Contributor Day

The WCUS 2018 contributor day will be held Sunday, December 9th at the Music City Center in Exhibit Hall B. Registration starts at 9am, and morning sessions start at 10am.

Details

People of all skill levels are welcome to join us and participate. There are a wide variety of ways to contribute, and there are lots of ways to participate without having technical experience.

If you haven’t already, please edit your registration details (via the link provided in your ticket receipt) to choose which team you’d like to contribute to. Choosing a team confirms your attendance, so don’t forget!

Please Note: If you plan to contribute to the core, design, or meta teams, you’ll likely need to set up a local development server, we recommend Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV). Setup instructions can be found in this handbook article.

We’ll also have USB sticks available at the Contributor Day complete with copies of Vagrant, VirtualBox, and a specially pre-provisioned VVV box you can unpack and import quickly at the event.

The Teams

Click the contributor day links for each team to find out what they’re about and what types of contributing they have available.

Accessibility

The a11y group provides accessibility expertise across the project. They make sure that WordPress core and all of WordPress’ resources are accessible. Learn more about the Accessibility team »

Community

If you’re interested in organizing a meetup or a WordCamp, the community blog is a great place to get started. There are groups working to support events, to create outreach and training programs, and generally support the community. Learn more about Community »

  • Team Lead(s): Francesca Marano (@francina on Make WP Slack)
  • Make WordPress Slack Channel: #community-team
  • Team Handbook: Community Handbook

Core

The core team makes WordPress. Whether you’re a seasoned PHP or JavaScript developer or are just learning to code, we’d love to have you on board. You can write code, fix bugs, debate decisions, and help with development. Learn more about the Core team »

Design

The design group is focused on the designing and developing the user interface. It’s a home for designers and UXers alike. There are regular discussions about mockups, design, and user testing. Learn more about the Design team »

  • Team Lead(s): Tammie Lister (@karmatosed on Make WP Slack)
  • Make WordPress Slack Channel: #design
  • Team Handbook: Design Handbook

Documentation

Good documentation lets people help themselves when they get stuck. The docs team is responsible for creating inline documentation for core, as well as content for the theme and plugin development handbooks, and more recently, HelpHub. Learn more about the Documentation team »

Gutenberg

The team leads for the Gutenberg team have asked that you have your local development environment ready to avoid downloads during contributor day. If you have any issues getting your environment set up, you can ask for help in the #core-editor channel on Make WP Slack, or reach out to the team leads directly.

  • Team Lead(s): Jorge Costa (jorgefilipecosta on Make WP Slack) and William Earnhardt (@earnjam on Make WP Slack)
  • Make WordPress Slack Channel: #core-editor
  • Team Handbook: Contributing.md

Hosting

We collaborate here on best hosting practices and tools for the community. If you have experience hosting WordPress, we’d love to have you join us! Learn more about Hosting »

  • Team Lead(s): Brett Dunst (@brettface on Make WP Slack), Matt Clancy (@clancy on Make WP Slack), and Mike Schroder (@mike  on Make WP Slack)
  • Make WordPress Slack Channel: #hosting-community
  • Team Handbook: Hosting Handbook

Marketing

The Marketing team focuses on making WordPress marketable in all sorts of contexts, from the WordPress.org side all the way to core and the wider community. Learn more the about Marketing team »

  • Team Lead(s): Bridget Willard (@gidgey on Make WP Slack), Dwayne McDaniel (@mcdwayne on Make WP Slack), Mike Reid (@miker on Make WP Slack), and Harry Jackson (@harryjackson1221 on Make WP Slack)
  • Make WordPress Slack Channel: #marketing
  • Team Handbook: Getting Involved – Make WordPress.org Marketing

Meta

The Meta team makes the official websites, like WordPress.org and WordCamp.org, provides support, and builds tools for use by all the contributor groups. Learn more the about Meta team »

Mobile

The mobile team builds the iOS and Android apps. Lend them your Java, Kotlin, Objective-C, or Swift skills. The team also needs designers, UX experts, and testers to give users an smooth experience on every device. Learn more about Mobile »

Plugins/Plugin Review

The Plugins team focuses on everything revolving around plugins submitted to the WordPress.org plugin repository. Learn more about the Plugins team »

Polyglots

WordPress is used all over the world and in many different languages. If you’re a polyglot, help out by translating WordPress into your own language. You can also assist with creating the tools that make translations easier. Learn more about the Polyglots team »

Support

Answering a question in the support forums or IRC is one of the easiest ways to start contributing. Everyone knows the answer to something! This blog is the place for discussion of issues around support. Learn more about the Support team »

Test

The Test team patrols flow across the entire WordPress ecosystem on every device we have at hand. We test, document, and report on the WordPress user experience. Through continuous dogfooding and visual records, we understand not only what is wrong, but also what is right. We immerse ourselves in the context of what we are making and champion user experience. Learn more about Test »

  • Team Lead(s): TBA
  • Make WordPress Slack Channel:  #core-test
  • Team Handbook: Test Handbook

Tide

Tide is a series of automated tests run against every plugin and theme in the directory and then displays PHP compatibility and test errors/warnings in the directory. Learn more about Tide »

  • Team Lead(s): TBA
  • Make WordPress Slack Channel: #tide
  • Team Handbook: Tide Documentation

Themes/Theme Review

The Theme Review Team reviews and approves every Theme submitted to the WordPress Theme repository. Reviewing Themes sharpens your own Theme development skills. You can help out and join the discussion on the blog. Learn more about the Theme Review team »

Training

The training team creates downloadable lesson plans and related materials for instructors to use in a live workshop environment. If you enjoy teaching people how to use and build stuff for WordPress, immediately stop what you’re doing and join our team! Learn more about Training »

  • Team Lead(s): Julie Kuehl (@juliekuehl on Make WP Slack)
  • Make WordPress Slack Channel: #training
  • Team Handbook: Training Handbook

WordPress TV

The TV team reviews and approves every video submitted to WordPress.tv. They also help WordCamps with video post-production and are responsible for the captioning and subtitling of published videos. Reviewing videos is a great way to learn about WordPress and help the community: experience is not required to get involved. Learn more about TV »

  • Team Lead(s): TBA
  • Make WordPress Slack Channel: #wptv
  • Team Handbook: Training Handbook

WP-CLI

WP-CLI is the official command line tool for interacting with and managing your WordPress sites. Learn more about CLI »

  • Team Lead(s): Alain Schlesser (@schlessera on Make WP Slack)
  • Make WordPress Slack Channel: #cli
  • Team Handbook: Contributing – WP-CLI