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  • #206 – Jonathan Desrosiers on WordPress Sustainability, Community Engagement, and Release Strategies

    #206 – Jonathan Desrosiers on WordPress Sustainability, Community Engagement, and Release Strategies

    In this episode, Nathan Wrigley speaks with Jonathan Desrosiers about tying WordPress releases to flagship community events like WordCamps. They discuss the logistical challenges, especially around scheduling, international holidays, and global contributor coverage. The conversation explores the evolving WordPress community, impacts of COVID, renewed excitement for building, and initiatives to involve younger contributors. They touch…

    Nathan Wrigley

  • #176 – Héctor de Prada on the Power of Local WordPress Meetups in Community Building

    #176 – Héctor de Prada on the Power of Local WordPress Meetups in Community Building

    On the podcast today Nathan Wrigley talks with Héctor de Prada, co-founder of Modular DS and an organiser of the WordPress Meetup in León, Spain. Héctor shares his motivations for fostering local WordPress communities, details how the team organises popular, well-attended Meetups, and explains their strategies for inclusive topics, sponsorship, and creating a welcoming atmosphere.…

    Nathan Wrigley

  • #23 – Cate DeRosia Talks About Rethinking In-Person Events

    #23 – Cate DeRosia Talks About Rethinking In-Person Events

    On the podcast today we have Cate DeRosia. Cate is a familiar face in the WordPress community. Along with her husband, Topher, they run the HeroPress Network. She describes herself as a ‘serial volunteer in the community’. In early 2022 Cate was hired by Automattic to be a sponsored member of the Community Team, and…

    Nathan Wrigley

  • #4 – Dan Maby on the Importance of the WordPress Community

    #4 – Dan Maby on the Importance of the WordPress Community

    On the podcast today we have Dan Maby. Dan has been a user of WordPress for many years. As an agency owner he’s used it to build client websites, but, as is so often the case, he came for the software and got caught up in the community. We talk about the importance of the…

    Nathan Wrigley

  • WordPress Community Team Proposes Using a Decision Checklist to Restart Local Events

    WordPress Community Team Proposes Using a Decision Checklist to Restart Local Events

    WordPress’ Community Team has been discussing the return to in-person events since early December 2020, and has landed on an idea that would allow local meetup organizers to determine readiness using a COVID-19 risk-assessment checklist. This would enable organizers to restart meetups when it is safe for their communities, instead of applying a blanket global…

    Sarah Gooding

  • Meetup Group Organizers Can Now Earn A WordPress.org User Profile Badge

    Meetup Group Organizers Can Now Earn A WordPress.org User Profile Badge

    The WordPress Community team has unveiled a new tool called Meetup Tracker. This tool replaces the Meetup Status Document and will enable Global Community Team members to more easily track all Meetup.com groups. There’s also a new application form available for organizers looking to join the WordPress Meetup Chapter Program. Groups that are part of…

    Jeff Chandler

  • WPWeekly Episode 287 – WordPress Meetups, Events, and WordCamps with Andrea Middleton

    WPWeekly Episode 287 – WordPress Meetups, Events, and WordCamps with Andrea Middleton

    In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by Andrea Middleton, Dot org Wrangler at Automattic. Middleton supports WordPress community organizers by helping them plan community events that inspire people to do more with WordPress, connect the community, and contribute to the WordPress project. We discussed a variety of topics including, whether or…

    Jeff Chandler

  • What to Expect in WordPress 4.8

    What to Expect in WordPress 4.8

    WordPress 4.8 Beta 1 is available for testing and has a couple of features that will likely have a big impact. New Image, Video, and Audio Widgets WordPress 4.8 has three new core widgets and adds a visual editor to the Text widget. Adding video, audio, or images to text widgets typically involves using custom…

    Jeff Chandler

  • How the San Francisco WordPress Meetup is Using Open Collective to Fund Activities

    How the San Francisco WordPress Meetup is Using Open Collective to Fund Activities

    In 2016, WordPress meetups had the fastest growth the community has seen in five or six years with more than 62,566 people attending in 58 different countries. Meetups are the seeds of future WordCamps. These local gatherings help users further their WordPress skills and underpin the community’s growth across the globe. Funding a local meetup…

    Sarah Gooding

  • Community Team Releases Plugin That Displays WordPress Events Nearby

    Community Team Releases Plugin That Displays WordPress Events Nearby

    Two weeks ago, I highlighted a WordPress plugin that displays upcoming WordCamps in the Dashboard. I’ve recently discovered that the WordPress Community team is working on an official plugin that does something similar called Nearby WordPress Events. The plugin attempts to detect a user’s location and displays upcoming events within the WordPress News dashboard widget.…

    Jeff Chandler

  • Do You Enjoy WordPress Meetups? Let the Community Marketing Team Know Why

    Do You Enjoy WordPress Meetups? Let the Community Marketing Team Know Why

    When Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of the WordPress project, delivers his annual State of The Word presentation, he always gives props to meetup organizers and attendees. In 2016, there were 3,193 meetup events in 58 countries attended by 62,566 people. Meetups are one of the cornerstones of the community and for many are the gateway to discovering…

    Jeff Chandler

  • ManageWP Launches WordPress Events Hub

    ManageWP Launches WordPress Events Hub

    There are a variety of WordPress events that take place around the world where users learn WordPress in person. Some are WordCamps, meetups, and others are WordPress specific but don’t use the WordCamp branding. Until now, there has not been an easy way to see all WordPress events on one page. ManageWP.org has launched a…

    Jeff Chandler

  • DawnPatrol Gives Fringe WordPress Communities a Voice

    DawnPatrol Gives Fringe WordPress Communities a Voice

    DawnPatrol is a new project by Scott Basgaard and Noel Tock of HumanMade. The site is billed as a community experiment that features video clips of WordCamp participants from across the world. With non-English downloads of WordPress overtaking the number of English downloads for the first time this year, non-English speaking WordPress communities have become…

    Jeff Chandler