Title: Dev Chat summary: September 2, 2026 Author: Jb Audras Published: September 2, 2026 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 7:29 pm _on_ September 2, 2026 Tags: [7.1.1 ( 5 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/7-1-1/), [7.2 ( 18 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/7-2/), [core ( 755 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/), [dev chat ( 931 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/dev-chat/)    # Dev Chat summary: September 2, 2026 [Start](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1788361357654099) of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/), facilitated by [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 🔗 [See the agenda post](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/09/02/dev-chat-agenda-sep-02-2026/). ## Announcements 📢 ### 7.2 * We have a [Proposal: Secrets API for WP 7.2](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/08/25/proposal-a-secrets-api-for-wordpress-7-2/) * We are still waiting for a release squad to be published, probably early next week as per [@jeffpaul](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffpaul/) ### 7.1.1 * We now have a [WordPress 7.1.1 Release Schedule](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/09/02/wordpress-7-1-1-release-schedule/)! ### General * [Updates to WordPress Vulnerability Disclosure program](https://make.wordpress.org/security/2026/09/01/updates-to-the-wordpress-vulnerability-disclosure-program) * [WordPress signs Open Weights and American AI Leadership letter](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/open-weight/) ## Discussion 💬 ### From 󠀁[@jeffpaul](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeffpaul/)󠁿 Jeff resurfaced this heads up from [@annezazu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/), for anyone who’s working on something for 7.2 to ensure they flag that to Anne for the roadmap post: > Howdy! I’m starting to work on a roadmap for WordPress 7.2 since we’re less than > 2 months from 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. > 1. I wanted to check in to see what might be coming up across the project that > folks are dedicated to working on. As a reminder, roadmaps aren’t meant to be > completely comprehensive but are meant to reflect the priority work slated for > the release. As a result, I won’t include every little detail and instead focus > on getting the broad strokes in place. As always, I’ll share drafts as I go but > just want to flush out anything early as I have a long list already! > @annezazu – [link to the Slack thread](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1788303660549699) [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/): “On my side, I’d say [this feature (ticket #65910)](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65910) may be a huge thing for support teams (on dotorg as well as for plugins/themes support teams if we make it an APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.). Design welcome but I think we can probably make a POC with the existing dashicons and basic styling.” ### From 󠀁[@pbearne](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbearne/)󠁿 Paul would love to see [some of his patches that add tests get merged](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?focuses=~tests&reporter=~pbearne&status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reviewing&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=focuses&col=owner&col=type&col=status&col=priority). 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