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Community Team September 2025 Meeting Recap

Attendance: @marutim @patricia70 @zinanga @Maruti @Webtechpooja @devmuhib @nilovelez @Mosescursor @muddassirnasim @alexcu21 @clk87

Notes: 

This recap is a summary of the Community Team’s monthly meeting. It will cover the discussion points, ideas, and decisions that came up during the meeting. The aim of this recap is to provide a quick overview for those who were unable to attend, as well as an overview for everyone. These meetings were based on the Agenda for September and are held in our #community-team Slack channel on Make WordPress.

You can find the meeting chat here:

  • APAC/EMEA:
    • Meeting Host – @zinanga
    • https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1756987272582539
  • AMER:
    • Meeting Host – @alexcu21
    • https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1757019591123369

Please leave your comments if you have any feedback. 

Additionally, each agenda item discussed may have its own Make post related to its topic with more information, and you can add to the discussion directly to that post.

Chat Summary

Here are some discussion points from the meeting.

Highlights to Note

Here are a few things everyone should be aware of:

Highlights included Matt Mullenweg’s keynote, sessions on AI, accessibility, and large-scale WordPress, plus a lively Sponsor Hall and community networking.

Open Posts

Check out these new and ongoing discussions needing review, feedback, thoughts, and comments.

  • WordPress Credits Program Update
    The program is moving from alpha to beta, expanding beyond the pilot atthe University of Pisa. This fall, Fidélitas University (Costa Rica) will join with its first student cohort. The initiative aims to onboard more students by 2026 and welcomes support from educators, companies, and contributors.
  • WordPress 6.9 Roadmap
    In the August 27 Dev Chat, the WordPress 6.9 roadmap was published. Targeting a December 2, 2025, release. Gutenberg 21.5 is now available with improvements, and discussions are focused on adding a database index for enhanced performance and enhancing wp_die() with HTTP status codes.

Announcements / Newsletters

As with the 6.7 and 6.8 cycles, 6.9 will continue with a smaller, focused squad structure, ensuring collaboration across teams while keeping the release process efficient. This cycle also continues the experiment of merging MarComms Lead responsibilities with Release Coordination.

Open Floor

  • There was community interest in whether a future Community Summit is planned, as the last ones were in 2017 (WCEU) and 2023 (WCUS). Some contributors noted overlap with WCEU discussions on improving cross-team collaboration and contribution models.
  • @4thhubbard replied, Currently, there is no movement on P2 or formal planning for another summit. The idea can be revisited in the coming weeks with a more structured discussion.
  • Community members praised Kolhapur’s online contribution events, with interest in starting similar initiatives in the USA, the Americas, and LATAM (possibly in November). Organizers and contributors expressed enthusiasm and support to help make this happen.

Next Meeting

Community Team Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month. There are two meetings to support different time zones. The meetings will take place on #community-team on Slack.

Call for Meeting Facilitators

The Community Team Monthly Meetings happen on the first Thursdays of every month. These meetings can be facilitated and run by any member of the community team and are a great opportunity to engage with the rest of the community and team.

If you are interested in facilitating any of these meetings in the future, please feel free to comment or get in touch with any of the Community Team Reps.

If you wish to add points to discuss, comment on this post, or reach out to one of the team reps: @Aditya Kane, @Arthur, @Shusei, and @Pooja Derashri.

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