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.
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
.
Sometimes, after receiving a Meetup application, we don’t hear back from the applicant after we have reached out to them. DeputiesDeputyCommunity Deputies are a team of people all over the world who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and generally keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about deputies in our Community Deputy Handbook. can follow up with these applicants to check if they are still interested in organizing events.
New meetup applications land in the “Needs Vetting” queue where we process them initially. In some cases, we reach out to the applicants for more information or ask them to pursue the meetup organizer training. These applications land in the “Awaiting Feedback” queue. In other cases, if the applicant has passed the vetting process, we move them to the “Scheduling” status, where we reach out to them via HelpScout, asking them to schedule an orientation with us. If the applicants don’t reply, these applications continue to remain in these statuses, without any movement.
Deputies can help process old applications in the “Awaiting Feedback” and “Scheduling” queues. Like other queues, please start working on meetup applications from the oldest to the newest.
To help clear these queues, open the Meetup application in the tracker, take a look at the changelog and take the following steps::
Find the date when we last contacted the applicant in the tracker. If it is more than a month old and we haven’t received an answer, proceed to the next step.
Check the vetting notes from other deputies. In some cases where a deputyDeputyCommunity Deputies are a team of people all over the world who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and generally keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about deputies in our Community Deputy Handbook. has requested more information, the vetting will not be fully complete.
Open the linked HelpScout ticket, and note when we last contacted the applicant. If a linked Help Scout ticket cannot be found, search in HelpScout with the name of the meetup or with the email address of the primary applicant.
If we haven’t received a response from the applicant, send a follow-up note using the same ticket to see if they are still interested in organizing the meetup. Saved HelpScout replies that you can use are MEETUP: No replies from the applicant (in case the applicant has not replied to our request for more information) and MEETUP: No replies after training request (in case the applicant has not replied to our request to undergo self-training),
After sending the first reminder, update the Meetup application in Central with the date of the last contact.
If a month passes after we’ve sent the first reminder, and we still haven’t heard back, we can decline the application. In this case, send a follow-up email on the same ticket using saved HelpScout reply MEETUP: Declining – No replies after follow-up, update the Meetup application in Central that we are declining due to lack of response, and decline the application.
Please note: Sometimes, the application may not get saved in the Meetup tracker if the applicant’s WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ username is incorrect. In that case, please scroll up to the top and leave the “Primary organizer WordPress.org username” field blank, before clicking the update button. You might need to re-type your notes in that case.
If we do get a response from the applicant, please make sure that they have been fully vetted before moving them to the next step, and remember to update the status of the application.