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Update project CoC to match WordPress Project & update out-of-date AI guidelines.#2724

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Update project CoC to match WordPress Project & update out-of-date AI guidelines.#2724
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@dd32 dd32 commented Apr 20, 2026

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This PR:

  • Updates the repository to include the proper WordPress project CoC.
  • Removes outdated AI guidelines which are incompatible with the project CoC.
  • Removes the outdated funding section, a vestige of the coding standards being a separate project.

Any discussion related to the validity of the guidelines should likely be discussed with the AI team, via https://make.wordpress.org/ai/2026/02/01/ai-guidelines-for-wordpress/ or #core-ai on Slack.

Partially reverts #2598

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None required. Alternatively: Welcome the usage of AI tools.

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Related: #2722 (comment)

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jrfnl commented Apr 20, 2026

@dd32 These are three different decision points and therefore this PR should be split into three different PRs.

We've had a discussion about the CoC previously in #2423 and while their solution was not good enough, the current proposal with the CoC being part of the .github repository, seems fine.

However, things like AI usage has been discussed for this project in #2594 and #2598 based on real world problems it was causing. Changing that deserves it's own discussion and - to me - is not acceptable.

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After catching up on the threads, there are a few things to address:

This repo is part of the WordPress project, so it should align with project-level standards. On AI specifically, current project direction allows AI use with human review. Blanket bans aren't aligned with that.

Please bring this in line so contributors have consistent expectations across the project.

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