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Highlights from WordCamp Masaka 2025
WordCamp Masaka 2025, held from July 18–19 at Equator University of Science and Technology, wrapped up with a strong sense of community, innovation, and shared purpose. The second edition of this dynamic gathering brought together 291 attendees under the theme “Connecting Communities, Inspiring Ideas.” While we were just shy of our 300-participant target, the energy and engagement made the event a resounding success.
4 Reasons to Consider WordPress for Your First Website
Once you have decided to create your own website, things can become overwhelming pretty quickly. With so many options available for where to host your site, how your site should be designed, and what your site should be named, making final decisions on all of these matters can prove to be difficult. If you are just starting out with a website for yourself or your business and are unsure where your site should call home, there are a few apparent reasons that will persuade you that WordPress is probably the right choice.
WordPress Test Team Launches Contributor Group to Improve Core Quality
In an effort to raise the overall quality of WordPress Core contributions and address long-standing challenges in the contributor workflow, the Test team has officially introduced a new initiative, the Test Contributors Group. The initiative is based on two feedback sessions held on July 4 and July 18, where current members of the Test Team highlighted several critical areas for improvement. The prominent ones being communication gaps, unclear contribution efforts, and a noticeable decline in committer activity.
