Monthly Education Buzz Report – February 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

Stats to date

Completed Events: 28
Students Reached: 3,933 (+368)
Institutions Visited: 51

Scheduled events: 4

WordPress Campus Connect Ribera del Duero (multiple event series, started January 30th)
WordPress Campus Connect Universitat de Lleida (multiple event series, started February 18th)
WordPress Campus Connect STITNU Al Farabi Pangandaran (starts on March 12th)
WordPress Campus Connect Liceo la Paz A Coruña (starts on May 7th)

26 more events are currently in the planning stages! We are actively working to expand our global reach and bring more educational opportunities to students worldwide. Come find us in the #campusconnect Slack channel.

Event Highlights

WordPress Campus Connect continues to grow globally, with multiple successful events, new resources, and increased community engagement this month.

WordPress Campus Connect Rajshahi
- Rajshahi Court College
  - Date: February 16
  - Attendees: 91
- Varendra University, Rajshahi
  - Date: February 23
  - Attendees: 82
- All events went over the following topics:
  - Building a WordPress website from scratch, including domain setup, hosting, WordPress installation, theme customisation, and content publishing.
  - Freelancing with WordPress, highlighting market-ready skills such as theme customisation, 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. configuration, performance optimisation, and client communication.
  - Open-source contribution and licensing, with an overview of the GNU General Public License (GPLGPL GPL is an acronym for GNU Public License. It is the standard license WordPress uses for Open Source licensing https://wordpress.org/about/license/. The GPL is a ‘copyleft’ license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html. This means that derivative work can only be distributed under the same license terms. This is in distinction to permissive free software licenses, of which the BSD license and the MIT License are widely used examples.) and how it enables freedom to use, modify, and distribute software.
  - The WordPress contributor credits system, learning how contributors receive recognition for contributions to coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., documentation, design, 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), translation, and community initiatives.
WordPress Campus Connect – Universitata de Lleida (Cappont Campus)
- While the event ran smoothly, organizers noted opportunities to make sessions more interactive in the future. Experiments are underway using WordPress Blueprints to help create interactive learning materials for specific concepts during Campus Connect workshops.
WordPress Campus Connect – St. Philomena College, Puttur
- Date: January 30 – 31
- Attendees: 51
- Program topics:
  - WordPress as a platform for building real-world web applications
  - The open-source ecosystem
  - Opportunities for learning and contributing to the WordPress community
WordPress Campus Connect Event in Pakistan – Faisalabad
- Date: February 28
- Attendees: 91
- Event media:
  - Photo Album: https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZXnTd5Zsf8bBjjXC5johBE46u1NPBkvSHy0
  - Video recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r23BqswMhZo
- Organisers shared plans to establish a WordPress Student Club at Career Institute, with the goal of continuing to 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 support students interested in WordPress and open-source development.
WordPress Campus Connect Jinja 2025
- The WordPress Jinja Community has completed the WordPress Campus Connect Jinja 2025 event series, which involved visits to 12 campuses across Eastern Uganda.
- The program ran over approximately three active months, with a two-month pause due to holidays and national elections before resuming when schools reopened in February.
- This initiative represents a significant milestone as one of the largest Campus Connect series organised in the region, bringing WordPress education to multiple institutions and expanding the local open-source ecosystem.
- A comprehensive recap article and photo collection are being prepared by the organising team.

Other Program Updates

New Handbook Resources: Several new resources have been published to support contributors and program organizers.
- WordPress Education Programs handbook page
- How to Compile an Education Buzz Report
A new Education Programs project board has been created to help track program initiatives and development.
New Workshops on WordPress.tv: Two new workshops were published covering how to create event websites for Campus Connect and WordCamps.
- Part 1
- Part 2
New Themes: @debdesign has created a base theme designed specifically for WordPress Campus Connect and Student Club organizers, helping simplify the process of building event websites.
Publications
- Campus Connect mentioned in “WordPress Faces an Event Horizon, Not a Sunset”
- Education programs noted WordPress Education: A New Way to Learn, Build, Connect 🎓

WordPress Credits

Program Stats

Active institutions: 11
Active 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.: 63
Active students: 285

Highlights

158 students from Universidad Fidélitas were onboarded in February as part of the Technology and Society course integration.
The program is currently in discussions with additional institutions in Spain, India, Costa Rica, and Chile, which may join in the coming weeks.

New Pilot Initiative

A WordPress Credits Self-Onboarding Pilot is launching with 14 students from the Krakow University of Economics, beginning in early March.

This pilot tests new approaches that allow students to independently join and begin contributing to the WordPress ecosystem through structured learning materials.

Course link:
https://learn.wordpress.org/course/wordpress-credits-self-onboarding-pilot/

Media

Melapress Podcast:
WordPress Credits: How Students Can Earn Academic Credit by Contributing to WordPress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0JUjNl9Pqs

WordPress Student Clubs

WordPress Student Club ACERC

The WordPress Student Club at ACERC Ajmer organised several learning sessions focused on building practical WordPress skills.

WordPress Local Development Session (February 3, 2026)

Students learned how to install and work with WordPress locally, gaining hands-on experience with the platform.

Topics included:

WordPress fundamentals and how the platform works
Plugin integration and how plugins extend website functionality
Website design and content management
Best practices for local development and testing

Students were also assigned tasks to practice their skills before the next session.

Interactive Quiz-Based WordPress Learning Session (February 11, 2026)

Another session was organised using an interactive quiz format, designed to help students learn WordPress concepts through participation rather than a traditional lecture.

Highlights included:

Interactive exploration of WordPress fundamentals
Questions explaining real-world use cases for WordPress websites
High student participation and engagement

The session was well received, with students finding the quiz-based learning format both fun and informative.

WordPress Student Club GWECA

Held a WordPress Learning Session & Live Design Activity that included a hands-on WordPress workshop combined practical learning with a live website design activity.

Students were introduced to:

The Twenty Twenty-Three theme
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/ blocks
Page structure and layout alignment
Spacing and visual consistency in design

Participants recreated a reference webpage layout, applying their learning in real time while experimenting with design elements and building live pages.

The session provided a valuable opportunity for students to develop both technical and creative website-building skills.