get involved! contributing to the wordpress community

CONTRIBUTE TO WORDPRESSGET INVOLVED

HI!

IS THIS YOUR FIRST WORDCAMP?

YAY! WELCOME TO THE WORDPRESS COMMUNITY!

WAIT, WHAT? YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE COMMUNITY?

LET’S CHANGE THAT

MAKE.WORDPRESS.ORG

MAKE: CODE

MAKE: CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A DEVELOPER

▸ Core

▸ Themes (review team)

▸ Plugin (developers)

▸ Mobile

▸ Meta

MAKE: CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A DEVELOPER

▸ Core

▸ The core team makes WordPress. Whether you’re a seasoned PHP developer or are just learning to code, we’d love to have you on board. You can write code, fix bugs, debate decisions, and help with development.

▸ Themes (review team)

▸ Plugin (developers)

▸ Mobile

▸ Meta

MAKE: CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A DEVELOPER

▸ Core

▸ Themes (review team)

▸ The Theme Review Team reviews and approves every Theme submitted to the WordPress Theme repository. Reviewing Themes sharpens your own Theme development skills. You can help out and join the discussion on the blog.

▸ Plugin (developers)

▸ Mobile

▸ Meta

MAKE: CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A DEVELOPER

▸ Core

▸ Themes (review team)

▸ Plugin (developers)

▸ If you are a Plugin developer, subscribe to the Plugin review team blog to keep up with the latest updates, find resources, and learn about any issues around Plugin development.

▸ Mobile

▸ Meta

MAKE: CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A DEVELOPER

▸ Core

▸ Themes (review team)

▸ Plugin (developers)

▸ Mobile

▸ The mobile team builds the iOS and Android apps. Lend them your Java, Objective-C, or Swift skills. The team also needs designers, UX experts, and testers to give users an smooth experience on every device.

▸ Meta

MAKE: CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A DEVELOPER

▸ Core

▸ Themes (review team)

▸ Plugin (developers)

▸ Mobile

▸ Meta

▸ The Meta team makes WordPress.org, provides support, and builds tools for use by all the contributor groups. If you want to help make WordPress.org better, sign up for updates from the Meta blog.

MAKE: NO CODE

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Community

▸ Support Forums

▸ WordPress TV

▸ Polyglots

▸ Accessibility

▸ Documentation

▸ Training

▸ Design

▸ Flow

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Community

▸ Support Forums

▸ WordPress TV

▸ Polyglots

▸ Accessibility

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Community

▸ If you’re interested in organizing a meetup or a WordCamp, the community blog is a great place to get started. There are groups working to support events, to create outreach and training programs, and generally support the community.

▸ Support Forums

▸ WordPress TV

▸ Polyglots

▸ Accessibility

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Community

▸ Support Forums

▸ Answering a question in the support forums or IRC is one of the easiest ways to start contributing. Everyone knows the answer to something! This blog is the place for discussion of issues around support.

▸ WordPress TV

▸ Polyglots

▸ Accessibility

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Community

▸ Support Forums

▸ WordPress TV

▸ The TV team reviews and approves every video submitted to WordPress.tv. They also help WordCamps with video post-production and are responsible for the captioning and subtitling of published videos.

▸ Polyglots

▸ Accessibility

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Community

▸ Support Forums

▸ WordPress TV

▸ Polyglots

▸ WordPress is used all over the world and in many different languages. If you’re a polyglot, help out by translating WordPress into your own language. You can also assist with creating the tools that make translations easier.

▸ Accessibility

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Community

▸ Support Forums

▸ WordPress TV

▸ Polyglots

▸ Accessibility

▸ The a11y group provides accessibility expertise across the project. They make sure that WordPress core and all of WordPress’ resources are accessible.

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Documentation

▸ Training

▸ Design

▸ Flow

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Documentation

▸ Good documentation lets people help themselves when they get stuck. The docs team is responsible for creating documentation and is always on the look-out for writers. The blog has discussion around the team’s current projects.

▸ Training

▸ Design

▸ Flow

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Documentation

▸ Training

▸ The training team creates downloadable lesson plans and related materials for instructors to use in a live workshop environment. If you enjoy teaching people how to use and build stuff for WordPress, immediately stop what you’re doing and join our team!

▸ Design

▸ Flow

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Documentation

▸ Training

▸ Design

▸ The design group is focused on the designing and developing the user interface. It’s a home for designers and UXers alike. There are regular discussions about mockups, design, and user testing.

▸ Flow

MAKE: NO CODE

CONTRIBUTING AS A NON-DEVELOPER

▸ Documentation

▸ Training

▸ Design

▸ Flow

▸ The Flow team patrols flow across the entire WordPress ecosystem on every device we have at hand. We test, document, and report on the WordPress user experience.

MAKE SLACK TEAM

MAKE SLACK TEAM

JOIN THE COMMUNITY CHAT

▸ Open for everyone

▸ 70 WordPress Channels

▸ 12,800+ members

▸ Friendly user interface

▸ Asynchronous conversation

▸ Lurking is okay :)

SPEAK YOUR STORY

SPEAK YOUR STORY

PLACES TO SPEAK

▸ Meetups

▸ Safe space for first time speaking

▸ Try out a new idea or two

▸ Get feedback from supportive audience

▸ WordCamps

▸ Formalize thoughts into a polished talk

▸ Gain visibility as a person in your field

▸ Give back to the WordPress Community

SPEAK YOUR STORY

POSSIBLE TALKS = ANYTHING TRUE

▸ Communities and The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

▸ How Your Worst Clients Make You Better

▸ 7 Typography Rules I wish I Knew Before Designing a Theme

▸ Community Spark: How to start a discussion on community engagement

▸ Collaboration Not Competition

▸ Code is Poetry: A Musician’s Tale

▸ Finding and Maintaining Your Blog’s Voice

▸ Tracking Design Time

WORDCAMPS

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT (YOU’RE HERE!)

WORDCAMPS

WORDCAMPS NEAR YOU

▸ Baltimore

▸ Philadelphia

▸ Lancaster

▸ Pittsburgh

▸ Lehigh Valley

▸ WordCamp US

WORDCAMP US PHILADELPHIA PA

DECEMBER 2-3

TICKETS AVAILABLE!

CONTRIBUTOR DAY

WORDCAMPS

CONTRIBUTOR DAY

▸ Contribute your first patch to core

▸ Fix bugs

▸ User testing

▸ Translate WordPress or WordPress plugins or themes

▸ Write documentation

▸ Help out on the support forums or IRC

▸ Get involved with accessibility

▸ Review themes

▸ Edit copy

▸ And more!

WP MEETUPS

WP MEETUPS

MEETING LOCAL WORDPRESS PEOPLE

‣ The Baltimore WordPress Group

‣ WordPress DC Meetup

WP COMMUNITY

WP COMMUNITY

WORDPRESS COMMUNITY “GUIDELINES”

‣ Be Respectful of Other People’s Differences

‣ This includes economic or social status, race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, or disability

‣ Research Your Problem Before Submitting

‣ Remember that everyone’s time is as precious as yours

‣ Give Out Compliments and Honorable Mentions by Name

‣ Giving credit where it is due helps everyone feel the love

‣ Be Yourself

‣ Unless you can be a Unicorn, then always be a Unicorn

“THE WORDPRESS COMMUNITY IS ABOUT BELONGING, NOT JUST ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSIVITY”

Liam Dempsey (12pm Today)

WP COMMUNITY

COURTNEY OCALLAGHAN FREER AND SACKLER GALLERIES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

@COURTNEYDAWNKiyosu Bridge by Kawase Hasui 1931