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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 programโs 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 โ the largest pipeline the program has seen. If youโre working on an application or just getting started, the #campusconnect channel in the Make WordPress SlackSlackSlack 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 WPCCโs reach further across Asia Pacific and adds another new country to the programโs 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 SourceOpen 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:
WordPress Campus Connect Dhakaย โ Dhaka, Bangladesh (ongoing through August 31)
WordPress Campus Connect UCR Sede del Pacรญfico Esparzaย โ Puntarenas, Costa Rica (August 29)
With 31 events in planning, the second half of 2026 is shaping up to be the busiest stretch in the programโs history. If youโre an educator or community organizer interested in hosting a Campus Connect event, you can apply here.
WPCC LleidaWPCC University of RajshahiWPCC University of RajshahiWPCC Liceo La Paz A CoruรฑaWPCC Liceo La Paz A Coruรฑa
Streamlining the Application Pipeline
The WPCC team has been building toward a faster, more consistent experience for applicants. On May 8, Isotta Peira and Rocรญo 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 โ already built by @piyopiyofox and being tested by @clk87 โ will run hourly, write notes to the tracker, and move applications to a new โNeeds Actionโ 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 youโve vetted WPCC applications, or if youโve been an organizer waiting on approval, feedback is welcome on GitHubGitHubGitHub 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 โpull requestโ 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.
Not long after, the Guadalajara WordPress Community in Mexico โ roughly 6,000 miles from Elenaโs home โ used that same guide to organize their own photo walk. One studentโs 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 itโs supposed to โ 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 SupporterEvent 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 Weโre 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 โ each with a different pace, a different path, and a different relationship to open source โ through their first contributions. Itโs an honest, useful read that any current or prospective mentorEvent SupporterEvent 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 Josโs takeaways is worth lifting here: students who contribute most meaningfully arenโt the ones who rush to finish โ theyโre 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 youโre a team repTeam RepA 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
Fidรฉlitas 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 Fidรฉlitas 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 Gรณmez 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. Itโs a natural extension of the programโs ethos, and one worth watching as the pilot develops.
A workshop was also held in May to introduce students to Weglot, one of WordPress Creditsโ tool sponsors, which offers students free access to a full year of the Weglot Business Plan (a โฌ290 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 Pacรญfico 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 doesnโt require a team to build from scratch. If youโre 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 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 theyโve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe 2026
WordCamp Europe 2026 takes place June 4โ6 at the ICE Krakรณw Congress Centre in Krakรณw, Poland, and education has emerged as one of the clearest threads running through this yearโs program. Day two of the conference includes a dedicated education track:
Panel: Rethinking Learning in WordPressย โ featuring WordPress Executive Director Mary Hubbard, Training Team rep Rade Jekic, CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team rep Benjamin Zekavica, Natalia Basiura, and Klaus Harris
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. Itโs 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 yearโs program one of the most education-forward in the conferenceโs history.
