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 for policy debates, project announcements, and status reports. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to comment on posts and join the discussion.
You can learn about our current 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 – 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 the first and third Thursdays of every month at 12:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC in #community-team on 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
.
1.) Check whether the mailing address matches the location of the proposed WordCampWordCampWordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more.. If it doesn’t, use the predefined reply (predef) “If not a resident of the city of the proposed WordCamp.”
Check whether there is already a WordCamp in planning for the city/country. If there is already a WordCamp in planning or pre-planning, use the predef “Applying to organize an event that’s already in planning/on schedule.”
2.) Check how long the person has been using WordPress.
If the answer is less than one year, use the predef “If less than one year with WP.”
3.) Check the answer to Q5.
If the only two answers are “I use WordPress for my website(s)” and “WordPress helps me make a living” use the predef “Use WP for my website / WP helps me make a living = ONLY answers to Q5.”
4.) Check the answer to Q8.
If one of the answers is “Raise my visibility in the community,” include the predef named “If Q5 is or includes “Raise my visibility in the community”” in the response.
If one of the answers is “make money from surplus ticket sales,” use the predef “Make money from surplus ticket sales.”
If one of the answers is “Make connections with visiting speakers (like Matt Mullenweg)” include the predef “Make connections with visiting speakers (like Matt Mullenweg)” in your response.
5.) If the answer to Q9 is “no,” use the predef “Start a meet up.”
If the answer to Q9 is “I don’t know,” do a search to see if there is a meetup established in the region. If there isn’t, use the predef “Start a meet up.” If there is one, use the predef “Doesn’t know about local meetup.”
If the answer to Q9 is “yes,” check the URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org in Q11 to see if the group is in the chapter account (WordPress will be listed as an organizer on the meetup.com site) or has posted the 5 good-faith rules. Also check to see if the group meets regularly, what kind of activities the group schedules, and get a general feel for the current activity of the group.
6.) If the answer to Q15 is “I don’t know,” use the predef “If unaware of the local tech scene (Q16)” in the response if the rest of the application merits an interview.
7.) If the answer to Q22 is “I want to do it myself,” incorporate the predef “Nope, I want to do it by myself (Q22)” in the response.
8.) If the answer to Q23 is “we all work for the same company,” incorporate the predef “We work for the same company (Q23)” in the response.
9.) If they’re local, they’ve been using WP for more than a year, and they’re involved in a local, active meetup that’s been meeting regularly for 4-6 months and operates within the parameters of the 5 good-faith rules, then research the applicant.
Do they respect the WordPress trademark on personal and business sites?
Do they distribute WP derivatives (themes, plugins, etc), personally or as part of a business or partnership?
If so, are those derivatives GPLGPLGPL is an acronym for GNU Public License. It is the standard license WordPress uses for Open Source licensing https://wordpress.org/about/license/. The GPL is a ‘copyleft’ license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html. This means that derivative work can only be distributed under the same license terms. This is in distinction to permissive free software licenses, of which the BSD license and the MIT License are widely used examples.?
Do they promote non-GPL derivatives on their personal or business sites?
Are they a spammer or a jerk?
Do the same research for all of the people they list as part of the organizing team.
If your research shows trademark, GPL, spam, or other issues, then write a response pointing out the issues and asking the applicant to fix the issues before applying to organize a WordCamp again.
If your research shows that there would be NO barrier to the applicant signing the WordCamp organizer’s agreement, then invite the applicant to an interview using the “Request a meeting about an application” predef.