Summary, Dev Chat, June 25, 2025

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CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings.: Bugfixes Only

The Customizer is no longer under active development. New feature requests will not be considered, though bugfixes are still welcome to ensure compatibility. A manual review of the 78 open tickets is planned—no automatic closures. A proposal to introduce an official “maintenance mode” for legacy components (e.g., Customizer, Widgets, TinyMCE) is in the works.

Unicode Email Addresses 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.

A patch enabling support for Unicode email addresses was introduced and is under review. Initial feedback is positive. Targeted for WordPress 6.9, not for 6.8.x minor releases.

Custom Error Handling Revisited

The long-standing ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. on registering custom error and exception handlers (#59282) was brought back into focus. Progress is stalled but will be revisited for a future release.

Improving FSE PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party Discoverability

A suggestion to improve the visibility of Full Site Editing (FSE) plugins was raised. The idea needs clearer definition—whether it’s a metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. issue or an initiative for contributors remains open.

Next Bug Scrubs: June 26 and June 30

• A 6.8.2 bugbug A 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. scrub is scheduled for Thursday, June 25 at 3 PM GMT.
• A bug scrub is scheduled for Monday, June 30 at 3 PM GMT to help triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. and manage open tickets.