The core team makes WordPress. Whether you’re a seasoned PHP developer or are just learning to code, we’d love to have you on board. You can write code, fix bugs, debate decisions, and help with development.
Next meeting: APAC Core Dev Chat(+21 more) (12 hours from now) at #core on Slack
The design group is focused on the designing and developing the user interface. It’s a home for designers and UXers alike. There are regular discussions about mockups, design, and user testing.
Next meeting: Design Gutenberg triage(+2 more) (1 hour from now) at #design on Slack
The mobile team builds the iOS and Android apps. Lend them your Java, Objective-C, or Swift skills. The team also needs designers, UX experts, and testers to give users a smooth experience on every device.
WordPress is used all over the world and in many different languages. If you’re a polyglot, help out by translating WordPress into your own language. You can also assist with creating the tools that make translations easier.
Next meeting: Polyglots Team Monthly Chat (Americas)(+2 more) (4 hours from now) at #polyglots on Slack
Answering a question in the support forums or IRC is one of the easiest ways to start contributing. Everyone knows the answer to something! This blog is the place for discussion of issues around support.
Next meeting: Support Team Weekly Chat (26 mins from now) at #forums on Slack
Good documentation lets people help themselves when they get stuck. The docs team is responsible for creating documentation and is always on the look-out for writers. The blog has discussion around the team’s current projects.
Next meeting: Docs Team Weekly Chat (2 hours from now) at #docs on Slack
The Theme Review Team reviews and approves every Theme submitted to the WordPress Theme repository. Reviewing Themes sharpens your own Theme development skills. You can help out and join the discussion on the blog.
Next meeting: Block Based Themes Chat(+2 more) (1 hour from now) at #themereview on Slack
If you are a Plugin developer, subscribe to the Plugin review team blog to keep up with the latest updates, find resources, and learn about any issues around Plugin development.
If you’re interested in organizing a meetup or a WordCamp, the community blog is a great place to get started. There are groups working to support events, to create outreach and training programs, and generally support the community.
Next meeting: Community Team Bimonthly Chat (Europe, Africa & Asia-Pacific)(+1 more) (6 hours from now) at #community-team on Slack
The Meta team makes WordPress.org, provides support, and builds tools for use by all the contributor groups. If you want to help make WordPress.org better, sign up for updates from the Meta blog.
Next meeting: WordCamp.org Ticket Scrub(+1 more) (26 mins from now) at #meta-wordcamp on Slack
The training team creates downloadable lesson plans and related materials for instructors to use in a live workshop environment. If you enjoy teaching people how to use and build stuff for WordPress, immediately stop what you’re doing and join our team!
Next meeting: Training Team Weekly Chat (4 hours from now) at #training on Slack
The Test team patrols flow across the entire WordPress ecosystem on every device we have at hand. We test, document, and report on the WordPress user experience. Through continuous dogfooding and visual records, we understand not only what is wrong, but also what is right. We immerse ourselves in the context of what we are making and champion user experience.
The TV team reviews and approves every video submitted to WordPress.tv. They also help WordCamps with video post-production and are responsible for the captioning and subtitling of published videos. Reviewing videos is a great way to learn about WordPress and help the community: experience is not required to get involved.
Next meeting: WordPress.tv Team Weekly Chat (2 hours from now) at #wptv on Slack
Tide is a series of automated tests run against every plugin and theme in the directory and then displays PHP compatibility and test errors/warnings in the directory.
Next meeting: Tide Weekly Chat (34 mins from now) at #tide on Slack