Plugins Team: 18 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 : 606
  • Plugins rejected : 189
  • Plugins closed : 96
  • Plugins approved : 433

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 4806
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 4131
    • (2026-05-11 – 2026-05-17) : 467
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 40
    • (pending; replied to)* : 4766
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 3894
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 755
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 117

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 2101
  • New Conversations: 1080
  • Customers: 1858
  • Conversations per Day: 262
  • Busiest Day: Wednesday
  • Messages Received: 1409
  • Replies Sent: 3681
  • Emails Created: 769

* : 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

Training Team Update – May 14th, 2026

Hello from the Training Team!
Here’s our monthly roundup of updates, highlights, and ways to get involved. Let’s celebrate the work accomplished last month and look ahead together!

📌 Highlights

Here are some important updates from the Training Team!

⚒️ Training Team Activities in April Overview

You can read the meeting recap notes for weekly meetings on the Training Team blog.

📋 Project Status

ProjectNumber of Active Tickets
🔍 Content ready for review9
🐛 Feedback awaiting validation21
🧪 Topics awaiting vetting4
✅ Validated feedback awaiting fix25
👀 Translations ready to review6

📋 Project Update

Task TypeCompleted
🧯 Closed feedback tasks37
📖 Translated content11
🖊️ Translation in progress8
🪚 Workshops completed2

Huge thanks to all contributors—whether you took notes on a meeting, facilitated a meeting, translated or reviewed content, created content, hosted or co-hosted a workshop, helped us wrangle the tasks and issues in GitHub. Your efforts power the Training Team forward. 🙌

+make.wordpress.org/training/

#training

Themes team update May 12, 2026

i)  Theme directory stats

Currently,

  • 25 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
    • 6 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 77 tickets are assigned.
    • 7 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 31 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 53 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 76 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 12 are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

  • 1410 tickets were opened
  • 1400 tickets were closed
    • 1377 tickets were made live.
      • 17 new Themes were made live.
      • 1360 Theme updates were made live.
      • 11 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 23 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: 12 (@acosmin@ammarsaif@bijayyadav@kafleg@fahimmurshed@meerab123@mhamal, @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

  • 39 Block themes are currently being reviewed
  • 10 block themes have been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 5Messages Received 9
Replies Sent 4Emails Created 0
Resolved 4Resolved on First Reply 75%

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 84 active issues and 10 pull requests in GitHub.
  • Theme Check Plugin has 15 PRs and 41 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Plugins Team: 11 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 : 583
  • Plugins rejected : 196
  • Plugins closed : 72
  • Plugins approved : 357

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 4832
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 4126
    • (2026-05-04 – 2026-05-10) : 522
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 229
    • (pending; replied to)* : 4603
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 3887
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 603
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 113

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 2006
  • New Conversations: 1120
  • Customers: 1785
  • Conversations per Day: 250
  • Busiest Day: Monday
  • Messages Received: 1170
  • Replies Sent: 3666
  • Emails Created: 971

* : 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

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 11Messages Received 14
Replies Sent 8Emails Created 1
Resolved 7Resolved 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

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

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

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 26Messages Received 42
Replies Sent 23Emails Created 0
Resolved 21Resolved 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

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