69805)
Fix: Background wrapper for ‘Button Inside’ option. (69624)
Fix: Update the static text and make them translatable in the Blocks example. (69859)
Fixed Media & Text Block – Image not rendered properly on frontend when inside stack. (68610)
Query LoopLoopThe 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.: Don’t overwrite the ‘query.inherit’ attribute value. (69698)
Query Loop: Fix ‘undo trap’ and improve debouncing for ‘Keyword’ control. (69845)
ToC: Fix condition for ‘Limit heading levels’. (69811)
ToC: Fix related block attribute persistence. (69734)
Block Editor
Block Tools: Prevent showing block toolbar when block interface is hidden. (69795)
Block drag & drop: Enable mouse click on input/textarea elements in Firefox. (69781)
Fix: Restore static properties on deprecated __experimentalLinkControl. (69860)
Fix: Space visualizer showing previous value. (69747)
Post Editor
Fix: Save custom template with non-latin slug. (69732)
IframeiframeiFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser.: Don’t enable for block themes in coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. if v2 blocks exist. (69778)
Document Settings
PostPublishPanel: Fix post title overflow. (69804)
Patterns
Editor: Enable starter pattern modal for all post types. (69753)
Components
UI Components: Add theme support for FormTokenField and ComboboxControl. (69638)
Accessibility
DataViews: Always show primary action for list layout if hover isn’t supported. (69876)
Block Library
Navigation Link, Navigation Submenu: Remove the title attribute controls. (69689)
Create Block: Improve support for blocks manifest and relevant Core APIs. (69767)
Docs: Improve document and parameters in render_block_core_* function. (69856)
Fix: Incorrect Type of wp_widget_factory in render_block_core_legacy_widget Doc Block. (69775)
Fix: Expose TypeScript types for subcomponents. (69619)
Latest Posts block: Add missing @globalPHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher documentation. (69763)
Code Quality
Block Parser: Remove description for singular since tag. (69799)
Fix Documentation inconsistencies in Block Parser classes. (69785)
Stylelint-config: Add stylelint-scss as a peer dependency. (69685)
Update metadata fields requested from server. (69801)
Components
Update gradient-parser dependency from 0.1.5 to 1.0.2. (69783)
Tools
Testing
Automated Testing: Add GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Actions workflow for Storybook smoke testing. (69679)
E2E: Split list view keyboard shortcuts into multiple tests. (69231)
Workflows: Ignore ‘widgets’ for manual backports. (69792)
Build Tooling
Workflows: Ignore ‘block-serialization-default-parser’ for manual backports. (69791)
First-time contributors
The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:
@Debarghya-Banerjee: Fix: Incorrect Type of wp_widget_factory in render_block_core_legacy_widget Doc Block. (69775)
The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.
The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda or bring them up during the dev chat.
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Discussions 💬
The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the Core Team. To nominate a topic for discussion, please leave a comment on this agenda with a summary of the topic, any relevant links that will help people get context for the discussion, and what kind of feedback you are looking for from others participating in the discussion.
TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. Tickets
Create a list of reviewers with publishing privileges so an author knows who to contact to move things forward once the post has been peer-reviewed.
Create a list of volunteer authors who can help with drafts. For example: 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 Manager could fulfil their responsibility by tagging those volunteers.
Create a GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ action from wordpress/gutenberg that triggers a Slack message to Core on Gutenberg release.
This solution can also automate a message about rc1 in Slack tagtagA directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) volunteers in #core-editor
@jorbin replied that there might be consent issues and it’s also hard to predict who is active on a day in/day out basis. Starting from a message in #core or #core-editor for someone with publish permissions to review and publish could be enough.
To be discussed 🙂
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The Contributor DayContributor DayContributor 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 WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. Europe 2025 was a great success. A significant number of participants actively contributed to the advancement of WordPress. The CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. team welcomed new members who bring valuable expertise and commitment to the project. 🥳
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Five New Core ContributorsCore ContributorsCore contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org.
A warm welcome to five new Core contributors: @anukasha, @hage, @mapoken, @nimeshatxecurify, and @vishalbhisara. Their contributions are greatly appreciated, and their future involvement is highly anticipated. Welcome aboard!
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 Articles
@luminuu and @bph prepared the latest Gutenberg release articles, a crucial task for keeping the community informed. One of these articles is already live and can be found here:
Dev Blogblog(versus network, site) & Supporting Newcomers @marybaum drafted the Call for an upcoming Dev Blog article. At the same time, @mamaduka introduced new contributors to Gutenberg and offered valuable advice and guidance.
Tickets Status
Progress was made on six tickets: #29798, #63530, #63534, #63535, #44083, and #60566. Four of these were successfully fixed — a fantastic result! 🎉
Gratitude to Table Leads
Copyright by Jeroen Rotty and Thanh Nguyen
A special thank-you goes to the outstanding Table Leads: @apermo, @benjamin_zekavica, @johnbillion, and @mamaduka. Their helpfulness and support were widely recognized, and their willingness to share knowledge made a significant impact on the day’s success.
WordCamp Europe 2025 featured a vibrant mix of sessions—ranging from content strategy and community building to cutting-edge AI techniques. All talks are now available on WordPress.tv, along with links to the presentation slides.
As with every year, WordCamp Europe concluded with the valuable opportunity to meet in person. The addition of new contributors brings renewed energy and motivation to future efforts.
Thank you all. The future of WordPress is looking bright🙌
We’re catching up with these posts now, as they have not been posted in a while. Since the recent releases have been smaller in scope, this post combines updates from both the 20.4 (March 5) and 20.5 (March 20) releases.
Both versions introduce a collection of enhancements, 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. fixes, and improvements. These updates concentrate on refining the editor experience, improving accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (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), and ensuring consistent design. Additionally, the releases incorporate under-the-hood updates focused on code quality and performance.
Persist the user’s ‘Show Template’ preference in the editor
Query LoopLoopThe 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.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. now supports sorting posts by menu order
The create-block package now supports blocks manifest and relevant CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. APIs by default
Changelog
20.4 (5 March) – Highlights
Persist the user’s ‘Show Template’ preference in the editor
The editor now remembers the ‘Show Template’ preference set by the user and uses it as the default rendering mode. (69286)
Query Loop Block now supports sorting posts by menu order
The Query Loop block now lets users sort posts by their menu order, in both ascending and descending order, for post types that support it. (68781)
Changelog
Enhancements
Generate built CSSCSSCascading Style Sheets. file containing the adminadmin(and super admin) color theme CSS custom properties. (69128)
Post Editor
Editor: Conditionally enable the new default rendering mode for Pages. (69160)
Post Template Panel: Display popover on the left side of the sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme.. (69134)
Block Library
Post Navigation Link: Enable all non-interactive formats. (69325)
Block Action: Implement cut functionality in block actions and settings menu. (68554)
Global Styles
Allow :Focus-visible pseudo-selector to be set in theme.jsonJSONJSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML.. (68521)
Core Data: Allow ‘null’ as raw attribute value. (69257)
Dataviews: Fix alignment issue of “Title” column headerHeaderThe header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes.. (68840)
Fix addQueryArgs and removeQueryArg on URLs with fragments. (69313)
Post formats: Make title and description human readable. (69275)
Site Editor: Fix back link from “Navigation” sub-menus in mobile web. (69192)
TextControl: Fix text direction for URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org and email fields in block editor for RTL languages. (68561)
Block Library
Fix: Extra top and bottom margin issue in Social Link block for classic theme below twenty twenty. (69100)
Make navigation block wavy underline more visible on dark backgrounds. (69004)
Template Part block: Guard against get_block_file_template returning null. (69309)
Video Block: Disable autoplay when video is not muted. (69232)
Post Editor
Editor: Add an extra check before enabling the new default rendering mode for Pages. (69209)
Editor: Avoid a ‘flash’ when rendering in ‘template-locked’ mode. (69173)
Editor: Revert bulk editing support for post actions. (69341)
Site Editor
Fix space on the left or right of the menu in mobile view. (69327)
Show pattern categoryCategoryThe 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. step in navigation for mobile. (69206)
Site Hub: Navigate correctly in mobile view. (69157)
NumberControl: Fix invalidinvalidA resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development, sometimes also notabug) that indicates the ticket is not a bug, is a support request, or is generally invalid.HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. attributes for infinite bounds. (69033)
Colors
Format Library: Prevent the text and color picker from overlapping. (69169)
Format Library: Text-color popover width to fit sidebar. (68881)
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.
iAPI Router: Revert “Handle styles assets on region-based navigation”. (69222)
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
Fix typo for ‘ignore_sticky_posts’ REST APIREST APIThe REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/. support. (69171)
Block Editor
Inserter: Hide drag-and-drop help text on mobile devices when previewing patterns. (69159)
Block hooksHooksIn WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same.
Close patterns modal on insertion and focus on inserted pattern. (68975)
Block Editor
Fix CSS classes for the post editor iframeiframeiFrame is an acronym for an inline frame. An iFrame is used inside a webpage to load another HTML document and render it. This HTML document may also contain JavaScript and/or CSS which is loaded at the time when iframe tag is parsed by the user’s browser. body. (68481)
Performance
Interactivity API
Introduce withSyncEvent action wrapper utility and proxy event object whenever it is not used. (68097)
Documentation
Added Missing Double Quote in Number Control. (69207)
Added Missing Global Documentation in Query Total Block. (69233)
Fix typo incorrect article before “user interface”. (69168)
FontSizePicker: Fix FontSizePicker Storybook control type and improve documentation. (68936)
Update javascriptJavaScriptJavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.-in-the-block-editor.md – fix link. (62431)
ESLint: Improve lint regex for preventing “toggle” word usage in translationtranslationThe process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. ready functions. (68958)
Media Utils: Add tests for new error behavior. (69215)
Performance Tests: Update method for creating sample content. (69210)
The create-block package now supports blocks manifest and relevant Core APIs by default
Blocks created using the create-block package now include a block manifest file by default, making it easier to manage metadata and improving performance when working with multiple block types. (69446)
Pre-publish panel: Do not show suggestions for tags and categories if there are none.
The conditions that determine if the pre-publish panel should show suggestions to add categories or tags have been updated if no categories or tags are added. (69453)
Comment Template: Use fallback when there’s an HTTPHTTPHTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. error. (69422)
Fix: Show the author and author name examples in the Stylebook. (69436)
Image block: Unwrap img element in editor. (68666)
Latest Posts: Make Latest Posts block consistent with sticky posts display. (69428)
Query Total: Prevent stricted type fatal errors on post per page. (69508)
Social Icons: Disable edit as HTML support. (69374)
Spacer: Revert height defaults to 100px if left unset. (69450)
SpacerControls: Default the height to 100px if left unset. (68819)
Table Of Contents: Include headings exclusively within the core/post-content block. (69366)
Site Editor
Classic themes: Prevent access to parts of the Site Editor. (69473)
Hide admin bar in classic theme site preview. (69514)
Prevent access to the Design/Styles screen from classic themes without StyleBook support. (69377)
Fix template lookup preloading for non-draft pages. (69400)
Experiments
Added Missing Trailing periods in Experiment Settings Page. (69395)
Documentation
Docs/update reference to JSJSJavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. build setup 404 in scripts README, fix absolute links. (69495)
Fix: Update invalid JSON Schema link in README.md. (69505)
Update documentation about wp-scripts build-blocks-manifest in relation to new WordPress 6.8 function. (69445)
Code Quality
Alignment note with WordPress report 62426. (69519)
Skip failing post preview end-to-end tests. (69429)
Template UI mu-plugin: Run filterFilterFilters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. after the setup_theme action. (69542)
Various
Plugin
Update hierarchical data compat directory. (69550)
First-time contributors
The following PRs were merged by first-time contributors:
@Anuj-Rathore24: Fix: Update invalid JSON Schema link in README.md. (69505)
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