Here’s some aggregate data for August 2025 about WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. contribution on TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/..
Please note:
- These data only include code contributions to WordPress codebase, not contributions 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/ repositories such as 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/ (but it still include Gutenberg package merges and related backports).
- The committers data only includes commits to
trunk. Branch backports are not taken into account for now. - The raw data for this post are available on this public spreadsheet (opens in a new tab). You might find it easier to read.
- All the links for the graphics below open a new tab to display them in full size.
Releases of the month
No new WP release this month. WordPress 6.9 is underway.
General Trac overview
Ticket numbers are based on the Trac timeline for the period above.
In August 2025, the WordPress Core team shipped 173 commits (+41 compared to last month). 131 tickets were opened (-2), 202 tickets were closed (-59), and 26 were reopened (+1).
This month, 162 people contributed to WordPress source code using Trac (+46 compared to last month), and 37 people (+15) made their very first contribution to WordPress Core ♥️
Components activity
How did August’s commits break out by Core Component?
The most prolific components were:
| Components | Count |
|---|---|
| Build/Test Tools | 10 |
| Docs | 8 |
| Bundled Themes | 8 |
| Media | 6 |
| HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. | 5 |
| Users | 4 |
| Script Loader | 3 |
| Editor | 3 |
| 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. Bindings | 3 |
| Upgrade/Install | 3 |
| Coding Standards | 3 |
| Administration | 3 |
| Formatting | 2 |
| TaxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies. | 2 |
| Plugins | 2 |
| Customize | 2 |
| Database | 2 |
| Site Health | 2 |
Contributors data retrieved from 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/ profiles
The data below comes from matching contributors’ usernames, as mentioned in Trac props, with their profiles on WordPress.org.
One caveat: this ignores usernames that did not match a profile on dotorg, plus any that had blank or unusable country/company information (“The Universe”, “Unicorn land” or “Planes, Trains, and Busses” are not known countries 🙂).
Countries stats
In August, people from at least 28 countries contributed to WordPress Core.
The next graphs show the number of props received by country and the number of contributors from each country. The top 10 countries, based on the number of props received, are these (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis):
| Country | Contributions | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 106 | 36 |
| India | 96 | 41 |
| Russia | 59 | 2 |
| Spain | 39 | 4 |
| Australia | 23 | 5 |
| Italy | 20 | 4 |
| France | 15 | 7 |
| Canada | 12 | 3 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1 |
| UK | 7 | 4 |
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Five for the Future related stats
In August, people from at least 40 different companies/organizations contributed to WordPress Core.
The next graphs show the number of props received by organization and the number of contributors from each organization. The top 10 organizations, based on the number of props received, are these (evolution since last month is provided between parenthesis):
| Organizations | Contributions | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| Automattic | 86 | 18 |
| Yoast | 61 | 3 |
| rtCamp | 38 | 16 |
| 10up | 29 | 4 |
| Human Made | 18 | 3 |
| Whodunit | 14 | 6 |
| 14 | 3 | |
| The Open Sea | 13 | 1 |
| Accessible WD | 11 | 1 |
| Bluehost | 9 | 1 |
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What did August hold for Core Committers?
19 Core Committers committed code to the trunk branch in WordPress SVNSVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS). WordPress core and the wordpress.org released code are all centrally managed through SVN. https://subversion.apache.org/. repository this month (+4 compared to last month).
Of the 91 commits to the trunk branch (+2 compared to the previous month), 32 (35%) were made by people working at Yoast, 26 (29%) from employees of Automattic.
| Account | Full Name | Commits | Organization | Country | Member since | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sergeybiryukov | Sergey Biryukov | 32 | Yoast | Russia | 2007 | 35% |
| jonsurrell | Jon Surrell | 10 | Automattic | Spain | 2011 | 11% |
| timothyblynjacobs | Timothy Jacobs | 6 | Liquid Web | United States of America | 2012 | 7% |
| dmsnell | Dennis Snell | 6 | Automattic | United States of America | 2014 | 7% |
| johnbillion | John Blackbourn | 5 | Human Made | United Kingdom | 2005 | 5% |
| joedolson | Joe Dolson | 5 | Accessible WD | United States of America | 2008 | 5% |
| bernhard-reiter | Bernhard Reiter | 4 | Automattic | 2008 | 4% | |
| whyisjake | Jake Spurlock | 4 | Automattic | United States of America | 2008 | 4% |
| adamsilverstein | Adam Silverstein | 3 | United States of America | 2012 | 3% | |
| peterwilsoncc | Peter Wilson | 3 | 10up | Australia | 2008 | 3% |
| audrasjb | Jb Audras | 3 | Whodunit | France | 2011 | 3% |
| davidbaumwald | David Baumwald | 2 | Dream Encore | United States of America | 2016 | 2% |
| jorbin | Aaron Jorbin | 2 | 2009 | 2% | ||
| spacedmonkey | Jonny Harris | 1 | Spacedmonkey | United Kingdom | 2009 | 1% |
| jeremyfelt | Jeremy Felt | 1 | Happy Prime | United States of America | 2009 | 1% |
| nerrad | Darren Ethier | 1 | Automattic | Canada | 2006 | 1% |
| isabel_brison | Isabel Brison | 1 | Automattic | Australia | 2015 | 1% |
| westonruter | Weston Ruter | 1 | WP Engine | United States of America | 2007 | 1% |
| desrosj | Jonathan Desrosiers | 1 | Bluehost | United States of America | 2009 | 1% |
Thanks to @francina and @benjamin_zekavica for proofreading this post.