This month’s update from our core contributors. Here’s how Jessica and Tammie are helping shape the future of WordPress.
In November, Tammie Lister continued her focused contributions to both the Core AI and Editor teams. Representing Greyd’s commitment to the open-source project, she worked on refining the emerging AI Experiments plugin as it approaches a major milestone and maintained essential design workflows for the ongoing WordPress 6.9 release cycle.
Core AI and the Experiments Plugin
Tammie’s primary focus in November was on the Experiments Plugin, where she provided design feedback across a number of key issues to improve user flow and interface consistency. Specifically, she focused on feedback for Issue #44 and Issue #45.
A significant achievement this month was the progression of the plugin toward its 1.0 release. The plugin is now in the repository queue, marking a major step forward in bringing standardized AI experimentation to the broader WordPress community.
Additionally, Tammie continued iterating on the Abilities Explorer (Pull Request #63). Slated for release in version 0.2.0, this work involved refining the code based on community feedback to ensure the API is robust and flexible. She also looked beyond the immediate release, providing design feedback on upcoming features to ensure a cohesive roadmap.
Editor Triage for 6.9
On the Editor side, Tammie continued her role in design triage and coordination. With the WordPress 6.9 development cycle underway, she focused on managing the backlog of issues labeled “needs design” and “needs design feedback”
By reviewing these tickets and providing the necessary direction, she helps ensure that development is not blocked by design questions. This steady maintenance is crucial for keeping the release schedule on track and ensuring high-quality design implementation in the core software.
Why this matters
This is what contribution looks like in practice: critical maintenance, exploratory work, and pushing for better outcomes. We’re proud to support it.
These contributions help us make Greyd.Suite better, but they also address broader issues that affect other developers, theme authors, and agencies. Whether it’s improving accessibility, fixing edge-case bugs, or helping others build more flexible solutions, our contributions are meant to ripple outward.
Stay tuned for next month’s update!
