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.
The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.
Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.
Announcements
WordPress 6.6 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. 1 is scheduled for June 4. Contributors will now be focused on testing and fixing bugs discovered during beta testing.
Forthcoming releases
Next 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.: 6.6
The release candidaterelease candidateOne 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). for 6.5.4 is now available for testing. The full release is scheduled for June 5.
Next 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: 18.5
Gutenberg 18.5 is scheduled for June 5 and will include these issues. This is the last version of Gutenberg to be included in WordPress 6.6.
Discussions
As we’re in the middle of the 6.6 release cycle, we’ll prioritize any items for this release. Please review the Editor Updates section of this agenda for a list of updates of several key features related to this release.
Editor updates
You can keep up to date with the major Editor features that are currently in progress for 6.6 by viewing these Iteration issues.
Props to @annezazu for putting together these updates.
Synced Patterns now allow for overrides and they are connected with the 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. Bindings 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. – If you are interested on how this works @santosguillamot just published an Update for the Beta phase – with short videos and a list of how things work and what will have to wait for 6.7
Inserter: a PR landed to show all blocks when searching for blocks while a block is selected. The prior experience showed either a limited set or no blocks depending on allowed blocks.
Unified publish flows: an issue is open to consider returning revisionsRevisionsThe WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision. to a higher level of prominence, another great area to share feedback and your perspective.
Outside of the above, @annezazu has published the 6.6 source of truth early look. It’s expected things might shift during the beta period but hopefully this helps folks prepare for the release and help educate others on what’s to come.
Tickets for assistance
Tickets for 6.6 will be prioritized.
Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or you will be async.
