Dev Chat Agenda – August 6, 2025

Welcome!

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The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, August 6, 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 6.9 Roadmap

The roadmap for 6.9 has been published. Please take a look to see what’s actively being worked on for release later in the year.

WordPress 6.9 Planning Proposal and Call for Volunteers

The planning phase for 6.9 wrapped up on July 25. More information will be announced about the release team in the coming weeks.

Maintenance release for WP 4.7 to 6.7

A maintenance update was released for branches 4.7 to 6.7.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 is scheduled for 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.

“New blocks in core” guidelines (and their lack of)

Pointed out by @mamaduka: “Do niche blocks belong in the core?”. See the related issue on Gutenberg GitHub repository.

Request for comments on a new 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. system for processing blocks

@dmsnell proposed to discuss this PR proposal.

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.

#6-9, #agenda, #dev-chat

leemon 8:22 am on August 7, 2025

Can anyone take a look at these, please?

https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/59272 (Add support for synced theme patterns (with overrides))
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/55137 (DatePicker: Add support for dropdown and inputs in date selection)
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/52644 (BlockBlock Block 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. styles set via the “css” property outside the “elements” and “blocks” sections in theme.jsonJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. are ignored on the frontend in classic/hybrid themes)

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