Destiny Kanno 5:13 am on July 7, 2023

Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

Project Objective: Create and launch progressive user-friendly learning pathways tailored to different types of Learners on Learn WordPress.

Project Overview

The WordPress Training Team recognizes the need for a clear, structured, and user-friendly approach to presenting Learn WordPress content. This need has been confirmed by feedback from the individual learner survey and WordCamp EU Contributor Day attendees. As a result, this project aims to deployDeploy Launching code from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it's available to visitors. an improved Learn WordPress website experience that provides an easy-to-navigate, goal-oriented learning environment that caters to learners of different roles and skill levels.

This project will serve as a foundational start, establishing a framework and functionality that will allow for the expansion and growth of the learning system over time. To meet our objective, this project includes a website redesign that offers clear learning pathways to reach target Learners such as Developers, End Users, and Designers. We will also focus on making relevant content easier to find and the inclusion of a framework that classifies content by skill level. We believe this will enhance user engagement, improve learning outcomes, and increase user adoption of Learn WordPress resources.

Our journey will not end with the initial deployment of the new site. Rather, it is just the beginning of an iterative process of continuous improvement and expansion, leveraging feedback and data analytics to enhance the user experience continually.

We hope that this project will help us better serve the wider WordPress community by promoting knowledge transfer and ensuring a thriving community with diverse skills and abilities.

Thank you to @courane01 for getting this work kicked off in your Creating Learning Pathways for Learn WordPress and subsequent GitHub issue.

Project Members

Project lead: @piyopiyofox

Members: @jominney @west7 @psykro @zoonini @bsanevans

Project Timeline

Start: July 24, 2023

End: July 2024

Project Deliverables

Develop a website redesign for Learn WordPress that delivers a clear, user-friendly pathway for learners of different levels, roles, and use-cases.
Enhance the discoverability and searchability of relevant Learn WordPress content through the integration of new search filters and content organization strategies.
Establish a skill level classification framework for Learn WordPress content that enables clear content filtering and search results based on learner needs.

Tasks

Planning

Tasks in this section scope out project parameters and requirements for the success of this project.

Project Management

Recruit project members
Establish cross-team collaboration points of contact

Information Architecture

Create outlines and storyboards that detail learning pathway components based on the proposed information architecture
Map out content to provide a proposed information architecture (i.e. content types, taxonomies, relationships) that integrates Pathways
Conduct targeted user research to validate content decisions such as language, information architecture, outlines/storyboards

Deadline: September 18th 2023

Content Creation

Cross-team collaboration point of contact: @west7

These are tasks that Training Team Content Creators can help us accomplish

Outline specific skill levels and learning outcomes for each pathway.
Identify existing content that can be used within pathways.
Create outlines and storyboards that detail learning pathway components. (Either Miro or Google Jamboard will be used)
Develop a content creation guidelines that enable the Learning Pathways to scale, with a clear process for developing, reviewing, and updating content.

Deadline: November 2023

Develop new content where gaps exist.
Develop clear and concise learning pathways for target Learners.

Deadline: March 2024

Design

Cross-team collaboration point of contact: @fcoveram

These are tasks we will need to do in collaboration with the Make WordPress Design Team.

Develop a cohesive design concept for the Learn WordPress site.
Develop visual language for skill level classifications.
Ensure that the site design aligns with the learning pathways vision and goals.
Ensure that all visual elements are accessible and meet accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) standards, such as color contrast ratios and readable typography.

Deadline: January 2024

Development

Cross-team collaboration point of contact: @adamwood

These are tasks we will need to do in collaboration with the Make WordPress 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. team and Training Team developers.

Ensure that the Learn WordPress site redesign accommodates various learning pathways and skill levels.
Build out any new functionality required to support learning pathways and content classification.
Collaborate with content creators to ensure that the site structure and content is optimized for user experience.
Ensure that the site is optimized for searchability and discoverability of content
Implement user tracking and analytics features to capture data on user behavior and engagement with Learning Pathways.
Ensure that the site is optimized for fast page load times and is easily accessible on various devices, including desktop, mobile, and tablet.
Ensure that the Learning Pathways are integrated with any relevant third-party tools or services that may further enhance the user experience, such as social sharing, reminders and bookmarking tools.

Deadline: May 2024

Marketing

Cross-team collaboration point of contact: @sereedmedia

These are tasks we will need to do in collaboration with the Make WordPress Marketing Team..

Develop a strategic marketing plan for promoting Learn WordPress learning pathways.
Identify target audiences within the three groups of Learners and develop targeted campaigns for each group.
Develop clear messaging that speaks to each Learner group’s specific needs and pain points.
Track engagement and optimize marketing efforts over time.
Partner with the content creators and designers to create promotional materials, including blog posts, social media graphics, and email marketing campaigns, to promote the Learning Pathways effectively.

Deadline: July 2024

Thank you to the following contributors who helped shape this project plan: @courane01 @bsanevans @jominney @digitalchild @fcoveram @ardianimaya @tobifjellner @yvettesonneveld @askdesign @west7 @lesleysim @sereedmedia

Benjamin Evans 12:17 am on July 8, 2023

Thank you for writing out this project outline, @piyopiyofox. It’s something that’s going to take the team a year to complete. But the impact it will have on learns is going to be huge! I can’t wait to see the team start to tackle the different aspects of this project.
Wes Theron 3:18 am on July 10, 2023

Learning pathways is a crucial next step for Learn.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/. It is a massive project, but I am excited to see it kick-off.
Pooja Derashri 8:23 am on July 10, 2023

It is a much-awaited project for the Training team, and I am excited it is starting. Although it will take almost a year, we can see impactful progress in the coming months. That will create a positive engagement growth to Learn WordPress project.
Abha Thakor 2:12 pm on August 8, 2023

Hello thanks for the messages, yes I am still able to help contribute to this from my work in this area. Apologies for the delay in replying.
- Destiny Kanno 1:54 am on August 10, 2023
  
  Hi there @webcommsat! Thanks for getting back! Given the work defined, in which area or specific tasks would you be able to contribute your efforts? 🙂
Destiny Kanno 6:44 am on September 12, 2023
Planning

@jominney @adamwood @piyopiyofox @ndiego and @burtrw met today to discuss the next steps for information architecture planning for the Learn WordPress site.

The key point discussed was how we can move toward consolidating our current content type offerings from courses, tutorials, and lesson plans to simply courses and lessons (The desired end result for lessons is that they will contain of “teachers notes” that can be turned off and on, and can be accessed outside of a course).

Next step actions:
- Lessons to be seperatable by March 2024 (Ronnie)
- Create uniform metadata fields audit matrix before 18th (Adam)
- Create proposed new Learn.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/ IA map before 18th (Jo)
- Draft post with outcomes (including map and matrix) by 18th (Jo)
- Review and publish post on 18th (Destiny)
- Benjamin Evans 8:14 am on September 12, 2023
  
  Wow, what an exciting discussion!! This sounds like a great improvement to the data architecture on Learn WordPress!
Wes Theron 2:24 am on October 6, 2023

HELP NEEDED: CONTENT AUDIT FOR LEARNING PATHWAYS

Hey folks! We have completed the learning pathway outlines. The next step is to to identify the content we can utilize or enhance and incorporate it into our lessons.

Here is a doc with the outlines: Content audit: learning pathway outlines. To streamline this process, we’ve included four columns on the side. Kindly add your 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/ username, along with the links to tutorials or lesson plans that we could use or update to create the relevant lessons.

Thank you in advance for your help and willingness to collaborate on this.
- Wes Theron 11:29 pm on October 16, 2023
  
  The content audit has been completed.
  - Wes Theron 7:24 am on October 21, 2023
    
    We have formulated estimations for learning pathways to steer our initiative. Please note that these are merely estimations intended to provide directional guidance rather than exact projections.
Destiny Kanno 6:58 am on November 9, 2023
November 9 Update
- We received a lot of good responses in Looking for Feedback: Learn Website Information Architecture
  and consider this portion of the project completed.
- Work on the Learning Pathway Outlines has begun, and we are seeking volunteers.
- We are also looking for project management lead for this project.
- Engage with development re: implementation plan for the recommended IA
- Wireframe site redesign for design team
- Flo (SkillDisplay) 7:30 am on January 8, 2024
  
  As already communicated with Ben Evans and Courtney, we would like to offer our expertise to support you with creating the skill/pathway structure for WordPress.
  
  We bring a lot of experience from working with other 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. Projects (TYPO3, Doctrine, etc.) and our software for creating and maintaining skill/pathway structures is open source.
  
  Moreover we are scheduled to present our suggestion to create a cross-cms skill structure as collaborative effort, that can act as a gateway to specific CMS skill trees/pathways at FOSDEM. (see https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/open-website-alliance/ – “Making FOSS CMS easier to teach with shared competency standards”)
  
  It would be great meeting some members of the WordPress Training team to chat about details, feel free to reach out to me in the WordPress Training channel. (@Flo SkillDisplay)
  - Jonathan Bossenger 6:58 am on January 15, 2024
    
    Hello @skilldisplayflo, thank you for your interest in collaborating on the learning pathways.
    
    Quite a bit of work has already gone into the learning pathways, but you can access the current pathways from this post on the Training team blog: Learning Pathway outlines.
    
    Additionally, we have started working on the content creation for the first two learning pathways, namely Beginner User and Beginner Developer. This work is being tracked in separate 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 ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ issues on our Learn repository:
    
    1. Learning Pathway: Beginner User
    2. Learning Pathway: Beginner Developer
    
    If you would like to share any feedback or suggestions on any of the learning pathways, please feel free to do so either in the comments on the post, or in the comments of the relevant GitHub issues.
Destiny Kanno 7:03 am on December 21, 2023

December 21 update
I had a great meeting with our developer contact @dufresnesteven on November 29th, where we reviewed the mockup created for the Make team working on the redesign. During this session we focused on ensuring that the development of this mockup didn’t pose any obvious challenges. The next agreed upon step was to share this mockup with our design contacts on the project.
On December 20th I met with @fcoveram and other folks working on the Make WordPress site redesign to share the mockups and this Learning Pathways Learn Redesign document which notes, based on our information architecture exercise, what the new sitemap should be and what we should consider redesigning, keeping, creating and removing from the redesign. The design team will work on translating the mockups and new needs of the Learn website into the design system they are currently using in Figma.

Next steps
The Make design team will create some thumbnail templates for content creators to use going forward so that we have a cohesive design, and also work on creating a homepage mockup within a month.
We aim to check in about this work on January 15th, 2024
Destiny Kanno 5:33 am on February 21, 2024
February 21 update
- Design is currently working on thumbnails for us to use on the Learn website and for online workshops.
- There is currently a new iteration of the Learn site which folks can provide feedback on here.
- Destiny met with Francisco to discuss the current state of designs on February 13, and the following summarizes the discussion and enxt steps:
— We will explore a visual card system for the landing page for Courses and Lessons
— Online Workshops on the landing pages are ok in the list view
— The instruct page can be deprioritized
— There is no longer a Lesson Plan page for content, just Lessons and Courses (see document showcasing sitemap)
— We’d like an example of “…” for when titles are too long
— The site background color will stay white – no alternating colors
— We are looking at sites like LinkedIn Learning and Udemy re: card layout — the visual card layout is what the majority of modern learning sites are using.
- We will also begin testing Polylang and WPML for translation purposes on Learn
Benjamin Evans 1:48 am on March 2, 2024

One outcome of the discussion on Brainstorm: What trends about Learn WordPress leaners do we want to observe? was to create a learner survey to introduce both before and after one starts on a Learning Pathway. In a comment on the post above, @cnormandigital lists some important information we could receive from introducing these. It is also something I’ve heard @west7 is interested in creating.

I don’t see the creation of these learner surveys in the project timeline, though, so wanted to leave a comment here so we don’t forget about them 😃
salmanravoof 7:29 pm on March 13, 2024

This is much needed. I can’t wait for it.
davouid 4:02 am on April 1, 2024

Hello everyone
I’m new to this and i would love to be usefull.
So I apologize if I’m too late to the party and what I say has been discussed 20 times over.
The job that has already been made is great, and those are just my humble opinions.
My questions are about:
1 “The site background color will stay white – no alternating colors”
Why is that?
I made a quick draft of how i would see to improve hierachy on the front page.
Since there are not so much differences in font sizes and color or in the border’s styles, my opinion is that it could add some rhythm to the pages. And we should not be dogmatic about it.
2 “Ensure that the site is optimized for searchability and discoverability of content”
I read that in the project, so why not make the search field stand out more? That is the best way to search through content.
3 The hero with the selection of
USER – DESIGNER – CONTRIBUTOR – DEV
I would put content over the illustration. Content first!
This is a very good thing to identify the person and show that there is material for all skill sets. Why not starting clearly with that?

Here is my draft
- Francisco 1:55 pm on April 1, 2024
  
  Hey @davouid
  Thanks for exploring new versions. The draft attached has all mockups created in page i6 of the main Figma file. The only different mockup I see from the pdf is on page 45, so my following thoughts are based on that graphic.
  
  White background
  Learn WordPress is part of the Learn group, along with Documentation, Forums, and Developers. In benefit of visual and browsing consistency, that site section has the same clean layout as the other sections of the same group. Other groups, like Home, News, and Extend categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. do play with color alternation as the content displayed allows other visual elements.
  
  I don’t see much different with the brown-gray. The layout remains the same and it could live without it. In addition, not sure if it’s a color part of the color set from the Design Library. The color consistency is key to identify the site sections.
  
  Search input
  Because of the same consistency argument, browsing content on the site has been different in each section and it forces new users to learn how the site works. The search and 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. pattern created address this issue and it’s a site-wise component that aims to be reusable.
  
  Illustration before content
  I’m fine placing the pathway graphics after the content, my preference is putting them before. I don’t see a significant impact shifting their position.
Benjamin Evans 2:57 am on April 5, 2024

April 5 Update

Site Design

Find below the most recent design proposal for Learn.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/. Please leave feedback as a comment directly in the Figma fila.

Learn WordPress redsign – i6

Content Thumbnails

Design has also created thumbnail templates to be used across multiple media assets used in the WordPress project. Please see the following post for details on how to test these thumbnails and provide feedback to the design team.

Looking for feedback: Thumbnails for the Learn redesign
Kathryn Presner 3:33 pm on April 30, 2024

April 30 Update

Content Thumbnails
In response to feedback, Design has added author names to more of the image thumbnail templates, to be used on media assets across the WordPress project. Once a new version of the thumbnail generator is ready, the Training team will be looped in to help generate thumbnails as needed to “backfill” featured images on existing content on Learn.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/, such as lessons.

Learn.WordPress.org Remake
The technical team is currently working out details of the Sensei course integration and staging server requirements. We should hear back on a potential launch schedule from them soon.
Adam Wood 3:24 am on May 3, 2024

May 3 Update

Development

Ground work has started on the build while the finer details of the design are being finished. Details:

Project board: https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/40/views/26
Staging site: https://learn.wordpress.org/test/
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 source: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/tree/trunk/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-learn-2024

At a high level the plan is to replace the current theme and 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 with just a block theme. The current plugin has a large number of custom post types, taxonomies 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. fields which are not required for the new simpler information architecture.

The current Sensei Courses and Lessons will remain, while Lesson Plan and Tutorial content will be migrated to become Lessons prior to launch.

A launch date is yet to be determined while designs are still in flux.
Benjamin Evans 5:17 am on May 16, 2024

With this new iteration 8, the re-design of the site is coming close to completion! Please leave any feedback about the design directly in this Figma file:

https://www.figma.com/design/ZKaf6u8mIHkAanluWafXAp/Learn?node-id=3199-20648&t=BmdexqVDw0yZAFsX-0
Kathryn Presner 2:59 pm on May 27, 2024
May 27 Update

Development
- Learning Pathways landing page is shipped, and includes a 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. to be reused on the front page.
- PR for the front page is also in review.
- Next up: templates for the Courses archive and single Learning Pathway page.
Project board: https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/40/views/26
Staging site: https://learn.wordpress.org/test/

Design
- The video thumbnail generator is shipped and the new Design handbook page with full instructions on how to use it is live, including a video walkthrough.
- Instructions for setting up an online workshop now include a note about using the thumbnail generator to create a featured imageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. for Meetup.com. (See step 5)
Kathryn Presner 1:48 pm on May 30, 2024

A GitHub issue has been submitted to track marketing and communication efforts for the first phase of the Learn remake launch, which will feature the new site design and structure, as well as four Learning Pathways.
Kathryn Presner 3:43 pm on June 3, 2024
June 3 Update

Development
- Lots of progress over the past week, with the front page, learning pathway archive, courses archive, and lessons archive all receiving updates.
- A theme switcher now lets you preview the new theme on the production siteProduction Site A production site is a live site online meant to be viewed by your visitors, as opposed to a site that is staged for development or testing., with all its data. You can try it at: https://learn.wordpress.org/?new-theme=1
- Next up, the dev team will tackle archive search and filtering, and start to look at the single pages.
Design
A guide is being prepared for WCEU, so that contributors at the Training Team table can help create new thumbnails for some of the existing content, using the new thumbnail generator.
Kathryn Presner 4:11 pm on June 12, 2024
June 12 Update

Aiming for mid-July launch.

Development
- Still tracking well, despite some minor interruptions caused by fixing issues related to GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 18.5.
- By the end of this week, expect to have the single Course page, Learning Pathway page and search results done. There are a few more Sensei templates to style, then will move onto more general content pages, minor functionality enhancements, RTL and a11yAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) audits, etc.
Design/Thumbnails
- There will be a big push at WCEU to create new thumbnail graphics for all content including courses and lessons, using the new Figma thumbnail generator.
Content
- On track to launch with four Learning Pathways: Beginner User, Intermediate User, Beginner Developer, and Intermediate Theme Developer.
Marketing
- Launch communication plan shared in GitHub, including a video tour of the new site.
Kathryn Presner 4:51 pm on June 19, 2024
June 19 Update

Preview: you can see the new theme on the current site here: https://learn.wordpress.org/?new-theme=1 Click the “switch back” link in the admin bar anytime to return to the old theme.
Staging site: https://learn.wordpress.org/test/

Development
- Work is being done on the remaining templates, with only single Lesson Plan, Contribute, and My Courses remaining.
- Looking into requirements for search filters, and in the meantime, the search template has shipped.
- More work required to get fallback images into the cards and get the card layout tidied up.
- After all of this ships we should be ready for QA – hopefully by next week – while the devs continue with smaller, lower priority tasks.
Design/Thumbnails

A half-dozen volunteers created about 40 thumbnails for Learn content at WCEU, using the new Figma thumbnail generator. (Huge thanks!) There will also be a Thumbnail-a-thon online workshop next week to get more people helping out.

Marketing

Feedback on the proposed launch communication plan (is still welcome) Edit: the deadline for feedback was June 18.
Kathryn Presner 4:57 pm on June 19, 2024

@bsanevans gave a talk at WCEU about the Learn.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/ remake and Learning Pathways. It gives an excellent history of the site, how the current project to overhaul the site came to be, and where we’re at now.

Recording | Slides
Kathryn Presner 3:52 pm on June 26, 2024
June 26 Update

Development
- This week the dev team shipped a number of templates, a fallback featured imageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts. (used in the card grids in all archives), and filters on taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies. archives. See screenshots in Slack.
- In progress are the search results filters, single Lesson Plan template, featured images for Online Workshops, and the single Tutorial template.
- Next week we plan to ship the above, and start the 404 and Course Completed templates, refine the card layouts, and begin QA!
- The community’s help will be needed when the site is ready for QA.
Thumbnails
- An Online Workshop Thumbnail-a-thon was held yesterday to get community help in generating thumbnails. Help is still needed! Watch the recording and check out the resources in the comments, and 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 it’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 “Ping me when the meeting starts.” in the #training channel in Slack if you have any questions.
Marketing & communications
- Work is under way on a video walkthrough, News announcement, and Media Corps briefing – GitHub issue.
- We’ll plan an Online Workshop to go through the new site for week after launch so it can be included in News announcement.
Kathryn Presner 4:37 pm on July 3, 2024
July 3 Update

Development
- Almost ready for QA/testing. There are some outstanding items that were not part of initial scope and may not be completed before launch, and some known issues with search and 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. which are under investigation.
- Theme preview switcher will be updated so the new theme can be previewed while logged out.
- A test plan is ready and will be posted soon, so the community can help with QA.
Thumbnails
- Volunteers have created 186 of 563 lesson thumbnails, which we need to continue uploading.
Marketing
- Work is under way on a teaser video (with a longer video coming later), News announcement, Make p2 announcement, and Media Corps briefing – GitHub issue.
- Launch ETA, depending on results of QA: week of July 29
Kathryn Presner 5:15 pm on July 9, 2024
July 9 Update

Testing
- The call for community testing is up.
Development
- Theme preview switcher is now available while logged out.
- There are now 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 ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ milestones for items to be addressed in time for the Learning Pathways launch, and items slated for post-launch.
Thumbnails
- Volunteers are still creating and uploading thumbnails.
Marketing & Communications
- Video storyboard and draft News announcement are in progress.
Kathryn Presner 5:46 pm on July 17, 2024
July 17 Update

Testing
- The call for QA/testing is still up. Thank you to everyone who’s tested the site so far.
- We could use more help! Interested in testing the new site? I’ll run a Contributor Hour tomorrow on Thursday July 18 at 16 UTC to facilitate some testing in real time. Join me! See time converted to your time zone. The Zoom link will be shared in the #training channel 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/. 5 minutes before the call.
Development
- The devs are working on remaining high-priority issues, with medium- and low-priority items slated for launch milestone to be looked at next week. There is also a post-launch milestone.
- Accessibility review is under way.
Thumbnails
- Volunteers are still uploading thumbnails to lessons.
Marketing & Communications
- Teaser video and draft News announcement are in progress. GitHub issue.
- @west7 and I will host an Online Workshop on Aug. 12 at 21 UTC to go over the new site.
Launch timing
- Barring any blockers, aiming to launch Thursday, August 1.
Kathryn Presner 5:42 pm on July 24, 2024
July 24 Update

Launch Issues – Development
- Launch issue opened
- Some issues in discussion and needing design input, ordered by priority
- Still looking at a few issues with search
- Automated and manual accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) testing is being done, and fixes are being made.
Launch Prep
- Still aiming for August 1 launch (APAC) – August 2 (Americas & EMEA)
- Launch video, WP News post, and Make – Training post are all in the works. GitHub issue.
Kathryn Presner 4:04 pm on July 31, 2024
July 31 Update

Development
- Several final pre-launch issues in progress including: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/pull/2801 / https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2770 / https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/2784
Launch Prep
- Still on track for launching August 1, late ET
- News announcement has been drafted and will be posted on Aug. 2
- Make Training post has been drafted and will be posted when site launches
Post-launch marketing

Second video – longer video tour of the new site is planned, with an ETA for the end of August.
Kathryn Presner 1:56 pm on August 5, 2024
August 5 Update

On August 1, the new Learn.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/ went live. 🎉 Huge congratulations to everyone involved in this project, which has been so long in the making!

It was announced publicly in this Make Training Team post, and this WordPress.org News post.

This week there will be a few marketing initiatives to get the word out and introduce people to the new site:
- Get a guided tour of all the exciting Learn WordPress changes from the Training team’s very own Jonathan Bossenger, Wes Theron and Kathryn Presner. Sign up for one of the upcoming Online Workshops on Tuesday, August 6 at 14:00 UTC or Thursday, August 8 at 21:00 UTC.
- The Learn WordPress launch will be part of a Media Corps Briefing on Wed. August 7.
Kathryn Presner 3:13 pm on August 14, 2024
August 14 Update

Reception/Marketing
- Community response to the new site has been very positive. Here’s one review.
- Summary of Media Corps briefing that included a section on the relaunch.
- @lada7042, @ndiego, and myself will be part of a panel about the relaunch for The WordPress Way podcast, hosted by @webcommsat.
Development
- The Training team 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. dev folks have been prioritizing and working through the post-launch items. The Meta developers will be working through the most critical issues before handing things over to the Training Team’s Dev squad.
- TranslatePress is slated to have an update soon that should fix the critical issues that had been occurring on Learn WP. Testing work will pick up afterwards.
Kathryn Presner 4:28 pm on August 21, 2024
August 21 Update

Development
- All the high-priority post-launch items have been completed. Remaining items will soon be handed over to the Training Team’s Dev squad.
- TranslatePress is re-activated on the test site now that their devs say they’ve fixed the previous issue, so we can pick up testing again. (See #2445)
Marketing
- A second video will be prepared as a visual tour of the new site. @west7 will collaborate with @laurlittle and folks from the Design team.
- The WordPress Way podcast about the Learn WordPress relaunch is out, featuring @webcommsat interviewing @ndiego, @lada7042, and @zoonini.
Kathryn Presner 3:18 pm on August 28, 2024
August 28 Update
- The second video is in production and aiming to launch around WCUS.
- Social-media posts featuring testimonials from Learning Pathway learners are slated to go out.
- All high-priority development issues completed; other items now under way, including Facilitator Notes.
Kathryn Presner 7:36 pm on September 13, 2024
- Tour the new WordPress is out, with a video walkthrough by @west7
- @psykro was interviewed for the WP Tavern Jukebox podcast on “Enhancing WordPress Learning Experiences.”

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