Welcome
You are reading this because you want to teach WordPress.
Maybe you are an experienced developer who has been using WordPress for years and wants to share what you know. Maybe you are a university professor who sees the value of 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. education and wants to bring it into your classroom. Maybe you are a freelancer, a community organizer, a bootcamp instructor, or someone who just completed a WordPress course and thought: I could teach this.
All of those starting points are valid. All of them are welcome here.
The WordPress Facilitator Training Program is a free, open, community-powered program that equips people to teach WordPress topics to others. No application required. No gatekeeping. No prior teaching experience necessary.
If you know WordPress and you want to help others learn it, this program is for you.
What This Playbook Is For
This playbook is your orientation to the WordPress Facilitator Training Program. It covers:
- What the program is and why it exists
- What is in it for you as a facilitator
- How the program works and what it gives you
- What you can teach and where to find the resources to teach it
- The basics of facilitation for people who have never taught before
- How to deliver your first workshop
- How to stay connected and keep growing
It does not cover every detail of every course or facilitation guide. Those documents exist on their own. This playbook is the bigger picture: why you are here, what you are part of, and how to get started.
Why This Program Exists
WordPress powers more than 42% of the web. It is the most widely used content management system on the internet, maintained by a global community of volunteers who build it, document it, translate it, test it, and teach it.
Teaching is not a secondary activity in the WordPress community. It is how the project sustains itself. Every person who learns WordPress well enough to use it confidently is a potential contributor. Every contributor who stays engaged builds the community that keeps WordPress alive and growing.
The WordPress Facilitator Training Program exists because that teaching work should not fall on a small number of people. It should be distributed. It should be community-powered. It should be open to anyone with knowledge to share.
That is the spirit of open source applied to education. Knowledge is not a scarce resource. The more people who can teach WordPress well, the better WordPress is for everyone.
What Is in It for You
Teaching WordPress is genuinely worth your time. Here is why.
You deepen your own knowledge. There is no faster way to find the edges of what you know than to teach it. Preparing to facilitate a workshop on WordPress contribution, site building, or AI literacy will surface questions you have never thought to ask. You will leave knowing more than when you started.
You build a visible track record. Every workshop you facilitate is evidence of your expertise. In a field where practical skill matters more than credentials, a demonstrable history of teaching WordPress to real people at real institutions carries weight. Facilitators who build that track record position themselves for opportunities that are invisible to people who only have a resume.
You open doors for paid work. Institutions, bootcamps, companies, and community organizations need qualified people to teach WordPress. This need is growing as WordPress education programs expand globally. Facilitators who have proven they can deliver effective workshops on WordPress topics are naturally positioned to pursue paid teaching and training engagements. The WordPress Facilitator Training Program does not place facilitators in paid roles directly, but it gives you the preparation, the resources, and the credibility to pursue those opportunities yourself.
You can earn a credential. The WordPress ecosystem is actively developing micro-credentials that validate WordPress skills and knowledge. The AI Leaders micro-credential is the first 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.-backed micro-credential, and it signals a clear direction: the WordPress project is building pathways where contributors can translate their skills into recognized credentials that carry real professional value. As more credentials become available, facilitators who have completed the relevant courses will be positioned to earn them, adding a verifiable differentiator to their professional profile.
You contribute to something larger than yourself. Every person who learns WordPress through a workshop you facilitate is one more person who can use it, build with it, and potentially contribute to it. You are not just teaching software. You are growing the community that sustains one of the most important open source projects in the world.
