The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Tuesday, August 11, 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 ticket 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.

Note: Dev Chat has been moved to Tuesdays at 15:00 UTC for the duration of the 7.1 release cycle.

• 7.1 RC1 was released Wed August 5th.
• A silent RC2 security release was released on August 6th.
• RC3 scheduled for Wednesday, August 12th.
• WordPress 7.1 Field Guide
• 7.1 Release Candidate phase
• As of Aug 10th, 7.1 is branched. Committers: Trunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. is open for 7.2 and the 7.1 branch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". requires double sign off.

• 7.0.3 Security release 
• What’s new in Gutenberg 23.7 – Aug 5th.
• WCUS 2026 is next week!! (and WordPress 7.1 is slated for release live at WCUS on August 19th.)

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