Title: Development – WordPress News --- # Development * ## 󠀁[New AI Agent Skill for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/01/new-ai-agent-skill/)󠁿 * January 30, 2026 * Faster Way For AI Agents To Test AI code agents are getting better at writing WordPress plugins and themes, but testing can still be the slow part. WordPress contributor Brandon Payton has published wp-playground, a new AI agent skill designed to run WordPress via the Playground CLI, giving agents a fast, repeatable way to run… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/01/new-ai-agent-skill/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 6.9 Release Candidate 3](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/11/wordpress-6-9-release-candidate-3/)󠁿 * November 25, 2025 * The third Release Candidate (“RC3”) for WordPress 6.9 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission- critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC3 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/11/wordpress-6-9-release-candidate-3/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 6.9 Release Candidate 2](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/11/wordpress-6-9-release-candidate-2/)󠁿 * November 18, 2025 * The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 6.9 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission- critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC2 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/11/wordpress-6-9-release-candidate-2/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 6.9 Release Candidate 1](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/11/wordpress-6-9-release-candidate-1/)󠁿 * November 11, 2025 * The first Release Candidate (“RC1”) for WordPress 6.9 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission- critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to evaluate RC1 on a test server and site. WordPress 6.9 RC1… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/11/wordpress-6-9-release-candidate-1/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 6.9 Beta 3](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/11/wordpress-6-9-beta-3/)󠁿 * November 4, 2025 * WordPress 6.9 Beta 3 is available for download and testing! This beta version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please don’t install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, you can evaluate Beta 3 on a test server and site. WordPress 6.9 Beta 3 can be tested… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/11/wordpress-6-9-beta-3/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 6.9 Beta 2](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/10/wordpress-6-9-beta-2/)󠁿 * October 28, 2025 * WordPress 6.9 Beta 2 is now ready for testing! This beta version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites.  Instead, you should evaluate Beta 2 on a test server and site. You can test WordPress 6.9 Beta 2 in… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/10/wordpress-6-9-beta-2/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 3](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/04/wordpress-6-8-release-candidate-3/)󠁿 * April 8, 2025 * WordPress 6.8 RC 3 is ready for download and testing! The scheduled final release date for WordPress 6.8 is April 15, 2025. Your help testing over the next week is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should be: stable, powerful, and intuitive. * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/04/wordpress-6-8-release-candidate-3/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 2](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/04/wordpress-6-8-release-candidate-2/)󠁿 * April 1, 2025 * The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 6.8 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission- critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC2 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/04/wordpress-6-8-release-candidate-2/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 1](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/03/wordpress-6-8-release-candidate-1/)󠁿 * March 25, 2025 * WordPress 6.8 RC 1 is ready for download and testing! The scheduled final release date for WordPress 6.8 is April 15, 2025. Your help testing over the next three weeks is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should be: stable, powerful, and intuitive. * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/03/wordpress-6-8-release-candidate-1/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 6.8 Beta 3](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/03/wordpress-6-8-beta-3/)󠁿 * March 18, 2025 * WordPress 6.8 Beta 3 is ready for download and testing! The scheduled final release date for WordPress 6.8 is April 15, 2025. Your help testing Beta and RC versions over the next four weeks is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should be: stable, powerful, and intuitive. * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/03/wordpress-6-8-beta-3/) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/news/category/development/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/news/category/development/page/3/?output_format=md) … [37](https://wordpress.org/news/category/development/page/37/?output_format=md) [Older Posts](https://wordpress.org/news/category/development/page/2/?output_format=md)