The WordPress coreCoreCore 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 bugbugA 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.
Currently there is no easy way to identify TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets specifically for adding unit tests. Some are added to the Build/Test Tools component, however the tests are not really “tools”. The reason for this is that unit tests, just like build and test tools, are “non-production code”. That means they can be committed at any time during the WordPress development cycle and do not follow the general milestones-based workflow.
Additionally, many tickets for adding unit tests are marked as “enhancements”. Following the release cycle workflow, enhancements cannot be committed during betaBetaA 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. and RCrelease candidateOne of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta).. However, in practice unit tests can be committed at any time. It can be difficult to isolate these today, as the Trac search form lacks a filterFilterFilters 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. for such tickets, which makes triaging a bit harder.
Some suggestions
During the discussion in #core, several ideas were proposed about how this can be made to work better. And while there isn’t currently much traction on adding E2E tests to CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., any option explored should take this test type into account. In no particular order:
Component: A new Tests component, which would be exempt from the general workflow, similar to Build/Test Tools. Example component filter.
Keyword: A tests-only keyword to identify that it’s for unit/E2E tests only, and serve to filter tickets for triagetriageThe act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. reports. Example keyword filter.
Milestone: An Any Time milestone could indicate when this type of ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. could be committed, being primarily reserved for tests- and docs-only tickets. Example milestone filter.
Type: A test ticket type, to clearly differentiate from the current defect (bug), enhancement, and task (blessed) types. Example type filter.
Type (alternative): A new non-production type could be introduced to broadly cover any ticket that does not affect build/production code. Example type filter.
I think that any of the proposed solutions would make searching and triaging test-oriented tickets a bit easier. Some are more flexible in that it’s easier to combine terms (focuses and keywords).
What are your thoughts on these ideas to make test-only tickets easier to distinguish? Please help continue the discussion in the comments below!
WordPress 6.7 Beta 2 was released on October 8. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release and attended the release party! There is a helpful guide here on how to help test this release.
During the meeting, @peterwilsoncc and @marybaum updated the Playground link in the news post to correctly load WP 6.7 BetaBetaA 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. 2.
Forthcoming releases
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.7
@peterwilsoncc shared that there’s been a change in the release squad. @get_dave will be replacing @noisysocks in the co-editor tech lead role. Kai will remain as the other editor tech lead. The WP 6.7. release page will be updated to reflect the addition of @get_dave while keeping @noisysocks as a listed co-lead to acknowledge his contributions to this release.
Next maintenance release
There are no maintenance releases planned at this time.
This week, continuing to triagetriageThe act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. tickets reported against 6.6.x (ie Version). Then can do a 6.6.3 bugbugA 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. scrub in #core to help with assessment and resolutions.
Next GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ release: 19.4
The next Gutenberg release will be 19.4, scheduled for October 9, and will include the following issues.
Discussion
There were no discussion topics raised this week, so @joemcgill shared the following issues that were raised in the #6-7-release-leads channel:
A reminder that there are a number of bugs on the 6.7 Editor project board that need addressing. Specifically, the new Zoom Out Mode has many issues. Most are minor, but additional help on these would be great.
One issue that could use your eyes is 65644. It’s a pretty unfortunate bug, given TT5 will heavily rely on section styles. If you can help fix this issue, or know someone who might be able to, please reach out!
@peterwilsoncc asked for feedback on #59684. Specifically, wondering where where wp_save_image is tested so he can ensure he doesn’t break metaMetaMeta 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 in an attempt to fix it. @joemcgill agreed to follow up after the meeting.
Open Floor
Brad Vasked for clarity about whether PRs for default themes should be made against wordpress-develop.
“What’s new in GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Site Editor project (formerly called Full Site Editing).
This release includes 186 PRs from 54 contributors, and includes several exciting features such as new Write / Design modes and BlockBlockBlock is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Bindings editor APIs.
The Edit and Select modes are now called Write and Design modes.
In Write mode, you can focus solely on writing, with all layout options hidden from the sidebarSidebarA sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme..
If you want to adjust colors, sizes, create columns, and more, switch to Design mode!
Block Bindings Editor APIs are public
Gutenberg 19.4 and WordPress 6.7 will allow developers to use certain block binding APIs that were previously private and used only in CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. A dev notedev noteEach important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. and documentation will be published for the WordPress 6.7 release, but here is an overview:
getBlockBindingsSource, getBlockBindingsSources: The first retrieves a specific block binding source and its properties, while the second retrieves a list of all block binding sources.
updateBlockBindings: Similar to updateBlockAttributes, this function allows you to create or remove connections between a block and any source.
removeAllBlockBindings: Removes all connections from a block to any source.
registerBlockBindingsSource, unregisterBlockBindingsSource: Enables registering and unregistering block bindings in the editor. Registering them in the editor allows modification of source fetching and editing.
Other Notable Highlights
There are some improvements too that are worthy to mention like:
Comment block components (e.g., author name, date, content, pagination) and Query block components (e.g., no results, pagination, title) will now have previews when hovered over in the inserter panel.
Additionally, the BorderBoxControl, BorderControl, and BoxControl components are now considered stable.(65469, 65475, 65586)
Also the filters PreSavePost and SavePost are now stable. (64198)
Not to mention all the bugs fixed that you can check in the changelog below.
Changelog
Enhancements
Block Library
Added keywords to query loopLoopThe Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop. block. (65515)
AvatarAvatarAn avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name.: Add block example. (65509)
Move the toggle button to before the device preview dropdown. (65446)
Only show zoom out inserters on block selection. (65759)
Block Editor
Hide block transforms in contentOnly mode for non-content blocks. (65394)
Inserter: Always show the list of all patterns in the inserter. (65611)
MediaPlaceholder: Use InputControl in URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org popover. (65656)
Use proper named File when uploading external images. (65693)
FilterFilterFilters 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.UIUIUser interface: Remove popover max height. (65835)
Block hooksHooksIn WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same.
Hooks: Add support for async filters and actions. (64204)
New APIs
Revert “Make wordpress/fields a private package”. (65477)
Link autocompleter: Decode post title HTMLHTMLHyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. entities. (65589)
Openverse: Prevent multiple insertions during upload. (65719)
Paste Handler: Try to fix pasting text with formatting. (63779)
Fix: Makes edit mode selector persistent in top toolbar mode. (65511)
Global styles: Do not navigate twice to home screen when opening the sidebar. (65523)
Make resizable frame compatible with RTL languages. (65545)
Command Palette: Fix “Add new page” command for hybrid theme. (65534)
Export useResizeObserverReactReactReact is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. https://reactjs.org/. Native version directly. (65588)
Fix aria-checked attribute not set for pluginPluginA 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 settings buttons in Options dropdown. (65667)
Revert “useToolsPanel: Calculate menuItems in layout effect to avoid painting intermediate state”. (65533)
Focus Mode
Limit zoom out toggle to specific post types. (65732)
Remove additional Typeset screen and surface typesets in the typography panel. (65579)
Widgets Editor
Fixed the focus cutoff of the editor buttons in the widgets editor. (65395)
Post Editor
Omit metaMetaMeta 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. boxes on “design” type posts. (64990)
Temp disable test for Classic Block Media issue. (65793)
Select Mode
Select Mode: Blocks outside the main sections root should be disabled. (65518)
Select Mode: Prevent the inbetween inserter from triggering within sections. (65529)
AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)
Post Editor
Make the Settings panel toggle button show its keyboard shortcut in its tooltip. (65322)
Resizable Editor: Make the editor resizable with arrow keys. (65546)
Components
ToggleGroupControl: Fix arrow key navigation in RTL. (65735)
Zoom Out
Don’t show tooltip in zoom out toggle button when showIconLabels is true. (65573)
Block Library
Improve the Query Loop block display settings labels. (65524)
Block Editor
Updates LayoutTypeSwitcher to use ToggleGroupControl. (65498)
Code Quality
A11yAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility): Move script module HTML printing to 6.7 compat. (65620)
Update to use a11y script module package in Core. (65539)
Move insertionPoint state to block-editor store/rename existing insertionPoint to insertionCue. (65098)
Documentation
Block Bindings: Add @sincetagtagA directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) in bindings apis JSDocs. (65796)
Block Editor: Fix README for FontFamilyControl component. (65660)
Only pass usesContext properties to editor APIs. (65661)
Refactor passing select and dispatch instead of full Registry. (65710)
Unify logic in getPostMetaFields function. (65462)
Post Editor
Customize widgets, edit post: Refactor Button to new sizes. (65807)
HeaderHeaderThe header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes.: Remove unused property isZoomedOutView in useSelect(). (65628)
Global style revisionsRevisionsThe WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision.: Remove unnecessary goTo navigation call. (65810)
GH Actions: Run the tests against PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher 8.3. (65357)
Revert “Temp disable test for Classic Block Media issue.”. (65809)
Build Tooling
Composer: Prevent a lock file from being created. (65359)
WordPress 6.7BetaBetaA 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. 2 is October 8, with Beta 3 following on October 15
New Web Worker OffloadingpluginPluginA 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 is now published and available for download
Official announcement that the Plugin Check has been incorporated into the submission process for all new WordPress plugins
Priority Items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Will be discussed in tomorrow’s bugbugA 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. scrub
Performance Lab Plugin (and other Performance Plugins)
@westonruter There are a few open PRs for Optimization Detective which I’m continuing to iterate on. I plan for these to be ready for review starting today.
“Worth highlighting: At the 70th percentile, we see a reduction of over 40% on desktop and almost 60% on mobile in terms of wasted pixels and wasted bytes. I also ran a modified version of the query only to get the LCP difference for the similar intersection of sites, and that looks great too, with +8.2% on desktop and +6.2% on mobile (the overall LCP diff in that time for all WordPress sites was only ~+1%, per https://cwvtech.report).”
@joemcgill This is encouraging, and will be worth keeping an eye on once 6.7 is released, given that we’ve added auto-sizes via #61847
Active Priority Projects
Investigate INP Improvements
No updates this week
Improving the calculation of image size attributes
@mukesh27 Regarding the improvements to the calculation, the CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.#62046, I’ve opened PR #7522, which includes unit tests. The tests have passed, so could @joemcgill please take a look when you have a moment?
@joemcgill planning to take a deeper look into #62046 later this week
Enable Client Side Modern Image Generation
No updates this week
Enhance Onboarding Experience of Performance Lab Plugin
I think the biggest priority based on the onboarding feedback is to make the feature/plugin activation work via AJAX. Because right now it results in a fresh page load, it means quickly activating multiple features is unnecessarily slow. It can sometimes even lead to weird errors if users click multiple buttons too fast (before the page reloaded)
@mukesh27 The WP 6.7 Beta 2 Performance Benchmark Report shows the regressionregressionA software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. in blockBlockBlock is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. (TT4) theme, For full details check https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/1572#issuecomment-2398943461
The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.
Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections below. If you have ticketticketCreated 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.
Announcements
WordPress 6.7 Beta 2 was released on October 8. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release and attended the release party! There is a helpful guide here on how to help test this release.
Forthcoming releases
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.7
We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 BetaBetaA 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. 3 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 15. For specific release times, review the release party schedule post.
Next maintenance release
There are no maintenance releases planned at this time.
Next GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ release: 19.4
The next Gutenberg release will be 19.4, scheduled for October 9, and will include the following issues.
Discussions
The discussion section of the agenda is to provide a place to discuss important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team.
If you want 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.
Highlighted Posts
There were no posts to highlight this week
Editor updates
You can keep up to date with the major Editor features that are currently in progress by viewing these Iteration issues.
A reminder that there are a number of bugs on the 6.7 Editor project board that need addressing. Specifically, the new Zoom Out Mode has many issues. Most are minor, but additional help on these would be great.
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 if you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or if you will be async.
WordPress 6.7BetaBetaA 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. 2 is October 8, with Beta 3 following on October 15
New Web Worker OffloadingpluginPluginA 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 is now published and available for download
Official announcement that the Plugin Check has been incorporated into the submission process for all new WordPress plugins
Priority items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
WordPress 6.7 Beta 1 was released on October 1. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release and attended the release party! There is a helpful guide here on how to help test this release.
Forthcoming releases
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.7
We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 BetaBetaA 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. 2 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8. For specific release times, review the release party schedule post.
@peterwilsoncc noted that the release is now in the phase of bugbugA 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. fixes only. No further enhancements or features can be committed to WordPress-Develop until the 6.7 branchbranchA directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". is forked in a few weeks time after RCrelease candidateOne of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1. Tasks can also be completed at this stage, such as the about page, etc.
@peterwilsoncc also mentioned that the Twenty Twenty-Five theme is still being worked on in the GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repository and he’s sure the theme team would love assistance there https://github.com/WordPress/twentytwentyfive/issues.
On the Editor side, @noisysocks suggested diving into fixing bugs that are in the 6.7 board if you’re interested in helping out.
Next maintenance release
There are no maintenance releases planned at this time. Currently, the next minor report is clear.
Next GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ release: 19.4
The next Gutenberg release will be 19.4, scheduled for October 9, and will include the following issues.
Discussion
There were no discussion topics raised this week.
Open Floor
@akirk left a comment on the agenda asking whether the WordPress project wanted to be represented at FOSDEM 2025, happening in Brussels this coming Feb. To quote his comment on the agenda:
I believe bringing a dedicated WordPress room to this open sourceOpen SourceOpen Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. conference could be beneficial for WordPress to connect more with other open source projects. We could select talks for the devroom (given that they’d be proposed) that can inspire and take inspiration from other open source projects, for example about WordPress Playground, or how the WordPress project does translationtranslationThe process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization..
Proposals need to be submitted by Oct 10. Alex is looking for feedback about whether it makes sense to engage in the FOSDEM environment and to gather interest in submitting talks if the room is accepted. Please reach out to @akirk directly if you’d like more information about this.
WordPress 6.7BetaBetaA 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. 2 is next week, October 8
Priority Items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Performance Lab pluginPluginA 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 (and other performance plugins)
@joemcgill planning on punting #59600, because I don’t think we have any clear next steps to move that forward
Just want to review it an make sure there aren’t any follow-up items in that ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. that need to be tended to first
I also noticed that there was an issue with the performance tests during the release party due to the inclusion of a new default theme. Curious if we already have a ticket to update this, or any next steps we need to do. @mukesh27 do you know?
@joemcgill will spin up a new ticket to conditionally test TT5 on WP versions that support that theme
@mukesh27 ran WP 6.7 Beta 1 Performance Benchmark Report – please seehttps://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02KGN5K076/p1727785426773919 shows the regressionregressionA software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. in blockBlockBlock is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. theme
Performance Lab Plugin (and other Performance Plugins)
@westonruter I submitted the initial version of Web Worker Offloading (powered by Partytown) to the plugin directory. This initial version integrates with WooCommerce’s integration with Google Analytics (integration²)
@adamsilverstein noticed a new comment in the INP opportunities doc (created in March) noting that Elementor has fixed one of the issues identified there. Their new release has the fix which loads CSSCSSCascading Style Sheets. more dynamically based on content.
Improving the calculation of image size attributes
@joemcgill For improving the calculation of image sizes attributes, we’ve been doing some experimentation with using block context to pass layout information from parent blocks to their ancestors and have noticed that #62046 is affecting our work. I’d like to see if we could get this solved for 6.7 so we don’t need to ship a workaround for this bugbugA 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. in our feature pluginFeature PluginA plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins. implementation. @gziolo flagged this as too late for 6.7 on the ticket, but as a bug, I think it could still land during betas.
Further discussion on WP 6.7 performance benchmarks
@joemcgill regarding (Slack post) the performance metrics for classic themes looks pretty steady, which is great! For TT4, it seems like we need to investigate the cause of the additional performance regression during template rendering, because adding 10% is not great.
Can we spin up a tracking issue in our performance repo to collect each of these benchmarks during the release and have a place to discuss the potential causes/remediation efforts?
WordPress 6.7BetaBetaA 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. 2 is next week, October 8
Priority items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Performance Lab pluginPluginA 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 (and other performance plugins) including:
There are no announcements this week. However, last week many from the community attended WordCamp US 2024 in Portland, OR. If you missed it, or just want to reminisce, several folks contributed to this PDX + WCUS 2024: A Recap post from the week.
Forthcoming releases
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.7
We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 BetaBetaA 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 is one week away. The Road Map post can be found here.
@peterwilsoncc reminded that all enhancements need to be committed prior to the beta so folks wishing to get something in should do so sooner rather than later.
The final release of the GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/pluginPluginA 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 for WP 6.7 has been released and the 6.7 branchbranchA directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". for the plugin created.
One of the bigger tasks is to get Twenty Twenty-Five committed, so the team working on that is pretty focused this week. It would be very valuable if people could take some time to test the theme and log any issues, create PRs (if able to), etc. To do so, visit https://github.com/WordPress/twentytwentyfive. There are instructions in the repo explaining how to set it up and get it running.
Next maintenance release
There are no maintenance releases planned at this time.
Next Gutenberg release: 19.3
The next Gutenberg release will be 19.3, scheduled for September 25, and will include the following issues.
Discussion
There were no discussion topics raised this week.
Open Floor
Cory Hughart shared that during contributor dayContributor DayContributor 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/. at WCUS, the CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Fields table spent the day diving through bleeding-edge Gutenberg code related to the new DataViews in posts and pages areas of the site editor. @sc0ttkclark is working on a dev blogblog(versus network, site) post, but the TL;DR is that we want to add some options to register_meta functions in PHPPHPThe web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher to enable quick edit for custom fields. We’ll be talking more about it in the days ahead in #core-fields.
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