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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.
Other questions? Here is a detailed handbook for contributors, complete with tutorials.

Birgit Olzem 2:59 pm on July 17, 2023
Tags: make.wordpress.org/project ( 13 ), p2-xpost ( 158 )

X-post: Proposal for Establishing a Make Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (“DEIB”) Team within the WordPress Community

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Tonya Mork 3:40 pm on June 20, 2023
Tags: PHP ( 71 ), PHP 8.0 ( 3 ), php-compatibility

Proposal: Criteria for Removing “Beta Support” from Each PHP 8+ Version

Update on August 1, 2023: Added requirement to publish Make/CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. post that details the compatibility change for the release (added to the “Beta Support” removal process section). Props @chanthaboune. Officially WordPress Core currently provides “betaBeta A pre-release of software […]

Hari Shanker R 8:11 pm on May 17, 2023
Tags: make.wordpress.org/project ( 13 ), p2-xpost ( 158 )

X-post: WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program: Pilot Program Proposal

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Jonathan Desrosiers 1:37 pm on May 16, 2023
Tags: bundled-theme ( 83 ), themes ( 43 )

Proposal: Retiring Older Default Themes

Since 2010, WordPress has released a new default theme every year but one. Each default theme (though sometimes stylistically opinionated) is meant to provide a solid and flexible foundation that site owners can use to build out their new WordPress site. Though only the three most recent bundled themes are included in new WordPress installs, […]

Felix Arntz 2:35 pm on May 2, 2023
Tags: fetchpriority, images ( 10 ), media ( 90 ), performance ( 379 ), performance-lab ( 6 )

Proposal for enhancing LCP image performance with the fetchpriority attribute in WordPress core

This post proposes adding the fetchpriority=”high” attribute to LCP images in WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. to enhance LCP performance. The proposal was created as a collaboration between members of the Core Performance Team. Context The fetchpriority attribute is a standard HTML […]

Héctor Prieto 8:41 pm on April 14, 2023
Tags: 6-3 ( 70 ), planning ( 32 )

WordPress 6.3 Planning Proposal & Call for Volunteers

After the successful launch of WordPress 6.2, it’s time to start planning for WordPress 6.3, and for WordPress 6.4’s women and non-binary-led release. In preparation, this post includes WordPress 6.3 proposed target dates and a call for its release squad. The timeline for the second release of 2023 takes into consideration this year’s two remaining […]

Mario Santos 6:49 pm on March 30, 2023
Tags: block-api ( 4 ), block-developer-experience ( 5 ), gutenberg ( 508 ), interactivity API ( 7 )

Proposal: The Interactivity API – A better developer experience in building interactive blocks

What if effortlessly creating performant, fluid, and idiomatic frontend interactivity on blockBlock Block 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 […]

Andrew Ozz 12:40 am on February 18, 2023
Tags: proposal ( 38 ), release-process ( 26 )

Proposal: Updates to the WordPress Release Cycle

What is Feature Freeze In the WordPress release cycle, feature freeze happens when the first 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 […]

Jb Audras 5:18 pm on January 24, 2023
Tags: core ( 630 ), trac cleanup ( 6 ), triage ( 7 ), WP20

Proposal: Old Tickets Trac Triage Sessions

In a few months, we’ll celebrate the 20th anniversary of WordPress!
To mark the milestone, let’s put together some sessions to take care of all the old tickets that haunt the depths of Trac!

Héctor Prieto 10:24 am on December 27, 2022
Tags: 6.2 ( 90 ), planning ( 32 )

WordPress 6.2 Planning Schedule Proposal

As we wrap 2022 with three major releases, it’s time to look ahead and start planning for the following year. In preparation, this post includes proposed target dates and a call for the release squad for WordPress 6.2, the first major release of 2023. The first-ever WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. […]

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