Join us in empowering the future of open source innovation by becoming a valued sponsor of WordPress event series dedicated to advancing our project. By participating in the Global Community Sponsorship Program, you will gain visibility and recognition among event attendees and community members. This program’s unique benefit is the opportunity to demonstrate your commitment to the project by funding engaging events that foster growth and strengthen our community.
Why join this program instead of sponsoring individual events?
Our Global Community Sponsorship Program can streamline your support for the thriving WordPress community. As the ecosystem expands, this program offers a strategic advantage over individual event sponsorships:
- Efficiency and Simplified Administration: Bypass the complexity of coordinating with multiple volunteer teams. Our centralized approach saves you valuable time and resources. For 2025, this will include a designated Slack channel for direct communication with the WordPress Community Support team and trusted Community Program Managers. In addition, Global Sponsors will receive a monthly email with a listing of upcoming WordPress events, status in the planning process, and planned dates for the events.
- Reach and Impact: Ensure your support consistently reaches WordPress community events worldwide, maximizing your visibility and influence.
- Stability: Provide crucial stability to locally organized events, fostering a stronger, more vibrant WordPress community.
- Flexible Branding: Sponsors can showcase different brands across events, adapting to mergers and acquisitions.
Program Specific Benefits:
- Top-tier benefits at every local WordPress event
- First right to claim a sponsor’s table at in-person WordPress events, if table space is available
- Option to represent a different company brand at each WordPress event (subject to approval and requires company communication in advance)
- A sponsor landing page with a discount or coupon code for your product or service posted to all WordPress event sites.
- Several free WordPress event tickets to each in-person event reserved for company representatives
- Acknowledgement across all WordPress Events:
- Name, logo, and company description on all WordCamp websites
- Inclusion in the “Thank You to Our Sponsors” blog on each WordCamp website
- Acknowledgement in all WordCamp “ticket purchase successful” pages
- Logo and a link back to the sponsor’s landing page of choice on all WordPress Chapter Meetup group landing pages and events pages (652 active Meetup groups are currently in the WordPress Chapter)
- Acknowledgement on all Meetup Organizer Newsletters
- Verbal acknowledgement by Meetup Organizers who make use of venue sponsorship funds
- Acknowledgement on the WordCamp Central and events.wordpress.org home page (over 750,000 annual views)
- Quarterly acknowledgements on WordPress.org’s X.com/Twitter and Facebook
How are the Global Sponsorship Funds used?
All event planning is handled by WordPress enthusiasts who are a part of the worldwide community, with assistance from the WordPress Community Support team. The Global Sponsorship funds are used for the following expenses:
- Sponsorship grants to local WordPress events around the world to be used towards venue rental, food and beverage for the event, audio/visual expenses, etc. (excludes flagship events)
- Meetup.com license fees which allows 633 Meetup groups around the globe to utilize the platform to inform their local communities of Meetup events happening throughout the year.
- Overhead expenses of WordPress Community Support related to supporting WordPress events during the year (bank fees, liability insurance for all events, professional fees associated with an external audit of the company’s financials)
Please see Rules for Sponsor Materials for more details about terms of sponsorship. Please also see our sample sponsorship agreement.
Event organizers can find in the WordCamp Organizer Handbook all details and guidelines regarding Global Sponsorship.
Current Year Rate:
$160,000 annual fee payable in full or quarterly billings.
If your company is interested in joining the Global Sponsorship program or you would like to know more, please reach out to WordPress Community Support at [email protected]!