Title: Dev Chat Agenda – August 27, 2025 Author: Benjamin Zekavica Published: August 26, 2025 Last modified: August 27, 2025 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjamin_zekavica/) [Benjamin Zekavica](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjamin_zekavica/) 8:50 am _on_ August 26, 2025 Tags: [6-9 ( 87 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/6-9/), [agenda ( 1,148 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/), [core ( 755 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/), [dev chat ( 931 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/dev-chat/)    # Dev Chat Agenda – August 27, 2025 The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on [Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20250827T1500) in the [core](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core/) channel on [Make WordPress Slack](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/). 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 📢 ### WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. 󠀁[Learn more](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/)󠁿. US 2025 takes place this week From **August 26–29, 2025**, the WordPress community will convene in Portland, Oregon. Further details can be found on the [official website](https://us.wordcamp.org/2025). ### WordPress 6.9 Roadmap The [roadmap for 6.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/07/28/roadmap-to-6-9/) has been published. Please take a look to see what’s actively being worked on for release later in the year. ## Forthcoming releases 🚀 ### Next GutenbergGutenberg The 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)󠁿 version: 21.5 Gutenberg 21.5 is scheduled for release on **Wednesday**, **August 27, 2025**. ### 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._ ### Post/Post Types Bug Scrubs [@sirlouen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sirlouen/) announced he will start running weekly 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. scrubs beginning in September, every **Thursday at 1 PM GMT**. The focus will be on the Post/Post Types component, and the effort is expected to continue for an extended period (possibly into 2026). He suggested permanently adding this as a recurring event in the meeting calendar. ### New Database Index Proposal [@josephscott](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josephscott/) proposed adding a new database index to improve performance on sites with a large number of posts or custom post types. The index would be: ```notranslate CREATE INDEX type_status_author ON wp_posts (post_type, post_status, post_author); ``` This change would speed up queries for the _All Posts_ adminadmin (and super admin) page. Details are in TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticket [#50161, comment 7](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50161#comment:7). A discussion is requested on whether this index should be included in Core. ## 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](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/6-9/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/), [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/), [#dev-chat](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/dev-chat/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/08/26/dev-chat-agenda-august-27-2025/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/08/26/dev-chat-agenda-august-27-2025/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/08/26/dev-chat-agenda-august-27-2025/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/08/26/dev-chat-agenda-august-27-2025/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/08/26/dev-chat-agenda-august-27-2025/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/08/26/dev-chat-agenda-august-27-2025/?share=linkedin) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5bccf439e28a96b79ced740b6c17811af9340bef54767c639c601953de5b1551? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [SirLouen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sirlouen/) 11:29 am _on_ August 26, 2025 3. I have decided to run 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.-scrubs every Thursday, starting in September, @ 1 PM GMT. I will be focusing mainly on the Post/Post Types Component, it will be for a good while, probably until 2026, depending on how much time it takes to triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. through this component. 4. I’m informing here [as suggested here](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/tutorials/leading-bug-scrubs/#i-want-to-lead-one-what-do-i-need-to-do) to permanently add this to the meeting calendar as recurring event. 5. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b08b3ac375d3b073a7de49cab22f621e759f0aadf4a5157a5ec36ffb71f52a67? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 6. [Joseph Scott](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josephscott/) 12:35 pm _on_ August 26, 2025 7. I’m proposing a new database index, details are in [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50161#comment:7](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50161#comment:7) 8. This adds `CREATE INDEX type_status_author ON wp_posts (post_type, post_status, post_author);` which can speed up the `All Posts` page on sites with a large number of posts, or custom post types. 9. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fa0b6117fe9035d9f144a29ad0cfd5c36e660b61ffa6397cbcbe30438aaba1a5? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 10. [josephquinny2002](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josephquinny2002/) 3:27 pm _on_ August 26, 2025 11. Great to see the roadmap for 6.9 shaping up. The new database index proposal is especially interesting for sites with heavy post queries. I’ve been collecting resources on [WordPress performance and release preparation](http://freakbobtime.com/why-the-august-27-wordpress-dev-chat-matters) that could be useful alongside this discussion. Comments are closed. # Post navigation [← Summary, Dev Chat, August 20, 2025](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/08/21/summary-dev-chat-august-20-2025/) [Summary, Dev Chat, August 27, 2025 →](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/08/27/summary-dev-chat-august-27-2025/)