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Welcome to the fourth WPKitchen Friday Roundup!
As WPKitchen grows, we’re launching a weekly Friday Roundup featuring our latest news, events, reminders, and opportunities—all in one place.
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.
On Tuesday, 21st July, 2026, We visited The Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry to finalize the meetup venue.
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
📢 Mango Day Postponed
To ensure better arrangements and a more enjoyable experience for everyone, Mango Day has been postponed.
📅 New Date: Friday, 31 July 2026
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
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 is initiating Tea Time for WordCamp US, 2026.
The first cup of tea is reserved for the winner of the slot featuring Matt Mullenweg as our Chief Guest. It is still a surprise and has not been announced publicly yet.
The second cup of tea was sponsored by WPKitchen, and WordCamp US 2026 attendee Velda Christensen selected Shahzaib Ali from Faisalabad, Pakistan, as the winner.
The third cup of tea was supported by Bud Kraus. WordCamp US 2026 attendee Sumit Singh selected Umair Jami from Faisalabad, Pakistan, as the winner.
If you’d like to host Tea Time with us and support the WordPress community in Pakistan, you can become our partner (co-host) for $750.
Sign up here:
https://link.payoneer.com/Token?t=1F237B66C8B44CD2809D99CA684A6078&src=pl
6. 5th WordPress Contributors Meeting
On Saturday, July 18, 2026, we held our fifth WordPress Contributors Meeting at Career Institute’s Jinnah Colony Campus in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Registrations are now open for the next meeting at wpfsd.pk/rsvp.
If you’d like to see what happened at our previous meetup, read the recap of our 5th Contributors Meetup:
Full Story: https://wpfsd.pk/2026/07/23/our-5th-wordpress-contributors-meeting-in-faisalabad/
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 25, 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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