Title: DevChat meeting Summary – April 14, 2021 Author: Jb Audras Published: April 16, 2021 Last modified: May 17, 2021 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 10:28 pm _on_ April 16, 2021 Tags: [5.7.1 ( 20 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-7-1/), [5.8 ( 99 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-8/), [dev chat ( 933 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/dev-chat/), [summary ( 981 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/summary/)    # DevChat meeting Summary – April 14, 2021 [@markparnell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markparnell/) and [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) led the weekly meetings of the WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. team, respectively at 05:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC. Here is the [meeting agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/13/dev-chat-agenda-for-april-14-2021/). [Link to 05:00 UTC devchat meeting on the core channel on Slack](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1618378021006900) [Link to 20:00 UTC devchat meeting on the core channel on Slack](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1618430422068100) ## Upcoming WordPress releases ### WordPress 5.7.1 Since no issue was raised after the [release candidate](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/07/wordpress-5-7-1-rc-1/), WordPress 5.7.1 was released a few hours after the devchat. It contains 26 bugfixes and 2 security fixes. > [WordPress 5.7.1 Security and Maintenance Release](https://wordpress.org/news/2021/04/wordpress-5-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release/) ### WordPress 5.8 Some blogblog (versus network, site) posts were published on Make/Core: * [Full Site Editing Scope for WP 5.8](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/08/full-site-editing-scope-for-wp5-8/) * [Early test scrub for WordPress 5.8](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/12/early-test-scrub-for-wordpress-5-8-2/) * [Gutenberg 10.4 RC1 is available](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/releases/tag/v10.4.0-rc.1) While it happened after the meeting, it’s important to note that the [Full Site Editing Go/No Go decision was published on April 14, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/15/full-site-editing-go-no-go-april-14-2021/). [@annezazu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/) mentioned the latest call for testing for the FSE Outreach Program. [This week, it’s about the Query Block](https://make.wordpress.org/test/2021/04/14/fse-program-testing-call-5-query-quest/). ## Announcements and news * [A Week in Core – April 12, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/12/a-week-in-core-april-12-2021/) * [What’s next in Gutenberg? (April 2021)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/08/whats-next-in-gutenberg-april-2021/) * [Recent Build/Test Tool changes and GitHub Actions update](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/08/recent-build-test-tool-changes-and-github-actions-update/) Please note that these posts are still waiting for feeback: * [Follow up to the native TypeScript proposal](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/09/follow-up-to-the-native-typescript-proposal/) * [Feedback | Full Site Editing in WP5.8](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2021/04/09/feedback-full-site-editing-in-wp5-8/) ## Component maintainers updates **General** ([@sergeybiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)): Sergey has started chipping away at some long-standing coding standards issues in core, see ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. [#52627](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52627) for more details. **Build/Test Tools**, **Date/Time**, **Internationalization**, **Permalinks** ([@sergeybiryukov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sergeybiryukov/)): No major news this week. **Site Health** ([@clorith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clorith/)): No major news this week. **Menus**, **Widgets** and **Upgrade/Install** ([@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)): No major new this week. [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) mentioned there are still many [Core components](https://make.wordpress.org/core/components/) looking for new maintainers: * Cache 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. * Database * ~Help/About~ ([@marybaum](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marybaum/)) * Quick/Bulk Edit * Feeds * Filesystem API * Import * Mail * Plugins * Post, Post types * Login and registration [@marybaum](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marybaum/) volunteered to maintain the _Help/About_ component. This request was accepted by the Core team. ## Open floor [@webcommsat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webcommsat/) shared that lots of people have been asking about WCEU dates (7-10 June 2021). The community team is looking at how they promote contributing this year too. More soon. Ticket [#53014](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53014) was mentioned in both 5:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC devchats. It’s in milestone 5.8. It wasn’t fixed in previous releases as it still needs a patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a **diff**. A patch can be _applied_ to a codebase for testing. and proper testing.  [#5-7-1](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-7-1/), [#5-8](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/5-8/), [#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/2021/04/16/devchat-meeting-summary-april-14-2021/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/16/devchat-meeting-summary-april-14-2021/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/16/devchat-meeting-summary-april-14-2021/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/16/devchat-meeting-summary-april-14-2021/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/16/devchat-meeting-summary-april-14-2021/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/16/devchat-meeting-summary-april-14-2021/?share=linkedin) # Post navigation [← Full Site Editing Go/No Go | April 14, 2021](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/15/full-site-editing-go-no-go-april-14-2021/) [Proposal: Treat FLoC like a security concern →](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/04/18/proposal-treat-floc-as-a-security-concern/)