{"id":124715,"date":"2026-07-21T13:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/?p=124715"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:29:09","slug":"dev-chat-agenda-july-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/21\/dev-chat-agenda-july-21-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Dev Chat Agenda \u2013 July 21, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260721T1500\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-07-21T15:00:00+00:00\">Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at 15:00 UTC<\/abbr><\/a> in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/messages\/core\/\">core<\/a>\u00a0channel on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">Make WordPress Slack<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>ticket<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>ticket<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0requests 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"announcements-1\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Announcements \ud83d\udce2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: Dev Chat has been moved to Tuesdays at 15:00 UTC for the duration of the 7.1 release cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7.0.2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/07\/wordpress-7-0-2-release\/\">WP 7.0.2 is available and it is an urgent security release<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7.1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7.1 <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Beta<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Beta<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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.<\/span><\/span><\/span> 3 is due for release this Wednesday, July 22th. The release party starts at 15:00 UTC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/adrianduffell\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>adrianduffell<\/a>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There\u2019s about <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?milestone=7.1&amp;status=accepted&amp;status=assigned&amp;status=new&amp;status=reopened&amp;status=reviewing&amp;order=priority&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=owner&amp;col=status&amp;col=milestone&amp;col=type&amp;col=priority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">140 Trac tickets<\/a> milestoned for 7.1. It would be good for owners to start punting the tickets that can be safely picked up in a future release. This will help to make the remaining 7.1 priorities clearer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highlighting a few bugs with simple PRs needing review. It might be possible to merge them before beta 4 next week:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65417\">#65417<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/62407\">#62407<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65345\">#65345<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/64972\">#64972<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/14\/performance-chat-summary-14-july-2026\/\">Performance Chat Summary: 14 July 2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/07\/wcus-2026-guide\/\">Guide to WCUS 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 id=\"discussions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discussions \ud83d\udcac<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Core<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Core<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.<\/span><\/span><\/span> 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<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 id=\"tickets-for-assistance\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open floor \u00a0\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<br><br>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/7-1\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>7-1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/agenda\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>agenda<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/core\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>core<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/dev-chat\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>dev-chat<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fcore%2F2026%2F07%2F21%2Fdev-chat-agenda-july-21-2026%2F%23respond&#038;locale=en_US\" title=\"Login to Reply\"  class=\"genericon  genericon-reply\"  data-action=\"login-to-reply\"  data-actionstate=\"default\" >Login to Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on in the\u00a0core\u00a0channel on\u00a0Make WordPress Slack. 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