Title: Introduction & Program Overview
Author: Pooja Derashri
Published: December 1, 2025
Last modified: December 2, 2025

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# Introduction & Program Overview

## In this article

 * [About WordPress Campus Connect](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/education/campus-connect/wordpress-campus-connect-organizer-playbook/introduction-program-overview/?output_format=md#about-wordpress-campus-connect)
 * [Goals of Campus Connect](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/education/campus-connect/wordpress-campus-connect-organizer-playbook/introduction-program-overview/?output_format=md#goals-of-campus-connect)
 * [How It Started](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/education/campus-connect/wordpress-campus-connect-organizer-playbook/introduction-program-overview/?output_format=md#how-it-started)
 * [Impact So Far](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/education/campus-connect/wordpress-campus-connect-organizer-playbook/introduction-program-overview/?output_format=md#impact-so-far)

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### 󠀁[About WordPress Campus Connect](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/education/campus-connect/wordpress-campus-connect-organizer-playbook/introduction-program-overview/?output_format=md#about-wordpress-campus-connect)󠁿

WordPress Campus Connect is a global education initiative led by the WordPress Community
Team that brings together students, educators, and open-source contributors. Its
goal is to help students explore WordPress, understand open-source contributions,
and discover digital career opportunities through practical, hands-on workshops 
held at educational institutions. The coreCore Core is the set of software required
to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. value of WPCC is not
only meeting students on campus, but also creating a formal, ongoing bond between
the institution and the WordPress community.

### 󠀁[Goals of Campus Connect](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/education/campus-connect/wordpress-campus-connect-organizer-playbook/introduction-program-overview/?output_format=md#goals-of-campus-connect)󠁿

 * Empowering students across the globe to learn, build, and contribute through 
   WordPress.
 * Build local WordPress communities within educational institutions.
 * Create career awareness and contribution pathways for students.

### 󠀁[How It Started](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/education/campus-connect/wordpress-campus-connect-organizer-playbook/introduction-program-overview/?output_format=md#how-it-started)󠁿

Campus Connect began as a local outreach initiative to introduce WordPress to students
in [Ajmer, India, in October 2024](https://events.wordpress.org/ajmer/2024/wpcampusconnect/).
Its success led to expansion across multiple countries and [official recognition as a global WordPress.org program](http://wordpress.org)
[ in May 2025](https://wordpress.org/news/2025/05/wordpress-campus-connect-expands/).

### 󠀁[Impact So Far](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/education/campus-connect/wordpress-campus-connect-organizer-playbook/introduction-program-overview/?output_format=md#impact-so-far)󠁿

Hundreds of students across 4 regions have participated in WordPress Campus Connect
events to date, building their first WordPress sites and forming local WordPress
Student Clubs.

First published

December 1, 2025

Last updated

December 2, 2025

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