On 27 May 2025, WordPress announced a major innovation: the creation of a team dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI). The aim? To coordinate, accelerate and supervise the development of AI-based functionalities in the WordPress world. A key step in the evolution of the open source platform.
👉 Read the official announcement on WordPress.org
Why create an AI team at WordPress?
A strategic vision
Artificial intelligence is already transforming the way we create and manage content online. To prevent initiatives from going off in all directions, WordPress wants to manage these developments with a centralised team that will respect the values of the community and the standards of the CMS.
Encouraging collaborative innovation
Contributors and companies are already testing AI in various projects. This new team will offer a focal point A place to share ideas, collaborate and develop together.
A rapid pace of change
Like the Performance team, the AI team will adopt an approach «plugin first». This means that new features will be tested in the form of plugins before being considered for the WordPress core, in order to gather feedback quickly and iterate efficiently.
The missions of the WordPress AI team
Here's what we can expect from the new team:
- Coordination of AI projects through the various WordPress teams.
- Publication of a public roadmap, with objectives and plugins under development.
- Close collaboration with the Core, Design, Accessibility, etc. teams, to ensure seamless integration that complies with standards.
Who is part of the WordPress AI team?
The initial team is made up of recognised experts in the open source ecosystem and performance:
- James LePage - Automattic
- Felix Arntz - Google
- Pascal Birchler - Google
- Jeff Paul - 10up
James and Felix will play a key role in team representatives, who is in charge of coordination and communication.
Would you like to follow or contribute?
Discussions take place in the Slack channel #core-ai of the WordPress community. Upcoming meetings and news will be published on make.wordpress.org/ai.
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