Dev Chat summary: May 6, 2026

Announcements 📢

WordPress 7.0 Updates

• RC3 (“new Beta 1”) scheduled for this Friday, May 8th
• Call for RTC testing from hosts. Submissions still welcome. Thank you to Bluehost, Kinsta, XServer, GoDaddy,WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/, Ionos, and any other hosts for helping test RTC.
• A decision about RTC introduction is about to be finalized (and it was finalized). See ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #64696.

General

• A new proposal to auto-generate Block Editor Handbook docs from block.json was published.
• For folks who have helped with a Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ table, please take a look at Help us help others contribute to WordPress and consider helping out with this initiative, which is part of a larger effort to make it easier for people to start contributing.

Discussion 💬

@desrosj noticed there are still 37 open tickets in milestone 7.0 and that the statuts of the about page ticket (#64536) wasn’t clear.

@jorbin proposed to run a dedicated 7.0 scrub after the chat.

@juanmaguitar will host a dedicated 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/ scrub on Thursday.

@jorbin and @audrasjb asked about the Field GuideField guide The field guide is a type of blogpost published on Make/Core during the release candidate phase of the WordPress release cycle. The field guide generally lists all the dev notes published during the beta cycle. This guide is linked in the about page of the corresponding version of WordPress, in the release post and in the HelpHub version page. timeline. It is currently under review and should be published ASAP.

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@joefusco asked: “Is there a process for getting systems team feedback on the RTC custom table?  The code and testing infrastructure are ready, including a standalone testing pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. that can run on production sites without changes to trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision..  I’m not sure who to direct this to or what the next gate is in the process.”

@desrosj answered the systems team has been involved with the discussions and I know that they have been testing.

@joefusco replied “Mainly whether there are any outstanding concerns with the table structure or the approach that would prevent it from landing in 7.0.  Also, is there a documented process for new table proposals that require systems review?  This won’t be the last time a feature needs a schema change, and it would help future contributors know the path.”

Several attendees noted that it’s likely not worth the effort to formalize a process, as that kind of change doesn’t occur regularly.