I have contributed since 2009 to WordPress and related projects. I have done some great things for WordPress like rewriting the image manipulation API and leading GlotPress for a long while. But It also lead to some disagreements which had an impact.

1. CODEKITCHEN
MY CONTRIBUTOR STORY
Marko Heijnen

2. Marko Heijnen
Web developer @ Plesk
Founder of CodeKitchen
Ex-lead developer of GlotPress
Core contributor for WordPress
of 14 releases
On of the organizers for
WordCamp Belgrade
Plugin developer of Tabify Edit
Screen, Site Manager etc

3. Today I talk about the trip I
made since 2010 within
WordPress

4. It all started with one fix
I got my first prop on May 25th 2010 for ticket 14869.

5. WordPress 3.4

6. The game changer

7. WordPress 3.4
• Started doing focused team
• I joined adding new methods to the XML-RPC
• Worked with Peter Westwood and Max Cutler
• Things like support for CPTs and featured image
• Started adding unit tests
• In total 32 props/commits for this release

8. Recent rockstar

9. WordPress 3.5

10. My best contribution

11. Started in SF

12. The road to success
• Worked together with Mike Schroder
• All the coding happened on Github
• In the end we got great help from Kurt Payne with
creating unit tests
• And obviously getting some great feedback from
the WordPress community
• Code got committed on October 1

13. It was fun

14. 29 props/commits done

15. Things went

16. Expectations

17. The rest of the road
• 3.6: 11 (incl 3.5.1)
• 3.7: 2
• 3.8: 7
• 3.9: 1
• 4.0: 3
• 4.1: 5
• 4.2: 2
• 4.3: 1
• 4.4: 6
• 4.5: 2

18. 104 props in total

19. GlotPress

20. GlotPress
• After WordPress 3.5 I switched my focus a bit
• I ended up looking at GlotPress and wanted to help
out there
• Lead of the project for more then 2 years
• 233 commits (with a few props)
• Disagreements let me stop with it
• 20+ contributors because of my work

21. Currently working on my
own Open Source solution

22. Community

23. Community
• 66 Events visited
• 37 Presentations
• Organiser of this great WordCamp
• Organised meet ups in Amsterdam and Belgrade

24. WordCamp Norway

25. Pre WordCamp US

27. Conclusion

28. It has been great

29. Made friends

30. I made mistakes

31. But I also learned from them

32. I wouldn’t have changed it

34. Marko Heijnen
info@markoheijnen.com
@markoheijnen

35. Thank you for
listening
Questions?