WordPress 6.9 is scheduled to be released on December 2nd, 2025. Though initially only one release seemed feasible for 2025, project leadership reevaluated this plan when contributor capacity increased in recent months and decided an additional release was achievable. The release turns its attention to evolving the Site Editor with a simplified editing mode and more intuitive template management, enabling collaborative content creation through block-level commenting, extending developer capabilities with updates to the Interactivity API and the introduction of the Abilities API, and improving performance with faster page transitions and smarter resource handling. Of note, there will not be a new default theme in 6.9, a decision shaped by the pace of this release and the maturity of block themes over recent years.
