Title: Themes team meeting notes for August 12, 2025 Author: KafleG Published: August 13, 2025 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/) [KafleG](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/) 8:44 am _on_ August 13, 2025 Tags: [Meeting Notes ( 124 )](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/meeting-notes/), [Themes team ( 207 )](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/tags/themes-team/)    # Themes team meeting notes for August 12, 2025 The meeting notes are from the themes team discussion. * Date: August 12, 2024 * Time: 15:00 UTC * Location: [#themes](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) channel * Agenda: Themes team meeting [agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2025/08/11/themes-team-meeting-agendas-for-august-12-2025/) * Agenda Prepared by:[ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/)[@bijayyadav](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bijayyadav/) * Meeting facilitator – [@bijayyadav](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bijayyadav/) * Full transcript –  [#themes](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4Y3K/p1755010826555359) channel **Attendees:** Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting.  * [@bijayyadav](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bijayyadav/) * [@kafleg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/) * [@aslamnaik](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aslamnaik/) * [@scruffian](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scruffian/) * [@nikunj8866](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nikunj8866/) * @wpcasa ### 1. **Weekly Updates** **In the past 7 days**, * 1145 tickets were opened * 1142 tickets were closed - 1118 tickets were made live. * 33 new Themes were made live. * 1085 Theme updates were made live. * 1 more was approved but are waiting to be made live. - 24 tickets were not approved. - 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded. _Note: These stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets  as well. And data from [themes trac](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/wiki/Weekly-Stats)._ Number of reviewers: 6 ([@acosmin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/acosmin/), [@kafleg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/), [@bijayyadav](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bijayyadav/), [@mhamal](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mhamal/), [@fahimmurshed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fahimmurshed/), [@vowelweb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vowelweb/)) In the last 7 days, blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. themes stats: * 19 Block themes are currently being reviewed. * 15 The Block theme has been live for the last 7 days. ### **2. 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/)󠁿. US 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/](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/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/)󠁿** WordCamp US will be held on August 26–29, with Contributor Day on the 26th. We encourage all attendees to join the Themes table. Also, if you’re interested in leading the Themes table, please let us know. You can contact [@kafleg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/) or the [themes team reps](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/about/members/). ### 3. Open Floor During the open floor, [@kafleg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kafleg/) shared that “Some of the live themes in the repository have promotional text in the theme screenshot, which is against the guidelines. So, I request  theme authors to fix this.” He added, “Our guidelines clearly state that: _The screenshot must not look like an advertisement. The reviewer can subjectively ask you to change screenshots if they find that it is not appropriate._” Host [@bijayyadav](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bijayyadav/) thanked everyone who joined the team meeting and ended up. 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