Growing together - Thoughts on the Global WordPress Community WCBKK '17

Presented at WordCamp Bangkok 2017

Photos in the slides by Florian Ziegler (http://florianziegler.com) and Vladimir Petkov (http://kldn.net) ❤️

Transcript

1. @petyeah #WCBKK
   WordCamp Bangkok 2017
   

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   PETYA
   RAYKOVSKA
   HUMAN MADE
   SE N I OR PROJ E CT M AN AGE R
   WORDCAMP EUROPE
   20 13, 2 01 4, 2015, 2016
   WP POLYGOTS
   COM M UN I CATI ON LE AD F OR
   EUROPE
   @ p e t y e a h
   Photo; Luca Sartoni
   

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3. WORDCAMP EUROPE
   WORDPRESS & LANGUAGES
   TRANSLATION DAY
   

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   M I L E S T O N E S : T H E S T O R Y O F W O R D P R E S S
   2 0 0 3
   Source; https://github.com/WordPress/book
   https://github.com/WordPress/book
   

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5. 5
   “ F R O M I T S V E R Y B E G I N N I N G T H E
   W O R D P R E S S C O M M U N I T Y W A S
   I N T E R N A T I O N A L B Y N A T U R E . ”
   M I L E S T O N E S : T H E S T O R Y O F W O R D P R E S S
   2 0 0 3
   Source; https://github.com/WordPress/book
   

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   EXPLOSION OF WORDPRESS TRANSLATIONS
   J u n e 2 0 0 4
   M I L E S T O N E S : T H E S T O R Y O F W O R D P R E S S
   Source; https://github.com/WordPress/book
   

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7. June 2004
   Created
   17.4%
   21.0%
   2011
   WORDPRESS IS GROWING
   13.1%
   15.8%
   2012
   2013
   2014
   
   2017
   27%
   http://wordpress.org/about/stats
   

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8. WordPress 4.0 (2014)
   Non English downloads surpassed English downloads
   ENGLISH
   >
   6,538,463
   7,196,847
   Source: http://wordpress.org/about/stats
   

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9. 164 locales
   Source: http://wordpress.org/about/stats
   WORDPRESS SPEAKS MORE THAN 100 LANGUAGES
   

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10. NON EN_US INSTALLS POWER 13% OF THE WEB
    http://wordpress.org/about/stats
    

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11. 11
    MEET
    OUR
    TEAM
    W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G
    WP Polyglots June 27, 2016, #WCEU Contributor Day
    Photo; Ant Miller
    

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12. 12
    MEET
    OUR
    TEAM
    W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G
    Photo; Florian Ziegler
    WordCamp Europe
    

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14. 14
    MEET
    OUR
    TEAM
    W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G
    Photo; Florian Ziegler
    

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15. 15
    MEET
    OUR
    TEAM
    W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G
    Photo; Florian Ziegler
    

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    Photo; Florian Ziegler
    

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18. 18
    2 01 6
    Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian and
    Slovakian communities at WordCamp
    Europe in Vienna
    AW E S OM E
    Entrepreneurial activities differ
    substantially depending on the
    2 01 4
    Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian and
    Slovakian communities at WordCamp
    Europe in Sofia
    

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19. 19
    I TA LY 2 01 6
    Italy has close to 20 meet ups, 2
    WordCamps and one of the most
    active WP communities in Europe.
    I TA LY 2 01 3
    Italy has no WordCamp, no
    meetups, no real
    WordPress community
    People from different towns in Italy
    meet for the first time at WordCamp
    Europe 2015 in Seville
    Photo; ?????
    

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20. 7 0 0
    p e o p l e f r o m
    4 3
    c o u n t r i e s
    8 8 0
    p e o p l e f r o m
    4 8
    c o u n t r i e s
    9 8 2
    p e o p l e f r o m
    5 8
    c o u n t r i e s
    1 9 5 0
    p e o p l e f r o m
    6 8
    c o u n t r i e s
    THE GROWTH of #WCEU
    2 01 3 2 01 4 2 01 5 2 01 6
    

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21. 21
    WRITE A COOL TITLE HERE
    VIdeo: Kaarel Valke, Videopartner
    

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22. 22
    W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G
    Photo; Florian Ziegler
    

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23. 23
    STATS
    &
    REPORTS
    W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G
    Photo; Florian Ziegler
    

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24. 24
    GLOBAL
    WORDPRESS
    TRANSLATION
    DAY
    24 hours of translating
    WordPress.
    The first global online
    conference and
    contributor day.
    A P R I L 2 0 1 6
    

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25. 25
    WRITE A COOL TITLE HERE
    VIdeo: Yana Dimitrova
    

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26. 26
    22 LIVE
    SESSIONS
    40 350
    STRINGS
    105
    COUNTRIES
    448
    TRANSLATORS
    GLOBAL WORDPRESS TRANSLATION DAY
    

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27. 27
    GLOBAL WORDPRESS TRANSLATION DAY
    A P R I L 2 0 1 6
    

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28. 28
    22 LIVE
    SESSIONS
    60 426
    STRINGS
    133
    LOCALES
    740
    TRANSLATORS
    WORDPRESS TRANSLATION DAY 2
    

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29. 29
    WORDPRESS TRANSLATION DAY 2
    N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 6
    Photos; Misc
    

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30. 
    
    
    Local events
    Translators
    Strings translated
    
    Locales Projects
    

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31. THE
    5000 TRANSLATORS
    300 TRANSLATION EDITORS
    POLYGLOTS
    2003 - 2015
    

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32. THE
    10 532 TRANSLATORS
    1320 TRANSLATION EDITORS
    POLYGLOTS
    March 2015 - July 2016
    

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33. THE
    17 000 TRANSLATORS
    1440 TRANSLATION EDITORS
    POLYGLOTS
    July 2016 - July 2016
    

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34. 17 000
    1440
    TRANSLATORS
    TRANSLATION EDITORS
    

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35. 35
    MEET
    OUR
    TEAM
    W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G
    Photo; Vladimir Petrov
    

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36. 36
    ABOUT
    OUR
    COMPANY
    W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G
    Photo; Vladimir Petrov
    

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37. 37
    " S U C C E S S I S W A L K I N G
    F R O M F A I L U R E T O
    F A I L U R E W I T H N O L O S S
    O F E N T H U S I A S M . ”
    W I N S T O N C H U R C H I L L
    Photo; Vladimir Petrov
    

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38. 38
    A Global Mission | Choice | Empathy | Family
    Photos: Vladimir Petkov, Florian Ziegler
    

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39. 39
    SO WHAT`S NEXT?
    Photo; Vladimir Petrov
    

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40. GLOBAL WORDCAMPS
    

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    ABOUT
    OUR
    COMPANY
    W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G
    Join the #Polyglots team
    Join the #Polyglots team
    MAKE.WORDPRESS.ORG/POLYGLOTS
    

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    W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G
    GROWING TOGETHER
    W O R D C A M P A T H E N S 2 0 1 6
    Photo; Florian Ziegler
    

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44. 44
    Thank you!
    @ p e t y e a h
    

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