Welcome!

Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media.

The OpenverseOpenverse Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media, including photos, audio, and video. Openverse is also the name for the collection of related code repositories that make up the project. find Openverse at https://openverse.org. team builds the Openverse Catalog, APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways., and front-end application, as well as integrations between Openverse and WordPress. Follow this site for updates and discussions on the project.

You can also come chat with us in #Openverse on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. We have a weekly developer chat at 15:00 UTC on Tuesdays.

If you’re a new contributor, welcome! Have a look at our good first issues or our guide for new contributors.

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Welcome to OpenverseOpenverse Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media, including photos, audio, and video. Openverse is also the name for the collection of related code repositories that make up the project. find Openverse at https://openverse.org.! Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media. Openverse includes hundreds of millions of Creative Commons licensed images and audio files. Need a free-to-reuse image for a post on your WordPress site, free from known copyright restrictions? Or a backing audio track for your independent film? Openverse is a great place to look.

Our goal is to identify and share as many openly-licensed works on the web as possible, and to expand to many other forms of media, like video and 3D models. In the future we also want to find ways for creators to get their works into Openverse directly.

Openverse is live at https://openverse.org, where you can go to start searching our collection now.

Working on Openverse

Openverse is an open-source project, meaning you could self-host your own copy, or even better, contribute to the project.

New contributor guide | Get started here if you’re new to Openverse and would like to contribute
Requests for Comments (RFCs) | Proposals for upcoming features and functionality in Openverse

Not a software engineer? Still want to help?

If you’re not a developer and would still like to contribute to Openverse, you’re in luck! We have several ways to make meaningful, non-code contributions to Openverse:

Write translations | Help us translate Openverse in your language! Learn more about the Polyglots team who power all of the translations across all WordPress projects
Design | Learn about Openverse’s design efforts and brand identity, led by @fcoveram

Subscribing to the feed

You can subscribe to the Make WP Openverse blog feed with your WordPress.orgWordPress.org The 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/ account using this read feed link:

Follow the Make WP Openverse blog

After clicking “Follow”, you can enable notifications and emails for new posts and new comments.

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Last updated: March 15, 2023

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