Contributor Day at WordCamp US will be held Sunday, December 4. Lots of people have already indicated interest in attending when purchasing a WCUS ticket, so if that’s you … keep reading for details!

What is a contributor day?

A contributor day is an event dedicated to giving back to the WordPress project, often paired with a WordCamp. It’s for both seasoned contributors and people making their first foray into getting involved.

We had 334 contributors at the inaugural WordCamp US contributor day and anticipate easily surpassing that this year.

What: WordCamp US Contributor Day

When: Sunday, December 4. Doors open at 9am for a 10am start. Lunch will be provided, and we’ll finish up at 5:00 p.m.

Where: Pennsylvania Convention Center

Here are some of the things you’ll be able to do:

• Contribute your first patch to core
• Fix bugs
• User testing
• Translate WordPress or WordPress plugins or themes
• Write documentation
• Help out on the support forums or IRC
• Get involved with accessibility
• Review themes
• And more!

Teams

We will have 12 different teams represented at Contributor Day this year: Accessibility, Community, Core, Design, Docs, Flow, Marketing, Meta, Polyglots, Support, Theme Review, and Training.

To find out more about each team, including early set up information and team leaders, check out the Contributor Day page.

If you’re new to contributing to WordPress, we’ll send out information soon about how to get set up for each team, so you can hit the ground running on the day of. Some initial setup done in advance lets us spend more time actually contributing!

Sign up, pick your team, or edit your previous selection!

You can edit your team selection to attend (or not) by following the link in your WCUS ticket confirmation email.  (A WCUS ticket is required to attend Contributor Day.) If you want to attend and have already purchased your ticket, please go to the link in your ticket confirmation email and select which team you want to join.

You must select a team to confirm your attendance at Contributor Day.

What’s next?

If you plan to attend, check out the Contributor Day page for descriptions of the participating teams and their respective leads. Once you’ve chosen a team and updated your ticket, stay tuned for details on how to get set up in advance. And if you haven’t already, join us on the Making WordPress Slack in the #wcus-contributor-day channel.

A WCUS ticket is required to attend, so be sure to get your ticket now!