5 ways to contribute to wordpress (if you're not a developer)

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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