Contributing to WordPress...for the Rest of Us

Although everyone is invited to contribute to WordPress, it can be difficult to start, and difficult to run a Contributor Day where new contributors can actually accomplish something in the span of 4 or 5 hours. This presentation provides some great places to start. Tested on a live meetup group in August 2019.

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1. Contributing to WordPress…
   for the Rest of Us
   Sallie Goetsch
   @wpfangirl on
   WordPress.org and Slack
   

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2. Why
   Contribute?
   

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3. We Get
   WordPress
   Free and
   Make Money
   From It
   “WordPress is a user-driven
   project, and all developments and
   enhancements depend on users
   like you! Contributions from users
   like you keep the project vibrant,
   alive, and on the path of
   progress.”
   https://wordpress.org/support/article/contributing-to-wordpress/
   “WordPress is a user-driven
   project, and all developments and
   enhancements depend on users
   like you! Contributions from
   users like you keep the project
   vibrant, alive, and on the path of
   progress.”
   

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4. What They
   Tell You to
   Do
   

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5. What Happens When Beginners Try This
   

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6. What You
   Really
   Need to
   Get
   Started
   

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7. These Are Contributions
   Review a
   Plugin or
   Theme
   01
   Write a
   Tutorial
   02
   Speak at a
   Meetup
   03
   Volunteer at
   a WordCamp
   04
   

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8. These Are Also Contributions
   Organize a Meetup
   Release a Free Plugin or Theme
   Sponsor a WordCamp or Meetup
   

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9. (Almost)
   No
   Experience
   Needed
   Support Forums
   Accessibility
   Training
   WordPress TV Subtitles
   

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10. WordPress.org
    Support Forums
    • Support Welcome:
    https://wordpress.org/support/welcome/
    • Forum Guidelines:
    https://wordpress.org/support/guidelines/
    • Start with the “No Replies” view:
    https://wordpress.org/support/view/no-
    replies/
    

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11. Accessibility
    • Accessibility Handbook:
    https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/
    handbook/
    • Test Gutenberg Accessibility:
    https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/
    gutenberg-testing/
    Just learning about
    accessibility helps!
    

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12. Training
    • Training Handbook:
    https://make.wordpress.org/training/handbook/
    • Test a lesson plan:
    https://wptrainingteam.github.io/index.html
    The less experience you
    have, the better you’ll be
    at identifying incomplete
    material!
    

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13. WordPress TV
    Captions / Subtitles
    • These Videos Need Subtitling
    • How to Add Captions
    • Amara Captioning
    • Amazon Transcribe
    

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14. Ready, Set, Contribute!
    

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15. Was it good
    for you?
    

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16. What
    Meetup
    Members
    Contributed
    Tara submitted captions for 3 WordPress.tv
    videos with help from Amazon Transcribe.
    Amy June set up a local WP environment with
    VVV, with help from Jake.
    Jake found some bugs in the WordCamp
    Meta code.
    Duane learned about best practices for
    hosting.
    

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17. Member
    Contributions,
    Continued
    Dave searched the available lesson plans in
    Trainings for material to test on the San Jose
    WP Meetup.
    Anca reviewed 4 themes.
    Marilyn finally got set up on WordPress Slack
    and joined the Marketing team.
    Sallie worked on this presentation so she can
    share it with other Meetup organizers.
    

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18. More about
    Contributing
    Five for the Future
    Why Contributing to WordPress Benefits
    Everyone
    Contributing To WordPress: A Beginner’s
    Guide For Non-Coders
    A First-time Developer’s Guide for
    Contributing to WordPress
    There are many ways to contribute to
    WordPress
    

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