@wordpress/build replaces webpack and Babel with esbuild, auto-generates your PHP script registration from package.json conventions, and requires zero config. It already builds all 100+ Gutenberg packages. The plan is for it to power @wordpress/scripts under the hood — so wp-scripts build stays the same, but gets faster and drops the hand-written PHP. The API is still open for input. This is what it does and where it needs your feedback.

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@wordpress/build is a new build tool for WordPress plugins that replaces webpack and Babel with esbuild, offering significantly faster builds and zero-config convention-based discovery. It auto-generates PHP script registration files from package.json conventions, supports scripts, script modules, and styles in a single pass, and already powers all 100+ Gutenberg packages. The tool uses fixed folder conventions (packages/, routes/, blocks/ proposed) and a namespace model for cross-plugin dependency externalization. The long-term plan is for it to become the internal engine of @wordpress/scripts, so wp-scripts build continues to work but gets faster with auto-generated PHP. The API is still being shaped and the team is actively seeking feedback from plugin developers, especially around block plugin structure, monorepo-free setup, and the externals/namespace model.

@wordpress/build, the next generation of WordPress plugin build tooling

<p>it should be titled: the next generation of <code>Gutenberg</code> plugin build tooling.</p>
