Title: Dev Chat Summary: November 11 2020 Author: Kira Schroder Published: November 13, 2020 Last modified: May 18, 2021 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kirasong/) [Kira Schroder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kirasong/) 10:11 pm _on_ November 13, 2020 Tags: [5.6 ( 85 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-6/), [dev chat ( 933 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/dev-chat/), [summary ( 981 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/summary/) # Dev Chat Summary: November 11 2020 Hello! Here’s what happened in the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. dev chat on [November 11, 2020 at 0500 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201111T0500) and [November 11, 2020 at 2000 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201111T2000), following this [agenda.](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/04/dev-chat-agenda-october-4th-november-2020/) **05:00 UTC core dev chat** [@peterwilsoncc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peterwilsoncc/) facilitated the meeting and [@mikeschroder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikeschroder/) took notes. [Find the full Slack archive here.](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1605070856241600) **20:00 UTC core dev chat** [@laurora](https://profiles.wordpress.org/laurora/) facilitated the meeting and [@thewebprincess](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thewebprincess/) took notes. [The full Slack archive can be viewed here](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1605124845357500). ## Announcements The WP 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. 4 [has been delayed](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/10/wordpress-5-6-beta-4-delayed-from-november-10th-to-november-12th-2020/) and will now be released around [November 12, 2020 at 2000 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201112T2000). ## Highlighted Posts And recent posts on the Make/Core blogblog (versus network, site) to highlight are: * [Auto Update Implementation change](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/10/wp5-6-auto-update-implementation-change/) * [Twenty Twenty-One Dark Mode update](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/10/twenty-twenty-one-dark-mode-update/) * [A Week In Core posts rebooted](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/10/a-week-in-core-november-9-2020/) * [Application Passwords integration guide](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/05/application-passwords-integration-guide/) ## Updates from Component Maintainers/Focus Leads **General**: PHP8 is scheduled for November 26th, please see the [PHP 8 call for testing](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/10/06/call-for-testing-php-8-0/) to ensure we are ready before RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see [alpha (beta)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/13/dev-chat-summary-november-04-2020-2/?output_format=md#alpha-beta). 1 scheduled for launch on November 17th. [@desrosj](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desrosj/) is working on the 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.. **Site Health:** Most remaining patches complete for 5.6. Dev notes remaining. ## Open Floor [@mikeschroder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikeschroder/) asked for help with [getting PHP8 working](https://github.com/WordPress/phpunit-test-runner/issues/121#issuecomment-717169367) with the [automated hosting tests](https://make.wordpress.org/hosting/test-results/), as it’d be great to have hosts running the core tests with PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher 8 before 5.6 is released. Logs from that discussion [found here](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1605072459271100). [@joostdevalk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joostdevalk/) [sparked a lively discussion](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1605126162391600) with the following statement “If we enable auto-updates for core, we should default to it for all plugins too.” It is worth reviewing the conversation. Finally, [@helen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/helen/) put the call out for people to leave their thoughts/comments regarding Dark Mode in Twenty Twenty-One [on the recent post](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/10/twenty-twenty-one-dark-mode-update/). ## Next Dev Chat meetings The next meetings will take place on [November 18, 2020 at 0500 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201118T0500) and [November 18, 2020 at 2000 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20201118T2000) in the [#core](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/#core/) 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/) channel. Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions. _Props to [@thewebprincess](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thewebprincess/) helping to compile these notes, [@hellofromtonya](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellofromtonya/) for proofing, and [@davidbaumwald](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidbaumwald/) for final review._ [#5-6](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-6/), [#dev-chat](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/dev-chat/), [#summary](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/summary/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/13/dev-chat-summary-november-04-2020-2/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/13/dev-chat-summary-november-04-2020-2/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/13/dev-chat-summary-november-04-2020-2/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/13/dev-chat-summary-november-04-2020-2/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/13/dev-chat-summary-november-04-2020-2/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/13/dev-chat-summary-november-04-2020-2/?share=linkedin) # Post navigation [← Media Meeting Recap – November 12, 2020](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/12/media-meeting-recap-november-12-2020/) [Site Health Check changes in 5.6 →](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/11/15/site-health-check-changes-in-5-6/)