Dev Chat Agenda – February 4, 2026

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.

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The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, February 4, 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 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is over. The current Team Reps are putting together the nominations, then a poll will be opened for voting. It will stay open for two weeks.

WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule

WordPress 6.9.1 was released on February 3, 2026. It is a maintenance release.

See the WP 6.9.1 RC1 announcement for more information about the release.

WordPress 7.0 Release Squad and Bug Scrub Schedule

The WordPress 7.0 Release Squad has been announced.

The 7.0 bug scrub schedule was published.

Discussions 💬

The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the Core 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.

From @adamsilverstein:

I’d like to mention I have posted a detailed progress update for the Client Side Media feature on the tracking issue. The summary is: last week we landed the wordpress/worker-threads package, which unlocks running VIPS directly in a worker thread. This means the feature can now be tested. Also: the final 7 pre-betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. PRs are nearly ready for review.

The main thing I need support on is code reviews and testing!

The meetings are currently at a difficult time for me to attend, i’m happy to answer questions a bit later if i am not able to join.

From @flixos90: Proposal for merging WP AI Client into WordPress 7.0

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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