Training Team Meeting Recap – 28th October 2025

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3324
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Introductions and Welcome

There were 38 total attendees:
@nikitad, @VasantRajput, @azharderaiya, @ravigadhiyawp, @rfluethi, @abduremon, @vishitshah, @jadavsanjay, @rjekic, @dilip2615, @sumitsingh, @mosescursor, @ranupatel11, @shsajalchowdhury, @bigod, @devmuhib, @hemant-ahir, @andrewssanya, @amitpatelmd, @sonaliprajapati, @sunilkumarthz
Async Attendees:
@zeelthakkar, @margheweb, @nikunj8866, @sibokul, @benazeer, @utsav72640, @mohkatz, @rithika3, @rinkuiihglobal, @valeriewandeler, @jagirbahesh, @praful2111, @chris1ober, @nishitajoshi, @clk87, @ursha, @nebo

Newcomers: @martinapascarelli, @mdfarokahmed, @devanshmishra2307

Note taker: @mosescursor

Meeting hosted by: @sumitsingh

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program and or our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note-taker roster:

• October 28th – @Mosescursor
• November 4th – @VasantRajput
• November 11th – @sibokul
• November 18th – @ranupatel11
• November 25th – @praful2111

Looking for feedback

The current use of machine-generated transcripts for lessons often leads to unclear content. Since YouTube provides transcription, we plan to shift to high-quality, human-curated text directly tied to each lesson. This change is a priority based on feedback from the disability community regarding 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) issues with translated transcripts. If video producers can’t create the text themselves, others may assist. Share suggestions or help test new formats in the Training Team Slack or 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/ discussions.

Looking for volunteers

• Several courses are listed in the WordPress Credit course, so we’ve decided to review them thoroughly. Our goal is to catch and fix any misspellings, typos, broken links, or outdated information.
• You’re welcome to go through these courses as well and create issues on GitHub if you find anything that needs attention.
• Here are the courses where we need volunteers:
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/open-source-basics-and-wordpress/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/how-decisions-are-made-in-the-wordpress-project/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/community-meeting-etiquette/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/writing-in-the-wordpress-voice/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/basic-principles-of-conflict-resolution/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/beginner-wordpress-user/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/intermediate-wordpress-user/
  • https://learn.wordpress.org/course/advanced-wordpress-user/

Update for last week’s triage squad

• No meeting last week.

Other news

• Published blogs – আপনার ব্লক এডিটর যাত্রার প্রথম ধাপ: 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 Basics Course Cohort in Bengali – https://make.wordpress.org/training/2025/10/23/block-editor-basics-course-cohort-in-bengali/
• 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 they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Surat is coming up on 16 November 2025, for the first time!  If you’re in Gujarat-India, feel free to join us: https://surat.wordcamp.org/2025/
• Nomination for 2026 Training Team Reps – https://make.wordpress.org/training/2025/11/02/nomination-for-2026-training-team-reps/
  

 Come and Contribute

• Content ready for review
  • See Guidelines for reviewing content when reviewing content.
  • We have 9 issues ready for review
• Feedback awaiting validation
  • See Validating and Applying Content Feedback for step-by-step guidance on validating feedback.
  • We have 12  issues that require validation
• Topics awaiting vetting
  • See Vetting Topic Ideas for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
  • We have 3 issues that require vetting
• Validated feedback awaiting fix
  • Contributors, see Validating and Applying Content Feedback for step-by-step guidance on applying feedback that has been validated.
  • We have 25 issues awaiting a fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

• Badges awarded:
  • Contributor Badge awarded to  @hemant-ahir. Congratulations!!!
• Props:
  • @Mosescursor: Props to @rjekic and @rfluethi, @devmuhib and @sumitsingh
  • @zeelthakkar: Props to @sumitsingh @devmuhib and @rjekic for hosting weekly meetings.
  • @clk87: Props to @mosescursor for co-hosting an online workshop with me last week. Thank you!

Project updates

• Course Cohort
  • Concluded our first cohort and we are planning new cohorts in local languages, including German, Hindi, and Gujarati. @rfluethi published the Course Cohort post – you can see it here and join the discussion if you like.
• WordPress Credits
  • WordPress Credits is a contribution-based practice program by the WordPress Foundation that brings university students into the heart of the WordPress 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. project. The program helps students develop transferable skills, gain practical experience, and join a global community of open source contributors.
    • https://make.wordpress.org/handbook/wordpress-credits-contribution-internship-program/.
  • The recordings from the WPCC Info Sessions are now up on WordPress.tv
    • https://wordpress.tv/2025/10/09/wordpress-campus-connect-info-session-1/
    • https://wordpress.tv/2025/10/09/wordpress-campus-connect-info-session-2/

 Upcoming Online Workshops

• WordPress 6.8 Features in Action + 6.9 Sneak Peek: A Hands-On Workshop – https://www.meetup.com/learn-wordpress-online-workshops/events/311670069/?eventOrigin=group_events_list
• Landing Pages, Posts, & More: Strategies for a Stronger Site – https://www.meetup.com/learn-wordpress-online-workshops/events/311632066/?eventOrigin=group_events_list

Contributor Updates

• No Updates

Open Discussions

If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
If anyone has anything async, please reply in this thread, and we can keep the discussion going.

• Nothing was brought up

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