Leading WordPress Education Programs


This course prepares facilitators to confidently lead WordPress Education Programs at their institutions and communities. Whether you’re an educator, a community organizer, or a training professional, you’ll build the knowledge and skills to bring WordPress into learning environments, and to do it independently.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the WordPress open source ecosystem, including its community structure and contribution pathways.
  • Identify the WordPress Education Programs: WordPress Credits, Campus Connect, and Student Clubs, and how they connect.
  • Navigate key community tools and platforms, including Make Teams, GitHub, Slack, and Meetup.
  • Use the contents of this course to independently own, run, and maintain WordPress Education Programs at your educational institution.
  • Find support from the WordPress community and contribute to improving these resources over time.

Build your confidence, strengthen your community, and help more people discover the power of WordPress.

Facilitators can utilize this facilitation guide for the course to teach the concepts from the course over a 2-3 day workshop.


Meetup program basics


Getting started


Planning a variety of events


Group Management Topics


Responding to Code of Conduct Violations


Course Summary