On April 11, 2026, Core Committers in attendance (including emeritus) at WordCamp Asia in Mumbai, India gathered for a brief informal meeting. There was no formal agenda, but a few goals for the meeting were mentioned at the beginning: Allow newer committers to meet more senior ones. Allow anyone to raise questions, concerns, or suggestions…

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WordPress Core Committers held an informal meeting at WordCamp Asia 2026 in Mumbai, covering several key topics. Discussions included the WordPress 7.0 release timeline, real-time collaboration feature tradeoffs, and potential MySQL/MariaDB vs SQLite compatibility issues affecting Playground. The group reviewed new build tooling for syncing code from the Gutenberg repository, identifying areas for improvement such as better automation, inline documentation gaps, and friction between JS and PHP workflows. The Performance Team's declining contributor count was flagged, with plans to better highlight plugin status to attract new contributors. Early ideas for WordPress 7.1 were also floated, including client-side media retry, template organization, front-end view transitions, per-template styles, and enhanced responsive images.

WordCamp Asia 2026 Core Committers Meeting