Dev Chat Agenda – January 7, 2026

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The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 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 📢

Happy New Year!

The first Dev Chat meeting of the year will take place on January 7 at the usual time.

6.9 Release Retrospective

The 6.9 release retrospective is open to all contributors, not only release squad members.
Broader feedback helps improve future release processes.

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.

PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher Extensions List – `filter`

@sirlouen raised a question about setting the filter PHP extension as default. See the Hosting Team Handbook.

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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SirLouen 7:28 pm on January 6, 2026

@benjamin_zekavica I was referring only to filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. with a 99.9998% according to 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. data I can’t talk for the rest
- Benjamin Zekavica 8:14 pm on January 6, 2026
  
  @sirlouen Thanks for clarifying. The agenda has been updated. It’s a reference for tomorrow’s discussion, and you can share sources and further details during the meeting.
  - SirLouen 8:28 pm on January 6, 2026
    
    @benjamin_zekavica tomorrow i have something at meeting time so I’m not sure if I could get on time. This is why I put all the info I got from 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., to get the discussion going without me
Drivingralle 9:28 am on January 7, 2026

I would like to get an update to this ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.:
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/55184

Will not be able to join the meeting on time.
Javier Casares 6:39 am on January 10, 2026

@sirlouen if you are referring to this: https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.filter.php, it’s enabled by default with PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher, so there is no need to do anything at a hosting level, because it should come with all the PHP installations.

This extension is enabled by default. It may be disabled by using the following option at compile time: –disable-filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.

https://www.php.net/manual/en/filter.installation.php
- SirLouen 10:10 am on January 10, 2026
  
  @javiercasares yes, the idea is to put filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. as default extension for that reason, so it’s not needed to waste time adding fallbacks in code for that 0.0001% that doesn’t install it for whatever reason
  - Javier Casares 10:27 am on January 10, 2026
    
    Yes, I understand that. I’ll check it. As it’s a default thing for PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher, there is no problem to add that in the documentation.
    
    I added this Issue. https://github.com/WordPress/hosting-handbook/issues/384
    - SirLouen 10:47 pm on January 10, 2026
      
      Highly recommended, and the rest are the same. They force function/extension loaded checks. I was thinking in the `Built-in` categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging.. Just like PCRE

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