Summary, Dev Chat, December 10, 2025

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.

Start of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., facilitated by @benjamin_zekavica 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements 📢

WordPress 6.9 is now available!

WordPress 6.9 is now available for download. Huge thanks to all contributors who made this release possible.

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/ 22.2 has been released!

Gutenberg 22.2 has been released and is available for download!

Discussions 💬

6.9.1 Planning

A review of the tickets reported since the 6.9 release does not indicate a need for an immediate 6.9.1 maintenance release. The feedback so far does not point to issues that require a rapid response. A timeframe early in the new year is being considered to allow enough time for further testing and coordination. @jorbin will prepare a post for the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blogblog (versus network, site) to share the current status.

Missing “Needs 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. / Needs PR” Label in the Gutenberg Repository

@sirlouen raised that it is often unclear when a Gutenberg issue is ready for patch work. Some issues may appear complete, even though they still require review or testing. The current labels do not always show this distinction, which can make it harder to identify issues that are ready to work on. It was also noted that clearer information about the issue workflow could help improve orientation.

#6-9, #core, #dev-chat

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Announcements 📢

WordPress 6.9 is now available!

Discussions 💬

6.9.1 Planning

Missing “Needs 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. / Needs PR” Label in the Gutenberg Repository

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