{"id":125615,"date":"2026-08-17T21:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/?p=125615"},"modified":"2026-08-17T21:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:15:37","slug":"dev-chat-agenda-aug-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/17\/dev-chat-agenda-aug-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Dev Chat Agenda \u2013 August 18, 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=20260818T1500\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-08-18T15:00:00+00:00\">Tuesday, August 18, 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:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/12\/wordpress-7-1-release-candidate-3\/\">7.1 RC3<\/a> was released on August 12th.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/13\/accessibility-improvements-in-wordpress-7-1\/\">Accessibility Improvements<\/a> <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>dev note<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>dev note<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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.<\/span><\/span><\/span> was published.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/17\/wordpress-7-1-release-candidate-4\/\">7.1 RC4<\/a> was released on August 17th.<\/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>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\n\n\n<li>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/17\/wordpress-7-1-release-day-process\/\">WordPress 7.1 Release Day Process<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7.2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/12\/wordpress-7-2-call-for-volunteers\/\">A call for volunteers<\/a> was published for WP 7.2.<\/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>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/14\/wordpress-contributor-toolkit-1-0-a-smoother-workflow-for-your-first-core-contribution\/\">WordPress Contributor Toolkit 1.0<\/a> was introduced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/08\/wordpress-7-0-4-release\/\">7.0.4 Security release<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/\">WCUS 2026<\/a> is this 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<\/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\/7-2\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>7-2<\/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%2F17%2Fdev-chat-agenda-aug-18-2026%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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