The WordPress Training team has proposed a set of tools and prompts to standardize the creation of WordPress learning materials.

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Program transcript

Hello, I’m Alicia Ireland, and you’re listening to WPpodcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community.

In this episode, you’ll find the information from April 6 to 12, 2026.

Gutenberg 22.9 has arrived with two main highlights.

The first is background gradient support in the Group block, which can now be combined with background images without conflicts. A gradient selector appears in the Background panel and works independently of the existing color controls, making it possible to create overlay effects on top of images or combine multiple backgrounds at once. This new background gradient support is also available to block developers and lays the groundwork for an eventual unification of the background system across all blocks.

The second is an experimental improvement to the command palette, which now organizes actions into sections — recent commands and context-aware suggestions — instead of showing only an empty search field. To try it, enable the “Workflow Palette” experiment in Gutenberg settings.

Among the additional updates, a notable one is the arrival of an EmptyState component in the wordpress/ui package, which standardizes how empty states are displayed across the interface. Real-time collaboration receives several stability fixes: revision notes now sync correctly between editors without requiring a page reload, the post list button correctly shows “Edit” again when a collaboration lock expires, and bugs that could accumulate memory issues during long sessions have been resolved. The experimental Forms block now supports hidden field types, visible in the editor as selectable blocks but invisible on the frontend.

The AI plugin has released version 0.7.0, with updates focused on editorial workflows and media accessibility.

The two standout additions are a pair of new experiments. The first is Content Classification, which suggests categories and tags based on the post’s title, excerpt, and content, limiting suggestions to terms already existing on the site to maintain taxonomy consistency. The second is Meta Description Generation, which lets you create SEO descriptions directly from the editor without leaving the editing screen.

On the accessibility side, it is now possible to generate alt text for multiple images at once from the Media Library using a bulk processing action. The alt text generation algorithm has also been adjusted to better follow the W3C decision tree guidelines.

The Skills Explorer — the interface that displays all available AI capabilities — has also received organizational improvements with support for filtering by category, which becomes useful as the number of registered skills starts to grow.

The Training team has published a set of AI-powered tools to streamline the creation of standardized learning materials. They consist of prompts designed for any AI platform, plus a dedicated plugin for Claude, and cover three specific tasks: drafting or reviewing lessons for Learn WordPress, creating facilitation guides for two- or three-day workshops, and generating slide decks to accompany those workshops.

The key to the approach is standardization. The tools do not generate generic content — they follow the structure and style already established, using existing materials as a reference. The goal is for any contributor, even a new one, to be able to produce materials that are consistent with what already exists on the platform.

And finally, this podcast is distributed under a Creative Commons license as a derivative version of the podcast in Spanish; you can find all the links for more information, and the podcast in other languages, at WPpodcast .org.

Thanks for listening, and until the next episode!