Author: The WP Community Collective
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Building WordPress Community Together
As we wrap up the first phase of our 2025 Contributor Day Table Lead Appreciation Campaign, we’re feeling deeply grateful for and inspired by the people who make WordPress possible. Throughout this first week, The WPCC and our campaign sponsor and founding partner, GoDaddy, celebrated the mentors and leaders who volunteered to guide teams, welcome…
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Building WordPress Together: Honoring 2025’s WordCamp Contributor Day Table Leads
The WP Community Collective and GoDaddy are pleased to celebrate and support the people who make Contributor Days possible. Contributor Days are one of the most powerful parts of every WordCamp. The in-person collaboration of the official MakeWP contributor teams that build and maintain WordPress plays a big role in how WordPress gets made. Contributor…
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Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Q2 – July 2, 2025)
Final Agenda and Meeting Minutes Meeting Information Wednesday, July 2, 202511:00 am PST Attendees Agenda Official business Reports Committee updates Discussion Minutes Call to order The meeting was called to order at 11:11 am PDT by President Katie Adams Farrell. Official business Result: Katie Adams Farrell moved to approve the Resolution. Courtney Robertson seconded. The…
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The Heart of Open Source
Delivered by Sé Reed, CEO of The WP Community CollectiveAlt Ctrl Org, Basel, Switzerland — June 6, 2025 WordPress was not built by one person. No true open source project ever is. Sure, one person can write a piece of software, slap a license on it and call it open source. But the magic of…
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A Case Study in Collaboration, Connection, and Community
The WPCC x GoDaddy Contributor Day Appreciation Zine The Contributor Day Appreciation Initiative reflects The WPCC and GoDaddy’s shared commitment to supporting independent contributors and creating space for inclusive participation in WordPress.
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Board of Directors Meeting Minutes (Q1 – March 3, 2025)
Call to order The meeting was called to order at 10:13 am by Sé Reed. Sé noted that we are not recording the meeting per the current policy as set forth in the Meeting Notice. Introductions Sé Reed introduced herself, Courtney Robertson and Katie Adams Farrell. Sé acknowledged Katie for her contributions to the organization’s…
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Re: WP Community Collective Naming Similarity Concern
On December 19, the primary email account for The WPCC received the following email from the WordPress Community Team. On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 4:25 PM WordPress Community Team support@wordcamp.org wrote:Hi, WP Community Collective team, My name is Felipe Santos, and I’m reaching out as part of the WordPress Community Support, PBC. We recently noticed…
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The WP Community Collective Announces Formal Nonprofit Incorporation
The WP Community Collective has formally incorporated as a membership nonprofit. The WPCC aims to remove the financial and logistical barriers to open source contribution and support the development of the projects and initiatives that drive open source forward.
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Mirrors, Forks & Lightbulbs: A Community Resource
A list of solutions currently being set forth by the WP community. Please note, these solutions and suggestions are not fully vetted. We are compiling a list for the WP community to have as a shared resource. Please add additional resources below. Mirrors Public mirrors and tools to help mirror WordPress, plugins, and themes. Mirror…
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Thank You to the WordCamp US 2024 Contributor Day Table Leads!
We want to express our deep appreciation to each of the Table Leads and Co-Leads who have dedicated their time and expertise to WordCamp US 2024 Contributor Day. These dedicated individuals play a pivotal role in onboarding new contributors, guiding key discussions, solving ongoing team challenges, and generally putting the “make” into MakeWP. Below are…