Title: Themes Team Meeting Notes – October 26, 2021 Author: KafleG Published: October 27, 2021 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/) [KafleG](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/) 4:07 am _on_ October 27, 2021 Tags: [Meeting Notes ( 124 )](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/meeting-notes/), [themereview ( 62 )](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/themereview/), [Themes team ( 207 )](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/themes-team/) # Themes Team Meeting Notes – October 26, 2021 This is the meeting notes from the themes review team discussion, October 26, 2021. The themes team conducts a meeting on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. You can read the [full transcript](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4Y3K/p1635260407041500) on our [#themereview](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) channel. This week’s [meeting agendas](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/10/25/themes-team-meeting-agenda-for-october-25-2021/) can be found here. Thank you [@kafleg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/) for preparing the agenda.  * Facilitator: [@kafleg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/) * Notetaker: [@Benachi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/utz119/) ### 1. Weekly updates The themes team [published weekly updates](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2021/10/25/themes-team-update-october-25-2021/) about tickets and HelpScout emails. See this week’s updates here in the past 7 days, * **290 **tickets were opened * **312 **tickets were closed: * **291 **tickets were made live. - **33 **new Themes were made live. - **258 **Theme updates were made live. - **0** more were approved but are waiting to be made live. * **20** tickets were not-approved. * **1** tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded. Number of reviewers: 3 ### 2. Discussion on 5.9 theme issues With the 5.9 release is fast approaching, we’d like to share a couple of extra focuses on these Twenty Twenty-One theme issues. * [Twenty Twenty-One editor styles are broken in RTL](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52294) posted by @[yoavf](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yoavf/)  * [Twenty Twenty-One: Dark mode in the new Widgets makes impossible to read](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53429) posted by @[oglekler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/oglekler/) There are [several other issues](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=!closed&component=Bundled+Theme) that still need resolution. You can review those tickets having patches or submit patches if you can do that. ### 3. Open floor  No questions or feedback related to the theme review were discussed during the open floor.  **[Next Steps on Themes and Reviews]** The theme review process is making steady progress towards automation. Here is the latest summary of the [Theme tools and requirements recap](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/10/14/theme-tools-and-requirements-recap/) posted by [@poena](https://profiles.wordpress.org/poena/).  In case if you missed the ongoing efforts and upcoming changes, here are the links to follow. Feb 24, 2021 – [Meeting Notes | Matt Josepha and Theme Team](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/02/24/meeting-notes-matt-josepha-and-theme-review-team/) * Mar 17, 2021 – [Next Steps on Themes and Reviews ](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/03/17/next-steps-on-themes-and-reviews/) * Mar 27, 2021 – [Chat with Matt about the future of theme repo](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2017/03/27/chat-with-matt-about-the-future-of-theme-repo/) * Sept 13, 2021 – [Theme upload survey results & next steps](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/09/13/theme-upload-survey-results-next-steps/) [#meeting-notes](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/meeting-notes/), [#themereview](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/themereview/), [#themes-team](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/themes-team/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/10/27/themes-team-meeting-notes-october-26-2021/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/10/27/themes-team-meeting-notes-october-26-2021/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/10/27/themes-team-meeting-notes-october-26-2021/?share=bluesky) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/10/27/themes-team-meeting-notes-october-26-2021/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/10/27/themes-team-meeting-notes-october-26-2021/?share=x) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/10/27/themes-team-meeting-notes-october-26-2021/?share=linkedin) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fthemes%2F2021%2F10%2F27%2Fthemes-team-meeting-notes-october-26-2021%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) ### Leave a Reply 󠀁[Cancel reply](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2021/10/27/themes-team-meeting-notes-october-26-2021/?output_format=md#respond)󠁿 You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fthemes%2F2021%2F10%2F27%2Fthemes-team-meeting-notes-october-26-2021%2F&locale=en_US) to post a comment. 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