Jeffrey Paul 6:51 pm on March 3, 2025
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WordPress 6.8 Release Party Schedule

This post aims to prepare a calendar with the expected start time for each release party and who is involved in the upcoming 6.8 milestone.

The release party schedule will remain unchanged during 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). phase and for the final release of WordPress 6.8. This is for practical reasons to allow additional contributors to attend and assist with release testing during the final weeks of the release cycle.

As has been seen in previous release cycles, things can change at the last minute, so expect some flexibility. The release squad will do its best to respect the calendar and communicate any changes promptly.

Please review the call for testing post on how to help test WordPress 6.8 and the contributing to a 6.8 release party post for how best to help during the various releases as noted below.

Date/TimeMilestoneEmceeCommittercommitter A developer with commit access. WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally, the project usually has a few guest or component committers - a developer receiving commit access, generally for a single release cycle (sometimes renewed) and/or for a specific component.SecurityMission ControlMarketing & Communications
March 4, 2025 at 15:00 UTCBetaBeta 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@jeffpaul@joemcgill@desrosj@desrosj@michelleames
March 11, 2025 at 15:00 UTC***Beta 2@jeffpaul@audrasjb@desrosj@desrosj@michelleames
March 18, 2025 at 15:00 UTCBeta 3@jeffpaul@audrasjb@davidbaumwald@davidbaumwald@michelleames
March 25, 2025 at 15:00 UTCRCrelease 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). 1@jeffpaul@audrasjb@desrosj@desrosj@michelleames
April 1, 2025 at 15:00 UTCRC 2@francina@audrasjb@desrosj@desrosj@michelleames
April 8, 2025 at 15:00 UTCRC 3@jeffpaul@audrasjb@desrosj@desrosj@michelleames
April 14, 2025 at 15:00 UTCDry Run & 24-Hour Code Freeze@jeffpaul@audrasjb@desrosj@desrosj@michelleames
April 15, 2025 at 15:00 UTCGeneral Release@jeffpaul@audrasjb@desrosj@desrosj@michelleames

***This time changes by an hour during the cycle to allow for Daylight Savings Time and the 24-hour code freeze before final release.

Props @benjamin_zekavica, @audrasjb for proofreading and peer review.

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