Whether you’re a campus leader, a company, or a contributor, there are many ways to support WordPress’s education initiatives. Share your story, offer mentorship, or sponsor a Campus Connect event. Find conversation starters, engagement tips, and links to get involved: 🔗 https://make.wordpress.org/community/2025/07/18/how-to-talk-about-and-support-the-new-wordpress-education-initiatives/

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👩‍💻 As part of WordPress Campus Connect, students in Ribera del Duero began building their first WordPress sites—with guidance from the open source community and local experts.

✅ Real-world digital skills
✅ WordPress-powered student projects
✅ Hands-on mentorship from community pros

Next stop: June 25 — masterclasses and project showcases
📍 Ribera del Duero
🔗 https://events.wordpress.org/campusconnect/2025/ribera-del-duero/

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Students at Ahmad Education in Dhaka joined a WordPress Campus Connect event on October 1. The school had run 2 earlier groups with the program, so the organizers were familiar with it, while the students were on new ground. You can read the recap here. https://wp.me/p1q228-17e8a

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Students at 2 campuses in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, built 108 websites in 2 weeks. The free, volunteer-led WordPress Campus Connect program helped them learn by building, and most had never created a website before. https://wp.me/pZhYe-5CP

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WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 is available for testing. Planned changes include responsive Gallery controls, Notes on the editor canvas, browser-based image processing in the Media Library, faster admin navigation, and a new Secrets API. Testing the beta and reporting reproducible issues are direct ways to contribute. Use a local or test site, not production. https://wp.me/pZhYe-5FP

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FOTOHOF has championed fine-art photography in Salzburg since 1981. Its multilingual website brings exhibitions, artist profiles, events, workshops, publications, a shop, and image and document archives into one place. Visitors can plan a visit, join a workshop, buy a publication, or research the archive. https://wp.me/smwwI-fotohof

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The PHP project has released fixes for 2 critical vulnerabilities affecting servers that host PHP applications. Site owners and technical teams should confirm their hosting provider’s update plan and update PHP immediately. Versions before PHP 8.2 no longer receive security updates. These issues are not specific to WordPress, and no WordPress update is required. https://wp.me/pZhYe-5Gb

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Astha Jain began using WordPress at 16 to publish her thoughts and poetry. Years later, a WordPress meetup in Bhopal led her into community organizing, public speaking, and entrepreneurship. Read how she found direction by creating opportunities for others. https://heropress.com/?p=8837

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WordCamp Asia 2027 has opened its call for emcees. Emcees welcome attendees, introduce speakers, and keep sessions running to schedule across the event. It is a visible way to contribute to one of the largest WordPress community gatherings in the region, and a good fit for anyone confident presenting to a live audience. Applications close November 27. https://wp.me/phbdcX-1OE

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Designer and developer Alexander Agnarson created UFO Timeline as a research guide to unidentified flying objects and related phenomena. The site dates posts to the events they document, turning WordPress year archives into a centuries-long chronology. A custom theme adds filters, category colors, image cards, search, embedded videos, and source links. https://wp.me/pmwwI-3IR

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