Test Team Voice Chat Summary: 2nd April, 2026

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Attendees

@Moses Cursor, @nikunj8866, @Dilip Modhavadiya, @ozgursar, @r1k0, @noruzzaman, @Azhar Deraiya, @JuanMa, @Huzaifa Al Mesbah, @SAndrew, @Shazzad, and @Mohammed Kateregga

🌟 Summary

• Props Bot GitHub Action Workflow
  • @Huzaifa Al Mesbah explained the proposed Props Bot would help identify contributors involved in pull requests and issues by automatically adding co-authors.[11:55]
  • The team discussed implementing a similar workflow to what 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/ and other WordPress projects use.[15:19]
  • The proposal aims to improve contributor recognition and tracking.[14:09]
• Test Handbook Review
  • @Moses Cursor suggested a full review of handbook pages involving 3-4 team members.[27:01]
  • @JuanMa proposed assigning the task to contributors attending WordCamp Asia and reviewing progress afterward.[29:49]
  • Some handbook pages have already been updated, but a comprehensive review is needed.[31:09]
• WordPress Playground Testing
  • @ozgursar volunteered to review and improve the existing WordPress Playground testing documentation.[33:00]
  • The team wants to update the documentation with new techniques and parameters.[33:53]
• Testing Issues Tracking
  • @JuanMa suggested creating a bot to share the number of pending testing issues in the Slack channel weekly.[38:02]
  • The team agreed this would improve visibility of testing needs.[40:08]

☑️ Action items

• @JuanMa to create an issue in the test handbook repository for a weekly bot to track testing issues.[42:44]
• @ozgursar to review and update WordPress Playground testing documentation.[34:54]
• Team to prepare for WordCamp Asia 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/, potentially working on handbook review.[45:28]
• Review and potentially implement Props Bot GitHub Action Workflow.[11:55]

🗣️ Announcements

• WordPress Ecosystem Announcements
  • WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 2
  • Client-Side Abilities API in WordPress 7.0
  • Introducing the AI Client in WordPress 7.0
  • Extending the 7.0 Cycle
  • Announcing my.WordPress.net
  • Introducing the Connectors API in WordPress 7.0
  • What’s new in Gutenberg 22.8? (25 March)
• Test Team Announcements
  • Core Test Team at WCAsia 2026: Contributor Day
  • Test Team Update: 24 March, 2026
• Call for Testing
  • Call for Testing: Community AI Connector Plugins
  • It’s time to test real-time collaboration!
  • Call for Testing – Pattern editing and content-only interactivity in WordPress 7.0
  • Help Test WordPress 7.0
  • We have Patch Testing issues for the WordPress 7.0 milestone that need testing.
  • We also have a couple of Gutenberg Issues that need testing.

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