Why should you publish your plugin as open source and contribute to WordPress?
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Contributing plugins to WordPress.org provides several benefits: it is fun, improves code quality through peer review and testing, attracts contributors to help with the project, allows learning from others through discussion and feedback, and builds reputation in the WordPress community. The speaker recommends publishing plugins on WordPress.org to take advantage of these benefits and encourages attendees of the WordCamp Finland conference to attend workshops on contributing to WordPress.org.
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- 1. Contributing to WordPress.org Why you (and your company) should publish plugins at WordPress.org Otto Kekäläinen @ottokekalainen WordCamp Finland Tampere 8.5.2015
- 2. 37 677 plugins at wordpress.org Free for anybody to use Why do it?
- 4. Improve your code quality Peer review,just like in science! Linus law “Given enough eyes all bugs are shallow” Testing,bug reports,multi-environment quality assurance.. ..but if you release code that is total crap,it will most likely remain just that!
- 5. Get contributors There is nothing like the smell of fresh pull requests in the morning... Yes,some people are willing to write code for you (but not your whole project)
- 6. Learn from others,with others When your code is in the open,you'll get opportunities to discuss it,get feedback, improve it –and yourself When you are open,others will approach you If you lend shoes to a friend they might wear out.Ideas are the opposite –the more you use it,the more it creates value!
- 7. Get respect and admiration Potential customers Potential employees Potential employers Something to impress girls/boys in the bar with? At least at a WP conference!
- 9. Recap: Why? 1. It's fun 2. Improve your code quality 3. Get contributors 4. Learn from others,with others 5. Build reputation How? Workshops at WordCamp Finland 2015 Saturday at 11:00 and 13:30
- 10. Contact Seravo if you need experts in WordPress or other open source software Open seravo.f See our blog for in-depth tips