WordCamp Europe 2025 is coming soon and we will have several tables dedicated to the plugins team in the contributor day!
A big part of the team will be at Basel and we are ready to carry out different activities according to the interests of the community present there.
Our main topics for the contributor are:
Plugin Check Plugin
Learn how it works and how to contribute to the project that is helping plugin authors to check their plugins for different kinds of possible issues.
Prepare for the event in advance:
- You’ll need a laptop and access to internet (there will be wi-fi and swiss-style-plugs there).
- You’ll need a WordPress local environment.
- Get familiar with the official repository,
- Install it in your local environment, in the readme you have instructions on how to download and execute it.
- Get familiar with WordPress Coding Standards and best practices, as all the code need to comply with it.
Documentation
Help out contributing to the documentation by detecting areas not covered by the current documentation and contribute suggesting changes to it.
Prepare for the event in advance:
- You’ll need a laptop and access to internet (there will be wi-fi and swiss-style-plugs there).
- Get familiar with the documentation regarding the plugins team.
- Get familiar with the basic markdown syntax.
- Get familiar with WordPress Coding Standards and best practices, as documentation examples need to comply with it.
Handbook
Learn about the best practices for developing plugins for WordPress.
Prepare for the event in advance: Gather your questions!
General talk
Talk among the community about questions regarding the directory, how the team works, guidelines, etc.
Prepare for the event in advance: Get familiar with the Plugin Directory Guidelines.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!