Dev Chat Agenda – July 16, 2025 – Make WordPress Core

Welcome!

The WordPress coreCore Core 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 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.? Create a ticket in the bug tracker.

Want to contribute? Get started quickly with tickets marked as good first bugs for new contributors or join a bug scrub. There’s more on the reports page, like patches needing testing, and on feature projects page.

Other questions? Here is a detailed handbook for contributors, complete with tutorials.

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at 15:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda or bring them up during the dev chat.

Announcements 📢

WordPress 6.8.2 is now available!

The WordPress 6.8.2 is now available! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined the Release Party. We appreciate your testing and feedback.

WordPress 6.9 Planning Proposal and Call for Volunteers

The planning phase for Release 6.9 is now underway.
Applications for the various roles should be submitted here.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9 is scheduled on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

Discussions 💬

The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team. To nominate a topic for discussion, please leave a comment on this agenda with a summary of the topic, any relevant links that will help people get context for the discussion, and what kind of feedback you are looking for from others participating in the discussion.

HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers.-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.–Based kses Parsing

#63694 and #63630 Brief review of PR #9256 and PR #9099: assess replacing wp_kses_hair() ad-hoc parsing with the HTML API, validate compatibility, performance, and security, and define a test and rollout strategy.

Open floor 🎙️

Any topic can be raised for discussion in the comments, as well as requests for assistance on tickets. Tickets in the milestone for the next major or maintenance release will be prioritized.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and indicate whether you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or will be async.

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