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Training Team Meeting Recap – 23rd 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 Slack account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 43 attendees:: @pkbhatt, @devmuhib, @ranupatel11, @ravigadhiyawp, @vishitshah, @rraventos, @vasantrajput, @bigod, @rjekic, @patelhitesh, @azharderaiya, @psykro, @rithika3, @jaydipgoswami, @freewebmentor, @rollybueno, @nishitajoshi, @rfluethi, @passoniate, @hemant-ahir, @nikunj8866, @mosescursor, @rinkuiihglobal, @sibokul, @sumitsingh @mohkatz, @jojo256 (async), @dilip2615 (async), @godzo (async), @Dhruvang21 (async), @zeelthakkar (async), @jagirbahesh (async), @margheweb (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @ursha (async), @studionashvegas (async), @sonaliprajapati (async), @clk87 (async), @benazeer (async),@utsav72640 (async), @mebo (async), @andrewssanya (async), @muddassirnasim (async)

Newcomers: @georgestephanis, @rahan00123, @godzo, @eleonoracode
Note taker: @nishitajoshi
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

  • I’d like to share my experience after translating all (more than 20) Beginner WordPress User lessons into Spanish: (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

  • Several courses are listed in the WordPress Credit course, so we’ve decided to review them thoroughly. Our goal is to catch and fix any misspellings, typos, broken links, or outdated information. Slack Log.
  • You’re welcome to go through these courses as well and create issues on GitHub if you find anything that needs attention.

Here are the courses where we need volunteers:

Update for last week’s triage squad

  • No meeting last week.
  • But, on the last Training Team meeting, we started a discussion about restarting Triage Squad sessions – thanks to @psykro and @studionashvegas. You can find more info here and join the discussion.

Other news

  • New WordPress Student Clubs in Uganda
  • Three new WordPress Student Clubs have been launched in Uganda! 
  • Campus Connect at SGS College Bhatkal, Udupi – WordPress Campus Connect Udupi hosted a hands-on session at SGS College Bhatkal, giving students their very first WordPress experience. Together, they built 50 complete one-page websites from scratch!  Read more here
  • WordPress Credits is a contribution-based practice program by the WordPress Foundation that brings university students into the heart of the WordPress open source project. The program helps students develop transferable skills, gain practical experience, and join a global community of open source contributors. https://make.wordpress.org/handbook/wordpress-credits-contribution-internship-program/
  • Collaboration with the Training Team for Content Translation – We’re preparing a P2 post to collaborate with the Polyglots team on improving content translations. The goal is to ensure high-quality, accurate translations for all Training Team materials.

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

Give Props

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

  • @sibokul gave props to @clk87 for arranging an online workshop on image alt text.

4. Project updates

  • Course Cohort – The “WordPress Block Editor Basics” course cohort has concluded.

Next week, we will focus on gathering student feedback and addressing any questions they may have.

  • Content Creation – Last week, we had several workshops, and we have many more scheduled for next week, with a focus on local content creation.
  • We are actively supporting the WordPress Campus Connect program – thanks to the enormous effort of @Muhibul Haque
  • Coffee Hour is added to the All Meetings list -> https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/#training
  • We are actively testing the Polylang translation plugin, so we can fully translate all courses into 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

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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