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Jeffrey Paul 2:26 pm on July 11, 2025
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WordPress 6.9 Planning Proposal and Call for Volunteers

Planning for WordPress 6.9 is underway with a proposed release date of December 2, 2025. This post outlines the key milestone dates and includes a call for volunteers to help lead the release. Whether you’re a seasoned contributor or new to release work, there are many ways to get involved.

John Blackbourn 12:56 pm on July 11, 2025
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Proposal: PHPStan in the WordPress core development workflow

What is PHPStan? PHPStan is a mature, popular, and well-maintained static code analysisStatic code analysis “…the analysis of computer software that is performed without actually executing programs, in contrast with dynamic analysis, which is analysis performed on programs while they are executing.” – Wikipedia tool for PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is […]

John Blackbourn 10:19 am on July 7, 2025
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Proposal: Remove the “beta support” label from PHP 8.3 for WordPress 6.8

WordPress 6.4 to 6.8 are labelled as having “beta support” for PHP 8.3. The coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. software itself is compatible and has been since November 2023, but due to the acknowledgement that WordPress is rarely used in isolation (without any […]

Jonathan Desrosiers 2:50 pm on July 2, 2025
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Proposal: Introduce Maintenance Mode For Components

This proposal aims to introduce the concept of legacy components and a process of managing them in a way that is intentional and accountable. Once something is committed and released in WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., it comes with an implicit promise […]

Jonathan Desrosiers 10:41 pm on June 27, 2025
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Proposal: Clarifying Core’s Database Support Policy

TL;DR Over 37% of WordPress sites are running a version of database software that has reached end of life and is no longer receiving maintenance or security updates. To encourage broader adoption of secure and supported database versions, WordPress should clarify that only LTS releases of MySQLMySQL MySQL is a relational database management system. A […]

Héctor Prieto 6:06 pm on November 19, 2024
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Proposal: Major releases for 2025

With WordPress 6.7 out the door, it’s time to plan for next year’s releases. The following dates try to account for flagship events and major international holidays: The release cadence is similar to past years, with a longer initial release cycle, including the end-of-year festivities and ~4-month ones. Please leave your feedback below or through […]

Andrew Ozz 1:37 am on October 11, 2024
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Proposal: Make unit test tickets easier to distinguish

This is a follow-up of a conversation in #core on Slack. Currently there is no easy way to identify TracTrac An 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 […]

annezazu 5:10 pm on September 23, 2024
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Proposal: Create connections between Performance Team and Hosts

This post offers a proposal to create a private 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/. channel (#performance-hosting) where members of both the Performance Team and relevant representatives from hosting companies can come together to share information impacting the performance of sites, test […]

Joe McGill 12:43 am on July 23, 2024
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Proposal: Adjusting Dev Chat times for the 6.7 release

Background The weekly WordPress Dev Chat meeting is a tradition that dates back to the days when WordPress contributors primarily communicated via IRC. Since that time, these meetings have continued to serve as a regular time each week where contributors working on CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core […]

Héctor Prieto 3:24 pm on July 5, 2024
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WordPress 6.7 Planning Proposal & Call for Volunteers

With WordPress 6.6 almost ready, it’s time to start planning WordPress 6.7 so that the release leads can participate from the start of the release cycle. The timeline for the third release of 2024 takes into consideration WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the […]