Title: Community Team September 2025 Meeting Recap Author: Nasim Miah Published: September 11, 2025 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/muddassirnasim/) [Nasim Miah](https://profiles.wordpress.org/muddassirnasim/) 7:19 am _on_ September 11, 2025 Tags: [Community Team Meeting ( 9 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/community-team-meeting/), [community-team ( 229 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/community-team/), [meeting notes ( 24 )](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/meeting-notes/) # Community Team September 2025 Meeting Recap Attendance: **[@marutim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marutim/) [@patricia70](https://profiles.wordpress.org/patricia70/) [@zinanga](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zinanga/) [@Maruti](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maruti/) [@Webtechpooja](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webtechpooja/) [@devmuhib](https://profiles.wordpress.org/devmuhib/) [@nilovelez](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nilovelez/) [@Mosescursor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mosescursor/) [@muddassirnasim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/muddassirnasim/) [@alexcu21](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexcu21/) [@clk87](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clk87/)** Notes:  This recap is a summary of the Community Team’s monthly meeting. It will cover the discussion points, ideas, and decisions that came up during the meeting. The aim of this recap is to provide a quick overview for those who were unable to attend, as well as an overview for everyone. These meetings were based on the [Agenda for September](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2025/09/02/community-team-meeting-agenda-for-04-september-2025/) and are held in our [#community-team](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X) SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) channel on Make WordPress. You can find the meeting chat here: * APAC/EMEA: - Meeting Host – **[@zinanga](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zinanga/)** - https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1756987272582539 * AMER: - Meeting Host – **[@alexcu21](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexcu21/)** - https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1757019591123369 Please leave your comments if you have any feedback.  Additionally, each agenda item discussed may have its own Make post related to its topic with more information, and you can add to the discussion directly to that post. ## **Chat Summary** Here are some discussion points from the meeting. ## **Highlights to Note** Here are a few things everyone should be aware of: * [Portland Welcomes WordCamp US 2025: A Community Gathering](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/08/portland-welcomes-wcus-2025/)** WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. [Learn more](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). US 2025** gathered thousands in Portland and online for Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of [https://make.wordpress.org/](https://make.wordpress.org/) There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. [https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/), Showcase Day, and two days of talks and workshops. Highlights included **Matt Mullenweg’s keynote**, sessions on AI, accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility), and large-scale WordPress, plus a lively Sponsor Hall and community networking. ## **Open Posts** Check out these new and ongoing discussions needing review, feedback, thoughts, and comments. * [**WordPress Credits Program Update**The program is moving from alpha to betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process., expanding beyond the pilot atthe University of Pisa. This fall, Fidélitas University (Costa Rica) will join with its first student cohort. The initiative aims to onboard more students by 2026 and welcomes support from educators, companies, and contributors. * [**WordPress 6.9 Roadmap**In the August 27 Dev Chat, the **WordPress 6.9 roadmap** was published. Targeting a **December 2, 2025,** release. 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) 21.5 is now available with improvements, and discussions are focused on adding a database index for enhanced performance and enhancing wp_die() with HTTPHTTP HTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. status codes. ## **Announcements / Newsletters** * [Growing New Contributors: Kolhapur’s Online Contribution Journey](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2025/09/02/growing-new-contributors-kolhapurs-online-contribution-journey/) * [Announcing the WordPress 6.9 Release Squad](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/08/19/announcing-the-wordpress-6-9-release-squad/) As with the 6.7 and 6.8 cycles, 6.9 will continue with a **smaller, focused squad structure**, ensuring collaboration across teams while keeping the release process efficient. This cycle also continues the experiment of merging MarComms Lead responsibilities with Release Coordination. ## **Open Floor** * There was community interest in whether a future **Community Summit** is planned, as the last ones were in 2017 (WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event.) and 2023 (WCUSWCUS WordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event.). Some contributors noted overlap with [**WCEU discussions**](https://make.wordpress.org/project/2025/06/17/five-for-the-future-wceu25-chat/) on improving [cross-team collaboration](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2024/06/28/addressing-overlapping-initiatives-and-improving-collaboration-across-teams/) and contribution models. * [@4thhubbard](https://profiles.wordpress.org/4thhubbard/) replied, Currently, there is **no movement on P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at [https://make.wordpress.org](https://make.wordpress.org/)** or formal planning for another summit. The idea can be revisited in the coming weeks with a more structured discussion. * Community members praised **Kolhapur’s online contribution events**, with interest in starting similar initiatives in the **USA, the ****Americas, and LATAM (possibly in November)**. Organizers and contributors expressed enthusiasm and support to help make this happen. ## **Next Meeting** Community Team Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month. There are two meetings to support different time zones. The meetings will take place on [#community-team](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X) on [Slack](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/). * October 2nd, 2025 [12:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=12&min=00&sec=0) * October 2nd, 2025 [21:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0) ### **Call for Meeting Facilitators** The Community Team Monthly Meetings happen on the first Thursdays of every month. These meetings can be facilitated and run by any member of the community team and are a great opportunity to engage with the rest of the community and team. If you are interested in facilitating any of these meetings in the future, please feel free to comment or get in touch with any of the Community Team Reps. 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