In July 2026, students at two campuses in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, built 108 websites through a WordPress Campus Connect series. The students did not pay to take part, and most had never built a website before. Two events were held about two weeks apart, and they are part of a wider WordPress Education report covering Uganda, Costa Rica, and Spain.

Bangladesh: 108 websites from new website builders

Muhibul Haque, a WordPress volunteer, organized the series in Kishoreganj. He brought Campus Connect first to Kishoreganj University, where 38 sites were completed in the session. The second session was held at Kishoreganj Polytechnic Institute two weeks later; that group built nearly 70 sites. Guest speaker Shipon Karmakar traveled more than 80 kilometers to be present for the polytechnic session.

The series’ success stories page reports more than 150 participating students so far, with two further institutions still to come.

Uganda: a workshop with no power

Bulamogi College Gadumire in eastern Uganda is on the Campus Connect map because former student Mariam Nairuba requested it. She spoke to organizer Moses Ssebunya at an event in Kaliro last December and handled the school’s arrangements herself. On July 29, she helped lead the volunteer team to the site.

More than 100 learners were waiting, and so was the school’s Director of Studies, who explained that the venue had no electricity. The team had brought laptops, a projector, and extension cables—equipment that was now unusable. Instead of cancelling, they asked the room two questions: what the students already knew about WordPress, and what they wanted to learn.

“The room exploded,” the organizers wrote in their recap of the day. Students asked whether WordPress is free, whether WordPress sites are secure, and whether they could become developers. John Wayera, one of the two first-time volunteers alongside Nairuba, wrote the questions on a blackboard. The team copied down every answer before leaving.

The team presented the school with a Certificate of Appreciation, and the Head Teacher received it in front of the governing body.

Costa Rica: high school students learning from university students

Rita Robles Loaiza published two pilot projects built on the idea that the students who just learned WordPress are often the best people to teach the next group.

In the first pilot, three students from the second WordPress Credits cohort at Universidad Fidélitas designed and delivered a workshop for 40 high school girls. It took place at Patrones Hermosos, a science and engineering camp organized by Tecnológico de Monterrey and MIT during its first visit to Costa Rica. The event aims to encourage and increase female participation in STEM academic careers. Every participant built and presented a website, and satisfaction feedback came back at 100 percent. The team also documented the process in a replicable guide that any school or community group can run.

The second pilot has a longer horizon. Thirteen students at Liceo Experimental Bilingüe José Figueres Ferrer—the first high school in the Americas to join WordPress Credits—are translating WordPress into es_CR with the Costa Rican Spanish Polyglots team as their community-service requirement. When they finish, WordPress will feel more familiar to Costa Rican users.

Spain: a plugin built with Playground and AI

In Mataró, Josep Morán ran two four-hour sessions for 100 vocational students at Escola Pia Sta. Anna. They used Playground and AI assistance to build a working WordPress plugin that calculates the best time for shore fishing in the city. After the sessions, students and faculty highlighted the same two outcomes: the certificate they received and the fact that the skills map onto jobs that exist locally.

The programs behind the stories

• WordPress Campus Connect brings free, hands-on WordPress sessions to schools and universities, using a shared curriculum run by local volunteers.
• WordPress Credits provides mentored internships where students contribute to WordPress and receive academic credit. By the July 2026 report, Credits had 226 graduates—up from 199 in June—and worked with 38 partner institutions across 16 countries.

There is no cost to bring any of these programs to a school. Campus Connect supplies a ready-made curriculum and a certificate for every student who completes it. Credits gives students a mentor, real contributions to software running more than 40 percent of the web, and a resume-worthy result. Student Clubs give a campus group a reason to keep the community active after the workshop ends.

How schools can get involved

WordPress Education offers three practical paths: Credits for mentored contribution internships, Campus Connect for free workshops, and Student Clubs for ongoing group meetings. The full July 2026 Monthly Education Buzz Report also lists a Campus Connect run entirely by students at Kyoto University of Advanced Science and a Student Club in Dhaka that is now organizing its own campus event.