Zunaid Amin 08:18 on 2025-09-24
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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

Amy Kamala 07:49 on 2025-09-17
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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

Zunaid Amin 07:54 on 2025-09-10
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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

Lucas Radke 14:38 on 2025-09-03
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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
Lucas Radke 07:47 on 2025-09-03
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Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2025-09-03

Hello 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, September 3, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you there!

Agenda

WordPress News

  • WCUS 2025 Recap
  • WordPress Credits Program Update
  • WordPress 6.9 Roadmap


Hosting Team Time

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

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

Props to @zunaid321 and @chaion07 for helping with the agenda for today’s meeting!

#agenda, #meetings, #weekly-hosting-chat

#todos

#agenda, #meetings, #weekly-hosting-chat

Lucas Radke 07:22 on 2025-09-03
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Hosting Team August 2025 Update

In the month of August 2025:

Web Host Testing

  • 2,827 test results were shared by web hosts 
  • There were 25 hosts actively reporting test results
  • There are 75 hosts registered for testing total
  • As of the today (2025-09-03), hosts have shared 132,715 test results since 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 distributed testing was implemented

Highlighted Posts

GithubGitHub 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. stats

Github RepoMerged PRsOpen PRsClosed IssuesNew Issues
WordPress Administration Handbook5556
Hosting Team Handbook2443
Hosting Test Runner5259
Hosting Test Reporter0000
Total12111418

Thanks to the Hosting Table at 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/. of 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, we saw a lot of activity and new contributors

+make.wordpress.org/updates/

#hosting, #monthly-updates

Zunaid Amin 16:40 on 2025-09-02
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WordCamp US 2025 Contributor Day: Summary

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 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. 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 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/.:

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 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/. shortcodes and filters).

Contributors

Here’s everyone who checked in 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/., GitHubGitHub 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:

  • @jwilde4
  • @Havok10
  • @nikunj8866


Contributor Day at 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 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

#contributor-day, #hosting, #wcus

Amy Kamala 03:24 on 2025-08-27
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Hosting Team Meetings Canceled 2025-08-27

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!

Because this week is WCUS, and many team members are at the conference, there will be no Hosting Team meetings this week on August 27th.

Today was an amazing WCUS ’25 Contributor Day with the team! Thank you to everyone who joined!

The team’s next 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 3, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you there!

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Feel free to leave a comment!

#meetings, #weekly-hosting-chat

Amy Kamala 05:34 on 2025-08-20
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Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2025-08-20

Hello 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, August 13, 2025 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you there!

Agenda

WordPress News

  • 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/ 21.4 is out
  • WordPress 6.9 release squad
  • WCUS next week!
  • 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) 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. Elections – Voting Now Open
  • Test Team Reps: Call for Nominations


Hosting Team Time

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

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

Props to @amykamala and @chaion07 for helping with the agenda for today’s meeting!

#agenda, #meetings, #weekly-hosting-chat

#todos

#agenda, #meetings, #weekly-hosting-chat

Amy Kamala 01:13 on 2025-08-20
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WordCamp US 2025 Contributor Day

It’s time for 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! This year WCUS is in Portland, Oregon, USA on August 26-29, 2025, and the 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 is so excited to have a table at 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/. on the 26th! Contributor Day is an all day event kicking off the WordCamp conference, where contributors brainstorm ideas and collaborate on team projects to support the WordPress Open SourceOpen 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. Project. Folks can register to attend Contributor Day using this form.

At this year’s WCUS Contributor Day, the Hosting Team is honing in on PHPUnit testing software and Hosting Handbook improvements. Everyone is invited, whether you’re a new or seasoned contributor, here for a good time or a long time, are a software engineer or work in another arena: your contributions are welcome and valued!

Schedule

Here is the general schedule for WCUS 2025, with Contributor Day on Tuesday, August 26th, 2025. The Hosting Team Contributor Day schedule will be as follows:

  • 08:00 Registration
  • 09:00 Opening & welcome
  • 09:30 Quick introductions
  • 10:00 Start contributing!
  • 11:45 Group photo
  • 12:00 Lunch break
  • 13:00 Back to contributing
  • 16:00 Wrap-up & team summaries

How to Participate

To learn how to contribute to the Hosting Team, start by checking out the Hosting Handbook for details on the team and what it does. Folks will need a 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/ account, a 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/. account, a GitHubGitHub 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. account, and a computer with GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. and a text or code editing software – because the team maintains handbook and automated testing projects through GitHub.

Hop into the #hosting Slack channel at any time with any questions or comments, especially if you’re contributing remotely, and feel free to join the #contributor-day Slack channel too!

Join In Person:

For those attending WCUS Contributor Day in person, check-in starts at 8:30 am pst. If you’ve never contributed to WordPress, don’t worry, table leads can help you get started!

Join Remotely:

Can’t make it in person? No problem! Remote contributors are invited to join on Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, at 1600 UTC in the #hosting Slack channel. To let us know you’ve joined remotely, drop a comment on this WCUS 2025 Contributor Day Check In GitHub issue. Feel free to share if you are being sponsored or participate in the Five for the Future program, too!

Team Projects and Initiatives

This year, @Zunaid Amin (@zunaid321) and @jessibelle (@jessibelle) will be leading the Contributor Day Hosting table in person, and amykamala (@amykamala) remotely.

The team will be working on:

  • WordPress Distributed Hosting Test Software Improvements
  • Hosting Handbook Updates
  • Advanced Administration Handbook Updates

WordPress Distributed Hosting Test Software Improvements

The Hosting Team maintains a PHPunit Test Runner and Reporter software that enables Web Hosts to test unreleased WordPress software updates on hosting platforms and report any conflicts, errors or issues that may need to be addressed. Many Hosts participate (thank you!) and Host Test Results are shared here.

The goal for this on Contributor Day is to make progress on testing software development; snag tickets, dig in on tooling improvements, and push, open, review, test and merge pull requests. The tickets available to work on can be found here:

Don’t code? Don’t worry! There are opportunities for everyone!

Handbook Updates

The Hosting Team maintains two handbooks: the WordPress Hosting Handbook and the Advanced Administration Handbook. Tickets to work on the handbooks are available here:

Anyone that speaks basic English can contribute to the Handbooks!

Workflow Protocols

To work on open tickets

1) Fork the repositories you wish to work on

2) Assign the issue to yourself in GitHub, and

3) Name your branch with the issue number, your name, and a ‘WCUS25’ prefix.

For example, if I want to work on Hosting Handbook issue #293, I’ll first hit the ‘assign yourself’ button on the upper right of the issue, make a new fork of the repo or sync my existing fork, git clone onto my local dev environment or git pull into main if there was anything to sync, and checkout a new branch from main with the name ‘WCUS25-293-amykamala’.

Learn how to install Git here, and some basic Git commands to get started!

Reviews

Once you’ve pushed your changes and opened a new pull request, tag some reviewers on the upper right of the PR. If you don’t know who to tag, feel free to tag @zunaid, @Jessfrick, @kittenkamala, @crixu, or @Chaion07.

If you’re reviewing work yourself, make sure you’re added as a reviewer on the upper right of the ticket, and comment on the PR with any feedback and a mention of WCUS CD 2025.

Testing and Merges

All PRs must have 2 approvals and be fully up to date with the base branch in order to be merged. Pay attention to the comments on your PRs in case follow up is needed!

Changes to the testing software must be tested on a hosting platform prior to being merged. If you’re doing testing make sure to comment on the PR with your findings, the hosting platform/specs, and don’t forget to mention in the comment that you tested during WCUS CD 2025.

See You There!

Contributor Days are always fun and inspiring, and it’s rewarding to build momentum on WordPress incentives as a community. The Hosting Team is happy to welcome contributors both new and experienced to collaborate and add value in your own unique ways, while helping move Hosting Team projects forward!

Please join us at WCUS 2025 Contributor Day On August 26th, 2025 to make WordPress hosting even better!

Can’t wait to see you there!

Thank you to @zunaid321 and @jessibelle for reviewing this post!

#wordcamp, #wcus, #wcus-2025