Contributing to WordPress

WordCamp Kansai 2014

Samuel SidlerNinja Wrangler @ Audrey Capital

A.K.A., Project Manager

Focused on WordPress core and WordPress.org sites

sam@WordPress.orgCourtesy @photomatt

Get Involvedmake.wordpress.org

!IRC: #wordpress-getinvolved

Communication

‣ IRC (codex.wordpress.org/irc)

‣ Weekly IRC chats

‣ Make P2 Blogs (make.wordpress.org)

‣ Trac (core.trac.wordpress.org)

‣ Other tracs for other projects

Ways to Contribute

Core Development

UI/UX Design

Accessibility

Mobile

Support

TranslationsDocumentation

Theme Review

EventsTraining

WordPress.org

Core Development

make.wordpress.org/core

Volunteer-Driven

‣ 267 Code Contributors for WordPress 3.9

‣ WordPress 4.0 Release led by Helen Hou-Sandi from 10up

‣ Features developed as plugins; faster, iterative development. easier to get involved.

‣ Weekly IRC chats in #WordPress-dev (5am in Japan)

Core Development

make.wordpress.org/core

UI/UX Design

‣ Works closely with the core team

‣ Feature plugins allow for fast experimentation

‣ Some current work: Media Grid and Press This

‣ make.wordpress.org/ui

UI/UX Design

make.wordpress.org/ui

Translationsmake.wordpress.org/polyglots

Translationsmake.wordpress.org/polyglots

Support

make.wordpress.org/support

Support

make.wordpress.org/support

Documentation

make.wordpress.org/docs

Documentation

make.wordpress.org/docs

Theme Review

make.wordpress.org/themes

Theme Review

make.wordpress.org/themes

Events & Community

make.wordpress.org/community

Mobile

make.wordpress.org/mobile

Accessibility

make.wordpress.org/accessibility

WordPress.org

make.wordpress.org/meta

WordPress.org

make.wordpress.org/meta

Thanks!Be sure to visit: make.wordpress.org

Questions?@samuelsidler

!sam@wordpress.org