This new learning resource will formally go live on 15 December 2020. You can discover it at Learn WordPress!
This post contains full details and a roadmap for this project, so head over there for some background and additional useful information. Going forward, Learn WordPress is going to be focussed on three main areas of content and interaction: workshops, discussion groups, and lesson plans.
Beta launch, August 2020
Workshops
At the time of the beta launch, there are four workshops available with more planned to be added each week. These initial four workshops are:
- Intro to Gutenberg Block Development
- Introduction to Contributing to WordPress
- Introduction to Open-Source
- Intro to Publishing with the Block Editor
These workshops appeal to a wide range of WordPress users and builders – from publishers to developers and contributors – even people unfamiliar with open-source and WordPress. They also cover a wide range of topics; anything related to how people interact with WordPress is welcome! The number of available workshops will grow over time, and we will see more and more content focussed on helping people learn how to use and contribute to WordPress.
Editor’s Note: The application link below has been updated.
If you would like to submit a workshop to the site, please feel in this form – your submission will be reviewed, and you will be contacted within a few days to confirm if you should go ahead with recording it. Workshops can be submitted in any language as we would love to see this site be as multilingual as possible. Here’s a sheet with some ideas for workshops that would be valuable – you’re welcome to submit any of these as your workshop and even add to the sheet if there’s content that you would like to see on the site.
You can fill in this form if you would like to assist with reviewing submitted workshop applications.
Lesson Plans
Over the last few years, the Training team has been working tirelessly on creating lesson plans that people can use to run their own workshops. All 85 of these lesson plans are available on the site – they are an excellent resource for anyone wanting to teach people about WordPress. You could even use these lesson plans for workshops that you submit!
The Training team would love additional contributions to identify outdated lesson plans, revise and update those plans, connect multiple lesson plans into a workshop, and to create slides. You can get started here.
Discussion Groups
While recorded workshops are great for learning and personal development, one key aspect that they lack is the personal interaction that you would usually have at an in-person event. With that in mind, we will also be hosting optional discussion groups based on the content of the workshops – led by the workshop presenters themselves, as well as other community members.
The first of these discussion groups have been scheduled – you will find them on the dedicated meetup group – and more will be added as new workshops are published. Each workshop page will link to the meetup group.
Anyone interested in leading a discussion group on any of the workshops on the site is welcome to do so. For more information about what is expected of discussion group leaders, check out this Tuesday Trainings post about leading discussion groups. If you’re interested and ready to become a discussion group leader, you can apply to do so here.
Additionally, meetup organisers can use the Learn WordPress content for their meetup events – simply ask your meetup group to watch one of the workshops in the weeks leading up to your scheduled event, and then host a discussion group for that content as your event. If you do this, then you do not have to apply to be a discussion group leader using the form above – you can just go ahead and do it as an existing organiser.
Get Involved
Workshops
You can apply to present a workshop or to assist with reviewing submitted workshops. You can also add ideas for workshops that you would like to see on the site.
Lesson Plans
You can help out with updating and contributing new lesson plans by following this guide. Lesson plans are developed on GitHub and published on Learn WordPress.
Discussion Groups
Meetup organisers can organise discussion groups as part of their existing meetup group, or you can apply to be a discussion group leader.
Development
Development of Learn WordPress is being managed on GitHub – you can head over these to log issues and contribute code.
Contributors to training and towards the development of Learn WordPress
Getting this platform live and supporting the training team has been a strong collaboration between the Community, Design, Marketing, Meta, Training, and TV teams.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to getting things ready for the beta launch: @rmarks, @melchoyce, @dufresnesteven, @coreymckrill, @dd32, @tellyworth, @psykro, @andreamiddleton, @angelasjin, @courane01, @camikaos, @bph, @courtneypk, @casiepa, @harishanker, @evarlese, @nao, @francina, @liljimmi, @courtneydawn, @bethsoderberg, @juliekuehl, @jessecowens, @chetan200891, @man4toman, @chanthaboune, and everyone else who provided feedback, tested the new site, and contributed so much of the content.
Thank you to the many lesson plan contributors, presenters, reviewers, and more for contributing during recent years: @bethsoderberg, @bharatkambariya, @bri1ckman, @BrilliantPamela, @brocheafoin, @btrandolph, @c3zh, @carolstambaugh, @chanthaboune, @chetan200891, @chiragpatel, @chmchm, @CoachBirgit, @codente, @conradhallauthor, @courane01, @courtneydawn, @danstramer, @dcoleonline, @decwinser, @donkiely, @DragonFalcon, @dufresnesteven, @epetrashen, @epkruger, @estelaris, @esteschris, @fahimmurshed, @Flash-McDirt, @gdavis0007, @geektutor, @gilzow, @gkloveweb, @gonza166, @graham2621, @GregF, @Gwendydd, @helen, @iandunn, @immeet94, @ittoufiq, @iwritten, @jakilevy, @janet357, @jankimoradiya, @jcasabona, @jenwill, @JerrySarcastic, @jessecowens, @jillbinder, @joostdevalk, @JudyLW, @juiiee8487, @juliekuehl, @kartiks16, @kdrewien, @kenso-trabing, @ketuchetan, @kevinkautzman, @KimWhite, @kshivler, @librariancrafter, @likethegoddess, @liljimmi, @lunacodes, @m_butcher, @man4toman, @meaganhanes, @megane9988, @MelChoyce, @MelindaHelt, @mike_piercy, @mikemueller, @mukesh27, @nofearinc, @noplanman, @OlalaWeb, @operapreneur, @Otto42, @owlsheadbiz, @passoniate, @pbrocks, @Pcosta88, @pdclark, @petj, @pwbrowne, @rachelcavery, @rfair404, @rtenshi, @ryancanhelpyou, @samuelsidler, @Scaryevilclowns, @sethaugustus, @shashank3105, @singhsivam, @siobhan, @skarjune, @stacyduval, @suzettefranck, @taraclaeys, @taupecat, @tecdoc, @tgibs, @toniaslimm, @torlowski, @tristup, @trynet, @viitorcloudvc, @vincek1, @vmarie, @webcreative, @webtechpooja, @webtrainingwheels, @WPAleks, @wpdevsolutions, @wpfreely, @wpnzach, @yvbrooks, @zgordon, @zoonini, and @zstepek
Thanks to Marketing Team which has worked alongside Community and the Training Team, including: @webcommsat, @yvettesonneveld, @megphillips91, @meher, @nalininonstopnewsuk, @oglekler, @lmurillom, @marks99, @sthakor, @antialiasfactory, @jonoaldersonwp, @herculespekkas, @marks99, @lmurillom, @carike, @majaloncar, @vimes1984, @ugyensupport, @Miker, @tarif2100, @Lokesh1994, @technocrews, @YashwardhanRana, @swetabh, @chaion07
Thanks to help from the Diversity speaker working group members including: @angelasjin, @cguntur, @danilong, @jillbinder, @nalininonstopnewsuk, @webcommsat
Thanks to contributors who volunteered for a number of ad-hoc working groups including: @adityakane, @chaion07, @manzwebdesigns, @rmarks, @rickyblacker, @sippis
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