This is a summary of the Community Team monthly meeting held on June 11, 2026. This month’s meeting was pushed from June 4 to June 11 because of WordCamp Europe 2026. Thanks everyone for joining and for keeping the Community Team work moving across time zones.
This month, we continued with the open meeting format. Instead of two separate sessions, we ran a single open meeting starting at 12:00 UTC and kept it open for 12 hours. People could drop in when it worked for them, leave check-ins, share thoughts on the topics, and carry on with their day.
The meeting followed the agenda published here. If you weren’t able to join live, this recap is for you, and we’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
📝 Meeting chat logs
June 11, 2026, 12:00 UTC open 12-hour meeting.
Meeting host: @mohkatz
Meeting Notes: @mohkatz
View the chat log on Slack
👋 Attendance
We had participants from Uganda, China, Switzerland, Kenya, Pakistan, and other corners of the WordPress world. A good mix of time zones for the continued 12-hour open meeting experiment!
Thanks for checking in live @jojo256, @duncangu87, @patricia70, @aquila20, @tshah0107, @mohkatz, and everyone else who followed along, reacted or joined the threads later on.
A special welcome to @duncangu87, who joined as a first-timer from China and asked about how to support people who may not speak English but want to join. He later shared that the new #general-zh channel is now available in Make WordPress Slack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ as a welcoming space for Chinese-language WordPress community discussions.
⚡️ Check-ins
It was great to hear from contributors working across different parts of the WordPress community. Among the updates shared were organizing and wrapping up tasks from WordCamp 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. Europe 2026, organizing WordCamp US and WordCamp Jinja 2026, mentoring upcoming WordCamps, preparing local meetups Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook., and supporting WordPress community activity in different regions.
Some of the updates shared included work around WordCamp Europe 2026, WordCamp US 2026, WordCamp Jinja 2026, WordCamp Mannheim, WordCamp Bretagne, WordCamp Switzerland, and local meetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. activity in Nairobi and Islamabad.
There were also updates from the WordPress Nairobi community, including a hike and photo walk at Oloorua in Nairobi, with photos shared to the WordPress Photo Directory. The group is also organizing a picnic and networking meetup for the WordPress Nairobi community this month.
Several contributors are also helping with Campus Connect, WordPress Credits, GatherPress, meetup planning, and local community growth.
✨ Highlights
A few things worth noting from the agenda that came up during the session:
How to Bring Your Community to Make WordPress Slack explains how local meetup groups, locale communities, and flagship event teams can now request dedicated channels in Make WordPress Slack. Communities are asked to join #community-slack-migration and share their group name, Meetup.com URL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org or equivalent community page, and the channels they need created. This is an important step toward bringing more local and regional community conversations closer to the wider WordPress project.
Open Source Starts in the Classroom: WordPress Education in Poland highlights how WordPress Credits, Campus Connect, and student showcases are growing in Poland, including work with universities and high schools ahead of WordCamp Europe 2026. It’s a strong example of how open source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. education can connect students, educators, and local WordPress communities.
WCEU 2026 Contributor Day: Community Team Agenda shared the Community Team table focus at WordCamp Europe Contributor 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/ 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/, including meetup program health, GatherPress, contributor onboarding, the Contributor Dashboard, and hands-on support tasks. If you joined Contributor Day, please share reflections, follow-up items, or anything that should continue after WCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event..
Monthly Education Buzz Report – May 2026 shares updates from Campus Connect, WordPress Credits, and Student Clubs. WordPress education initiatives continue to grow, with more events, student-led activity, and regional participation across the program.
📣 Announcements
A few recent announcements and updates were shared:
WordCamp India 2027: What’s Next? Applications for the WordCamp India 2027 host city are open until the end of June 2026. Community Team managers are expected to review applications in mid-July, with the host city announcement planned for early August.
Community Slack migration is now open for local communities Communities interested in joining Make WordPress Slack can now begin requesting channels through #community-slack-migration. This is especially relevant for local meetup communities, locale groups, and event teams that want to connect more directly with the broader WordPress project.
WordPress education initiatives continue to grow Campus Connect, WordPress Credits, and Student Clubs are seeing strong momentum, with new events, new cohorts, and student-led activity across different regions. If you are involved in education work, please take a look and share updates from your area too. Also see Open Source Starts in the Classroom: WordPress Education in Poland.
💬 Open discussions
These were the main questions and topics that sparked conversation.
Community Summit alongside a flagship event for 2027 or 2028
The post Community Summit alongside a flagship event for 2027 or 2028 was shared again as useful context for future planning and ongoing community conversations.
@patricia70 noted that she had published the question because the call for the WordCamp Europe 2028 host city is open, and if a Community Summit is organized alongside it, applicant teams need to know early so they can ask for the corresponding venue and catering offers before applying.
@malgra added that, ideally, a decision needs to be made as soon as possible because teams are preparing applications, and this would require additional reservation and space planning.
What do you think? Leave a comment on the post.
📌 Open posts
Check out these new and ongoing discussions needing review, feedback, thoughts, and comments.
Automating WordPress Campus Connect application processing looks at streamlining the Campus Connect application pipeline, including automation for vetting, status transitions, organizer emails, and site creation. If you are involved in Campus Connect or education programs, your feedback would be especially useful.
Peer Review Needed: Hands-On WordPress Meetup Activity Library proposes a shared hands-on activity library for meetup organizers. Meetup organizers often hear that attendees want to do things with WordPress, not just watch presentations. If you organize meetups, this one is especially worth your time.
Introducing the WordPress Facilitator Training Program is aimed at equipping WordPress community members with the skills to lead sessions, workshops, and discussions more effectively. It’s useful for meetup organizers, trainers, mentors Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues., and anyone helping others learn or contribute.
Community Summit alongside a flagship event for 2027 or 2028 explores whether the next Community Summit could be located with a flagship WordCamp in 2027 or 2028. The original comment deadline has passed, but it is still useful context for future planning and ongoing community conversations.
🎤 Open floor
The open floor included a reminder that the meeting would stay open for 12 hours so contributors could take their time, drop in throughout the day, leave check-ins, and share thoughts on any of the topics above.
@duncangu87 also shared that there was “a lot to read about,” which was very true for this agenda!
💬 Join the conversation
If any of these topics sparked a thought, especially the 12-hour open meeting format, Community Slack migration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies., WordPress education initiatives, Campus Connect automation, or the Community Summit discussion, drop a comment below. These conversations are better with more voices.
🙋 Call for meeting facilitators
Community Team monthly meetings can be facilitated by any team member. It’s a great way to engage with the broader community. If you’re interested in hosting a future meeting, reach out to one of the Team Reps: @adityakane, @thehopemonger, @unintended8, or @webtechpooja.
⏰ Next Meetings
Community Team meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month, with two sessions to accommodate different time zones, in the #community-team channel on Slack.
Our next meetings will be held on Thursday, July 2, 2026:
APAC/EMEA: July 2, 2026, 12:00 UTC
Americas: July 2, 2026, 21:00 UTC
Keep an eye on Make/Community for the next agenda, and we hope to see you there!
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