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Maciej (Matt) Pilarski 4:34 pm on June 11, 2026
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WordPress Education at WCEU 2026: More Than Learning to Build a Website

Yigit Telyakar – https://www.flickr.com/photos/wceu/55318029431/

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. Europe 2026 in Kraków marked a significant milestone for WordPress Educational Initiatives. For the first time ever, WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event. featured a dedicated Education Table at the 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/ and Education Track, bringing together students, mentorsEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues., educators, and institutional partners to explore what it truly means to learn, teach, and contribute through WordPress.

But this wasn’t just about building websites.

A New Kind of Learning

The long-term health of the project depends on something less visible than market share: a steady, growing community of contributors who understand 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., care about its values, and have the skills to move it forward. That’s what WordPress educational initiatives are really about, and the direction of WordPress education has evolved to. Today, students aren’t just learning how to install a theme or configure 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 https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.. They are developing critical thinking, collaborative skills, and real-world project experience using open source tools. They are discovering how to contribute back to a global community. They are learning what it means to be part of something bigger than a grade.

Growing the next generation of contributors isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s essential to the sustainable future of WordPress as an open source project. The WordPress Credits Program, Campus Connect, and other education programs exist to create that pipeline, connecting universities, educators, and students directly with the contributor community, often for the first time. WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków was a significant milestone for these initiatives. Taking place in a city where we’ve been building genuine, long-term partnerships with universities and technical schools.

Student Showcase: Real Projects, Real Skills

One of the highlights of the Education Track was the Student Showcase, featuring work from students at Kraków University of Technology, Kraków University of Economics, and VIII LO high school. These weren’t toy projects. Students presented work developed over a full semester, demonstrating how they incorporated WordPress into advanced, professional-grade workflows.

The standout project was WapuuGo — a gamified WordPress learning platform designed for children aged 10 to 14. Students create blogs, share their work with peers, earn badges, and unlock custom Wapuu characters as they progress through the curriculum. The platform includes dedicated areas for teachers and parents, and it’s built entirely on WordPress. It’s a creative, thoughtful project that demonstrates just how versatile the platform can be when students approach it as a tool for solving real problems rather than just a CMS to learn.

What made it stand out was the approach: students weren’t just told to “make a website.” They were challenged to use WordPress as a tool to solve real problems, build creative projects, and reflect on how open source technology integrates into modern work, bring ideas to life, and create things with purpose.

Big shoutout to @tadamarketing, Joanna Micek, and @twloczkowski, who were the project leads for the student groups.

What It Really Means to Be Part of the WP Credits Program

The WordPress Credits Program is often misunderstood as purely technical or contributor-focused. In reality, it is a bridge between business, education, and open source community values.

@organvlasti, a WordPress Credits mentorEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues., took to the stage to break down what participation in the program actually looks like from a business and mentorship perspective. She shared how companies can support educational initiatives in a meaningful way, and featured a student whose path was shaped by that collaboration.

This talk is a must-watch for anyone considering institutional or business involvement in WordPress education.

A highlight from our university partnerships

A reflection of how deeply we collaborate with local educational institutions came in the form of a talk by @dannykrk of Kraków University of Technology. In “The New Engineer: Psychology, Systems, and Open Source,” Daniel explored how the role of the engineer is evolving, and the place open source communities play in shaping that. It’s a thought-provoking contribution from a partner who has become a real part of this community.

A recognition from Kraków University of Technology

One of the most meaningful moments of WCEU 2026 happened on the main stage at the beginning of Fireside Chat & Q&A. Kraków University of Technology presented a formal institutional recognition to @matt, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, in acknowledgment of his contributions to open source, education, and the open web. The award was presented by Natalia Ryłko on behalf of the university, and accepted by @4thhubbard in Matt’s name.

The letter from Rector Professor Andrzej Szarata expressed the university’s alignment with the values WordPress has long stood for: that knowledge should be shared, that technology should serve society, and that a university’s responsibility extends beyond its own walls. It also acknowledged the collaboration already underway between Kraków University of Technology, the WordPress FoundationWordPress Foundation The WordPress Foundation is a charitable organization founded by Matt Mullenweg to further the mission of the WordPress open source project: to democratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software. Find more on wordpressfoundation.org., and the broader WordPress community, pointing to student projects presented at WCEU as a tangible result of that partnership.

It’s a moment that speaks to something larger. When a major technical university formally recognizes the impact of an open source project and its educational initiatives, it signals that this work is being taken seriously at an institutional level. That kind of validation opens doors, and we look forward to building on it.

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Contributor Day: Education Table

Mikołaj Opach – https://www.flickr.com/photos/wceu/55313980781/in/album-72177720333905701

The event started strong on July 4th, 2026 at the WCEU Contributor Day, where the Education Table brought together one of the most engaged and diverse groups of the day.

Table Lead: @gomp
Co-Lead: @peiraisotta
Contributors: 21
Mentor Applications Submitted: 3
Institution Application: Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences – Finland, SAE Creative Media Education – Greece
Graduated Students Represented: 32

It opened with introductions and a simple but powerful framing: What’s your background? What’s your campus or education experience? From there, the group moved into open brainstorming and discussion, and contributions came from two perspectives: students and mentors on one side, and institution representatives on the other.

What Students and Mentors Brought Up

The student and mentor group generated rich feedback and ideas, including:

  • Creating a new fellowship model for mentors, enabling them to prototype and design solutions for their own institutions (new programs, communication campaigns, internal platforms)
  • Adding a Human-Centered Design (HCD) module to the course to foster creative and solutions-oriented thinking
  • Building a contribution wizard tool directly into the course to help students navigate where they can get involved
  • Creating a contribution or project dashboard so students can clearly see open tasks and needs
  • Addressing the confusion between 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/ and 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/ in the course curriculum, which currently leads to disorientation
  • Dividing the course into technical and non-technical tracks to better serve different audiences
  • Improving language clarity throughout course materials and documentation
Roberto Vázquez – https://www.flickr.com/photos/wceu/55314270329/in/album-72177720333905696

What Institution Representatives Raised

Institution reps came with strategic and structural thinking:

  • Developing an elevator pitch presentation specifically designed to help universities understand and join the program
  • Defining clear next steps for students after graduation, including the concept of a WPCredits Alumni Club
  • Framing contributions as a genuine career path, not just a classroom exercise
  • Making the course available in multiple languages
  • Encouraging participating institutions to collaborate with each other, rather than working in silos
  • Creating a mini-grant program, co-funded with institutions, to sponsor student projects
  • Introducing modern, relevant tools to the curriculum (for example, exploring an education partnership with Figma)
  • Developing audience-specific courses and certifications: WordPress for Business Owners, for Designers, for Project Managers, and so on

A Broader Request

One idea that surfaced from multiple directions: move Education to the WordPress.org main menu. It’s a small change with a big symbolic and practical impact, signaling that education is a first-class part of the WordPress ecosystem.

View the full Contributor Day 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/ thread: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C0959D2M3T8/p1780555018475629

Akademia WordPressa: WordPress Academy for beginners

Jeroen Rotty – https://www.flickr.com/photos/wceu/55314138378/in/album-72177720333905701

Also running on Contributor Day was Akademia WordPressa, a beginner-focused workshop initiative organized by the local Polish WordPress community. For the first time in WCEU history, the event included dedicated hands-on workshops for people who had never used WordPress before.

The concept originated at WordCamp Kraków 2024 and made its WCEU debut this year, with a four-hour curriculum running entirely in Polish and aimed at the local community. Participants built their first website from scratch using WordPress Playground, learned to work with the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. editor, explored how AI tools can assist in content creation and site planning, and then found and fixed intentional accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) and SEO errors in their own sites as a practical learning exercise. No coding required, no prior experience needed.

The session accommodated 40 participants, and all materials including the agenda, site project, exercise list, and facilitator notes are being published after the event so future organizers can freely adapt, translate, and reuse them.

This is exactly the spirit the Education initiatives are trying to scale. A community-led, low-barrier entry point into WordPress and open source, built by people who care about bringing new voices into the ecosystem. A dedicated post about the Akademia is coming soon, with a deeper look at the format, how it ran, and how other communities can pick it up and run it at their own events.

The hope is that Akademia WordPressa grows into a fixture at flagship WordPress events worldwide.

Looking Ahead

WCEU 2026 in Kraków was proof that WordPress education is growing up. The first-ever Education Track, a packed Contributor Day Table, and new institutional partnerships forming all point to a community that is taking education seriously.

The next step is to follow up with the mentors, institutional representatives, and supporters who contributed ideas during the Contributor Day Education Table. The session generated a rich list of proposals, from fellowship models and contribution dashboards to multilingual course materials and alumni pathways. Those conversations don’t stop when the event ends. I’ll be working through the ideas raised, engaging the people who raised them, and turning the most actionable ones into concrete next steps for the program.

The work continues. If you are a WordCamp organizer, university, educator, mentor, or student interested in getting involved with WordPress Educational Initiatives, WordPress Credits or Campus Connect, reach out. There is a place for you here.

#campusconnect, #contributor-day, #education, #wceu, #wpcredits

Mohammed Kateregga 1:31 pm on June 11, 2026
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Community Team Meeting Agenda for June 11, 2026

The Community Team chat usually takes place on the first Thursday of every month in the #community-team channel on 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/. This month’s meeting was pushed from June 4 to June 11 due to WordCamp Europe 2026.

This meeting is meant for all contributors on the team and everyone who is interested in taking part in the work the Community Team does. Feel free to join, even if you are not currently active in the team.

As we tried last month, we’ll run this as a single open meeting starting on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 12:00 UTC, and keep the discussion open for 12 hours. Drop in whenever works for you, leave your check-in and thoughts on any of the topics below, and carry on with your day. The May meeting used this same open 12-hour format. (Make WordPress)

If you wish to add points to discuss, comment on this post or reach out to one of the Community Team reps. It does not need to be a blog post yet; the topic can also be discussed during the meeting.

Check-ins: Program and event supporters / Contributors

Please share your updates in the meeting thread:

  • What have you been doing and how is it going?
  • What did you accomplish after the last meeting?
  • Are there any blockers?
  • Can other team members help you in some way?

Highlights to note

Here are a few things everyone should be aware of:

  • How to Bring Your Community to Make WordPress Slack — Local meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. groups, locale communities, and flagship events can now request dedicated channels in Make WordPress Slack. Communities are asked to join #community-slack-migration and share their group name, Meetup.com URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org or equivalent community page, and the channels they need created. This was listed as the latest Community Team post on June 9. (Make WordPress)
  • Open Source Starts in the Classroom: WordPress Education in Poland — A look at how WordPress Credits, Campus Connect, and student showcases are growing in Poland, including university and high school participation ahead of 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. Europe 2026. (Make WordPress)
  • Monthly Education Buzz Report – May 2026 — WordPress education initiatives continue to grow, with updates from Campus Connect, WordPress Credits, and Student Clubs. (Make WordPress)
  • WCEU 2026 Contributor Day: Community Team Agenda — The Community Team table at WordCamp Europe focused on meetup program health, GatherPress, contributor onboarding, the Contributor Dashboard, and hands-on support tasks. This meeting is a good place to collect follow-up reflections and action items from WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event.. (Make WordPress)

Announcements

Open posts

Check out these new and ongoing discussions needing review, feedback, thoughts, and comments:

Open floor

This is your chance to discuss things that weren’t on the meeting agenda.

We invite you to use this opportunity to share anything you want with the team. If you have a topic you’d like to discuss, add it to the comments of this post and we’ll try to update the agenda accordingly.

#agenda, #meeting-agenda, #team-chat, #team-meeting

karenalma 6:19 pm on June 9, 2026
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How to Bring Your Community to Make WordPress Slack

Following Mary’s post on welcoming all languages and communities to Make WordPress Slack, we’re ready to start creating channels for local meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. groups, locale communities, and flagship events. Check out the buzz at WCEU during Contributor Day!

Here’s how to get your community set up
Join the #community-slack-migration channel in Make WordPress 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 post a request with:
* Your group name
* Your Meetup.com URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org or equivalent community page
* A list of any channels that need to be created

We’ll work with you to take care of the rest and let you know the timing based on your needs.
What you’ll get: A dedicated channel in Make WordPress Slack where your members can connect, share updates, and connect with the broader WordPress project.

Frequently Asked Questions

What about our message history?
We can import messages. File imports aren’t currently supported, but existing workspace exports can be converted to HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. and stored in Google Drive so your history isn’t lost. Just mention it in your request and we’ll work with you on it.

What if we need more than one channel?
Start with your main channel and see how it goes. If your community grows and needs more structure — separate channels for docs, events, or dev discussion, for example — we can work with you on that.

What about private channels for organizers?
Private organizer channels are handled case-by-case. Just mention it in your request.

Do our members 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?
Yes, a WordPress.org account is required to join Make WordPress Slack. If your members don’t have one yet, they can create one here.

Ready to get started?
Drop a request in #community-slack-migration and we’ll get your community connected.

Many thanks to @_dorsvenabili @kossmann @nilovelez @supernovia and all the early adopters from BlackPress, Spain, Brazil, Pakistan, Japan, Italy, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, India, and more!!

#community-slack-migration

Maciej (Matt) Pilarski 5:01 pm on June 3, 2026
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Open Source Starts in the Classroom: WordPress Education in Poland

When people ask me what I’ve been working on lately, the answer usually involves students, professors, and 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. contributions. Something has been quietly building in Poland on the WordPress education front, and I think it’s time to share what’s been happening.

I’ve been coordinating WordPress Educational Initiatives in the Central and Eastern Europe region for a while now, and Poland has become one of the most exciting places to watch. Here’s a look at what we’ve built so far.

Universities Joining the WP Credits Program

The WordPress Credits Program connects students with real open source contributions, and Polish universities have been embracing this in a genuine way. Students aren’t just learning WordPress as a tool; they’re becoming contributors to a project that powers a significant portion of the web. For many of them, it’s the first time they realize that open source is something they can actively participate in, not just consume.

Seeing students submit their first contributions, earn their credit badges, and start to understand how a global open source community actually works has been one of the most rewarding parts of this work. What makes the Polish context interesting is the strong technical culture in Polish higher education, students come in with solid foundations, and the Credits Program gives them a meaningful way to apply that to something real and lasting.

Campus Connect Events

Alongside the Credits Program, we’ve been running WordPress Campus Connect events in Poland. These are hands-on sessions that bring WordPress into the classroom in a direct, practical way, connecting students with the broader community and giving them a taste of what contributor culture looks and feels like.

The events have been a great bridge between academic learning and the open source world. For a lot of students, meeting people from the WordPress community, hearing how others got involved, and realizing they’re already contributing to something global is the moment things click.

High Schools Stepping In

One of the developments I’m most excited about is what’s been happening at the secondary school level. VIII LO, a high school in Krakow, has students actively working on WordPress-related projects. This mirrors a broader direction in the WP Credits Program to explore contributions beyond universities, and it’s been incredible to see younger students take it seriously.

These students aren’t just building websites. They’re engaging with real problems, thinking about users, and learning what it means to create something that others will actually use. And some of them will be presenting their work at 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. Europe 2026 in Krakow, which makes this particularly full-circle: they’re in the host city, they’re local students, and they’ll be sharing their WordPress journey with an international audience.

What’s Coming at WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event. 2026

Speaking of WCEU: as part of the Education programming at WordCamp Europe this year, students from Krakow University of Technology, Krakow University of Economics, and VIII LO will be showcasing the projects they’ve built during their involvement in WordPress educational initiatives. Having local students present at a flagship WordPress event is a big deal, and it’s a testament to how far this work has come.

Why This Matters

Rita Robles wrote beautifully about what the WP Credits Program means to her in Costa Rica: seeing students go from never having heard of open source to becoming active contributors, building real portfolios, and connecting to a global community. I feel the same way about what’s happening in Poland.

The thing that keeps me going in those initiatives is the moment when a student stops thinking of themselves as someone who uses technology and starts seeing themselves as someone who builds it. That shift happens across cultures, in Krakow just as much as in Cartago.

We’re still building. More institutions are in conversation about joining the Credits Program, more Campus Connect events are in the pipeline, and the student showcase at WCEU is going to open some doors. Poland is very much in motion.

If you’re an educator in Poland or elsewhere in CEE and you’re curious about bringing WordPress into your institution, reach out. There’s a place for you in this program.

Maciej “Matt” Pilarski is a Community WranglerWrangler Someone, usually a person part of event organizing team, who looks after certain things like budget or sponsors. at Automattic, coordinating WordPress Educational Initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia, part of the WCEU 2026 Local Team in Krakow.

#campus-connect, #education, #wpcredits

Destiny Kanno 5:53 am on June 3, 2026
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Monthly Education Buzz Report – May 2026

Welcome to the Monthly Education Buzz Report, your go-to source for highlights and updates on the WordPress Campus Connect, WordPress Credits, and WordPress Student Club education initiatives within the WordPress community. This report aims to celebrate, promote, and inform individuals across the WordPress community and beyond about the diverse educational endeavors underway.

WordPress Campus Connect

WordPress Campus Connect (WPCC) closed out May with the program’s strongest numbers yet. The program has now completed 25 events in 2026 and 45 events all time, reaching more than 6,200 total attendees across its lifetime. Six events are currently scheduled, and 31 more are in setup or early planning stages — the largest pipeline the program has seen. If you’re working on an application or just getting started, the #campusconnect channel in the Make WordPress 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/ is the right place to connect with the team and get your questions answered.

Completed Events

WPCC National Taitung University, Taiwan (May 24)

WordPress Campus Connect National Taitung University brought the program to Taiwan for the first time, welcoming students to a day of hands-on WordPress learning in Taitung. The event extends WPCC’s reach further across Asia Pacific and adds another new country to the program’s growing global map.

WPCC Masaka, Uganda

The WPCC Masaka multi-session program wrapped up in May after running since mid-April. The program introduced students in the Masaka region to WordPress and 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., continuing the strong and sustained presence Campus Connect has built across Uganda, where it has now held events in Jinja, Lira, Kaliro, Masaka, and Kakumiro.

Upcoming and Scheduled Events

The following events are currently scheduled and open for registration or tracking:

With 31 events in planning, the second half of 2026 is shaping up to be the busiest stretch in the program’s history. If you’re an educator or community organizer interested in hosting a Campus Connect event, you can apply here.

WPCC Lleida
WPCC University of Rajshahi
WPCC University of Rajshahi
WPCC Liceo La Paz A Coruña
WPCC Liceo La Paz A Coruña

Streamlining the Application Pipeline

The WPCC team has been building toward a faster, more consistent experience for applicants. On May 8, Isotta Peira and Rocío Valdivia published a detailed post outlining plans to automate the steps in the application process that currently require the most manual effort: vetting, status transitions, organizer emails, and site creation. A vetting agent — already built by @piyopiyofox and being tested by @clk87 — will run hourly, write notes to the tracker, and move applications to a new “Needs Action” status so a human reviewer can take it from there.

The application form will also be updated to include a checkbox where applicants confirm the WPCC organizer agreement, removing the need for a separate agreement document. As a helpful clarification for anyone navigating the process: a venue agreement is not required for WPCC events held on campus with a professor present, as participants are typically covered by institutional insurance. The full technical plan is tracked in GitHub issue #1714. If you’ve vetted WPCC applications, or if you’ve been an organizer waiting on approval, feedback is welcome on GitHubGitHub 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 by the repository owner. https://github.com/ or in the comments of the Make post.

WordPress Credits

When One Contribution Travels 6,000 Miles

Here’s a story that shows what open source can do when it works. Elena Zheng (@zleena), a WordPress Credits student in Spain, translated and adapted the guide for organizing a WordPress photo walk into Spanish, publishing her work to the Spanish WordPress Photos team handbook.

Not long after, the Guadalajara WordPress Community in Mexico — roughly 6,000 miles from Elena’s home — used that same guide to organize their own photo walk. One student’s contribution, completed as part of her coursework, found its way to a community on a different continent and helped them run a better event. Elena contributed to the WordPress Photos team, which gains translated resources for global organizers. The Guadalajara community gained a ready-made guide in their language. And the open source ecosystem grew in exactly the way it’s supposed to — outward, and further than anyone expected.

This kind of contribution is exactly what WordPress Credits is designed to make possible: real work, with real downstream value, done by students who are just getting started.

What First-Time MentorsEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. Are Learning

On May 12, Jos Velasco published What We’re Learning from First-Time WP Credits Mentors: A Story from the Field on Make WordPress Community. The post walks through his experience guiding three students — each with a different pace, a different path, and a different relationship to open source — through their first contributions. It’s an honest, useful read that any current or prospective mentorEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. will recognize.

One of Jos’s takeaways is worth lifting here: students who contribute most meaningfully aren’t the ones who rush to finish — they’re the ones who find a project that feels genuinely worth doing. He also raises a question worth discussing across teams: what if contributing teams shared a short, timely list of what would actually be most useful right now, so students could choose tasks with clear downstream value? If you’re 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. or an active mentor with thoughts on this, his post has space for that conversation.

Program Updates

Fidélitas University in Costa Rica launched its second cohort of WordPress Credits students on May 11, making it one of the first partner institutions to complete a full program cycle and return for a second round. New students from Fidélitas and other partner institutions are arriving throughout the month, and mentors are actively welcoming them into the relevant Slack channels and contribution areas.

On the mentor side, @marianosarmiento completed the mentor course this month, and @Sumit Singh has been actively guiding students who are contributing to the Core team. @Alvaro Gómez proposed an idea now being piloted in the program: connecting students with NGOs for their internship hours, giving students a meaningful contribution pathway while creating real value for civil society organizations. It’s a natural extension of the program’s ethos, and one worth watching as the pilot develops.

A workshop was also held in May to introduce students to Weglot, one of WordPress Credits’ tool sponsors, which offers students free access to a full year of the Weglot Business Plan (a €290 value) for website translation. Recordings of the workshop will be made available on WordPress.TV for students and mentors who want to review the material or catch up at their own pace.

WordPress Student Clubs

May brought two concrete milestones on the student club side. The Esparza Student Club at UCR Sede del Pacífico officially formed and held its inaugural event on May 20 in Esparza, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, with 50 students participating. The club adds another organized, student-led presence to the Campus Connect pipeline in Central America, where WordPress education has been building steadily.

The St Philomena College, Puttur student club in India also published its website this month, giving the club a public presence on campus and within the broader WordPress community.

Conversations are ongoing about how to make club websites easier to launch. One proposal gaining traction is a one-page format, with details pre-filled from tracker data to lower the setup burden for student organizers. The goal is a polished starting point that doesn’t require a team to build from scratch. If you’re thinking about starting a student club at your institution, the WordPress Student Club Guide is the right place to begin.

Other Happenings

Education Gets a Spotlight at 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. Europe 2026

WordCamp Europe 2026 takes place June 4–6 at the ICE Kraków Congress Centre in Kraków, Poland, and education has emerged as one of the clearest threads running through this year’s program. Day two of the conference includes a dedicated education track:

All sessions will be live streamed. Tickets are still available if you’re joining in person.

Mary Hubbard on Why Education Matters for WordPress

In May, the WordCamp Europe Insights podcast published episode 10: Why Education Could Shape the Next Era of WordPress. WordPress Executive Director Mary Hubbard joins host Kasia Janoska for a wide-ranging conversation covering WordPress Credits, Campus Connect, mentoring, AI, and the case for bringing WordPress into educational institutions earlier and more broadly. It’s a good listen ahead of the conference, and an accessible entry point for anyone who wants to understand what these programs are building toward. Find it on YouTube or Spotify.

The WordPress.org/news post previewing WordCamp Europe 2026 also spotlights education as a defining theme this year, noting the full track of sessions on contributor onboarding, university partnerships, and open source learning that make this year’s program one of the most education-forward in the conference’s history.

Get Involved

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Stay tuned for next month’s update!

#education-buzz #campusconnect #wpcredits #studentclubs

roblesloaiza 5:02 pm on May 28, 2026
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My WPCredits Journey: What We’ve Built So Far

When we started WPCredits at Universidad Fidélitas, I knew it was an important project, but I didn’t fully grasp everything it would come to mean. Today, looking back, I realize that in a short time we’ve built something worth talking about. And since this is a journey that’s still very much open, I want to share it exactly as I’m living it.

From 158 to 185 students

We launched our first cohort with 158 students. That number already felt big to me, especially thinking about the logistics of supporting that many people well, making sure no one falls through the cracks. Today we’re 185 active students, spread across 6 schedules.

That split across schedules isn’t a minor detail. When you work with large groups, the temptation is to put everyone in the same space and run through the content all at once. We chose the opposite: dividing into six schedules precisely so we could offer close support, answer real questions, and make sure every student feels there’s someone paying attention to their progress. Contributing to WordPress for the first time can be intimidating, and that support is the difference between someone who stays and someone who drops out.

Five professors who joined as mentorsEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues.

If I had to pick the thing I’m proudest of in this cohort, it isn’t the student numbers: it’s that we brought in 5 professors as mentors.

To me, this is key. It’s one thing to have motivated students learning to contribute, and quite another to have faculty fully involved in mentoring, guiding them step by step. These professors understand both sides of the coin: the dynamics of the classroom, with its timelines and academic demands, and the dynamics of the WordPress community, which runs on its own logic of contribution, collaboration, and 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.. Having someone who can translate between those two worlds makes the student experience far more solid.

Faculty Mentors for the WP Credits Program at Universidad Fidélitas

Why this program is so meaningful to me

Beyond the numbers, what truly moves me about WPCredits is seeing who we’re reaching. We are bringing new generations to WordPress.

I’m talking about students who, in many cases, had never heard of open source, who didn’t know that behind WordPress there’s a global community of people contributing their time and work openly. When they discover that they too can contribute in a real way—that their work gets recorded, that it becomes part of a project powering a huge portion of the web—something shifts in how they see themselves. They stop being mere users of technology and become people who build it. And along the way, they put together an authentic professional portfolio, with verifiable contributions that carry real weight in the job market.

Planting that seed in young people, opening that door for them, is what makes this program so much more than an institutional task for me.

The new step: WPCredits reaches high schools

And because the idea has always been to keep moving forward, we’ve taken a step that has me especially excited: together with @peiraisotta, we’ve launched a WPCredits pilot in high schools.

This pilot is part of the broader WPCredits initiative—an effort to explore how the program can reach beyond universities and open its doors to secondary education. Working alongside Isotta to bring this vision to life has been a real privilege, and it speaks to the program’s commitment to growing the community from the ground up.

The first school to join is the Liceo HHC Experimental Bilingüe José Figueres Ferrer in Cartago, Costa Rica. There, 13 tenth-grade students will begin this process as part of their Student Community Service requirement. I find this point especially valuable: instead of fulfilling their community service with a one-off, isolated activity, these young people will do it by contributing to an international project, with real and verifiable impact. Their community service becomes a formative, technical experience that connects them to a global community.

It’s the first time WPCredits reaches secondary education, and to me, it represents opening an entirely new door. These students are younger; they’re at a different stage, and seeing how they respond to this challenge is going to teach us a great deal.

Because that’s the other important point: this pilot isn’t a standalone event. It’s designed as a foundation, a model that can be replicated and improved so that, starting next year, more high schools can join the initiative. We’re beginning with one, with 13 students, but the program’s sights are set on something much bigger.

Yesterday, during the first session with the group of students at the José Figueres Ferrer Experimental Bilingual High School

Moving forward

When I put all of this together—the growth of the cohort, the professors who joined as mentors, the new students arriving at WordPress, and now high schools entering the picture—it’s clear to me that we’re on the right path.

WPCredits, for me, turned out to be much more than a program: it’s a way of building community, of making room for new generations, and of showing that from Costa Rica we can contribute to a global project.

This is only the beginning. And we keep moving forward.

#education, #wpcredits

Diego Echeverria 8:00 am on May 28, 2026  

WP Ibarra: How a Community Was Born and Its First In-Person Meetup

By the WordPress Ibarra, Ecuador Community — May 2026

Ibarra now has its own WordPress community. What started as a conversation among passionate people at events across Latin America has become something real: on May 29th, we are holding our first in-person meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. in the city.

This is our story — and it’s only just beginning.

The Beginning: A Vision Built Step by Step

It all started at meetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. organized by the Latin American WordPress community. Being part of those spaces —meeting dedicated people, attending workshops, and accessing resources through WordPress.org— planted a question that kept growing: why doesn’t Ibarra have its own community?

Over time, that question stopped being just an idea and turned into a project. In October 2025, the official WP Ibarra group on Meetup.com was registered, and with that, the community took its official shape. There were plenty of doubts along the way — but even more enthusiasm to start contributing.

One of the most rewarding parts of this journey has been the support from other Latin American communities. Seeing how each one contributes, grows, and leads by example was a huge motivation for us. Across the region, there are large, well-established communities — and there are communities like ours, just getting started. But fresh ideas and a genuine desire to give back to your local community are worth just as much as years of experience.

First Steps: Virtual, but Very Real

Before meeting in person, the community was already active. Through our Instagram, we started sharing our mission, posting content about WordPress, and inviting people from Ibarra to join our events.

In February 2026, we held our first virtual meetup. For a first-ever event, bringing together nearly 10 people online was already a clear sign: there was something here, and it was worth building.

Then came a particularly exciting milestone: in May, we had the opportunity to present our community at the Universidad Técnica del Norte. It was a truly enriching experience where we covered topics on WordPress, the Latin American community, our local community, and the WordPress Credits program — an initiative that sparked great interest among both students and university staff.

And we didn’t stop there. At that same institution, we also introduced the community at a local entrepreneurship fair, where several attendees were eager to learn how WordPress could be a real tool for growing their businesses. We invited all of them to our upcoming event, so they can learn more about WordPress and everything we have planned ahead.

The Big Step: See You in Person on May 29th

Reaching this point feels special. Over these months, many people have reached out with interest in joining the community — to share what they know and to learn alongside others.

On May 29th, we will meet in person for the very first time. This meetup is more than just an event — it’s the beginning of something we want to build consistently: an active local community where people from Ibarra can learn, connect, and grow together around WordPress.

We hope this gathering strengthens the bonds with those who have already been part of this journey, opens the door to new people who want to join what is being built here, and also inspires other regional communities across Ecuador that have not yet taken that first step. Because when a local community comes alive, everyone grows.

WordPress Community in Ibarra, Ecuador — Presentation of the Ibarra WordPress Community to the UTN, May 2026

Juan Hernando 2:22 pm on May 27, 2026  

🌍 WCEU 2026 Contributor Day: Community Team Agenda

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. Europe 2026 is just around the corner (do you have your ticket?), and Contributor Day in Kraków is shaping up to be one of the most focused and action-packed in recent memory. If you’re joining the Community Team table on June 4, here’s what to expect.

No matter where you are in your WordPress journey (first-time contributor or seasoned organizer) you’re welcome here.

🕘 Schedule

08:30 Registration
09:15 Opening and welcome
10:00 Contributing to WordPress – Community Team welcome and onboarding
12:15 Group photo
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Contributing to WordPress – Let’s keep collaborating
16:30 Teams summaries and wrap-up

💡 What we’ll be working on

This year, the Community Team table has a clear focus: meetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. and contributor onboarding tools. Here’s what’s on the table:

🗺️ MeetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. program health: our main focus.

The meetup program is one of the most important pipelines for growing the WordPress community worldwide, and we want to work on it together. Come ready to:

  • Review and discuss the state of meetup groups in your region
  • Explore what makes meetups thrive and what gets in the way
  • Contribute to outreach and reactivation strategies for dormant groups
  • Share ideas for improving the meetup organizer experience globally

🛠️ GatherPress.

As part of our ongoing work on the meetup program, we’ll also have space to discuss GatherPress, a WordPress-native event management tool being evaluated as the future of meetup coordination. If you’ve tested it, used it, or just have questions, come share your experience. Organizer feedback is exactly what the project needs.

📊 Contributor Dashboard, open to all teams.

The Contributor Dashboard is a project that touches every corner of the WordPress contributor ecosystem, and Francesco di Candia (@francescodicandia) will be leading this conversation at our table.

We’re especially hoping to hear from contributors across different teams, not just Community. If you’re from CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., Training, Polyglots, Documentation, or anywhere else: come by for a bit. Your perspective on what a useful contributor dashboard looks like is exactly the input that will shape it.

We’ll be exploring:

  • What data and recognition matter most to contributors
  • How the dashboard can support retention and make the contributor journey more visible
  • What would have helped you get started or keep going

🛠️ Process Q&A and hands-on tasks.

For those who want to get into the weeds: there’ll be space to vet meetup and WordCamp applications, triage HelpScout conversations, and answer questions from newer supporters and organizers.

👋 Onboarding for new contributors.

Never contributed to the Community Team before? This is the perfect place to start. We’ll walk you through what we do, how decisions get made, and how you can plug in, no technical background required.

📚 A note on the Education table

This year, there’s a dedicated Education table run independently by Maciej Pilarski (@gomp), where you’ll be able to discuss WordPress learning initiatives (WordPress Campus Connect, WordPress Credits, WordPress Student Clubs), lesson plans, and educational programs. If that’s your area of interest, head there, and feel free to move between tables throughout the day.

🤝 Want to help facilitate?

The table will be led by me, but more voices are always better. If you’re a Program ManagerProgram Manager Program Managers (formerly Super Deputies) are Program Supporters who can perform extra tasks on WordCamp.org like creating new sites and publishing WordCamps to the schedule., Program SupporterProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook., or Event SupporterEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. attending 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/, consider stepping up to:

  • Help onboard newcomers
  • Guide a specific discussion
  • Take notes and capture action points

📝 Note takers are especially welcome. We want to leave the day with clear takeaways, not just good conversations.

Come with an idea. Leave with a team to help you make it happen.

Mohammed Kateregga 10:47 am on May 13, 2026
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Community Team May 2026 meeting recap

This is a summary of the Community Team monthly meeting held on May 7, 2026. This month, the team tried something a little different: instead of two separate sessions, we ran a single open meeting starting at 12:00 UTC and kept it open for 12 hours. People could drop in when it worked for them, leave check-ins, share thoughts on the topics.

The meeting followed the agenda published here. If you weren’t able to join live, this recap is for you, and we’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.

📝 Meeting chat logs

May 7, 2026 12:00 UTC 12-hour meeting.
Meeting host: @nazmul111
Notes: @mohkatz

View the chat log on Slack 

👋 Attendance

We had participants from Bangladesh, Uganda, Spain, India, the Philippines, Switzerland, Kenya, and other corners of the WordPress world. A good mix of time zones for our first 12-hour open meeting experiment!

Thanks for checking in @mosescursor, @aion11, @nazmul111, @unintended8, @devmuhib, @adityakane, @nilovelez, @yoga1103, @mohkatz, @dilip2615, @webtechpooja, @kafleg, @mehrazmorshed, @patricia70, @aquila20, @onealtr, and everyone else who followed along or joined the threads later on.

A special welcome to @Rashunda, who joined the Community Team meeting for the first time while preparing to attend 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. Torino. Glad you took the leap and feel at home.

⚡️ Check-ins

It was great to hear from so many active corners of the community. Among the things people have been working on: mentoring WordCamps and Campus Connect events, organizing flagship and local WordCamps, reviewing applications and budgets, answering HelpScout emails, hosting Training Team meetings, working on handbook pages, supporting WordPress Credits students and mentorsEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues., reviewing themes, patterns, and plugins, and preparing for upcoming community events.

Some of the updates shared included work around WordCamp Asia 2026, WordCamp Masaka, WordCamp Rajshahi, WordCamp Barishal, WordCamp Portugal, WordCamp Galicia, WordCamp Málaga, WordCamp Europe 2026, WordCamp Belgrade, WordCamp Cebu, WordCamp Mannheim, WordCamp Bretagne, WordCamp Switzerland, WordCamp Philippines, and WordCamp Asia 2027.

There was also plenty of Campus Connect and education-related activity, including Campus Connect Rajshahi, Campus Connect Cumilla, Campus Connect Bukuumi, Campus Connect Lleida, possible future Campus Connect activity with a high school, and WordPress Credits mentoring.

Several contributors are also helping new or growing existing meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. communities, including WordPress Nairobi, WordPress Jinja, WordPress Nakuru, Bhola WordPress Meetup, and a possible future Lugano meetup. As @nazmul111 and others put it during the meeting: “There are lots of events happening.” And yes, there really are!

✨ Highlights

A few things worth noting from the agenda that came up during the session:

WordCamp Asia 2026 Community Booth: A Retrospective by Destiny Kanno and Recap: Community Team at WordCamp Asia 2026 Contributor Day by Devin Maeztri. Two posts covering the Community Team’s presence at WordCamp Asia 2026 in Mumbai: what worked at the booth, lessons learned, and how 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/ went.

Meetup Formats That Work: How WordPress Nairobi Turned a Meetup into a Hands-On Workshop by Juan Hernando. A practical case study, with props to Jesse Mwangi for sharing his experience, on how the Nairobi community reimagined the standard meetup format to increase engagement and hands-on learning. Worth a read for any organizer looking to shake things up.

WordPress Academy for Young People in Kraków by Sebastian Misniakiewicz. A look at bringing WordPress education to young and beginner audiences in Kraków, ahead of WordCamp Europe 2026. A strong example of community-driven outreach and a model worth considering for other host cities.

📣 Announcements

A few recent announcements and updates were shared:

WordCamp India 2027: What’s Next? by Karen Arnold. WordCamp India will become the fourth flagship WordCamp, joining WordCamp Europe, WordCamp US, and WordCamp Asia. Host city applications are open, with a deadline at the end of June 2026.

Introducing the WordPress Facilitator Training Program by Destiny Kanno. This new program is aimed at equipping WordPress community members with the skills to lead sessions, workshops, and discussions more effectively.

Announcing our 2026 Global Partners and Welcoming Bluehost as a 2026 Global Partner by Harmony Romo. These posts introduced the 2026 Global Partners lineup, including Automattic, Hostinger, Woo, and Bluehost. These partnerships help sustain WordPress community events worldwide.

💬 Open Floor

These were the main questions and topics that sparked conversation.

Could we create a regular space for organizers to share experiences?

@unintended8 raised a useful open floor question after having a couple of calls with event organizers where people shared tips, experiments, lessons learned, and things that worked or did not work at past events. The conversations were valuable, but they happened by chance. So the question was: how could we create a regular space to share these conversations?

Several ideas came up. @mosescursor suggested adding a session into the 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/ meeting or introducing themes for Community Team meetings. @mohkatz suggested something like monthly community organizers office hoursOffice Hours Defined times when the Global Community Team are in the #community-events Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time., with both live Zoom or Google Meet sessions and async Slack participation for those unable to attend live. @aquila20 and @yoga1103 agreed with the idea.

There was also discussion about where this should live. @unintended8 suggested that #community-events is probably the natural home, but conversations can easily get buried there. A possible combination emerged: a live call where organizers can speak freely, paired with a recap on Make Community or a pinned shared board/document to collect broader lessons and ideas.

@harmonyromo suggested creating some kind of board or document that could be pinned to the channel so ideas stay collected and easier to revisit.

The question isn’t fully resolved. What do you think? Leave a comment below.

How can we better support mentorEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. and program supporterProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook. pipelines?

@adityakane raised another important point: there are quite a few people in the pipeline for mentoring events or becoming program supporters, and this may need more eyes and hands to help move things along.

@unintended8 suggested getting this sorted out by the end of the following week.

📌 Open posts for discussion: Your input matters

Check out these new and ongoing discussions needing review, feedback, thoughts, and comments.

Peer Review Needed: Hands-On WordPress Meetup Activity Library by Destiny Kanno. Meetup organizers consistently hear that attendees want to do things with WordPress, not just watch presentations, but building a structured 30–60 minute hands-on activity from scratch is a real barrier. This post proposes a shared activity library and is asking for community peer review before moving forward. If you organize meetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook., this one is especially worth your time.

Community Summit alongside a flagship event for 2027 or 2028 by Patricia Brun. A proposal to explore whether the next Community Summit could be located with a flagship WordCamp event in 2027 or 2028. The post outlines the rationale, potential formats, and invites community input. Worth reading to understand where this conversation stands.

Request for Feedback: Guide to Speaking at Meetups and WordCamps about the Core AI Projects by Jonathan Bossenger. The AI team is seeking community input on a guide designed to help contributors speak about WordPress’s coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. AI efforts at local events. Your feedback, especially from organizers and frequent speakers, is welcome.

🎤 Open floor

The open floor also included a call for volunteers to facilitate future meetings. @mohkatz offered to help facilitate a future meeting after being encouraged by @mosescursor and @nazmul111. Thank you!

There was also a nice side conversation around a possible Lugano meetup. @Rashunda shared interest in gathering WordPress users in the Swiss Italian area, possibly leading to a future WordCamp Lugano. @patricia70 offered to help connect with previous co-organizers and pointed to the WordCamp Switzerland 2026 call for organizers, where Italian-speaking organizers would be especially welcome.

💬 Join the conversation

If any of these topics sparked a thought, especially the 12-hour open meeting format, a regular space for organizer knowledge-sharing, or the mentoring and program supporter pipeline, drop a comment below. These conversations are better with more voices.

🙋 Call for meeting facilitators

Community Team monthly meetings can be facilitated by any team member. It’s a great way to engage with the broader community. If you’re interested in hosting a future meeting, reach out to one of the Team Reps: @adityakane, @thehopemonger, @unintended8, or @webtechpooja.

⏰ Next Meetings

Community Team meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month, with one or two sessions to accommodate different time zones, in the #community-team channel on Slack.

Our next meeting(s) will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2026:

Keep an eye on Make/Community for the next agenda, and we hope to see you there!

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