Do you love WordPress? Want to pitch in and help out? Not sure how? It doesn’t matter if you’re a designer, a developer, a translator, or just someone that uses WordPress on your own, everybody is welcome to contribute to WordPress. 

1. How to get
(more)
involved with WordPress
By
rocio.blog
@rociovaldi

4. There are tons of reasons, but here are some of
the big ones and maybe some you haven’t
thought of
Why?

5. Several of the things you gain by giving back to
WordPress will make you more valuable to
clients or your company.
* No, there’s no direct profit from contributing
to the WordPress community.
Profit!*

6. Profesional Development
Work with some of the greatest developers,
designers, etc in the world.

7. Be an Authority
You’ll know more about WordPress, how it works,
what’s coming soon, etc. Your clients or employer
will appreciate it!

8. Make WordPress Better
My livelihood relies on WordPress. It’s in my best
interest to make WordPress better!

9. The new way to communicate with the rest of
the WordPress contributors!
https://make.wordpress.org/chat/

11. 11
make.wordpress.org/support
Weekly chats: Thursdays @
16:00 UTC
#forums on Slack

12. wordpress.org/support

13. 13
make.wordpress.org/docs
Weekly chats: Thursdays @
18:00 UTC
#docs on Slack

14. codex.wordpress.org

15. 15
make.wordpress.org/training
Weekly chats: Tuesdays @ 20:00 UTC
#training on Slack

16. make.wordpress.org/training

17. 17
make.wordpress.org/community
Monthly chats: First Thursday of
the month 8:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC
#community-events on Slack

21. 21
Share your knowledge.
Be a speaker!
Next Meetups:
meetup.com/pro/wordpress
Next WordCamps:
central.wordcamp.org/schedule

22. https://profiles.wordpress.org/_dorsvenabili

23. make.wordpress.org/tv
23
Weekly chats: Thursdays @
17:00 UTC
#wptv on Slack

25. wordpress.tv/get-involved

26. make.wordpress.org/themes
Weekly chats:
Tuesdays @
18:00 UTC
#themereview
on Slack

27. make.wordpress.org/themes

28. make.wordpress.org/plugins

29. wordpress.org/plugins

30. 30
make.wordpress.org/meta
Weekly chats: Fridays @
17:00 UTC
#meta on Slack

31. meta.trac.wordpress.org

32. make.wordpress.org/core
Weekly chats: Wednesdays @20:00 UTC
#core on Slack

33. make.wordpress.org/core

34. If we have 10,000 people testing and over 60 million sites,
that’s only .0167%. Things get missed when there’s not enough
testers. Please help!
https://make.wordpress.org/test/
Beta Tester plugin:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/
Reporting bugs:
https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/reporting-bugs/
We need testers!

35. 35
make.wordpress.org/accessibility
Weekly chats: Mondays @
18:00 UTC
#accessibility on Slack

36. make.wordpress.org/accessibility

37. 37
make.wordpress.org/polyglots
Weekly chats: Wednesdays @
6:00 UTC and 10:00 UTC
#polyglots on Slack

39. And more…

43. Thanks!
Thanks to Aaron D. Campbell for his presentation
Source: http://adcwp.me/wcatl2015
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