Welcome to the official blog of the community/outreach team for the WordPress open sourceOpen SourceOpen Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. project!
This team oversees official events, mentorship programs, diversity initiatives, contributor outreach, and other ways of growing our community.
If you love WordPress and want to help us do these things, join in!
Getting Involved
We use this blog forĀ policyĀ debates, projectĀ announcements, and status reports. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to comment on posts and join the discussion.
You can learn about our currentĀ activities on the Team Projects page. These projects are suitable for everyone from newcomers to WordPress community elders.
You can use our contact form to volunteer for one of our projects.
Communication
We have Office HoursOffice HoursDefined times when the Global Community Team are in the #community-events Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss ā you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time. four times a week in the #community-events channel on Slack: Mondays & Wednesdays 22:00 UTC, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00 UTC.
We also have regular Community Team meetings on theĀ first and third ThursdaysĀ of every month atĀ 12:00 UTCĀ andĀ 21:00 UTCĀ in #community-team onĀ Slack (same agenda).
Events WidgetWidgetA WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most WordPress events are online. Please refer to our
online events handbook.
For communities where COVID-19 has been more effectively contained or have easy access to COVID-19 vaccination and/or testing,
returning to hosting an in-person meetupMeetupMeetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. event is possible, with caution, using
the resources provided.
If you plan to move forward with an in-person meetup, you must use
the provided checklist
.
Outside of the more official online gatherings that WordCamps and meetupsMeetupMeetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. offer, the community at large has embraced some creative ways to gather more casually to talk through ideas, create a sense of belonging, and more. If you’re interested in holding these kinds of sessions or joining in, this overview is for you! Before diving in, it’s recommended you join WordPress slack as well since most of these sessions are wrangled there.
These sessions range from community building to information sharing. Read over each to get a sense of what might work best for you.
Coffee Breaks
Both the Documentation and Marketing teams have been experimenting with virtual coffee breaks to help welcome new members and build a sense of community amongst the team at large. These are casual, come as you are sessions to get to know each other and to get to know the wider team. You don’t have to drink coffee to join the fun! Anyone is welcome to join and each team has their own approach for announcing:
The marketing team has led the way here with fun, creative ideas including an online scavenger hunt. In this case, they simply setup a form for people to fill out, reminded people in the month leading up to join in, and sent out a link for people to join at the time of the event. This is a neat way to do something different and create some classic team bonding from afar.
Hallway Hangouts
Weāve all likely had that moment at an in person event where youāre moving in between sessions during a break and you run into someone you know pausing in the hallway to share a design, think together about a complex technical problem, talk through the latest proposal, or simply catch up. Hallway Hangouts are meant to help replicate this aspect of WordCamps that many are missing. Here’s more information:
These sessions can range from chit chatting about a topic, pair programming, giving a demo, and more.
Twitch Streams
Turns out Twitch is no longer just for gamers to livestream themselves! If you haven’t yet explored Twitch think of it as the ultimate live streaming platform. Currently, there are a few community members running Twitch streams and you can expect to see them sharing when they are starting up in the community slack channels. These streams cover everything from what it’s like to be a coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. contributor to design jam sessions.
Try to align as best as you can with an already active team in the project. If you aren’t aligned, please try to have a team repTeam RepA Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. from a relevant team there.
Share when the session will be ahead of time and set expectations early. The earlier you share, the better chance people have to join.
Keep the session under an hour ideally to be respectful of time.
Be thoughtful about what format it will be in and make sure the format is known ahead of time. It’s never fun to join something not aware of what format it’ll be in!
Recap what was covered appropriately whether that’s in a GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the āpull requestā where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ issue, a recap Make post, or a message in slackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. This helps include those who couldn’t make it and helps preserve whatever was discussed.
Change what time of day you hold sessions so different community members have the chance to join.