WordCamp US 2025 Contributor Day took place on 26th August 2025 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, USA. Contributors joined both in person and remotely, and we made solid progress across our handbooks, testing tools, and various tickets and pull requests.
At the Hosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Table, @zunaid321 and @jessibelle led the in-person discussions and hands-on work, with @amykamala contributing remotely. We were especially excited to welcome 10 new contributors who joined the Hosting Team for the first time! 🚀
The Team focused on three main areas on the 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://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/.:
1. WordPress Distributed Hosting Test Software
The team worked on improving the PHPUnit Test Runner and Reporter. Contributors created new issues, explored technical challenges, and submitted or reviewed pull requests. These updates help hosts test unreleased WordPress versions and report any conflicts or errors.
2. Hosting Handbook Updates
Tickets were reviewed, PRs submitted, and several issues were closed. Notable progress included updates on hosting-handbook#328 and suggested additions from contributors during the day.
3. Advanced Administration Handbook Updates
Contributors submitted PRs and reviewed issues, bringing multiple articles closer to completion. Updates included advanced-administration-handbook#149 and other tickets that need a second review.
No matter if you were coding, reviewing, or researching, every contribution helped move the team forward.
Tickets and PRs
Pantheon Testing Config
Hosting Handbook
- Issue #45 – Reviewed by Arnas, suggested closure (waiting for decision).
- Issue #108 – Worked on by Arnas, Dustin Hyle, and Sumitrac (waiting for PR).
- Issue #249 – Alex and JayBlack contributed; original request completed but additional suggestion pending PR.
- Issue #293 – Worked on by Arnas; needs 2 reviews, no PR yet (architecture for article placement under discussion).
- Issue #328 and PR #336 – Completed by Carrie (merged and closed).
- Issue #330 and PR #338 – Worked on by Sirjonathan (reviewed, pending change, needs 2nd review).
- Issue #337 – Created and closed by Sumitrac (info moved to issue #108 instead).
- PR #339 – Opened by Sirjonathan (needs 2nd review).
Advanced Administration Handbook
PHPUnit Test Runner
PHPUnit Test Reporter
Issue #103 – Opened by Lunadwivedi (needs technical research on P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. shortcodes and filters).
Contributors
Here’s everyone who checked in on 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/., GitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner., or in person (alphabetical order):
GitHub-only check-ins:
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jwilde4
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Havok10
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nikunj8866
Contributor Day at 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. US 2025 was a big success. Thanks to everyone who pitched in, whether in person, on Slack, or via GitHub, or helping advance the Hosting Team’s handbooks, testing tools, and overall workflow.
Props to @chaion07, @jessibelle, @crixu for reviewing this post
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