Image Milana Cap 6:16 pm on January 12, 2026
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Documentation Team Update – January 12, 2025

The Documentation team is back in the office after a 3-week break for the holidays. Next meeting is on January 13th, 14h UTC.

Documentation Issue Tracker stats.

Current state

By status:

By version:

By project:

2025

3 pull requests merged.

269 issues closed.

317 issues were created.

Current projects:

The Documentation team repositories:

#docs

Image Francisco Torres 6:08 pm on January 12, 2026
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Plugins Team: 12 Jan 2025

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 : 393
  • Plugins rejected : 237
  • Plugins closed : 89
  • Plugins approved : 264

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 3980
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 3483
    • (2026-01-05 – 2026-01-11) : 367
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 244
    • (pending; replied to)* : 3736
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 3476
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 213
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 47

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 1367
  • New Conversations: 678
  • Customers: 1180
  • Conversations per Day: 170
  • Busiest Day: Thursday
  • Messages Received: 801
  • Replies Sent: 2349
  • Emails Created: 552

* : 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

Image Nikunj Hatkar 4:46 am on January 9, 2026
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Test Team Update: 5 January, 2026

💡If you don’t know how to start, join the Patch Testing Session ☕ every other week on Wednesday at 2:00 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 December 22, 2025):

  • Need testing info: 48 (change: 0)
  • Need to reproduce issue: 168 (change: -2)
  • Need patch testing: 27 (change: +2)
  • Need unit tests: 96 (change: -1)
  • Need review (have patch and unit tests): 282 (change: +6)

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/

  • Needs More Info: 8 (change: -2)
  • Needs Testing: 0 (change: 0)

🟢 New/Changed two weeks:

  • Need testing info: 1 (change: 0)
  • Need to reproduce issue: 0 (change: -1)
  • Need patch testing: 5 (change: +1)
  • Need unit tests: 1 (change: 0)
  • Need review (have patch and unit tests): 12 (change: -3)

🟣 Closed two weeks (after testing):

➡️Closing tickets that are reporting personal issues or duplicates early saves time of contributors to do something productive.

  • Need testing info: 0 (change: -2)
  • Need to reproduce issue: 3 (change: -5)
  • Need patch testing: 0 (change: 0)
  • Need unit tests: 0 (change: 0)
  • Need review (have patch and unit tests): 0 (change: 0)

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

Image Bijay Yadav 2:32 pm on January 6, 2026
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Themes team update January 06, 2026

i)  Theme directory stats

Currently,

  • 15 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
  • 91 tickets are assigned.
    • 31 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 36 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 68 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 90 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 2 are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

  • 1148 tickets were opened
  • 1147 tickets were closed
    • 1128 tickets were made live.
      • 18 new Themes were made live.
      • 1110 Theme updates were made live.
      • 2 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 19 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: 9 (@acosmin, @ammarsaif, @aslamnaik, @bijayyadav, @kafleg, @fahimmurshed, @vowelweb, @kaninis, @tskk)

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

  • 35 Block themes are currently being reviewed
  • 8 The Block theme has been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 6Messages Received 5
Replies Sent 8Emails Created 2
Resolved 6Resolved on First Reply 83%

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 10000+ active installs. There are 63 active issues and 9 pull requests in GitHub.
  • Theme Check Plugin has 16 PRs and 44 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Image Francisco Torres 8:15 pm on January 5, 2026
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Plugins Team: 5 Jan 2025

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 : 367
  • Plugins rejected : 99
  • Plugins closed : 51
  • Plugins approved : 171

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 4070
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 3576
    • (2025-12-29 – 2026-01-04) : 336
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 329
    • (pending; replied to)* : 3741
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 3479
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 218
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 44

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 1048
  • New Conversations: 573
  • Customers: 931
  • Conversations per Day: 131
  • Busiest Day: Friday
  • Messages Received: 646
  • Replies Sent: 1749
  • Emails Created: 463

* : 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

Image Bijay Yadav 4:48 pm on December 30, 2025
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Themes team update December 30, 2025

i)  Theme directory stats

Currently,

  • 9 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
  • 86 tickets are assigned.
    • 20 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 38 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 55 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 81 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 8 are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

  • 870 tickets were opened
  • 854 tickets were closed
    • 834 tickets were made live.
      • 11 new Themes were made live.
      • 823 Theme updates were made live.
      • 8 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 20 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: 8 (@acosmin, @ammarsaif, @aslamnaik, @bijayyadav, @kafleg, @fahimmurshed, @vowelweb, @kaninis)

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

  • 28 Block themes are currently being reviewed
  • 10 The Block theme has been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 9Messages Received 10
Replies Sent 2Emails Created 1
Resolved 1Resolved on First Reply 100%

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 10000+ active installs. There are 62 active issues and 9 pull requests in GitHub.
  • Theme Check Plugin has 16 PRs and 44 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Image Bijay Yadav 4:31 pm on December 23, 2025
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Themes team update December 23, 2025

i)  Theme directory stats

Currently,

  • 0 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
  • 80 tickets are assigned.
    • 12 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 37 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 44 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 64 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 4 are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

  • 1089 tickets were opened
  • 1091 tickets were closed
    • 1067 tickets were made live.
      • 16 new Themes were made live.
      • 1051 Theme updates were made live.
      • 3 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 24 tickets were not approved.
    • 3 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: 9 (@acosmin, @ammarsaif, @aslamnaik, @bijayyadav, @kafleg, @fahimmurshed, @vowelweb, @mhamal, @productiveminds)

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

  • 28 Block themes are currently being reviewed
  • 13 The Block theme has been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 9Messages Received 12
Replies Sent 15Emails Created 2
Resolved 14Resolved on First Reply 64%

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 10000+ active installs. There are 61 active issues and 8 pull requests in GitHub.
  • Theme Check Plugin has 16 PRs and 44 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Image Francisco Torres 4:45 pm on December 22, 2025
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Plugins Team: 22 Dec 2025

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 : 344
  • Plugins rejected : 405
  • Plugins closed : 64
  • Plugins approved : 184

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 3869
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 3436
    • (2025-12-15 – 2025-12-21) : 339
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 346
    • (pending; replied to)* : 3523
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 3217
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 260
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 46

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 1038
  • New Conversations: 522
  • Customers: 939
  • Conversations per Day: 129
  • Busiest Day: Monday
  • Messages Received: 704
  • Replies Sent: 1861
  • Emails Created: 400

* : 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

Image Nikunj Hatkar 12:14 pm on December 22, 2025
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Test Team Update: 22 December, 2025

💡If you don’t know how to start, join the Patch testing scrub ☕ on Thursday at 4:00 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 December 8, 2025):

  • Need testing info: 48 (change: 0)
  • Need to reproduce issue: 170 (change: -1)
  • Need patch testing: 25 (change: 0)
  • Need unit tests: 97 (change: -1)
  • Need review (have patch and unit tests): 276 (change: +6)

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/

  • Needs More Info: 10 (change: +9)
  • Needs Testing: 0 (change: -14)

🟢 New/Changed two weeks:

  • Need testing info: 1 (change: +1)
  • Need to reproduce issue: 1 (change: +1)
  • Need patch testing: 4 (change: +2)
  • Need unit tests: 1 (change: -1)
  • Need review (have patch and unit tests): 15 (change: -6)

🟣 Closed two weeks (after testing):

➡️Closing tickets that are reporting personal issues or duplicates early saves time of contributors to do something productive.

  • Need testing info: 2 (change: +2)
  • Need to reproduce issue: 8 (change: -7)
  • Need patch testing: 0 (change: 0)
  • Need unit tests: 0 (change: 0)
  • Need review (have patch and unit tests): 0 (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

Image Bijay Yadav 2:43 pm on December 16, 2025
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Themes team update December 16, 2025

i)  Theme directory stats

Currently,

  • 0 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
  • 77 tickets are assigned.
    • 11 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 22 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 43 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 58 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 10 are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

  • 1279 tickets were opened
  • 1285 tickets were closed
    • 1253 tickets were made live.
      • 21 new Themes were made live.
      • 1232 Theme updates were made live.
      • 10 more was approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 31 tickets were not approved.
    • 1 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: 9 (@acosmin, @kafleg, @bijayyadav, @fahimmurshed, @vowelweb, @ammarsaif, @shivashankerbhatta, @mhamal, @productiveminds)

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

  • 23 Block themes are currently being reviewed
  • 11 The Block theme has been live for the last 7 days

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 16Messages Received 20
Replies Sent 7Emails Created 0
Resolved 6Resolved on First Reply 83%

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 10000+ active installs. There are 61 active issues and 7 pull requests in GitHub.
  • Theme Check Plugin has 16 PRs and 44 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates