Hello Polyglots! 👋 Welcome to a Polyglots Week in Review (May 26, 2025), a weekly roundup to keep everyone updated on the Polyglots TeamPolyglots Team Polyglots Team is a group of multilingual translators who work on translating plugins, themes, documentation, and front-facing marketing copy. https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/.’s stats, highlights, and ways to contribute. ➡️ Jump to: 📊 Weekly Stats |📌 Highlights |✋ Requests & Help Needed |📅 Meetings
📊 Weekly Stats (as of May 26, 2025)
Here’s a snapshot of activity over the past week (with differences compared to May 18, 2025 in brackets):
🌐 Locale & Release Stats
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Total Locales: 208
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Releases:
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Up to date: 66 (±0)
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Behind by minor versions: 1 (±0)
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Behind by one major version: 4 (±0)
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Behind by more than one major version: 59 (±0)
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Have site but never released: 5
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Have no site: 73
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🌍 Translation Coverage
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Total Locales with Projects: 210
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100% Translated: 35 (+3)
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95–99% Translated: 27 (−3)
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90–94% Translated: 8 (±0)
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50–89% Translated: 41 (±0)
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0–49% Translated: 86 (±0)
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Language Packs Generated: 131 (±0)
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No Project: 7 (±0)
🙋 Requests
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Unresolved Editor Requests: 10 / 7,205 total (±0)
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Unresolved Locale Requests: 35 / 199 total (±0)
🧑🤝🧑 Translators
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General Translation Editors (GTEs): 796 (+7)
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Project Translation Editors (PTEs): 6,232 (+3)
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Translation Contributors: 76,234 (+96)
🧾 Note: A single WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ account may hold multiple roles across different locales.
🗣 Site Language Adoption
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56.918% (+0.004%) of WordPress sites are running a translated version of WordPress.
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📌 Highlights
Here are some posts and updates you might have missed:
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🗳️ Introducing the Polyglots Team Reps for 2025 and Beyond
Meet the newly announced team reps and their plans for the coming term! -
🧠 Brainstorm: Polyglots Table at WCEU 2025 Contributor Day
Share your thoughts on activities and goals for the upcoming 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. Europe 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/.. -
❓ Can users be blocked by someone?
Ongoing discussion about user permissions and potential moderation tools.
✋ Requests & Help Needed
There’s an open request for a new locale on 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/.. Please join the discussion and share your feedback: Want to help more? Consider reviewing open translation requests or helping guide new contributors in your locale. Don’t forget to check the Translation Editors Handbook!📅 Upcoming Meetings
- May 28, 2025 at 7:00 GMT
- June 4, 2025 at 13:00 GMT
- June 11, 2025 at 7:00 GMT
- June 18, 2025 at 13:00 GMT
- Global Polyglots Chat (Asia-Pacific): Wednesdays, bi-weekly at 7:00 GMT
- Global Polyglots Chat (Europe/Africa/Americas): Wednesdays, bi-weekly at 13:00 GMT
Thank you to everyone contributing to translations and making WordPress accessible in your language. 🌍💛