--- title: "#222 – Destiny Kanno, Anand Upadhyay, Maciej Pilarski on How WordPress Education Programs Are Growing" url: https://daily.dev/posts/222-destiny-kanno-anand-upadhyay-maciej-pilarski-on-how-wordpress-education-programs-are-growin-e3x5mpa84 source_url: https://wptavern.com/podcast/222-destiny-kanno-anand-upadhyay-maciej-pilarski-on-how-wordpress-education-programs-are-growing type: article source: "WP Tavern" published: 2026-06-24T14:03:19.226Z updated: 2026-06-24T14:03:52.852Z tags: ["open-source", "community", "wordpress"] reading_time: 59 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # #222 – Destiny Kanno, Anand Upadhyay, Maciej Pilarski on How WordPress Education Programs Are Growing **[WP Tavern](https://daily.dev/sources/wptavern)** · 59 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A podcast episode featuring three WordPress education initiative leaders discussing the rapid growth of three interconnected programs: the WordPress Credits Program (university students earn academic credit for open source contributions, now at 21 partner institutions with 450 enrolled and 75 graduates), WordPress Campus Connect (flexible community-driven events at schools, libraries, and campuses of all levels, reaching 5,500+ students across 42 events and 71 institutions), and WordPress Student Clubs (peer-led in-campus meetups that sustain momentum between larger events). The guests discuss how these programs feed into each other, the importance of facilitator training and resource kits to lower barriers, and the broader goal of building the next generation of WordPress contributors as the current community ages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [\#183 – Destiny Kanno, Isotta Peira and Anand Upadhyay on how WordPress is shaping the future of education for students worldwide](https://daily.dev/posts/183-destiny-kanno-isotta-peira-and-anand-upadhyay-on-how-wordpress-is-shaping-the-future-of-educ-kyttxjkzc) · WP Tavern · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [\#223 – Ivana Ćirković on How WordPress Credits Bridges Education and Industry in the WordPress Ecosystem](https://daily.dev/posts/223-ivana-c-irkovic-on-how-wordpress-credits-bridges-education-and-industry-in-the-wordpress-eco-iwhlhea4q) · WP Tavern · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [WordPress Credits Updates](https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-credits-updates-wjjd62kya) · Make WordPress Core · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#community](https://daily.dev/tags/community), [#wordpress](https://daily.dev/tags/wordpress) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/222-destiny-kanno-anand-upadhyay-maciej-pilarski-on-how-wordpress-education-programs-are-growin-e3x5mpa84)