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Jb Audras 1:48 pm on February 18, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – February 18, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 15:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticketticket Created 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 or bring them up during the dev chat.

Announcements 📢

WordPress 7.0 Updates

Discussions 💬

The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team. 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.

  • The following tickets are waiting for review/tests:
    • From @pratiknawkar94:
      • #60029: New PR available for review.
      • #61796: New PR available for review.
    • From @justlevine:
      • #64596: “Unlike abilities themselves, we can’t iterate on this from a feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins like Experiments, so waiting until 7.1 adds a lot of friction and makes the potential impact on early adopters trying to work around the current limitations harder to to assuage.”
  • Proposal for merging WP AI Client into WordPress 7.0: Decision needed as 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 is scheduled on February 19.

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 indicate whether you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or will be async.

#7-0, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Amy Kamala 11:53 pm on February 12, 2026
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WordPress 7.0 Release Party Schedule

Note: This schedule is no longer current. The new schedule can be found here.

Edits: 03/10/26 Add security 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. 4, 3/19/26 Update date for RC1, 4/5/26 Update to reflect delay

WordPress 7.0 is scheduled for release on April 9, 2026! Below is the proposed calendar with expected start times for each release party, and the release squad contributors involved in release parties for the upcoming 7.0 milestone.

This release party schedule will stay in effect during the Release Candidaterelease candidate One 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). phase and the final release of WordPress 7.0. This enables contributors to attend and assist with release testing during the final weeks of the release cycle.

As always, there may be last-minute adjustments. The release squad will do its best to communicate any changes promptly by publishing a post on the change, and updating this post as the canonical reference.

Join us for the 7.0 release parties in the #core channel on the Making WordPress Slack!

Release Schedule

Date (UTC)MilestoneEmcee / Release LeadRelease Lead The community member ultimately responsible for the Release.Committercommitter A developer with commit access. WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally, the project usually has a few guest or component committers - a developer receiving commit access, generally for a single release cycle (sometimes renewed) and/or for a specific component.SecurityMission Control (Coordination)Communications
February 19, 2026 at 15:00 UTCBeta 1@amykamala@ellatrix@audrasjb@sergeybiryukov@amykamala
February 26, 2026 at 15:00 UTCBeta 2@amykamala@ellatrix@audrasjb@sergeybiryukov@amykamala
March 5, 2026 at 14:00 UTC Beta 3@4thhubbard, @amykamala@audrasjb
Committing from WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Nice 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/!		@audrasjb@sergeybiryukov@4thhubbard
March 10, 2026 at 23:30 UTC
Unplanned beta following the 6.9.2-6.9.3 security releases		Beta 4@desrosj@sergeybiryukov@sergeybiryukov@sergeybiryukov
March 12, 2026 at 15:00 UTCBeta 5@chaion07, @amykamala@ellatrix@audrasjb@sergeybiryukov@chaion07
March 24, 2026 at 15:00 UTCRCrelease candidate One 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@amykamala@ellatrix@audrasjb@sergeybiryukov@amykamala
March 26, 2026 at 15:00 UTCRC 2@4thhubbard@ellatrix@audrasjb@sergeybiryukov@4thhubbard
April 2, 2026 at 15:00 UTC

Delayed: Time & Date TBA		RC 3@chaion07@ellatrix@audrasjb@sergeybiryukov@chaion07
Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

Delayed: Time & Date TBA		Dry Run / 24-Hour Code FreezeTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
Thursday, April 9, 2026. Live during WordCamp Asia 2026 Contributor Day!

Delayed: Time & Date TBA		General ReleaseTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD

How to Join the Party

  • All parties happen in the #core channel on Slack.
  • Everyone is welcome! First-timers, veteran contributors, and all those curious about the process are invited.
  • The final General Release will happen during WordCamp Asia 2026 Contributor Day.
  • Everyone is encouraged to attend WordCamp Asia, but traveling and attending the event is not required to participate in the General Release Party. The release party will still happen in the #core channel in 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/.
  • @desrosj is leading the coordination between the release squad and WordCamp Asia organizing team for the Dry Run and General Release schedules. More details will be announced as soon as they are finalized.

Here are detailed instructions on how to contribute to a release party.

Thank you to every contributor and community member that helps make 7.0 a success. See you at the parties!

Props to @desrosj, @4thhubbard, @jeffpaul, @chaion07, @audrasjb, @sergeybiryukov, @ellatrix, and @akshayar for collaboration and peer review.

#7-0, #release

Jb Audras 7:36 am on February 11, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – February 11, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at 15:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticketticket Created 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 or bring them up during the dev chat.

Announcements 📢

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/

What’s new in Gutenberg 22.5? (04 February)

WordPress 7.0 Updates

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is over. The current Team Reps have to open a poll for voting.

Discussions 💬

The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the Core Team. 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.

From @flixos90: Proposal for merging WP AI Client into WordPress 7.0: There is an ongoing discussion about the readiness of this changeset, given that there is currently no PR ready for testing and we are 10 days from 7.0 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.

From @audrasjb: The Adminadmin (and super admin) “reskin” tickets needs to be committed (or punted) ASAP. See ticket #64308 from @fabiankaegy.

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 indicate whether you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or will be async.

#7-0, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 7:38 am on February 6, 2026
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Summary, Dev Chat, February 4, 2026

Start of the meeting in 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/, facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is over. We are putting together the nominations, then a poll will probably be opened for voting. It will stay open for two weeks. Stay tuned.

WordPress 6.9.1

It was released yesterday! Congrats to everyone involved in this release!

Milestone 6.9.2 is open on Trac and @jorbin will monitor new tickets related to 6.9.

WordPress 7.0 Update

Discussion 💬

We have a formal proposal for merging the WP AI Client into WordPress 7.0!

Proposal for merging WP AI Client into WordPress 7.0

@jorbin noted that there is no formal timeline for feedback on this new feature.

There are discussions in the proposal on Make/Core and in the related Trac ticket.

The realtime coordination feature also was noted by @marybaum and @jorbin as a set of features that would deserves a merge proposal blogpost.

From @adamsilverstein:

I’d like to mention I have posted a detailed progress update for the Client Side Media feature on the tracking issue. The summary is: last week we landed the wordpress/worker-threads package, which unlocks running VIPS directly in a worker thread. This means the feature can now be tested. Also: the final 7 pre-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. PRs are nearly ready for review.
The main thing I need support on is code reviews and testing!

This was cross-posted on the #core-editor channel.

#6-9-1, #7-0, #core, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 9:32 pm on February 3, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – February 4, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 15:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticketticket Created 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 or bring them up during the dev chat.

Announcements 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is over. The current Team Reps are putting together the nominations, then a poll will be opened for voting. It will stay open for two weeks.

WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule

WordPress 6.9.1 was released on February 3, 2026. It is a maintenance release.

See the WP 6.9.1 RC1 announcement for more information about the release.

WordPress 7.0 Release Squad and Bug Scrub Schedule

The WordPress 7.0 Release Squad has been announced.

The 7.0 bug scrub schedule was published.

Discussions 💬

The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the Core Team. 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.

From @adamsilverstein:

I’d like to mention I have posted a detailed progress update for the Client Side Media feature on the tracking issue. The summary is: last week we landed the wordpress/worker-threads package, which unlocks running VIPS directly in a worker thread. This means the feature can now be tested. Also: the final 7 pre-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. PRs are nearly ready for review.

The main thing I need support on is code reviews and testing!

The meetings are currently at a difficult time for me to attend, i’m happy to answer questions a bit later if i am not able to join.

From @flixos90: Proposal for merging WP AI Client into WordPress 7.0

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 indicate whether you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or will be async.

#6-9, #6-9-1, #7-0, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 5:50 pm on January 28, 2026
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Summary, Dev Chat, January 28, 2026

Start of the meeting in 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/, facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is still open. Please submit your nomination here.

Recap: WordPress 6.9 “Gene” Retrospective

A retrospective of WP 6.9 was published by its release squad, with detailed feedback on the 6.9 cycle.

WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule

The WordPress 6.9.1 maintenance release is planned on February 3, 2026, with a 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 final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. release on January 29, 2026.

@jorbin noted that help is still needed on the following tickets/PR:

WordPress 7.0 Release Squad and Bug Scrub Schedule

The WordPress 7.0 Release Squad has been announced.

The 7.0 bug scrub schedule was published. @audrasjb hosted the first scrub right before the devchat.

What’s new in 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/ 22.4

Gutenberg 22.4 was released, with a detailed announcement.

Open floor 💬

As a new contributor @indigochill asked whether ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #60726 was a good way to start contributing to WordPress Core. @johnbillion, @jorbin and @audrasjb confirmed that it is a nice first ticket to learn how to contribute to Core as it is self-contained and clearly documented, but encouraged them to thoroughly read all the comments in the ticket to make sure to understand the full background of the ticket and its history.

#6-9-1, #7-0, #core, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 8:17 pm on January 27, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – January 28, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at 15:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticketticket Created 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 or bring them up during the dev chat.

Announcements 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is still open. Please submit your nomination here.

Recap: WordPress 6.9 “Gene” Retrospective

A retrospective of WP 6.9 was published by its release squad, with detailed feedback on the 6.9 cycle.

WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule

The WordPress 6.9.1 maintenance release is planned on February 3, 2026. See the release schedule announcement for more information.

WordPress 7.0 Release Squad and Bug Scrub Schedule

The WordPress 7.0 Release Squad has been announced.

The 7.0 bug scrub schedule was published.

What’s new in 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/ 22.4

Gutenberg 22.4 was released, with a detailed announcement.

Discussions 💬

The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the Core Team. 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.

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 indicate whether you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or will be async.

#6-9, #6-9-1, #7-0, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 7:43 pm on January 27, 2026
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Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 7.0

It’s time to get WordPress 7.0 ready for release, and help is needed to ensure it’s smooth and 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.-free. Whether you’re an experienced contributor or joining in for the first time, everyone is welcome! 🎉

Schedule Overview

Regular bug scrubs are being held twice a week with @audrasjb and @juanmaguitar leading them. As the release date approaches and activity ramps up, the number of scrubs may be increased. These efforts will help ensure everything is on track for a smooth launch. Participation is welcome at any of these sessions, so feel free to join. Bring questions, ideas, and let’s scrub some bugs together!

Continue reading →

#7-0, #bug-scrub, #core, #core-test, #props

Jb Audras 9:51 am on January 26, 2026
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Summary, Dev Chat, January 21, 2026

Start of the meeting in 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/, facilitated by @desrosj 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is now open. Please submit your nomination here.

Dropping support for PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher 7.2 and 7.3

Support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3 will be dropped in WordPress 7.0. More details are available in this post.

7.4 is currently at ~22% of all WP sites. So let’s find ways to work with Hosts and site owners to decrease that number.

WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule

The WordPress 6.9.1 maintenance release is planned on February 3, 2026. See the release schedule announcement for more information.

@jorbin shared this update: “Just a general note that here are multiple scrubs being held each week (see the 6.9.1 announcement). If you want to join for one of those or feel free to work on any of the tickets in tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. or GitHubGitHub GitHub 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ in your own time. You may see pings on those tickets, if you are able to help it would be appreciated as we work to resolutions on these. No concerns as of now, we seem to be in good shape for a release on 3 February.”

#6-9-1, #7-0, #core, #dev-chat

Jeffrey Paul 4:50 pm on January 22, 2026
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Announcing the WordPress 7.0 Release Squad

This post is announcing the formation of the 7.0 release squad after a call for volunteers.

Exciting News: The WordPress 7.0 Release Squad is assembled!

As with the 6.7, 6.8, and 6.9 release cycles, WordPress 7.0 will continue the approach of forming a smaller, focused Release Squad.  This streamlined structure places more emphasis on collaboration with the various Make Team Reps, who are encouraged to help coordinate efforts from within their respective teams.  The goals are to reduce the overhead on the Release Squad while still ensuring each Make Team’s contributions and priorities are represented throughout the cycle, and to reduce overlap between a Make Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. and that team’s Release Squad Leads. Noteworthy Contributors will be captured from Team Reps towards the end of the release cycle. A special thank you to the Docs team for already identifying that @sajib1223 and @milana_cap will be leading efforts from their perspective!

The number of volunteers far exceeded the available squad roles, so we selected folks whose experience and focus best aligned with the needs of the 7.0 release.  If you weren’t selected this time, your contributions are still incredibly valuable, and there are plenty of ways to stay involved throughout the release cycle, including testing, 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. scrubs, triage, documentation, and more.  Every contribution helps move WordPress forward, and we’re grateful for your continued participation.

Big thanks to everyone who volunteered for the release squad, and heartfelt appreciation to everyone helping move WordPress 7.0 forward through testing, triage, documentation, bug scrubs, and more.  Your efforts make this release possible, and there’s a lot to be excited about as WordPress 7.0 comes together!

Props to @annezazu and @desrosj for reviewing this post and @jorbin, @desrosj, @annezazu, and @4thhubbard for helping assemble the 7.0 release squad.

#7-0, #planning