Slides from the keynote address at WordCamp Sydney 2014 in which I asked the audience to "ask not just what WordPress can do for you, ask also what you can do for WordPress"

1. ordPressit’s all about YOUPROJECT
THE
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2. ordPressit’s all about YOUPROJECT
THE
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3. ƁCOMMUNITY BUILT

4. ƁCOMMUNITY DESIGNED

5. ƁCOMMUNITY RESOURCED

6. ƁCOMMUNITY SUPPORTED

7. ƁCOMMUNITY TRANSLATED

8. #wcsydDocumentation

9. #wcsydDocumentation

10. #wcsyd
“ …there are literally thousands of
resources out their for you to use.
Everything from forums, blog posts,
tutorials and podcasts through to
awesome themes & plugins.”
Anthony Hortin
Designer, Developer, Author, Community Org
Melbourne
Your Community

11. #wcsydSupport

12. #wcsyd
“I was experimenting with WordPress
and [in training them] clients "just got it".
The editor and interface seemed very
intuitive and my training times were
slashed substantially.”
Wil Brown
Developer, Forum Contributor, Community Org
Sydney
Your Community

13. #wcsyd
“I like the way WordPress is supported
via the hundreds of community forums
and thousands of blogs which publish
useful tutorials, idea's and other useful
stuff related to WordPress.”
Brad Dalton
Developer, Trainer and Community Organiser
Thailand
Your Community

14. #wcsydTraining

15. #wcsyd
“I love how WordPress is always getting
better and almost every decision they
make when they improve the software is
a good one. They have a mission that
they are actually working towards!”
Kristen Symonds
Developer, Trainer and Community Organiser
Sydney
Your Community

16. #wcsyd
“Open Source - Easy to use - Easy to
extend and customise - Empowering for
new users - Helpful and friendly
community”
Chris Burgess
Trainer and Community Organiser
Melbourne
Your Community

17. #wcsydCommunity - meetups
Melbourne Meetup

18. #wcsyd
“This philosophical framework [open
source], is what drives the exceptional
work of the WP community. Being able
to align my business to this value feels
great because I can work knowing that
I'm maintaining my personal integrity at
work as well.”
Sofia Woods
Designer and Community Organiser
Brisbane
Your Community

19. #wcsyd
“WordPress is SO EASY to write code for
and extremely well documented. Beyond
that, the community is super helpful
which makes contributing such a
pleasure.”
Luke Carbis
Plugin Developer
Sunshine Coast
Your Community

20. #wcsyd
“... it ticked all 3 boxes that I needed it to
as an off-the-shelf solution for building
client sites: easy to build for, easy for
clients to use, and a strong community.”
Japh Thomson
Developer and Community Organiser
Hobart
Your Community

21. #wcsyd
“I think the fact that there is the
opportunity for people from all walks of
life (different nationalities, countries etc)
to mingle (and contribute and work
together) around WordPress is what
keeps me coming back.”
Jason Conroy
Developer
Canberra
Your Community

22. #wcsydCommunity - WordCamps
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23. #wcsyd
“The WP community is full of friendly,
talented, inspirational, helpful, lovely
people and because of that, the
separation between my work and
personal lives has become very blurred!”
Tracey Kemp
Developer, Designer and Community Organiser
Gold Coast
Your Community

24. #wcsyd
“Discovering the strength & generosity of
the WP community in Australia after
Sydney WordCamp was a real eye
opener. I continue to be amazed at the
willingness of people to give advice,
support & help one another.”
Jordan Gillman
Developer and Community Organiser
Wollongong
Your Community

25. #wcsydAccessibility

26. #wcsydPolyglots
Hello
Sunshine!

27. #wcsyd
“14 patches submitted or contributed to
in WordPress Core in the past 4 releases
in knowing that literately there are
millions of web sites around the world
using code you wrote or helped with is
pure awesomeness.”
Stephen Edgar
bbPress Core Committer
Melbourne
Your Community

28. #wcsydUI

29. #wcsydMeta

30. #wcsydTheming

31. #wcsyd
“On the side, I enjoy creating themes
which I'm happy to release to the
WordPress community for free in the
hopes that people find them useful. “
Michael Burrows
Theme Developer
Victoria
Your Community

32. #wcsydPlugins

33. #wcsyd
“Flexible, scalable, extendible, with an
awesome dev community. It pushes me
to be a better developer, and has
opened the door for some fantastic
business opportunities.”
Maeve Lander
Developer, Plugin Contributor
Perth
Your Community

34. #wcsyd
“...it's the people I've met that keep me
going to meet-ups & WordCamps as
much as the product itself.”
Peter Wilson
Developer and Community Organiser
Melbourne
Your Community

35. #wcsydMobile

36. #wcsydCore

37. #wcsyd
“The community around contributing is
always very welcoming, since the whole
project is driven by volunteer
contributions (whether that be individual
or corporate ones).”
Ryan McCue
Developer, Core Contributor, Wunderkind
Brisbane
Your Community

38. #wcsydProject Recap
community
Organising meet-ups or
WordCamps.
training
Creating WordPress curriculum
and modules for instructors to
use in a live training
environment.
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accessibility
Making sure that WordPress
core and all of WordPress’
resources are accessible
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documentationCreating documentation and
always on the look-out for
writers
support
Answering questions in the
support forums or IRC is one of
the easiest ways to start
contributing.
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polyglots
Translating WordPress into
your own language.
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39. #wcsydThe project
themes
Reviewing and approving every
Theme submitted to the
WordPress Theme repository.
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mobile
Building the iOS, Android,
Windows, and Blackberry apps.
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ui
Designing and developing the
WordPress user interface.
core
Writing code, fixing bugs,
debating decisions, and helping
with development
meta
Making WordPress.org,
providing support, and building
tools for use by all the
contributor groups.
plugins
Reviewing and approving every
Plugin submitted to the
WordPress Plugin repository.

40. http://make.wordpress.org
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41. #wcsyd
“The best, most incredible part of all of
contributing is the amazing people I’ve
met.
!
I’m so glad that maybe I’ll get to meet
YOU this weekend.”
Dee Teal
Developer, Trainer, Community Organiser, Web Princess
Melbourne
Your Community