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Project Name Lead Weekly Chat Documents Stage
WP Auto-updates @audrasjb #feature-shinyupdates GitHub, P2 post development
2FA @georgestephanis #core-passwords GitHub, P2 posts development
Background Image Cropper @celloexpressions Ā  Ā  development
Customize Posts @westonruter Ā  GitHub development
Dark Mode @danieltj Continuous chat in #design. GitHub development
Fields API @sc0ttkclark Monday 20:00 UTC 2015 in #core-fields GitHub,Ā P2 posts development
Image Flow @wonderboymusic Continuous chat in #feature-imageflow. P2 posts, Ā Slack Chat Room, Google Folder prototyping
Servehappy @flixos90, @schlessera Monday 16:00 UTC in #core-php GitHub,Ā P2 posts development
Shiny Updates @obenland Tuesday 19:00 UTC 2015 in #feature-shinyupdates GitHub,Ā P2 posts, Trac development
Shortcake (Shortcode UI) @danielbachhuber, @mattheu Monday 17:00 UTC 2015, in #feature-shortcode P2 posts, GitHub development
Toolbar @helenhousandi Ā  GitHub,Ā #32678 development
WP REST API @rmccue, @rachelbaker Monday 23:00 UTC 2015 in #core-restapi GitHub,Ā P2 posts, O2 group development
Notifications APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. @johnbillion TBD P2 posts planning
Preferred Languages @swissspidy Continuous chat in #core-i18n. P2 posts development

For more information about Feature Plugins, including a checklist of requirements for Feature Plugins to be considered coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.-ready, please see their documentation in the Core Handbook.

Landed Features

These features have graduated from a feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins. to being in core. The list is maintained to provide a better overview of the process for new and upcoming feature plugins.

Project Name Lead Documents Release
Customize Preview Responsiveness @celloexpressions #31195, Flow posts 4.5
Customize Partial Refresh @westonruter #27355, P2 posts 4.5
oEmbed @swissspidy Final Proposal, Plugin, P2 posts, GitHub,Ā #32522 4.4
RICG Responsive Images @mike Final Proposal, Plugin,Ā P2 posts 4.4
Menu CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your siteā€™s appearance settings. @celloexpressions Final Proposal,Ā Plugin, P2 posts 4.3
Customizer Theme Switcher @celloexpressions Final Proposal,Ā Early plugin 4.2
Press This @michael-arestad Final Proposal,Ā Plugin, P2 posts, Github 4.2
x1f4a9 @pento Plugin, P2 posts, Github 4.2
User Session Manager @johnbillion Early plugin 4.1
Focus v2 @iseulde Final Proposal,Ā P2 posts 4.1
Media Grid @ericlewis O2 posts,Ā P2 posts 4.0
Focus @iseulde Final Proposal 4.0
Widgets Customizer @westonruter Final Proposal,Ā P2 posts 3.9
DASH @lessbloat, @joen Final Proposal,Ā P2 posts 3.8
MP6 @iammattthomas Final Proposal,Ā P2 posts 3.8
THX38 @matveb Final Proposal,Ā overview, P2 posts 3.8
Widgets Area Chooser @shaunandrews Final Proposal, make/ui posts, make core posts 3.8

Inactive Feature Plugins

These plugins areĀ no longer being worked on as a feature for core.

Project Name Lead Weekly Chat Documents
CEUX @melchoyce Ā  P2 posts
Pages & Menus Merge Ā  Ā  discussion
The Search Initiative @georgestephanis Ā  overview, P2 posts
Featured Content @wonderboymusic Ā  overview, P2 posts
Admin Help @trishasala, @Clorith Ā  overview, P2 posts
Front-end Editor @iseulde Ā  P2 posts