{"id":134539,"date":"2026-09-22T15:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/?p=134539"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:40:33","slug":"documentation-team-meeting-notes-september-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/2026\/09\/22\/documentation-team-meeting-notes-september-15-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentation team meeting notes \u2013 September 15, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02RP4WU5\">#docs<\/a> channel on <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Slack<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Slack<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform <a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\">https:\/\/slack.com\/<\/a>. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><br><strong>When:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260915T1400\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-09-15T14:00:00+00:00\">Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 14:00 UTC<\/abbr><\/a><br><strong>Meeting Facilitator:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/estelaris\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>estelaris<\/a><br><strong>Note Taker:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/estelaris\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>estelaris<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next Meetings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Online <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Contributor Day<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Contributor Day<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/<\/a> There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. <a href=\"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\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> (2 hours)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02RP4WU5\">#docs<\/a> channel on Slack Huddle (Video)<br><strong>When:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260922T1400\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-09-22T14:00:00+00:00\">Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 14:00 UTC<\/abbr><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discussion meeting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02RP4WU5\">#docs<\/a> channel on Slack<br><strong>When<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260929T1400\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-09-29T14:00:00+00:00\">Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 14:00 UTC<\/abbr><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/meetings\/#docs\">View upcoming dates on the Documentation Team meeting calendar.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open Topics from Slack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Review 7.1 docs project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Documentation for <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/orgs\/WordPress\/projects\/295\/views\/2\">WP 7.1<\/a> is being updated, some comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/awetz583\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>awetz583<\/a> has several articles for review. Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/atachibana\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>atachibana<\/a> for reviewing and closing them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/Documentation-Issue-Tracker\/issues\/1867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom out view<\/a> has been completed in order to close out the 6.8 tasks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are several experimental issues which shouldn\u2019t have documentation until they are finalized and in <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>core<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Core<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/estelaris\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>estelaris<\/a> to open <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/orgs\/WordPress\/projects\/305\">7.2 project <\/a>and add these there to keep track of them. Including <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/Documentation-Issue-Tracker\/issues\/2480\">real-time collaboration<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/estelaris\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>estelaris<\/a> to work on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/Documentation-Issue-Tracker\/issues\/2464\">#2464<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/Documentation-Issue-Tracker\/issues\/2474\">#2474<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/Documentation-Issue-Tracker\/issues\/2501\">#2501<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TextControl \u2013 <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Block<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Block<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Editor Handbook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02RP4WU5\/p1787164879181439\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02RP4WU5\/p1787164879181439\">Issue<\/a> reported on Slack by <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/flexseth\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>flexseth<\/a>: the component is essentially deprecated and a pretty significant interface (the text input) when making plugins and blocks for <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Gutenberg<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Gutenberg<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 \u2018blocks\u2019 to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>. The SEO links you to a deprecated component and there\u2019s not a very clear redirect to the supported component.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/flexseth\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>flexseth<\/a> to open a PR to solve the issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI skills to help update documentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In previous meetings, docs members were interested in using AI skills to help with documentation maintenance but there was not a final decision on how skills could be helpful. There were some suggestions during this meeting and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/coreyhall93\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>coreyhall93<\/a> will look into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A previous discussion about how inaccurate AI can be in writing documentation and how human writing and manual review should still be a priority.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/estelaris\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>estelaris<\/a> agrees with that sentiment and reminded the team that in previous meetings we agreed to write a note to the article whenever using AI to write it, something in the terms of \u201cwritten by AI, reviewed by human\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some ideas for the use of skills:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>grammar &amp; typos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>that an article follows a template (what is it, what problem it resolves, how can I use it) \u2013 we can refine this<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>create ALT text for images &amp; videos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>help in closing issues instead of opening new ones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI review before final human review, especially in new articles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an AI summary \u2013 work within the conversational context to see the checklist \u2013 what was needed vs. what was completed.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overhaul of blocks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are still <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/orgs\/WordPress\/projects\/267\">40 open issues<\/a>, work needs to continue as we need to move to another section of the documentation overhaul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gutenberg images on <a href=\"http:\/\/dev.wp.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dev.wp.org<\/a> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02RP4WU5\/p1789381444115479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02RP4WU5\/p1789381444115479<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access was needed to add images to the handbook and the issue has been resolved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/tag\/docs\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>docs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/tag\/meeting\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>meeting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/tag\/summary\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>summary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Props to <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/awetz583\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>awetz583<\/a> for reviewing these notes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fdocs%2F2026%2F09%2F22%2Fdocumentation-team-meeting-notes-september-15-2026%2F%23respond&#038;locale=en_US\" title=\"Login to Reply\"  class=\"genericon  genericon-reply\"  data-action=\"login-to-reply\"  data-actionstate=\"default\" >Login to Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where: #docs channel on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https:\/\/slack.com\/. 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