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Amy Kamala 1:11 am on May 27, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – May 27, 2026

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

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

General announcements

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.

Props to @audrasjb for collaboration and review.

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

Jb Audras 3:55 am on May 13, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – May 13, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, May 13, 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

General announcements

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.

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

Jb Audras 3:46 am on May 13, 2026
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Dev Chat summary: May 6, 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 📢

WordPress 7.0 Updates

  • RC3 (“new Beta 1”) scheduled for this Friday, May 8th
  • Call for RTC testing from hosts. Submissions still welcome. Thank you to Bluehost, Kinsta, XServer, GoDaddy,WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/, Ionos, and any other hosts for helping test RTC.
  • A decision about RTC introduction is about to be finalized (and it was finalized). See ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #64696.

General

Discussion 💬

@desrosj noticed there are still 37 open tickets in milestone 7.0 and that the statuts of the about page ticket (#64536) wasn’t clear.

@jorbin proposed to run a dedicated 7.0 scrub after the chat.

@juanmaguitar will host a dedicated 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/ scrub on Thursday.

@jorbin and @audrasjb asked about the Field GuideField guide The field guide is a type of blogpost published on Make/Core during the release candidate phase of the WordPress release cycle. The field guide generally lists all the dev notes published during the beta cycle. This guide is linked in the about page of the corresponding version of WordPress, in the release post and in the HelpHub version page. timeline. It is currently under review and should be published ASAP.

@joefusco asked: “Is there a process for getting systems team feedback on the RTC custom table?  The code and testing infrastructure are ready, including a standalone testing 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. that can run on production sites without changes to trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision..  I’m not sure who to direct this to or what the next gate is in the process.”

@desrosj answered the systems team has been involved with the discussions and I know that they have been testing.

@joefusco replied “Mainly whether there are any outstanding concerns with the table structure or the approach that would prevent it from landing in 7.0.  Also, is there a documented process for new table proposals that require systems review?  This won’t be the last time a feature needs a schema change, and it would help future contributors know the path.”

Several attendees noted that it’s likely not worth the effort to formalize a process, as that kind of change doesn’t occur regularly.

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

Amy Kamala 5:12 am on May 6, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – May 6, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, May 6, 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

  • RC3 (“new Beta 1”) scheduled for this Friday, May 8th
  • Call for RTC testing from hosts. Submissions still welcome.
  • Thank you to Bluehost, Kinsta, XServer, GoDaddy, WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/, Ionos, and any other hosts for helping test RTC!

General

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.

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

Amy Kamala 6:51 am on April 29, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – April 29, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, April 29, 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

General

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.

  • WordPress 7.0 is currently on track for May 20th. Temperature check: How are folks feeling?

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 @kirasong for proofreading and review

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

Jb Audras 8:21 am on April 21, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – April 22, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, April 22, 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

  • The Path Forward for WordPress 7.0. A new release schedule should be shared this week.
  • New 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.:

General announcements

Editor

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.

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

Jb Audras 8:18 am on April 21, 2026
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Dev Chat summary: April 15, 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 @amykamala 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements 📢

WordPress 7.0 Updates

  • The Path Forward for WordPress 7.0. The 7.0 release is still on pause for the time being. A new schedule is being worked out and will be announced by the 22nd. There will be another 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). in name, but in practice the next release will be treated as a 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., specifically to test architectural improvements to Real Time Collaboration. Thank you in advance to everyone who helps test!

General

Discussion 💬

@annezazu has published Defining expectations for Iteration issues announcing some adjustments to iteration issue handling in the 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/ repo.

From @amykamala: “Finding the most current PRs and discussions can be a bit of a wild goose chase because while PRs mention tickets in their content, the fields/relationships on the right that would link PRs to a ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker., project, status, etc are not actively being used. For 7.0 theres a kan ban board but nothing in it because tickets and PRs are not being tagged. So the only way to find this info is to scroll endlessly on tickets and click on all the links in the notifications. Some of you may remember a while back I asked devs in here to please start tagging their PRs in the fields on the right.”

  • @jeffpaul noted that the #core-program channel may be a good place to iterate on this topic.

Matt is requesting community reps and organizers increase emphasis on Elevating Individuals in the contributor space to to celebrate volunteers and folks who contribute in their own spare time.

From @miroku: “I can only report problems; can that be considered a contribution? I’m always struggling to figure out how to volunteer effectively”. @jorbin answered that testing and finding bugs is absolutely a contribution!

@westonruter wanted to draw attention to this issue with @wordpress/core-abilities which makes it difficult to use outside of a React context. A PR is available to fix the issue.

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

Jb Audras 5:13 am on April 15, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – April 15, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, April 15, 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

The release schedule is currently still on hold, pending further validation of a new 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)..

General announcements

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.

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

Jb Audras 3:49 pm on April 8, 2026
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Dev Chat summary: April 8, 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 📢

WordPress 7.0 Updates

  • The Path Forward for WordPress 7.0. Quick summary:
    • trunk is closed to commits for the 7.1 release until further notice
    • Backporting to 7.0 still requires double 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. sign off
    • Pre-releases are paused
    • The next release will be a RCrelease 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).
    • We’re currently in string freeze
  • New 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.:

Discussion 💬

From @desrosj: contributors who have a list of notes for tickets to create are encouraged to create them before the 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. Asia 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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. Especially if they are good-first-bugs! 

@desrosj added: “If someone has some time, triaging the good-first-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. list could also be helpful. Sometimes that list is intimidating because it seems like everything is attended to. But often times the patches need to be refreshed or the approaches so far are not fully solving the issue at hand. If we could note that on the tickets, it may make them more easily actionable.”

@audrasjb noted that the 8 tickets in the i18n component for 7.0 are easy tickets that would be nice to address during the contributor day. They are also Polyglots, CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., and Core Editor cross-team tickets.

@desrosj will encourage our Polyglots contributors to open tickets for strings that need refinement and additional context as it is a great way to contribute to the upcoming release.

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

Jb Audras 9:42 am on April 7, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – April 8, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, April 8, 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

  • The Path Forward for WordPress 7.0
  • New 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.:

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.

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