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Alkesh Miyani 7:19 pm on October 18, 2026
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 13th October 2026

This meeting followed the meeting agenda in GitHub and P2 Post. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/ account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 21 attendees: @jenish1234, @pravin1996, @rfluethi, @harshjadav003, @csheba, @vasantrajput, @freewebmentor, @gohelkunjan, @alkesh7, @makanikaran, @dilip2615, @rjekic, @sumitsingh, @andrewssanya, @sibokul, @nitspatel (async), @sonaliprajapati (async), @ursha (async), @mohkatz (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @ravigadhiyawp (async)

Newcomers: @preet713, @jair187, @pamelasibaja25, @abelvargas, @potencialconsulting
Meeting hosted by: @devmuhib
Note Taker: @alkesh7
Note Reviewer: @vasantrajput

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs more information on note-taking or a guide to creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM Vasantsinh Rajput. He will guide you on a Recap Note, and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • WordPress Hackathon: Recently, we tried a WordPress Hackathon at Stamford University, Bangladesh, alongside the WordPress Campus Connect event. We have created a community blog post where you can share your feedback.
  • Team Homepage: @clk87 has shared A block-based prototype for the Training Team homepage to make team pages more engaging and newcomer-friendly. Feedback is welcome via GitHub Issue #3674.
  • Office Hours: The next Office Hours will be held on a weekday, avoiding Monday and Friday. The proposed dates are October 27, 28, or 29, 2026. You will be informed when the date is set and confirmed.
    • Current Voting:
      • 1 vote for 27th October
      • 2 Votes for 28th October
  • Text-to-Speech: The team discussed exploring text-to-speech/read-aloud functionality for course lessons. @softglaze has created prototypes, and the team is encouraged to provide feedback before implementation discussions with the MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. Team.
  • Training Team Handbook: The handbook is currently being updated, and team members are encouraged to share suggestions, improvements, and ideas in GitHub Issue #3447.
  • Intermediate 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. Developer Course: @mebo has revived the Learning Pathway course and started working on modules and lessons. Team members are invited to review the new content and share feedback, including the “Rendering plugin data” lesson.

Looking for volunteers

  • Content Review Volunteers: Volunteers are needed to review and identify content that should be updated or consolidated. Two groups are needed: one for the handbook and one for courses.
  • Lesson Thumbnails: Work has started on creating thumbnails for lessons that need them. Team members are welcome to contribute to the remaining thumbnails through GitHub Issue #3428.
  • Issue Cleanup: The team discussed organising the many open issues into smaller categories and reviewing them systematically.
    • Review Workflow: The proposed process is to review issues one by one, identify outdated or irrelevant items, suggest next steps, and add comments before closing or updating issues.
      • Good First Issues: Contributors can start with issues labeled Good First Issue, especially those related to content feedback, and follow the handbook guide for validating feedback.
      • Issue Categories: The team discussed starting with a specific categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging., with Bug issues suggested as a priority. Other options include Needs Translation Reviewer, Unlabeled, Awaiting Triage, and Content Feedback.
      • Next Steps: Team members are encouraged to suggest which category should be reviewed first, after which the issues can be divided among contributors.
    • Goal: Work together to clean up and keep the repository organised.

Update for last week’s triage squad

N/A

Other news

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

  1. Content ready for review
  2. Feedback awaiting validation
  3. Topics awaiting vetting
    • See Vetting Topic Ideas for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
    • We have 2 issues that require vetting
  4. Validated feedback awaiting fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges Awarded

  • Congratulations @softglaze for the Training Contributor Badge Awarded.

Give Props

  • N/A

Project updates

  • A new version of the 50-hour course, WordPress Credits: Intro to Contribution, has been launched. It is integrated with the new Education Platform, where mentors can track student progress through student report cards.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • N/A

Contributor Updates

  • N/A

Open Discussions

  • Suggestion (by @devmuhib): Move Open Discussion and Contributor Updates Earlier in the Meeting
    • Could we consider moving the Open Discussion and Contributor Updates sections to the beginning of the meeting instead of keeping them at the end? This would give everyone an opportunity to participate and share their updates without having to wait until the end of the meeting.
      • @rjekic: I agree, but I am not sure it will change anything, since there are no many active members willing to say something
      • @rfluethi: I like this. We discussed it in detail at the last Office Hours meeting, and Vasant made a really good suggestion there. Why don’t we implement it that way?
      • @devmuhib: Rico, I had a WPCC event, so I missed that. But if you all are agree on a topic, I think we can definitely try to implement that.
      • @vasantrajput: Yes, I agree with that, And we already discussed that into last office Hours Metting. And many more points discussed to improve the weekly meeting and make more engaging and involve contributors. And all details @Rico has mentioned in the recap post. So we can start implementing that.
      • @devmuhib: Great! Thanks team, we can create a draft and make changes.
      • @rjekic: I agree also, we can implement it on next meeting
      • @sumitsingh: Nice suggestions
      • @andrewssanya: Think its a fresh intro that I will capture everyone
  • Suggestion (by @rjekic): Can we change the scheduled time of the Training Team meeting?
    1. Here in Serbia, we switch to standard time on the last Sunday in October, so it will be difficult for us to attend the Training Team meeting, since it starts at 8 AM local time. It’s going to be tough for all of us in Europe, USA and Canada who observe daylight saving time, since the clocks will be going back an hour.
      • @vasantrajput: @rjekic, also please suggest 2-3 options for timing so others can also check the local times.
        And also, we can try for 2-3 meetings and check the times change is it works for everyone or not.
      • @rjekic: I would propose a small change to 08:00 UTC (one hour in advance).
    2. @clk87: Can we please work towards a date/time to launch the new homepage?
      • @devmuhib: @clk87 do you have any date suggestions? I think we will help us to discuss if people related to this release are available or not.
      • @clk87: How about this time next week or early the following? We could look at Tuesday 27th. I currently have a clear afternoon that I can dedicate to implementing the new homepage design.
        I don’t think we’ll need to ask a meta developer to implement the page or anything. As far as I’m aware, I should be able to implement the new design on the Welcome page.
        Please let me know your thoughts.
      • @devmuhib: I am available at 27th.
      • @sumitsingh: I am available on the 27th too but what time do I need to do?
      • @rjekic: I am available also.
      • @devmuhib: I think that day we have meeting. So can we join 1 hour after the weekly meeting? I mean 9 UTC?
      • @sumitsingh: Better to do it after 2 hours if possible please

Thanks to everyone who participated in the sync and async, and to those who will contribute in future sessions.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Karan Makani 5:15 am on October 12, 2026
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 6th October 2026

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub and P2 Post. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/ account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 27 attendees: @pravin1996, @rjekic, @dilip2615, @lidarroy, @alkesh7, @rfluethi, @jenish1234, @mosescursor, @ishahinakhter, @vishitshah, @freewebmentor, @makanikaran, @dhruvang21, @vasantrajput, @sumitsingh, @harshjadav003, @sonaliprajapati (async), @ravigadhiyawp (async), @webgrrrl (async), @rithika3 (async), @sibokul (async), @andrewssanya (async), @nitspatel (async), @upekar99 (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @ursha (async), @mohkatz (async)

Newcomers: @fgcalderon, @owaisobject, @riyad176255, @forhadkhan, @purvadesai21, @noushin955, @msarvas

Meeting hosted by:@rjekic

Note Taker:@makanikaran

Note Reviewer: @vasantrajput

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs more information on note-taking or a guide to creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM Vasantsinh Rajput. He will guide you on a Recap Note, and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • Team Homepage: @clk87 has shared A block-based prototype for the Training Team homepage to make team pages more engaging and newcomer-friendly. Feedback is welcome via GitHub Issue #3674.
  • Text-to-Speech: The team discussed exploring text-to-speech/read-aloud functionality for course lessons. @softglaze has created prototypes, and the team is encouraged to provide feedback before implementation discussions with the MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. Team.
  • Training Team Handbook: The handbook is currently being updated, and team members are encouraged to share suggestions, improvements, and ideas in GitHub Issue #3447.
  • Intermediate 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. Developer Course: @mebo has revived the Learning Pathway course and started working on modules and lessons. Team members are invited to review the new content and share feedback, including the “Rendering plugin data” lesson.

Looking for volunteers

  • Content Review Volunteers: Volunteers are needed to review and identify content that should be updated or consolidated. Two groups are needed: one for the handbook and one for courses.
  • Lesson Thumbnails: Work has started on creating thumbnails for lessons that need them. Team members are welcome to contribute to the remaining thumbnails through GitHub Issue #3428.
  • Issue Cleanup: The team discussed organising the many open issues into smaller categories and reviewing them systematically.
    • Review Workflow: The proposed process is to review issues one by one, identify outdated or irrelevant items, suggest next steps, and add comments before closing or updating issues.
      • Good First Issues: Contributors can start with issues labeled Good First Issue, especially those related to content feedback, and follow the handbook guide for validating feedback.
      • Issue Categories: The team discussed starting with a specific categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging., with Bug issues suggested as a priority. Other options include Needs Translation Reviewer, Unlabeled, Awaiting Triage, and Content Feedback.
      • Next Steps: Team members are encouraged to suggest which category should be reviewed first, after which the issues can be divided among contributors.
    • Goal: Work together to clean up and keep the repository organised.

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

  • N/A

Updates for the Office Hours session

  • Last Office Hours Recap: The September 26, 2026 Office Hours session was successfully hosted, moderated by @vasantrajput, and the recap post has been published. Thanks to @rfluethi for preparing the draft.
  • Looking for feedback for Next Office Hours: The next Office Hours will be held on a weekday, avoiding Monday and Friday. The proposed dates are October 27, 28, or 29, 2026. @sumitsingh will be informed when the date is set and confirmed.

Other News

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

  1. Content ready for review
  2. Feedback awaiting validation
  3. Topics awaiting vetting
    • See Vetting Topic Ideas for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
    • We have 2 issues that require vetting
  4. Validated feedback awaiting fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges awarded:
    • No badges awarded this week
  • GiveProps:
    • No give props this week

Project updates

  • Thanks to our colleague @Destiny, the course AI Literacy through WordPress is now live on Learn WordPress!
  • Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on Plugin Development this month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • N/A

Contributor Updates

  • N/A

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
    • @vasantrajput: @sumitsingh, @rjekic 1) Have we finalised the Training Team Office Hours next meeting Date/Time and the Topic suggestion? 2) Also, any news for the TT Admin meeting schedule?

Thanks to everyone who participated in the sync and async, and to those who will contribute in future sessions.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Pravin Karmur 4:06 pm on October 3, 2026
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 29th September 2026

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub and P2 Post. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/ account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 29 attendees: @pravin1996, @sonaliprajapati, @jenish1234, @ishahinakhter, @sumitsingh, @mrinal013, @alkesh7, @Dhruvang21, @rjekic, @huzaifaalmesbah, @makanikaran, @rfluethi, @mehuldabgar, @sumitjavia, @praful2111, @dilip2615, @vasantrajput, @jadavsanjay, @vishitshah, @nitspatel, @freewebmentor, @gohelkunjan (async), @harshjadav003 (async), @sibokul (async), @ursha (async), @andrewssanya (async), @rithika3 (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @jagirbahesh (async)

Newcomers: @silviamaringiraldo, @nitspatel, @mehuldabgar

Meeting hosted by: @sumitsingh

Note Taker: @pravin1996

Note Reviewer: @vasantrajput

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs more information on note-taking or a guide to creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM Vasantsinh Rajput. He will guide you on a Recap Note, and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • Team Homepage: @clk87 has shared A block-based prototype for the Training Team homepage to make team pages more engaging and newcomer-friendly. Feedback is welcome via GitHub Issue #3674.
  • Office Hours: The next Office Hours will be held on a weekday, avoiding Monday and Friday. The proposed dates are October 27, 28, or 29, 2026, with @sumitsingh to confirm the date and time after Tuesday’s meeting.
  • Text-to-Speech: The team discussed exploring text-to-speech/read-aloud functionality for course lessons. @softglaze has created prototypes, and the team is encouraged to provide feedback before implementation discussions with MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress..
  • Training Team Handbook: The handbook is currently being updated, and team members are encouraged to share suggestions, improvements, and ideas in GitHub Issue #3447.
  • Intermediate 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. Developer Course: @mebo has revived the Learning Pathway course and started working on modules and lessons. Team members are invited to review the new content and share feedback, including the “Rendering plugin data” lesson.

Looking for volunteers

  • Schedule the next Office Hours: weekday trial, date, moderator, and note-taker – View on GitHub #3679
  • Open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. basics and WordPress; Quiz question answers for “What benefits can lead to a conflict of interest – View on GitHub #3675
  • Needs Translation Reviewer for Lesson – View on GitHub
  • Content Review Volunteers: Volunteers are needed to review and identify content that should be updated or consolidated. Two groups are needed: one for the handbook and one for courses.
  • Lesson Thumbnails: Work has started on creating thumbnails for lessons that need them. Team members are welcome to contribute to the remaining thumbnails through GitHub Issue #3428.
  • Issue Cleanup: The team discussed organising the many open issues into smaller categories and reviewing them systematically.
  • Review Workflow: The proposed process is to review issues one by one, identify outdated or irrelevant items, suggest next steps, and add comments before closing or updating issues.
  • Good First Issues: Contributors can start with issues labeled Good First Issue, especially those related to content feedback, and follow the handbook guide for validating feedback.
  • Issue Categories: The team discussed starting with a specific categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging., with Bug issues suggested as a priority. Other options include Needs Translation Reviewer, Unlabeled, Awaiting Triage, and Content Feedback.
  • Next Steps: Team members are encouraged to suggest which category should be reviewed first, after which the issues can be divided among contributors.
  • Goal: Work together to clean up and keep the repository organised.

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

  • N/A

Other News

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

  1. Content Ready for Review: 9 issues are ready for review. Please follow the Guidelines for Reviewing Content handbook when reviewing the content.
  2. Feedback Awaiting Validation: 39 issues need validation. Please follow the Validating and Applying Content Feedback handbook for step-by-step guidance.
  3. Topics Awaiting Vetting: 2 issues are waiting for topic vetting. Please refer to the handbook for guidance on reviewing and vetting topic ideas.
  4. Validated Feedback Awaiting Fix: 26 issues are awaiting fixes. Contributors can use the Validating and Applying Content Feedback handbook for guidance on applying validated feedback.

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges awarded:
    • No badges awarded this week
  • GiveProps:
    • @sumitsingh: Props to @vasantrajput for hosting the first office hours and @rfluethi for always helping us
    • @vasantrajput: Props to @rfluethi for the perfect recap! You’ve covered everything that was explained and discussed during the Office Hours meeting. Really helpful and well summarised!
    • @vasantrajput: Props to @sumitsingh for the great idea of trying the next Office Hours on a weekday! And Also, kick-start TT-Admin as a monthly meeting to support and encourage admin contributions.

Project updates

  • Thanks to our colleague @Destiny, the course AI Literacy through WordPress is now live on Learn WordPress!
  • Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on Plugin Development this month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • N/A

Contributor Updates

  • N/A

Open Discussions

  • N/A
  • No new topics were raised. Team members are welcome to add any topics they would like to discuss in the comments.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the sync and async, and to those who will contribute in future sessions.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Kunjan Gohel 7:45 am on September 27, 2026
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 22nd September 2026

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub and P2 Post. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/ account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 24 attendees: @pravin1996, @sonaliprajapati, @alkesh7, @gohelkunjan, @Vishitshah, @rfluethi, @rjekic, @jenish1234, @dilip2615, @praful2111, @makanikaran, @abduremon, @ishahinakhter, @bigod, @freewebmentor, @devmuhib,
@aqdesk, @andrewssanya, @harshjadav003 (async), @sumitsingh (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @sibokul (async), @ravigadhiyawp (async), @VasantRajput (async)

Newcomers: @thecmg, @som3669

Meeting hosted by: @rjekic

Note Taker: @gohelkunjan

Note Reviewer: @VasantRajput

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs more information on note-taking or a guide to creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM Vasantsinh Rajput. He will guide you on a Recap Note, and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • Our colleague @clk87 proposed Training team’s site homepage visual improvement. Join us in discussion and let’s move this forward asap!
  • We had a great conversation around exploring text-to-speech / read-aloud for course lesson content, and @softglaze has built some prototypes for us. It would be great to get more feedback from Training Team members before we move to working with metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. for implementation
  • We have discussed starting a regular 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/ triage meeting, and we will start from this week.
    • Proposed schedule: Triage Squad GitHub triage – biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC.
    • Please let us know if you would be interested in joining this Slack meeting if we decide to move forward with it.
  • We’re actively updating the Training Team handbooks, and there’s still time to contribute. If you have any suggestions, improvements, or ideas, please share them – we’d greatly appreciate your input: Update Handbook : “Handbook” #3447.
  • Our colleague, @mebo, revived the Learning Pathway Course: Intermediate Plugin Developer #2044. She started working on course modules and lessons, and you can help her by suggesting and giving your opinion on newly created content – Rendering plugin data #2182 (comment)

Looking for volunteers

  • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers – one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organise and start working on these important issues.
  • Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. You’re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Here’s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails:
    Create Thumbnails for Learn WordPress Lessons #3428
  • We currently have many issues open. It would be most effective to divide them into smaller categories and work through them one by one.
    • We can start with a label that is suitable for everyone to review. We suggest this simple workflow:
      • Going through issues one by one
      • Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
      • Suggesting fixes or next steps
      • Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)
    • We labelled some of the issues as Good First Issues – if you want to start contributing, this is your starting point. Just go and find issues labelled as Good First Issue, particularly those that have Feedback in the issue title – help us verify them, and you will earn the Training Team Contributor badge in no time. Just follow this handbook article.
    • For the upcoming sessions, we should divide the open issues into smaller groups and work through one categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. at a time. This should make the process more organised and easier for everyone to participate in.
      • We could begin with: [Content] Needs Translation Reviewer – – Based on feedback from our last meeting, @rfluethi suggested starting with issues in the Bug category, as these are both the highest priority and likely the easiest to address. Please review the open tickets and share any feedback or suggestions you may have.
      • However, we would appreciate your suggestions on which category would be the easiest and most useful for everyone to start with. Other available categories include:
      • Please share which category you think we should review first. Once selected, we can divide the issues and work through them together, one by one.
    • Let’s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organised.

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

  • N/A

Office Hours session

Other News

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges awarded: 
    • No badges awarded this week
  • Give Props:

Project updates

  • Thanks to our colleague @Destiny, the course AI Literacy through WordPress is now live on Learn WordPress!
  • Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on 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. Development this month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • No workshop scheduled

Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
  • Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can another contributor or a Training Team member help you in some way?

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
  • Looks like we don’t have anything at the moment. If anyone has anything async. Please reply in this thread and we can keep the discussion going. And that concludes this week’s meeting. Thanks to all who participated in sync and to those that will in the future.
  • We’ll see you all next week!
  • Currently, no new topics have been raised, but asynchronous contributions are welcome via the Slack thread to continue the discussion.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Vasantsinh Rajput 7:23 am on September 21, 2026
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 15th September 2026

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub and P2 Post. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log . (If you don’t have a 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/ account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 30 attendees: @pravin1996, @jenish1234, @sonaliprajapati, @csheba, @sagarmodi1700, @rjekic, @shivashankerbhatta, @syrah44, @praful2111, @rfluethi, @ishahinakhter, @sumitjavia, @harshjadav003, @andrewssanya, @makanikaran, @dilip2615, @rithika3, @alkesh7, @gohelkunjan, @freewebmentor (async), @softglaze (async), @sibokul (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @priyankaadbrains (async), @bhavesh456 (async), @ranupatel11 (async), @jagirbahesh (async), @VasantRajput (async), @ursha (async), @vishitshah (async)

Newcomers: @sagarmodi1700, @obaid2013

Meeting hosted by: @SumitSingh

Note Taker: @VasantRajput

Note Reviewer: @VasantRajput

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs to know more about note-taking and needs guidance in creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM @VasantRajput. He will guide you for a Recap Note and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • Error in video and content in lesson “Dimensions: Padding, margin and 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. spacing” – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3647
  • Proposing content update in lesson “Helping Students Get Started” – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3548
  • Wording of the quiz question in lesson “Managing spam on your site” – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3544
  • Outdated content in lesson “Retrieving WordPress data records” – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3546
  • Outdated content in course “Creating a 4-page business website” – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3528
  • We had a great conversation around exploring text-to-speech / read-aloud for course lesson content, and @softglaze has built some prototypes for us. It would be great to get more feedback from Training Team members before we move to working with metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. for implementation
  • We are planning an Office Hours session on Saturday, September 26, 2026:
  • We have discussed starting a regular 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/ triage meeting.
    • Proposed schedule: Triage Squad GitHub triage – biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC.
    • Please let us know if you would be interested in joining this Slack meeting if we decide to move forward with it.
  • We’re actively updating the Training Team handbooks, and there’s still time to contribute. If you have any suggestions, improvements, or ideas, please share them – we’d greatly appreciate your input:  Update Handbook : “Handbook” #3447.
  • Our colleague, @mebo, revived the Learning Pathway Course: Intermediate 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. Developer Course – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2044. She started working on course modules and lessons, and we are waiting for your suggestions and opinions on the proposal she created – Rendering plugin data #2182 (comment). Remember, GitHub activity is one of the easiest and most convenient ways to contribute.

Looking for volunteers

  • Needs Translation Reviewer for Lesson – Check All issues
  • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers – one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
  • Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. You’re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Here’s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails:
    https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3428
  • We currently have 590 open issues. It would be most effective to divide them into smaller categories and work through them one by one.
    • We can start with a label that is suitable for everyone to review. We suggest this simple workflow:
      • Going through issues one by one
      • Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
      • Suggesting fixes or next steps
      • Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)
      • We labeled some of the issues as Good First Issues – if you want to start contributing, this is your starting point. Just go and find issues labeled as Good First Issue, particularly those that have Feedback in the issue title – help us verify them, and you will earn the Training Team Contributor badge in no time. Just follow this handbook article – Open handbook article
    • For the upcoming sessions, we should divide the open issues into smaller groups and work through one categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. at a time. This should make the process more organised and easier for everyone to participate in.
      • We could begin with: [Content] Needs Translation Reviewer – Based on feedback from our last meeting, @rfluethi suggested starting with issues in the Bug category, as these are both the highest priority and likely the easiest to address. Please review the open tickets and share any feedback or suggestions you may have.
    • However, we would appreciate your suggestions on which category would be the easiest and most useful for everyone to start with. Other available categories include:
    • Please share which category you think we should review first. Once selected, we can divide the issues and work through them together, one by one.
    • Let’s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

  • N/A

Other News

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges awarded: 
    • N/A
  • Give Props:
    • @rfluethi: Props to @bigod, @tikolan, @zittau, @ursha, @valeriewandeler for facilitating the Training Team DACH’s first guided learning cohort, “Starten mit WordPress.” Seven weeks, seven live sessions, always two facilitators, a prepared curriculum for every single session and answers in Slack in between. In the final session, every participant presented a website they had built themselves. Wonderful commitment. Thank you!
    • @softglaze: Props to @SumitSingh for hosting this meeting
    • @VasantRajput: Props to @priyankaadbrains for finishing her first Meeting Recap, even while she were busy with the Campus Connect event. Really appreciate your effort and commitment!
    • @priyankaadbrains: Props to @dilip2615 for guiding me while preparing Meeting Recap Note.

Project updates

  • From July 28 to September 8, the Training Team DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) ran its first guided learning cohort, “Starten mit WordPress” (Getting Started with WordPress). It was based on the Learn WordPress course “Beginner WordPress User.”
    Participants worked through the lessons on their own. After a kickoff session, they met live on Zoom for seven weekly sessions of 90 minutes each. Between sessions, the group stayed in touch on Slack.
    By the numbers
    We deliberately scheduled this first cohort during the summer break because we wanted to test the concept with a small group first.
    • 6 people signed up and 4 completed. The other two paused and would like to rejoin in the next cohort.
    • All four completed the Learn WordPress course and presented their own website in the final session.
    • Six facilitators from our team led the sessions, always in pairs.
  • What we learned
    • The live sessions were the biggest strength. Participants mainly asked for more time for their own questions and their own websites.
    • We had too much content for 90 minutes, so hands-on practice fell short. For the next cohort, we will use a flipped classroom approach: participants complete the lessons before each session, and the session focuses on their questions and on working on their own websites.
    • Terminology is a hurdle. The lessons use terms like “patterns” and “templates,” while the German version of the WordPress interface translates several of these as “Vorlage.” We are creating a glossary to help with this.
  • If there is interest, we are happy to share a detailed report once our evaluation is complete. Just let us know, especially if you are planning something similar.
    • Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (Block Theme Development Course cohort), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on Plugin Development this month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • N/A

Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
  • Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can another contributor or a Training Team member help you in some way?

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
  • What’s your plan in 2026 related to WordPress?
  • Currently, no new topics have been raised, but asynchronous contributions are welcome via the Slack thread to continue the discussion.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Priyanka Sida 8:14 am on September 13, 2026
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 8th September 2026

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub and P2 Post. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/ account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were [36] attendees: @pravin1996, @csheba, @rjekic, @sibokul, @nazmul111, @dilip2615, @makanikaran, @bhavesh456, @huzaifaalmesbah, @jenish1234, @rfluethi, @nikola93n, @praful2111, @upekar99, @sumitjavia, @alkesh7, @priyankaadbrains, @abduremon, @VasantRajput, @harshjadav003, @bigod, @gohelkunjan, @mohkatz, @freewebmentor (async), @andrewssanya (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @rithika3 (async), @sonaliprajapati (async), @sumitsingh (async), @sagarmodi1700 (async), @softglaze (async), @webgrrrl (async), @vishitshah (async), @ranupatel11 (async), @ursha (async), @ravigadhiyawp (async)

Newcomers: @vnmv777

Meeting hosted by: @rjekic

Note Taker: @priyankaadbrains

Note Reviewer: @VasantRajput

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs to know more about note-taking and needs guidance in creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM @VasantRajput. He will guide you for a Recap Note and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • We are planning an Office Hours session on Saturday, September 26, 2026:
  • We have discussed starting a regular 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/ triage meeting:
    • Proposed schedule: Triage Squad GitHub triage – biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC.
    • Please let us know if you would be interested in joining this Slack meeting if we decide to move forward with it.
  • We’re actively updating the Training Team handbooks, and there’s still time to contribute. If you have any suggestions, improvements, or ideas, please share them – we’d greatly appreciate your input: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3447.
  • Our colleague, @mebo, revived the Learning Pathway Course: Intermediate 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. Developer Course – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2044. She started working on course modules and lessons, and we are waiting for your suggestions and opinions on the proposal she created – Rendering plugin data #2182 – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2182#issuecomment-5203614201. Remember, GitHub activity is one of the easiest and most convenient ways to contribute.

Looking for volunteers

  • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers – one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
  • Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. You’re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Here’s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails: Create Thumbnails for Learn WordPress Lessons #3428 
  • We currently have 590 open issues. It would be most effective to divide them into smaller categories and work through them one by one.
    • We can start with a label that is suitable for everyone to review. We suggest this simple workflow:
      • Going through issues one by one
      • Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
      • Suggesting fixes or next steps
      • Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)

Let’s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

  • No triage squad meetings last week
  • We are planning to start, so if you would be interested, come and join us!

Other News

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges awarded: 
    • No badges awarded this week.
  • Give Props:
    • @upekar99: Props to @devmuhib for helping me understand the course translation process and guiding me to the right resources. Thank you for the support!

Project updates

  • Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on Plugin Development this month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • No planned workshops for this week.

Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on and how has it been going?
  • Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can other contributors or Training Team members help you in some way?

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
  • What’s your plan in 2026 related to WordPress?
  • Currently, no new topics have been raised, but asynchronous contributions are welcome via the Slack thread to continue the discussion.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

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Sonali Prajapati 9:00 pm on September 5, 2026
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 1st September 2026

This meeting followed the meeting agenda in GitHub and P2 Post. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/ account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were [28] attendees: @sonaliprajapati, @pravin1996, @divyeshk71, @vishitshah, @csheba, @ranupatel11, @makanikaran, @abduremon, @rfluethi, @freewebmentor, @rjekic, @bhavesh456, @sumitsingh, @jenish1234, @sibokul, @dilip2615, @bigod, @ishahinakhter , @noruzzaman, @praful2111, @andrewssanya, @gohelkunjan (async), @VasantRajput (async), @softglaze (async), @rithika3 (async), @ravigadhiyawp (async), @mohkatz(async), @ursha (async)

Newcomers: @jexcuu, @syrah44, @jeanoptimind

Meeting hosted by: @devmuhib

Note Taker: @SonaliPrajapati

Note Reviewer: @VasantRajput

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note-taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs to know more about note-taking and needs guidance in creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM @VasantRajput. He will guide you through a Recap Note, and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • We planned an Office Hours session on Saturday, September 26, 2026:
  • We planned an Office Hours session Saturday, September 26, 2026:
  • We have discussed starting a regular 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/ triage meeting, and we will do start form this week.
    • Proposed schedule: Triage Squad GitHub triage – biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC.
    • Please let us know if you would be interested in joining this Slack meeting if we decide to move forward with it.
  • We’re actively updating the Training Team handbooks, and there’s still time to contribute. If you have any suggestions, improvements, or ideas, please share them – we’d greatly appreciate your input: Update Handbook : “Handbook” #3447.

Looking for volunteers

  • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers – one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
  • Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. You’re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Here’s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails:
    Create Thumbnails for Learn WordPress Lessons #3428
  • We currently have 552 open issues. It would be most effective to divide them into smaller categories and work through them one by one.
  • We can start with a label that is suitable for everyone to review. We suggest this simple workflow:
    • Going through issues one by one
    • Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
    • Suggesting fixes or next steps
    • Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)
  • We labeled some of the issues as Good First Issues – if you want to start contributing, this is your starting point. Just go and find issues labeled as Good First Issue, particularly those that have Feedback in the issue title – help us verify them, and you will earn the Training Team Contributor badge in no time. Just follow this handbook article – https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/training-team-how-to-guides/how-we-use-github/validating-and-applying-content-feedback/#validating-content-feedback-issues
  • For the upcoming sessions, we should divide the open issues into smaller groups and work through one categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. at a time. This should make the process more organised and easier for everyone to participate in.
  • Let’s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

  • No triage squad meetings last week

Other News

  • On 28 July, the Learn WordPress DACH team launched its first German-language course cohort, “Starten mit WordPress.” A huge thank you to everyone who signed up and to our cohort facilitators for helping bring this initiative to life. DACH team is looking forward to seven weeks of learning WordPress together through weekly live sessions and engaging asynchronous activities in between.
  • We successfully hosted our Office Hours session on 22 August 2026 and have published a recap post: https://make.wordpress.org/training/2026/08/24/office-hours-meeting-recap-august-22-2026/. Thank you so much for the draft post @rfluethi
  • How to Bring Your Community to Make WordPress Slack? https://make.wordpress.org/community/2026/06/09/how-to-bring-your-community-to-make-wordpress-slack/

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

Project updates

  • Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on 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. Development this month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • No workshop scheduled for next week.

Contributor Updates

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
  • Looks like we don’t have anything at the moment. If anyone has anything async. Please reply in this thread and we can keep the discussion going.
  • And that concludes this week’s meeting. Thanks to all who participated in sync and to those that will in the future.
  • We’ll see you all next week!

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Karan Makani 4:30 pm on August 30, 2026
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 25th August 2026

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/ account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were [26] attendees: @rfluethi, @jenish1234, @sonaliprajapati, @sumitsingh, @praful2111, @makanikaran, @pravin1996, @ishahinakhter, @rjekic, @ravigadhiyawp, @softglaze, @dilip2615, @azharderaiya, @alkesh7, @piyopiyofox, @bigod, @andrewssanya, @freewebmentor, @gohelkunjan, @rithika3, @sibokul, @mkrndmane, @ranupatel11, @valeriewandeler (async), @vasantrajput (async), @ursha (async),

Newcomers: @judywallace020, @vkc1156, @bhavesh456, @jeanoptimind

Meeting hosted by: @sumitsingh

Note Taker: @makanikaran

Note Reviewer: @sumitsingh

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs to know more about note-taking and needs guidance in creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM @vasantrajput. He will guide you for a Recap Note and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • We are planning an Office Hours session on Saturday, September 26, 2026:
  • We have discussed starting a regular 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/ triage meeting, and I hope this week we can do the first Slack meeting.
    • Proposed schedule: Triage Squad GitHub triage – biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC.
  • Our colleague, @mebo, revived the Learning Pathway Course: Intermediate 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. Developer Course – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2044. She started working on course modules and lessons, and you can help her by suggesting and giving your opinion on newly created content – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2182#…

Looking for volunteers

  • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers – one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
    • @softglaze – I would like to take part in handbook content coordination
    • @sonaliprajapati–   I would like to take part in checking the courses
  • Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. You’re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Here’s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3428
  • We currently have around 590 open issues, and I think it would be more effective to divide them into smaller categories and work through them one by one.
  • For the upcoming sessions, I am proposing that we divide the open issues into smaller groups and work through one categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. at a time. This should make the process more organised and easier for everyone to participate in.
    • We could begin with:
    • [Content] Needs Translation Reviewer
    • https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues?q=is%3… – Based on feedback from our last meeting, @rfluethi suggested starting with issues in the Bug category, as these are both the highest priority and likely the easiest to address. Please review the open tickets and share any feedback or suggestions you may have.
  • However, I would appreciate your suggestions on which category would be the easiest and most useful for everyone to start with. Other available categories include:
  • Please share which category you think we should review first. Once selected, we can divide the issues and work through them together, one by one. Let’s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized
  • Previously I asked for 3 tickets but did 10+ and most of them closed successfully, now I am offering another 10 Mix of bug and Feedback, can you assign me some or should I pick myself?

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

Other News

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

Project updates

  • Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on Plugin Development this month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
  • Also, we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on Plugin Development next month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • No workshop now.

Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
  • Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can another contributor or a Training Team member help you in some way?

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
    • @sumitsingh: Looks like we don’t have anything at the moment. If anyone has anything async, please reply in this thread, and we can keep the discussion going. And that concludes this week’s meeting. Thanks to all who participated in sync and to those who will in the future.
    • @piyopiyofox: Ooop, sorry I was a little slow, but I created a new issue https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3649 regarding exploring text-to-speech / read-aloud for course lesson content. If any other team members have feedback, please comment on the GitHub issue.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

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Saidul Islam Bokul 12:45 pm on August 22, 2026
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 18th August 2026

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3605, https://make.wordpress.org/training/2026/08/17/meeting-agenda-for-august-18th-2026/

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/ Log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1787036411515809

Introductions and Welcome

There were 32 attendees in total: @pravin1996, @praful2111, @nazmul111, @noruzzaman, @saif2002, @softglaze, @vasantrajput, @divyeshk71, @rfluethi, @rjekic, @jenish1234, @ishahinakhter, @vishitshah, @chetan200891, @alkesh7, @dilip2615, @rithika3, @mehrazmorshed, @jagirbahesh, @sumitsingh, @makanikaran, @nitspatel, @sibokul, @sonaliprajapati, @gohelkunjan (async), @andrewssanya (async), @ranupatel11 (async), @donnapep (async), @mkrndmane (async), @komalvaja (async), @ursha (async), @mohkatz (async).

Newcomers: @dharagothi26, @gilmoursa, @websdevsbd, @anielloforlini, @naseem10
Note taker: @sibokul
Meeting hosted by: @devmuhib
Meeting Note reviewer: @vasantrajput

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program and or our Guide Program.

News

Here is our current note-taker roster:

Looking for feedback

The Training Team shared several opportunities for feedback and participation:

  • Office Hours: An Office Hours session is planned for August 22, 2026, focusing on “Note-taking and Publication Workflow: Who Does What, and How?” More details are available here: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3570
  • 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/ Triage: The team is considering establishing a regular GitHub triage meeting, although the plan has not yet been finalized. The proposed schedule is biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC. Contributors interested in joining the potential Slack meeting are encouraged to share their interest.
  • Training Team Handbook Updates: The team is continuing to update the Training Team handbooks and welcomes further suggestions, improvements, and ideas from contributors.

The team also expressed appreciation to everyone who has contributed feedback so far.

Looking for volunteers

  • The Training Team is seeking volunteers to identify content that needs to be updated or consolidated. Two volunteer groups are being planned: one to review the Training Team handbook content and another to review course materials. Contributors are encouraged to state their area of interest so the team can organize the work and assign relevant tasks.
    • Volunteer Interest:
      • @softglaze expressed interest in joining the handbook review group, noting previous contributions during the 7.1 cycle, experience with handbook-related work, and availability of approximately 10 hours per week. They are also willing to help validate Good First Issues with “Feedback” in the title against the handbook guidelines.
      • Muhibul Haque suggested that @rjekic could assist with coordinating the volunteer’s involvement.

Update for last week’s triage squad

  • The Training Team is preparing to launch a regular Triage Squad and is inviting contributors who are interested in participating. Contributors can express their interest by commenting or joining the #training channel on WordPress Slack: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q
    • @softglaze expressed interest in joining the Triage Squad and confirmed that the proposed biweekly Thursday schedule at 07:00 UTC works for them.

Other news

  • The Training Team Monthly Update for August 2026 has been published, providing an overview of the team’s recent activities and updates.
  • How to Bring Your Community to Make WordPress Slack?
    • https://make.wordpress.org/community/2026/06/09/how-to-bring-your-community-to-make-wordpress-slack/

Come and Contribute

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges Awarded
    • Training Contributor Badge Awarded to: @mohkatz
  • Props:
    • @softglaze: Props to @rjekic for writing and publishing the August monthly update, and to @devmuhib for running these meetings consistently.
    • @sibokul: Props to @sumitsingh for hosting the 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. US 2026 contribution day online. And all other participants who made this event cheerful.

Project updates

  • The Training Team is building on the success of the previous 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 and is preparing to launch its next cohort focused on 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. Development. The new cohort aims to help more students strengthen their WordPress skills and explore opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
  • The team is also working on translating WordPress Credits–related content into multiple languages, helping make the program more accessible to a broader international audience.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • No workshop scheduled for this week.

Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on and how has it been going?
  • Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?

Open Discussions

  • During the Open Discussions segment, contributors were invited to raise any topics they wanted to discuss by commenting on the meeting issue. No new discussion topics were raised during the session.
  • Contributors were encouraged to continue any asynchronous discussions in the thread. The meeting then concluded with thanks to everyone who participated and an invitation to reconvene at the following week’s meeting.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

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SAndrew 7:06 pm on August 15, 2026
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 11th August 2026

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub, Meeting agenda Post. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/ account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 33 attendees: @pravin1996, @rjekic, @rfluethi, @dilip2615, @nazmul111, @saif2002, @webdesignwala, @praful2111, @mehrazmorshed, @ravigadhiyawp, @heru-irawan, @ceodigitecholic, @jenish1234, @vijay5696, @huzaifaalmesbah, @makanikaran, @nitspatel, @mosescursor, @Divyeshk71, @sonaliprajapati, @sibokul, @vishitshah, @alkesh7, @jagirbahesh, @priyankaadbrains (async), @gohelkunjan (async), @andrewssanya (async), @bigod (async), @mebo (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @mohkatz (async), @VasantRajput (async), @rithika3 (async)

Newcomers: @Diaz827, @Alejandrorubin02, @Softglaze, @Galacto

Meeting hosted by: @Rjekic

Note Taker: @Andrewssanya

Note Reviewer: @VasantRajput

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs to know more about note-taking and needs guidance in creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM @VasantRajput. He will guide you for a Recap Note and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • We are planning an Office Hours session for August 22, 2026:
  • We have also reviewed several 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/ issues related to Office Hours. You can view all open Office Hours tickets and share your suggestions here: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues?q=state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22Office%20Hours%22
  • We have discussed starting a regular GitHub triage meeting (finally), but this has not yet been confirmed.
    • Proposed schedule: Triage Squad GitHub triage – biweekly on Thursdays at 07:00 UTC.
    • Please let us know if you would be interested in joining this Slack meeting if we decide to move forward with it.
    • Big thank you to everyone who has shared feedback so far!
  • We’re actively updating the Training Team handbooks, and there’s still time to contribute. If you have any suggestions, improvements, or ideas, please share them – we’d greatly appreciate your input: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3447
  • Our colleague, @Melita, revived the Learning Pathway Course: Intermediate 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. Developer Course – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2044. She started working on course modules and lessons, and you can help her by suggesting and giving your opinion on newly created content – https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2182#issuecomment-5203614201

Looking for volunteers

  • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers – one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
    Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. You’re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Here’s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails:
    https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3428
  • We currently have 552 open issues. It would be most effective to divide them into smaller categories and work through them one by one.
  • We can start with a label that is suitable for everyone to review. We suggest this simple workflow:
  • For the upcoming sessions, we should divide the open issues into smaller groups and work through one categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. at a time. This should make the process more organised and easier for everyone to participate in.
  • However, we would appreciate your suggestions on which category would be the easiest and most useful for everyone to start with. Other available categories include:
  • Please share which category you think we should review first. Once selected, we can divide the issues and work through them together, one by one.
  • Let’s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized
    • @Sumitsingh : No feedback for the last 2 weeks. If anyone can share feedback, that would be great

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

  • No triage squad meetings last week
  • We are planning to start, so if you would be interested, then comment or join the #Training team channel

Other News

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges awarded: 
    • No badges awarded this week
  • Give Props:
    • @rjekic Props to @clk87 for clearing the clutter in GitHub issues
    • @rjekic Props to @Sumit Singh and @Rico for being awake and actively participating in the meeting.

Project updates

  • Building on the momentum of our last learning cohort (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), we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on Plugin Development this month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
  • Also, we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on Plugin Development next month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.

Upcoming Online Workshops

Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
  • Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can another contributor or a Training Team member help you in some way?

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
  • Currently, no new topics have been raised!

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

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