{"id":99975,"date":"2026-10-22T15:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/?p=99975"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:56:56","slug":"wordpress-credits-sponsorship-tiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/2026\/10\/22\/wordpress-credits-sponsorship-tiers\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Credits is opening sponsorship tiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress Credits is a program of the WordPress FoundationWordPress Foundation<\/span> 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<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and it connects students at partner institutions with real contribution work on the WordPress project. We began with eight partner institutions, and in our first year we have worked across 17 countries and reached over 900 students. If you want to watch it happen, the WP Credits dashboard<\/a> refreshes weekly from our program records and WordPress.orgWordPress.org<\/span> The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https:\/\/wordpress.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That growth is the reason for this post. The program has reached the point where curriculum, translation, tooling, and the work of bringing new institutions on board all need steady funding behind them, and our current sponsorship setup was never designed for that. So we\u2019re piloting new ways to support the program and the students, from in-kind mentorship through to funding an entire program. This is a test for 2027: we\u2019ll run it, publish what we learn, and adjust or retire what doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to the sponsors who got us here<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Weglot and Automattic have supported this program since it was an idea on a page, sponsoring the people who have designed, built, and worked to ensure the program improves and adapts to the needs of students and the community. Along with WPBakery, Hostinger, DreamHost, Hosting.com, Raiola Networks, Cloud86, Smarthost, Villa Sostaga, Elementor, miniOrange, and Novamira, they have also sponsored mentorsEvent Supporter<\/span> 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span> who guide students, and contributed products that students use throughout the program. Mentors sponsored through Five for the Future have done the daily work of guiding students, cohort after cohort. None of the numbers above would exist without them, and the tiers below are built on what they made possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tiers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our community is vibrant and evolving, and we love stepping into new territory: trying, adjusting, and learning from what works and what doesn\u2019t. That\u2019s what has allowed a community more than 20 years old to evolve, overcome a global pandemic, and thrive. Starting in 2027, we\u2019ll pilot the following tiers and refine them as we learn. These tiers cover WordPress Credits, and WordPress Campus Connect events stay separate from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>Friend<\/strong><\/td>Supporter<\/strong><\/td>Backer<\/strong><\/td>Champion<\/strong><\/td>Partner<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Annual<\/strong><\/td>In-kind (5ftF)<\/td>$5,000<\/td>$10,000<\/td>$15,000<\/td>$30,000+<\/td><\/tr>
Name on the partner page<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Mention in the mentorEvent Supporter<\/span> 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span> feature<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Acknowledged in the sponsor thank you post<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Logo and description on the partner page<\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Badge for your own site<\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Annual program report<\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Named for what you fund in program communications<\/td><\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Report covering that cost line<\/td><\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
A self-written educational post about the sponsored product*<\/td><\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
An additional self-written sponsor post with factual, value-neutral information about additional products*<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Invitation to the annual education partners session<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Co-hosted webinar or event<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Named as program partner on the program you fund<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Named in launch communications<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr>
Program-specific report<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\u2713<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

*Sponsor posts are drafted by the company and published on wordpresseducation.org once the education team has reviewed them, so that everything we publish stays useful to students first.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expand this section to read the list of the tiers instead of a table<\/summary>\n