Summary, Dev Chat, October 29, 2025

Welcome!

The WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:

Found 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.? Create a ticket in the bug tracker.

Want to contribute? Get started quickly with tickets marked as good first bugs for new contributors or join a bug scrub. There’s more on the reports page, like patches needing testing, and on feature projects page.

Other questions? Here is a detailed handbook for contributors, complete with tutorials.

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 @amykamala 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements 📢

WordPress 6.9 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. 2 is now available!

WordPress 6.9 Beta 2 is now available for download and testing.
Further information you can find here.

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/ 21.9 has been released!

Gutenberg 21.9 has been released and is available for download! This release brings new blocks and polishes existing ones, plus new DataViews enhancements and many bugfixes. Thanks to @priethor for writing this wonderful overview.

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9 Timeline

WordPress 6.9 is planned for December 2, 2025. Beta 3 is planned for November 4.

Bug Scrub Schedule

Regular scrubs are already underway, led by @wildworks and @welcher across time zones.
Full details are in the Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.9.

Call for Testing

The Test Team invites testing and feedback on the following upcoming 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. editor features:

Open Floor 🎙️

@adamsilverstein asked for feedback on handling long note threads in floating mode (#72507). Two approaches have been tested so far: making threads scrollable and ensuring the active note is not cut off. The goal is to find a solution without full-document scrolling. Feedback is welcome.

Pull Requests:

Makes threads scrollable (PR#72547)
Ensures bottom of active floating note is never cut off at bottom (PR#72454)

Call for Testing – Notes

@jeffpaul noted that a Call-for-Testing post for the Notes feature is planned. Contributors interested in assisting with drafting or reviewing are invited to reach out to him directly.

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