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Jb Audras 7:38 am on February 6, 2026
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Summary, Dev Chat, February 4, 2026

Start of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is over. We are putting together the nominations, then a poll will probably be opened for voting. It will stay open for two weeks. Stay tuned.

WordPress 6.9.1

It was released yesterday! Congrats to everyone involved in this release!

Milestone 6.9.2 is open on Trac and @jorbin will monitor new tickets related to 6.9.

WordPress 7.0 Update

Discussion 💬

We have a formal proposal for merging the WP AI Client into WordPress 7.0!

Proposal for merging WP AI Client into WordPress 7.0

@jorbin noted that there is no formal timeline for feedback on this new feature.

There are discussions in the proposal on Make/Core and in the related Trac ticket.

The realtime coordination feature also was noted by @marybaum and @jorbin as a set of features that would deserves a merge proposal blogpost.

From @adamsilverstein:

I’d like to mention I have posted a detailed progress update for the Client Side Media feature on the tracking issue. The summary is: last week we landed the wordpress/worker-threads package, which unlocks running VIPS directly in a worker thread. This means the feature can now be tested. Also: the final 7 pre-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. PRs are nearly ready for review.
The main thing I need support on is code reviews and testing!

This was cross-posted on the #core-editor channel.

#6-9-1, #7-0, #core, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 9:32 pm on February 3, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – February 4, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 15:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda or bring them up during the dev chat.

Announcements 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is over. The current Team Reps are putting together the nominations, then a poll will be opened for voting. It will stay open for two weeks.

WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule

WordPress 6.9.1 was released on February 3, 2026. It is a maintenance release.

See the WP 6.9.1 RC1 announcement for more information about the release.

WordPress 7.0 Release Squad and Bug Scrub Schedule

The WordPress 7.0 Release Squad has been announced.

The 7.0 bug scrub schedule was published.

Discussions 💬

The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the Core Team. To nominate a topic for discussion, please leave a comment on this agenda with a summary of the topic, any relevant links that will help people get context for the discussion, and what kind of feedback you are looking for from others participating in the discussion.

From @adamsilverstein:

I’d like to mention I have posted a detailed progress update for the Client Side Media feature on the tracking issue. The summary is: last week we landed the wordpress/worker-threads package, which unlocks running VIPS directly in a worker thread. This means the feature can now be tested. Also: the final 7 pre-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. PRs are nearly ready for review.

The main thing I need support on is code reviews and testing!

The meetings are currently at a difficult time for me to attend, i’m happy to answer questions a bit later if i am not able to join.

From @flixos90: Proposal for merging WP AI Client into WordPress 7.0

Open floor  🎙️

Any topic can be raised for discussion in the comments, as well as requests for assistance on tickets. Tickets in the milestone for the next major or maintenance release will be prioritized.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and indicate whether you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or will be async.

#6-9, #6-9-1, #7-0, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 5:50 pm on January 28, 2026
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Summary, Dev Chat, January 28, 2026

Start of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is still open. Please submit your nomination here.

Recap: WordPress 6.9 “Gene” Retrospective

A retrospective of WP 6.9 was published by its release squad, with detailed feedback on the 6.9 cycle.

WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule

The WordPress 6.9.1 maintenance release is planned on February 3, 2026, with a first 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. release on January 29, 2026.

@jorbin noted that help is still needed on the following tickets/PR:

WordPress 7.0 Release Squad and Bug Scrub Schedule

The WordPress 7.0 Release Squad has been announced.

The 7.0 bug scrub schedule was published. @audrasjb hosted the first scrub right before the devchat.

What’s new in 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/ 22.4

Gutenberg 22.4 was released, with a detailed announcement.

Open floor 💬

As a new contributor @indigochill asked whether ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #60726 was a good way to start contributing to WordPress Core. @johnbillion, @jorbin and @audrasjb confirmed that it is a nice first ticket to learn how to contribute to Core as it is self-contained and clearly documented, but encouraged them to thoroughly read all the comments in the ticket to make sure to understand the full background of the ticket and its history.

#6-9-1, #7-0, #core, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 8:17 pm on January 27, 2026
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Dev Chat Agenda – January 28, 2026

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at 15:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

The various curated agenda sections below refer to additional items. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda or bring them up during the dev chat.

Announcements 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is still open. Please submit your nomination here.

Recap: WordPress 6.9 “Gene” Retrospective

A retrospective of WP 6.9 was published by its release squad, with detailed feedback on the 6.9 cycle.

WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule

The WordPress 6.9.1 maintenance release is planned on February 3, 2026. See the release schedule announcement for more information.

WordPress 7.0 Release Squad and Bug Scrub Schedule

The WordPress 7.0 Release Squad has been announced.

The 7.0 bug scrub schedule was published.

What’s new in 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/ 22.4

Gutenberg 22.4 was released, with a detailed announcement.

Discussions 💬

The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the Core Team. To nominate a topic for discussion, please leave a comment on this agenda with a summary of the topic, any relevant links that will help people get context for the discussion, and what kind of feedback you are looking for from others participating in the discussion.

Open floor  🎙️

Any topic can be raised for discussion in the comments, as well as requests for assistance on tickets. Tickets in the milestone for the next major or maintenance release will be prioritized.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and indicate whether you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or will be async.

#6-9, #6-9-1, #7-0, #agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Jb Audras 9:51 am on January 26, 2026
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Summary, Dev Chat, January 21, 2026

Start of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., facilitated by @desrosj 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements 📢

Nominations for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps 2026

The nomination process for Core Team Representatives for 2026 is now open. Please submit your nomination here.

Dropping support for PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher 7.2 and 7.3

Support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3 will be dropped in WordPress 7.0. More details are available in this post.

7.4 is currently at ~22% of all WP sites. So let’s find ways to work with Hosts and site owners to decrease that number.

WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule

The WordPress 6.9.1 maintenance release is planned on February 3, 2026. See the release schedule announcement for more information.

@jorbin shared this update: “Just a general note that here are multiple scrubs being held each week (see the 6.9.1 announcement). If you want to join for one of those or feel free to work on any of the tickets in tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. or 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ in your own time. You may see pings on those tickets, if you are able to help it would be appreciated as we work to resolutions on these. No concerns as of now, we seem to be in good shape for a release on 3 February.”

#6-9-1, #7-0, #core, #dev-chat

Aaron Jorbin 9:28 pm on January 20, 2026
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WordPress 6.9.1 Release Schedule

Since WordPress 6.9 was released, contributors have kept a close eye on incoming reports to the 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/ Support Forums, TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress., and the 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/ repository 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/. The volume and severityseverity The seriousness of the ticket in the eyes of the reporter. Generally, severity is a judgment of how bad a bug is, while priority is its relationship to other bugs. of tickets mean that the maintenance release should be prepared sagaciously.

This release will be co-led by @jorbin and @wildworks.

Schedule

Date/TimeEvent
Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 22:00 UTCBug Scrub
Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 09:00 UTCBug Scrub
Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 16:00 UTCBug Scrub. WordPress 6.9.2 Milestone will be opened, and some tickets may be punted.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 09:00 UTCBug Scrub
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 18:00 UTCBug Scrub.
Thursday, January 29, 2026 at TBA UTCWordPress 6.9.1 RC1
Tuesday, February 3, 2026WordPress 6.9.1 General Release

Specific times for RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). and General release will be announced in the 6.9 Release Leads room and will be based on availability of individuals helping with the release.

Targeted Fixes

WordPress 6.9.1 is intended as a bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority.-fix only maintenance release. Tickets will be included provided they are issues introduced during the 6.9 cycle or intentionally deferred at the end of the 6.9 cycle. You can follow trac report 4 or the 6.9.x editor tasks board for proposed fixes.

Some issues already have hotfixes available in plugin form if you are facing them on your site.

Get Involved with 6.9.1

Bug Scrubs will happen in the #core room during the times posted above. Each of the open tickets is going to require development work along with testing and review. You can also run your own scrubs to help ensure that all of the correct tickets are fixed in this release. Additionally, some locales have strings in 6.9 in need of translation.

General coordination for the release will happen in the #6-9-release-leads channel and decisions around code for the release will be made in the #core room.

Props to @wildworks, @dmsnell, @westonruter for assistance with this post.

#6-9, #6-9-1, #6-9-x, #minor-releases