Hosting Team Reps 2026

As another exciting chapter with the HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Team begins, I’m here to share some important updates, and express the Hosting Team’s heartfelt gratitude to those who have made incredible contributions to the community!

Following the call for nominations and voting period, I am thrilled to announce the Hosting Team Reps for 2026. Welcome the newly voted Hosting Team Reps:

  • @zunaid321 (Continuing as Hosting Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts.)
  • @amykamala (Returning Team Rep)
  • @jazzs3quence (New Team Rep! Welcome!)

Congratulations! The team is looking forward to benefitting from their work as efforts continue, building on team progress made in previous years.

Embarking on this new journey together, your input and engagement remain as vital as ever. Please feel free to provide feedback in the comments below or hop in the #hosting 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/ channel to share your thoughts!

Thank you all for your ongoing support of and participation in the Hosting Team. Let’s make 2026 another year of growth and collaboration for the WordPress hosting community!

Props to @amykamala for proofreading and review.

#announcements, #hosting-team, #team-reps

WordCamp Europe 2026 Contributor Day

Get ready for WordCamp Europe 2026! Happening in Kraków, Poland, on June 4-6th, with a HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. table at Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ on June 4th!

Contributor Days kick off each flagship 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. with a focus on community: dedicating a day for folks to come together to contribute to the WordPress 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. Project. If you’d like to attend in person you can register for Contributor Day here. If you can’t be there in person, you can still contribute remotely!

This year, @chrisdavidmiles will be leading the Contributor Day Hosting table, with @amykamala helping out remotely.

Every year contributors show up for the Hosting team in a big way to move team initiatives forward. Thank you all for your contributions to the team!

At the WCEU ‘26 Hosting table, you’re invited to work on team projects, like the distributed testing software and hosting handbooks.

What does the Hosting team do?

The Hosting team collaborates with web hosts and WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Team builds WordPress. to maintain infrastructure-focused documentation and facilitate testing of pre-release WordPress versions on hosting systems. This helps inform the development process and ensure that WordPress and hosting platforms are compatible, error-free, optimized, and that version updates roll out smoothly.

Thank you to the more than 70 hosts who participate in distributed testing!

Schedule

Here is the schedule for WCEU 2026 Contributor Day:

  • 08.30 – Registration
  • 09.15  – Opening and onboarding
  • 10.00  – Start contributing!
  • 12.15 – Group photo
  • 12.30 – Lunch
  • 13.00 – Back to contributing!
  • 16.30 – Teams summaries and wrap-up

How to Contribute

To learn how to contribute to the Hosting Team, start by checking out the Hosting Handbook for details on the team and what it does. Folks will need a WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ account, 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, a GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can 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. account, and a computer with GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. and a text or code editing software – because the team maintains handbook and automated testing projects through GitHub.

Hop into the #hosting Slack channel at any time with any questions or comments, especially if you’re contributing remotely, and feel free to join the #contributor-day Slack channel too!

Join In Person:

For those attending WCEU Contributor Day in person, check-in starts at 8:30 am local time. Don’t worry if you’ve never contributed to WordPress, folks are happy to help you navigate. Just ask! 

Join Remotely:

Can’t make it in person? No problem! Remote contributors are invited to join on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 08:00 UTC in the #hosting channel.


To check in and share that you’ve joined, drop a comment on this GitHub Issue: Roll Call: WCEU 2026 Contributor Day.

This year, the team will be working on:

  • Distributed testing on hosting systems
  • Test Runner improvements
  • Hosting Handbook updates with a focus on compatibility docs
  • Advanced Administration Handbook has a ton of open PRs

Get involved with distributed testing

The Hosting Team maintains a PHPunit Test Runner and Reporter software that enables Web Hosts to test unreleased WordPress software updates on hosting platforms and report any conflicts, errors or issues that may need to be addressed. Many Hosts participate (thank you!) and are recognized with their results here.

Want to contribute by testing on your hosting system? Get Started with distributed testing here.

For hosts who already participate in testing, please check on your test runners, they are not ok. If you need help troubleshooting, the Hosting table is a perfect place to ask!

Test Runner improvements

This Contributor Day, let’s make progress on testing software development:

  • Existing pull requests need to be tested on hosting infrastructure, iterated on if need be, and hopefully merged.
  • The runner/reporter repositories need a cicd pipeline implemented that includes automated tests in LAMPLAMP LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) is a very common example of a web service stack of four open-source components: the Linux operating system, the Apache HTTP Server, the MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS), and the PHP programming language./LEMPLEMP LEMP (Linux, nginx, MySQL, PHP) is a very common example of a web service stack of four open-source components: the Linux operating system, the nginx web server, the MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS), and the PHP programming language. containers that mimic hosting infrastructure.
  • Runner errors need debugging.
  • Tooling improvements like notices to hosts about reporting failures need to be implemented.

Or just snag any ticket you like, dig in, push, open, review, and test! Tickets and PRs available to work on can be found here:

Don’t code? Don’t worry! There are opportunities for everyone!

Handbook Updates

The Hosting Team maintains two handbooks: the WordPress Hosting Handbook and the Advanced Administration Handbook. This year the highest priority for handbooks is creating 7.0 and 7.1 PHPPHP PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a general-purpose scripting language especially suited to web development. PHP code is usually processed on a web server by a PHP interpreter. On a web server, the result of the interpreted and executed PHP code would form the whole or part of an HTTP response. compatibility documentation in the Hosting Handbook, and the Advanced Admin handbook has a number of open PRs for review and tickets that need folks to work on them.

Tickets and PRs to work on the handbooks are available here:

Anyone that speaks basic English can contribute to the Handbooks!

Getting Started

To work on open tickets

1) Fork the repository you wish to work on

2) Pick an issue and mention in the issue comments that you’re going to work on it. If you’re a member of the WordPress GitHub organization, assign the issue to yourself in GitHub. Otherwise a lead will assign the ticket to you.

3) Name your branch with the issue number, your name, and a WCEU26 prefix.

For example, if I want to work on Hosting Handbook issue #393, I’ll first comment that I am working on it, then hit the ‘assign yourself’ button on the upper right of the issue. Next, I’ll make a new fork of the repo or sync my existing fork, and git clone onto my local dev environment, or git pull into the ‘master’ branch on my existing clone. From there, I’ll checkout a new branch from main with the name WCEU26-393-amykamala.

Learn how to install Git here, and some basic Git commands to get started!

Reviews

Once you’ve pushed your changes and opened a new pull request, tag some reviewers on the upper right of the PR. If you don’t know who to tag, feel free to tag a team repTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts.: @kittenkamala, @zunaid, @jazzsequence

If you’re reviewing work yourself, make sure you’re added as a reviewer on the upper right of the ticket, and comment on the PR with any feedback with a mention of WCEU CD 2026.

Testing and Merges

PRs must have 2 approvals and be fully up to date with the base branch in order to be merged. Pay attention to the comments on your PRs in case follow up is needed!

Changes to the testing software must be tested on a hosting platform prior to being merged. If you’re doing testing make sure to comment on the PR with your findings, the hosting platform/specs, and don’t forget to mention in the comment that you tested during WCEU CD 2026.

See You There!

Contributor Days are always fun and inspiring, and it’s rewarding to build momentum on WordPress initiatives as a community. The Hosting Team is excited to welcome both new and experienced contributors to collaborate and add value in your own unique ways, while helping move Hosting Team projects forward!

Please join us at WCEU 2026 Contributor Day on June 4, 2026 to make WordPress hosting even better!

Can’t wait to see you there!

Props to @kirasong @jazzs3quence and @chrisdavidmiles for reviewing this post!

Props to @jazzs3quence @chrisdavidmiles @grafruessel @lucas and @javiercasares for helping coordinate the WCEU ’26 CD Hosting table!

#wceu-26, #wordcamp, #wceu

Help Core help test Real Time Collaboration

WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Team builds WordPress. is expanding testing efforts for Real Time Collaboration ahead of WordPress 7.1 to gather feedback and data from active collaborative editors.

Because testing is needed from a wide range of environments, web hosts are being asked to reach out to your customer base to invite them to participate, however you see fit. Professional teams are the ideal user base for this testing, such as small businesses, newsrooms, non-profits, marketers and designers.

Including testers that host on your infra will help ensure the feature is fully optimized for your hostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. platform, while showing a healthy collaborative relationship with their software provider can positively influence customer perception of your org. This also will create an active feedback loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop with developers that can speedrun fixes and improvements to the benefit of your users and platform.

Instructions, updates, feedback and general communication will be in the #collaborative-editing-outreach channel in 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/, and folks only need to join the channel to get started.

Collaborative editing updates will be shared through a 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 or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party., allowing participants to enable and start using it with ease, and share feedback as they go in the Slack channel alongside feature developers. Participants should:

  • Want to use collaborative editing on a regular basis
  • Enjoy being an early adopter
  • Feel comfortable using the latest version of the GutenbergGutenberg 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/ plugin
  • Have the ability to participate through the 7.1 cycle (at least until 8/18/26) 

As an organization – your team is invited to participate!

As a host – comment below with your company name if you plan to help with outreach, and make sure to hop into #collaborative-editing-outreach to share that you and your customers are participating. This is also where you can give feedback, and see the most current changes and updates.

Feedback from testers will help inform development throughout the 7.1 cycle, influence the direction of the feature, and help ensure compatibility across hosting platforms. Test badges and credits will be given to those who participate at the end of the cycle.

The program starts now, with the hope to gather meaningful feedback and data, and make iterations, prior to the 7.1 BetaBeta Beta is the software development phase following alpha. A Beta phase generally begins when the software is feature complete but likely to contain a number of known or unknown bugs. Software in the beta phase will generally have many more bugs in it than completed software, speed or performance issues, and may still cause crashes or data loss. The focus of beta testing is reducing impacts to users, often incorporating usability testing. 1 release on July 15th. 

Thank you in advance for your help! You all are heroes!

Props to @annezazu and @kirasong for reviewing this post.

#testing

Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-06-03

The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 0900 UTC and on Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 1800 UTC.

Agenda

WordPress News

HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Team

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

Props to @kirasong for collaboration and review!

#agenda, #hosting, #hosting-community, #meetings, #weekly-hosting-chat

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WordPress 6.9 Server Compatibility

For each new version of WordPress, the HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Team releases an article examining compatibility between PHPPHP PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a general-purpose scripting language especially suited to web development. PHP code is usually processed on a web server by a PHP interpreter. On a web server, the result of the interpreted and executed PHP code would form the whole or part of an HTTP response. and new WordPress versions, offering recommendations for that specific WP version. Here are the Hosting Team’s recommendations for WordPress 6.9!

Before reading, you may want to check out the team’s previous posts highlighting recommendations for WordPress 6.8, WordPress 6.7, WordPress 6.6, WordPress 6.5, WordPress 6.4, and WordPress 6.3.

Please note, the goal isn’t to discuss WordPress compatibility or backwards compatibility, but rather to support hosts in architecting the ideal experience for new WordPress installations, and to guide sysadmins in upgrading sites in the optimal way.

This post goes into detail about compatibility, including the idea of “betaBeta Beta is the software development phase following alpha. A Beta phase generally begins when the software is feature complete but likely to contain a number of known or unknown bugs. Software in the beta phase will generally have many more bugs in it than completed software, speed or performance issues, and may still cause crashes or data loss. The focus of beta testing is reducing impacts to users, often incorporating usability testing. compatible”.

So, please continue reading for compatibility information, updated for WordPress 6.9.

Hosting Team Recommendations

The Hosting Team recommends Hosts use the following minimum versions for streamlined compatibility with WordPress 6.9 – (Note: these may differ from the global recommendations):

  • PHP: 8.3.x, 8.4.x
  • MySQLMySQL MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS). MySQL is free and open-source software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.: 8.0.x, 8.4.x
  • MariaDBMariaDB MariaDB is a fork of the MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS), intended to remain free and open-source software under the GNU General Public License. MariaDB intended to maintain high compatibility with MySQL, ensuring a drop-in replacement capability with library binary parity and exact matching with MySQL APIs and commands.: 10.11.x, 11.4.x

IMPORTANT: These recommendations are primarily intended for new installations by hosting providers. For optimal performance and security, always use the latest compatible versions on new installs rather than setting up new WordPress websites with old PHP and DatabaseDatabase A database is an organized collection of data. Access to this data is usually provided by a "database management system" (DBMS) consisting of an integrated set of computer software that allows users to interact with one or more databases and provides access to all of the data contained in the database. Because of the close relationship between them, the term "database" is often used casually to refer to both a database and the DBMS used to manipulate it. Engine versions.

Where do the recommendations come from? The Hosting Team reviewed a variety of modern hosting configurations, PHP lifecycle status, database engine maturity, and WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Team builds WordPress. compatibility work. Based on this review, these versions provide the most stable and forward-looking environment for WordPress 6.9.

WordPress serverServer A server is a piece of computer hardware or software that provides functionality for other programs or devices. Typical servers are database servers, file servers, mail servers, print servers, web servers, game servers, and application servers. requirements

WordPress supports backwards compatibility, so even when there are more stable software versions available, that doesn’t mean they are the ones that WordPress recommends.

The current minimum WordPress 6.9 requirements are:

  • PHP: 7.4+
  • MySQL: 5.7+
  • MariaDB: 10.3+

Folks can read more about minimum requirements here: Server requirements.

WordPress’ compatibility “at the time”

WordPress 6.9 (released in the end of 2025) aligns with the following software versions available at release time (stable or security-maintained versions only, and RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. versions for informational purposes):

PHP

  • 8.2 (Security Support)
  • 8.3 (Security Support)
  • 8.4 (Active Support)
  • 8.5 (Active Support)

MySQL

  • 8.0 (LTS)
  • 8.4 (LTS)
  • 9.6

MariaDB

  • 10.6 (LTS)
  • 10.11 (LTS)
  • 11.4 (LTS)
  • 12.1

Web Servers

  • Apache HTTPDApache HTTPD The Apache HTTP Server, colloquially called Apache, is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software. The vast majority of Apache HTTP Server instances run on a Linux distribution, but current versions also run on Microsoft Windows, OpenVMS, and a wide variety of Unix-like systems.: 2.4
  • nginxNGINX nginx is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. Nginx is free and open-source software, released under the terms of the 2-clause BSD license.: 1.26, 1.27
  • LiteSpeedLiteSpeed Web Server LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS), is a proprietary web server software. The software uses the same configuration format as Apache HTTP Server and is compatible with most Apache features. Enterprise: 6.2.x, 6.3.x
  • OpenLiteSpeedOpenLiteSpeed OpenLiteSpeed, is a open-source web server software. The software uses the same configuration format as Apache HTTP Server and is compatible with most Apache features.: 1.7.x, 1.8.x

Note: PHP has extended Security Support for multiple PHP 8.x releases. New PHP versions may enter candidate support status during the WordPress 6.9 lifecycle.

Please read more at: WordPress Compatibility.

WordPress and PHP

PHP is the primary programming language used by WordPress Core. Because PHP executes on the server, keeping it up to date is critical for both security and performance.

WordPress continues to support a wide range of PHP versions, including some that are end-of-life, to maintain backward compatibility. Hosts and site owners are strongly encouraged to run supported PHP versions wherever possible.

WordPress supports many versions of PHP, even some that are obsolete (Check out PHP Compatibility and WordPress Versions).

WordPress 6.9 (core) is:

  • Fully compatible with PHP 7.4 (1), 8.0 (1), 8.1 (1), 8.2, and 8.3
  • Beta compatible with PHP 8.4 and PHP 8.5

(1) SECURITY ALERT: Some older PHP versions are no longer officially maintained by the PHP project and are considered insecure. Users should consult their hosting provider regarding security backports or upgrade paths if running an older PHP version.

To explore all WordPress development tickets related to PHP, see: Trac PHP Search.

What Does “Beta Compatible” Mean?

Beta compatibility means WordPress Core is actively working toward full compatibility with a PHP version, but some issues may still be under review or pending resolution.

When using a beta-compatible PHP version:

  • Deprecation notices may appear in logs, wp-admin, or front-end output
  • Deprecation notices are not errors
  • Functionality is not broken, but additional compatibility work is ongoing

PHP 8.4

  • Deprecation notices may be visible
  • Deprecations do not break functionality
  • WordPress Core compatibility work is ongoing
  • Prepare for PHP 8.4: Trac #62061Status: Closed / Fixed

PHP 8.5

  • Initial compatibility work has begun
  • Deprecation notices may be present
  • Full compatibility is expected in a future WordPress releases
  • Prepare for PHP 8.5: Trac #63061 Status: Closed / Fixed

Other related tickets

PHP

Upgrading WordPress

Do you have a version earlier than WordPress 6.9? 

If so, the Hosting Team recommends you visit the Upgrading WordPress page for more information on how to upgrade from WordPress 0.7 all the way to WordPress 6.9.

Anything else? Feel free to comment below!

#core, #php, #hosting

Props to @sohilvahora96 @chrisdavidmiles @desrosj @codexdemon and @jazzs3quence for collaborating on this post!

Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-05-27

The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 0900 UTC and on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 1800 UTC.

Agenda

WordPress News

HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Team

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

#agenda, #hosting, #hosting-community, #meetings, #weekly-hosting-chat

Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-05-20

The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 0900 UTC and on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 1800 UTC.

Agenda

WordPress News

HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Team

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

Props to @zunaid321 for the review!

#agenda, #hosting, #hosting-community, #meetings, #weekly-hosting-chat

Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-05-13

The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you then!

Agenda

WordPress News

HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Team

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

#agenda, #hosting, #hosting-community, #meetings, #weekly-hosting-chat

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Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-05-06

The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 0900 UTC and Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 1800 UTC. Hope to see you then!

Agenda

WordPress News

📢 Thank you to Bluehost, Kinsta, XServer, GoDaddy, WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/, and Ionos for helping test RTC!

HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Team

  • Heads up: RTC test results from May 5th may need to be resent due to a merge conflict in the repo (now resolved).
  • Tickets / PRs

Open Floor

Ideas or suggestions

Anything else? Please leave a comment with any additions or suggestions for the meeting.

#agenda, #hosting, #hosting-community, #meetings, #weekly-hosting-chat