Triage Squad GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/ triage: Biweekly on Thursdays 07:00 UTC
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.
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 an Office Hours session for August 22, 2026:
Topic: Note-taking and publication workflow: Who does what, and how?
We have also reviewed several GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/ issues related to Office Hours. You can view all open Office Hours tickets and share your suggestions here: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22Office%20Hours%22
We have discussed starting a regular GitHub triage meeting (finally), but this has not yet been confirmed.
Proposed schedule: Triage Squad GitHub triage – biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC.
Please let us know if you would be interested in joining this Slack meeting if we decide to move forward with it.
Big thank you to everyone who has shared feedback so far!
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: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3447
Our colleague, @Melita, revived the Learning Pathway Course: Intermediate PluginPluginA 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. Developer Course – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2044. She started working on course modules and lessons, and you can help her by suggesting and giving your opinion on newly created content – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2182#issuecomment-5203614201
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 552 open issues. It would be most effective to divide them into smaller categories and work through them one by one.
We can start with a label that is suitable for everyone to review. We suggest this simple workflow:
Going through issues one by one
Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
Suggesting fixes or next steps
Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)
For the upcoming sessions, we should divide the open issues into smaller groups and work through one categoryCategoryThe 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. at a time. This should make the process more organised and easier for everyone to participate in.
However, we would appreciate your suggestions on which category would be the easiest and most useful for everyone to start with. Other available categories include:
On 28 July, the Learn WordPress DACH team launched its first German-language course cohort, “Starten mit WordPress.” A huge thank you to everyone who signed up and to our cohort facilitators for helping bring this initiative to life. DACH team is looking forward to seven weeks of learning WordPress together through weekly live sessions and engaging asynchronous activities in between.
The Learn WordPress website is now 100% translated into Marathi! You can explore the Marathi version here: https://learn.wordpress.org/?locale=mr. A big thank you to @makarand & everyone who contributed to reaching this milestone.
@rjekic Props to @clk87 for clearing the clutter in GitHub issues
@rjekic Props to @Sumit Singh and @Rico for being awake and actively participating in the meeting.
Project updates
Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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 Development Course cohort), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on Plugin 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.
@Sumitsingh : First time happening online flagship contribution in WordCamp US, so those who are interested onliner join this amazing event
Contributor Updates
What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
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 issue.
Currently, no new topics have been raised!
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.
The icebreaker question was: What is one WordPress feature or tool you recently discovered that made your work easier? Contributors mentioned tools and features including the WordPress Site Editor, 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, connectors screen, ACF, Full Site Editing, and other tools that have helped make development, design, and workflow tasks easier.
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.
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 an Office Hours session for August 22, 2026.
Topic: Note-taking and publication workflow: Who does what, and how?
Several GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/ issues related to Office Hours have also been reviewed.
For upcoming sessions, the proposal is to divide open issues into smaller groups and work through one categoryCategoryThe 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. at a time.
Please share which category you think should be reviewed first. Once selected, the team can divide the issues and work through them together, one by one.
Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session
The team is planning to start Triage Squad GitHub triage, biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC.
If you are interested, please comment or share feedback in the #training channel on WordPress Slack.
The Learn WordPress DACH team launched its first German-language course cohort, Starten mit WordPress, on July 28, 2026. The program is currently running, and discussions with participants are already producing real insights into WordPress.
The Learn WordPress website is now 100% translated into Marathi. You can explore the Marathi version here: Learn WordPress in Marathi. A big thank you to @makarand and everyone who contributed to reaching this milestone.
If you are looking for support to attend 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. US, see Pitching WordCamp US to Your Boss
@sumitsingh: Props to @rjekic for writing and publishing the Training Team Monthly Update for August.
@sumitsingh: Props to @rfluethi for drafting the post for the Office Hours session on July 26, 2026.
Project updates
Building on the momentum of the Block Theme Development Course cohort, the team is preparing to launch its next cohort focused on PluginPluginA 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.
The team looks forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
@mebo shared that they are continuing work on Module 13’s “Rendering plugin data” lesson, building from Jonathan’s initial draft and expanding the remaining sections. The lesson covers theme templates, Site Editor templates, custom blocks, shortcodes, template tags, and hooking into the_content, with each approach supported by a working code example. There are no blockers, but feedback is welcome on whether the lesson should remain as one lesson or be split, given the number of rendering approaches covered. Review is requested in Rendering plugin data #2182.
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 issue.
Currently, no new topics have been raised, but asynchronous contributions are welcome via the Slack thread to continue the discussion.
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.
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.
We have also reviewed several GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/ issues related to Office Hours. You can view all open Office Hours tickets and share your suggestions here: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22Office%20Hours%22
We have discussed starting a regular GitHub triage meeting, but this has not yet been confirmed.
Proposed schedule: Triage Squad GitHub triage – biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC.
Please let us know if you would be interested in joining this SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ meeting if we decide to move forward with it.
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: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/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 around 555 open issues, and I think it would be more effective to divide them into smaller categories and work through them one by one.
We can start with a simple label that is suitable for everyone to review. My suggestion is:
Going through issues one by one
Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
Suggesting fixes or next steps
Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)
For the upcoming sessions, I am proposing that we divide the open issues into smaller groups and work through one categoryCategoryThe 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. at a time. This should make the process more organised and easier for everyone to participate in.
However, I would appreciate your suggestions on which category would be the easiest and most useful for everyone to start with. Other available categories include:
We successfully hosted our Office Hours session on 26 July 2026 and had a productive discussion covering many valuable topics and ideas. A big thank you to everyone who attended and contributed: @rfluethi, @sumitsingh, @sibokul, @vasantrajput, @andrewssanya
The Learn WordPress website is now 100% translated into Marathi! You can explore the Marathi version here: https://learn.wordpress.org/?locale=mr A big thank you to @mkrndmane & everyone who contributed to reaching this milestone.
We’re Looking for WCUS 2026 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://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!
Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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 Development Course cohort), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPluginA 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
N/A
Contributor Updates
What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
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 issue.
Looks like we don’t have anything at the moment. If anyone has anything async, please reply in this thread, and we can keep the discussion going.
And that concludes this week’s meeting. Thanks to all who participated in sync and to those who will in the future.
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 or our Guide Program.
The Training Team is planning to host Office Hours on July 26, 2026, and is seeking community feedback and participation to make the session successful.
Contributors were asked to confirm whether they support the proposed date and to volunteer for key roles, including meeting host and note-taker. When asked about the meeting agenda, the organizers confirmed that the discussion topics will be shared in a dedicated post soon. In the meantime, contributors were directed to the list of ongoing Office Hours issues and the project board containing the planned discussion topics.
The team also invited feedback on how to improve future Office Hours and encourage greater community participation. Contributors are encouraged to share suggestions either during discussions or through the corresponding GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3535
The Training Team is actively updating its handbooks and continues to welcome community contributions. Contributors are encouraged to share suggestions, improvements, and ideas to help enhance the handbook content. Feedback can be submitted through the https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3447 initiative and will play an important role in improving the documentation for the entire community.
Looking for volunteers
The Training Team is looking for volunteers to support several ongoing initiatives aimed at improving Learn WordPress resources and maintaining the team’s GitHub repository.
Volunteers are needed to review and consolidate existing content by joining one of two groups: one focused on updating the Training Team handbooks and another dedicated to reviewing course materials. The team will help organize contributors and guide them through the process.
In addition, contributors are invited to assist with creating thumbnails for Learn WordPress lessons that still need visual assets. This creative initiative is being coordinated through the Create Thumbnails for Learn WordPress Lessons (#3428) project.
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’re Looking for WCUS 2026 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://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 Traning team, or know someone who would be a great fit, please submit a nomination. We’d love to have you join us!
During this week’s recognition: @ravigadhiyawp was awarded the Training Team Badge in recognition of his contributions.
No Contributor Badges were awarded during this reporting period.
The team congratulated Ravi on the achievement and continues to encourage contributors to participate and earn future recognition.
Props:
@devmuhib: Special recognition was given to @sumitsingh and @rjekic for hosting meetings and managing the Training Team during Muhibul Haque’s absence due to illness over the past few weeks. Their leadership and continued support helped ensure the team’s activities and operations ran smoothly.
Project updates
The Training Team has gathered numerous ideas for upcoming Training Team Office Hours. Contributors are encouraged to follow the ongoing discussion in the #training Slack channel and are welcome to join the conversation by sharing ideas and participating in planning future Office Hour sessions.
Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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 Development Course cohort), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPluginA 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
No workshop scheduled for this week.
Contributor Updates
What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
Do you have any blockers?
Can other contributors or Training Team members help you in some way?
Open Discussions
During the open discussion segment, contributors were invited to suggest topics for discussion by commenting on the meeting issue.
No additional topics were raised during the session, though participants were encouraged to continue conversations asynchronously in the discussion thread.
The meeting concluded with appreciation extended to all participants who attended synchronously, as well as those who will contribute asynchronously. The team confirmed that discussions will continue in the following week’s meeting.
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.
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.
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 GitHubGitHubGitHub 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
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)
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 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://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!
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. 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/
@sumitsingh – Props to @mkrndmane for translating the Learn siteLearn siteThe 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/
Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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 Development Course cohort), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPluginA 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.
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.
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.
The icebreaker question was: What is one WordPress feature, tool, or workflow you discovered recently that made your development or design process easier? Contributors mentioned tools and features including AI connectors, Cove.run for creating local reproduction sites, exporting a website as a theme, the Cover 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. for hero sections, full viewport height in the Cover block, and block bindings.
Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out include our onboarding program and our Guide Program.
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 with the recap note, review it, and publish the Recap Post.
Looking for feedback
The next Training Team Office Hours are planned for July 26, 2026. The team received some great ideas and feedback last week and would still love to hear from more community members. If you have suggestions on how to make Zoom meetings more engaging and encourage greater participation, share them in Training Team Office Hours #3535.
The team is actively updating the Training Team handbooks, and there is still time to contribute. If you have suggestions, improvements, or ideas, please share them in Update the Training Team Handbook #3447.
We need help finding content that could be updated and consolidated. The team would like to have two groups of volunteers:
One group to review all the Training Team handbook content.
One group to review the courses.
Please state your interest, and the team will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
The team has started creating thumbnails for lessons that still need them. You are welcome to contribute to this important and creative project. See Create Thumbnails for Learn WordPress Lessons #3428 for details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails.
We currently have 532 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 issues.
Some issues have been labelled Good First Issue. If you want to start contributing, look for issues with this label, particularly those with “Feedback” in the issue title. You can help verify them by following the handbook guidance on validating content feedback issues.
Let’s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized.
At 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. Rajshahi 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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/, 10 contributors joined the Training Team table. Two new contributors started the Training Team Contributor Course, and @devmuhib served as the Training Team table lead.
The team is looking for WordCamp US 2026 Contributor Day Table Leads. Contributors planning to attend and interested in representing the Training Team, or those who know someone who would be a good fit, are encouraged to submit a nomination.
Come and Contribute
This week’s contribution focus area
This week, contributors are encouraged to begin with issues labelled Good First Issue, particularly feedback-related issues that need validation. Contributors can also support the handbook and course reviews, lesson thumbnail creation, and the reduction of open issues in the Learn WordPress repository.
The Training Contributor badge was awarded to @ursha. Congratulations!
Give Props
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Project updates
The team successfully completed the Training Team Office Hours meeting on June 27 and scheduled the next meeting for July 26. Read more in the Office Hours Meeting Recap – 27th June 2026.
Building on the momentum of the Block Theme Development Course cohort, the team is preparing to launch its next learning cohort, focused on PluginPluginA 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, in July. The team looks forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
Anything you have 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.
Currently, no new topics have been raised, but asynchronous contributions are welcome via the Slack thread to continue the discussion.
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.
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.
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.
We are planning to host Office Hours on July 26, 2026, but I’ve noticed that not many members are joining the Zoom meetings. Could you please suggest how we can improve these meetings and encourage more members to join and participate actively? – You can share your suggestion here or in this GitHubGitHubGitHub 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, please https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3535
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: Create Thumbnails for Learn WordPress Lessons #3428
We have closed a few issues and still have 525 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)
Let’s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized. If anyone has QQ, then drop a message here, please
We successfully wrapped up our 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 Development Course cohort last week, with eight students participating throughout the program. It was a great learning experience, giving participants hands-on exposure to modern WordPress theme development.
Building on this momentum, we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPluginA 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 next month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
@VasantRajput is mentoring a few students in the Training team Guide program.
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
Currently, no new topics have been raised, but asynchronous contributions are welcome via the Slack thread to continue the discussion.
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.
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.
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.
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: Create Thumbnails for Learn WordPress Lessons #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)
Let’s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized :crossed_swords:
Training Contributor badge is awarded to @valeriewandeler, but since she is not here in this moment, @Rico can come to the stage and pick it up for her! Let’s give a round of warm applause for them!
Props to @SAndrew for his countless efforts in progressing in the training contribution
Props to @tt-admins for supporting the new members, especially when I was away
Project updatesS
We successfully wrapped up our 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 Development Course cohort last week, with eight students participating throughout the program. It was a great learning experience, giving participants hands-on exposure to modern WordPress theme development.
Building on this momentum, we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPluginA 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 next month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
@VasantRajput is mentoring a few students in the Training team Guide program. If you want to guide or to be guided, just leave a message in the #training channel and someone will help you
Upcoming Online Workshops
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Open Discussions
If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
@rjekic: Yes, I started (re)testing everything, and I will inform you and Sebastien soon. Thank you for the support!
@psykro: Awesome, thanks. PingPingThe act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” me if you need any support with anything. And if I don’t reply in 24-48 hours in GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/, feel free to DM me here, as I sometimes miss a GitHub notification in all the noise from other repositories
What’s your plan in 2026 related to WordPress?
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.
Date: June 27, 2026 Time: 14:00 to 15:00 UTC (local time) Platform: Zoom Recording: internal, not published Moderator: Sumit Singh (@sumitsingh) Note-taker: Rico F. Lüthi (@rfluethi)
This session had three participants. The items in the Recommendations section are therefore explicitly recommendations, not team decisions. Please share feedback by the next weekly Tuesday meeting, as a comment on this post or in the #trainingSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ channel.
Participants
Name
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/ profile
Ibrahim Nasir joined for the first time. He is a Support Engineer at Proper Fraction LLC, has been active on WordPress.org since 2019, and works mainly in the Support team. His experience can help the team with organizational questions.
Context
The session focused on two things: an open review of participation and of how the meeting formats are scoped, and a joint pass through the Office Hours issues in the WordPress/Learn repository. There are around 526 open issues in total; seven of the Office Hours issues were closed in this session. One observation from the group: many people attend the weekly Tuesday meetings, but many of them only read along. For the Office Hours, there is little feedback on whether the format works.
Topics
1. Meeting formats: Office Hours, TT-Admins, and the Tuesday meeting
The group discussed that the Office Hours should be cancelled if they do not reach higher attendance, and that the format is promoted too little at the Tuesday meetings and in the monthly reports. It is striking that the Triage meeting, which has not run for months, is mentioned all the time, while the Office Hours meeting is not. Office Hours without participants are effectively a TT-Admins meeting.
The proposal is to clearly separate the three formats, so it is obvious which topics belong where. The two additional formats (Office Hours and TT-Admins) are public and minuted, so everyone can take part and absent contributors can follow up asynchronously.
Format
Cadence
Purpose
Which topics belong here
Tuesday meeting (main meeting)
weekly
Central information and coordination for the whole team
Overall status, announcements, open proposals and votes, reports from Office Hours and TT-Admins
Office Hours
monthly, public, minuted
Substantive discussion and idea evaluation
Cross-cutting and strategic topics, new ideas and their viability, proposal preparation, open questions, onboarding topics
TT-Admins meeting
scheduled regularly, cancelled when not needed
Administrative processes and issue tracking
Issue triage and backlog maintenance, administrative decisions, responsibilities, operational work
A coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. task of the Office Hours is to evaluate new ideas together first (in a brainstorming issue) before anyone writes a proposal. Small-scale admin and triage work does not belong in the Office Hours; it belongs in the TT-Admins meeting. Whether the TT-Admins meeting and the Triage meeting are kept separate or merged is still to be decided. The split should be written up as a proposal (#3536), discussed, evaluated, and anchored in the handbook.
2. Collaboration instead of single proposals
Ideas should be evaluated together before anyone takes on the effort of a proposal. This is the core task of the Office Hours as a public, minuted space, and the reason a regular live meeting is needed despite fluctuating attendance: direct exchange is hard to replace asynchronously. Sumit shared the view that too few people confirm an idea and drive it forward.
3. Issue pass
Strategy: close completed and outdated tickets, and reopen on objection. Seven of the Office Hours issues were closed in this session. The regular cleanup of the backlog is a standing goal for the coming meetings. The individual issues are listed in the Action Items.
4. Badge system
The badge system feels intransparent to parts of the team. The plan is to collect ideas internally in issue #3487 first, turn them into a public proposal (#3539), and then build a work list with responsibilities and a clear checklist. Important to note: the official badges on profiles.wordpress.org are not assigned by the Training Team alone, but in coordination with the Community and MetaMetaMeta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. teams. The team can clearly define its own contributor recognition; changes to the official badges require coordination with the responsible teams.
5. 2026 goals
Instead of yearly goals, the team should set shorter goals (about three months), so newcomers see the current plans. The goals should be written using the SMART method (specific, measurable, attractive, realistic, time-bound) and stay connected to the team vision and the wider WordPress goals (#3475).
6. Organization and next meeting
If it is decided to continue the Office Hours, the next meeting will probably be on July 26, 2026, 14:00 UTC (#3535). Because Rico cannot attend the Saturday Office Hours in July, the group discussed whether the meeting could move to a Sunday (July 26) as an exception. Otherwise it should take place on Saturday, July 25. Sumit will clarify this.
Recommendations (for the team to confirm)
#
Recommendation
Consensus of attendees
1
Close all issues that have not been touched for a year; reopen on objection by the people involved
Yes
2
Set shorter goals (about three months), write them with SMART, and align them with the vision and the community goals
Yes
3
Add the Office Hours as a fixed item in the weekly meetings and minutes, mention them in the monthly reports, and promote them more visibly
Yes
4
Collect badge ideas, open a proposal, develop a checklist and responsibilities, and coordinate with Community and Meta
Yes, as a proposal
5
Next meeting probably Sunday July 26, 2026 (as an exception) or Saturday July 25, 14:00 UTC, pending Sumit’s clarification
Reach out to Nikola and Maria as a fallback for 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. Europe
Host 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 workshop for Note Takers
Define badge-hunter filterFilterFilters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. measure
Migrate the Office Hours topic list into the Learn GitHubGitHubGitHub 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/
Date: probably Sunday, July 26, 2026 (as an exception), otherwise Saturday, July 25, 2026; Sumit to confirm Time: 14:00 UTC Issue:#3535 Moderator: open Note-taker: open
#13 Meeting formats: separate Tuesday meeting, Office Hours, and TT-Admins
#14 Office Hours topic collection: migrate the personal project board into the Learn GitHub
#15 Office Hours topics: let contributors prioritize so urgent items surface
#16 TT-Admins meeting and Triage: clear separation vs. merge
#17 Badge system reform: proposal, checklist, and responsibilities with Community and Meta
Get involved and resources
Everyone is welcome to contribute, whether or not they join the Office Hours. Please share feedback on the recommendations by the next Tuesday meeting, as a comment or in Slack.
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.
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:
We currently have 511 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)
Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session
N/A
Other News
Great news for local WordPress communities! You can now request a dedicated channel for your local community on Make WordPress SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. Check out the announcement and guidelines to get started:
Training Team 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. Europe 2026 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://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ Online event video has been published:
We successfully wrapped up our 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 Development Course cohort last week, with eight students participating throughout the program. It was a great learning experience, giving participants hands-on exposure to modern WordPress theme development.
Building on this momentum, we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPluginA 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 next month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
@organvlasti: I reviewed A handbook copy update proposal #3447 can even propose updates, if needed. Overall, it’s a good work and far better than what we currently have, much more informative and well put together.
Looks like we don’t have anything at the moment. If anyone has anything async. Please reply in this thread and we can keep the discussion going.
And that concludes this week’s meeting. Thanks to all who participated in sync and to those who will in the future.
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.
