Title: Dev Note Scrub for WordPress 5.6 Author: Shawntelle Coker Published: October 13, 2020 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sncoker/) [Shawntelle Coker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sncoker/) 5:58 pm _on_ October 13, 2020 Tags: [5.6 ( 85 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-6/), [bug scrub ( 85 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/bug-scrub/), [dev-notes ( 647 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/dev-notes/) # Dev Note Scrub for WordPress 5.6 With 5.6 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. 1 approaching fast, there will be a Dev Notedev note Each 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. bugbug A 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. scrub on [10/19/2020 19:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201019T1900) in the [#core](https://app.slack.com/client/T024MFP4J/C02RQBWTW) channel on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/). The objectives are: * Recruit potential dev-note writers * Review tickets that need dev notesdev note Each 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. This scrub will focus on 5.6 TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets that have the `needs-dev-note` keyword. Here’s the report: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&status=reviewing&keywords=~needs-dev-note&milestone=5.6&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=milestone&col=keywords&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=component&col=changetime&order=changetime](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&status=reviewing&keywords=~needs-dev-note&milestone=5.6&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=milestone&col=keywords&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=component&col=changetime&order=changetime) What is a dev note? > A Developer note (or “dev note” for short) is a blogblog (versus network, site) > post on the [Making WordPress Core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/) blog that > details a technical change in an upcoming release and what developers need to > know about that change. > [Writing developer notes](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/tutorials/writing-developer-notes/) > CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development > Team builds WordPress. 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