Growing Together – Thoughts on the Global WordPress Community

Presented by Petya Raykovska

WordPress has been a project beyond borders since inception. Its global community has been growing for the past 14 years and nowadays millions of people around the world speak WordPress.

The story of WordPress is the story of multicultural collaboration. From code to events and translations, thousands of people work together every day to make the software that powers 27% of the web.

In 2013, the first WordCamp Europe jump started several local communities in European countries and inspired hundreds of people to start contributing back. Having existed mostly in the shadows of the contributing efforts since 2003, the WordPress Polyglots team is now gaining strong momentum while its 17 000 strong volunteer team is working tirelessly to remove the language barriers for users. In 2016 the team organized the 2 largest online WordPress contributor days to this day with more than 800 people joining to translate in 132 languages.

This talk tells the story of how WordPress – the project we know and love, helps shape a modern way of working together and doing business – beyond the boundaries of office spaces and cultural stereotypes.

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Video - https://wordpress.tv/2017/03/23/petya-raykovska-growing-together-thoughts-on-the-global-wordpress-community-3/

Transcript

1. @petyeah #WCBKK WordCamp Bangkok 2017
2. 2 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
3. WORDCAMP EUROPE WORDPRESS & LANGUAGES TRANSLATION DAY
4. 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 2 0 0 3 Source; https://github.com/WordPress/book https://github.com/WordPress/book
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
6. 6 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
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
8. WordPress 4.0 (2014) Non English downloads surpassed English downloads ENGLISH > 6,538,463 7,196,847 Source: http://wordpress.org/about/stats
9. 164 locales Source: http://wordpress.org/about/stats WORDPRESS SPEAKS MORE THAN 100 LANGUAGES
10. NON EN_US INSTALLS POWER 13% OF THE WEB http://wordpress.org/about/stats
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
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
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
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
17. 17 Photo; Florian Ziegler
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
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; ?????
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
21. 21 WRITE A COOL TITLE HERE VIdeo: Kaarel Valke, Videopartner
22. 22 W R I T E H E R E S O M E T H I N G Photo; Florian Ziegler
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
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
25. 25 WRITE A COOL TITLE HERE VIdeo: Yana Dimitrova
26. 26 22 LIVE SESSIONS 40 350 STRINGS 105 COUNTRIES 448 TRANSLATORS GLOBAL WORDPRESS TRANSLATION DAY
27. 27 GLOBAL WORDPRESS TRANSLATION DAY A P R I L 2 0 1 6
28. 28 22 LIVE SESSIONS 60 426 STRINGS 133 LOCALES 740 TRANSLATORS WORDPRESS TRANSLATION DAY 2
29. 29 WORDPRESS TRANSLATION DAY 2 N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 6 Photos; Misc
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    Local events Translators Strings translated   Locales Projects
31. THE 5000 TRANSLATORS 300 TRANSLATION EDITORS POLYGLOTS 2003 - 2015
32. THE 10 532 TRANSLATORS 1320 TRANSLATION EDITORS POLYGLOTS March 2015 - July 2016
33. THE 17 000 TRANSLATORS 1440 TRANSLATION EDITORS POLYGLOTS July 2016 - July 2016
34. 17 000 1440 TRANSLATORS TRANSLATION EDITORS
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
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
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
38. 38 A Global Mission | Choice | Empathy | Family Photos: Vladimir Petkov, Florian Ziegler
39. 39 SO WHAT`S NEXT? Photo; Vladimir Petrov
40. GLOBAL WORDCAMPS
42. 42 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
43. 43 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
44. 44 Thank you! @ p e t y e a h