Start of the meeting in Slack, facilitated by @audrasjb 🔗 Agenda post. Announcements 📢 WordPress 7.0 Updates RC3 (“new Beta 1”) scheduled for this Friday, May 8th Call for RTC testing from hosts. Submissions still welcome. Thank you to Bluehost, Kinsta, XServer, GoDaddy,WordPress.com, Ionos, and any other hosts for helping test RTC. A decision about RTC introduction…

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Summary of the WordPress core dev chat from May 6, 2026. Key highlights include WordPress 7.0 RC3 (labeled 'new Beta 1') scheduled for May 8th and a call for RTC testing from hosts. The post also serves as a general introduction to the WordPress core team and ways to contribute.

Dev Chat summary: May 6, 2026