{"id":3103,"date":"2025-07-31T14:36:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=3103"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T23:29:20","slug":"contributing-by-testing-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/contributing-by-testing-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributing by Testing WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2yjWPzgV0b0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll cover testing in WordPress and guide attendees on how to get more involved with testing. We&#8217;ll discuss what testing is and why it is done. The types of testing in WordPress and an overview of each: Automated testing (unit and end-to-end tests), User testing (how to get involved in testing patches and giving feedback to move the project along), and Beta testing (testing during release cycles and calls for testing). We&#8217;ll follow a couple of flows and examine some useful trac keywords and github issue tags. Finally, I plan on sharing some helpful tools and resources to aid in getting involved with contributing to the WordPress project by testing.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-wordcamp-session-speakers\"><span class=\"wp-block-wordcamp-session-speakers__byline\">Presented by<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-wordcamp-session-speakers__name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/evan-mullins\/\">Evan Mullins<\/a><\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll cover testing in WordPress and guide attendees on how to get more involved with testing. We&#8217;ll discuss what testing is and why it is done. The types of testing in WordPress and an overview of each: Automated testing (unit and end-to-end tests), User testing (how to get involved in testing patches and giving feedback [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":382131,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1756500300,"_wcpt_session_duration":2700,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[3102],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[57],"session_category":[64],"class_list":["post-3103","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-track-1-mt-hood","wcb_session_category-topic-technical"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfz0Bf-O3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"August 29, 2025","time":"1:45 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"3102","slug":"evan-mullins","name":"Evan Mullins","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/evan-mullins\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":"Technical WordPress","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/3103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/3103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8812,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/3103\/revisions\/8812"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3102"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/circlecube"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=3103"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=3103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}