• Attending WordCamp Asia and new sponsor for contributions

    January flew by, and as I am heading out to WordCamp Asia, it’s time for a little update post. I also have some great news regarding sponsorship. Attending WordCamp Asia Next week, I will attend WordCamp Asia and am very excited to spend the day focusing on Contributor Day. I have lots of things planned…

  • September in WordPress

    With the leaves falling and changing colour this month of September has closed. Earlier in that month I wrote a reflection as I wrapped up my focus on default themes. This post wraps up the month just gone. It was a slower month with actually taking some time off during it to recharge and think…

  • Contribution reflections

    For the past six months I have been sponsored by Automattic for 2 days a week to focus on the default theme task force. First, I want to say thank you to everyone that supported and enabled this focus work. Stats When my sponsorship focus started the default theme queue had over 400 tickets and…

  • Update on default theme focus

    Since March, I have been sponsored to focus on the default theme task force. I wrote about this at the start of my work. Now that we have passed the midpoint, it’s a good time to check on what has gone on and where things are. Theme stats Statistics are incredible, but they can also be…

  • Opening your project for contributions

    So you want to open source your project for others to contribute? That’s great, but where do you start? With a few things to consider, you can start on the right path from the start with contributions and avoid some of the common first step problems. This guide is a minimal viable opener if you…