Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @desrosj 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢WordPress 7.0 Call for VolunteersNominations for Core Team Reps 2026Dropping support for PHP 7.2 and 7.36.9 Release RetrospectiveDiscussions 💬PHP Extensions List – filter Announcements 📢 WordPress 7.0 Call for Volunteers If you are interested in volunteering for WordPress 7.0, please comment here by January 16. Nominations for Core Team Reps 2026 The nomination process for…

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WordPress core development team held their January 14, 2026 dev chat covering WordPress 7.0 volunteer recruitment, Core Team Rep nominations for 2026, and the decision to drop support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3. The meeting was facilitated in Slack with an agenda post available for reference.

Summary, Dev Chat, January 14, 2026