WordPress Help
Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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WordPress project basics
The WordPress code base — often referred to simply as Core, and what one installs to set up a new WordPress site — is free software that’s written and maintained by hundreds of volunteers from all over the world. Unsponsored, or Self-sponsored, Contributors These are individuals who donate their personal time, often 2-10 hours a…
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Applying open source methods to community organizing
Transparency, iteration, egoless participation, and embracing imperfection are the tools we use to build WordPress community. One or more of these open source principles are applied to the work we do within the WordPress Community. A prime examples can be seen in the Five Good Faith Rules, expectations set by the community for community organizers.…
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Addressing unwelcoming behavior
One responsibility of a Community team member is to address discriminatory or unwelcoming behavior at community events. We absolutely must address behavior that makes an event unwelcoming when it’s identified. We can’t control what people do, but we can control how we respond, and a non-response removes any benefit from having a code of conduct.…
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Vetting Organizer Applications
Why do we review organizer applicants? Our approach is always to trust but verify, and investigating the people who apply to organize a meetup or WordCamp on behalf of the WordPress open source project is the “verify” part. Event organizers are community leads, and our community leaders work fairly autonomously on things like finding meeting…
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Office Hours
About Office Hours While many organizer questions can be answered via email, synchronous communication in Slack can be quicker, more efficient, and friendlier. We started organizing office hours in order to solve the problem of supporters working constantly in instant-reaction mode, and thus making mistakes due to constant multi-tasking. While some questions that crop up…
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Shipping Swag to Meetups and WordCamps
Currently, shipping swag is being handled by another team of sponsored contributors. However, it could be moved back to the Community team and we would like you to be prepared if it is. This lesson will give you a general overview of the process. Should you need to ship swag in the future, you’ll be…
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WordCamp Orientations
Orientations are scheduled after an event application has been reviewed and approved to proceed. These orientations have three purposes. Orientations happen with the lead organizer (and their team if they like) for every event each year. The meeting must take place before the website is set up and the event is moved to “Pre-Planning”. The…
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Reviewing Budgets: Intro and Philosophy
Budget reviews serve two purposes: What is our budget philosophy? We’re not a non-profit organization, but we do our best to act like one. We advocate lean budgets for a number of reasons: When does a budget review happen? After an organizing team has been approved for pre-planning, but before they announce their date or we…
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Open Source Principle 0: With many eyes, all bugs are shallow
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Reviewing Meetup Venue Requests
Free venues are becoming harder to find for some Chapter Meetup groups. To help with this, we have started a Venue Assistance program that helps cover the costs. Here are the guidelines we follow. Check the Reasons First, check the answers to see if the organizers have looked for alternative solutions. Next, look to see…