Umbraco MVP 2026
The time for finding our MVPs of 2026 is here! The applications are now closed and both new and renewed MVPs will be notified mid-April of the results.
What makes someone an Umbraco MVP? This translates into being friendly in the forum, making incredible and highly useful packages, submitting pull-requests, starting a new initiative that helps the existing community members as well as newcomers, and much more.
Applications are closed for 2026!
Examples of MVP activities
Writing an article for 24 Days or Skrift
Creating an Umbraco package
Giving a talk about Umbraco (at a meetup, festival, or any event)
Helping organise an event
Creating a video about Umbraco
Speaking on a podcast about Umbraco
Submitting a PR
Being active and helpful on Mastodon or Discord
Benefits of being an MVP
Becoming MVP for the very first time gets you:
Free access to Codegarden the year you are awarded MVP status. We announce you to the world on stage during the keynote and we capture the moment in a group picture - sure to be a memorable experience.
A beautiful statuette presented to you during the MVP ceremony at Codegarden - which you can keep forever!
Shiny badges added to all MVPs' profiles, plus a digital badge for use in email signatures or websites.
A free cloud project for all MVPs for personal or community-related projects, including free access to Umbraco's commercial products for this website.
A free training course of your choice - use it for yourself or give it to a colleague or friend.
Dedicated MVP Slack Channel - providing a space for MVP to chat, share ideas and discuss Umbraco, along with members of the HQ teams.
Access to HQ working facilities - Umbraco HQ can open its doors for the MVPs to use its facilities to work and connect with the teams.
Support of advocacy initiatives - Assistance with travel expenses to do a talk or workshop covering Umbraco at a conference or meetup. Approval subject to the topic covered, location and size of the event, and available budget.
Read more in the MVP Agreement.
Renewed MVPs
The MVP award is valid for only one year, but we want to recognise those who continue to be active and contribute to Umbraco and the friendly community.
Therefore, community members can nominate current MVPs for the renewal of their title, or for current MVPs to apply for a renewal (which we highly encourage).
Just like with new MVPs, MVP renewal is based on the activity of the applicant/nominee during the 12 months leading up to Codegarden with the same selection criteria. (March 31st 2025 to March 31st 2026 between MVP application deadlines)
MVPs looking to renew who have had extended leave from community activities due to maternity and paternity leave or serious and/or prolonged illness, will still be eligible for renewal.
Benefits of having your MVP status renewed
We do it slightly differently from the new MVPs, but the love and recognition are still there:
Although renewed MVPs don’t get to step on stage during the opening keynote, we still shout out about them in the MVP blog post.
The MVP badges on Our are updated to show the number of times they were awarded the MVP status.
We also share a digital badge the MVPs can use in their email signatures or websites.
A free training course of your choice.
Continued access to their free cloud project for personal or community-related projects and access to all Umbraco commercial products for this website.
Continued access to the dedicated MVP Slack Channel providing a space for MVP to chat, share ideas and discuss Umbraco, along with members of the HQ teams.
Access to HQ working facilities - Umbraco HQ can open its doors for the MVPs to use its facilities to work and connect with the teams.
Support of advocacy initiatives - Assistance with travel expenses to do a talk or workshop covering Umbraco at a conference or meetup. Approval subject to the topic covered, location and size of the event, and available budget.