{"id":125434,"date":"2026-08-11T04:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/?p=125434"},"modified":"2026-08-11T04:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:23:24","slug":"dev-chat-agenda-aug-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/11\/dev-chat-agenda-aug-11-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Dev Chat Agenda \u2013 August 11, 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=20260811T1500\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-08-11T15:00:00+00:00\">Tuesday, August 11, 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\">7.1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/08\/wordpress-7-1-release-candidate-1\/\">7.1 RC1<\/a> was released Wed August 5th.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A silent RC2 security release was released on August 6th.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RC3 <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/03\/wordpress-7-1-release-party-schedule\/\">scheduled for Wednesday<\/a>, August 12th.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/05\/wordpress-7-1-field-guide\/\">WordPress 7.1 Field Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/05\/wordpress-7-1-release-candidate-phase\/\">7.1 Release Candidate phase<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of Aug 10th, 7.1 is branched. Committers: <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Trunk<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>trunk<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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.<\/span><\/span><\/span> is open for 7.2 and the 7.1 <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>branch<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>branch<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a \"branch\", such as \"the 4.0 branch\".<\/span><\/span><\/span> requires double sign off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/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:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/08\/wordpress-7-0-3-release\/\">7.0.3 Security release<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/06\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-23-7-05-august\/\">What\u2019s new in Gutenberg 23.7<\/a> \u2013 Aug 5th.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/\">WCUS 2026<\/a> is next week!! (and WordPress 7.1 is slated for release live at WCUS on August 19th.)<\/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\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/wildworks\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>wildworks<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C0B4Q0RJVAT\/p1786366018226199?thread_ts=1786344179.431689&amp;cid=C0B4Q0RJVAT\">requesting assistance<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/wordpress-develop\/pull\/12795\">PR #12795<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/wordpress-develop\/pull\/12932\">PR #12932<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\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%2F08%2F11%2Fdev-chat-agenda-aug-11-2026%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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