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Themes team update July 20 2021
Theme directory stats
Currently 2 new parent themes, 2 new child themes, one 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, and 3 theme updates are waiting for review.
The waiting time is one hour to 4 weeks.
In the past 7 days,
- 360 tickets were opened
- 366 tickets were closed:
- 335 tickets were made live.
- 23 new Themes were made live.
- 312 Theme updates were made live.
- 0 more were approved but are waiting to be made live.
- 31 tickets were not-approved.
- 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.
- 335 tickets were made live.
Number of reviewers: 3
HelpScout Stats
In the past 7 days,
| Email Conversations 2 | Messages Received 3 |
| Replies Sent 1 | Emails Created 0 |
| Resolved 1 | Resolved on First Reply 100% |
Plugin Review Team Status: 19 July 2021
Plugins are being closed due to bounces from the ‘WP 5.8 is coming’ email. Remember: If your email bounces, or auto-replies after being warned, your plugins will be closed.
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 : 129
- Plugins rejected : 9
- Plugins closed : 63
- Plugins approved : 38
Plugin Queue Stats (current)
- Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 792
- → (older than 7 days ago)** : 704
- → (2021-07-12 – 2021-07-19) : 76
- → (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 0
- → (pending; replied to)* : 792
Helpscout Stats
- Total Conversations: 606
- New Conversations: 464
- Customers: 305
- Conversations per Day: 75
- Busiest Day: Wednesday
- Email Conversations: 464
- Messages Received: 635
- Replies Sent: 475
- Emails Created: 119
- Resolved: 199
- Resolved on First Reply: 32%
Plugin Review Team Status: 12 July 2021
Apologies about the lateness. I hope you never hear a plumber utter the words “Slab leak.”
The 5.8 email went out, which means a lot of bounces and closures.
- Plugins requested : 157
- Plugins rejected : 9
- Plugins closed : 128
- Plugins approved : 43
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 Queue Stats (current)
- Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 821
- → (older than 7 days ago)** : 694
- → (2021-07-05 – 2021-07-12) : 92
- → (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 61
- → (pending; replied to)* : 760
Helpscout Stats
- Total Conversations: 832
- New Conversations: 681
- Customers: 574
- Conversations per Day: 104
- Busiest Day: Friday
- Email Conversations: 681
- Messages Received: 942
- Replies Sent: 638
- Emails Created: 141
- Resolved: 288
- Resolved on First Reply: 38%
Mobile Team Update – July 13th
WordPress iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. and Android version 17.8 is available for testing. Sign up here to join the 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. program on iOS or follow this link on your Android device, tap on “Become a beta tester”.
Highlights for the last two weeks:
- 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. Editor: Users can now set the text and background colors on blocks, and floating keyboard issue fixes on iOS.
- Other projects: Install and manage plugins without Jetpack.
- Infrastructure: Progress on developing our new CI system, update to the mobile secrets management, the new Android modularized architecture, and the automated tests for WPiOS login.
Themes team update 13 July 2021
Theme directory stats
Currently 3 new parent themes, 0 new child themes and 3 theme updates are waiting for review.
The waiting time is one hour to 3 weeks.
In the past 7 days,
- 362 tickets were opened
- 370 tickets were closed:
- 351 tickets were made live.
- 29 new Themes were made live.
- 322 Theme updates were made live.
- 0 more were approved but are waiting to be made live.
- 19 tickets were not-approved.
- 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.
- 351 tickets were made live.
Number of reviewers: 4
HelpScout Stats
In the past 7 days,
| Email Conversations 45 | Messages Received 50 |
| Replies Sent 7 | Emails Created 1 |
| Resolved 5 | Resolved on First Reply 80% |
Plugin Review Team Status: 5 July 2021
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 : 138
- Plugins rejected : 10
- Plugins closed : 52
- Plugins approved : 63
Plugin Queue Stats (current)
- Plugins in the queue (new and pending)* : 763
- → (older than 7 days ago)** : 661
- → (2021-06-28 – 2021-07-05) : 53
- → (new; not processed or replied to yet)* : 0
- → (pending; replied to)* : 763
Helpscout Stats
- Total Conversations: 408
- New Conversations: 268
- Customers: 313
- Conversations per Day: 45
- Busiest Day: Monday
- Email Conversations: 268
- Messages Received: 572
- Replies Sent: 619
- Emails Created: 171
- Resolved: 213
- Resolved on First Reply: 29%
Themes team update 6 July 2021
Theme directory stats
Currently 0 new parent themes, 0 new child themes and 3 theme updates are waiting for review.
The waiting time is one hour to two weeks depending on theme complexity.
In the past 7 days,
- 335 tickets were opened
- 337 tickets were closed:
- 308 tickets were made live.
- 24 new Themes were made live.
- 284 Theme updates were made live.
- 0 more were approved but are waiting to be made live.
- 29 tickets were not-approved.
- 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.
- 308 tickets were made live.
Number of reviewers: 2
HelpScout Stats
In the past 7 days,
| Email Conversations 18 | Messages Received 28 |
| Replies Sent 7 | Emails Created 1 |
| Resolved 2 | Resolved on First Reply 0% |
Mobile Team Update – June 29th
WordPress iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. and Android version 17.7 is available for testing. Sign up here to join the 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. program on iOS or follow this link on your Android device, tap on “Become a beta tester”.
Highlights for the last two weeks:
- 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. Editor: Rolled out (50% of users) a block picker tooltip inviting users to add blocks. Fixed some bugs related to border radius settings and slash inserter.
- Other projects: Blogging Reminders on both Android and iOS, and reinstated the blue iOS and Android icons after Pride month ending. Fixed a crash on Android when uploading webp images.
- Infrastructure: Good progress on the new CI project and using BuildKite, the WordPress login tests and continued to fix and improve our release tools.
Themes team update 29 June 2021
Theme directory stats
Currently 2 new parent themes, one 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, and 1 new child themeChild theme A Child Theme is a customized theme based upon a Parent Theme. It’s considered best practice to create a child theme if you want to modify the CSS of your theme. https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/. is waiting for review.
The waiting time is one hour to seven days depending on theme complexity.
In the past 7 days,
- 362 tickets were opened
- 361 tickets were closed:
- 341 tickets were made live.
- 27 new Themes were made live.
- 314 Theme updates were made live.
- 1 more were approved but are waiting to be made live.
- 20 tickets were not-approved.
- 0 tickets were closed-newer-version-uploaded.
- 341 tickets were made live.
Number of reviewers: 2
HelpScout Stats
In the past 7 days,
| Email Conversations 15 | Messages Received 17 |
| Replies Sent 7 | Emails Created 1 |
| Resolved 3 | Resolved on First Reply 100% |