With 6.9 out in the world, our collective attention has already turned to 7.0. Core contributors, together with Matt and Mary, had a call to discuss ideas and projects. There was shared excitement about this release, even if it’s just… Continue Reading →
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @benjamin_zekavica Agenda post. Announcements WordPress 6.9 is now available!Gutenberg 22.2 has been released!Discussions 6.9.1 PlanningMissing “Needs Patch / Needs PR” Label in the Gutenberg Repository Announcements WordPress 6.9 is now available! WordPress 6.9 is now available for download…. Continue Reading →
TL;DR WordPress 6.9 introduced a fix for adjacent post navigation when posts have identical publication dates. While this resolved a long-standing bug, it inadvertently caused infinite loops in some extensions that modify the get_adjacent_post() WHERE clause. What Changed in WordPress… Continue Reading →
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 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… Continue Reading →
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @benjamin_zekavica Agenda post. Announcements WordPress 6.9 is now available!Gutenberg 22.2 has been released!Discussions Clarify wording for the Version field in Trac Announcements WordPress 6.9 is now available! WordPress 6.9 is now available for download. Huge thanks to all… Continue Reading →
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 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… Continue Reading →
The forth Release Candidate (“RC4”) for WordPress 6.9 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead,… Continue Reading →
Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @benjamin_zekavica Agenda post. Announcements 6.9 Release Candidate 3 is now available!6.9 Release Day Timeline Shift6.9 Dev NotesForthcoming releases 6.9 TimelineCall for Testing Discussions Browser Support Policy – Clearer Front-end vs. Admin Rules Announcements 6.9 Release Candidate 3 is now available!… Continue Reading →
The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 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… Continue Reading →
This post is the latest in a series of updates focused on the performance improvements of major releases (see 6.8, 6.7, 6.6, 6.5, 6.4, 6.3, and 6.2). WordPress 6.9 is the second and final major release of 2025. It includes… Continue Reading →
In WordPress 6.9, a handful of small, developer-focused changes were made that deserve to be called out. Let’s take a look! PHP 8.5 New Function Polyfills The upcoming 8.5 release of PHP includes 2 new functions that can be used… Continue Reading →
WordPress 6.9 introduces Notes, a new feature that allows you to leave contextual feedback at the block level. With notes your team can stay aligned, track changes, and turn feedback into action all in one place. Notes can be resolved,… Continue Reading →
WordPress 6.9 Beta 4 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to… Continue Reading →
Summary of the WordPress Developer Blog meeting, which took place in the #core-dev-blog channel on the Make WordPress Slack. Start of the meeting on Slack Meeting facilitated by @bph Attendees: @greenshady, @bph, @webcommsat @psykro @areziaal (async) @bcworkz (async) Summary from… Continue Reading →
At WordCamp US 2025, Core Committers in attendance (including emeritus) gathered for a brief informal meeting. A few additional contributors with a heavy focus on Core were also invited. There was no formal agenda, but a few goals for the… Continue Reading →
WordPress.org is committed to protecting accounts that play a crucial role in the WordPress ecosystem. Accounts with the ability to publish posts on the authoritative source of information from the WordPress Core team need to be secure in order to prevent… Continue Reading →
WordCamp US 2025 contributor day is coming to Portland, Oregon on Tuesday, August 26, starting at 9:00 am, and ending at 5:00 pm. The Core team is responsible for building the core WordPress software and this is a great opportunity… Continue Reading →
