February 23, 2024 — The WordPress Training Team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through learn.wordpress.org. Within this team exists the Faculty Program

The Faculty Program consists of a team of dedicated volunteers who work to achieve the goals of the Training Team and Learn WordPress. You can read the initial proposal for this program here.

Key for Faculty Roles:

A: Administrator
CC: Content Creator
E: Editor
SME: Subject Matter Expert
TC: Translation Coordinator
In this session we will explain what the Faculty Program is, the rules that can be occupied, and answer any questions current or prospective Faculty Members have about the program.

Affiliated links:
https://make.wordpress.org/training/
https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/getting-started/
https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/faculty-program/

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October 13, 2023 — Join us for an insightful panel discussion on BlackPress, a global WordPress community dedicated to empowering Black individuals worldwide.

Learn about the origins, objectives, and impact of this transformative initiative as we explore the significance of amplifying Black voices within the WordPress ecosystem. Discover why BlackPress emerged, addressing the underrepresentation and limited opportunities experienced by Black individuals in the digital space. Gain insights on how YOU can actively engage and contribute to this flourishing community.

Whether you’re from the Black diaspora or an ally, we invite you to participate, collaborate, and uplift Black voices through mentorship, open-source projects, networking, and showcasing achievements.

December 22, 2022 — As of this event posting there are 190 Block Themes in the WordPress.org library. As WordPress advances to a more code-less (as in no need to use code) future, the ability to create and design themes is being made simpler and more accessible.

In this session we will explore how to create your very own theme using the Create Block Theme plugin.

Target Audience
Intermediate WordPress users– folks who are familiar with the Site Editor and using Blocks and Block Themes.

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December 15, 2022 — With the recent release of WordPress 6.1, Site Editor templates have become even easier to make more your own– unlocking more creativity and flexibility with how your post pages are displayed to the world.

In Exploring Category Templates and the Query Loop Block we will look at how to create Template pages for specific posts on the site, create a custom design for each template, and walk through editing the query loop block to display the posts differently on each template.

Target Audience
Intermediate WordPress users– folks who are familiar with the Site Editor Template system and Blocks.

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November 22, 2022 — In this session we will discuss the beta Gutenberg plugin, it’s role as WordPress’s “block editor”, and its project that follows a four-phase process that will touch major pieces of WordPress — Editing, Customization, Collaboration, and Multilingual.

Following the introduction of post block editing in December 2018, Gutenberg later introduced full site editing (FSE) in 2021, which shipped with WordPress 5.9 in early 2022.

We will also use a local WordPress environment to explore some of the beta capabilities only accessible once the Gutenberg plugin is installed.

Target Audience
Folks who manage their WordPress sites and are comfortable with the installation, management and use of plugins.

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November 17, 2022 — WordPress 6.1, Misha, was released on November 1st, 2022 and is jam-packed with many new and exciting features inclusive of:

– Twenty Twenty-Three theme and variations
– New templates
– Better design tools
– Easier menu management
more

In this session we are going to unpack and do a live exploration of some major features which have been released in WordPress 6.1.

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October 21, 2022 — Ever wondered what all of the out of the box WordPress roles were and how to use their capabilities across the site? Wonder no more! This is a foundational WordPress discussion where we will talk through the various roles in WordPress and the capabilities each possess.

Target Audience
Beginners, but anyone can benefit!

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September 25, 2022 — Block Themes have introduced more versatility to our site design than ever before. With the highly customizable theme.json file, themes can now hold multiple design styles, giving users flexibility to quickly change their site’s aesthetic. From there, individual blocks can be further customized to a site owner’s design needs.

In this session we will discuss the global styles feature and explore editing block styles for a personal site.

Target Audience
Beginner -> Intermediate

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September 9, 2022 — I find that reusable blocks tend to be one of the Block Editor’s most slept on feature. There are so many ways that the reusable block can be a part of your every day publishing workflow whether it’s by sharing new recipes, repeating checklists, or templating processes.

In this session we will discuss when and why to use reusable blocks, how they can boost your website workflow, and share and build some use cases in real time.

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September 2, 2022 — The WordPress Block Pattern Directory went live in the WordPress 5.8 release on July 20, 2021. Recently with WordPress 5.9 (released January 25, 2022) bringing Full Site Editing to core WordPress, and WordPress 6.0 (released May 24, 2022) expanding these capabilities, it has never been easier to get your personal site up and running.

In this session we will go over how to use patterns in the WordPress Block Pattern Directory to quickly set up a personal site.

Target Audience
Beginner

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