This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log [Update Link]. (If you don’t have a 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/ account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 30 attendees: @rjekic, @vishitshah, @rfluethi, @ravigadhiyawp, @pooja-n, @noruzzaman, @sibokul, @webgrrrl, @sonaliprajapati, @dilip2615, @dhavalkapadane, @pravin1996, @ketanniruke, @freewebmentor, @andrewssanya, @sumitsingh, @rithika3, @mohkatz, @vasantrajput, @gohelkunjan(async), @vijay5696, @bigod(async), @jagirbahesh, @dhrumilk(async), @nitspatel(async), @palak678(async), @makanikaran(async), @harshjadav003(async), @valeriewandeler(async), @ursha(async)

Let’s welcome the new contributors who joined the Training channel this week:

Newcomers: @gohelkunjan, @saifullahnakiih, @dennistrama

• Welcome all, let us know in the thread what brought you to the Training team and what you’d like to get involved with
  • @rjekic – Welcome to this beautiful place!
  • @sonaliprajapati – Welcome to Trainning Team
  • @andrewssanya – Friends Welcome to the #training

Meeting hosted by: @rjekic

Note Taker: @andrewssanya

Note Reviewer: @VasantRajput

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

• July 14th – @andrewssanya
• July 21st – @sibokul
• July 28th – @pravin1996
• August 4th @mohkatz

Important note: If anyone needs to know more about note-taking and needs guidance in creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM @VasantRajput. He will guide you for a Recap Note and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

• We are planning to host Office Hours on July 26, 2026, but we need your help:
  • Do you agree with the proposed date – July 26, 2026?
  • We need someone to host the meeting. Please state your interest and availability to host the Office Hours meeting
  • We need a note-taker for the Office Hours meeting. Please state your interest and availability.
  • We would like to know your opinion on how we can improve these meetings and encourage more members to join and participate actively. You can share your suggestion here or in this GitHubGitHub 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 ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/ issue – Host Office Hours on July 26, 2026 #3535. Big thank you to everyone who has shared feedback so far!
    • @sumitsingh – Who is planning to join the Office Hours meeting?I love to see some feedback from amazing team members
    • @sibokul – I am very interested to join this office hours meeting
    • @andrewssanya – I’ll be there.
  • Just a reminder that the Office Hours meeting started as project that will strengthen the Training Team community and help you feel the Training Team vibe and realize that you are the important link in the chain
  • We’re actively updating the Training Team handbooks, and there’s still time to contribute. If you have any suggestions, improvements, or ideas, please share them – we’d greatly appreciate your input – Update Handbook : “Handbook” #3447

Looking for volunteers

• We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers – one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
• Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. You’re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Here’s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3428.
• We currently have 530 open issues. It would be great to get support in reviewing and reducing their number. You can help by:
  • Going through issues one by one
  • Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
  • Suggesting fixes or next steps
  • Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)
  • We labeled some of the issues as Good First Issues – if you want to start contributing, this is your starting point. Just go and find issues labeled as Good First Issue, particularly those that have Feedback in the issue title – help us verify them, and you will earn the Training Team Contributor badge in no time. Just follow this handbook article –https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/training-team-how-to-guides/how-we-use-github/validating-and-applying-content-feedback/# validating-content-feedback-issues
•  Let’s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

• N/A

Other News

• We’re Looking for WCUS 2026 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/ Table Leads! If you’re planning to attend and would like to represent the Training team, or know someone who would be a great fit, please submit a nomination. We’d love to have you join us!
• Training Team Monthly update for June is published – make.wordpress.org/updates/…/training-team-update-july-5th-2026
• 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. Rajshahi Contributor Day Update: 10 contributors joined the Training Team table. Two new contributors started the Training Team Contributor Course, and @devmuhib009 supported the Team as a table lead.
• How to Bring Your Community to Make WordPress Slack?
  https://make.wordpress.org/community/2026/06/09/how-to-bring-your-community-to-make-wordpress-slack/
  

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

• Content ready for review
  • See Guidelines for reviewing content when reviewing content.
  • We have 9 issues ready for review

• Feedback awaiting validation
  • See Validating and Applying Content Feedback for step-by-step guidance on validating feedback.
  • We have 46 issues that require validation

• Topics awaiting vetting
  • See Vetting Topic Ideas for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
  • We have 2 issues that require vetting

• Validated feedback awaiting fix
  • Contributors, see Validating and Applying Content Feedback for step-by-step guidance on applying feedback that has been validated.
  • We have 25 issues awaiting a fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

• Badges awarded: 
  • N/A
• Give Props:
  • @sumitsingh – Props to @mkrndmane for translating the Learn siteLearn site The Training Team publishes its completed lesson plans at https://learn.wordpress.org/ which is often referred to as the "Learn" site. in Marathi

Project updates

• We successfully finished the Training Team Office Hours meeting on June 27th and scheduled another one for July 26th. You can read more about it in this P2 post – https://make.wordpress.org/training/2026/06/28/office-hours-meeting-recap-27th-june-2026/
  • Also, we got so many ideas for the next Training Team Office Hour sessions. You can follow, and hopefully join, the discussion in our Slack #training https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1782803983878699?thread_ts=1782803870.117809&cid=C02RW657Q
• Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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. Theme Development Course cohort), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Development this month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
• Also, we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on Plugin Development next month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.

Upcoming Online Workshops

• Kick-off: In 7 Wochen zur eigenen Website – WordPress-Lerngruppe Juli 2026 – https://www.meetup.com/learn-wordpress-online-workshops/events/315067852/

Contributor Updates

• What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
  • @sumitsingh: I am working for #wcus events with the Community team, also doing contribution for my best team #training . So if anyone is attending WCUS, then we are still looking for a table lead members for this #training team
  • @mkrndmane: Learn WP website 100% translated in Marathi now. Learn WordPress
    Learn WordPress – There’s always more to learn | Learn WordPress
    Whether you’re a first-time blogger or seasoned developer, there’s always more to learn. From community members all over the world, these vast resources will help you learn more about WordPress and share it with others.
    • @sumitsingh – Great contribution by you and the entire Marathi community @mkrndmane
    • @mkrndmane – Thank you @sumitsingh, Is that make me eligible to receive training contributor badge?
    • @sumitsingh – Let me check all your contributions, then update you!
      And check this handbook for the Training Contributor Badge: https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/about/team-profile-badges/
• Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
• Do you have any blockers?
• Can another contributor or a Training Team member help you in some way?

Open Discussions

• If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this post.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

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