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 27 attendees: @noruzzaman, @sonaliprajapati, @faguni22, @jenish1234, @abduremon, @rfluethi, @sumitsingh, @pravin1996, @pooja-n, @rjekic, @ishahinakhter, @makanikaran, @huzaifaalmesbah, @mukeshparihar, @darshanvadher36, @ravigadhiyawp, @vijay5696, @dilip2615, @mohkatz, @andrewssanya, @vasantrajput, @sibokul, @rithika3 (async), @ranupatel11 (async), @harshjadav003 (async), @benazeer (async), @iamasadpolash (async)
Newcomers: @kwynn1234, @mukeshparihar, @adrianruiz
Meeting hosted by: @SumitSingh
Note Taker: @AndrewSsanya
Note Reviewer: @VasantRajput
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.
News
Meeting Note Takers
Here is our current note taker roster:
- 12th May – @andrewssanya
- 19th May – @jenish1234
- 26th May – @rithika3
- 2nd June – @mohkatz
- 9th June – @makanikaran
Important note: If anyone needs to know more about Note Taking and need guide in creating a Recap Note Post, then you can DM @VasantRajput. He will guide you for a Recap Note, and he will review & publish your Recap Post.
Looking for feedback
- We’re currently updating the Training Team handbooks and would appreciate your input. To help prioritize translation efforts, which content do you think should be considered high priority for translation? Feedback – Suggest High Priority Content #3400
- We need your help in finding all the content that could be updated and consolidated. We would love to have two groups of volunteers – one that will go through all the handbook content, and one that will check the courses. Please state your interest, and we will help you organize and start working on these important issues.
Looking for volunteers
- Update Handbook: High Priority Content to Translate #3439
- Looking for volunteers to help review the updated thumbnails for the lesson Link. We have updated all the designed thumbnails in the sheet below: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J12AuyePQhYtjrhe1Hn7cdl613_yCtIpxuakcNJ1AhU/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Updates from last week’s Triage Squad session
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Other News
- Are you ready to take your WordPress skills to the next level and start building your own 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. Themes from scratch? Announcing the Training Team Cohort: “Block Theme Development in WordPress” – https://make.wordpress.org/training/2026/03/30/announcing-the-training-team-cohort-block-theme-development-in-wordpress/
- New AI-Powered Tools for Creating WordPress Learning Materials
https://make.wordpress.org/training/2026/04/10/new-ai-powered-tools-for-creating-wordpress-learning-materials/
Come and Contribute
This week’s contribution focus area
- 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 21 issues that require validation
- Topics awaiting vetting
- See Vetting Topic Ideas for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
- We have 2 issues that require vetting
- Validated feedback awaiting fix
- Contributors, see Validating and Applying Content Feedback for step-by-step guidance on applying feedback that has been validated.
- We have 25 issues awaiting for a fix
Contribution Acknowledgement
- Badges awarded:
- No badge awarded this week, but you can check Training Team Profile Badges and the process of requesting badges on your WordPress.org profile
https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/about/team-profile-badges/
- No badge awarded this week, but you can check Training Team Profile Badges and the process of requesting badges on your WordPress.org profile
- Give Props:
- @SumitSingh: Props to @Devmuhib, @VasantRajput, @Andrewssanya, @Varun795, and all contributors for completing the thumbnail designs.
- @VasantRajput: Props to @devmuhib for uploading many lesson thumbnails to https://learn.wordpress.org/lessons/. And also guide me through the process of that in the meeting call, thank you for your help.
- @Devmuhib: I think we missed @Rahan00123 and @Abduremon when giving props. And props to everyone who helped with the thumbnail generation project.
- @Devmuhib: Special thanks to @VasantRajput for consistent contributions and helping the training team.
- @Andrewssanya: Props to @VasantRajput for guiding me in contributing to the thumbnail designs, and I was able to complete it.
Project updates
- 3rd class of the Training Team Cohort: Block Theme Development in WordPress is successfully done. If you were not able to join the session, you can review the slides here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aZtP0TFaYdmrP-CllMwZZIJj6dGANwbe/view?usp=sharing
- We have updated all the thumbnails designed in WC Asia 2026: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J12AuyePQhYtjrhe1Hn7cdl613_yCtIpxuakcNJ1AhU/edit?gid=0#gid=0
- Our first Office Hours Meeting was a great success! Despite only five participants, we made 7 decisions, identified 11 tasks, and already completed four of them. The meeting recap P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org post can be found here – https://make.wordpress.org/training/2026/04/20/office-hours-meeting-recap-18th-april-2026/
- The next meeting is scheduled for the 23rd of May. Come and join us and help us shape the future of the WordPress Training Team.
Upcoming Online Workshops
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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 contributors or Training Team members help you in some way?
- @SumitSingh: I am working on making the ticket as per the shared feedback on the Help Scout ticket.
- @VasantRajput: Working on a thumbnail generation project and also working to upload generated thumbnails to lessons, so next we will check again which lessons have a missing thumbnail and make a list of those.
- @Andrewssanya: @VasantRajput I’m available, I can help.
- @VasantRajput: Okay, thank you so much, @Andrewssanya. I will DM you for that. Planning is to update thumbnails as much as possible before 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. Europe 2026
Open Discussions
- If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue.
- What’s your plan in 2026 related to WordPress?
- Currently, no new topics have been raised, but asynchronous contributions are welcome via the Slack 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.