The Community Team chat takes place on the first Thursday of every month in the #community-team channel on 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/.
This meeting is meant for all contributors on the team and everyone who is interested in taking part in some of the things our team does. Feel free to join us, even if you are not currently active in the team!
Asia-Pacific / EMEA friendly meeting: Thursday, 06 November 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC Americas friendly meeting: Thursday, 06 November 2025 at 21:00 PM UTC
Meeting Facilitator:
APAC/EMEA: @webtechpooja
Americas: @kofimokome
You will find a preliminary agenda for the meeting below.
If you wish to add points to discuss, comment on this post or reach out to one of the team reps: @adityakane, @thehopemonger, @st810amaze, @webtechpooja. It does not need to be a blog post yet; the topic can be discussed during the meeting, nevertheless. We use the same agenda for both meetings.
Call for meeting host
If anyone is available to host the second sessions of the Community Team monthly meeting at 9pm UTC, please reach out to one of the team reps, who are all based in APAC and EMEA countries: @adityakane, @thehopemonger, @st810amaze, @webtechpooja.
Check-ins: Program and Event Supporters / Contributors
- What have you been doing and how is it going?
- What did you accomplish after the last meeting?
- Are there any blockers?
- Can other team members help you in some way?
Highlights to Note
Here are a few things everyone should be aware of.
- Various calls for WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Asia 2026 are now open. Hurry before you miss:
- WP Credits – Updates on Sponsorship Guidelines
Open Posts
Check out these new and ongoing discussions needing review, feedback, thoughts, and comments.
- Call for Developers: WordPress Events Tooling Improvements
- WordPress Campus Connect Events: Who Can Organize Them?
- WordPress 6.9 is planned for December 2, 2025. Release CandidateRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. 1 is planned for November 11. You can Help Test WordPress 6.9
- WordPress Credits Program Update
Announcements / Newsletters
- Monthly Education Buzz Report – October 2025
- WordPress Campus Connect Cartago COVAO 2025
- WordCamp Islamabad 2025 – A Celebration of Learning, Contribution, and Community
- 2025 WordPress Youth Day, Nicaragua. Mission accomplished!
- WordPress 6.9 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 3 is now available for download and testing. Further information you can find here.
Open Floor
This is your chance to discuss things that weren’t on the meeting agenda.
We invite you to use this opportunity to share anything that you want with the team. If you currently have a topic you’d like to discuss, add it to the comments of this post, and we will try to update the agenda accordingly.
Hope to see you on Thursday, either in the Asia-Pacific / EMEA (12:00 UTC) or Americas-friendly version (21:00 UTC) of the meeting!