There is so much one can do to contribute to the WordPress project without writing a single line of code. This presentations covers all contributing opportunities within the WordPress Community.

1. H O W T O C O N T R I B U T E T O
W O R D P R E S S W I T H O U T C O D I N G
S L I D E S C A N B E F O U N D AT H T T P : / / M L B . P W / W C M I A 1 5

2. M I C H E L E B U T C H E R
• WordPress Specialist, Site Cleaner,
and Trainer for
WP Security Lock
• One Woman Wonder at
Can’t Speak Geek
• WordPress Evangelist for
InMotion Hosting
• WordPress Website Designer
@michele_butcher

3. T H E R E I S A L O T M O R E T O
W O R D P R E S S T H A N C O R E
Y O U C A N B E A C O N T R I B U T O R !
@michele_butcher

4. I F Y O U C A N L O G I N T O
T H E D A S H B O A R D , Y O U
C A N C O N T R I B U T E
@michele_butcher

5. M A K E . W O R D P R E S S . O R G
@michele_butcher

6. W O R D P R E S S . S L A C K . C O M
@michele_butcher

7. I B E T N O W Y O U A R E
W O N D E R I N G J U S T H O W
Y O U C A N C O N T R I B U T E
@michele_butcher

8. 1 . F O R U M S
• The most popular way to contribute
• Anyone can ask and answer tickets
• Can respond to any tickets
• Can choose which tickets to answer
• Spend as much or as little time as you want
WordPress.org/Support
Forums Chat Thursdays 16:00 UTC #forums
@michele_butcher

9. 2 . C O M M U N I T Y
https://make.wordpress.org/community/
• Community Outreach Team Projects
• Meetups
• WordCamps
• WordPress.TV
Meetups and Volunteering Tuesdays 1500 UTC
WordCamps and Finances Thursdays 1500:UTC
#Events
@michele_butcher

10. C O M M U N I T Y O U T R E A C H
T E A M P R O J E C T S
@michele_butcher
Thursdays at 19:00 UTC #outreach
https://make.wordpress.org/community/team-projects/
• Diversity Outreach
• Mentorship Programs
• Academic Programs
• Public Service
• Training (more on this soon)

11. M E E T U P. C O M / S F - W O R D P R E S S - U S E R S /
Y O U R L O C A L W O R D P R E S S M E E T U P
Davie Location:
Nova Southeastern University, Carl DeSantis Building
Every first Thursday of the month, we have the WordPress User Meetup.
Every third Thursday of the month, we have the WordPress Developer
Meetup.
Miami Location:
Miami Ad School | 571 NW 28 Street, Miami, FL 33127
@michele_butcher

12. N O T I N S O U T H
F L O R I D A ?
See meetup.com for your local
WordPress Meetup Group and times.
@michele_butcher

13. M E E T U P S
@michele_butcher
• New Meetup Application Review
• Existing Meetup Transfers
• Co-Organizer for local Meetups
• New Meetup Starter Pack
https://make.wordpress.org/community/meetups/
Weekly Office Hours
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 15:00 UTC-5 and
Thursday, May 28, 2015 15:00 UTC-5 in the #events

14. W O R D C A M P S
@michele_butcher
WordCamp.org
• Organize a WordCamp
• Volunteer at a WordCamp
• Setup/Takedown/Venue
• Happiness Bar
• Speak at a WordCamp
• Sponsor a WordCamp
https://make.wordpress.org/community/wordcamps/
WorCamp Sponsorship Office Hours
Wednesdays at 17:00 UTC #events

15. W O R D P R E S S . T V
Thursdays at 17:00 on #WPTV
@michele_butcherWordPress.tv
• Editing Video
• Uploading Video
• @brashrebel plugin that brings WP.tv to
the dashboard
• https://github.com/brashrebel/wptv
• Captioning of videos
• Documentation

16. 3 . T R A I N I N G
Tuesdays at 1800 UTC #outreach on Slack
@michele_butcher
Making reusable lesson plans for Meetups, community
groups, and others to use to teach WordPress
• Slides,
• Documentation
• Printables

17. 4 . D O C U M E N TAT I O N
@michele_butcher
Thursdays 19:00 UTC #docs
• Updating and editing the Codex
• Helping out with the Handbooks
• Upating WordPress’ inline docs
• Helping to build developer.WordPress.org
https://make.wordpress.org/docs/

18. F O R T H O S E W H O D O
L I K E A L I T T L E C O D E
B U T N O T M U C H
T H E R E I S A L I T T L E S O M E T H I N G F O R E V E RY O N E
@michele_butcher

19. 5 . A C C E S S I B I L I T Y
@michele_butcher
Mondays 18:00 UTC #accessibility
Help to make WordPress available to everyone
• Accessibility Testing
• Accessible Theme Pattern Library Ideas
• WP Accessibility Plugin
https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/

20. 6 . P O LY G L O T S
@michele_butcher
Europe, South America, Africa & West Asia
Wednesdays 10:00UCT
Asia, Australia, New Zealand 16:00UTC
#polygots
Help translate WordPress into all the languages.
https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/

21. A N D I F Y O U J U S T
A B S O L U T E LY L O V E C O D E …
There are a few places for you.
Plus, if you are wanting to learn more about PHP, CSS,
and HTML, what better way than to write your own
plugin or theme?

22. 7 . D E S I G N
@michele_butcher
The design and development of the user interface
Thursdays 17:00 UTC #design
https://make.wordpress.org/design/
• Image Flow Links
• Dashicons Posts
• Core CSS Roadmap

23. 8 . M O B I L E
@michele_butcher
Mondays 16:00 UTC #mobile
iOS and Android app for mobile devices
• Design
• Development
• Documentation
• Handbook updates
https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/

24. 9 . M E TA
@michele_butcher
Meta is where all the WordPress.org projects happen.
For a list of current projects
https://make.wordpress.org/meta/project-queue/
#meta on Slack

25. 1 0 . T H E M E S
@michele_butcher
Every theme is reviewed and approved by the
Theme Review Team before going onto the
WordPress Theme Repository.
Tuesdays 18:00 UTC #themereview
https://make.wordpress.org/themes/

26. 1 1 . P L U G I N S
No Office Hours or Slack meetings
@michele_butcher
Contribute to WordPress by taking your
function idea and turn it into a plugin
https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/

27. 1 2 . C O R E
Y O U C A N A LWA Y S C O N T R I B U T E T O
W O R D P R E S S C O R E . T H E R E W E R E O V E R 2 8 0
C O N T R I B U T O R S F O R W O R D P R E S S 4 . 2
Y O U C A N B E O N E O F T H E M A N Y O N
W O R D P R E S S 4 . 3 O R 4 . 4
@michele_butcher
Wednesdays 20:00 UTC #core
https://make.wordpress.org/core/

28. Q U E S T I O N S ?
@michele_butcher

29. T H A N K Y O U F O R
AT T E N D I N G !
Slides can be found at https://mlb.pw/wcmia15
Michele Butcher
@michele_butcher
http://wpsecuritylock.com
http://cantspeakgeek.com