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Benjamin Zekavica 9:59 pm on September 23, 2025
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Dev Chat Agenda – September 24, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 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 📢

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. 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. Meeting notes 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. US 2025

Notes from the Core Committer meeting at WCUS 2025 are now available.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9 Timeline

WordPress 6.9 is planned for December 2, 2025, with 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 beginning October 21.

Bug Scrub Schedule

Regular scrubs are already underway, led by @wildworks and @welcher across time zones.
Full details are in the Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.9.

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.

UTF-8 Support / mbstring

@dmsnell Work on UTF-8 support continues with a notable change in #9498: functions are now conditionally defined based on the presence of the mbstring extension.

Core Importer Feedback / Maintainer

@zodiac1978 raised in #core-program that the Core Importer team currently has no component maintainer and needs feedback. Two open questions:

  • How do we get more eyes on that 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 and repo?
  • How do we get collaborators or maintainers involved?

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, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Benjamin Zekavica 5:07 pm on September 16, 2025
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Dev Chat Agenda – September 17, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 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 📢

Welcome to the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Program Team

The new Core Program Team focuses on how Core’s sub-teams work together. The goal is to make processes simpler, lower barriers for new contributors, and support smoother collaboration—for example through new handbooks 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ project flows. Everyone’s welcome to get involved.

Help Test WordPress 6.9

@krupa and @psykro are preparing the Help Test WordPress 6.9 post. They’re asking for input on which features need a dedicated testing call, what should be tested early before 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, and which workflows may need extra coverage.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9 Timeline

WordPress 6.9 is planned for December 2, 2025, with Beta 1 beginning October 21.

Bug Scrub Schedule

Regular scrubs are already underway, led by @wildworks and @welcher across time zones.
Full details are in the Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.9.

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.

REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/. Sites Endpoints

@realloc suggests revisiting the inactive wp-api-sites-endpoints repo, originally meant for Multisitemultisite Used to describe a WordPress installation with a network of multiple blogs, grouped by sites. This installation type has shared users tables, and creates separate database tables for each blog (wp_posts becomes wp_0_posts). See also network, blog, site REST API work, to discuss how this could be restarted as part of modernizing Networknetwork (versus site, blog) Adminadmin (and super admin).

Onboarding with WPCredits

@devmuhib notes that the WPCredits initiative is now used in universities, bringing new contributors into Core. Discussion will look at how to make onboarding simple and effective.

Strong Typing in Core

@SirLouen raises the question of how type hints should be handled in WordPress, since they are being introduced inconsistently. Input is welcome, with ticket #63975 as a reference.

Component Maintainer Request: Post/Post Types

@sirlouen is requesting to join as Component Maintainer for Post/Post Types.

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.

Thanks to @francina for reviewing this agenda.

#6-9, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 8:29 pm on September 9, 2025
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Dev Chat Agenda – September 10, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 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 📢

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 is scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

The roadmap for 6.9 has been published.
Please take a look to see what’s actively being worked on for release later in the year.

WP 6.9 Dev notesdev note Each 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.:

  • A first 6.9 dev notedev note Each 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. was published: Prettier Emails: Supporting Inline Embedded Images

See all dev notes published for 6.9.

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.

  • @mindctrl wants to discuss ticket #5276 and the possibility to include this pretty old ticket to milestone 6.9.
  • @anonymooo proposes to discuss ticket #63678.

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, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Benjamin Zekavica 5:20 pm on September 2, 2025
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Dev Chat Agenda – September 3, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 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 6.9 Roadmap

The roadmap for 6.9 has been published.
Please take a look to see what’s actively being worked on for release later in the year.

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/ 21.5 was released!

Gutenberg 21.5 is now available. The release post provides a full overview of the changes and enhancements. Thanks to @wildworks for leading this release and preparing the notes.

What’s new in Gutenberg 21.5? (27 August)

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 is scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

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.

Networknetwork (versus site, blog) Adminadmin (and super admin) “Sites” revamp with DataViews/DataForm

@realloc started #63885 during WCUS, proposing a revamp of the Network/Sites screen using DataViews and DataForm. He would like to gather feedback and hear different opinions on the approach during the chat.

PHPStan in Core Development Workflow

@justlevine would like to discuss next steps on the proposal to integrate PHPStan into the WordPress core development workflow and #61175. The focus will be on collecting feedback and exploring a path forward for introducing static analysis into Core’s tooling.

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.

Props to @francina for review.

#6-9, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Benjamin Zekavica 8:50 am on August 26, 2025
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Dev Chat Agenda – August 27, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 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 📢

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. US 2025 takes place this week

From August 26–29, 2025, the WordPress community will convene in Portland, Oregon.
Further details can be found on the official website.

WordPress 6.9 Roadmap

The roadmap for 6.9 has been published.
Please take a look to see what’s actively being worked on for release later in the year.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

Next 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/ version: 21.5

Gutenberg 21.5 is scheduled for release on Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 is scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

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.

Post/Post Types Bug Scrubs

@sirlouen announced he will start running weekly 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 beginning in September, every Thursday at 1 PM GMT. The focus will be on the Post/Post Types component, and the effort is expected to continue for an extended period (possibly into 2026). He suggested permanently adding this as a recurring event in the meeting calendar.

New Database Index Proposal

@josephscott proposed adding a new database index to improve performance on sites with a large number of posts or custom post types. The index would be:

CREATE INDEX type_status_author ON wp_posts (post_type, post_status, post_author);

This change would speed up queries for the All Posts adminadmin (and super admin) page. Details are in TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticket #50161, comment 7. A discussion is requested on whether this index should be included in Core.

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, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Benjamin Zekavica 6:16 pm on August 19, 2025
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Dev Chat Agenda – August 20, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 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 📢

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. US 2025 is coming up next week

From August 26–29, 2025, the WordPress community will gather in Portland, Oregon for this year’s WordCamp US. If you haven’t already, be sure to register for the Contributor Day. CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team members will be on site, and it would be great to see you there as well.

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/ 21.4?

The latest version of Gutenberg, 21.4, was released on August 13. For a detailed overview of what has changed, check out the article What’s new in Gutenberg 21.4? – many thanks to @priethor for putting together this excellent summary.

WordPress 6.9 Roadmap

The roadmap for 6.9 has been published. Please take a look to see what’s actively being worked on for release later in the year.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 is scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

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.

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 embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Pattern Registration – Silent Failures

@tusharbharti reported that register_block_pattern() currently returns true even when disallowed blocks are included. As a result, the pattern doesn’t appear in the inserter and no warning is shown. He has opened TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticket #63765 and submitted a patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing. (PR#9345). A second opinion is requested.

MySQLMySQL MySQL is a relational database management system. A database is a structured collection of data where content, configuration and other options are stored. https://www.mysql.com/. Rate Limiting – Redirect Issue

@anonymooo highlighted ticket #63678, where WordPress incorrectly redirects to wp-admin/install.php when a user is rate-limited in MySQL. An associated (PR#9223) is open and still needs review.

Bug Scrubbing Announcements

@sirlouen would like to continue his 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. scrubbing activities as a new component maintainer. He’s requesting permission to post his own announcements in the #core channel to plan independently. His next scrub is scheduled for Monday, August 25, 2 PM GMT.

UTF-8 Handling Improvements

@dmsnell suggested updating wp_check_invalid_utf8() (ticket #63837) following the earlier work on seems_utf8()(ticket #38044). The goal is to improve UTF-8 validation. Community feedback is invited before changes move forward.

Data Passing in Scripts

@jonsurrell, in discussion with @westonruter, raised the idea of adapting the data passing mechanism from Script Modules for classic scripts. Benefits include better performance, no execution on load, and no reliance on a global namespace. This could provide an alternative to wp_add_inline_script() and wp_localize_script(). Feedback is welcome.

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, #agenda, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 7:30 am on August 13, 2025
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Dev Chat Agenda – August 13, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 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 6.9 Roadmap

The roadmap for 6.9 has been published. Please take a look to see what’s actively being worked on for release later in the year.

WordPress 6.9 Planning Proposal and Call for Volunteers

The planning phase for 6.9 wrapped up on July 25. More information will be announced about the release team in the coming weeks.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 is scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

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.

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, #agenda, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 11:18 pm on August 5, 2025
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Dev Chat Agenda – August 6, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, 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 6.9 Roadmap

The roadmap for 6.9 has been published. Please take a look to see what’s actively being worked on for release later in the year.

WordPress 6.9 Planning Proposal and Call for Volunteers

The planning phase for 6.9 wrapped up on July 25. More information will be announced about the release team in the coming weeks.

Maintenance release for WP 4.7 to 6.7

A maintenance update was released for branches 4.7 to 6.7.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 is scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

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.

“New blocks in core” guidelines (and their lack of)

Pointed out by @mamaduka: “Do niche blocks belong in the core?”. See the related issue on Gutenberg GitHub repository.

Request for comments on a new HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. 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. system for processing blocks

@dmsnell proposed to discuss this PR proposal.

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, #agenda, #dev-chat

Sarah Norris 6:30 pm on July 29, 2025
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Dev Chat Agenda – July 30, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 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 6.9 Roadmap

The roadmap for 6.9 has been published. Please take a look to see what’s actively being worked on for release later in the year.

WordPress 6.9 Planning Proposal and Call for Volunteers

The planning phase for 6.9 wrapped up on July 25. More information will be announced about the release team in the coming weeks.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 is scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

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/ 21.3

The Gutenberg 21.3 release is scheduled for Wednesday, July 30. RC1 was released on July 28, and RC2 was released on July 29. Props to @wildworks for handling this release ✨

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.

Posts without titles cannot be saved when all content is removed

This is an open issue discussing how to handle saving posts without titles, as they can’t be saved when all content is removed from the post. They need to have at least one 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 embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. to be saveable. @mediaformat mentioned that it has a stale patch, but they have documented an additional use case related to the block bindings 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..

Make seems_utf8() RFC 3629 compliant

@dmsnell raised Core-38044, which while not huge, could be a nice addition to 6.9.

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.

Thank you to @jorbin for reviewing.

#6-9, #agenda, #dev-chat

Benjamin Zekavica 10:09 am on July 23, 2025
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Dev Chat Agenda – July 23, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 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 6.9 Planning Proposal and Call for Volunteers

The planning phase for Release 6.9 is now underway.
Applications for the various roles should be submitted here.

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/ 21.2?

@priethor published a detailed post about the release of Gutenberg pluginPlugin A 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 version 21.2. There you’ll find a comprehensive overview of all the changes and new features introduced in this version.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 is scheduled on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

Gutenberg 21.3

The release of Gutenberg 21.3 is scheduled for Wednesday, July 30.

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.

Proposal to Include PHPStan in WordPress 6.9

The proposal to introduce PHPStan as a static analysis tool in WordPress 6.9 is ready for further discussion. The goal is to determine whether and how PHPStan can be integrated into the core workflow. Key open points and areas requiring input are outlined in #61175.

Regressionregression A 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 Media Playlist – Ticket #63583

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. affecting media playlists has been reported in Trac ticket #63583. The issue has been successfully reproduced and a patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing. is already available. @rollybueno has asked whether the ticket can be assigned to a milestone so that progress can continue.

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/. Table Leads Needed for WCUS 2025

We need to discuss who from the Core Team will be available on-site at 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. US to serve as table lead or assist with onboarding and coordination during Contributor Day on August 26. Confirmation is needed by July 25.

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.

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