Bijay Yadav 3:01 pm on May 5, 2026
Tags: themes ( 528 ), weekly updates ( 223 )

Themes team update May 5, 2026

i) Theme directory stats

Currently,

16 new tickets are waiting for review.
- 0 tickets are older than 4 weeks
- 0 tickets are older than 2 weeks
- 0 tickets are older than 1 week
- 0 tickets are older than 3 days
84 tickets are assigned.
- 4 tickets are older than 4 weeks
- 23 tickets are older than 2 weeks
- 42 tickets are older than 1 week
- 72 tickets are older than 3 days
3 are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

1067 tickets were opened
1085 tickets were closed
- 1041 tickets were made live.
  - 36 new Themes were made live.
  - 1005 Theme updates were made live.
  - 2 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.
- 44 tickets were not approved.
- 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.

Note: These stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets as well. And data from themes trac.

Number of reviewers: 11 (@acosmin, @ammarsaif, @bijayyadav, @kafleg, @fahimmurshed, @meerab123, @productiveminds, @stacydolan, @superbthemescom, @vowelweb , @wpinterface)

ii) 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 Stats

34 Block themes are currently being reviewed
13 block themes have been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 11	Messages Received 14
Replies Sent 8	Emails Created 1
Resolved 7	Resolved on First Reply 86%

iv) Extras

Create Block Theme 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. now has 20000+ active installs. There are 76 active issues and 9 pull requests in GitHub.
Theme Check Plugin has 14 PRs and 41 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Nikunj Hatkar 12:49 pm on May 5, 2026
Tags: test ( 179 )

Test Team Update: 5 May, 2026

💡If you don’t know how to start, join the Patch Testing Session ☕ held every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 3:00 pm UTC in the #core-test.

Test Ticket Queue 🎟

👉🏻 “(change: N)” represents changes from prior 2 weeks (unless noted).
Note that review implies code validation and addresses developers.

📊 Current totals (since April 21, 2026):

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.

Need to reproduce issue: 134 (change: 0)
Need patch testing: 113 (change: +1)

GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/

Need to reproduce issue: 12 (change: +3)
Need patch testing: 3 (change: +3)

🟢 New/Changed two weeks:

Core

Need to reproduce issue: 0 (change: -1)
Need patch testing: 14 (change: 0)

Gutenberg

Need to reproduce issue: 3 (change: +1)
Need patch testing: 1 (change: +1)

To know more about these reports and what you can do, connect with the Test Team over in #core-test or ➡️ check the full meetings schedule.

+make.wordpress.org/test/

#test

Francisco Torres 10:41 am on May 4, 2026
Tags: plugins ( 588 )

Plugins Team: 4 May 2026

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. Status Change Stats

Plugins requested : 546
Plugins rejected : 209
Plugins closed : 158
Plugins approved : 385

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 4770
- (older than 7 days ago)** : 4105
- (2026-04-27 – 2026-05-03) : 499
- (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 478
- (pending; replied to)* : 4292
- (pending; waiting on author)* : 3750
- (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 450
- (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 92

Help Scout Queue Stats

Total Conversations: 1725
New Conversations: 900
Customers: 1549
Conversations per Day: 215
Busiest Day: Tuesday
Messages Received: 1024
Replies Sent: 3056
Emails Created: 720

* : Stat reflects current size of queue and does not take into account ‘date’ or ‘day’ interval
** : Stat reflects activity only within the ‘recentdays’ from today

#plugins

Bijay Yadav 4:23 pm on April 28, 2026
Tags: themes ( 528 ), weekly updates ( 223 )

Themes team update April 28, 2026

i) Theme directory stats

Currently,

23 new tickets are waiting for review.
- 0 tickets are older than 4 weeks
- 0 tickets are older than 2 weeks
- 0 tickets are older than 1 week
- 0 tickets are older than 3 days
89 tickets are assigned.
- 10 tickets are older than 4 weeks
- 30 tickets are older than 2 weeks
- 56 tickets are older than 1 week
- 88 tickets are older than 3 days
9 are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

1334 tickets were opened
1343 tickets were closed
- 1315 tickets were made live.
  - 38 new Themes were made live.
  - 1277 Theme updates were made live.
  - 9 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.
- 28 tickets were not approved.
- 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.

Note: These stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets as well. And data from themes trac.

Number of reviewers: 14 (@acosmin, @ammarsaif, @bijayyadav, @kafleg, @fahimmurshed, @meerab123, @productiveminds, @rabieelkheir, @shivashankerbhatta, @stacydolan, @hchouhan, @vowelweb , @wpinterface, @creativthemes)

ii) 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 Stats

38 Block themes are currently being reviewed
20 block themes have been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 26	Messages Received 42
Replies Sent 23	Emails Created 0
Resolved 21	Resolved on First Reply 86%

iv) Extras

Create Block Theme 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. now has 20000+ active installs. There are 72 active issues and 7 pull requests in GitHub.
Theme Check Plugin has 14 PRs and 41 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Francisco Torres 4:31 pm on April 27, 2026
Tags: plugins ( 588 )

Plugins Team: 27 Apr 2026

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. Status Change Stats

Plugins requested : 525
Plugins rejected : 470
Plugins closed : 33
Plugins approved : 254

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 4790
- (older than 7 days ago)** : 4113
- (2026-04-20 – 2026-04-26) : 515
- (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 657
- (pending; replied to)* : 4133
- (pending; waiting on author)* : 3609
- (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 440
- (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 84

Help Scout Queue Stats

Total Conversations: 1558
New Conversations: 892
Customers: 1428
Conversations per Day: 194
Busiest Day: Sunday
Messages Received: 861
Replies Sent: 2609
Emails Created: 758

* : Stat reflects current size of queue and does not take into account ‘date’ or ‘day’ interval
** : Stat reflects activity only within the ‘recentdays’ from today

#plugins

Bijay Yadav 5:12 pm on April 21, 2026
Tags: themes ( 528 ), weekly updates ( 223 )

Themes team update April 21, 2026

i) Theme directory stats

Currently,

19 new tickets are waiting for review.
- 0 tickets are older than 4 weeks
- 0 tickets are older than 2 weeks
- 0 tickets are older than 1 week
- 7 tickets are older than 3 days
89 tickets are assigned.
- 7 tickets are older than 4 weeks
- 23 tickets are older than 2 weeks
- 71 tickets are older than 1 week
- 77 tickets are older than 3 days
10 are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

1209 tickets were opened
1259 tickets were closed
- 1227 tickets were made live.
  - 43 new Themes were made live.
  - 1184 Theme updates were made live.
  - 10 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.
- 32 tickets were not approved.
- 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.

Note: These stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets as well. And data from themes trac.

Number of reviewers: 13 (@acosmin, @ammarsaif, @bijayyadav, @kafleg, @fahimmurshed, @meerab123, @productiveminds, @rabieelkheir, @shivashankerbhatta, @stacydolan, @hchouhan, @vowelweb , @wpinterface)

ii) 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 Stats

36 Block themes are currently being reviewed
24 Block theme has been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 10	Messages Received 15
Replies Sent 11	Emails Created 1
Resolved 7	Resolved on First Reply 100%

iv) Extras

Create Block Theme 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. now has 20000+ active installs. There are 72 active issues and 6 pull requests in GitHub.
Theme Check Plugin has 14 PRs and 40 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Nikunj Hatkar 12:11 pm on April 21, 2026
Tags: test ( 179 )

Test Team Update: 21 April, 2026

💡If you don’t know how to start, join the Patch Testing Session ☕ every week on Tuesday at 3:00 pm UTC in the #core-test.

Test Ticket Queue 🎟

👉🏻 “(change: N)” represents changes from prior 2 weeks (unless noted).
Note that review implies code validation and addresses developers.

📊 Current totals (since April 7, 2026):

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.

Need to reproduce issue: 134 (change: -2)
Need patch testing: 112 (change: +4)

Need to reproduce issue: 9 (change: -1)
Need patch testing: 0 (change: -1)

🟢 New/Changed two weeks:

Core

Need to reproduce issue: 1 (change: 0)
Need patch testing: 14 (change: +3)

Gutenberg

Need to reproduce issue: 2 (change: -2)
Need patch testing: 0 (change: 0)

To know more about these reports and what you can do, connect with the Test Team over in #core-test or ➡️ check the full meetings schedule.

+make.wordpress.org/test/

#test

Francisco Torres 8:42 am on April 21, 2026
Tags: plugins ( 588 )

Plugins Team: 20 Apr 2026

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. Status Change Stats

Plugins requested : 522
Plugins rejected : 282
Plugins closed : 84
Plugins approved : 257

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 4891
- (older than 7 days ago)** : 4139
- (2026-04-13 – 2026-04-19) : 525
- (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 827
- (pending; replied to)* : 4064
- (pending; waiting on author)* : 3673
- (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 332
- (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 59

Help Scout Queue Stats

Total Conversations: 1549
New Conversations: 954
Customers: 1396
Conversations per Day: 193
Busiest Day: Monday
Messages Received: 822
Replies Sent: 2544
Emails Created: 795

* : Stat reflects current size of queue and does not take into account ‘date’ or ‘day’ interval
** : Stat reflects activity only within the ‘recentdays’ from today

#plugins

Milana Cap 9:25 am on April 20, 2026
Tags: docs ( 212 )

Documentation Team Update – April 20, 2026

New schema for docs meetings:

1st in the month – 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/ chat
2nd in the month – Video call
3rd in the month – Slack chat
4th in the month – 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://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ (video)
5th in the month – Video call

Documentation Issue Tracker stats.

Current state

By status:

To do: 418
In progress: 50
Review: 131

By version:

7.0: 15
6.9: 5
6.8: 2
6.7: 28
6.6: 24
6.5: 10
6.4: 51
6.3: 13
6.2: 4

By project:

Past month

0 pull requests merged.

94 issues closed.

47 issues were created.

Current projects:

The Documentation team repositories:

#docs

Francisco Torres 5:00 pm on April 13, 2026
Tags: plugins ( 588 )

Plugins Team: 12 Apr 2026

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. Status Change Stats

Plugins requested : 559
Plugins rejected : 228
Plugins closed : 96
Plugins approved : 256

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 5027
- (older than 7 days ago)** : 4301
- (2026-04-06 – 2026-04-12) : 532
- (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 1029
- (pending; replied to)* : 3998
- (pending; waiting on author)* : 3672
- (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 277
- (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 49

Help Scout Queue Stats

Total Conversations: 1205
New Conversations: 594
Customers: 1101
Conversations per Day: 150
Busiest Day: Monday
Messages Received: 800
Replies Sent: 2286
Emails Created: 454

* : Stat reflects current size of queue and does not take into account ‘date’ or ‘day’ interval
** : Stat reflects activity only within the ‘recentdays’ from today

#plugins

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