Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2025-10-29

Hi HostingHosting 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. Team! The team’s upcoming meetings will be in the #hosting SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you there!

Agenda

WordPress News

  • WP 6.9 BetaBeta Beta is the software development phase following alpha. A Beta phase generally begins when the software is feature complete but likely to contain a number of known or unknown bugs. Software in the beta phase will generally have many more bugs in it than completed software, speed or performance issues, and may still cause crashes or data loss. The focus of beta testing is reducing impacts to users, often incorporating usability testing. 2
  • Calls for testing
  • 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/ 21.9


Hosting Team

  • Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. nominations

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

Props to @crixu, @zunaid321 & @chaion07 for preparing with the agenda for today’s meeting!

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#todos

Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2025-10-22

Hello Hosters! The team’s upcoming meetings will be in the #hosting SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you there!

Agenda

WordPress News

  • WordPress 6.9 BetaBeta Beta is the software development phase following alpha. A Beta phase generally begins when the software is feature complete but likely to contain a number of known or unknown bugs. Software in the beta phase will generally have many more bugs in it than completed software, speed or performance issues, and may still cause crashes or data loss. The focus of beta testing is reducing impacts to users, often incorporating usability testing. 1
  • Multiple Calls for Testing
  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Team builds WordPress. Program Teams Goals for Q4
  • WordPress Campus Connect


HostingHosting 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. Team Time

  • Hosting Team Representatives for 2026
  • Hosting Survey 2025


Co-working on Open Space
The following tickets needs to be reviewed:

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

Props to @zunaid321, @amykamala & @chaion07 for preparing with the agenda for today’s meeting!

#agenda#meetings#weekly-hosting-chat

#todos

Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2025-10-15

Hello Hosters! The team’s upcoming meetings will be in the #hosting SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you there!

Agenda

WordPress News

  • WordPress 6.9 Release Party Schedule
  • Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 6.9
  • 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/ 21.8RC is now available.


HostingHosting 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. Team Time

🎉 WordCamp Dhaka 2025 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/ 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/. is happening on October 19th! 🙌

Come join our Hosting Table and be part of contributing to WordPress and the Hosting Team. Our very own @zunaid321 will be there to guide you, answer questions, and help you get started!


Co-working on Open Space
The following tickets needs to be reviewed:

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

Props to @crixu, @amykamala & @chaion07 for preparing with the agenda for today’s meeting!

#agenda#meetings#weekly-hosting-chat

#todos

#content-creators

Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2025-10-08

Hello Hosters! The team’s upcoming meetings will be in the #hosting SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel on Wednesday, October 08, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, October 08, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you there!

Agenda

WordPress News

  • WordPress and Higher Education: An Alliance that Transforms


HostingHosting 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. Team Time

  • 2025 Hosting Survey Closing Next Week
  • 2026 Hosting Team Reps
  • Runner/Reporter Error
  • Test Runner Tickets


Co-working on Open Space
The following tickets needs to be reviewed:

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

Props to @crixu, @amykamala & @chaion07 for preparing with the agenda for today’s meeting!

#agenda#meetings#weekly-hosting-chat

#todos

#content-creators

Nominations for Hosting Team Reps 2026

This post kicks off the election process with nominations to replace the current HostingHosting 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. Team Reps.

Current Team Reps are @zunaid321 and @crixu.

The Role

In the WordPress open-source project, each team has on average one or two representatives, abbreviated as Reps. The Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. represents the team to the wider Make project, and the project to the Hosting Team.

We need multiple (2-4) Team Reps to cover each other and make sure the team is not led by a single individual. This allows responsibilities to be shared, ensures continuity, and helps provide coverage across different time zones. We welcome anyone who contributes to the team by preparing and running meetings, running a 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/ 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/. table, or contributing to our projects — you don’t need to be a rep for that.

It’s not called “team lead” for a reason. It’s an administrative role. While people elected as team reps will generally come from the pool of folks that people think of as experienced leaders, the Team Rep role is designed to change hands regularly. As a Team Rep, you’re accountable to “get things done” within the team and aggregate ideas into doable actions.

This role has a time commitment attached to it. Not a huge amount, it’s at least three hours a week. Here are the main tasks:

  • Post the agenda, host the chats, and summarize them.
  • Keeping an eye on the moving parts of the team to be able to report for quarterly updates.

Full details on the Team Rep role is on the Team Update site.

How the election works

This post is the Call for Nominations. Please add your nominations in the comments of this post or submit them through this survey. Self-nominations are welcome. If you prefer to nominate someone in private, you can also reach out to one of the current Team Reps directly on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. (@zunaid321 and @crixu).

The nomination period will run until October 28th, 2025 at 23:59 UTC. Nominations will then be published on October 29th, and nominees will have until November 4th to confirm whether they are willing to be on the polls.

The Voting Period will run from November 5th to November 25th, and the results will be announced by December 3rd. The new reps will officially start their role in January 2026.

Disclaimer: If you get nominated, please don’t feel like you have to say yes. The polls will only include the names of the people who respond positively to a nomination. So feel free to reply with a “Thank you, but no, thank you.”

If you require supplemental information, please feel free to ask in the comments — we will be happy to reply. Please also include your opinion on the “two vs. four team reps” proposal.

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Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2025-10-01

Hello Hosters! The team’s upcoming meetings will be in the #hosting SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel on Wednesday, October 01, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, October 01, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you there!

Agenda

WordPress News

  • 6.8.3 Release
  • What’s new in 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/ 21.7? (24 September)
  • WordPress and Higher Education: An Alliance that Transforms
  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Team builds WordPress. Program Team: Proposal: team communication flows
  • WP A11yAccessibility 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) Docs update September 2025
  • Border radius size presets in WordPress 6.9
  • Discussion on retiring some English locales


HostingHosting 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. Team Time

  • Runner/Reporter error
  • Test Runner tickets


Co-working on Open Space
The following tickets needs to be reviewed:

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

Props to @crixu, @amykamala & @chaion07 for preparing with the agenda for today’s meeting!

#agenda#meetings#weekly-hosting-chat

#todos

#content-creators

Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2025-09-24

Hello Hosters! The team’s upcoming meetings will be in the #hosting SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you there!

Agenda

WordPress News

  • Call for Mentors: Join WordPress Credits
  • Test Team Reps: Submit Your Votes (2025–2026)
  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Team builds WordPress. Committer Meeting notes from 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. US 2025


HostingHosting 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. Team Time

  • Runner/Reporter error
  • Test Runner tickets


Co-working on Open Space
The following tickets needs to be reviewed:

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

Props to @crixu, @amykamala & @chaion07 for preparing with the agenda for today’s meeting!

#agenda#meetings#weekly-hosting-chat

#todos

#content-creators

Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2025-09-17

Hi, HostingHosting 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. Team! Upcoming meetings will be in the #hosting SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel on Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Agenda

WordPress News

  • WP 6.9 Roadmap / Bug Scrubs
  • 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/ 21.6 
  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Team builds WordPress. Program Team
  • What’s new for devs ?
  • Two-Factor Authentication2FA Two-Factor Authentication is a type of multi-factor authentication. It is a method of confirming users' claimed identities by using a combination of two different factors: 1) something they know, 2) something they have, or 3) something they are. A third-party authenticator (TPA) app enables two-factor authentication, usually by showing a randomly-generated and constantly refreshing code which the user can use. Now Required for Core ContributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org.


Hosting Team

  • Runner/reporter error
  • Test runner tickets


Co-working on Open Space
Tickets / PRs :

phpunit-test-runner/pull/272 (Test runner error reported)

phpunit-test-runner/pull/273 (Needs review)

phpunit-test-runner/pull/138 (Testing needed)

phpunit-test-runner/pull/221 (New assignee needed)

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

Thank you to @crixu, @chaion07 & @zunaid321 for helping with this agenda!

#agenda#meetings#weekly-hosting-chat

#todos

#content-creators

Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2025-09-10

Hello Hosters! The team’s upcoming meetings will be in the #hosting SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you there!

Agenda

WordPress News

  • Introducing the #content-creators slack channel
  • Prettier Emails: Supporting Inline Embedded Images
  • Monthly Education Buzz Report – August 2025
  • A Month in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Team builds WordPress. – August 2025


HostingHosting 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. Team Time

  • 2025 WordPress Hosting Survey
  • Hosting Team August 2025 Updates <= Fixed
  • mbstring PHPPHP PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a general-purpose scripting language especially suited to web development. PHP code is usually processed on a web server by a PHP interpreter. On a web server, the result of the interpreted and executed PHP code would form the whole or part of an HTTP response. Extensions on hosting platforms


Co-working on Open Space
The following tickets needs to be reviewed:

phpunit-test-runner/pull/255 

phpunit-test-runner/pull/264 

phpunit-test-runner/pull/248 

hosting-handbook/pull/345

hosting-handbook/pull/342

Advanced-administration-handbook/pull/421

Advanced-administration-handbook/pull/422

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

Props to @crixu, @amykamala & @chaion07 for preparing with the agenda for today’s meeting!

#agenda#meetings#weekly-hosting-chat

#todos

Take the 2025 WordPress Hosting Survey

Web hostingHosting 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. plays a critical role in how people experience WordPress. Everything from performance and stability to security and upgrades is shaped by a site’s host. Many hosts also customize the WordPress experience with their own onboarding, features, and default settings.

As the web evolves, hostingHosting 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. continues to shape the way people use WordPress. The 2025 Hosting Survey is an opportunity for providers to share their WordPress setup and practices in a collaborative and transparent way.

The last survey was run in 2023. Starting this year, it will be conducted annually to provide an up-to-date picture of the state of WordPress hosting and how it is changing over time.

The survey asks about a range of topics, including:

  • Company background (size, founding year)
  • Technology stack (PHPPHP PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a general-purpose scripting language especially suited to web development. PHP code is usually processed on a web server by a PHP interpreter. On a web server, the result of the interpreted and executed PHP code would form the whole or part of an HTTP response. and databaseDatabase A database is an organized collection of data. Access to this data is usually provided by a "database management system" (DBMS) consisting of an integrated set of computer software that allows users to interact with one or more databases and provides access to all of the data contained in the database. Because of the close relationship between them, the term "database" is often used casually to refer to both a database and the DBMS used to manipulate it. versions, cachingCache A cache is a component that stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster; the data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation or a copy of data stored elsewhere., performance tools)
  • Security practices (backupsBackup A backup is a copy of computer data taken and stored elsewhere so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. Backups can be used to recover data after its loss from data deletion or corruption, or to recover data from an earlier time. Backups provide a simple form of disaster recovery., vulnerability scanning, incident response)
  • WordPress experience (installer defaults, upgrades, onboarding, bundled plugins)
  • Support and reliability (support channels, response times, SLAs, uptime guarantees)
  • Ecommerce and advanced features (staging environments, payment integrations, customizations)

New this year: the results will be published in a full report, which will include the raw survey data, trends, and insights. Responses also inform updates to WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ hosting recommendations, helping ensure they reflect the current state of the ecosystem. 

We invite all WordPress hosting providers, large and small, to participate. The more hosts that take part, the more complete and representative the report will be. This is a chance for the hosting community to work together toward a clearer understanding of how WordPress is being used today.

Take the 2025 WordPress Hosting Survey

If you prefer, you can also submit a spreadsheet instead; please make a copy of the survey template, and once your responses have been recorded, export and upload your submission.

The survey will remain open until October 15, 2025.

#hosting-survey