WordPress Community & You
NAOKO TAKANO · WORDCAMP ILOILO 2019
Naoko Takano(高野 直子)
Globalizer, Automattic
Twitter: @naokomc
naoko.blog
profiles.wordpress.org/nao
WordPress.org Roles
Japanese Locale Manager
Polyglots Global Mentor
WordCamp Asia Global Lead
Started blogging
& docs/translation
My WordPress Timeline
2003
2006
Wrote a WordPress
book in Japanese
WordCamp
Tokyo
2008
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Became a Polyglots
Team Mentor
2015
2019
WP Translation Day 4
Lead & WordCamp Asia
2020 Global Lead
Wapuu
was born
2011
2013
Spoke at WCEU
HeroPress Story
Growing Through
Translating WordPress
https://heropress.com/essays/
growing-through-translating-wordpress/
➔ Why grow the community?
➔ Best practices for successful contribution
➔ What’s next
In this presentation
Why Grow the
Community?
➔ WordPress is created by the community
➔ Everyone benefits from a richer community
➔ Community consists of all of you
Growing the Community
➔ Get to know others
➔ Professional development
➔ Sense of belonging
Benefits for You
Get to know other
contributors
Meet people with similar
interests. Building a trust
can lead to partnership
or friendship.
Professional
development
Learn and practice skills
– coding, design, writing,
speaking, project
management and more.
Be empowered
Improving an open
source project is a
good example of
taking part of what you
care about.
Best Practices for
Successful Contribution
➔ Do what you enjoy
➔ Work as a team
➔ Keep it sustainable
Contribution Best Practices
Do what you enjoy
🥰
Work as a Team
🤝
➔ Teach, encourage, support
➔ Help others succeed
➔ Delegate
Get others involved
➔ Keep showing up
➔ Show that you can get things done
➔ Small things matter
Build a trusting relationship
➔ Ask for help
➔ Learn from other communities
➔ Look for a mentor
Rely on others
Keep it Sustainable
🌳
Small steps
+
More people
+
Keep it going = 🔥🔥🔥
The power of accumulation
Knowledge is power – share the
power by sharing the knowledge.
Document and share
Have a long-term focus
I am in a marathon, not a sprint, and no
matter how far away the goal is, the
only way to get there is by putting one
foot in front of another every day.
Source: automattic.com/creed
Stay optimistic
Given time, there is no problem
that’s insurmountable.
Source: automattic.com/creed
What’s next?
Make.WordPress.org
Core, Design, Mobile,
Accessibility, Polyglots,
Support, Themes,
Documentation, Community,
Plugins, Training, Meta, TV
(Video Archiving), Test,
Marketing, CLI, Hosting, Tide
(Automated Test)
Make.WordPress.org
Attend a Meetup
meetup.com/pro/wordpress
todogroup.org/guides
opensource.guide
jonobacon.com/books/artofcommunity
Learn more
Thank you!
@naokomc

WordPress Community & You