1. Attendance
In attendance was:
@fakhriaz @nikunj8866 @huzaifaalmesbah @noruzzaman @sirlouen @oglekler @r1k0 @abduremon @Dhruvang21 @gautammkgarg @mebo
2. Volunteer
Meeting started by explaining Note takers and Facilitators so people can take up the roles.
Note takersare simply people who summarize the happening of the Test Chat and they always publish atest Chat summarylike this one here.Facilitatorsare simply people that chair or facilitate a test team chat.
These follow the agenda that is proposed and ensure that every one gets a voice.
A sample Meeting is like the one held here.
These 2 can be done by the same person in the same instant however we encourage multiple people to do it to increase on the proof reading and collaboration
3. Test Team Discussions
- Time to Review/Update the Get Set Up for Testing Page.
- Time to Comment Back/Update the Test Team Reps Page.
- Update on Test Handbook: New pages for Feature & Enhancement Testing (#90), E2E Testing (#91), and Patch Testing Scrubs (#92) are available; contributors can update content via GitHub 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ issues.
- @sirlouen got to a conclusion that currently we don’t have enough resources to have the wheel moving
- all the areas mentioned above require a good thought and a suggestion to expand the team was brought up.
- @sirlouen got to a conclusion that currently we don’t have enough resources to have the wheel moving
- Test Team Training Program & Restructuring Plans for 2026
- @sirlouen is leading the program.
- Previously, mentorship was insufficient so now a full training was advised. A program in the test team that will bring in Champions
- A call for as many people as possible was made. People that will be committed to the program and see it through
- @nikunj8866 sighted it as a great learning opportunity for anyone who wants to become a future Test Team representative.
- @sirlouen added that it won’t only make team reps but also
Power Members.
- @sirlouen added that it won’t only make team reps but also
- @sirlouen will pause current Handbook activity in preparation for the program in the next 2 weeks. Announcement made here highlighting the requirements to join and all the information about the program.
4. Open Floor

- We have introduced a bot that informs of new gutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ issues coming for testing. This posts directly in the slack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel
- @sirlouen recommended adding an emoji like this
if you are going to be doing the testing report. - This helps for quick assignment of tasks and getting them cleared quickly.
- Here people get a chance to know the tests required and even do them without having to wait for a Patch-testing session.
- Infact this could also end the patch testing sessions when the new training is implemented
- With this new notifier, anyone could jump in
- Infact this could also end the patch testing sessions when the new training is implemented
- @sirlouen recommended adding an emoji like this
5. WordPress Ecosystem Announcements
- WordPress Ecosystem Announcements
- Test Team Announcements
- Call for Testing
6. Other Meetings
We usually have 2 meetings held every week. This is the last test-chat meeting for this year and Tomorrow’s patch testing session will be the last for this year.
- Happy Festivities, See you again Next Year.
- Happy new Year 2026
#core-test, #fse-outreach-program, #full-site-editing, #gutenberg, #make-wordpress-orgupdates, #web

if you are going to be doing the testing report. 
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