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5 Ways to Contribute to WordPress
If You’re Not a Developer Adam W. Warner
WordCamp Boston 2016
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Adam W. Warner
• Product Evangelist at SiteLock.com• Co-Founder at FooPlugins• Discovered WordPress in 2005• WordPress Community Addict• Remote Worker• Fan of Fractals• Lover of Meatballs• Proud Dad!
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WordPress 1.5 Release - 2005
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Videoblogging spawned a need.A younger me in 2006.
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I Built a Theme for Displaying Videos
I was the only one who used it.
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I Created a Few Plugins
They didn’t work for many others.
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Realization: I’m Not a Developer or Designer
I tried with lackluster results.
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Who Am I!!??
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What is an Implementor?
Kudos to Tom McFarlin for coining this term.
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I’m an Implementor and Teacher
I finally found my place in the community.
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Why Contribute to WordPress?We all have a part to play in this community.
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Personal and Professional Development
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Become an Authority
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Make the Core Software Better
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Democratizing Publishing Across the Globe
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5 Ways to Contribute to WordPress
To Help Create a Better World for All Humankind
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Participate in the Community
In Person. Online. Or Both!1
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Community Resources• The Official WordPress Community/Outreach Team Blog
http://make.wordpress.org/community/
• Find (or start) a local WordPress Meetup Grouphttp://www.meetup.com/find/
• Attend or volunteer at a WordCamp conference event near youhttps://central.wordcamp.org/schedule/
• All About WordPress – Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/AllAboutWP/
• WordPress Help and Share – Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/wphelpandshare/
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Answer Questions on the Support Forums
Learn by Helping Others2
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• The Official Support Team Bloghttps://make.wordpress.org/support/
• Search and Reply on the Forumshttps://wordpress.org/support/
Support Forum Resources
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Help with Documentation
Have a Knack for Explaining Things Step by Step?3
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Documentation Resources• The Official Documentation Team Blog
https://make.wordpress.org/docs/
• The upcoming HelpHub user documentation areahttps://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/about-the-docs-team/
current-docs-projects/helphub/
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Translate WordPress
Calling all Polyglots4
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Translation Resources• The Official Translators Team Blog
https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/
• The translation platform toolshttps://translate.wordpress.org/
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Become a Plugin or Theme Reviewer
Test the usage and functionality of themes and plugins5
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Reviewer Resources
• The Official Theme Review Team Bloghttp://make.wordpress.org/themes/
• The Official Plugin Review Team Bloghttps://make.wordpress.org/plugins/
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Thank You
Questions?5
