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  • June in WordPress

    Another month has passed and what a month this was, it started with WordCamp Europe and ended with a new sponsor. Areas of contribution My focus continued in the areas it had before, but I also began trying to work more product work into this. I also attended the contribution day at WordCamp Europe, as…

  • May in WordPress

    This month was full of backlog management, prioritisation and clearing out queues. I focused on identifying where things were blocking and preparing for WordCamp Europe. Areas of contribution Whilst my focus was on backlog management, it split into two distinct areas: I also began thinking about how to optimise and make reporting easier for backlog…

  • April in WordPress

    As cherry blossoms appear and lambs Spring in the field next to my studio, it feels firmly like Spring is here. This month saw another opportunity to contribute and a WordPress release. I was occupied with the release for the first few weeks. However, once that was done, I started on the following areas of…

  • March in WordPress

    Areas of contribution My contribution this month was focused on a few areas: There was a lot to do around the design lead this month including microsite, final tickets and also co-ordination. I am grateful for all the collaboration and the release squad support as always. These things get shipped when we all come together.…

  • Attending Cloudfest and two new sponsors

    After an exciting time at WordCamp Asia, March continues to bring awesome things for contribution to me. I am pleased to announce I am finally going to be taking part in the CloudFest Hackathon and also have two new sponsors, BigScoots and Kinsta. This now means I am sponsored for just over a day a…

  • 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

    Theme stats Statistics are incredible, but they can also be deceptive. It\’s important not to rely on them exclusively. In this post, I won’t just focus on numbers. Personal stats As mentioned, measuring contributions based solely on stats has limitations. The time taken for one commit or testing a patch can vary significantly. Relying exclusively…

  • 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…