We are a group of volunteers who review and approve themes submitted to be included in the official WordPress Theme directory.
We do license, security, and code quality reviews.
We help build and maintain default themes.
The primary focus of the team is to help theme authors transition to blockBlockBlock 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.-based themes.
Patterns are pre-designed, reusable combinations of blocks that help users build beautiful pages quickly — without starting from scratch. Think ready-made layouts: hero sections, call-to-action banners, team grids, pricing tables, and more.
They live in the WordPress Pattern Directory and every single one was contributed by someone in this community. That next pattern could be yours.
Table Lead
Chetan Prajapati is a seasoned WordPress developer, active open sourceOpen SourceOpen 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. contributor, and community builder with over a decade of experience, recognized for contributions to multiple WordPress releases and an organizer of WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. Ahmedabad and WordCamp Asia 2025 & 2026, passionate about building strong communities.
What Will We Be Doing at the Table?
At the Patterns table on Contributor Day, we’ll be:
Creating new patterns for the Pattern Directory using the BlockBlockBlock 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. Editor
Reviewing submitted patterns for quality, accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility), and design
Welcoming first-time contributors and walking them through the process step by step
No matter your experience level, there will be something meaningful for you to work on.
Do I Need to Be a Developer?
Not at all! If you’re comfortable using the WordPress Block Editor, you already have the most important skill. The Patterns team is one of the most beginner-friendly entry points into WordPress contribution — no local dev setup, no coding required for many tasks.
Designers, site builders, developers, and Block Editor enthusiasts are all equally welcome.
How to Prepare Before April 9?
Want to hit the ground running? Here are a few things you can do ahead of Contributor Day:
Set up your WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/account.
Contributor Day is one of our favourite parts of any WordCamp — the energy, the collaboration, the feeling of giving back to something we all love. We can’t wait to welcome you to the Patterns table and contribute together.
BlockBlockBlock 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 status:
17 Block themes are currently being reviewed
10 The Block theme has been live for the last 7 days
This week, 150+ themes were suspended, as they were not updated and had security issues. And also with affiliate spam links.
We request everyone to update your theme according to the current theme guidelines to avoid suspending the themes.
2. Open Floor
@ohia shared about WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. Madrid Contributor DayContributor DayContributor 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/. She said, “On Friday at WCMAD I led the themes table. We had 6 new people sign on to the #themes channel, and we translated the orally to Spanish the guidelines and read about the team. Then we uploaded a theme in playground and we reviewed it for theme requirements but didn’t finish”.
She added, “It made me realize that I need to do this on my own a few times so I can be a better leader at the tables but it was a good time and everyone learned something amidst the chaos of a very loud CD”.
During the open floor, @kafleg shared about the WordPress 6.7 change, per @joyously comment in the meeting agenda post. With the WordPress. 6.7 change, that could affect themes that use the accordion markup in the CustomizerCustomizerTool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. theme page: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63042
Here’s a summary of the WordPress Themes Team’s contributions in 2024, including Trac ticket activities and blockBlockBlock 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. theme statistics.
We sincerely appreciate everyone who participated in reviewing and creating themes, attended team meetings, identified bugs in the Theme Developer Handbook, and contributed in other ways to support the Themes Team.
Please note that these statistics are based on WordPress TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. custom query filters and some manual counts. If you notice any inaccuracies in the data, feel free to let us know, and we’ll verify them promptly.
“The primary focus of the team is to help theme authors transition to blockBlockBlock 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.-based themes.”
Let’s bring that in with the description of what the team does and their priorities.
The current issues:
The name of the team’s SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ channel doesn’t fit anymore: the team is no longer called the Themes Review team, but the slack channel is still called #themereview. This creates confusion for contributors, especially in the context of contributor days and general onboarding.
Team competencies have expanded: so far, the main task of the team members has been reviews. With the advent of block themes, the queues have become much shorter, and not many reviewers are needed anymore. Some team members have moved on to participate in theme-related tasks such as creating new default themes, helping maintain past default themes, and also contributing to community themes. Some have created patterns or even moved to focus on easing the gap between classic and block themes with work in the editor itself. All of this combines to focus on helping those creating themes move and grow in using block themes.
The need for visibility of an expanded team: If the team’s competencies expand, onboarding new theme members allows for a greater diversity of profiles. We want to collaborate closer with the design team, coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. editor team and empower designers to collaborate and contribute.
Continue to have a team meeting focused on theme reviews. This remains an opportunity for theme authors to ask questions about submitting their themes.
Begin to have a weekly bug scrub for default themes on Monday afternoons at 14:00 BST.
Team reporting:
The team will continue to report stats on the number of submitted and closed themes, reviews, and emails…
Default theme stats will be reported each month at the end of the month.
Team reps:
Team reps don’t need to cover all the new areas of focus of the team, but hopefully, this change will encourage people from outside the scope of reviews to volunteer as representatives in the future
Encourage contribution days to have theme tables to embrace this new focus.
Update the team handbook to reflect the changes.
This will include improving the documentation for contributor dayContributor DayContributor 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/ leads and meetupMeetupAll local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. organizers.
Let’s discuss this proposal and see what the rest of the missing pieces here are.
Blue Note, the second WordPress community theme is live on the WordPress themes directory. This theme is perfect for writers and bloggers. It is an elegant and fun blockBlockBlock 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. theme inspired by jazz and the record label “Blue Note Records”.
Blue Note comes with 14 different patterns. It can be easily added to the post and page. It also includes 7 page templates and 4 template parts. The design of the patterns was inspired by Jazz record covers.
As per the designer @beafialho, the idea for the design comes after working on the State of Words slide 2020. There was plenty of inspiration around the Blue Note aesthetic and jazzy style, which gave us the idea of designing a theme that essentially had a very simple structure, and offered many styled patterns.
Community Themes
Community themes are a new initiative to provide high-quality themes for free. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to contribute to this effort on the Community Themes GitHub repository.
