WordCamp Asia 2025 Contributor Day: Summary

WordCamp Asia 2025 Contributor Day took place on 20th February 2025 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila, Philippines. It was a fantastic day of collaboration, learning, and contributions to the WordPress ecosystem!

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, @wesrapyd and @zunaid321 led the discussions and hands-on work alongside a dedicated group of contributors. Here’s what we focused on:

  • WordPress 6.8 Hosting Team Recommendation Document – Reviewed and updated recommendations to help hosting providers prepare for the next WordPress release.
  • Onboarding New Contributors – Introduced newcomers to the Hosting Team, guiding them on how to contribute effectively.
  • Hosting Test Results Page – Explored ways to improve and add new features for better data insights.
  • Test Runner Enhancements – Worked on refining and expanding the Hosting Test Runner for more accurate testing.

New Ideas & Discussions

  • Presenting Hosting Test Results by Technology Stack
    @mtraian suggested an alternative way to present test results—not just by hosting provider, but also by technology stack. This would be especially useful for companies or governmental organizations that own their hosting infrastructure and want to ensure their setup is fully WordPress-compatible. This idea was well received, and we discussed potential ways to implement it in future updates.
  • Direct Hosting Provider & Customer Interactions
    A unique moment at the Hosting Table occurred when a customer of a hosting company joined to report an issue regarding their site migrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies.. Fortunately, a representative from that hosting company was also present, allowing the customer to communicate their concerns directly. The issue was well received, and the hosting rep committed to following up with the client for further resolution.This led to an exciting discussion about making the Hosting Table a space for customers of different hosting companies to report issues or provide feedback directly during 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/.. It could be an opportunity for real-time discussions between hosting providers and users, helping to improve WordPress hosting experiences.

Hosting Table Attendees

@arnasdon
@chaion07
@kusuki
@benfromgodaddy
@mtraian
@nasirnobin
@hiabhilash
@codexdemon
@faisalahammad
@wpfy

📸 Hosting Table on Contributor Day in Action


A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, both in person and remotely! Your contributions help make WordPress hosting stronger and more reliable for the entire community.

See you at the next Contributor Day! 🚀

Props to @lucas and @chaion07 for the brainstorming and pre-planning

#contributor-day, #hosting, #wordcamp-asia

WordCamp Asia 2025 Contributor Day

The countdown to 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. Asia 2025 is on, and 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 fast approaching! The WordPress 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 excited to collaborate on key initiatives and tasks, and we want YOU to be a part of it. Whether you’re new to the community or a seasoned contributor, we’re looking forward to making progress together!

This year, @zunaid321 and @wesrapyd will be hosting the Hosting Team table, and we’re looking forward to working with contributors of all skill levels to push forward key initiatives for WordPress hosting.

Join Remotely:

Can’t make it in person? No worries! We welcome remote contributors to join us at Thursday, February 20, 2025, at 0200 UTC in the #hosting channel.

To let us know you’ve joined, please comment on the following 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. issue:
GitHub Issue: WordCamp Asia 2025 Contributor Day

Contribute to the Hosting Team:

Ready to dive in and make an impact? Here’s how you can get started with the Hosting Team:

  1. Head over to the Hosting Team Handbook and discover how you can contribute.
  2. Whether you’re updating hosting recommendations, testing compatibility, or offering feedback, your contributions are vital.

WordPress 6.8 Hosting Team Recommendation

As we move closer to the launch of WordPress 6.8, we’re getting ready to update our hosting recommendations for the new release. This is a critical task for the Hosting Team to ensure that the community and hosting providers are fully prepared for the upcoming version.

We’ve built on the work started last week and are updating the document, which is currently 99% based on the WordPress 6.7 recommendations. If you’d like to lend a hand, we’d love your input on the document.

You can view the current draft here:
WordPress 6.8 Hosting Team Recommendation Document

Special thanks to @crixu for preparing the document above!

To-Dos for Contributor Day:

  • Add and refine the Introduction Text to provide context for hosting recommendations.
  • Update 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 DB Engine Versions (currently marked in orange).
  • Review and address compatibility issues for specific PHP Versions and any related tickets.
  • Verify the linked handbook pages to ensure they’re up to date.

We encourage you to jump in and contribute directly on the document! Feel free to leave comments or request edit access if you’d like to make changes. Every bit of feedback helps!

We’re excited to collaborate with everyone at WordCamp Asia 2025 Contributor Day and look forward to making meaningful progress on these tasks. Whether you’re a hosting expert or a curious contributor, we welcome your participation.

Let’s make WordPress hosting better together by joining us at the Contributor Day!

Thanks to @crixu and @chaion07 for reviewing this post!

#contributor-day, #wcasia2025

WordCamp Malaysia 2024 Contributor Day Recap

WordCamp Malaysia 2024 took place on the 22 & 23 November. WC Malaysia 2024 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/. was held on the 22 November, Friday at the Menara Ken TTDI. 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 was led by @chaion07 with a total of 10 contributors. Here’s the list of contributors who joined in:

  1. @louisgan
  2. @raajkhan
  3. @hazreenasikin
  4. @wanzulnet
  5. @lerkaleng
  6. @awisqirani
  7. @faizsf

Here’s the list of topics we discussed:

  • Creating the WP Org Profile
  • Joining the Making WordPress 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/.
  • Introduction to the Make WordPress Hosting Team
  • Host Test Results
  • Hosting Team Handbook
  • Team Projects

We are happy to note that a total of 7 first time contributors joined the Hosting Table and a few issues have been submitted including a few PRs to the Hosting Team Repository in 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..

#contributor-day

WCEU 2024 Contributor Day Agenda

The WordPress 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 gearing up 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. Europe 2024, focusing on Contributor Day activities and the proposed WordPress Hosting Directory. This blog post outlines the schedule and the key projects, inviting community participation and feedback.

Schedule

  • 08:30 Registration
  • 09:15 Opening and welcome
  • 10:00 Contributing to WordPress (Hosting Test Tools)
  • 10:30 WordPress Hosting Directory meeting
  • 12:15 Group photo
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 14:00 Contributing to WordPress
  • 16:30 Teams summaries and wrap-up

10:30 – 11:30: Meeting on the WordPress Hosting Directory
10:00 – 16:30: Hosting Test Tools

WordPress Hosting Directory

Create a comprehensive directory of hosting companies based on objective criteria, helping users make informed decisions.

Proposal: WordPress Hosting Directory

Hosting Test Tools

Review the Multi-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. Environment Proposal, that aims to provide diverse PHP environment setups for testing and compatibility purposes. Enhances the testing capabilities within the WordPress ecosystem.

Proposal: PHPUnit Test Runner with Multi-PHP and Multi-Environment

#agenda, #contributor-day, #meetings, #wceu

WordCamp Europe 2024 Contributor Day

Still don’t know which table to join at the WordCamp Europe 2024 Contributor Day? Well, if you like 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., know a bit about technology, and would like to improve your WordPress documentation, develop some tools or work with some ideas for a Hosting Directory, this is the team for you!

The projects

We have several options of projects to do during the Contributor Day.

If you want to lead any of these working groups, or the Hosting Table, please leave a comment or ask @crixu or @javiercasares about it.

What do you need to know?

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/. is an event, usually parallel to a 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., focused on contributing to the WordPress Community in any of its teams.

To participate in a Contributor Day it is only necessary to have 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, and, if possible, access to 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/. team channel.

Schedule

Moreover, if you want to Contribute Online, please, you are welcome! We will be in our Slack #hosting channel.

Contributor Day Schedule (Thursday 2024-06-13)

Contributing in person 

  • 08:30 Registration
  • 09:15 Opening and welcome
  • 10:00 Contributing to WordPress
  • 12:15 Group photo
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 14:00 Contributing to WordPress
  • 16:30 Teams summaries and wrap-up

Please plan to arrive an hour before the event so you can register and mingle.

Contributing remotely

To know that you’re willing to join us even though you cannot make it to WordCamp is precious to us, thank you! 

  • Location: See you in Slack, in the #hosting channel. 
  • Date: 2024-06-13 (0630 UTC — 1430 UTC)

See you in Torino!

#contributor-day

WordCamp Europe 2023 Contributor Day

Still don’t know which table to join at the WordCamp Europe 2023 Contributor Day? Well, if you like 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., know a bit about technology, and would like to improve your WordPress documentation, this is the team for you!

If you are attending and haven’t registered yet, please register now. Registration is closed.

The ticket

WordCamp Europe 2023 Contributor Day #156

There is a ticket at the Hosting Handbook 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. with some ideas on what to contribute.

If you want something more to do, you can discuss it on WordCamp Europe 2023 – Contributor Day #149. We will update the Issue as 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/. arrives.

The projects

We have several options of projects to do during the Contributor Day.

What do you need to know?

The Contributor Day is an event, usually parallel to a 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., focused on contributing to the WordPress Community in any of its teams.

To participate in a Contributor Day it is only necessary to have 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, and, if possible, access to 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/. team channel.

Need some help?

In any case, @JavierCasares, who will be our Hosting 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. in this Contributor Day, will be able to help you to solve any doubt you may have. Meanwhile, you can also ask any of the Team Reps (@amykamala, @crixu, and @jessibelle).

UPDATED: @crixu also will lead the Hosting Table.

If you want to know/learn anything different, please comment us below. We’ll reach out to you personally as well.

Schedule

Moreover, if you want to Contribute Online, please, you are welcome! We will be in our Slack #hosting-community channel.

Contributor Day Schedule (Thursday 2023-06-08)

08:30 – 09:15Registration
09:15 – 10:00Opening and welcome
10:00 – 12:15Start contributing
12:15 – 12:30Group photo
12:30 – 14:00Lunch
14:00 – 17:00More contributing
17:00 – 17:30Sharing results

All times are in Athens, Greece (EEST—UTC+3) time. Source: WordCamp Europe 2023

See you in Athens!

#agenda, #contributor-day, #wceu

WordCamp US 2022 Contributor Day: Summary

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 2022 is over, and it’s time to review what we were able to review and achieve at the Contributor Day.

It has been 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/. with more participants so far in WordCamp US, 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 had its space reserved. More than 10 attendees actively participating led us to improve and expand the Handbook.

Today’s focus was the creation of the new WordPress Advanced Administration Handbook. 22 Issues / PR have been merged (16 pending), so that makes more than a 50% improvement of this Handbook. Thank you all that participated creating and copying content.

Special thanks to @Jessibelle for helping leading the Hosting Table in person while I was remotely.

+make.wordpress.org/docs/

#contributor-day, #summary, #wcus

WordCamp US 2022 Contributor Day

Still don’t know which table to join at the WordCamp US 2022 Contributor Day? Well, if you like 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., know a bit about technology, and would like to improve your WordPress documentation, this is the team for you!

We have several options of projects to do during 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/..

In any case, @JavierCasares, who will be (remotely) our Hosting 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. in this Contributor Day, will be able to help you to solve any doubt you may have.

If you want to know/learn anything different, please comment us below. We’ll reach out to you personally as well.

If you are attending and haven’t registered yet, please register now.

#agenda, #contributor-day, #wcus

WordCamp Europe 2022 Contributor Day: Summary

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. Europe 2022 is over, and it’s time to review what we were able to review and achieve at the Contributor Day.

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 at WordCamp Europe 2022

It has been 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/. with more participants so far, and the Hosting team had its space reserved. More than 10 attendees actively participating led us to improve and expand the Handbook.

For starters, a more detailed description of what the team is and what it does has been added, and the approval processes have been improved.

The new Compatibility page was published and the Server Environment for WordPress 6.0 page has been updated (dropping the mcrypt ticket).

In addition, information about automatic updates have been included, and some research was done on WP_MEMORY_LIMIT, about which a proposal will be submitted to #core in the coming weeks.

I want to give special thanks to @mikeschroder for continuing to help the team and making work and life much easier for everyone. Moreover, thanks to everybody involved direct or passively because we “bothered” many of those who were there with doubts and proposals for improvement, and they gave us their best answers.

#contributor-day, #handbook, #wceu

WordCamp Europe 2022 Contributor Day

Still don’t know which table to join at the WordCamp Europe 2022 Contributor Day? Well, if you like 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., know a bit about technology, and would like to improve your WordPress documentation, this is the team for you!

We have several options of projects to do during 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/..

In any case, @JavierCasares, who will be our Hosting 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. in this Contributor Day, will be able to help you to solve any doubt you may have.

If you want to know/learn anything different, please comment us below. We’ll reach out to you personally as well.

Contributors Day Schedule (Thursday 2022-06-02)

9:00 – 10:00Registration and coffee/tea
10:00 – 10:30Welcome and introduction of teams and table leads
10:30 – 12:30Start contributing
10:30 – 11:00Getting Started workshop for first time contributors
12:30 – 14:00Lunch break. Lunch will be provided for
14:00 – 15:30More contributing
15:30 – 16:00Sharing results
All times are in Porto (local) time. Source: WordCamp Europe 2022

If you are attending and haven’t registered yet, please register now.

#agenda, #contributor-day, #wceu