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@wordpress/build, the next generation of WordPress plugin build tooling

calendar_today April 2, 2026 person JuanMa Garrido domain wordpress

@wordpress/build replaces webpack and Babel with esbuild, auto-generates your PHP script registration from package.json conventions, and requires zero config. It already builds all 100+ Gutenberg packages. The plan is for it to power @wordpress/scripts under the hood — so wp-scripts build stays the same, but gets faster and drops the hand-written PHP.

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