Documentation Team Update – May 25, 2026

Join us for 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/ – June 4, 2026 #2301

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 Day (video)
• 5th in the month – Video call

Documentation Issue Tracker stats.

Current state

• open issues: 583
• closed issues: 1534
• good first issues: 47
• self-assigned: 132

By status:

• To do: 408
• In progress: 43
• Review: 132

By version:

• 7.1: 1
• 7.0: 22
• 6.9: 4
• 6.8: 2
• 6.7: 25
• 6.6: 23
• 6.5: 10
• 6.4: 50
• 6.3: 11
• 6.2: 4

By project:

• End-user documentation: 331
• Developer documentation: 201
• Advanced administration: 20
• Contributor documentation: 6

Past month

0 pull requests merged.

56 issues closed.

34 issues were created.

Current projects:

• WordPress 7.1 Documentation
• WordPress 7.0 Documentation
• WordPress 6.9 Documentation
• WordPress 6.8 Documentation
• WordPress 6.7 Documentation
• WP 6.6 Documentation
• WP 6.5 Documentation
• WP 6.4 Documentation
• WP 6.3 Documentation
• WP 6.2 Documentation
• WP 6.1 Documentation
• Documentation for WordPress 6.0 release
• Block Editor End User Docs Update to 5.9
• Content Review
• Advanced administration handbook
• WordPress Glossary update
• WordPress Block Editor End-User Docs Inventory
• Inventory of Technical Parts From End User Docs
• Documentation team Handbook
• New design for HelpHub in WordPress.org
• End-user documentation
• End-user docs repo – workflows and settings

The Documentation team repositories:

• WordPress/WordPress-Documentation-Style-Guide
• WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker
• WordPress/documentation-end-user
• WordPress/Advanced-administration-handbook

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