WordCamp Europe is just around the corner, and so is Contributor Day—a chance for the WordPress community to come together, collaborate in person, and make real progress on key initiatives.
To ensure a productive and welcoming experience, the Hosting Team is organizing in advance. This includes identifying priority projects, setting up small working groups, and preparing to welcome new contributors.
How We’ll Structure the Day
Here’s the plan to make the most of our time together:
- A small onboarding team (2–3 people) dedicated to welcoming and supporting first-time contributors.
- A project lead for each initiative, responsible for guiding work and ensuring progress during the day.
- Contributors, who would like to join specific projects.
If you’re planning to attend and contribute with the Hosting Team, please let us know:
- If you’d like to be part of the onboarding team.
- If you’re interested in leading a project.
- If you’re interested in joining a project as a contributor.
- If you have additional ideas or suggestions for the day.
Project Proposals for Contributor Day
We’ll finalize the list based on your input and attendance, but here are the projects currently under consideration:
- Hosting Tests
Connect with hosts attending Contributor Day who haven’t yet begun reporting, or who stopped some time ago. We’ll offering hands-on support to get them reporting. - Hosting Profiles
We started last year at WordCamp Europe to think about how can we add more information of those hosts who already contribute and report through the Hosting Tests. - Onboarding Process
Update and streamline the documentation and contributor pathway for new members of the Hosting Team. - Advanced Administration Handbook
Contribute to the Hosting Team’s Advanced Administration Handbook, which collects best practices, recommendations, and operational guides for managing and scaling WordPress environments. - Hosting Handbook Review
Identify outdated content, improve clarity, and fill gaps in our documentation for hosting contributors.
If you’ll be in Basel for Contributor Day and want to work with the Hosting Team, we’d love your input. Let’s make sure our time together has impact, supports our community, and welcomes new contributors with open arms.
Looking forward to seeing many of you there.