We are They:

Fostering Belonging as a WordPress Contributor

Courtney Robertson

Open Source Developer Advocate, GoDaddy

WordPress Mission

About WordPress

WordPress is designed for everyone.

We believe great software should work with minimum set up, emphasizing accessibility, performance, security, and ease of use. The basic WordPress software is simple and predictable, offering powerful features for growth and success.

WordPress is open source software.

Supporting the idea of democratizing publishing and the freedoms that come with open source, is a large community of people collaborating on and contributing to this project.

WordPress is welcoming and inclusive.

Our contributors’ passion drives the success of WordPress which, in turn, helps you reach your goals. WordPress contributors work around the globe, and have dedicated countless hours to build a tool that offers anyone a voice.

WordPress Freedoms

  1. The freedom to run the program for any purpose.
  2. The freedom to study how the program works and change it to make it do what you wish.
  3. The freedom to redistribute.
  4. The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others.

About WordPress

Why did they do that?

Why did they do that?

Why did they do that?

Why, did they do that?

  • Dynamic Data for Blocks is about enhancing your pages with content that updates on its own, focusing on making your site more lively and personalized without needing to manually change things. GitHub Issue
  • Fields API is more about the backend, giving you the tools to customize the types of data you can work with when creating content, which might require some technical assistance to get the most out of it.
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WP Feature Notifications Meeting Notes: 2023-06-14
Discussion on “Command Center” naming · Issue #50925 · WordPress/gutenberg · GitHub
Context Gutenberg 15.6 introduced a new feature called “Command Center” under the experimental flag that aims to serve different purposes: Quickly search, navigate, and switch between different types of content Run commands to perform ta…
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Custom fields connected to Blocks · Issue #51373 · WordPress/gutenberg · GitHub
Part of #41236. At WCEU contributor day I brought up an idea to a few people on how we could connect blocks and custom fields in a compelling way. In the early days, we had explored a “meta” block attribute source that allowed block auth…
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https://make.wordpress.org/contribute

Contributing can be hard

  • Where do I begin?
  • Skills
  • Barriers to entry
  • Time
  • Fear of rejection/failure
  • Language (written, verbal)
  • Health
  • Processes
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Why People Contribute

  • Improve it
  • Grow
  • Network
  • Purpose, Vision, Mission
  • Community

Accounts

  • WordPress Profile – https://login.wordpress.org
  • Slack – https://chat.wordpress.org
  • Make – https://make.wordpress.org
  • Possible – https://github.com/wordpress

Getting started

  • Your own skills, interests, and availability
  • What the teams need
  • Team handbooks, Welcome boxes, Meetings
  • Where any other content lives

Make.WordPress.org

Get Involved – WordPress.org
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GitHub – WordPress/gutenberg: The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository. – GitHub – WordPress/gutenberg: The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
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Courtney Robertson

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