The WordPress Community Team has launched the WordPress Facilitator Training Program, a free initiative designed to help people teach WordPress topics to others in their communities and institutions. The program is open to anyone interested in facilitating WordPress learning, including campus educators, community organizers, freelancers, developers, and designers.
Addressing a Common Challenge
When discussing the challenges of bringing WordPress education to communities and institutions, Destiny Kanno highlighted a common question among educators, community organizers, and WordPress professionals, “ One of the most consistent things I hear from educators, community organizers, and WordPress professionals who want to bring WordPress education to their institutions and communities is some version of the same question: where do I start?”
She also stressed that while many know about WordPress, they often lack the clear path to pass on the knowledge, “They have the knowledge. They have the motivation. What they often lack is a clear, structured pathway to go from “I could teach this” to actually teaching it.”
Now, the WordPress Facilitator Training Program, has been introduced to help bridge that gap, as highlighted, “ The WordPress Facilitator Training Program is our answer to that question.”
Program Structure and Key Resources
The program is openly accessible, with no application process or formal requirements to participate.
It is organized into three main components: self-guided courses on Learn.wordpress.org, facilitation guides that outline how to run multi-day workshops, and a playbook designed to help facilitators understand the program and get started.
The first topic, “Leading WordPress Education Programs,” is now available and has nine modules and 41 chapters in total.
Besides this course, the Community Team has also developed additional resources, including a downloadable facilitation guide for hosting a 2-3 day workshop and a dedicated playbook in the Education Handbook, offering guidance for facilitators as they get started.
The program comes as WordPress Education Initiatives continue to expand, with programs such as Campus Connect, WordPress Credits, and Student Clubs reaching more institutions and students worldwide. Earlier this year, WordPress Education programs also got a new dedicated space on WordPress.org. This centralized hub makes it easy for everyone to explore the various initiatives and get involved.
Kanno noted that sustaining this growth requires a broader network of facilitators and that the Facilitator Training Program is intended to support this, “ Sustaining and scaling that growth requires more than a central team. It requires a distributed network of facilitators who are confident, prepared, and equipped to bring WordPress education to their communities independently. The WordPress Facilitator Training Program is the infrastructure for that network….”
The education initiatives are also important to introduce WordPress to new users, especially at this time, when the market share of WordPress saw a marginal decrease from 43% to 42.5%.
The WordPress Education programs are also part of the broader goals for 2026 and are vital to bringing in new users, as Mary Hubbard highlighted, “ Education is becoming one of WordPress’s strongest growth engines. It brings in new voices, fresh perspectives, and people eager to learn. “ The Community Team’s earlier goal of 50% new participants will also rely heavily on education programs to bring in the next generation.
Future Roadmap
The program’s course library is expected to expand over time, and future topics are likely to cover a broader range of skills available on Learn.wordpress.org, along with new materials.
The team is also inviting contributors interested in developing courses or facilitation guides to get involved. They are also seeking feedback from the community on the initial course, including suggestions for additional topics and ways the program could be improved across different learning environments. Opportunities to participate in trial workshop runs are open, and interested folks can provide feedback directly in the comments or in the #campusconnect Slack channel.