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Training Team Meeting Recap – 16th September 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 36 attendees:: @rjekic, @rfluethi, @Mosescursor, @patelhitesh, @ravigadhiyawp, @godzo, @nitspatel, @vishitshah, @bigod, @nikunj8866, @sunilkumarthz, @sonaliprajapati, @nishitajoshi, @sumitsingh, @vasantrajput, @rinkuiihglobal, @sibokul, @rraventos, @dilip2615, @devmuhib, @Jojo256, @psykro, @ranupatel11, @hemant-ahir, @mohkatz @andrewssanya, @benazeer (async), @darshu1898 (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @zeelthakkar (async), @utsav72640 (async), @studionashvegas (async), @ursha (async), @clk87 (async), @jhimross (async), @rithika3 (async)

Newcomers: @doreen233, @debdesign, @godzo, @beckej
Note taker: @nikunj8866
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 our Guide Program.

1. News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

Looking for feedback

  • We’re moving forward with issuing certificates for course cohort students. Unlike automated completion certificates, these will require active class participation, assessments, and passing an exam. Feedback is welcome to help refine the process (see #3247 for details).
  • We had an interesting discussion on general learning methods, the current state of the platform, and proposals. Join the conversation and share your thoughts (see #3278 for details).

Looking for volunteers

  • Plans are underway to organize local workshops to make sessions more engaging. Both new and experienced speakers are welcome to participate, and co-hosting with seasoned presenters is also encouraged. Here are links for the last meeting for more information: Slack Log.
  • We already have strong interest in the upcoming workshops, with 10 participants showing interest. Thanks to everyone who signed up!
  • Feel free to let us know if you’d like to volunteer or co-host a session!

Update for last week’s triage squad

  • There was no meeting last week.

Other news

WordPress Campus Connect Events

2. Come and Contribute

Content ready for review

Feedback awaiting 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

3. Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges Awarded

  • No badges awarded last week.

Give Props

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

4. Project updates

  • Something great and important is cooking  – certificates, more Coffee Hour meetings, Triage Squad revamp! Stay tuned!
  • We are actively supporting the WordPress Campus Connect program – thanks to the enormous effort of @devmuhib.
  • Coffee Hour is added to the All Meetings list –> https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/#training
  • We are actively testing the Polylang translation pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party., so we can fully translate all courses in different languages.
  • We are updating all the handbooks and necessary documents.
  • Working on outdated content and broken links.

5. Upcoming Online Workshops

If you’re interested in hosting an event, please reach out to us 🙂.

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 contributors or Training Team members help you in some way?

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
  • @psykro mentioned that questions for Thursday’s online workshop can be added to the GitHub issue. The session will be recorded and shared on https://wordpress.tv/.

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.

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