Powering over 25% of all websites, WordPress depends on people like you to grow. Learn how you can contribute to the WordPress community.

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Who Am I
● Designer / Developer /
Consultant at SixFour Web
Design & Marketing
● SixFour Web helps
businesses and non-profit
organizations tell their
stories online to help them
reach their customers and
supporters in a meaningful
and compelling way

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How to Contribute to WordPress
YAY, I WIN WordCamp!
● Without bragging or exaggeration, this is the
single most important presentation at
WordCamp this entire weekend. It is the single
most important presentation I've ever delivered
at a WordCamp.
● WordPress needs YOU!

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Why Should You Love WordPress
● It's Open Source
● It's Easy to Use
● It's Powerful
● It's Flexible
● It's Free
● Our Kool-Aid Tastes Better

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Why I Love WordPress – Getting Personal
● Ray's Back Story
● TL;DR
– WordPress provided me an opportunity to create
and develop a business that supports my family
with a minimal cash outlay, and continues to allow
me to grow my business as my skills and
knowledge grow.
– I've met plenty of good people along the way

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How to Contribute to WordPress
My WordPress Inspiration
Amy Hendrix

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My WordPress Inspiration
Amy Hendrix

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My WordPress Inspiration
● In 2012 Amy gave a
presentation called
“I am WordPress (and
so can you!)”
● It was a call to action
on behalf of WordPress
● I answered
● Thank you, Amy

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How Can You Show Your Love?
● Core
● Accessibility
● Documentation
● Community
● Flow
● Design
● Polyglots
● Themes
● Meta
● Mobile
● Support
● Plugins
● Training
● TV
● Whether your skills are non-technical or hardcore geek,
there is a place for you in the WordPress Community.
● Visit https://make.wordpress.org/ to learn about each of
these areas and how you can take part.

10. CoreCore

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CORE
● WordPress Core team members make coding
improvements, fix bugs, test patches, release
updates, identify and report security
vulnerabilities, and more. The Core team is a
great place to flex your PHP development
muscles, or start building them.

12. DesignDesign

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DESIGN
● Are you a CSS wizard? The design team is
responsible for the look and feel of WordPress.
They're responsible for design, mock-ups, user
testing, and more. You can leverage your skills
in Graphic Design, UX Design, Front-end
development and benefit the entire community.

14. Theme/Plugin ReviewTheme/Plugin Review

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Theme/Plugin Review
● Team members review the themes submitted
for placement in the WordPress.org theme
repository. They check the themes for
adherence to good coding standards as well as
to ensure that they meet requirements around
features and functionality. The plugin team
works in a similar manner, checking the
soundness of submitted plugins to keep
WordPress users safe and satisfied when
downloading from the repository.

16. AccessibilityAccessibility

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ACCESSIBILITY
● The goal is to make WordPress available and
accessible for everyone. Accessibility team
members test WordPress using different brands
of screen readers on multiple browsers, using
keyboard only navigation, checking tab-order
and discovering unreachable links. They also
check color contrast of on screen items and
investigate other accessibility issues.

18. CommunityCommunity

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Community
● We're beneficiaries of the hard work of the
community team members. The members of the
Community team organize and manage
Meetups and other opportunities for people to
share around WordPress. They provide support
to mentorship programs, diversity initiatives,
contributor outreach, and other ways of growing
the WordPress community.They of course, are
also responsible for coordinating WordCamps.

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Be Inspired!
● No contribution to the WordPress community is
too small. From identifying typos in the Codex
to creating new ways to leverage the REST
API, making WordCamp presentations or just
simply pressing the button to record
presentations, the WordPress community
needs your participation to stay vibrant and to
continue making the platform great.

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BE INSPIRED!
● Pick an area, roll up your
sleeves and get some!
● I hope this inspires you to
make your contribution to
the WordPress community.
● Let me know how you're
making a difference -
@SixFourWeb on Twitter