Image Milana Cap 8:52 pm on October 26, 2026
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Documentation Team Update – October 26, 2026

New schema for docs meetings:

Documentation Issue Tracker stats.

Current state

By status:

By version:

By project:

Past month

0 pull requests merged.

34 issues closed.

21 issues were created.

Current projects:

The Documentation team repositories:

#docs

Image Francisco Torres 5:54 pm on October 26, 2026
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Plugins Team: 26 Oct 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 : 1219
  • Plugins rejected : 49
  • Plugins closed : 72
  • Plugins approved : 769

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 5656
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 4375
    • (2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26) : 1053
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 547
    • (pending; replied to)* : 5109
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 4347
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 520
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 242

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 2488
  • New Conversations: 1487
  • Customers: 2209
  • Conversations per Day: 311
  • Busiest Day: Monday
  • Messages Received: 1485
  • Replies Sent: 3933
  • Emails Created: 1206

* : 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 Erick Wambua 10:19 pm on October 23, 2026
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Test Team Update: 23 October, 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 09th October, 2026):

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.

  • Need to reproduce issue: 119 (change: -11)
  • Need patch testing: 140 (change: +3)

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: 14 (change: -2)
  • Need patch testing: 1 (change: 0)

🟢 New/Changed two weeks:

Core

  • Need to reproduce issue: 1 (change: 1)
  • Need patch testing: 26 (change: -6)

Gutenberg

  • Need to reproduce issue: 0 (change: 0)
  • Need patch testing: 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 Francisco Torres 5:22 pm on October 19, 2026
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Plugins Team: 19 Oct 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 : 1363
  • Plugins rejected : 55
  • Plugins closed : 78
  • Plugins approved : 942

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 5222
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 4041
    • (2026-10-12 – 2026-10-18) : 832
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 457
    • (pending; replied to)* : 4765
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 4023
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 510
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 232

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 2454
  • New Conversations: 1482
  • Customers: 2080
  • Conversations per Day: 306
  • Busiest Day: Monday
  • Messages Received: 1689
  • Replies Sent: 4361
  • Emails Created: 1191

* : 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 Milana Cap 2:02 pm on October 13, 2026
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Documentation Team Update – October 13, 2026

New schema for docs meetings:

Documentation Issue Tracker stats.

Current state

By status:

By version:

By project:

Past month

0 pull requests merged.

85 issues closed.

18 issues were created.

Current projects:

The Documentation team repositories:

#docs

Image Francisco Torres 9:56 am on October 12, 2026
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Plugins Team: 12 Oct 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 : 1259
  • Plugins rejected : 44
  • Plugins closed : 79
  • Plugins approved : 961

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 4779
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 3846
    • (2026-10-05 – 2026-10-11) : 678
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 30
    • (pending; replied to)* : 4749
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 4063
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 448
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 238

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 2571
  • New Conversations: 1613
  • Customers: 2199
  • Conversations per Day: 321
  • Busiest Day: Monday
  • Messages Received: 1789
  • Replies Sent: 4798
  • Emails Created: 1315

* : 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 Erick Wambua 7:56 pm on October 9, 2026
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Test Team Update: 09 October, 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 25th September, 2026):

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.

  • Need to reproduce issue: 130 (change: 0)
  • Need patch testing: 137 (change: +5)

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: 14 (change: -1)
  • Need patch testing: 1 (change: 0)

🟢 New/Changed two weeks:

Core

  • Need to reproduce issue: 0 (change: 0)
  • Need patch testing: 32 (change: +20)

Gutenberg

  • Need to reproduce issue: 0 (change: 0)
  • Need patch testing: 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 5:33 pm on October 6, 2026
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Themes team update October 6, 2026

i)  Theme directory stats

Currently,

  • 131 new tickets are waiting for review.
    • 0 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 0 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 27 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 92 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 61 tickets are assigned.
    • 4 tickets are older than 4 weeks
    • 23 tickets are older than 2 weeks
    • 57 tickets are older than 1 week
    • 60 tickets are older than 3 days
  • 3 new themes are approved but are waiting to be made live.
  • 51 theme updates are approved but are waiting to be made live.

In the past 7 days,

  • 701 tickets were opened
  • 694 tickets were closed
    • 641 tickets were made live.
      • 33 new Themes were made live.
      • 608 Theme updates were made live.
      • 33 new themes was approved but are waiting to be made live.
      • 51 theme updates are approved but are waiting to be made live.
    • 53 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: 13 (@aslamnaik, @bijayyadav, @bikram_sth, @dimikjones, @fahimmurshed, @franchidesign, @kafleg, @luzuk, @martatorre, @nitspatel, @noruzzaman, @productiveminds, @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

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

iii) HelpScout Stats

In the past 7 days,

Email Conversations 4Messages Received 8
Replies Sent 5Emails Created 0
Resolved 4Resolved on First Reply 50%

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 95 active issues and 15 pull requests in GitHub.
  • Theme Check Plugin has 11 PRs and 40 issues.

Co-written by @kafleg

#themes, #weekly-updates

Image Francisco Torres 4:15 pm on October 5, 2026
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Plugins Team: 5 Oct 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 : 1119
  • Plugins rejected : 300
  • Plugins closed : 150
  • Plugins approved : 915

Plugin Queue Stats (current)

  • Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 4611
    • (older than 7 days ago)** : 3723
    • (2026-09-28 – 2026-10-04) : 600
    • (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 148
    • (pending; replied to)* : 4463
    • (pending; waiting on author)* : 3789
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer)* : 442
    • (pending; waiting on reviewer, email not yet sent)* : 232

Help Scout Queue Stats

  • Total Conversations: 2456
  • New Conversations: 1496
  • Customers: 2057
  • Conversations per Day: 307
  • Busiest Day: Monday
  • Messages Received: 1618
  • Replies Sent: 4575
  • Emails Created: 1248

* : 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 Milana Cap 8:52 am on October 5, 2026
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Documentation Team Update – October 5, 2026

New schema for docs meetings:

Documentation Issue Tracker stats.

Current state

By status:

By version:

By project:

Past month

0 pull requests merged.

87 issues closed.

13 issues were created.

Current projects:

The Documentation team repositories:

#docs