This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (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 31 attendees:: @Mosescursor, @rjekic, @ravigadhiyawp, @rfluethi, @Dhruvang21, @ranupatel11, @rithika3, @jaydipgoswami, @VasantRajput, @hemant-ahir, @dilip2615, @zeelthakkar, @sumitsingh, @jagirbahesh, @margheweb, @rraventos (async), @utsav72640 (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @andrewssanya (async), @sonaliprajapati (async), @sibokul (async), @vishitshah (async), @rinkuiihglobal (async), @joesimpsonjr (async), @benazeer (async), @studionashvegas (async), @clk87 (async), @mohkatz (async), @ursha (async), @andrewssanya (async), @chris1ober (async)

Newcomers: @rutvik0201, @micahele
Note taker: @jaydipgoswami
Meeting hosted by: @rjekic

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.

1. News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note-taker roster:

• October 14th – @jaydipgoswami
• October 21st – @hemant-ahir
• October 28th – @Mosescursor
• November 4th – @VasantRajput
• November 11th – @sibokul
• November 18th – @ranupatel11

Looking for feedback

• The content translation process in the Training Team could use some improvement. Currently, our lessons rely on transcripts as their main written content. However, these machine-generated transcripts are often difficult to understand. We originally included them to ensure there was at least some content alongside the video, which could then be translated into different languages.
• Since all lesson videos are hosted on YouTube — which already provides a strong transcription system — we don’t need to manually translate these transcripts. Instead, we’d like to provide high-quality written content that is directly related to each lesson.
• We understand that video lesson producers may not always have enough time to create this text content themselves. In those cases, another contributor could watch the video carefully and create accurate written content.
• We are prioritizing this change because we’ve received feedback from members of the disability community who reported that translated transcripts often fail to convey the original meaning or ideas of the lesson. We consider this an accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (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) issue and want to ensure our lessons are inclusive. By providing well-written, human-curated text content, we can better support learners with hearing impairments, enabling them to fully engage with the material.

Looking for volunteers

• Several courses are listed in the WordPress Credit course, so we’ve decided to review them thoroughly. Our goal is to catch and fix any misspellings, typos, broken links, or outdated information.
• You’re welcome to go through these courses as well and create issues on 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ if you find anything that needs attention.
  • Here are the courses where we need volunteer:
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/open-source-basics-and-wordpress/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/how-decisions-are-made-in-the-wordpress-project/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/community-meeting-etiquette/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/writing-in-the-wordpress-voice/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/basic-principles-of-conflict-resolution/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/beginner-wordpress-user/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/intermediate-wordpress-user/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/advanced-wordpress-user/

Update for last week’s triage squad

• N/A

Other news

• 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. Dhaka is coming up on 18–19 October! 🎉 If you’re in Bangladesh, don’t miss this amazing event: https://dhaka.wordcamp.org/2025/
• WordCamp Skopje is coming up on 18–19 October, for the fifth time! 🎉 If you’re in Macedonia, feel free to join us: https://skopje.wordcamp.org/2025/
• WordCamp Surat is coming up on 16 November 2025, for the first time! 🎉 If you’re in Gujarat-India, feel free to join us: https://surat.wordcamp.org/2025/

2. Come and Contribute

Content ready for review

• See Guidelines for reviewing content when reviewing content.
• We have 9 issues ready for review. You can find them here.

Feedback awaiting validation

• See Validating and Applying Content Feedback for step-by-step guidance on validating feedback.
• We have 12 issues that require validation. You can find them here.

Topics awaiting vetting

• See Vetting Topic Ideas for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
• We have 3 issues that require vetting. You can find them here.

Good first issues for developers

• See Developing Learn WordPress for instructions on contributing to the Learn WordPress code.
• We have 0 issues requiring development. You can find them here.

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. You can find them here.

3. Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges Awarded

• Contributor Badge awarded to: @sonaliprajapati

Give Props

Let’s give props! Do you have someone from the team you want to celebrate? 

• @devmuhib: Props to @rjekic for clearing all the Github issue tickets.

4. Project updates

• Course Cohort
  • Concluded our first cohort and planning new cohorts in local languages including German, Hindi and Gujarati. @rfluethi published the Course Cohort post – you can see it here and join the discussion if you like.
• WordPress Credits
  • WordPress Credits is a contribution-based practice program by the WordPress Foundation that brings university students into the heart of the WordPress open sourceOpen Source Open 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. project. The program helps students develop transferable skills, gain practical experience, and join a global community of open source contributors.
    https://make.wordpress.org/handbook/wordpress-credits-contribution-internship-program/. The recordings from the WPCC Info Sessions are now up on WordPress.tv
    • https://wordpress.tv/2025/10/09/wordpress-campus-connect-info-session-1/
    • https://wordpress.tv/2025/10/09/wordpress-campus-connect-info-session-2/

5. Upcoming Online Workshops

• There are no planned workshops for this week, but you can watch the previous workshops:
  • https://wordpress.tv/2025/09/19/so-you-want-to-create-lessons-for-learn-wordpress/
  • https://wordpress.tv/2025/09/19/how-to-write-image-alt-text/
  • https://wordpress.tv/2025/09/26/mastering-the-query-loop-block-in-wordpress/
  • https://wordpress.tv/2025/10/06/facilitating-workshops-in-the-wordpress-training-team/
  • https://wordpress.tv/2025/10/08/getting-the-word-out-a-content-first-approach/

6. Contributor Updates

• What have you been working on and how has it been going?
  • @mohkatz: We’re working on translating a few documents into mainly Luganda and Kinyarwanda, and also Swahili, almost done with WP Credits presentation translation and a few others and we will submit soon hopefully in the next few days. Also planning on translating some more and helping review and edit any errors or typos in existing ones in English. As well as plan for supporting and organizing local training Meetups in Jinja and support or co-host any workshops here.
• Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
• Do you have any blockers?
• Can other contributor or Training Team members help you in some way?

7. Open Discussions

• If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue. Slack Thread
  • @devmuhib: I’d like to discuss a few things.
    I’m currently serving as a Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts., with @sumitsingh and @rjekic as Co-Team Reps. According to our handbook, Team reps is selected for 2 years, 1 year to learn and another year to serve. Co-Team Reps are eligible to serve as Team Reps next year if they are available. We have a wonderful team, and all three of us are available.
    However, I’d like to hear your thoughts on the best approach for selecting Team Reps for next year. What would be the best approach to select team reps for next year?
    1) All three of us continue as Team Reps for the upcoming year.
    2) We open an interest form to allow new contributors to express their interest.
    If you’d prefer not to share your feedback publicly, feel free to DM me instead.
    • @rfluethi: I think we should stick with the current Team Reps – I’m very happy with their work. At the same time, it would be great to further develop and highlight the other roles, so that the responsibility doesn’t rest solely with the Team Reps.
    • @rollybueno: While I’m happy as well with the current Team Reps, I think we still need to follow what’s on the handbook.

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