Brainstorm & Table Lead – WordCamp US 2025 Contributor Day

The WordCamp US Contributor Day will be taking place on the Tuesday, August 26, 2025! In preparation for the day, we’d like you to share ideas of what contributors at the Training Team table can get involved with that day.

You can read our Preparing for a Flagship WordCamp Contributor Day handbook page to learn more about how the Training Team prepares for Flagship 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. Contributor Days.

Table Leads

We are looking for 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://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. table co-leads for WordCamp US 2025 — do we have any volunteers?

In general, Table leads represent the Training Team through the preparation, execution, and wrap-up of the event. You can read more about Table Lead responsibilities in this handbook page.

Brainstorm

Below are some ideas to kick-start discussions. Feel free to comment on this post with your ideas, too!

This brainstorming is open until July 25th (Friday).

Team reps and table leads will consider all ideas and publish a post with a final plan by 10th August.

Experienced Contributors

  • Review Ready for Review content
  • Write a script for a learning pathway lesson or other lessons under Ready to Create
  • Assist with Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress
  • Join a session discussing practical insights into lesson creation
  • Create content
  • Work on Content Localization
  • Vet Topic Ideas
  • Cross-team collaboration opportunities  

New Contributors

  • Contributors walk through the Onboarding Paths
  • Review online courses and submit feedback
  • Write a script for a learning pathway lesson or other lessons under Ready to Create 
  • Review published content and submit an error report
    • Spelling mistakes
    • Outdated content
    • Something is not clear and needs improvement
    • Screenshot/images missing.

Training Team Meeting Recap – 8th July 2025

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/. account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 33 attendees:: @vasantrajput, @rithika3, @ravigadhiyawp, @dilip2615, @bhargavbhandari90, @sumitsingh, @jaydipgoswami, @chintan1896, @rfluethi, @rjekic, @nikunj8866, @dilipbheda, @getsyash, @musabin, @dhruvang21, @nishitajoshi, @utsav72640, @jadavsanjay, @kafleg, @hemant-ahir, @rollybueno, @kimjiwoon, @sibokul (async), @sonaliprajapati (async), @mosescursor (async), @rraventos, @devmuhib (async), @vishitshah (async), @rinkuiihglobal (async), @benazeer (async), @mebo (async), @zeelthakkar (async), @chauhanraj754 (async)

Newcomers: @candraoc, @kimjiwoon, @dennishammer
Note taker: @jaydipgoswami
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 our Guide Program.

1. News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Looking for feedback

We have several pending issues awaiting your valuable feedback. Please take a moment to review them and share your thoughts. Providing feedback is one of the simplest ways to contribute—you just need to verify if the issue exists and share any opinions or insights you have about it. Here’s the list of issues:

Looking for volunteers

Update for last week’s triage squad

  • There was no meeting last week.

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 0 issues that require vetting

Validated feedback awaiting fix

3. Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges Awarded

  • Contributor Badge Awarded to: @vasantrajput
  • Team Badge Awarded to: N/A

Give Props

Let’s give props! Do you have someone from the team you want to celebrate? 

  • @rjekic: Props to @rfluethi for keeping Coffee Hour meetings alive!
  • @vasantrajput: Props to @rjekic for your incredible guidance, patience, and feedback helped me build my first recap of the tranning team meeting

4. Project updates

  • We are updating all the handbooks and necessary documents.
  • Working on outdated content and broken links.

5. Upcoming Online Workshops

  • No workshops are currently scheduled. If you’re interested in hosting an event, please reach out to us.

6. Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on and how has it been going?
  • Anything you’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 you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
  • Working on outdated content and broken links.

If there are any other suggestions, please add to this thread. Translation 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.

#learn-wordpress, #meeting-recap, #training, #training-team

Training Team Meeting Recap – 1st July 2025

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/. account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 32 attendees:: @pmbaldha, @vasantrajput, @ravigadhiyawp, @jhimross, @iambherulal, @faguni22, @devmuhib, @mosescursor, @rollybueno, @nikitad, @rfluethi, @rjekic, @rithika3, @bhargavbhandari90, @nishitajoshi, @benazeer, @utsav72640, @sibokul, @jadavsanjay, @dilip2615, @rraventos, @vishitshah (async), @zeelthakkar (async), @sumitsingh (async), @jagirbahesh (async), @rinkuiihglobal (async), @mebo (async), @hemant-ahir (async), @sonaliprajapati (async), @shubhamsedani (async), @jaydipgoswami (async), @muddassirnasim (async)

Newcomers: @nitspatel
Note taker: @vasantrajput

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 our Guide Program.

1. News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Looking for feedback

We have several pending issues awaiting your valuable feedback. Please take a moment to review them and share your thoughts. Providing feedback is one of the simplest ways to contribute—you just need to verify if the issue exists and share any opinions or insights you have about it. Here’s the list of issues:

Looking for volunteers

We have a few courses and we need to know the course completion estimated time. Your help is needed for this task. All you need to do is enroll in the courses, complete them from start to finish, and share the time it takes you to complete each course.

Please share your feedback here: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3226

Update for last week’s triage squad

  • There was no meeting last week.

Other news

  • We’re excited to welcome six new mentors to the Guide Program! These mentors will support new contributors in learning about Training Team activities and making meaningful contributions. Please join me in welcoming our newly joined mentors in the Guide Program: @benazeer, @shubhamsedani, @jagirbahesh, @zeelthakkar, @muddassirnasim, @rfluethi. If you’re looking for the opportunity to contribute to the Training Team but aren’t sure where to begin, we encourage you to join the Guide Program!
  • We’ve created a highlight post to share recent updates, news, and meeting information. You can find details about meeting facilitators and contact them directly for assistance. For instance, if you’d like to apply as a meeting note-taker, you can reach out to the next facilitator directly. This ensures smooth and proper communication without unnecessary back-and-forth.
  • Monthly update has been published for June

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 0 issues that require vetting

Validated feedback awaiting fix

3. Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges Awarded

  • No badge was awarded this week.

Give Props

Let’s give props! Do you have someone from the team you want to celebrate? 

4. Project updates

  • We are updating all the handbooks and necessary documents.
  • Working on outdated content and broken links.

5. Upcoming Online Workshops

  • No workshops are currently scheduled. If you’re interested in hosting an event, please reach out to us.

6. Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on and how has it been going?
  • Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
    • @rollybueno: Just got movement on 2 translations in Tagalog, we probably have something to publish this week
    • @jhimross: Translated and published one lesson in Tagalog. Also collaborating with Rolly on translating more lessons into Tagalog
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can other contributors or Training Team members help you in some way?

7. Open Discussions

  • If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
    • @jhimross had a suggestion – Would it be possible to revisit or maybe improve this Feedback – Lesson Contents of the Course WordCamp organizer training missing #2569 as this course will be very useful 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 they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Organizers. I added my feedback just now.
      • Replied by @devmuhib – I’ve added it to our internal meeting notes, we will discuss and share feedback soon.
    • @nikitad had a question – Can someone point to a list of changes or amendments?
  • Working on outdated content and broken links.

If there are any other suggestions, please add to this thread. Translation 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 – 24th June 2025

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3218
Slack Log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1750748430086079

Attendees: @pkbhatt @vasantrajput @sibokul @dilip2615 @bhargavbhandari90 @mosescursor @iambherulal @hemant-ahir @azharderaiya @jaydipgoswami @ethicaladitya @jadavsanjay @shubhamsedani @zeelthakkar @jdy68 @tacoverdo @rollybueno @devmuhib @rjekic @nishitajoshi @ravigadhiyawp @Getsyash @benazeer @nikunj8866 @sumitsingh @vishitshah @rithika3 @jagirbahesh @jhimross @askdesign @noruzzaman @utsav72640 @sonaliprajapati @dparthj (async) @amitpatelmd (async) @muddassirnasim (async)

Newcomers: @iambherulal
Note taker: @hemant-ahir

News

Meeting Note Takers:

June 24th – @hemant-ahir
July 1st – @vasantrajput
July 8th – @jaydipgoswami
July 15th – @sonaliprajapati

Looking for feedback

Proposal for the Note taker role changes

To become a note taker, we propose a rule that requires participation in the Training Team Guide Program. This will ensure proper guidance for note takers and help reduce errors when publishing meeting notes. Additionally, we suggest setting the following limits:

  • You may apply as a note taker only once a month.
  • You can serve as a note taker a maximum of five times.

This will ensure new contributors to participate and experienced contributors to focus on other form of contributions like translation, providing feedback and content creation.

What are your thoughts on this proposal?

Proposal for old content translation issues

We will mark content translation issues created six months ago as “unplanned.” These issues will be closed, but if you’re still interested in working on them, you can reopen the issue and continue from where you left off.

What are your thoughts on this proposal?

Looking for volunteers

  • We’ve made significant progress on the thumbnail generator project, with most thumbnails successfully updated. However, a few content thumbnails still use outdated designs or don’t comply with our thumbnail generator guidelines. If you’re interested in volunteering for this task, simply leave a comment, and we’ll provide the necessary instructions to get started.

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

  • No meeting last week.

Other news

  • Based on community discussion, we have set a fixed time for coffee hour and it’s 13:00UTC every Saturday. Come and join us!
  • Remember, the Coffee Hour is just informal meeting. We are all there to make friends and talk about anything you like. You don’t need to prepare 🙂

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 3 issues that require vetting

Validated feedback awaiting fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

Project updates

  • The Guide Program is now fully active, with all mentees successfully paired with their guides. Some mentees are also contributing to the Training Team.

And now, something that we are all proud of…

  • Translation in progress:  24
    • French: 8
    • Luganda: 1
    • Tagalog: 3
    • Setbian: 6
    • Gujarati: 2
    • German: 3
    • Hindi: 1

Upcoming Online Workshops

There are no workshops this week

Are you interested in hosting a new workshop? Let US hear your thoughts and proposals

And, one important thing we would like to know…what topics would you like to be covered? Shoot, now it is your time to shine!

Contributor Updates

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

@vasantrajput Gujarati Translation:
    – Ready to be Published: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3164
    – Working on: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3178
    – Next To Do: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3213

Open Discussions

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

  • @tacoverdo Yesterday, I learned that all speakers at Linux Foundation conference are required to take a short training about the importance of inclusivity. The course briefly touches on the most important topics related to inclusivity, such as unconscious bias and prejudices (link: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/inclusive-speaker-orientation/)
  • And that made me wonder if we have a similar training on Learn WordPress, and if there would be a way to require taking it for all 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 ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. and/or 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. speakers.

And that concludes this week’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 Highlights

Announcement

We have converted all tutorials into lesson plans, and the tutorial post types are no longer available 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/. However, we’ve noticed that a few tutorials are still accessible. These will be drafted soon. If you come across any broken links, please feel free to contact us, and we will update them promptly.

Recent Updates:

Current Focus Areas

Meetings in July

Meeting TypeDateFacilitator
Team Meeting1st JulyMuhibul Haque
Team Meeting8th JulySumit Singh
Team Meeting15th JulyRade Jekić
Team Meeting22th JulyMuhibul Haque
Team Meeting29th JulyRade Jekić
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Training Team Meeting Recap – 17th June 2025

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3205

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/. Log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1750143706532339

Attendees: @jagirbahesh @sumitsingh @ravigadhiyawp @jadavsanjay @devmuhib @jaydipgoswami @priyankagusani @chintan1896 @bghatak @rollybueno @sibokul @zeelthakkar @dilip2615 @nikitad @vasantrajput @snilesh @mosescursor @sonaliprajapati @rfluethi @rjekic @utsav72640 @jdy68 @hemant-ahir @bhargavbhandari90 @rithika3 @nishitajoshi @rinkuiihglobal @vishitshah @noruzzaman @getsyash @ketanniruke @benazeer @shubhamsedani @dparthj @jhimross

Newcomers: @gerardcuadras

Note taker: @utsav72640

News

Meeting Note Takers

Looking for feedback

To become a note taker, we propose a rule that requires participation in the Training Team Guide Program. This will ensure proper guidance for note takers and help reduce errors when publishing meeting notes. Additionally, we suggest setting the following limits: 

  • You may apply as a note taker only once a month. 
  • You can serve as a note taker a maximum of five times.

This will ensure new contributors to participate and experienced contributors to focus on other form of contributions like translation, providing feedback and content creation. What are your thoughts on this proposal?

  • We will mark content translation issues created six months ago as “unplanned.” These issues will be closed, but if you’re still interested in working on them, you can reopen the issue and continue from where you left off.

Looking for volunteers

  • We’ve made significant progress on the thumbnail generator project, with most thumbnails successfully updated. However, a few content thumbnails still use outdated designs or don’t comply with our thumbnail generator guidelines. If you’re interested in volunteering for this task, simply leave a comment, and we’ll provide the necessary instructions to get started.

Update for last weeks triage squad

  • No meeting last week.

Other news

  • No other news this week, if you have any please reply in this.

Come and Contribute

We have various ways that you can contribute to the Training team. Including development, content creation, editing and more. We have various open issues available for you to get started.

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 3 issues that require vetting

Validated feedback awaiting fix

On top of this, I have been going through our helpscout queue on a weekly basis and addressing all content reports that can be addressed immediately, this has kept our awaiting fix queue at bay. We have had multiple reports over the last 8 months of courses being out of order. I have now adjusted three pathways to fix this. So if you notice they are out of order again, please let us know.

Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges Awarded

Give Props

Project updates

The Guide Program is now fully active, with all mentees successfully paired with their guides. Some mentees are also contributing to the Training Team.

Upcoming Online Workshops

  • No workshop scheduled

Contributor Updates

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

Several contributors shared updates on their translation work for the WordPress Learn platform. @vasantrajput mentioned @dparthj translation is ready for review and another is in progress. @rollybueno is continuing work on Tagalog translations and submitted a PR that needs nonce correction. @ravigadhiyawp has completed a Gujarati lesson currently under review. @jagirbahesh, with help from @zeelthakkar, assisted @pkbhatt in uploading a video to WordPress.tv. @zeelthakkar is also mentoring @ketanniruke and @getsyash for further contributions. @rfluethi noted he’s currently busy but plans to review German content next week. @jaydipgoswami plans to translate a lesson into Gujarati this week. @jdy68 regrouped the French-speaking team to resume translation efforts, aiming to translate entire courses, and inquired about documentation for adding fully translated French courses to the learning paths. Finally, @dparthj shared ongoing work on reviewing and translating lessons in Gujarati and Hindi.

Open Discussions

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

  • @zeelthakkar I am one of the organizers of WP 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) Day 2025 event. We’re expanding to include more languages, such as French and Italian! Your skills can help make accessibility knowledge available to more people around the world. If anyone interested then Join us as a translator and make a real impact: https://wpaccessibility.day/translate/

Looks like we don’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 week’s meeting. Thanks to all who participated in sync and to those that 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 – 10th June, 2025

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3184

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/. Log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1749538841826109
(If you don’t have a Slack account, you can set one up.)

Attendees: @Vishitshah, @vasantrajput, @Ruth Raventos, @ravigadhiyawp, @pkbhatt, @dparthj, @rfluethi, @rollybueno, @devmuhib, @yoga1103, @rjekic, @patelhitesh, @benazeer, @jaydipgoswami, @Moses Cursor, @psykro, @patelhitesh, @rithika3, @VICTOR EJIOFOR, @nishitajoshi, @Ahir Hemant, @dilip2615, @bhargavbhandari90, @sonaliprajapati, @nikunj8866, @jagirbahesh, @zeelthakkar, @jhimross (async), @utsav72640, @amitpatelmd (async), @pmbaldha (async), @sumitsingh (async)

Newcomers@Phill, @ursha, @nikola93n, @marija95n, @Andy Rudorfer, @Mayur panchal, @Dharit Soni, @jhanvigajjar22, @ujjawal764, @khushidesai2219, @VICTOR EJIOFOR, @Freed, @Timothée Moulin, @Chris Ober

Note taker: @ketanniruke

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Looking for feedback

  • To become a note taker, we propose a rule that requires participation in the Training Team Guide Program. This will ensure proper guidance for note takers and help reduce errors when publishing meeting notes. Additionally, we suggest setting the following terms:
  • You may apply as a note taker only once a month.
  • You can serve as a note taker a maximum of five times.
  • This will ensure new contributors to participate and experienced contributors to focus on other form of contributions like translation, providing feedback and content creation.

Looking for volunteers

  • We’ve made significant progress on the thumbnail generator project, with most thumbnails successfully updated. However, a few content thumbnails still use outdated designs or don’t comply with our thumbnail generator guidelines. If you’re interested in volunteering for this task, simply leave a comment, and we’ll provide the necessary instructions to get started.

Other News

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 0 issues that require vetting

Validated feedback awaiting fix

Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges Awarded
Team Badge Awarded to: @Rade Jekic

Props:
Let’s give props! Do you have someone from the team you want to celebrate? 🎉

Project updates

  • The Guide Program is now fully active, with all mentees successfully paired with their guides. Some mentees are also contributing to the Training Team.
  • A lot of active contributors are translating contents in many different languages.
  • We are revising the thumbnails and updating.
  • We are on a process of drafting all the tutorials as we already converted to lessons.

Contributor Updates

  • What have you been working on and how has it been going?
  • @vasantrajput Gujarati Translation:
    • Published (last week): https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3162
    • Working on: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3164
    • Next: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3178
  • @rollybueno is working on 2 additional drafts for Tagalog translations
  • @jaydipgoswami Completed Gujarati Translation:
    • Published (last week): https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3163
  • @jdy68 She has revised and published 6 lessons translated into French.

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

#learn-wordpress, #training-team

WordCamp Europe 2025 : 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 they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe 2025 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://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. took place on Thursday, June 5th, in the beautiful city of Basel, Switzerland. The Training Team shared a spacious conference hall with many of the other Make Teams. Nearly 700 attendees participated in the Contributor Day.

Our plan for the day was shared in this post: WordCamp Europe 2025 Contributor Day.

This year, we had a total of 11 in-person contributors and 31 online contributors, giving us a total of 42 contributors to the Training Team on Contributor Day!

Kudos to all who were involved:

In-person: @rfluethi, @timotheemoulin, @nikola93n, @marija95n, @sanjaypanchal89, @chris1ober, @bigod, @ursha, @sumitsingh, @rjekic

Online: @devmuhib, @jagirbahesh, @zeelthakkar, @mayur6740, @azharderaiya, @vasantrajput, @drewgarcia, @sagardeshmukh, @jhimross, @dilip2615, @rraventos, @jaydipgoswami, @sonaliprajapati, @nishitajoshi, @jdy68, @tejaskhatri, @ravimakwana, @manishkrag

If you don’t see your name up here, leave a comment or message in the #training channel on Make 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/. so we can update it. We appreciate your time and want to acknowledge your hard work!

Our accomplishments

  • Got 13 new contributors to the Training Team
  • Onboarded 9+ people to the Training Team
  • 3 content reviews
  • 1 new online workshop planned
  • 7 translation initiatives kicked off

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

What’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 Slack and within your local WordPress communities. I’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! 

Share Feedback about Contributor Day

We’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!

Fireside Chat with Matt and Mary

As the final day drew to a close, Matt and Mary shared some thoughts on EU regulation (Open Web Alliance), AI, and the introduction of the WordPress AI team, and then answered questions from the audience.

Memories

Announcing Our Second Deputy in WordPress Training Team Deputy Representative Program

Following our proposal in January and valuable community feedback, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Deputy Team Representative program for the WordPress Training Team. We’re also delighted to introduce Rade Jekić as our second Deputy Team Representative, who will begin his term in Q3 2025 (July-September).

Program Structure

The Deputy Team Representative role has been established as a quarterly position designed to support our existing Team Representatives and ensure continuous team operations. Each term aligns with the calendar quarters, with one deputy serving at a time.

Meet Our Second Deputy

Rade Jekić will serve as our inaugural Deputy Team Representative for Q3 2025 (July-September 2025). We look forward to his contributions in supporting our team’s initiatives and leadership.

Rade Jekic recently joined the Training Team Guide Program and has been excelling as a mentor, actively triaging various issues on the Training Team 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/ repository. He has been instrumental in helping others grow and learn about Training Team activities. Recognizing these exceptional qualities, we have decided to onboard him as the second Deputy Rep for the Training Team.

I’m Rade Jekić, a WordPress contributor and team leader of the FrontEnd and WordPress teams at SpotHopper. I began working with WordPress nearly 13 years ago and have been passionate about it ever since. As a dedicated WordPress enthusiast, I enjoy helping others learn, solve challenges, and grow in their development journey, whether they’re tackling small bugs or complex tasks in the WordPress world.

My primary area of contribution is the Training team, where I support and guide new contributors, helping them gain the skills to train and help others. I’m always eager to contribute, work with others, and help make WordPress easier to use for people everywhere.

Key Program Details

Term Duration

  • 3-month terms aligned with calendar quarters
  • Q2: April-June
  • Q3: July-September
  • Q4: October-December
  • Q1: January-March

Eligibility Requirements

Candidates must:

  • Be active contributors meeting our contributor badge requirements
  • Participate in at least two team meetings per month
  • Be willing to assist with team meeting facilitation and project management

Selection Process

  • Applications open one month before the current deputy’s term ends
  • Candidates can self-nominate or be nominated by others
  • Team Representatives review applications based on contribution history
  • Selection process follows similar criteria to our contributor badge process

Responsibilities

  • Assist with team meeting facilitation when needed
  • Support communication between team members and the broader WordPress community
  • Help manage ongoing team projects and initiatives
  • Provide coverage during primary Team RepTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. absences
  • Contribute to team decision-making processes

Next Application Period

For the Q4 2025 term (October-December), applications will open on October 1st, 2025, and close on October 15th, 2025. The next Deputy will be announced by October 22nd, 2025.

How to Apply

When applications open:

  1. Attend our team meetings to express your interest
  2. Submit your nomination in the Training Team channel 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/.
  3. Include your contribution history and what you hope to bring to the role

Get Involved

  • Join our Training Team channel on Slack: make.wordpress.org/chat/
  • Attend our team meetings (schedule available in the Slack channel)
  • Start contributing to become eligible for future terms

We’re excited about this new program and look forward to working with our deputies to strengthen our team’s leadership structure.

Questions? Feel free to ask in the comments below or reach out in our Slack channel.

Training Team Meeting Recap – 27th May 2025

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3156
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/. Log: URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org (If you don’t have a Slack account, you can set one up.)
Attendees:@jagirbahesh @bhargavbhandari90 @dilip2615 @pmbaldha @ravigadhiyawp @zeelthakkar @shubhamsedani @sumitsingh @hemant-ahir @sibokul @devmuhib @nayanchamp7 @rjekic @nikunj8866 @jadavsanjay @darshu1898 @rithika3 @rinkuiihglobal @mosescursor @vasantrajput @nishitajoshi @utsav72640 @jaydipgoswami @nikitad @benazeer @rraventos @ketanniruke @chauhanraj754 @noruzzaman @vishitshah @vijay5696 @rfluethi @dparthj @muddassirnasim @sonaliprajapati @patelhitesh
Newcomers@patelhitesh @abhishekpotdar @darshu1898 @vishalwebdeveloper

Note taker: @nishitajoshi

News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Looking for feedback

  • The WordPress Training Team regularly hosts a coffee hour on Saturdays at 15:00 UTC. To ensure maximum participation, we’re exploring alternative times. What time would work best for you to join?

Looking for volunteers

  • If you’re eager to contribute right away and already familiar with the WordPress Training Team, consider starting with content translation. Translating content helps make resources accessible in local languages, increasing their reach and acceptance among local communities.
  • Hosting online workshops are another way to contribute. This could be hosting a coffee hour, a study hour or even using one of our many available lessons to do an online workshop. This is a great way to get some experience speaking.

Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session

  • The triage squad is still on hold at this time.

Other News

Come and Contribute

This week’s contribution focus area

Contribution Acknowledgement

  • Badges awarded: None this week. Keep contributing!
  • Props:
    • Let’s give props! Do you have someone from the team you want to celebrate?
      • Props to @rjekic for your massive contributions!

Project updates

  • The Guide Program is now fully active, with all mentees successfully paired with their guides. Some mentees are also contributing to the Training Team.

Open Discussions

  • If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
  • Looks like we don’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 week’s meeting. Thanks to all who participated in sync and to those that 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.

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