Nikunj Hatkar 5:14 am on August 28, 2026
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Test Team Update: 28 August, 2026

💡If you don’t know how to start, join the Patch Testing Session ☕ held every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 3:00 pm UTC in the #core-test.

Test Ticket Queue 🎟

👉🏻 “(change: N)” represents changes from prior 2 weeks (unless noted).
Note that review implies code validation and addresses developers.

📊 Current totals (since August 13, 2026):

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.

  • Need to reproduce issue: 130 (change: -2)
  • Need patch testing: 125 (change: 0)

GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/

  • Need to reproduce issue: 13 (change: 0)
  • Need patch testing: 1 (change: 0)

🟢 New/Changed two weeks:

Core

  • Need to reproduce issue: 0 (change: -4)
  • Need patch testing: 20 (change: +2)

Gutenberg

  • Need to reproduce issue: 1 (change: 0)
  • Need patch testing: 0 (change: 0)

To know more about these reports and what you can do, connect with the Test Team over in #core-test or ➡️ check the full meetings schedule.

+make.wordpress.org/test/

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Bijay Yadav 2:25 pm on August 25, 2026
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Themes team update August 25, 2026

i)  Theme directory stats

Currently,

  • 30 new tickets are waiting for review.
    • 0 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 0 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 0 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 8 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 100 tickets are assigned.
    • 45 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 49 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 64 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 99 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 0 new themes are approved but are waiting to be made live.
  • 135 theme updates are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

  • 1010 tickets were opened
  • 1001 tickets were closed
    • 957 tickets were made live.
      • 37 new Themes were made live.
      • 920 Theme updates were made live.
      • 0 new themes was approved but are waiting to be made live.
      • 135 theme updates are approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 44 tickets were not approved.
    • 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.

Note: These stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets as well. And data from themes trac.

Number of reviewers: 12 (@acosmin, @bijayyadav, @dimikjones, @fahimmurshed, @franchidesign, @gradientthemes, @kafleg, @luzuk, @meerab123, @nitspatel, @productiveminds, @vowelweb)

ii)  BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme Stats

  • 38 Block themes are currently being reviewed
  • 24 block themes have been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 15Messages Received 15
Replies Sent 17Emails Created 1
Resolved 16Resolved on First Reply 88%

iv) Extras

  • Create Block Theme pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. now has 20000+ active installs. There are 86 active issues and 15 pull requests in GitHub.
  • Theme Check Plugin has 12 PRs and 39 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Milana Cap 2:30 pm on August 24, 2026
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Documentation Team Update – August 24, 2026

New schema for docs meetings:

Documentation Issue Tracker stats.

Current state

By status:

By version:

By project:

Past month

0 pull requests merged.

68 issues closed.

47 issues were created.

Current projects:

The Documentation team repositories:

#docs

Francisco Torres 12:43 pm on August 24, 2026
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Plugins Team: 24 Aug 2026

PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Status Change Stats

  • Plugins requested : 827
  • Plugins rejected : 292
  • Plugins closed : 76
  • Plugins approved : 632

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 5127
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 4223
    • (2026-08-17 – 2026-08-23) : 697
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 267
    • (pending; replied to)* : 4860
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 4151
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 482
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 227

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 2205
  • New Conversations: 1161
  • Customers: 1880
  • Conversations per Day: 275
  • Busiest Day: Monday
  • Messages Received: 1405
  • Replies Sent: 3670
  • Emails Created: 861

* : Stat reflects current size of queue and does not take into account ‘date’ or ‘day’ interval
** : Stat reflects activity only within the ‘recentdays’ from today

#plugins

Bijay Yadav 6:05 pm on August 18, 2026
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Themes team update August 18, 2026

i)  Theme directory stats

Currently,

  • 37 new tickets are waiting for review.
    • 0 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 0 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 1 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 7 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 89 tickets are assigned.
    • 45 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 58 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 65 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 89 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 5 new themes are approved but are waiting to be made live.
  • 74 theme updates are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

  • 1222 tickets were opened
  • 1166 tickets were closed
    • 1134 tickets were made live.
      • 47 new Themes were made live.
      • 1087 Theme updates were made live.
      • 4 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.
      • 74 theme updates are approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 32 tickets were not approved.
    • 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.

Note: These stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets as well. And data from themes trac.

Number of reviewers: 8 (@acosmin, @bijayyadav, @kafleg, @luzuk, @meerab123, @nitspatel, @productiveminds, @vowelweb)

ii)  BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme Stats

  • 37 Block themes are currently being reviewed
  • 37 block themes have been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 10Messages Received 13
Replies Sent 8Emails Created 0
Resolved 7Resolved on First Reply 71%

iv) Extras

  • Create Block Theme pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. now has 20000+ active installs. There are 86 active issues and 10 pull requests in GitHub.
  • Theme Check Plugin has 14 PRs and 41 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Francisco Torres 3:50 pm on August 17, 2026
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Plugins Team: 17 Aug 2026

PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Status Change Stats

  • Plugins requested : 805
  • Plugins rejected : 322
  • Plugins closed : 58
  • Plugins approved : 721

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 5217
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 4361
    • (2026-08-10 – 2026-08-16) : 617
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 324
    • (pending; replied to)* : 4893
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 4174
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 502
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 217

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 2512
  • New Conversations: 1518
  • Customers: 2192
  • Conversations per Day: 314
  • Busiest Day: Thursday
  • Messages Received: 1641
  • Replies Sent: 4149
  • Emails Created: 1093

* : Stat reflects current size of queue and does not take into account ‘date’ or ‘day’ interval
** : Stat reflects activity only within the ‘recentdays’ from today

#plugins

Milana Cap 10:26 am on August 17, 2026
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Documentation Team Update – August 17, 2026

New schema for docs meetings:

Documentation Issue Tracker stats.

Current state

By status:

By version:

By project:

Past month

13 pull requests merged.

65 issues closed.

83 issues were created.

Current projects:

The Documentation team repositories:

#docs

Nikunj Hatkar 1:10 pm on August 13, 2026
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Test Team Update: 13 August, 2026

💡If you don’t know how to start, join the Patch Testing Session ☕ held every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 3:00 pm UTC in the #core-test.

Test Ticket Queue 🎟

👉🏻 “(change: N)” represents changes from prior 2 weeks (unless noted).
Note that review implies code validation and addresses developers.

📊 Current totals (since July 30, 2026):

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.

  • Need to reproduce issue: 132 (change: -2)
  • Need patch testing: 125 (change: +1)

GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/

  • Need to reproduce issue: 13 (change: 0)
  • Need patch testing: 1 (change: 0)

🟢 New/Changed two weeks:

Core

  • Need to reproduce issue: 4 (change: +2)
  • Need patch testing: 18 (change: -1)

Gutenberg

  • Need to reproduce issue: 1 (change: -2)
  • Need patch testing: 0 (change: 0)

To know more about these reports and what you can do, connect with the Test Team over in #core-test or ➡️ check the full meetings schedule.

+make.wordpress.org/test/

#test

Bijay Yadav 1:46 pm on August 11, 2026
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Themes team update August 11, 2026

i)  Theme directory stats

Currently,

  • 26 new tickets are waiting for review.
    • 0 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 0 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 0 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 4 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 104 tickets are assigned.
    • 12 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 65 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 85 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 103 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 3 new themes are approved but are waiting to be made live.
  • 43 theme updates are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

  • 1221 tickets were opened
  • 1385 tickets were closed
    • 1363 tickets were made live.
      • 49 new Themes were made live.
      • 1314 Theme updates were made live.
      • 2 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.
      • 43 theme updates are approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 22 tickets were not approved.
    • 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.

Note: These stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets as well. And data from themes trac.

Number of reviewers: 10 (@acosmin, @aslamnaik, @bijayyadav, @kafleg, @fahimmurshed, @luzuk, @meerab123, @nitspatel, @productiveminds, @vowelweb)

ii)  BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme Stats

  • 39 Block themes are currently being reviewed
  • 31 block themes have been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 14Messages Received 19
Replies Sent 8Emails Created 0
Resolved 7Resolved on First Reply 71%

iv) Extras

  • Create Block Theme pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. now has 20000+ active installs. There are 86 active issues and 10 pull requests in GitHub.
  • Theme Check Plugin has 14 PRs and 40 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Francisco Torres 9:53 pm on August 10, 2026
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Plugins Team: 10 Aug 2026

PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Status Change Stats

  • Plugins requested : 737
  • Plugins rejected : 29
  • Plugins closed : 92
  • Plugins approved : 310

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 5429
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 4478
    • (2026-08-03 – 2026-08-09) : 698
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 504
    • (pending; replied to)* : 4925
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 4163
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 556
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 206

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 1764
  • New Conversations: 936
  • Customers: 1493
  • Conversations per Day: 220
  • Busiest Day: Monday
  • Messages Received: 1247
  • Replies Sent: 2684
  • Emails Created: 678

* : Stat reflects current size of queue and does not take into account ‘date’ or ‘day’ interval
** : Stat reflects activity only within the ‘recentdays’ from today

#plugins