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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
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!
- 🧳 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. Asia 2026 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/ was a blast, both in live appearance in Mumbai, and in online session. Here is the recap post that summarize all the important things from that memorable event – https://make.wordpress.org/training/2026/04/17/wordcamp-asia-2026-contributor-day-recap/
- 🏫 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 Development Course Cohort – learning program focused on Block Theme Development started in April and we are currently on Week 4 of the program. Learn more about this hands-on course, and feel free to leave comment or suggestion in our 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/ chanel or in this 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ issue – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3381
- 🏕️ Workshops are live again: Thanks to our @piyopiyofox, two very interesting sessions where conducted –
- Session 1: Using AI-Powered Tools for Creating WordPress Learning Materials
- Session 2: Using AI-Powered Tools for Creating WordPress Learning Materials
If you missed the live sessions, go to wordpress.tv and watch the recording – https://wordpress.tv/2026/04/30/using-ai-powered-tools-for-creating-wordpress-learning-materials/
⚒️ Training Team Activities in April Overview
- We held 4 Training Team meetings. Weekly meetings continued to be facilitated by team reps.
- We also decided to put the Coffee Hour on hold until further notice.
- We held our first Training Team office Hours on April 18th, and scheduled the next for the Maz 23rd. You can find the Training Team Office Hors meeting recap here – https://make.wordpress.org/training/2026/04/20/office-hours-meeting-recap-18th-april-2026/
You can read the meeting recap notes for weekly meetings on the Training Team blog.
📋 Project Status
| Project | Number of Active Tickets |
| 🔍 Content ready for review | 9 |
| 🐛 Feedback awaiting validation | 21 |
| 🧪 Topics awaiting vetting | 4 |
| ✅ Validated feedback awaiting fix | 25 |
| 👀 Translations ready to review | 6 |
📋 Project Update
| Task Type | Completed |
| 🧯 Closed feedback tasks | 37 |
| 📖 Translated content | 11 |
| 🖊️ Translation in progress | 8 |
| 🪚 Workshops completed | 2 |
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. 🙌
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.
- 1377 tickets were made live.
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 5 | Messages Received 9 |
| Replies Sent 4 | Emails Created 0 |
| Resolved 4 | Resolved 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
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
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.
- 1041 tickets were made live.
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 11 | Messages Received 14 |
| Replies Sent 8 | Emails Created 1 |
| Resolved 7 | Resolved 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
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.
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/
🟢 New/Changed two weeks:
Core
Gutenberg
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.
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
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.
- 1315 tickets were made live.
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 26 | Messages Received 42 |
| Replies Sent 23 | Emails Created 0 |
| Resolved 21 | Resolved 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
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