Title: A Month in Core – October 2025 Author: Jb Audras Published: November 15, 2025 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 5:05 pm _on_ November 15, 2025 Tags: [core ( 66 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) # A Month in Core – October 2025 Here’s some aggregate data for October 2025 about WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. contribution on TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.[https://core.trac.wordpress.org/](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/).. Please note: * These data only include code contributions to WordPress codebase, not contributions on 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 by the repository owner. [https://github.com/](https://github.com/) repositories such as 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)( but it still include Gutenberg package merges and related backports). * The committers data only includes commits to `trunk`. Branch backports are not taken into account for now. * The raw data for this post are [available on this public spreadsheet (opens in a new tab)](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RbW5oz7p0_AnEuH-eno82QcUobKYa-DXLrtwGUIwvXU/edit?usp=sharing). You might find it easier to read. * All the links for the graphics below open a new tab to display them in full size. ## Releases of the month In October 2025, WP 6.9 entered its 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. cycle. ## General Trac overview Ticket numbers are based on the [Trac timeline for the period above](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=10%2F31%2F2025&daysback=30&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update). In October 2025, **the WordPress Core team shipped 223 commits** (+34 compared to last month). 119 tickets were opened (-37), 198 tickets were closed (+16), and 24 were reopened (+10). This month, **244 people contributed to WordPress source code** using Trac (+83 compared to last month!), and **55 people (+20!)** **made their very first contribution to WordPress Core** ♥️ ### Components activity How did October’s commits break out by Core Component? The most prolific components were: | Component | Count | % | | Bundled Themes | 27 | 14% | | Editor | 27 | 14% | | Coding Standards | 14 | 7% | | General | 14 | 7% | | Script Loader | 11 | 6% | | Build/Test Tools | 10 | 5% | | 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/](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/) | 8 | 4% | | Networks and Sites | 8 | 4% | | Users | 7 | 4% | | Abilities 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. | 6 | 3% | | HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. API | 6 | 3% | | Docs | 5 | 3% | | 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. Bindings | 5 | 3% | | Interactivity API | 4 | 2% | | Posts, Post Types | 4 | 2% | | Media | 4 | 2% | | Themes | 4 | 2% | [[ October 2025 Core commits distribution across WordPress Core components ## Contributors data retrieved from WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. 󠀁[https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/)󠁿 profiles The data below comes from matching contributors’ usernames, as mentioned in Trac props, with their profiles on WordPress.org. One caveat: this ignores usernames that did not match a profile on dotorg, plus any that had blank or unusable country/company information (“The Universe”, “Unicorn land” or “Planes, Trains, and Busses” are not known countries 🙂). ### Countries stats In October, people from at least 40 countries contributed to WordPress Core (only 27 on September!). The next graphs show the number of props received by country and the number of contributors from each country. The top15 countries, based on the number of props received, are these (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Country | Contributions | Contributors | | USA | 377 | 39 | | India | 134 | 40 | | Australia | 63 | 7 | | Spain | 61 | 6 | | Russia | 44 | 2 | | Canada | 42 | 10 | | UK | 42 | 11 | | Italy | 24 | 3 | | Philippines | 19 | 2 | | Japan | 19 | 2 | | Germany | 18 | 8 | | Switzerland | 17 | 1 | | France | 17 | 6 | | Poland | 16 | 3 | | Bangladesh | 13 | 11 | [[ October 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by country. Click to open in a new tab. ### Five for the Future related stats In October, people from at least 71 different companies/organizations contributed to WordPress Core. The next graphs show the number of props received by organization and the number of contributors from each organization. The top 10 organizations, based on the number of props received, are these: | Organization | Contributions | Contributors | | Automattic | 203 | 40 | | WP Engine | 120 | 3 | | Accessible WD | 59 | 1 | | Yoast | 53 | 3 | | Google | 38 | 3 | | 10up | 38 | 8 | | rtCamp | 31 | 18 | | DevriX | 30 | 3 | | Human Made | 30 | 5 | | Bluehost | 27 | 1 | [[ October 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by organization. Click to open in a new tab. ## What did October hold for Core Committers? 26 Core Committers committed code to the `trunk` branch in WordPress SVNSVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS). WordPress core and the wordpress.org released code are all centrally managed through SVN. https://subversion.apache.org/. repository this month (+12 compared to previous month). Of the 192 commits to the `trunk` branch (+107 compared to the previous month), 46 (24%) were made by people working at Automattic, 43 (22%) from employees of WP Engine, and 29 (15%) by people working at Yoast. | Account | Full Name | Commits | Company | Country | Member since | % | | westonruter | Weston Ruter | 43 | WP Engine | United States of America | 2007 | 22% | | joedolson | Joe Dolson | 29 | Accessible WD | United States of America | 2008 | 15% | | sergeybiryukov | Sergey Biryukov | 29 | Yoast | Russia | 2007 | 15% | | dmsnell | Dennis Snell | 9 | Automattic | United States of America | 2014 | 5% | | johnjamesjacoby | John James Jacoby | 7 | Awesome Motive | United States of America | 2008 | 4% | | ellatrix | Ella Van Durpe | 7 | Automattic | | 2013 | 4% | | peterwilsoncc | Peter Wilson | 7 | 10up | Australia | 2008 | 4% | | jorbin | Aaron Jorbin | 7 | | | 2009 | 4% | | cbravobernal | Carlos Bravo | 7 | Automattic | Spain | 2017 | 4% | | desrosj | Jonathan Desrosiers | 5 | Bluehost | United States of America | 2009 | 3% | | johnbillion | John Blackbourn | 5 | Human Made | United Kingdom | 2005 | 3% | | gziolo | Greg Ziółkowski | 5 | Automattic | Poland | 2016 | 3% | | ramonopoly | ramonopoly | 5 | Automattic | Australia | 2017 | 3% | | luisherranz | | 4 | Automattic | Spain | 2015 | 2% | | davidbaumwald | David Baumwald | 3 | Dream Encore | United States of America | 2016 | 2% | | spacedmonkey | Jonny Harris | 3 | Spacedmonkey | United Kingdom | 2009 | 2% | | swissspidy | Pascal Birchler | 3 | Google | Switzerland | 2008 | 2% | | andrewserong | Andrew Serong | 3 | Automattic | Australia | 2016 | 2% | | adamsilverstein | Adam Silverstein | 2 | Google | United States of America | 2012 | 1% | | scruffian | Ben Dwyer | 2 | Automattic | United Kingdom | 2007 | 1% | | bernhard-reiter | Bernhard Reiter | 2 | Automattic | | 2008 | 1% | | wildworks | Aki Hamano | 1 | | Japan | 2017 | 1% | | jorgefilipecosta | Jorge Costa | 1 | Automattic | Portugal | 2017 | 1% | | mamaduka | George Mamadashvili | 1 | GoDaddy | Georgia | 2009 | 1% | | kadamwhite | K. 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