Summary, Dev Chat, January 7, 2026

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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 📢

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 💬

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

The discussion covered whether the PHP filter extension is set as default. See the Hosting Team Handbook. @dmsnell asked about the impact on CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., how similar changes were handled before, and mentioned concerns about using functions like FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL. @realloc noted that Core uses filter only in a few places, mainly in PHPMailer, and suggested removing those usages instead of requiring the extension. The topic will be discussed again next week.

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6.9 Release Retrospective

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

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