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Konnichiwa, and hello. Welcome to your monthly roundup of practical ideas, community updates, and results from organizers around the WordPress community.
What happens after the workshop
WordPress Campus Connect UCR Esparza, Costa Rica
A growing set of education programs gives organizers practical ways to help learners move from workshops into lasting WordPress participation. The Facilitator Training Program offers self-guided courses and facilitation guides, while a proposed WordPress Credits retention program would give graduates clearer routes into contribution, credentials, mentoring, and opportunities. Start by choosing one available course and considering whether your community could host it.
WordPress Campus Connect UCR Esparza shows how that pathway can work locally. Students completed five workshops, developed websites over several weeks, and presented their projects at an event attended by 45 people. Organizers looking for a repeatable model can pair preparatory workshops with a final showcase that welcomes educators, professionals, and community members.
A WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. is not the only kind of WordPress event, and it is not the one most groups should start with.
A weekday morning online meetupMeetupMeetup 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.. One community reached its eighth session in August, showing that a simple recurring online format can become a dependable series. Choose a consistent time, keep the agenda focused, and make joining easy for people who may not attend an evening or in-person gathering.
A project showcase after a short workshop series. At WordPress Campus Connect UCR Esparza, students attended five workshops, spent several weeks building websites, and then presented their work to a jury. Organizers can copy the sequence: teach, allow building time, and finish with presentations that recognize participants’ progress.
A prepared facilitation guide, taken to a school or campus. First-time facilitators used the program’s course and guide for online sessions in Bangladesh and an in-person workshop in Kolhapur. Their feedback also improved the program’s forms, language, and flexibility for future facilitators.
Group of the Month: Chiba WordPress Meetup, Japan
Chiba WordPress Meetup, Japan
The Chiba WordPress Meetup turned a translation task into a shared contribution session on August 23. Eighteen participants divided the Dinosaur Game pluginPluginA 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.’s description, instructions, and FAQ among themselves, and an experienced contributor reviewed the Japanese translations. The group translated the entire introduction page during the session. For a meetup elsewhere, the pattern is simple: agree on one manageable piece of documentation, divide it into small tasks, and arrange a knowledgeable reviewer before everyone starts.
Also worth knowing
An organizer is asking how you run online office hoursOffice HoursDefined 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.
Do you run online office hours for your meetup group? One organizer is looking for advice on the format. Share how you schedule sessions, handle questions, and make newcomers comfortable.
Tip of the month for sustainable events:
Add a short reminder to your event page asking attendees to bring a reusable bottle and take only the food, napkins, and swag they expect to use. The Sustainable Events Handbook has a ready-made set of attendee tips you can paste straight in.
Worth watching
From the archive, Hector de Prada’s Tips for hosting a successful WP meetup in your city at WordCamp Europe 2025 shares lessons from restarting a meetup and building attendance. It is aimed at organizers starting a group or trying to bring more people to one that already exists.
MeetupsMeetupMeetup 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. of the Month
Local meetups run in far more places than this. Everything, everywhere, is on events.wordpress.org.
Open calls for speakers:
Worth passing to your group. Someone who has never spoken before is usually one nudge away from it, and a first talk at a nearby WordCamp is how a lot of organizers started.
Send your recaps and photos and your group goes in Meetups of the Month. Every group that shares one is included, so ask your group’s permission and send it. Group of the Month is for a story another organizer can learn from, and you can put any group forward including your own.
Did we miss your event? Possibly, and we would rather know. Send your recap in #community-events or #campusconnect for the next issue.
Tell us what you want to read here too. If there is a section missing, a format you want explained, or a question you wish someone would answer, say so and we will build it into the next issue.
Each issue opens with a greeting from a language spoken where one of the featured groups is based. This month it is Japanese, from Chiba. If you would like your language to open an issue, tell us.
Thanks for everything you do to grow and support the WordPress community.
