Muhibul Haque 10:08 am on June 29, 2025

Training Team Highlights

Recent Updates and Achievements

Announcement

We’re considering issuing certificates specifically for course cohort students. Unlike automated course completion certificates—which can sometimes be misused—cohorts are different. In a cohort, students must actively participate in regular classes, complete assessments, and pass an exam before earning a certificate.

Recent Updates:

Current Focus Areas

Meetings in November

Meeting Type	Date	Facilitator
Team Meeting	December 2th	Sumit Singh
Team Meeting	December 9th	Muhibul Haque
Team Meeting	December 16th	Rade Jekić
Team Meeting	December 23th	Sumit Singh
Team Meeting	December 30th	Rade Jekić

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Saidul Islam Bokul 5:09 pm on December 21, 2025
Tags: meeting recap ( 143 ), training ( 304 ), Training-team ( 208 )

Training Team Meeting Recap – 16th December 2025

Meeting Agenda: https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/issues/3356
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/p1762844409275149

Introductions and Welcome

There were 34 attendees in total: @rithika3, @pooja-n, @sonaliprajapati, @nitspatel, @rjekic, @ravigadhiyawp, @sunilkumarthz, @mosescursor, @vishitshah, @rfluethi, @usamaazad99, @sibokul, @mebo, @dhruvang21, @vasantrajput, @abdullahaymanmsre, @huzaifaalmesbah, @azharderaiya, @dilip2615, @sumitsingh, @rraventos, @abduremon, @praful2111, @dhruval04, @freewebmentor, @andrewssanya, @muddassirnasim, @vijay5696

Async Attendees: @benazeer, @clk87, @jaydipgoswami, @valeriewandeler, @jagirbahesh, @komalvaja

Newcomers: @abdullahaymanmsre, @prolegooolas, @tobifjellner, @charlespettis, @annomanbd, @mrbla4ck, @mhratul, @windy15, @chatsudas, @tfirdaus, @arthit8249, @mkrndmane, @usamaazad99

Note taker: @sibokul

Meeting hosted by: @rjekic

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:

16th December – @sibokul
23rd December – @praful2111
30th December – @mebo
6th January – @nazmul111
13th January – @praful2111

Looking for feedback

The Training Team is planning to participate 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/. at 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. Asia 2026 in Mumbai. Team members and attendees are invited to share ideas, suggestions, and feedback on how to enhance the Contributor Day experience and make it more impactful for contributors.
For each flagship event, the Training Team organizes an Online Contributor Day alongside the in-person Contributor Day. The team is currently seeking a host and a co-host for the upcoming Online Contributor Day. Interested contributors are encouraged to review the details and apply accordingly.
Here’s the link: https://make.wordpress.org/training/2025/12/09/wordcamp-asia-2026-contributor-day
The Training Team has identified a shortage of content creators and is seeking ideas on how to attract more dedicated contributors. Input is especially welcomed on encouraging local content creators who can translate existing English materials into their native languages, helping expand the reach and 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) of training content.
The Training Team is planning to organize upcoming workshops and is seeking community input on topics that would be most valuable and relevant. Contributors are encouraged to share areas they would like to learn more about so the workshops can be designed to better meet current learning needs. [Slack Thread]

Looking for volunteers

The Training Team has decided to conduct a thorough review of several courses included in the WordPress Credit course. The goal of this review is to identify and fix misspellings, typographical errors, broken links, and any outdated information to ensure the content remains accurate and up to date.
Community members are encouraged to review these courses and report any issues by creating 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 whenever content requiring attention is identified.
These are the courses where volunteers are needed:

Update for last week’s triage squad

No meeting last week.

Other news

Community members are invited to apply to Become an Open-source Book and share their expertise at WordCamp Asia 2026 in Mumbai, India. More details and the application process are available here: https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/apply-to-become-an-open-source-book/

Come and Contribute

The Training Team is inviting contributors to participate in content improvement efforts across several stages:

Content Ready for Review:
- Contributors should follow the guidelines for reviewing content.
- 9 issues are available for review.
Feedback Awaiting Validation:
- Step-by-step guidance is provided in Validating and Applying Content Feedback.
- 17 issues require validation.
Topics Awaiting Vetting:
- Contributors can refer to Vetting Topic Ideas for guidance.
- 3 issues need topic vetting.
Validated Feedback Awaiting Fix:
- Contributors can follow the guidance in Validating and Applying Content Feedback to implement corrections.
- 26 issues require fixes based on validated feedback.

This structured workflow ensures content is accurate, up to date, and high-quality.

Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges awarded:
- No badges awarded this week
Props:
- @rjekic: Props to @mebo, @rollybueno and @rfluethi for active participation in the meeting today.

Project updates

Course Cohort
- The WordPress 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 Bengali course cohort has completed Week 6. The total number of weeks for the cohort will be confirmed by @devmuhib.
Training Team Workshop
- Multiple workshops are planned
WordPress Credits
- WordPress Credits is a contribution-based program by the WordPress Foundation that engages university students in 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 enables students to develop transferable skills, gain practical experience, and become part of 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

No scheduled workshops this week

Contributor Updates

During the weekly check-in, contributors shared updates on their progress and current activities:
- @mebo: reported being elected as a WordPress Credits Mentor and has begun work on the website for the first WordPress Campus Event, scheduled at the University of Pula in March 2026. She hopes to recruit local volunteers to assist with the project.
  - @rjekic: congratulated @mebo on her achievement and expressed support for her initiative.

Open Discussions

For the open discussion segment, contributors were invited to share any topics they would like to address during the meeting.
Currently, no new topics have been raised, but asynchronous contributions are welcome via the thread to continue the discussion.

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

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

Jonathan Desrosiers 2:13 pm on December 19, 2025
Tags: make.wordpress.org/core ( 4 ), p2-xpost ( 129 )

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Rade Jekić 1:26 pm on December 15, 2025
Tags: make.wordpress.org/polyglots ( 13 ), p2-xpost ( 129 )

X-post: Looking for a Thai translation reviewer for Learn WordPress content

X-post from +make.wordpress.org/polyglots: Looking for a Thai translation reviewer for Learn WordPress content

Mohammed Kateregga 6:10 pm on December 14, 2025
Tags: meeting recap ( 143 ), training ( 304 ), Training-team ( 208 )

Training Team Meeting Recap – 9th Dec 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 30 attendees: @praful2111 @mohkatz @abduremon @ravigadhiyawp @nitspatel @sibokul @jojo256 @dilip2615 @vishitshah @sonaliprajapati @huzaifaalmesbah @devmuhib @rjekic @rfluethi @freewebmentor @sumitsingh @arsh999cg @rithika3 @VasantRajput @mosescursor @andrewssanya @abdullahaymanmsre @rinkuiihglobal (async) @jaydipgoswami (async) @utsav72640 (async) @valeriewandeler (async) @clk87 (async) @benazeer (async) @noruzzaman (async) @chris1ober (async)

Newcomers: @abdullahaymanmsre
Note taker: @mohkatz
Meeting hosted by: @devmuhib

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:

16th December – @sibokul
23rd December – @praful2111
30th December – @mebo
6th January – @nazmul111

Looking for feedback

We’re planning to join 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/. at 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. Asia 2026 in Mumbai! If you’re also attending, I’d love to hear your ideas and feedback on how we can make the Contributor Day experience even better. What would make it more impactful for contributors?
In every flagship event, training team host an online contributor day beside the in person contributor day. We are looking for host and co-host for online contributor day. Please read details here and feel free to apply!
https://make.wordpress.org/training/2025/12/09/wordcamp-asia-2026-contributor-day/
We’re noticing a shortage of content creators in the Training Team. How can we encourage more dedicated content creators to join? Please share your ideas. It would be especially helpful to have local content creators who can translate existing English content into their local languages.
We’re planning to organize a few workshops from the Training Team and would love your input. Which topics would be most valuable or relevant for you right now? Feel free to share any areas you want to learn more about so we can design workshops that truly meet your needs.

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 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/ 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

Other news

WordPress Campus Connect – Housing Estate School and College 2025 event has been successfully completed — and we’re excited to share that 60+ people joined!. Let’s keep the momentum going!
Website – https://events.wordpress.org/campusconnect/2025/comilla-housing-estate-school-and-college/
Apply to Become an Open-source Book and Share Your Expertise at WordCamp Asia 2026, Mumbai, India:
https://asia.wordcamp.org/2026/apply-to-become-an-open-source-book/

2. 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 17 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

We have 26 issues awaiting a fix

Contributors, see Validating and Applying Content Feedback for step-by-step guidance on applying feedback that has been validated.

3. Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges Awarded

Give Props

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

@sibokul: Huge props to @devmuhib to continue the journey of WordPress Campus Connect programme.

4. Project updates

We finished 5th lesson of the 6-week cohort titled “WordPress 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 Bengali“.
Training Team Workshop – Multiple workshops are planned
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. Website: https://make.wordpress.org/handbook/wordpress-credits-contribution-internship-program/.
The recordings from the WPCC Info Sessions are now up on WordPress.tv

5. Upcoming Online Workshops

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 contributor or Training Team members help you in some way?
@rfluethi asked whether there is a standardized certificate for the Beginner WordPress User (German) cohort, including the availability of Debora’s template, guidance on signing, and best practices for issuing certificates, @devmuhib confirmed that Debora’s certificate template still exists and will follow up on how certificates should be signed and issued.

7. Open Discussions

If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue. Slack Thread
@devmuhib noted that co-hosts committing to workshops but not attending, noting that this disrupts the session flow and overall learning experience, and emphasized the importance of advance communication and genuine commitment, encouraging those who are unavailable to inform hosts early or allow others to participate.
@sumitsingh reiterated the call for a host and co-host for the online contributor day for WordCamp Asia 2026, encouraging interested contributors to review the details and apply or comment on the post.
https://make.wordpress.org/training/2025/12/09/wordcamp-asia-2026-contributor-day/
Looks like we don’t have anything at the moment. If anyone has anything async, please reply in this threadand we can keep the discussion going
And that concludes this week’s meeting. Thanks to all who participated in sync and to those who will in the future

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

Sumit Singh 6:24 am on December 9, 2025
Tags: contributor days ( 45 ), training ( 304 ), Training-team ( 208 ), WordCamp Asia ( 3 )

WordCamp Asia 2026 Contributor Day

Thank you for joining the WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Asia 2026 Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. Training Team! We have organized activities for both new and experienced contributors to participate in throughout the day. See the schedule for WC Asia Contributor Day here.

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

Join the online events on Meetup – Once the coordinator is confirmed, we will add the event link for our upcoming online Meetup.

Table Leads : Once conformed by WC Asia team then we will update name here.

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/. Monitor: Rade Jekic (@rjekic), Muhibul Haque (@devmuhib), Sumit Singh (@sumitsingh)

Online Coordinator: Still looking.

Note: We are currently looking for an Online Coordinator and Slack Monitor.

How can I best prepare?

You can prepare for Contributor Day by ensuring you’ve got these starter tools ready:

Your WordPress dot org account and username
Joined the Make WordPress Slack instance and the #training team channel
Set up a GitHub Account
Connect your GitHub account to your WordPress profile.

Instructions for preparing in advance can be found here: Welcome to the Training Team! If you are a developer, check out these Dev-squad guidelines.

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

Training Team Mission

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

I’m new to the Training Team!

I have experience working with the Training Team!

I’m new to the Training Team!

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

Getting Started – The Training Team Onboarding Program

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

Review published content and submit feedback

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

Courses

Lesson Plans

Submit new content topic ideas

Browse the Learn WordPress website and let us know if there are any topics you think would be valuable to add. Share your topic ideas in our GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘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 using the button below:

New GitHub Issue: Topic Idea

I have experience working with the Training Team!

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

Content Creation

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

Content Translation

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

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

Content Reviews

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

Start by finding a piece of content to review in our content development board. This GitHub view has filtered all content waiting for reviews before it is published. Follow the team’s Guidelines for reviewing content and leave your reviews right there in GitHub.

Subject Matter Expert

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

Triage Developer Issues

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

Start by reviewing issues “In Review”. Any help you can provide regarding issues “In Progress” would be great, too. But in general, any attention you can give to any issue would be much appreciated.

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

Cross-team collaboration opportunities

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

Before you leave…

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

Contributor Day Attendee Feedback Form

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#contributor-days, #training, #training-team, #wordcamp-asia

Sonali Prajapati 6:16 pm on December 7, 2025
Tags: meeting recap ( 143 ), training ( 304 ), Training-team ( 208 )

Training Team Meeting Recap – 2nd Dec 2025

Introductions and Welcome

There were 38 attendees:: @dilip2615 @huzaifaalmesbah @azharderaiya @praful2111 @noruzzaman @nitspatel @sumitsingh @umeshsinghin @abduremon @dhruval04 @devmuhib @jaydipgoswami @bigod @freewebmentor @vishitshah @sonaliprajapati @rjekic @ravigadhiyawp @dhruvang21 @rraventos @sibokul @mebo @VasantRajput @mohkatz @jojo256 @rithika3 @vanpariyar @valeriewandeler(async) @nazmul111 (async) @andrewssanya @rinkuiihglobal @rfluethi (async) @clk87 (async) @ranupatel11 @muddassirnasim @nishitajoshi (async) @benazeer(async) @chris1ober (async)

Newcomers: @duncangu87, @bph
Note taker: @SonaliPrajapati
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.