Training Team Highlights

Announcement

Weโ€™re considering issuing certificates specifically for course cohort students. Unlike automated course completion certificatesโ€”which can sometimes be misusedโ€”cohorts are different. In a cohort, students must actively participate in regular classes, complete assessments, and pass an exam before earning a certificate.

Recent Updates:

Current Focus Areas

Meetings in June

Meeting TypeDateFacilitator
Team MeetingJune 2th Rade Jekiฤ‡
Team MeetingJune 9thSumit Singh
Team MeetingJune 16thMuhibul Haque
Team MeetingJune 23thRade Jekiฤ‡
Team MeetingJune 30thSumit Singh
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Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 30th June 2026

This meeting followedย this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in thisย Slack Log. (If you donโ€™t have aย SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ย account, you canย set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 27 attendees: @nikitad, @dilip2615, @jenish1234, @ravigadhiyawp, @sumitsingh, @nitspatel, @devmuhib, @usamaazad99, @alkesh7, @rfluethi, @pravin1996, @palak678, @vishitshah, @saif2002, @andrewssanya, @huzaifaalmesbah, @vasantrajput, @sibokul (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @freewebmentor (async), @sonaliprajapati (async), @ibrahimkh4l33l (async), @harshjadav003 (async), @makanikaran (async), @ranupatel11 (async), @jagirbahesh (async), @ursha (async)

Newcomers: @nazmulasif, @goudarz

Meeting hosted by:ย @sumitsingh

Note Taker:ย @palak678

Note Reviewer:ย @vasantrajput

Welcome! Please post in theย #trainingย channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check outย our onboarding program, and ourย Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs to know more about note-taking and needs guidance in creating a Recap Note Post, they canย DMย @VasantRajput. He will guide you for a Recap Note and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • Feedback โ€“ Outdated content in course โ€œCreating a 4-page business websiteโ€ โ€“ https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3528
  • Feedback โ€“ Option explained in video is missing in the Playground testing environment in the lesson โ€œUsing template partsโ€ โ€“ https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3529
  • Bengali translation for Tutorial โ€œHow to create a video tutorial for learn.wordpress.orgโ€œ
  • https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/1831
  • We are planning to host Office Hours on July 26, 2026, but Iโ€™ve noticed that not many members are joining the Zoom meetings. Could you please suggest how we can improve these meetings and encourage more members to join and participate actively?ย  โ€“ You can share your suggestion here or in this GitHubGitHub GitHub 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/ issue, please https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3535

Looking for volunteers

  • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers โ€“ one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
  • Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. Youโ€™re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Hereโ€™s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails: Create Thumbnails for Learn WordPress Lessons #3428
  • We have closed a few issues and still have 525 open issues. It would be great to get support in reviewing and reducing their number. You can help by:
    • Going through issues one by one
    • Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
    • Suggesting fixes or next steps
    • Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)
  • Letโ€™s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized. If anyone has QQ, then drop a message here, please

Updates from last weekโ€™s Triage Squad session

  • No meeting last week.

Other News

Come and Contribute

This weekโ€™s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges awarded:ย 
    • N/A
  • Give Props:
    • N/A

Project updates

  • @rfluethi has created a new P3 post about the monthly office hours update. Any suggestions, feedback, or additional ideas are appreciated. https://make.wordpress.org/training/2026/06/28/office-hours-meeting-recap-27th-june-2026/
  • We successfully wrapped up our BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme Development Course cohort last week, with eight students participating throughout the program. It was a great learning experience, giving participants hands-on exposure to modern WordPress theme development.
  • Building on this momentum, we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPlugin A 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. Development next month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
  • @VasantRajput is mentoring a few students in the Training team Guide program.

Upcoming Online Workshops

Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
  • Anything youโ€™ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can another contributor or a Training Team member help you in some way?

Open Discussions

  • Currently, no new topics have been raised, but asynchronous contributions are welcome via theย Slack threadย to continue the discussion.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 23rd June 2026

This meeting followedย this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in thisย Slack Log. (If you donโ€™t have aย SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ย account, you canย set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 34 attendees: @abduremon, @palak678, @vanpariyar, @rjekic, @dilip2615, @rfluethi, @csheba, @mosescursor, @andrewssanya, @nikola93n, @pravin1996, @ravigadhiyawp, @sonaliprajapati, @psykro, @sumitjavia, @vishitshah, @jenish1234, @ibrahimkh4l33l, @makanikaran, @huzaifaalmesbah, @nitspatel, @pooja-n, @freewebmentor, @vasantrajput, @rithika3, @devmuhib (async), @sumitsingh (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @sibokul (async), @ranupatel11 (async), @harshjadav003 (async), @ursha (async), @jagirbahesh (async)

Newcomers: @wpircles, @bollullera1, @mhrifat, @kaushik1111

Meeting hosted by:ย @rjekic

Note Taker:ย @andrewssanya

Note Reviewer:ย @VasantRajput

Welcome! Please post in theย #trainingย channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check outย our onboarding program, and ourย Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs to know more about note-taking and needs guidance in creating a Recap Note Post, they canย DMย @VasantRajput. He will guide you for a Recap Note and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

Looking for volunteers

  • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers โ€“ one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
  • Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. Youโ€™re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Hereโ€™s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails: Create Thumbnails for Learn WordPress Lessons #3428
  • We currently have 530 open issues. It would be great to get support in reviewing and reducing their number. You can help by:
    • Going through issues one by one
    • Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
    • Suggesting fixes or next steps
    • Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)
  • Letโ€™s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized :crossed_swords:

Updates from last weekโ€™s Triage Squad session

  • N/A

Other News

Come and Contribute

This weekโ€™s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges awarded:ย 
    • Training Contributor badge is awarded to @valeriewandeler, but since she is not here in this moment, @Rico can come to the stage and pick it up for her! Letโ€™s give a round of warm applause for them!
  • Give Props:
    • @mosescursor:
      • Props to @Rade Jekic for leading todayโ€™s meeting
      • Props to @SAndrew for his countless efforts in progressing in the training contribution
      • Props to @tt-admins for supporting the new members, especially when I was away

Project updatesS

  • We successfully wrapped up our BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme Development Course cohort last week, with eight students participating throughout the program. It was a great learning experience, giving participants hands-on exposure to modern WordPress theme development.
  • Building on this momentum, we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPlugin A 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. Development next month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
  • @VasantRajput is mentoring a few students in the Training team Guide program. If you want to guide or to be guided, just leave a message in the #training channel and someone will help you

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • N/A

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics youโ€™d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
    • @andrewssanya: Iโ€™m working on the Thumbnails and aim is to complete them.
    • @psykro: @rjekic, I just wanted to follow up on our chat at WCEU with Sebastien from Polylang. I think you mentioned the only outstanding issue to sort out is this https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3277?
      • @rjekic: Yes, I started (re)testing everything, and I will inform you and Sebastien soon. Thank you for the support!
      • @psykro: Awesome, thanks. PingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test itโ€™s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of โ€œPing me when the meeting starts.โ€ me if you need any support with anything. And if I donโ€™t reply in 24-48 hours in GitHubGitHub GitHub 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/, feel free to DM me here, as I sometimes miss a GitHub notification in all the noise from other repositories
  • Whatโ€™s your plan in 2026 related to WordPress?

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training-team

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Office Hours Meeting Recap โ€“ 27th June 2026

Date: June 27, 2026
Time: 14:00 to 15:00 UTC (local time)
Platform: Zoom
Recording: internal, not published
Moderator: Sumit Singh (@sumitsingh)
Note-taker: Rico F. Lรผthi (@rfluethi)

Related links:

This session had three participants. The items in the Recommendations section are therefore explicitly recommendations, not team decisions. Please share feedback by the next weekly Tuesday meeting, as a comment on this post or in the #training SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ channel.

Participants

NameWordPress.orgWordPress.org 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/ profileLocation
Ibrahim Nasir@ibrahimkh4l33lNigeria
Rico F. Lรผthi@rfluethiSwitzerland
Sumit Singh@sumitsinghIndia

Ibrahim Nasir joined for the first time. He is a Support Engineer at Proper Fraction LLC, has been active on WordPress.org since 2019, and works mainly in the Support team. His experience can help the team with organizational questions.

Context

The session focused on two things: an open review of participation and of how the meeting formats are scoped, and a joint pass through the Office Hours issues in the WordPress/Learn repository. There are around 526 open issues in total; seven of the Office Hours issues were closed in this session. One observation from the group: many people attend the weekly Tuesday meetings, but many of them only read along. For the Office Hours, there is little feedback on whether the format works.

Topics

1. Meeting formats: Office Hours, TT-Admins, and the Tuesday meeting

The group discussed that the Office Hours should be cancelled if they do not reach higher attendance, and that the format is promoted too little at the Tuesday meetings and in the monthly reports. It is striking that the Triage meeting, which has not run for months, is mentioned all the time, while the Office Hours meeting is not. Office Hours without participants are effectively a TT-Admins meeting.

The proposal is to clearly separate the three formats, so it is obvious which topics belong where. The two additional formats (Office Hours and TT-Admins) are public and minuted, so everyone can take part and absent contributors can follow up asynchronously.

FormatCadencePurposeWhich topics belong here
Tuesday meeting (main meeting)weeklyCentral information and coordination for the whole teamOverall status, announcements, open proposals and votes, reports from Office Hours and TT-Admins
Office Hoursmonthly, public, minutedSubstantive discussion and idea evaluationCross-cutting and strategic topics, new ideas and their viability, proposal preparation, open questions, onboarding topics
TT-Admins meetingscheduled regularly, cancelled when not neededAdministrative processes and issue trackingIssue triage and backlog maintenance, administrative decisions, responsibilities, operational work

A coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. task of the Office Hours is to evaluate new ideas together first (in a brainstorming issue) before anyone writes a proposal. Small-scale admin and triage work does not belong in the Office Hours; it belongs in the TT-Admins meeting. Whether the TT-Admins meeting and the Triage meeting are kept separate or merged is still to be decided. The split should be written up as a proposal (#3536), discussed, evaluated, and anchored in the handbook.

2. Collaboration instead of single proposals

Ideas should be evaluated together before anyone takes on the effort of a proposal. This is the core task of the Office Hours as a public, minuted space, and the reason a regular live meeting is needed despite fluctuating attendance: direct exchange is hard to replace asynchronously. Sumit shared the view that too few people confirm an idea and drive it forward.

3. Issue pass

Strategy: close completed and outdated tickets, and reopen on objection. Seven of the Office Hours issues were closed in this session. The regular cleanup of the backlog is a standing goal for the coming meetings. The individual issues are listed in the Action Items.

4. Badge system

The badge system feels intransparent to parts of the team. The plan is to collect ideas internally in issue #3487 first, turn them into a public proposal (#3539), and then build a work list with responsibilities and a clear checklist. Important to note: the official badges on profiles.wordpress.org are not assigned by the Training Team alone, but in coordination with the Community and MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. teams. The team can clearly define its own contributor recognition; changes to the official badges require coordination with the responsible teams.

5. 2026 goals

Instead of yearly goals, the team should set shorter goals (about three months), so newcomers see the current plans. The goals should be written using the SMART method (specific, measurable, attractive, realistic, time-bound) and stay connected to the team vision and the wider WordPress goals (#3475).

6. Organization and next meeting

If it is decided to continue the Office Hours, the next meeting will probably be on July 26, 2026, 14:00 UTC (#3535). Because Rico cannot attend the Saturday Office Hours in July, the group discussed whether the meeting could move to a Sunday (July 26) as an exception. Otherwise it should take place on Saturday, July 25. Sumit will clarify this.

Recommendations (for the team to confirm)

#RecommendationConsensus of attendees
1Close all issues that have not been touched for a year; reopen on objection by the people involvedYes
2Set shorter goals (about three months), write them with SMART, and align them with the vision and the community goalsYes
3Add the Office Hours as a fixed item in the weekly meetings and minutes, mention them in the monthly reports, and promote them more visiblyYes
4Collect badge ideas, open a proposal, develop a checklist and responsibilities, and coordinate with Community and MetaYes, as a proposal
5Next meeting probably Sunday July 26, 2026 (as an exception) or Saturday July 25, 14:00 UTC, pending Sumitโ€™s clarificationYes, pending

Action Items

IssueTaskOwnerStatus
#3415Review the task documentation templateSAndrewopen
#3416Prepare and publish the preferred-meeting-time poll, then confirm the day and timesumitsinghwpopen
#3417Publish the admin roster post (TT-Admins)sumitsinghwpopen
#3419Follow up with the Meta team about the TT-Admins Slack channelrjekicclosed
#3420Reach out to Nikola and Maria as a fallback for WordCampWordCamp WordCamps 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 theyโ€™ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europerjekicclosed
#3475Collect the TT-Admins comments on the 2026 goalssumitsinghwpopen
#3476TT-Admins meeting and Triage: separate or mergesumitsinghwpopen
#3477Prepare the Zoom link for the June 27 Office Hourssumitsinghwpclosed
#3478Host the BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor workshop for Note Takerssumitsinghwp, Vasantopen
#3479Record the screencast tutorial for Note Takerssumitsinghwp, Vasantopen
#3480Follow up with the Meta team on the Sensei templatesrjekicopen
#3481Contact the Sensei developers about the lesson orderrjekicopen
#3482Export the Help Scout tickets for the TT-Admins reviewrjekicopen
#3484Promote the issue list at the Tuesday meetingrjekic, sumitsinghwpopen
#3485Set up the Slack reminders for the Office Hourssumitsinghwpclosed
#3486Introduce a Last Reviewed field in the handbookdevmuhib009, rjekicopen
#3487Define badge-hunter filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. measuredevmuhib009, rjekic, sumitsinghwpopen
#3488Host the June 27 Office Hourssumitsinghwpclosed
#3489Add the June 27 Office Hours to the websitesumitsinghwpclosed
#3535Schedule and host the next Office Hours meetingto assignopen
#3536Write and publish the meeting-formats proposal (Tuesday meeting, Office Hours, TT-Admins)devmuhib009, rjekic, sumitsinghwpnew
#3537Migrate the Office Hours topic list into the Learn GitHubGitHub GitHub 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/to assignnew
#3538Set up prioritization for Office Hours topicsto assignnew
#3539Draft the badge-system proposalsumitsinghwp, rjekicnew

Next meeting

Date: probably Sunday, July 26, 2026 (as an exception), otherwise Saturday, July 25, 2026; Sumit to confirm
Time: 14:00 UTC
Issue: #3535
Moderator: open
Note-taker: open

Proposed topics (project board, board view):

  • #13 Meeting formats: separate Tuesday meeting, Office Hours, and TT-Admins
  • #14 Office Hours topic collection: migrate the personal project board into the Learn GitHub
  • #15 Office Hours topics: let contributors prioritize so urgent items surface
  • #16 TT-Admins meeting and Triage: clear separation vs. merge
  • #17 Badge system reform: proposal, checklist, and responsibilities with Community and Meta

Get involved and resources

Everyone is welcome to contribute, whether or not they join the Office Hours. Please share feedback on the recommendations by the next Tuesday meeting, as a comment or in Slack.

#meeting-recap, #office-hours, #training-team

Meeting agenda for June 23rd, 2026

This weekโ€™s meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026, at 07:00 UTC. The meeting will be held on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/, in the #training channel. Anyone is welcome to contribute to the meeting by commenting in Slack threads during the meeting and throughout the following days. Meeting notes will be published by the following Tuesday to also incorporate these asynchronous conversations.

This weekโ€™s meeting will be hosted by @rjekic.

1. Intro/Welcome

Welcome to all new teammates who joined the Training Team this week!

2. News

  1. Meeting Note Takers
  2. Looking for feedback
  3. Looking for volunteers
    • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers โ€“ one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
    • Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. Youโ€™re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Hereโ€™s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails:
      https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3428
    • We currently have 530 open issues. It would be great to get support in reviewing and reducing their number. You can help by:
      • Going through issues one by one
      • Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
      • Suggesting fixes or next steps
      • Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)
    • Letโ€™s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized
  4. Updates from last weekโ€™s Triage Squad session
    • No meeting last week
  5. Other announcements and news

2. Come and Contribute

3. Contribution Acknowledgement

4. Project updates

  • We successfully wrapped up our BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme Development Course cohort, with eight students participating throughout the program. It was a great learning experience, giving participants hands-on exposure to modern WordPress theme development.
  • Building on this momentum, we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPlugin A 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. Development next month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
  • @vasantrajput is mentoring a few students in the Training team Guide program.

5. Upcoming Online Workshops

  • No workshop scheduled.

6. Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
  • Anything youโ€™ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can other contributors or Training Team members help you in some way?

7. Open Discussions

If you have topics youโ€™d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this post.


You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in theย #trainingย Slack channel at any time.

WordCamp Europe 2026: Contributor Day Recap

WordCampWordCamp WordCamps 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 theyโ€™ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe 2026 Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ took place on Thursday, June 4th, in Krakรณw, Poland, a city renowned for its rich history and beauty. The Training Team joined many of the other Make Teams in a beautiful conference hall of the ICE Krakรณw Congress Centre, where nearly 800 attendees took part in the Contributor Dayโ€™s activities.

Our plan for the day was shared in this post: WordCamp Europe 2026 Contributor Day.

This year, we had 6 in-person contributors and 7 online contributors, for a total of 13 contributors to the Training Team on Contributor Day!

Kudos to all who were involved:

Our in-person table leads, @digitalchild and @nikola93n, did their best to share the Training Teamโ€™s goals and projects with all interested parties who joined our table at the ICE Krakรณw Congress Centre. They shared knowledge about many interesting topics:

  • how to start contributing,
  • what the Training Team handbook is and how to use it,
  • how to help other Training Team members in finding the obsolete content, and making sure that all the content is up-to-dateโ€ฆ

They joined our online facilitators, @devmuhib, @vasantrajput, @andrewssanya, and @sumitsingh in a live Zoom session and helped in shaping the Online Contributor Day event,

Our accomplishments

  • Got 15 new contributors to the Training Team
  • Onboarded 6 people to the Training Team
  • 3 content reviews
  • 4 new online workshop planned
  • 3 translation initiatives kicked off

The Training Team uses GitHub to manage their ongoing content creation work.ย 

Whatโ€™s next?

Continue your path to earning a Contributor Badge.

To the folks who joined us for the first time, and even some familiar faces, we encourage you to continue to engage with the team in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ and within your local WordPress communities. Iโ€™d also like to take a moment to share with or remind you that we have Team Profile Badges, which you can earn for your contributions.

Keep up the great work to earn your contributor badge!ย 

Share Feedback about Contributor Day

Weโ€™d love to be able to improve and share in anything that went well for our Contributor Days, so please take a moment to fill out this Contributor Day Attendee Feedback Form when you get the chance!

Memories

Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 16th June 2026

This meeting followedย https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3523 https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1781593229092789

Introductions and Welcome

There were 27 attendees: @abduremon, @palak678, @VasantRajput, @jenish1234, @organvlasti, @rjekic, @makanikaran, @dilip2615, @ravigadhiyawp, @pravin1996, @vijay5696, @rfluethi, @andrewssanya, @vishitshah, @ranupatel11, @sumitsingh, @sonaliprajapati, @nitspatel, @huzaifaalmesbah, @mehrazmorshed (async), @nikola93n (async), @sibokul (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @ursha (async), @bigod (async), @rithika3 (async), @mohkatz (async), @freewebmentor (async).

Newcomers: @yakedi

Meeting hosted by: @devmuhib

Note Taker:ย @pravin1996

Note Reviewer:ย @VasantRajput

Welcome! Please post in theย #trainingย channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check outย our onboarding program, and ourย Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Looking for feedback

Looking for volunteers

  • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers โ€“ one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
  • Also, we started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. Youโ€™re very welcome to join us and contribute to this important and creative project. Hereโ€™s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails:
  • We currently have 511 open issues. It would be great to get support in reviewing and reducing their number. You can help by:
    • Going through issues one by one
    • Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
    • Suggesting fixes or next steps
    • Adding comments where needed (before closing or updating)

Updates from last weekโ€™s Triage Squad session

  • N/A

Other News

Come and Contribute

This weekโ€™s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

Project updates

  • We successfully wrapped up our BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme Development Course cohort last week, with eight students participating throughout the program. It was a great learning experience, giving participants hands-on exposure to modern WordPress theme development.
  • Building on this momentum, we are excited to launch our next cohort focused on PluginPlugin A 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. Development next month. We look forward to helping more students expand their WordPress skills and explore new opportunities within the open-source ecosystem.
  • @VasantRajput is mentoring a few students in the Training Team Guide program.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • N/A

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics youโ€™d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
  • Looks like we donโ€™t have anything at the moment. If anyone has anything async. Please reply in this thread and we can keep the discussion going.
  • And that concludes this weekโ€™s meeting. Thanks to all who participated in sync and to those who will in the future.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 9th June 2026

This meeting followedย this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in thisย Slack Log . (If you donโ€™t have aย SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ย account, you canย set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 28 attendees: @rithika3, @pravin1996, @nikola93n, @rfluethi, @sonaliprajapati, @rjekic, @mehrazmorshed, @sumitsingh, @makanikaran, @andrewssanya, @vishitshah, @huzaifaalmesbah, @palak678, @jagirbahesh, @pooja-n, @vasantrajput, @dilip2615, @mohkatz, @abduremon, @jenish1234, @ravigadhiyawp, @komalvaja (async), @bigod (async), @harshjadav003 (async), @ursha (async), @quitevisible (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @nitspatel (async)

Newcomers: @sulemansaif1, @klausharris, @dalvinderpaldevelopment95, @muhammadumarshafiq, @wheelhorseweb, @igorel

Meeting hosted by:ย @sumitsingh

Note Taker:ย @makanikaran

Note Reviewer:ย @VasantRajput

Welcome! Please post in theย #trainingย channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check outย our onboarding program, and ourย Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs to know more about note-taking and needs guidance in creating a Recap Note Post, they canย DMย @VasantRajput. He will guide you for a Recap Note and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • Weโ€™re currently updating the Training Team handbooks and would appreciate your input. To help prioritise translation efforts, which content do you think should be considered high priority for translation?

Looking for volunteers

Updates from last weekโ€™s Triage Squad session

  • No meeting last week.

Other News

  • WordCampWordCamp WordCamps 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 theyโ€™ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe 2026 has wrapped up successfully, and what an amazing event it was! It was truly inspiring to see @rjekic on stage representing the Training Team at such a big WordPress community event. One of our team members was part of this important session, and it was great to see the Training Teamโ€™s work being shared on the WordCamp Europe stage. You can watch the session here:
    https://www.youtube.com/live/FgEzLwnfhm4?si=0KUjM_aR9ZtUu8gC&t=7884

    Also, a special thanks to @digitalchild and @nikola93n for managing the table lead role for the Training Team. Really appreciate your support and contribution. Thank you so much to both of you!ย 
  • The German-Language Make WordPress Training Team is hosting the cohort Getting Started with WordPress, a structured course held entirely in German that begins with a kick-off on 14 July 2026 and runs for seven weeks, concluding with a certificate for participants. You can find all details and registration information on the event page.
  • @piyopiyofox started a very interesting project, and she needs a peer review โ€“ Hands-On WordPress Meetup Activity Library
  • Our colleagues from the WordPress Credits program said that they are looking for new mentors who will be prepared to work with the next generation of students. You can find more info and apply for this interesting role by visiting this link โ€“ https://make.wordpress.org/handbook/wordpress-credits-contribution-internship-program/a-guide-for-wp-credits-mentors/call-for-mentors/

Come and Contribute

This weekโ€™s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

Project updates

  • Weโ€™ve completed the Block Theme Development learning pathway, but weโ€™d still love your feedback to help improve it further. Block Theme Development Course Cohort Learning Pathway Development #3381
  • Status Update from the German-Language Make WordPress Training Team
    • The planned Guided Cohort has been rescheduled from April 14, 2026, to July 14, 2026, due to scheduling conflicts.
    • The Self-Directed Cohort (German) will launch on April 21, 2026.
    • Our website is expected to go live in approximately 3โ€“4 weeks.
    • To improve our organization, we have created a GitHub repository, which will be migrated to the German-language WordPress GitHubGitHub GitHub 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/
    • We are cleaning up and improving the overview of German translations.

Upcoming Online Workshops

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics youโ€™d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
  • Looks like we donโ€™t have anything at the moment. If anyone has anything async, please reply in this thread, and we can keep the discussion going.
  • And that concludes this weekโ€™s meeting. Thanks to all who participated in sync and to those who will in the future.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training-team

Training Team Meeting Recap โ€“ 2nd June 2026

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log.

Introductions and Welcome

There were 31 attendees: @pooja-n, @rfluethi, @rjekic, @nikola93n, @dilip2615, @jaydipgoswami, @jenish1234, @palak678, @VasantRajput, @makanikaran, @pravin1996, @arsh999cg, @sumitsingh, @abduremon, @ravigadhiyawp, @mohkatz, @lidarroy, @ishahinakhter, @rithika3, @sonaliprajapati, @huzaifaalmesbah, @sibokul (async), @andrewssanya (async), @bigod (async), @harshjadav003 (async), @utsav72640 (async), @jagirbahesh (async), @ranupatel11 (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @mosescursor (async), and @ursha (async).

Newcomers: @vishwaupesh, @teacherralph, @eishanoor
Note Taker: @mohkatz
Meeting hosted by: @rjekic
Meeting Note Reviewer: @VasantRajputย 

The icebreaker question was: Are you going to attend WordCampWordCamp WordCamps 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 theyโ€™ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe 2026 Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ online? Contributors shared a mix of responses, with some attending online, some attending in person in Poland, some helping with organization and moderation, and others not able to attend.

1. News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Important note: If anyone needs to know more about note-taking and needs guidance in creating a Recap Note Post, they can DM @VasantRajput. He will guide you for a Recap Note and he will review & publish your Recap Post.

Looking for feedback

  • The team is still in the process of updating the Training Team handbooks and would appreciate input.
  • To help prioritize translation efforts, which content do you think should be considered high priority for translation?
  • Feedback: Suggest High Priority Content #3400

Looking for volunteers

  • Our colleague @devmuhib updated two handbook pages, which can be used as guidance:
  • We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers: one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and the team will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
  • Also, the team started working on creating thumbnails for all lessons that need them. Youโ€™re very welcome to join and contribute to this important and creative project. Hereโ€™s the issue with details on how to work on the remaining thumbnails: Create Thumbnails for Learn WordPress Lessons #3428.
  • We currently have 511 open issues. It would be great to get support in reviewing and reducing their number.
  • You can help by:
    • Going through issues one by one
    • Identifying outdated or irrelevant issues
    • Suggesting fixes or next steps
    • Adding comments where needed before closing or updating

Letโ€™s work together to clean up and keep the repository well-organized.

Update for last weekโ€™s triage squad

N/A

Other news

2. Come and Contribute

Content ready for review

Feedback awaiting validation

Topics awaiting vetting

  • See Vetting Topic Ideas for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
  • We have 2 issues that require vetting.

Validated feedback awaiting fix

3. Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges Awarded

Give Props

4. Project updates

  • Weโ€™ve completed the BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Theme Development learning pathway, but weโ€™d still love your feedback to help improve it further: Block Theme Development Course Cohort Learning Pathway Development #3381.
  • Status Update from the German-Language Make WordPress Training Team:
    • The planned Guided Cohort has been rescheduled from April 14, 2026 to July 14, 2026 due to scheduling conflicts.
    • The Self-Directed Cohort (German) will launch on April 21, 2026.
    • The website is expected to go live in approximately 3โ€“4 weeks.
    • To improve our organization, we have created a GitHubGitHub GitHub 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/ repository, which will be migrated to the German-language WordPress GitHub.
    • We are cleaning up and improving the overview of German translations.
  • And something VERY fresh from the German-Language Make WordPress Training Team:
    • Weโ€™re happy to present the new website of the DACH Regional Group (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Itโ€™s the central place for our work translating Training Team content into German and our learning sessions in German. Have a look here: https://learn-wp-dach.org/

5. Upcoming Online Workshops

  • N/A

6. Contributor Updates

Contributors were invited to share:

  • What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
  • Anything youโ€™ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can another contributor or a Training Team member help you in some way?

7. Open Discussions

If you have topics youโ€™d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.

  • A fresh update was shared from the German-Language Make WordPress Training Team: the new website of the DACH Regional Group for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland is now live. It is the central place for the teamโ€™s work translating Training Team content into German and organizing learning sessions in German.
  • @VasantRajput raised a question about the new look of WordPress.orgWordPress.org 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/ profiles, noting that while the updated profile view looks good, GitHub activity from issues created in the WordPress/Learn project used to appear in the previous profile activity view but does not seem to appear in the current latest view. He asked where this can be reported, which team would be best placed to look into it, and whether a ticket or issue should be created for follow-up. Contributors who know the right place to raise this are encouraged to share guidance in the meeting thread.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

WordCamp Europe 2026 Contributor Day

Thank you for joining the Training Team at the WordCampWordCamp WordCamps 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 theyโ€™ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe 2026 Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/! We have organized activities for both new and experienced contributors to participate in throughout the day.ย More info about the WordCamp Europe 2026 Contributor Day is available here.

Weโ€™re thrilled to announce that we will be hosting online events during Contributor Day, enabling those unable to attend WordCamp Europe 2026 to participate remotely. Join us for online contributions via the MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for โ€˜WordPressโ€™ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. link below. Stay tuned for the event schedule!

Join the online event on Meetup.

Table Leads: @digitalchild and @nikola93n

SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ย Monitor:ย  @sumitsingh, @vasantrajput, @devmuhib

Online Coordinator:ย @sumitsingh, @vasantrajput


How can I best prepare?

You can prepare for Contributor Day by ensuring youโ€™ve got these starter tools ready:

Instructions for preparing in advance are available here โ€“ Welcome to the Training Team!

If you are a developer, check out theseย Dev-squad guidelines.

Please note:ย For registering for Slack, be sure to log in usingย yourusername@chat.wordpress.orgย your email address. Not your normal email address.

Training Team Mission

The WordPress training teamย helps people learnย to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through synchronous and asynchronous learning, as well as downloadable lesson plans for instructors to use in live environments, available atย learn.wordpress.org.


Iโ€™m new to the Training Team!

Thanks for joining! Please walk through our brand-newย Onboarding Program. This will give you an overview of the team, help you set up the accounts you need to contribute, and even walk you through your first contribution!

We expect the onboarding program above to take 30-60 minutes. Once youโ€™ve completed onboarding, jump into these other activities to continue contributing!

Review published content and submit feedback

WordPress software continues to grow, and new features get added all the time. Reviewing published content and updating content is important in keeping the Learn WordPress website current. Follow theย team guide about reviewing published contentย to leave feedback about any content below. (Reviewing older content would be helpful!)

Submit new content topic ideas

Browse the Learn WordPress website and let us know if there are any topics you think would be valuable to add. Share your topic ideas in our GitHubGitHub GitHub 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 โ€˜pull requestโ€™ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. https://github.com/ repository using the button below:

New GitHub Issue: Topic Idea


I have experience working with the Training Team!

Thanks for joining! Depending on your interests, there are a few ways you can get involved. For each of the tasks below, the team handbook should help you with process specifics. But if you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

Content Creation

Are you interested in creating content? If so, then creating content related to WordPress 6.9.

Content Translation

Are you interested in translating content? If so, then translating content related to theย Localization Foundation projectย is our priority today. Do you speak Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Hindi, or Italian? Join us in localizing content for these languages, along with 8 others. We also have courses focused on onboarding contributors that will assist in the WordPress mentorship program:

You can learn how to get started inย content localization on this handbook page.

Content Reviews

Are you interested in editing content? If so, then reviewing content waiting to be published is our priority today.

Start by finding a piece of content to review on our content development board.ย This GitHub viewย has filtered all content waiting for reviews before it is published. Follow the teamโ€™sย Guidelines for reviewing contentย and leave your reviews right there in GitHub.

Subject Matter Expert

Aย subject-matter expertย is someone who has extensive knowledge in a particular field or area and can provide advice, guidance, and direction in that subject. If you would like to help vet topics, please visit theย Vetting Topic Ideas handbook page.

Triage Developer Issues

Are you a developer interested in working on issues for the Learn website? If so, then working through ourย Website Development project boardย is our priority today.

Start by reviewing issues โ€œIn Reviewโ€. Any help you can provide regarding issues โ€œIn Progressโ€ would be great, too. But in general, any attention you can give to any issue would be much appreciated.

If there are enough interested Developers, then we can also create a developer-focused working group so that they can focus on related issues.

Cross-team collaboration opportunitiesย ย 

Share your thoughts or ideas on how the Training Team can collaborate more effectively with other Make WordPress Teams, such as Marketing, Documentation, and others.

Before you leaveโ€ฆ

Weโ€™d love to hear about your accomplishments from the day. Before you leave the table, please fill out the Contributor Day Attendee Feedback Form and reply to the appropriate thread in Slack.

Contributor Day Attendee Feedback Form

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