Meetup organizers keep telling me the same thing: attendees want to work directly with WordPress when the come together, not just watch a presentation. The blocker to delivering on hand-on activities is time; building a structured 30–60 minute activity from scratch, with facilitator notes and slides, is work most organizers don’t have spare. I experienced this myself most recently when building a deck and activity for my first in-person meetup in Tokyo.
To solve for this, I’m building a free library to close that gap.
Each “library kit” will include a facilitation guide and presentation so any facilitator can pick up a topic and run it. The goal is at least 10 peer-reviewed kits, plus an AI prompt set that helps organizers build their own. I’m targeting completion by end of May.
Topics on the list so far:
Developer
- Plugin and theme development
- Creating custom Gutenberg blocks
- Building block themes (also: Designer)
- WordPress performance optimization
- Security audits
- Debugging common WordPress issues
- Contributor onboarding
User
- SEO tools and configuration
- WordPress security
- WooCommerce basics / eCommerce
- WordPress Playground
- AI
- Content creation
Designer
- FSE / Full Site Editing
- Building block themes (also: Developer)
- Accessibility testing (also: Developer)
Special thanks to @aquila20, @webvillalba, @sumitsingh, and @mosescursor for informing this list.
How you can help
- Peer review: Comment below with which topic areas you’re best placed to review. Kits will be ready for review by mid-May.
- Topic ideas: See a gap in the list? Drop it in the comments.