{"id":12531,"date":"2026-08-04T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/?p=12531"},"modified":"2026-08-04T07:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:47:13","slug":"month-in-test-august-03-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2026\/08\/04\/month-in-test-august-03-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Month in Test: August 03, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello and welcome to another edition of\u00a0<em>Month in Test<\/em>, the place where contributors of any skill level can find opportunities to contribute to WordPress through testing. You can find the Test Team in <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/messages\/core-test\/\"> #core-test<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#calls-for-testing\">Calls for Testing \ud83d\udce3<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#handbook\">Test Handbook\ud83d\udcd8<\/a>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#merging-of-test-handbook-in-github\">Merging of Test Handbook in\u00a0Github<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#weekly-testing\">Weekly Testing Roundup \ud83e\udd20<\/a>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#core-testing\">1. WordPress\u00a0Core\u00a0Testing<\/a>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#a-patch-testing\">a.\u00a0Patch Testing \ud83e\ude79<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#b-bug-reproduction\">b.\u00a0Bug Reproduction<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#c-test-team-issues\">c. Test Team Issues<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#gutenberg\">2.\u00a0Gutenberg\u00a0Testing<\/a>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#a-gutenberg-bug-reproduction-testing\">a. Gutenberg Bug Reproduction Testing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#b-gutenberg-patch-testing\">b. Gutenberg Patch Testing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#profile-badges\">Profile Badge Awards \ud83c\udf89<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#read-watch-listen\">Read\/Watch\/Listen \ud83d\udd17<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#upcoming-meetings\">Upcoming Meetings \ud83d\uddd3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"calls-for-testing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calls for Testing \ud83d\udce3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/testing\/write-a-call-for-testing\/\">Calls for Testing<\/a>\u00a0can originate from any team, from themes to mobile apps to feature plugins. The following posts highlight features and releases that need special attention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/07\/wordpress-7-1-beta-4\/\">Help Test WordPress 7.1 Beta 4<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2026\/07\/03\/call-for-testing-responsive-styling\/\">Call for Testing: Responsive Styling<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/05\/21\/media-editor-modal-call-for-testing\/\">Media Editor Modal: call for testing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2026\/05\/20\/wordpress-7-0-updates-testing-faq\/\">WordPress 7.0 Updates &amp; Testing \u2013 FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/06\/04\/call-for-testing-client-side-media-processing\/\">Call for Testing: client-side media processing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2026\/05\/28\/help-test-new-career-functionality-on-wordpress-org\/\">Help test new career functionality on WordPress.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"handbook\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Test Handbook\u00a0\ud83d\udcd8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"merging-of-test-handbook-in-github\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Merging of Test Handbook in\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Github<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>GitHub<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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 \u2018pull request\u2019 where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/\">https:\/\/github.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the last few months, a good number of test contributors embarked on the journey of reviewing our new Test Handbook based on GitHub. The Process has been concluded successfully with the merging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We want to inform that the\u00a0<strong>Test Handbook<\/strong>\u00a0is officially\u00a0<code>synced<\/code>. There might be a couple of bugs and things that are not looking good pending to be fixed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feel free to give it a check\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/handbook\/\">here<\/a>,\u00a0and if you find any bugs, go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/test-handbook\">GitHub repository<\/a>\u00a0and report them.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can send a PR with the\u00a0fix,\u00a0or simply send the\u00a0<strong>issue<\/strong>, and we will check it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"weekly-testing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weekly Testing Roundup \ud83e\udd20<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bi-Weekly update:<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/updates\/tag\/test\/\">\u00a0Test Team Update<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s a roundup of active tickets that are ready for testing contributions. Did you know that contributions to the<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/\">\u00a0Test Team<\/a>\u00a0are also a fantastic way to level up your WordPress knowledge and skills? Dive in to contribute, and gain coveted props\u00a0\ud83d\ude0e\u00a0for a coming release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"core-testing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. WordPress\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Core<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Core<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Testing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"a-patch-testing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">a.\u00a0Patch Testing \ud83e\ude79<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who? All contributors (not just developers) who can set up a local testing environment. Why?<br><em><strong>It is necessary to<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/testing\/patch\/\">\u00a0apply proposed patches<\/a>\u00a0and test per the<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/handbook\/test-reports\/testing-instructions\">\u00a0testing instructions<\/a>\u00a0in order to validate that a patch fixes the issue.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=accepted&amp;status=assigned&amp;status=new&amp;status=reopened&amp;status=reviewing&amp;changetime=1monthago..&amp;keywords=~needs-testing+has-patch&amp;milestone=!Awaiting+Review&amp;milestone=!&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=status&amp;col=milestone&amp;col=changetime&amp;col=keywords&amp;col=type&amp;col=priority&amp;col=component&amp;order=changetime\">\u00a0following tickets<\/a>\u00a0(15) have been reviewed and a patch provided, and need testers to apply the patch and manually test, then provide feedback through a<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/handbook\/test-reports\/patch-testing\">\u00a0patch test report<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/64707\">#64707<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/64707\">Site Health: Opcode cache test reports a false negative when OPcache runs in file-cache-only mode<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65515\">#65515<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65515\">ThickBox ReferenceError: imgLoader is not defined due to \u201cuse strict\u201d contamination in load-scripts.php<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/63256\">#63256<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/63256\">Unnecessary array_map() call in get_terms() when object_ids is not set<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65051\">#65051<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65051\">$_REQUEST[\u2018term\u2019] used unsanitized in user search query<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"b-bug-reproduction\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">b.\u00a0Bug Reproduction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is necessary to confirm if the bug is happening under multiple conditions and environments, using the bug reproduction report in order to validate the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=accepted&amp;status=assigned&amp;status=new&amp;status=reopened&amp;status=reviewing&amp;keywords=~needs-testing+-has-patch&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=status&amp;col=type&amp;col=priority&amp;col=component&amp;col=changetime&amp;desc=1&amp;order=changetime\">following tickets<\/a>\u00a0(133) have been reviewed and milestoned, and need testers to check the instructions and manually test if the issue is reproducible, then provide a bug reproduction report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/60478\">#60478<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/60478\">Upgrade to jQuery 4.0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65626\">#65626<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65626\">7.0.1 9.9797 lagging at WP_Query-&gt;get_posts() on site with 16K= posts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/17382\">#17382<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/17382\">XMLRPC wp_getUsersBlogs Scalability<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65480\">#65480<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65480\">Custom HTML Block hangs when switching tabs and scrolling (Gutenberg\/WordPress 7.0)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65381\">#65381<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/65381\">Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading \u2018borderColor\u2019) in block-editor.min.js on WordPress 7.0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"c-test-team-issues\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">c. Test Team Issues<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the current activities being discussed in the Test Team\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/test-handbook\/issues\">Github<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We need to review the Test Team Issues. If you have a possible solution, comment in the Issue or submit a PR.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Test Team Discussions<\/strong>\u00a0(8 Open)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/test-handbook\/issues\/150\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/test-handbook\/issues\/174\">Recognize WordPress 7.0 Test Contributors \u2014 Badge Awards &amp; Blog Post<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/test-handbook\/issues\/165\">Proposal: Building a Test Chat and Bug Scrub Facilitator Plugin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/test-handbook\/issues\/111\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/test-handbook\/issues\/116\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/test-handbook\/issues\/111\">Proposal: Restructure Test Handbook to Support Multiple Testing Domains<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/test-handbook\/issues\/109\">Discussion: Using tags instead of categories for regular post types on make.wordpress.org\/test<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/test-handbook\/issues\/91\">End-to-end (E2E) testing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"gutenberg\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">2.\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Gutenberg<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Gutenberg<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 \u2018blocks\u2019 to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.\r<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Testing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc4bWant to contribute to\u00a0<strong>WordPress\/Gutenberg<\/strong>? If you have a bug or an idea, read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/blob\/trunk\/CONTRIBUTING.md\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contributing guidelines<\/a>\u00a0before opening an issue. If you\u2019re ready to tackle some open issues,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">we\u2019ve collected some good first issues for you.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"a-gutenberg-bug-reproduction-testing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">a. Gutenberg Bug Reproduction Testing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22Needs%20Testing%22\">following tickets<\/a>\u00a0(14) have been filed reporting a known bug and needs testers to manually test, then provide feedback through a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/handbook\/test-reports\/issue-reproduction\/\">bug reproduction<\/a>\u00a0report that the issue can be reproduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/issues\/81062\">getQueryArgs discards everything after the second\u00a0<code>=<\/code>\u00a0in a query argument value<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/issues\/80996\">Text in Gutenberg UI intermittently appears blurry in Chromium-based browsers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/issues\/80712\">Scroll gets stuck when cursor is over the in-between block inserter (possible regression of #63260)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/issues\/80624\">Sticky Post does not work correctly with loop (2 issues!)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/issues\/80448\">Notes: Backtick markdown code formatting strips\/deletes pasted text content upon saving<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"b-gutenberg-patch-testing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">b. Gutenberg Patch Testing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All contributors (not just developers) who can set up a local testing environment.<br>Why? It is necessary to<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/testing\/patch\/\">\u00a0apply proposed patches<\/a>\u00a0and test per the<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/handbook\/test-reports\/#1-testing-instructions\">\u00a0testing instructions<\/a>\u00a0in order to validate that a patch fixes the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+label%3A%22Needs+Testing%22\">\u00a0following tickets<\/a> (1) have been reviewed, and a patch provided, and need testers to apply the patch and manually test, then provide feedback through a<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/handbook\/test-reports\/#3-patch-testing\">\u00a0patch test report<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pull\/78994\">Suggest mode: combined feature branch for Playground testing (draft)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"profile-badges\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Profile Badge Awards \ud83c\udf89<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations to the recipients of the Test Contributor Badge \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/khushdoms\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>khushdoms<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/jsmansart\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>jsmansart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/ankitkumarshah\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>ankitkumarshah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/soyebsalar01\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>soyebsalar01<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/poojapadamad\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>poojapadamad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/gaurangsondagar\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>gaurangsondagar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/manhar\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>manhar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/westonruter\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>westonruter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/khushi1501\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>khushi1501<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 Kindly find the Contribution Guidelines\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/handbook\/test-team-profile-badges\/#test-contributor-badge\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"read-watch-listen\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read\/Watch\/Listen \ud83d\udd17<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WordPress Ecosystem Announcements\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/07\/wordpress-7-1-beta-4\/\">WordPress 7.1 Beta 4<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/01\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-23-5-july-1-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What\u2019s new in Gutenberg 23.5? (July 1, 2026)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/02\/merge-proposal-expanding-wordpress-core-abilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merge Proposal: Expanding WordPress Core Abilities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/03\/bug-scrub-schedule-for-wordpress-7-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bug Scrub Schedule for WordPress 7.1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/07\/the-classic-block-stays-in-the-inserter-for-wordpress-7-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Classic block stays in the inserter for WordPress 7.1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/07\/merge-proposal-design-system-theming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merge Proposal: Design System Theming<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/08\/transitioning-to-rulesets-in-the-gutenberg-repository\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transitioning To Rulesets In The Gutenberg Repository<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/07\/13\/consistent-navigation-in-wordpress-7-1-with-persistent-toolbar\/\">Consistent navigation in WordPress 7.1 with persistent toolbar<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/security\/2026\/07\/13\/hardening-github-actions-workflows-across-the-wordpress-organisation\/\">Hardening GitHub Actions workflows across the WordPress organisation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/07\/whats-new-for-developers-july-2026\/\">What\u2019s new for developers (July 2026)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/07\/on-brand-maintenance-mode-for-wordpress-block-themes\/\">On-brand maintenance mode for WordPress Block Themes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2026\/07\/wordpress-7-0-2-release\/\">WordPress 7.0.2 is now available.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Test Team Announcements\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Weekly Patch Testing Scrub<\/strong>: Second and Fourth Thursday of the Month at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?hour=15&amp;min=00&amp;sec=0\">15:00 UTC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Weekly Test Chat<\/strong>: Third Thursday of the Month at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?hour=15&amp;min=00&amp;sec=0\">15:00 UTC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monthly Voice Test Chat<\/strong>: First Thursday of each month at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?hour=15&amp;min=00&amp;sec=0\">15:00 UTC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Call for Testing\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2026\/07\/15\/help-test-wordpress-7-1\/\">Help Test WordPress 7.1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/05\/21\/media-editor-modal-call-for-testing\/\">Media Editor Modal: call for testing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/06\/04\/call-for-testing-client-side-media-processing\/\">Call for Testing: client-side media processing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2026\/05\/28\/help-test-new-career-functionality-on-wordpress-org\/\">Help test new career functionality on WordPress.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/2026\/07\/03\/call-for-testing-responsive-styling\/\">Call for Testing: Responsive Styling<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?keywords=~has-patch&amp;milestone=7.0.3&amp;status=accepted&amp;status=assigned&amp;status=new&amp;status=reopened&amp;status=reviewing&amp;order=changetime&amp;desc=1&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=status&amp;col=keywords&amp;col=owner&amp;col=type&amp;col=priority&amp;col=component&amp;col=changetime\">Patch Testing issues for the WordPress 7.0.3<\/a>\u00a0milestone that need testing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We also have a couple of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22Needs%20Testing%22\">Gutenberg Issues<\/a>\u00a0that need testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"upcoming-meetings\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Meetings \ud83d\uddd3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udea8There will be regular<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/messages\/core-test\/\">\u00a0#core-test<\/a>\u00a0meetings. The schedule is being worked on and final schedule will be shared after finalizing the discussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current 2026\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/meetings\/#test\">Schedule<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260806T1500\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-08-06T15:00:00+00:00\">Thursday, 6 August 2026, 03:00 PM UTC<\/abbr><\/a> \u2013 &lt;<code>voice-test-chat<\/code>&gt; in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/messages\/core-test\/\">#core-test<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260813T1500\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-08-13T15:00:00+00:00\">Thursday, 13 August 2026, 03:00 PM UTC<\/abbr><\/a> \u2013 &lt;<code>Patch-testing-Scrub<\/code>&gt; in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/messages\/core-test\/\">#core-test<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in hosting a &lt;test-scrub&gt;? 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Check out<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/tutorials\/leading-bug-scrubs\/\">\u00a0Leading Bug Scrubs<\/a>\u00a0for details, or inquire in<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/messages\/core-test\/\">\u00a0#core-test<\/a>\u00a0for more info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">props to <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/sajib1223\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>sajib1223<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/huzaifaalmesbah\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>huzaifaalmesbah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/nikunj8866\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>nikunj8866<\/a> for peer reviewing this post<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/tag\/core-test\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>core-test<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/tag\/fse-outreach-program\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>fse-outreach-program<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/tag\/gutenberg\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>gutenberg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/test\/tag\/make-wordpress-orgupdates\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>make-wordpress-orgupdates<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Ftest%2F2026%2F08%2F04%2Fmonth-in-test-august-03-2026%2F%23respond&#038;locale=en_US\" title=\"Login to Reply\"  class=\"genericon  genericon-reply\"  data-action=\"login-to-reply\"  data-actionstate=\"default\" >Login to Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome to another edition of\u00a0Month in Test, the place where contributors of any skill level can find opportunities to contribute to WordPress through testing. 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