When:<\/strong> Contributor Day is on Thursday, August 24th, starting at 8:30 am for new contributors and 9:30 am for returning contributors, and ending at 5:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who can attend:<\/strong> Please sign up in advance via this form<\/a>. All are welcome at WCUS 2023 Contributor Day, regardless of whether or not you are a ticketed WCUS attendee. Didn’t sign up? That’s ok, you can still come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n View as PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Below you can find all the information you need for a successful Contributor Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contributor Day brings WordPress users together to contribute to the WordPress open source project. WordPress is created and maintained by people like you<\/strong>. You can make a difference, even in just one day. Contributor Day activities include translating, writing documentation, fixing bugs, testing, and so much more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n If this is your first time contributing, don\u2019t worry! Read on so you\u2019re prepared to make the most of the day. Contributor Day offers you an opportunity to learn how to contribute to WordPress, sharpen your skills by collaborating with other members of the community, get to know us a little more, and have an all-around great time. It\u2019s a day of fun and connection, but you might still be asking yourself\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contributing to an open source project, like WordPress, means actively participating in its development, improvement, and maintenance. This can involve technical or non-technical tasks, such as: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Technical tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Non-technical tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026 as well many, many more ways to contribute! Head over to https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/<\/a> to learn more about the various teams and what they do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The reasons are countless, but here are a few: <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you use (and love!) WordPress like we do, you know it relies on each and every contribution to be the awesome tool that powers over 43% of the web. The number one reason to sign up and bring your best is because without contributors like you, WordPress wouldn\u2019t be what it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But there\u2019s more, of course! You also get to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, you can expect to have a great day while helping make your favorite open-source software even better. More specifically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two ways to connect. You can contribute in person, if you\u2019re joining the event in National Harbor, or remotely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re joining us in person, thank you for stepping up to bring your best to the table, literally! We\u2019re all committed to making sure you have a great event \u2013 here\u2019s all you need to know: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please keep in mind that in order to attend and participate in WordCamp US Contributor Day, you\u2019ll need to sign up via the form below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please plan to arrive a few minutes before before the designated start time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you for joining us even though you cannot make it to Contributor Day in-person!<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you sign up for Contributor Day, you\u2019ll be able to pick your team. Or you can decide later, even during Contributor Day itself. Check out https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/contribute\/<\/a> to help decide which team might be a good fit for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are the Making WordPress teams: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Core<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The core team contributes to the background code for WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to write new code, update existing code, or even fix bugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is for you if you know PHP, HTML, JavaScript or CSS \u2013 there are tasks for all levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Core<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The design group focuses on designing the user interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to work on mockups, design and user testing. This is for you if you\u2019re into design and UX. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Design<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress Component Library in Figma<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Mobile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The mobile team builds the iOS & Android apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to write code, fix bugs, or help with design, UX, and testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is for you if you know Java, Objective-C, or Swift (any level) or design, UX, and testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Mobile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Accessibility<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The a11y group provides accessibility expertise across the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to help make WordPress and all our resources accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is for you if you\u2019re passionate (or even just interested) in accessibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Accessibility<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Polyglots<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress is used all over the world and in many different languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to help translate WordPress into your own language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is for you if you know other languages and have an interest in translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn how to translate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Answering a question in the support forums or IRC is one of the easiest ways to start contributing. Everyone knows the answer to something!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to lend a hand in the forums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Support<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Documentation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Good documentation lets people help themselves when they get stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this group to help create or improve documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is for you if you have a knack for writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Documentation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Documentation Issue Tracker in GitHub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Themes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Theme Team reviews and approves every Theme submitted to the WordPress Theme repository.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to sharpen your own Theme development skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Themes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Plugins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to keep up with the latest updates, find resources, and learn about any issues around Plugin development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is for you if you are a Plugin developer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plugin Review blog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Community<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table if you\u2019re interested in organizing a meetup or a WordCamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are groups working to support events, to create outreach and training programs, and generally support the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Community team<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Meta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Meta team makes the WordPress.org site, provides support, and builds tools for use by all the contributor groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table if you want to help make WordPress.org better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Meta<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Training<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The WordPress training team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to downloadable lesson plans for instructors via learn.wordpress.org. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is for you if you enjoy teaching people how to use and build stuff for WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>Contribute to Training<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Test<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Test Team works to improve WordPress quality and usability by advancing the development process through manual and automated testing. Whether through a browser, app, terminal, or code, the team focuses on testing across the entire WordPress ecosystem, including Core and Gutenberg, mobile apps and themes, and feature plugins and importers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Test team<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Test team handbook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gutenberg plugin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress Beta Tester plugin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n TV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The TV team reviews and approves every video submitted to WordPress.tv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to work on video and captioning and subtitling of published videos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to TV<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Marketing team promotes WordPress to current and future users and contributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to help create and amplify campaigns to support the growth of the WordPress project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n CLI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n WP-CLI is the official command line tool for interacting with and managing your WordPress sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to help with making the command line interact better with WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CLI Contributor Day document<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to WP CLI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n WP CLI Handbook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Hosting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The hosting team works to improve WordPress\u2019 end-user experience across hosting environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table if you\u2019d like to help out making sure WordPress works well on the most diverse sets of hosting stacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Hosting<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Tide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this team to help with making sure WordPress\u2019 extra code base is tested better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tide blog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Openverse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to help create new features and new media types and develop WordPress integrations to share Openverse with the entire WordPress community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contribute to Openverse<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Photos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Photo Directory team moderates every photo submitted to the WordPress Photo Directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to work on improving the directory itself, and provide resources and documentation to educate, encourage, and facilitate photo contributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo Directory blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photos FAQ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sustainability is the newest team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join this table to help embed sustainable practices into the WordPress community and its processes. 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