WPKitchen Friday Roundup #003

Welcome to the third WPKitchen Friday Roundup!

As WPKitchen grows, we’re sharing more announcements, opportunities, events, and community initiatives than ever before. To make sure nothing gets lost, we’re launching a weekly Friday Roundup.

Every Friday, we’ll bring together our latest news, reminders, and opportunities in one place, making it easy to stay informed and catch up on anything you may have missed.

Thanks for being part of the WPKitchen community. Let’s get started!


1. Blessed Friday

Wishing you and your family a peaceful, blessed, and productive Friday. May your day be filled with happiness, good health, and countless blessings.


2. First Women WordPress & Freelancers Meetup

F3 Pakistan, Career Institute, WPKitchen and the WordPress Faisalabad community are organizing the first-ever Women WordPress & Freelancers Meetup in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

The meetup is supported by Jetpack and GreenGeeks, with sponsorship coordination provided by WPKitchen for the benefit of the community.

WPKitchen will participate as both an event and media partner. It may arrange its own photographers and videographers and will publish event highlights, stories, photos, videos, and other related content across its channels to showcase the event and support future partnership and sponsorship opportunities.

The meetup date, venue, and further details will be announced soon. Until then, interested women can register at: https://wpfsd.pk/wrsvp/


3. 2nd Mango Day Freelancers’ Meetup

On Saturday, 25 July 2026, F3 Pakistan, Career Institute, and WPKitchen will host their fifth Self-Funded Freelancers Meetup and second Mango Day Meetup in Faisalabad.

The gathering will feature a curated mango-themed lunch for 50–70 freelancers, entrepreneurs, and WordPress professionals.

Join us for an afternoon of networking, discussions on freelancing and WordPress, interactive games, exciting prizes, and delicious mangoes. It’s a great opportunity to connect with the local Freelancers and WordPress community, make new friends, and celebrate the mango season together.

First Mango Day at Career Institute: On Tuesday, 25 July 2023, Freelancers from Faisalabad celebrated their first Mango Day at Career Institute, Satiana Road, Faisalabad. More than 50 freelancers participated in the activity. The second Mango Day is expected to be even bigger and better.

If you’d like to support this fun and unique Mango Day event for WordPress professionals and freelancers, you can secure a sponsorship through this Payoneer link and send us email at lunch (at) wpkitchen.com


2. Let’s Connect

If you work with WordPress, freelancing, or simply enjoy food and drinks, building communities and creating opportunities for others, we’d love to connect with you and welcome you to the WPKitchen community.

Follow us on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wpkitchen


3. Expressions of Interest

WPKitchen is building a registry of people interested in future employment, internships, volunteer, contributor, contract, and community opportunities. While we’re still in startup mode, we’d love to hear from people who want to grow with us.

Register your interest: https://wpkitchen.com/eoi


4. Giveaways

WPKitchen runs food and drink giveaway programs that bring the WordPress community together. Our weekly Treat Time gives participants a chance to enjoy a free sponsored lunch, while Tea Time is a special giveaway occasionally organized alongside WordCamps.

Join our giveaways for an opportunity to enjoy a free lunch or a sponsored cup of tea, and celebrate the WordPress community with us wherever you are in Pakistan.

Register here: https://forms.gle/X57z9YzrgVhiC6HC8


5. Tea Time for WordCamp US, 2026

WPKitchen has successfully wrapped up its second Tea Time campaign alongside WordCamp Europe.

Up to 40 WordCamp attendees participated in selecting the winners from the WordPress Pakistan community, and together we delivered 40 cups of tea.

As a special tradition, the first seat was reserved for Matt Mullenweg, while the first tea was awarded to the very first community member who entered the giveaway.

We’re now excited to launch our third Tea Time campaign alongside the WordPress flagship event, WordCamp US 2026, taking place in Phoenix, Arizona, from August 16–19, 2026.

If you’d like to host Tea Time with us and support the WordPress community in Pakistan, you can become our partner for $750.

Sign up here:
https://link.payoneer.com/Token?t=1F237B66C8B44CD2809D99CA684A6078&src=pl


6. 5th WordPress Contributors Meeting

The WordPress Faisalabad Community is hosting its 5th WordPress Contributors Meetup by tomorrow.

Registrations are now open at wpfsd.pk/rsvp.

If you’d like to see what happened at our previous meetup, read the recap of our 4th Contributors Meetup:

https://wpfsd.pk/2026/06/28/five-new-contributors-join-wpfsd-at-the-4th-wordpress-contributors-meeting/


7. Join WordPress Slack Channels

The Pakistan WordPress community now has official dedicated channels in the Make WordPress Slack, making it easier for contributors, freelancers, developers, organizers, and Urdu translators to collaborate within the global WordPress project. The initiative, launched as part of WordPress’s multilingual Slack expansion, includes channels for general discussions, community events, education, and Urdu translations.

Read more: https://wpkitchen.com/news/pakistan-wordpress-slack-channels/

8. Join the Faisalabad WordPress Slack Channel

WordPress Faisalabad Community Now Has a Channel in Make WordPress Slack

Our request for a dedicated Slack channel within the Make WordPress Slack workspace has been approved, and the new channel, #wp-fsd, is now available for members of the Faisalabad WordPress community.

Join us on slack: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/wp-fsd


9. Talk Time Interviews

We’re happy to share that the first Talk Time interview has now been published, capturing the spirit behind Talk Time by WPKitchen.

Read the full interview with Velda here: Talk Time: Episode 001 – Velda Christensen

Guess Our Next Guest and Win a Free Lunch! 🍽️

After publishing the first episode of WPKitchen’s Talk Time Interview Series, Our website saw a wonderful spike in traffic from around the world.

We are grateful to everyone who read the interview, engaged with it, appreciated our efforts, and showed love to our first guest.

Now, WPKitchen is giving away a free home-made lunch via foodpanda to one member of the WordPress community in Pakistan who correctly guesses our next Talk Time guest.

You have until midnight on Saturday, July 18, 2026, to submit your guess in the comments on our LinkedIn post.

Hint: Our next guest has an adventurous soul! ⛰️

10. Partner with WPKitchen

We’re exploring founder-led or partner-led models to grow WPKitchen beyond Pakistan. If your organization believes in community and long-term impact, we’d love to talk.


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