Benjamin Zekavica 12:13 pm on November 20, 2025
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Summary, Dev Chat, November 19, 2025

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 📢

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/ 22.1 has been released!

Gutenberg 22.1 has been released and is available for download! Thanks to @psykro for writing this wonderful overview.

WordPress 6.9 Release Candidaterelease 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). 2 is now available!

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

WordPress 6.9 Dev Notesdev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase.

For more detailed information, see the following WordPress 6.9 Dev Notes:

Forthcoming releases 🚀

WordPress 6.9 Timeline

WordPress 6.9 is planned for December 2, 2025. Release Candidate 3 is planned for November 25.

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:

Discussions 💬

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Block Decisions

The discussion focused on how decisions are made about which new blocks should be added to Core. @elrae raised concerns that there is no clear standard, and that blocks like the Math block benefit only a very small group of users. Others argued that Core blocks improve consistency, accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility), and reliability across websites. Everyone agreed that clearer and more transparent guidelines are needed to determine which blocks are truly useful and worth maintaining in the long run.

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