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Nikunj Hatkar 10:41 am on June 3, 2026
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Core Test Team at WCEU 2026: Contributor Day

Hello WordPress enthusiasts 👋

Tomorrow we head to Kraków. The CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Test Team is gearing up for Contributor Day at WordCamp Europe 2026, taking place 4 June 2026 at ICE Kraków – the official kick-off to WCEU.

Testing is one of the most welcoming doors into WordPress: you don’t need to write a line of code to make a real difference, and by the end of the day you’ll have touched software used by over 40% of the web. Whether it’s your first 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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ or your fifteenth, there’s a seat for you at the Test table. Here’s what we’ve got planned and how to make the most of it.

🕰️ Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST). Plan to arrive about an hour early to register and settle in.

  • 8:30 – Registration
  • 9:15 – Opening and welcome
  • 10:00 – Contributing to WordPress
  • 12:15 – Group photo
  • 12:30 – Lunch
  • 14:00 – Contributing to WordPress
  • 16:30 – Team summaries and wrap-up

Joining from home? Remote contributors are just as welcome – find us in the #contributor-day and #core-test channels in Make WordPress Slack.

👩🏻‍💻 Meet the Test Team Table Leads

In-Person Table Leads:

Online (Remote) Table Lead

Anukasha will be on the ground in Kraków to welcome you and get you set up, while Nimesh holds down the digital table – coordinating remote contributors and answering questions in 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/ throughout the day. Other Test Team regulars will be dropping by in person and online to lend a hand.

🎯 What We’ll Work On

Our focus is meaningful, achievable contributions you can make real progress on in a few focused hours:

  • Onboard new contributors. If you’ve never tested before, this is the place to start. We’ll walk you through your first test, your first triage, and your first reproduction – no prior experience needed.
  • Test core tickets that need eyes. Pick up live work straight from TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/.:
  • Test the editor (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/).
  • Help test the new career functionality on 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/. There’s an active call for testing (feedback open through June 25) for the refreshed jobs.wordpress.net and the new career fields on WordPress.org profiles – job history, key accomplishments, and an “open to work” toggle. Try the applying-for-jobs flowFlow Flow is the path of screens and interactions taken to accomplish a task. It’s an experience vector. Flow is also a feeling. It’s being unselfconscious and in the zone. Flow is what happens when difficulties are removed and you are freed to pursue an activity without forming intentions. You just do it., browse candidates on the Jobs site, and leave feedback on the post or by opening an issue on GitHub.
  • Find a bug? File it. A clear, reproducible report on Trac is a genuine contribution in itself.
  • Improve the docs. Help sharpen the Test Team Handbook and testing guides so the next newcomer has an easier path than you did.

Bring whatever skills and curiosity you have – table leads and experienced contributors will help you find the right task. Everyone is welcome.

A gentle reminder: it’s Contributor Day, not Contribution Day. The goal is to find a meaningful way to contribute, not necessarily to land a finished patch by 16:30. Work you start tomorrow might wrap up next week – and that’s exactly how 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. is meant to work.

🌐 Collaboration and Community

Contributor Day isn’t only about the work – it’s about the people. It’s a room full of contributors swapping ideas, helping each other unstick, and celebrating small wins together. For many of us, the connections made across the Test table are what keep us coming back year after year. Come for the testing, stay for the community.

If you’d like to keep contributing after Kraków, the Test Team meets every week in #core-test. You can find the full Test Team meeting schedule and upcoming meetings here: https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/#test. Drop by any time to say hi, ask a question, or just lurk and learn.

🧰 Prepare at Home

A little setup the night before means you can dive straight into the fun stuff when you arrive. Spotty venue wifi is a fact of life, so get ahead of it:

🔗 Helpful Resources

👀 Looking Ahead

Every bug reproduced, every patch tested, and every report filed tomorrow ripples out to millions of sites. That’s the quiet power of testing: it’s unglamorous, it’s essential, and it’s how WordPress stays trustworthy release after release. We can’t wait to see what we build together in Kraków – and in Slack.

Not sure Test is the right fit? The Find Your Team tool can point you somewhere that clicks. But if you like the idea of being the person who catches the problem before a user ever does – you’ve found your table.

See you in Kraków! 💙

Props to @nimeshatxecurify for preparing and reviewing this post, and to @anukasha for the review of this post. 🙌

#wceu2026, #core-test, #wceu

Krupa Nanda 8:47 am on June 2, 2025
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Week in Test: June 02, 2025

Hello and welcome to another edition of Week in Test, the place where contributors of any skill level can find opportunities to contribute to WordPress through testing. You can find the Test Team in #core-test.

Jump to: Weekly Testing Roundup | Profile Badge Awards | Read/Watch/Listen | Upcoming Meetings

Weekly Testing Roundup 🤠

Weekly update: Test Team Update

Here’s a roundup of active tickets that are ready for testing contributions.

Did you know that contributions with the Test Team are also a fantastic way to level up your WordPress knowledge and skill? Dive in to contribute, and gain coveted props 😎 for a coming release.

Reproduction Testing 🔁

Who? Any contributor.
Why? It is helpful to show an issue exists for other users in order to move a ticket forward for patching.

The following new tickets are awaiting review, and need testers to attempt to reproduce the reported issue (aka “repro”), and then provide a reproduction test report with the results:

Patch Testing 🩹

Who? All contributors (not just developers) who can set up a local testing environment.
Why? It is necessary to apply proposed patches and test per the testing instructions in order to validate that a patch fixes the issue.

The following tickets have been reviewed and a patch provided, and need testers to apply the patch and manually test, then provide feedback through a patch test report:

PHPUnit Tests 🛟

Who? Any QA or PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/index.php developer contributors who can (or are interested in learning how to) build automated PHPUnit tests.
Why? Automated tests improve the software development feedback loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop for quality and backward compatibility.

The following tickets need PHPUnit tests built to accompany their respective patches:

Profile Badge Awards 🎉

No Badges awarded this week.

Read/Watch/Listen 🔗

Upcoming Meetings 🗓

🚨 There will be regular #core-test meetings held for 2025.

2025 Schedule:

Interested in hosting a <test-scrub>? Test Team needs you! Check out Leading Bug Scrubs for details, or inquire in #core-test for more info.

#core-test

Krupa Nanda 9:23 am on May 27, 2025
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Get Involved: Core Test Team at WCEU 2025 Contributor Day

Hello WordPress enthusiasts 👋

Join us for Contributor Day at WCEU 2025 on Thursday, June 5th, in Basel, Switzerland a city known as the cultural capital of the country and famous for its vibrant art scene! It’s a day full of learning, teamwork, and real impact. The CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Test Team will be there with open arms whether you’re a first-time tester or already know your way around a bug report. Come and be part of something awesome and help make WordPress even better. Here’s a sneak peek at what we have planned for the Core Test Team and how you can get involved.

🎯 Core Test Team Goals

Our focus for the day revolves around achieving meaningful and ambitious contributions.

  • Onboard New Contributors: Provide guidance and mentorship to newcomers eager to join the Core Test Team.
  • Help with tickets that need testing:
  • Expand Automated Testing Coverage: Increase the number of automated tests for core components.
  • Test bugs or features and report new issues.
  • Improve Documentation: Enhance the clarity and comprehensiveness of testing guidelines.
  • Triage Issues: Review and prioritize open tickets.

Contributors with different skills, talents, and backgrounds can get involved in a variety of ways. If you are unsure how to start or what to do, give it a try. Table leads and experienced contributors will help you get started. You are welcome!

🌐 Collaboration and Community

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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ at WCEU 2025 won’t just be about contributing test; it’ll be about building connections and celebrating community. In a spirit of collaboration, contributors will share ideas, support one another, and recognize each other’s wins. The energy and enthusiasm will be contagious, reinforcing the shared purpose that unites the WordPress community.

If you are new to core test contributions and want to stay updated on what’s happening, please join the #core-test channel. 

🗓️ We have team meetings and Triage sessions on an alternating basis every Wednesday at 16:00 UTC.

👤 Meet the Test Team Table Leads

We’re thrilled to introduce our Test Team Table Leads for WCEU 2025. They are dedicated individuals will be guiding and supporting contributors throughout the day:

In-Person Table Leads:

Online (Remote) Table Leads:

Their drive and knowledge will inspire everyone to contribute their best and make a real difference.

🔗 Helpful Resources

To make the most of Contributor Day, take a moment to explore these resources beforehand so that you can dive straight into the exciting work when you arrive at the venue!

👀 Looking Ahead

As we prepare for this Contributor Day, we look forward to the progress and innovation that these contributions will bring to the WordPress project. We encourage everyone who plans to participate to stay engaged and keep the momentum going. Your contributions, whether big or small, make a significant impact.

Thank you in advance to all the contributors who will join us in Basel and those who will participate remotely. Together, we’re making WordPress better. 💪

Interested in Contributor Day, but not sure if Test is the right fit for you? Try out Make WordPress’s Find Your Team tool to discover right opportunities that may interest you.

Props to @oglekler for peer review of this post. 🙌

#core-test, #wceu, #wceu2025

Ankit K Gupta 12:59 pm on June 5, 2024
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Core Test Team at WCEU 2024: Contributor Day  

Hello WordPress enthusiasts!

We’re gearing up for an exciting Contributor Day at WordCamp Europe (WCEU) 2024, set to take place next month in the beautiful city of Torino, Italy! This annual gathering of WordPress aficionados brings together a diverse group of contributors to collaborate, learn, and make significant strides in the WordPress project. Here’s a sneak peek at what we have planned for the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Test Team and how you can get involved.

Core Test Team Goals

Our objectives for the day are ambitious but focused:

Collaboration and Community

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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ at WCEU 2024 will not just be about work; it will also be about building connections and fostering community spirit. The collaborative atmosphere will be palpable, with contributors exchanging ideas, offering help, and celebrating each other’s successes. The energy and enthusiasm of the participants will be truly inspiring, reinforcing the sense of belonging and shared purpose within the WordPress community.

Test Team Table Leads

We’re thrilled to introduce our Test Team Table Leads for WCEU 2024. These dedicated individuals will be guiding and supporting contributors throughout the day:

Their expertise and enthusiasm will be invaluable in ensuring a productive and engaging Contributor Day for all participants.

Helpful Resources

The links below have details that will be helpful on contributor day.

Be Prepared

To ensure you get the most out of Contributor Day, please review the following before the event so that you can focus on the fun stuff when you arrive:

Looking Ahead

As we prepare for this Contributor Day, we look forward to the progress and innovation that these contributions will bring to the WordPress project. We encourage everyone who plans to participate to stay engaged and keep the momentum going. Your contributions, whether big or small, make a significant impact.

Thank you in advance to all the contributors who will join us in Torino and those who will participate remotely. Together, we’re making WordPress better. 

Please stay updated for WCEU 2024, and join the #core-test and #contributor-day channels in Make 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/. 

See you next month 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. Europe 2024!

Props to @martinkrcho, @webtechpooja, and @krupajnanda for peer review of this post.

+make.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//test/

#contributor-day, #core-test, #wceu

Brian Alexander 4:40 pm on April 24, 2023
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Table Leads Needed for WCEU 2023 Contributor Day

WordCamp Europe is coming June 8-10 to the Megaron Convention Center in Athens, Greece, and brings an opportunity to participate in Contributor Day on the first day of the event. Last year, Contributor Day was overflowing with people from all around the globe, and in anticipation of a repeat in attendance, your help is needed to welcome new Test contributors, and provide a good space for open discussion.

In order to better support contributors interested in Test Team at the event, we are looking for 2-3 Test table lead volunteers who have experience on the team. Table leads talk about contributing in Make/Test, welcome and guide contributors toward resources, and overall, help new contributors make the most of their time at the event. See the handbook’s Test Table Leads section for more info on this role.

So, will you be at WCEU, and would you like to help lead the Test table? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️ Review the following items, and leave a comment below (or a message in #core-test, or DM @ironprogrammer or @Piotrek Boniu).

Don’t feel like “leading” at the table, but still want to help? That’s cool, too! Having other test contributors around in-person or online (in the #core-test and #contributor-day channels) is a great opportunity to meet and help out. Please leave a comment below if you plan to be at the event or are participating remotely, and how you’d like to help.

Props to @oglekler, @estelaris, @ugyensupport, @shiponkarmakar, and @boniu91 for peer review of this post.

#contributor-day, #wceu