--- title: Best Make WordPress Core posts — April 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Make WordPress Core posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore/best-of/2026/04 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore/best-of/2026/04 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Make WordPress Core posts — April 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Make WordPress Core posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Make WordPress Core — April 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/presence-api-feature-plugin-syzigtcta "Presence API Feature Plugin") Article Make WordPress Core·19w Presence API Feature Plugin A new experimental WordPress feature plugin called the Presence API adds a system-wide awareness layer to the WordPress admin, showing who is logged in, which admin screens they are on, and which posts they are actively editing. It introduces dashboard widgets ('Who's Online' and 'Active Posts'), an admin bar online indicator with avatar stacks, a post list 'Editors' column, a Users list 'Online' filter, REST endpoints, WP-CLI commands, and a post-lock bridge. Data is stored in a dedicated ephemeral table with a 60-second TTL and flows through the existing Heartbeat API. The plugin can be tested in WordPress Playground with 5- or 40-user blueprints. It is experimental and community feedback is being solicited. 33 1 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/urgent-testing-request-to-web-hosts-for-collaborative-editing-by-may-4th-aikihpk5g "Urgent: Testing request to Web hosts for collaborative editing by May 4th") Article Make WordPress Core·18w Urgent: Testing request to Web hosts for collaborative editing by May 4th WordPress Core is requesting web hosts and database admins to test the Real Time Collaboration (RTC) feature planned for WordPress 7.0 by May 4th. A test suite requiring only bash, cURL, WP-CLI, and patch has been provided. Hosts are asked to run tests against their actual production configurations (not fresh installs) and submit results to WordPress.org using a bot account. Results will be aggregated and analyzed by hosting type to inform architectural decisions before the 7.0 release. The RTC feature is part of the Phase 3 roadmap and opens the door to agentic collaborators and future features like suggestion mode. 21 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/elevating-individuals-s8glmwhji "Elevating Individuals") Article Make WordPress Core·21w Elevating Individuals Matt Mullenweg reflects on how the WordPress community has shifted toward over-recognizing corporate sponsors at the expense of individual contributors. He calls for a return to celebrating personal contributions, critiques badge designs that prominently display employer names over personal identity, and challenges the community to measure actual impact rather than hours pledged. 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