Title: core – Team Updates – WordPress.org --- # Tag Archives: core [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 5:05 pm _on_ November 15, 2025 Tags: core    # 󠀁[A Month in Core – October 2025](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2025/11/15/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. Adam White | 1 | Human Made | Japan | 2010 | 1% | | jonsurrell | Jon Surrell | 1 | Automattic | Spain | 2011 | 1% | [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2025%2F11%2F15%2Fa-month-in-core-october-2025%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 9:07 am _on_ October 9, 2025 Tags: core    # 󠀁[A Month in Core – September 2025](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2025/10/09/a-month-in-core-september-2025/)󠁿 Here’s some aggregate data for September 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/1K76vflADT5GgU_F_oky3dRZu5zR9ChYM0G2CGAR5qrc/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 [WordPress 6.8.3](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/09/wordpress-6-8-3-release/) was released on September 30. [WordPress 6.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/6-9/) is underway. ## General Trac overview Ticket numbers are based on the [Trac timeline for the ](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=08%2F31%2F2025&daysback=31&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update) [period](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=09%2F30%2F2025&daysback=29&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update) [ above](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=08%2F31%2F2025&daysback=31&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update). In September 2025, **the WordPress Core team shipped 189 commits** (+16 compared to last month). 156 tickets were opened (+25), 182 tickets were closed (-20), and 14 were reopened (-12). This month, **161 people contributed to WordPress source code** using Trac (-1 compared to last month), and **35 people (-2)** **made their very first contribution to WordPress Core** ♥️ ### Components activity How did September’s commits break out by Core Component? The most prolific components were: | Component | Count | % | | Build/Test Tools | 9 | 10% | | Docs | 9 | 10% | | Code Modernization | 5 | 6% | | Posts, Post Types | 5 | 6% | | Editor | 8 | 9% | | External Libraries | 4 | 4% | | 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 | 4 | 4% | | Database | 4 | 4% | | Bundled Themes | 4 | 4% | | General | 3 | 3% | | Menus | 3 | 3% | | Charset | 3 | 3% | | Upgrade/Install | 3 | 3% | | Script Loader | 3 | 3% | [[ September 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 September, people from at least 27 countries contributed to WordPress Core. The next graphs show the number of props received by country and the number of contributors from each country. The top 10 countries, based on the number of props received, are these (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Country | Contributions | Contributors | | USA | 108 | 37 | | India | 96 | 41 | | Russia | 59 | 2 | | Spain | 39 | 4 | | Australia | 23 | 5 | | Italy | 20 | 4 | | France | 16 | 8 | | Philippines | 8 | 1 | | Switzerland | 8 | 1 | | UK | 7 | 4 | [[ September 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by country. Click to open in a new tab. ### Five for the Future related stats In September, people from at least 57 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 (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Company | Contributions | Contributors | | Automattic | 86 | 18 | | Yoast | 61 | 3 | | rtCamp | 38 | 16 | | Human Made | 18 | 3 | | Whodunit | 14 | 6 | | Google | 14 | 3 | | The Open Sea | 13 | 1 | | Accessible WD | 11 | 1 | | 10up | 11 | 3 | | Bluehost | 9 | 1 | [[ September 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by organization. Click to open in a new tab. ## What did September hold for Core Committers? 14 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 (-5 compared to last month). Of the 85 commits to the `trunk` branch (-6 compared to the previous month), 33 ( 39%) were made by people working at Yoast, 14 (16%) from employees of Automattic. | Account | Full Name | Commits | Organization | Country | Member since | % | | sergeybiryukov | Sergey Biryukov | 33 | Yoast | Russia | 2007 | 39% | | joedolson | Joe Dolson | 10 | Accessible WD | United States of America | 2008 | 12% | | westonruter | Weston Ruter | 8 | WP Engine | United States of America | 2007 | 9% | | swissspidy | Pascal Birschler | 7 | Google | Switzerland | 2008 | 8% | | johnbillion | John Blackbourn | 6 | Human Made | United Kingdom | 2005 | 7% | | jonsurrell | Jon Surrell | 5 | Automattic | Spain | 2011 | 6% | | dmsnell | Dennis Snell | 4 | Automattic | United States of America | 2014 | 5% | | bernhard-reiter | Bernhard Reiter | 3 | Automattic | | 2008 | 4% | | desrosj | Jonathan Desrosiers | 3 | Bluehost | United States of America | 2009 | 4% | | davidbaumwald | David Baumwald | 2 | Dream Encore | United States of America | 2016 | 2% | | cbravobernal | Carlos Bravo | 1 | Automattic | Spain | 2017 | 1% | | gziolo | Greg Ziółkowski | 1 | Automattic | Poland | 2016 | 1% | | timothyblynjacobs | Timothy Jacobs | 1 | Liquid Web | United States of America | 2012 | 1% | | spacedmonkey | Jonny Harris | 1 | Spacedmonkey | United Kingdom | 2009 | 1% | [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2025%2F10%2F09%2Fa-month-in-core-september-2025%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 4:49 pm _on_ September 9, 2025 Tags: core    # 󠀁[A Month in Core – August 2025](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2025/09/09/a-month-in-core-august-2025/)󠁿 Here’s some aggregate data for August 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/1qVNcCjwwx_Y86OCjUqRmx7TQlfplIuIpwGZFTmzKj1s/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 No new WP release this month. [WordPress 6.9](https://make.wordpress.org/core/6-9/) is underway. ## General Trac overview Ticket numbers are based on the [Trac timeline for the period above](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=08%2F31%2F2025&daysback=31&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update). In August 2025, **the WordPress Core team shipped 173 commits** (+41 compared to last month). 131 tickets were opened (-2), 202 tickets were closed (-59), and 26 were reopened (+1). This month, **162 people contributed to WordPress source code** using Trac (+46 compared to last month), and **37 people (+15)** **made their very first contribution to WordPress Core** ♥️ ### Components activity How did August’s commits break out by Core Component? The most prolific components were: | Components | Count | | Build/Test Tools | 10 | | Docs | 8 | | Bundled Themes | 8 | | Media | 6 | | 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. 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. | 5 | | Users | 4 | | Script Loader | 3 | | Editor | 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 | 3 | | Upgrade/Install | 3 | | Coding Standards | 3 | | Administration | 3 | | Formatting | 2 | | TaxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. [https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies](https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies). | 2 | | Plugins | 2 | | Customize | 2 | | Database | 2 | | Site Health | 2 | [⌊The content of this image is available in the previous table.⌉⌊The content of this image is available in the previous table.⌉[ August 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 August, people from at least 28 countries contributed to WordPress Core. The next graphs show the number of props received by country and the number of contributors from each country. The top 10 countries, based on the number of props received, are these (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Country | Contributions | Contributors | | USA | 106 | 36 | | India | 96 | 41 | | Russia | 59 | 2 | | Spain | 39 | 4 | | Australia | 23 | 5 | | Italy | 20 | 4 | | France | 15 | 7 | | Canada | 12 | 3 | | Philippines | 8 | 1 | | Switzerland | 8 | 1 | | UK | 7 | 4 | [[ August 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by country. Click to open in a new tab. ### Five for the Future related stats In August, people from at least 40 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 (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Organizations | Contributions | Contributors | | Automattic | 86 | 18 | | Yoast | 61 | 3 | | rtCamp | 38 | 16 | | 10up | 29 | 4 | | Human Made | 18 | 3 | | Whodunit | 14 | 6 | | Google | 14 | 3 | | The Open Sea | 13 | 1 | | Accessible WD | 11 | 1 | | Bluehost | 9 | 1 | [[ August 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by organization. Click to open in a new tab. ## What did August hold for Core Committers? 19 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 (+4 compared to last month). Of the 91 commits to the `trunk` branch (+2 compared to the previous month), 32 ( 35%) were made by people working at Yoast, 26 (29%) from employees of Automattic. | Account | Full Name | Commits | Organization | Country | Member since | % | | sergeybiryukov | Sergey Biryukov | 32 | Yoast | Russia | 2007 | 35% | | jonsurrell | Jon Surrell | 10 | Automattic | Spain | 2011 | 11% | | timothyblynjacobs | Timothy Jacobs | 6 | Liquid Web | United States of America | 2012 | 7% | | dmsnell | Dennis Snell | 6 | Automattic | United States of America | 2014 | 7% | | johnbillion | John Blackbourn | 5 | Human Made | United Kingdom | 2005 | 5% | | joedolson | Joe Dolson | 5 | Accessible WD | United States of America | 2008 | 5% | | bernhard-reiter | Bernhard Reiter | 4 | Automattic | | 2008 | 4% | | whyisjake | Jake Spurlock | 4 | Automattic | United States of America | 2008 | 4% | | adamsilverstein | Adam Silverstein | 3 | Google | United States of America | 2012 | 3% | | peterwilsoncc | Peter Wilson | 3 | 10up | Australia | 2008 | 3% | | audrasjb | Jb Audras | 3 | Whodunit | France | 2011 | 3% | | davidbaumwald | David Baumwald | 2 | Dream Encore | United States of America | 2016 | 2% | | jorbin | Aaron Jorbin | 2 | | | 2009 | 2% | | spacedmonkey | Jonny Harris | 1 | Spacedmonkey | United Kingdom | 2009 | 1% | | jeremyfelt | Jeremy Felt | 1 | Happy Prime | United States of America | 2009 | 1% | | nerrad | Darren Ethier | 1 | Automattic | Canada | 2006 | 1% | | isabel_brison | Isabel Brison | 1 | Automattic | Australia | 2015 | 1% | | westonruter | Weston Ruter | 1 | WP Engine | United States of America | 2007 | 1% | | desrosj | Jonathan Desrosiers | 1 | Bluehost | United States of America | 2009 | 1% | _Thanks to [@francina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/) and [@benjamin\_zekavica](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjamin_zekavica/) for proofreading this post._ [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2025%2F09%2F09%2Fa-month-in-core-august-2025%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 4:50 pm _on_ August 1, 2025 Tags: core    # 󠀁[A Month in Core – July 2025](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2025/08/01/a-month-in-core-july-2025/)󠁿 Here’s some aggregate data for July 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/1qVNcCjwwx_Y86OCjUqRmx7TQlfplIuIpwGZFTmzKj1s/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 [WordPress 6.8.2](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/07/wordpress-6-8-2-maintenance-release/) was released on July 15 🚀 ## General Trac overview Ticket numbers are based on the [Trac timeline for the period above](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=07%2F31%2F2025&daysback=30&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update). In July 2025, **the WordPress Core team shipped 132 commits** (+4 compared to last month). 133 tickets were opened (=), 261 tickets were closed (-30), and 25 were reopened (+5). This month, **116 people contributed to WordPress source code** using Trac (+1 compared to last month), and **22 people made their very first contribution to WordPress Core** ♥️ ### Components activity How did July’s commits break out by Core Component? The most prolific components were: | Component | Count | % | | Bundled Themes | 21 | 24% | | Coding Standards | 15 | 17% | | Docs | 9 | 10% | | 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. 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 | 7% | | Customize | 5 | 6% | | Media | 4 | 4% | | Build/Test Tools | 3 | 3% | | General | 3 | 3% | | Posts, Post Types | 2 | 2% | | I18N | 2 | 2% | | Editor | 2 | 2% | | Pings/Trackbacks | 2 | 2% | [[ July 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 July, people from at least 28 countries contributed to WordPress Core. The next graphs show the number of props received by country and the number of contributors from each country. The top 10 countries, based on the number of props received, are these (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Country | Contributions | Contributors | | USA | 83 | 20 | | India | 68 | 25 | | Russia | 49 | 3 | | France | 32 | 6 | | Australia | 28 | 3 | | Spain | 25 | 4 | | Israel | 15 | 1 | | Italy | 15 | 3 | | Germany | 11 | 5 | | UK | 8 | 4 | [[ July 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by country. Click to open in a new tab. ### Five for the Future related stats In July, people from at least 40 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 (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Company | Contributions | Contributors | | rtCamp | 46 | 13 | | Human Made | 15 | 2 | | Whodunit | 15 | 6 | | 4P.Marketing | 14 | 1 | | Automattic | 12 | 7 | | 10up | 10 | 3 | | Yoast | 8 | 2 | | Accessible WD | 6 | 1 | | Bluehost | 5 | 1 | | KrishaWeb | 4 | 1 | | Multidots | 4 | 2 | [[ July 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by organization. Click to open in a new tab. ## What did July hold for Core Committers? 15 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 (+1 compared to last month). Of the 89 commits to the `trunk` branch (+15 compared to the previous month), 32( 36%) were made by people working at Yoast, 12 (13%) from employees of Whodunit, 10 (11%) from people working at Automattic. | Account | Full Name | Commits | Organization | Country | Member since | % | | sergeybiryukov | Sergey Biryukov | 32 | Yoast | Russia | 2007 | 35,96% | | audrasjb | Jb Audras | 12 | Whodunit | France | 2011 | 13,48% | | joedolson | Joe Dolson | 7 | Accessible WD | United States of America | 2008 | 7,87% | | johnbillion | John Blackbourn | 6 | Human Made | United Kingdom | 2005 | 6,74% | | jonsurrell | Jon Surrell | 5 | Automattic | Spain | 2011 | 5,62% | | johnjamesjacoby | John James Jacoby | 5 | Awesome Motive | United States of America | 2008 | 5,62% | | dmsnell | Dennis Snell | 5 | Automattic | United States of America | 2014 | 5,62% | | peterwilsoncc | Peter Wilson | 4 | 10up | Australia | 2008 | 4,49% | | westonruter | Weston Ruter | 3 | | United States of America | 2007 | 3,37% | | jorbin | Aaron Jorbin | 3 | | | 2009 | 3,37% | | swissspidy | Pascal Birchler | 2 | Google | Switzerland | 2008 | 2,25% | | karmatosed | Tammie Lister | 2 | | United Kingdom | 2006 | 2,25% | | ocean90 | Dominik Schilling | 1 | required | Germany | 2009 | 1,12% | | adamsilverstein | Adam Silverstein | 1 | Google | United States of America | 2012 | 1,12% | | desrosj | Jonathan Desrosiers | 1 | Bluehost | United States of America | 2009 | 1,12% | _Thanks to [@francina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/) and [@benjamin\_zekavica](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjamin_zekavica/) for proofreading this post._ [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2025%2F08%2F01%2Fa-month-in-core-july-2025%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 1:34 pm _on_ July 2, 2025 Tags: core    # 󠀁[A Month in Core – June 2025](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2025/07/02/a-month-in-core-june-2025/)󠁿 Here’s some aggregate data for June 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/19tSpaV1_AJLwZ5tQpFiY4GAxv7QgWnVX5SEAUjmwBQE/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 No new WordPress version released this month. ## General Trac overview Ticket numbers are based on the [Trac timeline for the period above](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=06%2F30%2F2025&daysback=29&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update). In June, **the WordPress Core team shipped 128 commits** (+67 compared to last month). 133 tickets were opened (-2), 291 tickets were closed (+121), and 20 were reopened( +14). This month, **113 people contributed to WordPress source code** using Trac (+52 compared to last month!), and **22 people (+13) made their very first contribution to WordPress Core** ♥️ ### Components activity How did June’s commits break out by Core Component? The most prolific components were: | Component | Count | % | | Coding Standards | 15 | 20% | | Docs | 10 | 14% | | Build/Test Tools | 9 | 12% | | Bundled Themes | 6 | 8% | | Users | 4 | 5% | | Site Health | 3 | 4% | | Media | 3 | 4% | | Editor | 3 | 4% | | General | 3 | 4% | | Networks and Sites | 2 | 3% | | Posts, Post Types | 2 | 3% | | Database | 2 | 3% | [[ June 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 June, people from at least 22 countries contributed to WordPress Core. The next graphs show the number of props received by country and the number of contributors from each country. The top 10 countries, based on the number of props received, are these (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Country | Contributions | Contributors | | India | 48 | 28 | | United States of America | 47 | 21 | | Italy | 17 | 3 | | Spain | 17 | 3 | | France | 16 | 7 | | Russia | 9 | 3 | | Australia | 5 | 1 | | United Kingdom | 3 | 2 | | Poland | 3 | 2 | | Canada | 3 | 3 | [[ June 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by country. Click to open in a new tab. ### Five for the Future related stats In June, people from at least 38 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 (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Company | Contributions | Contributors | | rtCamp | 46 | 13 | | Human Made | 15 | 2 | | Whodunit | 15 | 6 | | 4P.Marketing | 14 | 1 | | Automattic | 12 | 7 | | 10up | 10 | 3 | | Yoast | 8 | 2 | | Accessible WD | 6 | 1 | | Bluehost | 5 | 1 | | KrishaWeb | 4 | 1 | | Multidots | 4 | 2 | [[ June 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by organization. Click to open in a new tab. ## What did June hold for Core Committers? 14 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 (+6 compared to last month). Of the 74 commits to the `trunk` branch (+28 compared to the previous month), 27( 36%) were made by people working at Yoast, 11 (15%) from employees of Human Made, 6 (8%) from people working at Whodunit, or Bluehost. | Account | Full Name | Commits | Company | Country | Member since | % | | sergeybiryukov | Sergey Biryukov | 27 | Yoast | Russia | 2007 | 36,49% | | johnbillion | John Blackbourn | 11 | Human Made | United Kingdom | 2005 | 14,86% | | audrasjb | Jb Audras | 6 | Whodunit | France | 2011 | 8,11% | | desrosj | Jonathan Desrosiers | 6 | Bluehost | United States of America | 2009 | 8,11% | | karmatosed | Tammie Lister | 4 | | United Kingdom | 2006 | 5,41% | | westonruter | Weston Ruter | 4 | | United States of America | 2007 | 5,41% | | peterwilsoncc | Peter Wilson | 4 | 10up | Australia | 2008 | 5,41% | | dmsnell | Dennis Snell | 3 | Automattic | United States of America | 2014 | 4,05% | | joedolson | Joe Dolson | 3 | Accessible WD | United States of America | 2008 | 4,05% | | adamsilverstein | Adam Silverstein | 2 | Google | United States of America | 2012 | 2,70% | | johnjamesjacoby | John James Jacoby | 1 | Awesome Motive | United States of America | 2008 | 1,35% | | swissspidy | Pascal Birchler | 1 | Google | Switzerland | 2008 | 1,35% | | bernhard-reiter | Bernhard Reiter | 1 | Automattic | | 2008 | 1,35% | | jorbin | Aaron Jorbin | 1 | | | 2009 | 1,35% | _Thanks to [@francina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/) and [@benjamin\_zekavica](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjamin_zekavica/) for proofreading this post._ [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2025%2F07%2F02%2Fa-month-in-core-june-2025%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 5:37 pm _on_ June 3, 2025 Tags: core    # 󠀁[A Month in Core — May 2025](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2025/06/03/a-month-in-core-may-2025/)󠁿 Here’s some aggregate data for May 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/1sSThVlvel2XW1Cuz_5HCIz0uEt82axNTDBk6shOJWnI/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 No new WordPress version released this month. ## General Trac overview Ticket numbers are based on the [Trac timeline for the period above](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=06%2F01%2F2025&daysback=31&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update). In May, **the WordPress Core team shipped 61 commits** (-41 compared to last month). 135 tickets were opened (-36), 170 tickets were closed (-12), and 6 were reopened(- 28). This month, **61 people contributed to WordPress source code** using Trac (-26 compared to last month), and **9 people (+8) made their very first contribution to WordPress Core** ♥️ ### Components activity How did May’s commits break out by Core Component? The most prolific components were: | Component | Count | % | | Docs | 9 | 20% | | Build/Test Tools | 5 | 11% | | Bundled Themes | 5 | 11% | | Coding Standards | 5 | 11% | | Media | 3 | 7% | | Administration | 2 | 4% | | Script Loader | 2 | 4% | | Login and Registration | 2 | 4% | [[ May 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 May, people from at least 13 countries contributed to WordPress Core. The next graphs show the number of props received by country and the number of contributors from each country. The top 10 countries, based on the number of props received, are these (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Country | Contributions | Contributors | | India | 53 (13) | 21 (3) | | USA | 19 (-16) | 10 (-9) | | Spain | 9 (7) | 3 (2) | | Russia | 8 (7) | 1 (0) | | France | 8 (4) | 5 (4) | | Italy | 6 (6) | 2 (2) | | Australia | 5 (0) | 3 (0) | | Japan | 3 (-4) | 1 (-2) | | Germany | 3 (-4) | 3 (-2) | | Switzerland | 2 (1) | 1 (0) | [[ May 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by country. Click to open in a new tab. ### Five for the Future related stats In May, people from at least 28 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 (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Company | Contributions | Contributors | | rtCamp | 20 (-6) | 11 (3) | | 10up | 12 (-1) | 5 (0) | | Yoast | 8 (3) | 1 (-1) | | 4P.Marketing | 8 (6) | 2 (1) | | Multidots | 6 (6) | 1 (1) | | Human Made | 5 (1) | 1 (0) | | NIbble Edge | 4 (4) | 1 (1) | | Accessible WD | 4 (1) | 1 (0) | | Studio Val | 3 (3) | 1 (1) | | Whodunit | 2 (-2) | 1 (0) | [[ May 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by organization. Click to open in a new tab. ## What did May hold for Core Committers? 8 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 (-3 compared to last month). Of the 46 commits to the `trunk` branch (-7 compared to the previous month), 30 ( 65%) were made by people working at Yoast, 4 (9%) from employees of Accessible Web Design, 3 (7%) from people working at Whodunit, or Human Made. | Username | Full Name | Commits | Company | Country | Member since | | sergeybiryukov | Sergey Biryukov | 30 | Yoast | Russia | 2007 | | joedolson | Joe Dolson | 4 | Accessible WD | United States of America | 2008 | | audrasjb | Jb Audras | 3 | Whodunit | France | 2011 | | johnbillion | John Blackbourn | 3 | Human Made | United Kingdom | 2005 | | jorbin | Aaron Jorbin | 2 | | | 2009 | | desrosj | Jonathan Desrosiers | 2 | Bluehost | United States of America | 2009 | | adamsilverstein | Adam Silverstein | 1 | Google | United States of America | 2012 | | peterwilsoncc | Peter Wilson | 1 | 10up | Australia | 2008 | _Thanks to [@francina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/) and [@benjamin\_zekavica](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjamin_zekavica/) for proofreading this post._ [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2025%2F06%2F03%2Fa-month-in-core-may-2025%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 12:02 pm _on_ May 4, 2025 Tags: core    # 󠀁[A Month in Core – April 2025](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2025/05/04/a-month-in-core-april-2025/)󠁿 Here’s some aggregate data for April 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/1xal3RWL2PCsfVLQFo3z7Zv1_L0mu2heHxoSjXJotPxw/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 * [WordPress 6.8 « Cecil » was released on April 15, 2025](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/04/cecil/) 🚀 * [WordPress 6.8.1 Maintenance Release was released on April 30, 2025](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/04/wordpress-6-8-1-maintenance-release/) 🛠️ ## General Trac overview Ticket numbers are based on the [Trac timeline for the period above](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=04%2F30%2F2025&daysback=30&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update). In April, **the WordPress Core team shipped 102 commits** (-124 compared to last month). 171 tickets were opened (-2), 182 tickets were closed (-11), and 34 were reopened (+2). This month, **87 people contributed to WordPress source code** using Trac (-103 compared to last month), and **1 person made their very first contribution to WordPress Core** ♥️ ### Components activity How did April’s commits break out by Core Component? The most prolific components were: * Coding Standards with 12 commits (22%) * Docs with 11 commits (20%) * Editor with 5 commits (11%) * Bundled Themes with 3 commits (6%) * Build/Test Tools with 2 commits (4%) * 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/) with 2 commits (4%) * Media with 2 commits (4%) * Themes with 2 commits (4%) * Help/About with 2 commits (4%) * General with 2 commits (4%) [[ April 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 April, people from at least 19 countries contributed to WordPress Core. The next graphs show the number of props received by country and the number of contributors from each country. The top 10 countries, based on the number of props received, are these (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Country | Contributions | Contributors | | India | 40 (-72) | 18 (-25) | | USA | 35 (-46) | 19 (=) | | Japan | 7 (-3) | 3 (+2) | | Germany | 7 (+5) | 5 (+3) | | UK | 5 (+1) | 2 (-1) | | Australia | 5 (-20) | 3 (=) | | France | 4 (-45) | 1 (-8) | | Sweden | 4 (-10) | 1 (=) | | Georgia | 4 (-10) | 2 (+1) | | Croatia | 2 (+2) | 1 (+1) | [[ April 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by country. Click to open in a new tab. ### Five for the Future related stats In April, people from at least 38 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 (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Organization | Contributions | Contributors | | rtCamp | 26 (-30) | 8 (-13) | | KrishaWeb | 13 (8) | 1 (-3) | | 10up | 13 (-59) | 5 (-6) | | Automattic | 9 (-18) | 8 (-8) | | Bluehost | 6 (0) | 1 (0) | | Yoast | 5 (-35) | 2 (-1) | | GoDaddy | 5 (-9) | 3 (2) | | Whodunit | 4 (-45) | 1 (-7) | | Human Made | 4 (-13) | 1 (0) | | Huptech | 4 (4) | 3 (3) | [[ April 2025 Core contributions (props and people) by organization. Click to open in a new tab. ## What did April hold for Core Committers? 11 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 (-3 compared to last month). Of the 53 commits to the `trunk` branch (-73 compared to the previous month), 26( 46%) were made by people working at Yoast, 6 (11%) from employees of 10up, 5 (10%) from people working at Bluehost, and 3 (6%) at Whodunit, or Human Made. | Account | Commits | Company | Country | Member since | | sergeybiryukov | 26 | Yoast | Russia | 2007 | | jorbin | 6 | | | 2009 | | desrosj | 5 | Bluehost | United States of America | 2009 | | peterwilsoncc | 4 | 10up | Australia | 2008 | | audrasjb | 3 | Whodunit | France | 2011 | | johnbillion | 3 | Human Made | United Kingdom | 2005 | | flixos90 | 2 | Google | United States of America | 2012 | | joemcgill | 2 | 10up | United States of America | 2008 | | ryelle | 2 | | United States of America | 2009 | | joedolson | 1 | Accessible WD | United States of America | 2008 | | bernhard-reiter | 1 | Automattic | | 2008 | | westonruter | 1 | Google | United States of America | 2007 | _Thanks to [@francina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/) and [@benjamin\_zekavica](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjamin_zekavica/) for proofreading this post._ [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2025%2F05%2F04%2Fa-month-in-core-april-2025%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 9:50 am _on_ April 3, 2025 Tags: core    # 󠀁[A Month in Core – March 2025](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2025/04/03/a-month-in-core-march-2025/)󠁿 Here’s some aggregate data for March 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/1xal3RWL2PCsfVLQFo3z7Zv1_L0mu2heHxoSjXJotPxw/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. ## General Trac overview Ticket numbers are based on the [Trac timeline for the period above](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=02%2F28%2F2025&daysback=28&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update). In March, **the WordPress Core team shipped 226 commits** (+104 compared to last month). 173 tickets were opened (+25), 193 tickets were closed (-12), and 36 were reopened (+11). This month, **190 people contributed to WordPress source code** using Trac (-25 compared to last month, which is expected given we entered 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./RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. cycles), and **34 people made their very first contribution to WordPress Core** ♥️ (-8). ### Components activity How did March’s commits break out by Core Component? The most prolific components were: * Editor with 19 commits (15%) * Coding Standards with 16 commits (13%) * Build/Test Tools with 14 commits (11%) * Media with 11 commits (9%) * Bundled Themes with 10 commits (8%) * General with 7 commits (6%) * 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/) with 5 commits (4%) * Upgrade/Install with 4 commits (3%) * Themes with 4 commits (3%) [[ March 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 March, people from at least 31 countries contributed to WordPress Core. The next graphs show the number of props received by country and the number of contributors from each country. The top 10 countries, based on the number of props received, are these (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Country | Contributions | Contributors | | India | 112 (+49) | 43 (+7) | | USA | 81 (+7) | 19 (-8) | | France | 49 (+15) | 9 (+3) | | Italy | 28 (-6) | 2 (-3) | | Australia | 25 (+15) | 3 (+2) | | Russia | 18 (=) | 3 (+1) | | Bangladesh | 15 (+8) | 11 (+4) | | Sweden | 14 (-14) | 1 (=) | | Georgia | 14 (+14) | 1 (+1) | | Switzerland | 12 (-3) | 1 (=) | [[ March 2025 Core contributions (props) by country [[ March 2025 Core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. [https://core.trac.wordpress.org](https://core.trac.wordpress.org)( people) by country ### Five for the Future related stats In March, people from at least 68 different companies/organizations (-5 since last month, which was expected given we entered beta/RC cycle) 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 (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis): | Company | Contributions | Contributors | | 10up | 72 (+22) | 11 (+4) | | rtCamp | 56 (+20) | 21 (+5) | | Whodunit | 49 (+15) | 8 (+5) | | Yoast | 40 (-24) | 3 (=) | | Automattic | 27 (-13) | 16 (-4) | | Accessible WD | 24 (+14) | 1 (=) | | Google | 22 (-8) | 4 (=) | | Human Made | 17 (-1) | 1 (-3) | | GoDaddy | 14 (+5) | 1 (=) | | Emilia Capital | 10 (-5) | 1 (-1) | [[ March 2025 Core contributions (props) by organization [[ March 2025 Core contributors (people) by organization ## What did March hold for Core Committers? 14 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 (-4 compared to last month). Of the 125 commits to the `trunk` branch (+21 compared to the previous month), 30( 24%) were made by people working at Whodunit, 24 (19%) from employees of 10up, 19( 15%) from people working at Yoast, and 7 (6%) by Bluehost and Google. | Account | Commits | Country | Company | Member since | | audrasjb | 30 | France | Whodunit | 2011 | | joedolson | 23 | USA | Accessible WD | 2008 | | sergeybiryukov | 19 | Russia | Yoast | 2007 | | joemcgill | 13 | USA | 10up | 2008 | | peterwilsoncc | 11 | Australia | 10up | 2008 | | desrosj | 7 | USA | Bluehost | 2009 | | johnbillion | 6 | | Human Made | 2005 | | adamsilverstein | 4 | USA | Google | 2012 | | mamaduka | 4 | Georgia | GoDaddy | 2009 | | jorbin | 2 | | | 2009 | | timothyblynjacobs | 2 | | StellarWP | 2012 | | flixos90 | 2 | USA | Google | 2012 | | ryelle | 1 | USA | Automattic | 2009 | | westonruter | 1 | USA | Google | 2007 | _Thanks to _[@francina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/)_ for proofreading this post._ [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2025%2F04%2F03%2Fa-month-in-core-march-2025%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 10:53 am _on_ March 13, 2025 Tags: core    # 󠀁[A Month in Core – February 2025](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2025/03/13/a-month-in-core-february-2025/)󠁿 Here’s some aggregate data for February 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). * These 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/1oNBsddzep3uVDAWQkWxAaNnbRR3jQuklT4ijEzHxQ3A/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. ## General Trac overview Ticket numbers are based on the [Trac timeline for the period above](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=02%2F28%2F2025&daysback=28&authors=&ticket=on&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update). In February, **the WordPress Core team shipped 104 commits**. 148 tickets were opened, 205 tickets were closed, and 25 were reopened. This month, **215 people contributed to WordPress source code** using Trac, and ** 42 people made their very first contribution to WordPress Core** ♥️ ### Components activity How did February’s commits break out by Core Component? The most prolific components were: * Coding Standards with 15 commits (14%) * Editor with 14 commits (13%) * Administration with 9 commits (9%) * General with 8 commits (8%) * Build/Test Tools with 8 commits (8%) * Bundled Themes with 7 commits (7%) * Security with 6 commits (6%) [[ February 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 February, people from at least 31 countries contributed to WordPress Core. The next graphs show the number of props received by country, and the number of contributors from each country. The top 10 countries, based on the number of props received, are these: | **Country** | **Contributions** | **Contributors** | | USA | 74 | 27 | | India | 63 | 35 | | France | 38 | 6 | | Italy | 34 | 5 | | Sweden | 28 | 1 | | Greece | 19 | 4 | | Russia | 18 | 2 | | UK | 16 | 7 | | Switzerland | 15 | 1 | | Australia | 10 | 4 | | Germany | 10 | 7 | [[ February 2025 Core contributions (props) by country [[ February 2025 Core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. [https://core.trac.wordpress.org](https://core.trac.wordpress.org)( people) by country ### Organizations stats In February, people from at least 73 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: | **Company** | **Contributions** | **Contributors** | | Yoast | 64 | 3 | | 10up | 50 | 7 | | Automattic | 40 | 20 | | rtCamp | 36 | 16 | | Whodunit | 34 | 3 | | Google | 30 | 4 | | Human Made | 18 | 4 | | Emilia Capital | 15 | 2 | | Accessible WD | 10 | 1 | | Bluehost | 9 | 1 | | GoDaddy | 9 | 1 | [[ February 2025 Core contributions (props) by organization [[ February 2025 Core contributors (people) by organization ## What did February hold for Core Committers? 18 Core Committers committed code to the 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. Of the 104 commits, 26 (25%) were made by people working at Whodunit, 20 (19%) from people working at Yoast, 14 (13%) from employees of 10up, and 13 (12%) by Human Made employees. | **Account** | **Commits** | **Country** | **Company** | **Member since** | | audrasjb | 26 | France | Whodunit | 2011 | | sergeybiryukov | 18 | Russia | Yoast | 2007 | | johnbillion | 13 | | Human Made | 2005 | | peterwilsoncc | 10 | | 10up | 2008 | | joedolson | 7 | | Accessible WD | 2008 | | desrosj | 6 | USA | Bluehost | 2009 | | flixos90 | 5 | USA | Google | 2012 | | joemcgill | 4 | USA | 10up | 2008 | | mamaduka | 3 | Georgia | GoDaddy | 2009 | | jorbin | 2 | | | 2009 | | adamsilverstein | 2 | USA | Google | 2012 | | poena | 2 | Sweden | Yoast | 2008 | | karmatosed | 1 | | | 2006 | | bernhard-reiter | 1 | | Automattic | 2008 | | swissspidy | 1 | Switzerland | Google | 2008 | | spacedmonkey | 1 | UK | Spacedmonkey | 2009 | | westonruter | 1 | USA | Google | 2007 | | davidbaumwald | 1 | USA | Dream Encode | 2016 | _Thanks to [@benjamin\_zekavica](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjamin_zekavica/), [@francina](https://profiles.wordpress.org/francina/) for proofreading this post._ [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2025%2F03%2F13%2Fa-month-in-core-february-2025%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/) [Joe McGill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/) 1:26 am _on_ April 24, 2024 Tags: core, [core-editor ( 14 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core-editor/) # 󠀁[Core Team Update – April 22, 2024](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2024/04/24/core-team-update-april-22-2024/)󠁿 ## Overview * DevChat meeting held on April 17. - [The agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/17/agenda-dev-chat-wednesday-april-17-2024/) - [The summary](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/03/summary-dev-chat-april-3-2024/) * DevChat meeting held on March 10. - [The agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/03/27/agenda-dev-chat-wednesday-march-27-2024/) - [The summary](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/10/agenda-dev-chat-wednesday-april-3-2024-2/) ## Code Overview Data is from April 15–21 * CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (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/). and svn): - [37 commits](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline?from=04%2F21%2F2024&daysback=7&authors=&changeset=on&repo-=on&repo-design=on&repo-tests=on&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&update=Update)(- 19 from previous week) - [39 new tickets opened](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?time=04%2F15%2F2024..04%2F21%2F2024&col=id&col=summary&col=time&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=component&order=time)(- 15 from previous week) - [123 tickets closed](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&changetime=04%2F15%2F2024..04%2F21%2F2024&col=id&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&order=id)( +65 from previous week) * 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/): - [110 commits to trunk](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/commits/trunk?since=2024-04-15&until=2024-04-21&before=a9fbf74733efefb38bf112cb1e80e9a9045ce19b+35)( +23 from previous week) - [65 new issues opened](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues?q=is%3Aissue+created%3A2024-04-15..2024-04-21)( +6 from previous week) - [80 issues closed](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues?q=is%3Aissue+closed%3A2024-04-15..2024-04-21)( +46 from previous week) ## Releases * Gutenberg releases: - 🏁 [](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/02/28/whats-new-in-gutenberg-17-8-28-february/) [18.1](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/releases/tag/v18.1.0) was released on April 10. - 🏁 [](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/02/28/whats-new-in-gutenberg-17-8-28-february/) [18.2.0 RC1](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/releases/tag/v18.2.0-rc.1) was released on April 19, with full release due on April 24. * [WordPress 6.5.2](https://wordpress.org/news/2024/04/wordpress-6-5-2-maintenance-and-security-release/) was released on April 9. - There was not WordPress 6.5.1 for technical reasons. * [WordPress 6.5.3](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/15/wordpress-6-5-3-an-upcoming-maintenance-release/) is being planned with a tentative release date of May 7 - [WP 6.5.3 milestone has 15 tickets](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?milestone=6.5.3&group=status&order=priority): * 7 new * 4 reopened * 1 assigned * 3 closed * [6.6 major release](https://make.wordpress.org/core/6-6/) is underway: - Current development phase: Alpha and [initial release squad announced](http://WordPress%206.6%20call%20for%20volunteers%20update). - Bug scrubs: none scheduled yet. - [Core Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/major/workflow): * [13 commits](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commits/trunk?since=2024-04-15&until=2024-04-21)(- 1 from previous week) * [32 open tickets](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&status=reviewing&changetime=04%2F15%2F2024..04%2F21%2F2024&milestone=6.6&group=type&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&order=priority): - 22 defects / bugs - 7 enhancements, 1 feature requests, and 2 blessed tasks * [1 early tickets](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&status=reviewing&changetime=04%2F15%2F2024..04%2F21%2F2024&keywords=~early&milestone=6.6&group=type&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&order=priority)( +0 from previous week) - Gutenberg: * Gutenberg’s `wp/6.6` branch has not yet been created. * [Editor tasks board](https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/179) * [6.5.x Editor tasks board has 29 tickets](https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/186): - 6 open tasks - 22 done tasks - 1 punted tasks ## Highlights: * [WordPress 6.5.3: An upcoming maintenance release](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/15/wordpress-6-5-3-an-upcoming-maintenance-release/) * [WordPress 6.5 Release Retrospective](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/12/wordpress-6-5-release-retrospective/) * [Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about what’s next in Gutenberg](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/04/hallway-hangout-lets-chat-about-whats-next-in-gutenberg/) * [Bundled Theme Bug Scrubs](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/12/bundled-theme-bug-scrubs/) * [A first look at the Interactivity API](https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/04/11/a-first-look-at-the-interactivity-api/) * [What’s new for developers? (April 2024)](https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/04/10/whats-new-for-developers-april-2024/) * [WordPress 6.5 release delayed 1 week](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/03/25/wordpress-6-5-release-delayed-1-week/) * [WordPress 6.5 Release Day Process](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/03/22/wordpress-6-5-release-day-process/) * [Font Library update: storage of font files](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/03/21/font-library-update-storage-of-font-files/) * [Hallway Hangout: Using Site editor in production for client sites](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/03/19/hallway-hangout-using-site-editor-in-production-for-client-sites/) * [Hallway Hangout: Data Liberation Discussion and Brainstorm](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/03/26/hallway-hangout-data-liberation-discussion-and-brainstorm/) [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/), [#core-editor](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core-editor/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2024%2F04%2F24%2Fcore-team-update-april-22-2024%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) # Post navigation [← Older posts](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/core/page/2/?output_format=md)