December 4, 2025 — In this session, we cover the essential settings that bring your store to life. We’ll explore how to set up shipping options, choose and configure payment gateways, and understand the key WooCommerce pages your customers will use. We’ll also look at managing orders and creating coupons to help you run your store more effectively.

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December 4, 2025 — This video introduces the WordPress Campus Connect Organizer Agreement, a short but important document you’ll sign before your event can move forward. It explains what it means to represent the WordPress open source project, including staying inclusive, nonprofit, respectful of trademarks and GPL freedoms, and focused on benefiting the local and global community, as well as what happens after you sign.

December 4, 2025 — This video explains what to expect from a WordPress Campus Connect orientation call. We’ll get to know each other, review your event plans and budget, walk through the full WPCC process (agreement, email, website, sponsorship, and finances), outline next steps, and show you where to get ongoing help in the #campusconnect Slack channel.

December 3, 2025 — State of the Word is the annual keynote address celebrating the progress of the open source WordPress project and offering a glimpse into its future. This year’s event takes place on December 2, 2025, at 8:00 PM UTC from San Francisco. From local stories to global growth, WordPress leadership highlighted the platform’s strengths, roadmap milestones, and vibrant community.

Watch with us as WordPress enthusiasts and newcomers from around the world came together for this unforgettable annual celebration.

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December 2, 2025 — This video explains how the WordPress Campus Connect (WPCC) application process works from start to finish. It covers how Community Event Supporters review your application, help with orientation, determine your event email address and create the event website, guide you through budgeting and venue approval, mark your event as scheduled, and follow up with post‑event surveys and feedback.

December 2, 2025 — WordPress 6.9 is just around the corner, so now is a great time to start digging into the new developer focused updates coming in the next release.

In the first of two scheduled sessions we will cover

Block Bindings
Interactivity API & Interactivity Router

Join us as we dive into these new updates with live demos and code examples. We’ll wrap up with a Q&A session, so feel free to bring your questions and ideas.

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November 28, 2025 — This video walks you through how to plan a WordPress Campus Connect event—from choosing a date and name, to selecting a venue, curriculum, and target audience. You’ll also learn about event duration, pricing, branding guidelines, sponsor support, and how to get help and submit your application.

November 28, 2025

November 27, 2025 — WordPress 6.9 is scheduled for December 2025. In this hands-on session, we’ll turn the Beta/RC notes and Field Guide into a simple, repeatable launch plan.

By the end of this workshop, attendees will learn how to use the Beta/RC releases to test their site for the upcoming releases. This will be a practical walkthrough to build your staging, test for compatibility, and plan a safe rollout

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November 26, 2025 — An introduction to the WordPress Campus Connect Organizer Orientation course.

This course will guide you through the entire WordPress Campus Connect event setup process.