Title: WordPress 6.1 Planning Roundup v2 Author: Héctor Prieto Published: July 26, 2022 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/priethor/) [Héctor Prieto](https://profiles.wordpress.org/priethor/) 5:38 pm _on_ July 26, 2022 Tags: [6.1 ( 94 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/6-1/) # WordPress 6.1 Planning Roundup v2 This is a follow-up post for the [first WordPress 6.1 Planning Roundup published in this blog on June 23rd](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/06/23/wordpress-6-1-planning-roundup/). The [WordPress 6.1 Development Cycle page](https://make.wordpress.org/core/6-1/) has been published with an updated timeline and release team and will be kept up to date to reflect any further changes to the release cycle. ## Release Schedule Based on the feedback received in the first schedule proposal, this updated schedule** includes a third 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. release** before the release candidaterelease 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/2022/07/26/wordpress-6-1-planning-roundup-v2/?output_format=md#alpha-beta). phase, pushing the stable release date one week later to **November 1st, 2022**. To avoid celebrating the dry run during the widely observed October 31st holidays, the dry run is proposed to take place on October 28th instead but could be adjusted depending on the release squad availability. | Milestone | Date | | Alpha (trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. open for 6.1 release) | May 3, 2022 | | Beta 1 & Feature Freeze | September 20, 2022 | | Beta 2 | September 27, 2022 | | Beta 3 | October 4, 2022 | | Release Candidate 1 | October 11, 2022 | | Release Candidate 2 | October 18, 2022 | | Release Candidate 3 | October 25, 2022 | | Dry Run | October 28, 2022 | | WordPress 6.1 General Release | November 1, 2022 | ## Release squad Thanks to everybody that volunteered for the release squad! Considering all applications for the different roles, a release team has been put together with project leadership to ensure all areas are properly covered and balanced. * **Release LeadRelease Lead The community member ultimately responsible for the Release.:** [Matt Mullenweg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matt/) * **Release Coordinators:** [Héctor Prieto](https://profiles.wordpress.org/priethor/)& [Jonathan Desrosiers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desrosj/) * **CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Tech Co-Leads:** [Mike Schroder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikeschroder/), [David Baumwald](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidbaumwald/), & [Jeff Paul](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffpaul/) * **Editor Tech Co-Leads: **[Michal Czaplinski](https://profiles.wordpress.org/czapla/)& [Bernie Reiter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bernhard-reiter/) * **Core Triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. Co-Leads:** [JB Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/)& [Ahmed Chaion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaion07/) * **Editor Triage Lead:** [Nick Diego](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ndiego/) & [Anne McCarthy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/) * **Documentation Co-Leads:** [Birgit Paul-Haack](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bph/), [Milana Cap](https://profiles.wordpress.org/milana_cap/), & [Femy Praseeth](https://profiles.wordpress.org/femkreations/) * **Marketing & Communications Lead:** [Jonathan Pantani](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jpantani/) * **Test Lead:** [Brian Alexander](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ironprogrammer/)& [Adna Lakisic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ifelserun/) * **Design Lead: **[Rich Tabor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/richtabor/) --- _Thanks to _[@chanthaboune](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chanthaboune/) and_ [@cbringmann](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cbringmann/) for helping shape the schedule and release squad, and for peer reviewing this post._ [#6-1](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/6-1/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/07/26/wordpress-6-1-planning-roundup-v2/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/07/26/wordpress-6-1-planning-roundup-v2/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/07/26/wordpress-6-1-planning-roundup-v2/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/07/26/wordpress-6-1-planning-roundup-v2/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/07/26/wordpress-6-1-planning-roundup-v2/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/07/26/wordpress-6-1-planning-roundup-v2/?share=linkedin) # Post navigation [← Editor chat agenda: 27 July 2022](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/07/26/editor-chat-agenda-27-july-2022/) [Performance team meeting summary 26 July 2022 →](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/07/26/performance-team-meeting-summary-26-july-2022/)