What's new for developers? (May 2026)

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This is a rolling discussion for a monthly series that is intended to keep track of the items, PRs, Trac tickets, and Make blog posts that are interesting/important for developers. The goal is to publish a post on the 10th of each month with the previous month's updates.

Everyone is welcome to contribute to this monthly document. If you find something interesting, just create a new reply to this discussion below.

Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Um5Oy3uWMMdNJeBOZbQlC6DxBbiawJ28aAIK1aIkyhk/edit?usp=sharing

Author: @justintadlock

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@justintadlock @bph Please update the Google Doc link and assign an Author for this edition.

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📢 Reminder @bph @adamziel @jonathanbossenger @alexapeduzzi @fellyph The publication deadline is approaching (5th of the month).

[justintadlock]

The post is now ready for its first review: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Um5Oy3uWMMdNJeBOZbQlC6DxBbiawJ28aAIK1aIkyhk/edit?usp=sharing

[bph]

I reviewed it. Awesome post as always. Thank you. I left a few comments mainly around experimental features in Gutenberg.

[jonathanbossenger]

2nd review complete, LGTM.