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. • Everyone can contribute • Communication: - Overview (make.wordpress.org) - Slack (make.wordpress.org/chat) Introduction
7. @obenland WordPress Core
8. • Volunteer contributors, loosely organized. • Three releases a year. • Decisions: Meritocracy. How It’s Made
9. • Asynchronous development, fast iterations. • Must be ready at the beginning of a cycle. • Won’t always end up in core. Feature Plugins
10. • Attend weekly dev-chat in #core. • Look through “Good first bugs” report. • Test patches and give feedback. • Volunteer for unpopular tasks. How to Contribute
11. • Host on WordPress.org • Handbooks:
 developer.wordpress.org/plugins
 developer.wordpress.org/themes • Review Themes to learn and help others. Plugins & Themes
12. @jobtex Other Expertise
13. • Explain everything - Documentation - Support forums • Include everyone - Polyglots - Accessibility Other Expertise
14. Documentation
15. Support forums
16. Swahili as example • sw.wordpress.org • translate.wordpress.org/locale/sw/ Polyglots
19. 24 April: WPTranslationDay.org
21. • 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
22. @garethisatwit How to Contribute to WordPress OFFLINE
23. It’s a whole other level of learning when you meet people, and there is so much advice to be given.
 - Kim Gjerstad
24. How to Contribute to WordPress OFFLINE
25. • WordCamps • Meetups • Contributor Days How to Contribute to WordPress OFFLINE
26. WordCamp?
27. Less like this…
28. …more like this:
31. WordCamps central.wordcamp.org
34. WordCamp Kenya
35. WordCamp Cape Town
36. WordCamp Cape Town
37. plan.wordcamp.org
38. 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
39. Meetups www.meetup.com/pro/wordpress
40. • Lagos, Nigeria • Accra, Ghana • Susah, Tunisia • Yaoundé, Cameroon • Lusaka, Zambia WordPress Meetups in Africa • Durban, South Africa • Cape Town, South Africa • Johannesburg, South Africa
41. • Lagos, Nigeria • Accra, Ghana • Susah, Tunisia • Yaoundé, Cameroon • Lusaka, Zambia WordPress Meetups in Africa • Durban, South Africa • Cape Town, South Africa • Johannesburg, South Africa
44. make.wordpress.org/community/meetup-interest-form/
45. • 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