Training Team Update โ€“ June 29, 2025

Hello, Training Team!
Hereโ€™s our monthly roundup of updates, highlights, and ways to get involved. Letโ€™s celebrate the work accomplished this month and look ahead together!

๐Ÿ“Œ Highlights

Here are some important updates from Training Team!

  • ๐Ÿ•๏ธย 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 2025: Many of our members participated in 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/., online and in-person! Read theย WordCamp Europe 2025 : Contributor Day Recap.
  • ๐Ÿ“ฃย Second Training 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. Deputy: Weโ€™re excited to announce that Rade Jekiฤ‡ has officially joined the Training Team as our second Deputy Team Rep!
  • ๐Ÿงญย The Guide Programย is now fully active, with all mentees successfully paired with their guides. Some mentees have also started making active contributions to the Training Team.
  • ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธย Thumbnail replacement and update project: Weโ€™ve made significant progress on the thumbnail generator project, with most thumbnails successfully updated. However, a few content thumbnails still use outdated designs or donโ€™t comply with our thumbnail generator guidelines. We are working on these thumbnails and itโ€™s an on going process.

โš’๏ธ Training Team Activities in June Overview

We hosted 4 team meetings, 4 coffee hours, and 2 workshops from the Training Team. Weekly meetings were facilitated by team reps, coffee hours by Training Team contributors, and workshops were organized by both contributors and Training Team members. You can read the recap notes on the Training Team blog.

๐Ÿ“‹ Project Status

ProjectNumber of Active Tickets
๐Ÿ” Content ready for review9
๐Ÿ› Feedback awaiting validation7
๐Ÿงช Topics awaiting vetting3
โœ… Validated feedback awaiting fix27
๐Ÿ‘€ Translations ready to review5

๐Ÿ“‹ Project Update

Task TypeCompleted
๐Ÿงฏ Closed feedback tasks7
๐Ÿ“– Translated content9
๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ Translation in progress27
๐Ÿ’ป Online Workshops2

Huge thanks to all contributorsโ€”whether you took notes on a meeting, facilitated a meeting, translated or reviewed content, created content, hosted or co-hosted a workshop, helped us wrangle the tasks and issues 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/. Your efforts power the Training Team forward. ๐Ÿ™Œ

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Training team update โ€“ September 2024

The Training Team is using these updates to report on how the team is doing with its different projects. For a detailed list of new content recently published onย Learn WordPress, see the latest edition of the Learn WordPress Newsletter:ย LINK.


Content Creation on Learn WordPress

Learning Pathways

Otherย Projects and News


Learnย 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ย Repository Status

Reporting period: 2024-08-01 to 2024-08-31
(Figures in parentheses show change from previous month.)

Issues and Pull Requests

  • Issues created: 10 (-64)
  • Issues closed: 16 (-42)
  • Issues open: 464 (+35)
  • Pull requests created: 7 (-10)
  • Pull requests closed: 10 (-7)
  • Pull requests open: 16 (-4)

Active Members

  • GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. https://git-scm.com/.ย authors: 8 (+8)
  • Issue authors: 21 (+2)
  • PR submitters: 4 (+3)

Of these, 3 Git authors,7 issue authors, and 1 PR submitter made their first contribution last month ๐ŸŽ‰

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Training Team Update โ€“ July 2024

The Training Team is using these updates to report on how the team is doing with its different projects. For a detailed list of new content recently published onย Learn WordPress, see the latest edition of the newsletter:ย Learn WordPress Newsletter โ€“ June 2024.


Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

Relaunching Learn WordPress with a new information architecture and design, with content focused on specific learning pathways, is the biggest goal and project for the Training Team in 2024. Come followย Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPressย to stay up-to-date with the progress of this work.

Content Creation Progress

Otherย Projects and News


Learnย 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ย Repository Status

Reporting period: 2024-06-01 โ€“ 2024-06-28
(Figures in parentheses show change from previous month.)

Issues and Pull Requests

  • Issues created: 61 (+5)
  • Issues closed: 87 (-5)
  • Issues open: 483 (-25)
  • Pull requests created: 17 (+7)
  • Pull requests closed: 15 (+3)
  • Pull requests open: 19 (+1)

Active Members

  • GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. https://git-scm.com/.ย authors: 7 (+2)
  • Issue authors: 4 (-18)
  • PR submitters: 4 (+2)

Of these, 2 Git authors,11 issue authors, and 1 PR submitter made their first contribution last month ๐ŸŽ‰

#learnwp,ย #training

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Training Team Update โ€“ June 2024

The Training Team is using these updates to report on how the team is doing with its different projects. For a detailed list of new content recently published onย Learn WordPress, see the latest edition of the newsletter:ย Learn WordPress Newsletter โ€“ June 2024.


Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

Relaunching Learn WordPress with a new information architecture and design, with content focused on specific learning pathways, is the biggest goal and project for the Training Team in 2024. Come followย Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPressย to stay up-to-date with the progress of this work.

Content Creation Progress

Otherย Projects and News


Learnย 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ย Repository Status

Reporting period: 2024-05-01 โ€“ 2024-05-30
(Figures in parentheses show change from previous month.)

Issues and Pull Requests

  • Issues created: 56 (+6)
  • Issues closed: 92 (+60)
  • Issues open: 508 (-4)
  • Pull requests created: 10 (+4)
  • Pull requests closed: 12 (+10)
  • Pull requests open: 18 (-2)

Active Members

  • GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. https://git-scm.com/.ย authors: 5 (0)
  • Issue authors: 22 (+7)
  • PR submitters: 2 (-2)

Of these, 0 Git authors, 8 issue authors, and 0 PR submitter made their first contribution last month ๐ŸŽ‰

#learnwp,ย #training

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Training Team Update โ€“ May 2024

The Training Team is using these updates to report on how the team is doing with its different projects. For a detailed list of new content recently published onย Learn WordPress, see the latest edition of the newsletter:ย Learn WordPress Newsletter โ€“ May 2024.


Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

Relaunching Learn WordPress with a new information architecture and design, with content focused on specific learning pathways, is the biggest goal and project for the Training Team in 2024. Come followย Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPressย to stay up-to-date with the progress of this work.

Content Creation Progress

Otherย Projects and News


Learnย 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ย Repository Status

Reporting period: 2024-04-01 โ€“ 2024-04-30
(Figures in parentheses show change from previous month.)

Issues and Pull Requests

  • Issues created: 50 (-1)
  • Issues closed: 32 (-49)
  • Issues open: 532 (+22)
  • Pull requests created: 6 (+2)
  • Pull requests closed: 2 (-2)
  • Pull requests open: 20 (+7)

Active Members

  • GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. https://git-scm.com/.ย authors: 5 (+1)
  • Issue authors: 15 (+12)
  • PR submitters: 4 (+3)

Of these, 1 Git authors, 6 issue authors, and 0 PR submitter made their first contribution last month ๐ŸŽ‰

#learnwp, #training

Training Team Update โ€“ March 2024

The Training Team is using these updates to report on how the team is doing with its different projects. For a detailed list of new content recently published onย Learn WordPress, see the latest edition of the newsletter:ย Learn WordPress Newsletter โ€“ April 2024.


Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

Relaunching Learn WordPress with a new information architecture and design, with content focused on specific learning pathways, is the biggest goal and project for the Training Team in 2024. Come followย Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPressย to stay up-to-date with the progress of this work.

Content Creation Progress

Otherย Projects and News


Learnย 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ย Repository Status

Reporting period: 2024-03-01 โ€“ 2024-03-31
(Figures in parentheses show change from previous month.)

Issues and Pull Requests

  • Issues created: 51 (-13)
  • Issues closed: 81 (+6)
  • Issues open: 510 (+38)
  • Pull requests created: 4 (-3)
  • Pull requests closed: 4 (-1)
  • Pull requests open: 13 (-/+)

Active Members

  • GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. https://git-scm.com/.ย authors: 4 (-1)
  • Issue authors: 3 (-21)
  • PR submitters: 1 (+1)

Of these, 0 Git authors, 6 issue authors, and 1 PR submitter made their first contribution in March 2024 ๐ŸŽ‰

#learnwp, #training

Training Team Update โ€“ February 2024

The Training Team is using these updates to report on how the team is doing with its different projects. For a detailed list of new content recently published onย Learn WordPress, see the latest edition of the newsletter:ย Learn WordPress Newsletter โ€“ March 2024.


Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

Relaunching Learn WordPress with a new information architecture and design, with content focused on specific learning pathways, is the biggest goal and project for the Training Team in 2024. Come followย Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPressย to stay up-to-date with the progress of this work.

Content Creation Progress

Otherย Projects

  • The team is currently gathering a list of requirements for #2231 Testing translation plugins for learn.wordpress.org, and we invite folks to share their input directly on the 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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ issue.
  • Looking for a group of folks to help outline a contributor journey learning pathways?
  • Training Team Contributor Day Online Session
  • WordPress 6.5 release workshops

Learnย GitHubย Repository Status

Reporting period: 2024-02-01 โ€“ 2024-02-31
(Figures in parentheses show change from previous month.)

Issues and Pull Requests

  • Issues created: 64 (+8)
  • Issues closed: 75 (+11)
  • Issues open: 475 (-2)
  • Pull requests created: 7 (+1)
  • Pull requests closed: 5 (-3)
  • Pull requests open: 13 (-2)

Active Members

  • GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. https://git-scm.com/.ย authors: 5 (-2)
  • Issue authors: 24 (+4)
  • PR submitters: 0 (+0)

Of these, 11 Git author, 2 issue authors, and 0 PR submitter made their first contribution in February 2024 ๐ŸŽ‰

#learnwp, #training

Training Team Update – January 2024

Starting this month, the Training Team is going to use these updates to report on how the team is doing with its different projects. For a detailed list of new content recently published on Learn WordPress, see the latest edition of the newsletter: Learn WordPress Newsletter โ€“ February 2024.


Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress

Relaunching Learn WordPress with a new information architecture and design, with content focused on specific learning pathways, is the biggest goal and project for the Training Team in 2024. Come follow Project Thread: Learning Pathways on Learn WordPress to stay up-to-date with the progress of this work.

Content Creation Progress

Otherย Projects


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 be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Repository Status

Reporting period: 2024-01-01 โ€“ 2024-01-31
(Figures in parentheses show change from previous month.)

Issues and Pull Requests

  • Issues created: 56 (-10)
  • Issues closed: 64 (-60)
  • Issues open: 477 (-15)
  • Pull requests created: 6 (-13)
  • Pull requests closed: 8 (-8)
  • Pull requests open: 15 (-2)

Active Members

  • GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. https://git-scm.com/. authors: 7 (+3)
  • Issue authors: 19 (-4)
  • PR submitters: 4 (+0)

Of these, 1 Git author, 5 issue authors, and 1 PR submitter made their first contribution in January 2024 ๐ŸŽ‰


If you would like to contribute to Learn WordPress, come complete Trainingโ€™s team onboarding and join the Guide Program.

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Whatโ€™s new on Learn WordPress in December 2023

In December 2023, theย Training teamย published the following resources onย Learn WordPress.

ย Lesson Plans

Lesson plans are teaching guides ideal forย 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.ย organizers and trainers to use when facilitating a WordPress learning session.

ย Tutorials

Tutorials are short, standalone videos ideal for on-demand direct learners. They can also be shown in Meetups and other WordPress events.

For WordPress users:

For WordPress Developers:

ย Online Workshops

Online Workshops are free live events that cover a wide variety of topics relating to WordPress. These are safe spaces where attendees can ask questions, exchange theories, and develop new ideas. You can sign up to an upcoming Online Workshop, or watch a recording!

December stats:

  • 11 Online Workshops facilitated
    • Of which 1 were Japanese
  • Average of 20 attendees per workshop (49 being the highest)

Topics included:


ย Projects

In addition to creating content, the Training Team also work on projects to advance the Learn WordPress siteโ€™s presence in the WordPress community. Here are projects the team worked on in December


ย Contribute

These resources are available to use and promote. If you would like to contribute to Learn WordPress, come complete our team onboarding and join an upcomingย meeting.

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Whatโ€™s new on Learn WordPress in November 2023

In November 2023, theย Training teamย published the following resources onย Learn WordPress.

ย Online Workshops

Online Workshops are free live events that cover a wide variety of topics relating to WordPress. These are safe spaces where attendees can ask questions, exchange theories, and develop new ideas. You can sign up for anย upcoming Online Workshop, orย watch a recording!

October stats:

  • 11 Online Workshops were facilitated. One was in Japanese.
  • An average of 45 attendees per workshop.

Topics included:

ย Lesson Plans

Lesson plans are teaching guides ideal forย 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.ย organizers and trainers to use when facilitating a WordPress learning session.


ย Projects

In addition to creating content, the Training Team also works on projects to advance the Learn WordPress siteโ€™s presence in the WordPress community. Here are projects the team worked on in November.


ย Contribute

These resources are available to use and promote. If you would like to contribute to Learn WordPress, come complete ourย team onboarding, join our guide program,ย and join anย upcomingย meetings.

#learnwp, #training