{"id":24244,"date":"2026-02-25T03:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T03:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/updates\/?p=24244"},"modified":"2026-02-25T03:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T03:02:23","slug":"themes-team-update-february-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/updates\/2026\/02\/25\/themes-team-update-february-25-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Themes team update February 25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i)\u00a0\u00a0Theme directory stats<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Currently,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>29\u00a0new tickets are waiting for review.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>0<\/strong>\u00a0tickets are older than\u00a0<strong>4 weeks<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>0<\/strong>\u00a0tickets are older than\u00a0<strong>2 weeks<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>0<\/strong>\u00a0tickets are older than\u00a0<strong>1 week<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11\u00a0tickets are older than\u00a0<strong>3 days<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>77\u00a0tickets are assigned.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>9\u00a0ticket is older than\u00a0<strong>4 weeks<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14\u00a0tickets are older than\u00a0<strong>2 weeks<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>44\u00a0tickets are older than\u00a0<strong>1 week<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>65\u00a0tickets are older than\u00a0<strong>3 days<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13\u00a0are approved but are waiting to be made live.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the past 7 days<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1188 tickets were opened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1179 tickets were closed\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1153 tickets were made live.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>26 new Themes were made live.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1127 Theme updates were made live.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>26 tickets were not approved.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: These\u00a0stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets\u00a0as well. And data from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/themes.trac.wordpress.org\/wiki\/Weekly-Stats\">themes trac<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Number of reviewers: 9 (<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/acosmin\/\">@acosmin<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/ammarsaif\/\">@ammarsaif<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/bijayyadav\/\">@bijayyadav<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/kafleg\/\">@kafleg<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/fahimmurshed\/\">@fahimmurshed<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/vowelweb\/\">@vowelweb<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/productiveminds\/\">,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/mhamal\/\">@mhamal<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/productiveminds\/\">@productiveminds<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/rabieelkheir\/\">@rabieelkheir<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ii)\u00a0\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Block<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Block<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Theme Stats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>34 Block themes are currently being reviewed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 The Block theme has been live for the last 7 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">iii)\u00a0HelpScout Stats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past 7 days,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Email Conversations 13<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Messages Received 10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Replies Sent 15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Emails Created 4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Resolved 11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Resolved on First Reply 82%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">iv)\u00a0Extras<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create Block Theme\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>plugin<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Plugin<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/<\/a> or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0now has 10000+ active installs. There are 64 active issues and 10 pull requests in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/create-block-theme\/issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/theme-check\">Theme Check<\/a>\u00a0Plugin has 15 PRs and 43 issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Co-written by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/kafleg\/\">@kafleg<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/updates\/tag\/themes\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>themes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/updates\/tag\/weekly-updates\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>weekly-updates<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fupdates%2F2026%2F02%2F25%2Fthemes-team-update-february-25-2026%2F%23respond&#038;locale=en_US\" title=\"Login to Reply\"  class=\"genericon  genericon-reply\"  data-action=\"login-to-reply\"  data-actionstate=\"default\" >Login to Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i)\u00a0\u00a0Theme directory stats Currently, In the past 7 days, Note: These\u00a0stats include both the new theme tickets and updated theme tickets\u00a0as well. And data from\u00a0themes trac. 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