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April 01, 2016

Open-Source Yourself: How You Can Help Build WordPress

Open Source Software is only possible because people dedicate time and energy to building, developing and maintaining it. WordPress powers 25% of all websites and that makes it the biggest content management system. It is open source and can be used by anyone for free, but that’s only possible if its users are contributing to it.

In this talk, we share how WordPress is built and focus on the many, many ways that anyone can get involved. We show opportunities for everyone by highlighting both developer and WordPress beginner roles.

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  1. Konstantin Obenland | @obenland
 Gareth Allison | @garethisatwit
 Job Thomas

    | @jobtex Automattic | @Automattic Open-Source Yourself How you can help build WordPress
  2. +24% of the web Powers (almost) 1 in 4 websites

    +60m Total WordPress Sites 5 billion Page Views +430 Employees +25k Plugins +14m WordPress.com 4 Upgrades
  3. • Asynchronous development, fast iterations. • Must be ready at

    the beginning of a cycle. • Won’t always end up in core. Feature Plugins
  4. • Attend weekly dev-chat in #core. • Look through “Good

    first bugs” report. • Test patches and give feedback. • Volunteer for unpopular tasks. How to Contribute
  5. • Explain everything - Documentation - Support forums • Include

    everyone - Polyglots - Accessibility Other Expertise
  6. • Questions: - Is all content available to everyone? (Perceivable)

    - Can visitors use all functionality? (Operable) - Can visitors comprehend all content? (Understandable) - Can visitors use any device? (Robust) • make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook Accessibility
  7. It’s a whole other level of learning when you meet

    people, and there is so much advice to be given.
 - Kim Gjerstad
  8. For me, the best part of organising these things is

    being able to showcase how great a local WordPress community can be and what it really means to come together as a community. It’s always super rewarding seeing so many people coming together under the banner of WordPress to share ideas, make new connections, and generally have fun.
 
 - Hugh Lashbrooke
  9. • Lagos, Nigeria • Accra, Ghana • Susah, Tunisia •

    Yaoundé, Cameroon • Lusaka, Zambia WordPress Meetups in Africa • Durban, South Africa • Cape Town, South Africa • Johannesburg, South Africa
  10. • Lagos, Nigeria • Accra, Ghana • Susah, Tunisia •

    Yaoundé, Cameroon • Lusaka, Zambia WordPress Meetups in Africa • Durban, South Africa • Cape Town, South Africa • Johannesburg, South Africa
  11. • Support: - Sign up on WordPress.org - Answer 5

    questions • Make: - Sign up on make.wordpress.org/chat - Join at least 1 team - Make 1 contribution • Join/Organise: - 1 Meetup - 1 WordCamp Challenge