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Managing a Local WordPress Community, WordCamp Europe 2016
This document outlines how to manage a local WordPress community, including both online and offline aspects. It discusses establishing an online presence through blogs, forums, documentation and translations. It also covers growing an offline community through meetups and conferences. Specific recommendations are provided for keeping translations up to date, managing plugin and theme translations through WordPress.org, moderating support forums politely, developing documentation, and organizing WordPress meetups. The overall goal is to build and nurture a thriving local WordPress community.
Managing a Local WordPress Community, WordCamp Europe 2016
- 1. Managing a LocalWordPress Community Sergey Biryukov WordCamp Europe 2016
- 2. Sergey Biryukov ● WordPressCore Contributor at Yoast yoast.com ● Co-founder of Russian WP community ru.wordpress.org ● Polyglots, Support, and Meta teams sergeybiryukov.com @SergeyBiryukov
- 3. Community Structure ● Onlinecommunity – Rosetta blog – Support forums – Documentation – Translations ● Offline community – Meetups – WordCamps
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- 10. Keeping WP TranslationsUp-to-date
- 11. Keeping WP TranslationsUp-to-date ● 162 locales ● 67 locales up to date ● 0 locales behind by minor versions ● 10 locales behind by one major version ● 15 locales behind more than one major version ● 61 locales have a site but never released ● 9 locales don't have a site
- 12. Keeping WP TranslationsUp-to-date ● Translate current trunk ● Translate beta versions and RCs ● Saves you time on the release week
- 13. Managing Plugin &Theme Translations .pot→Poedit→.po/.mo→email translate.wordpress.org
- 14. Managing Plugin &Theme Translations ● 13 000+ plugins ● 2 000+ themes ● Oh, my!
- 15. Managing Plugin &Theme Translations ● GTE (General Translation Editor) ● PTE (Project Translation Editor) ● Translator
- 16. Managing Plugin &Theme Translations More PTEs→more sanity
- 17. Managing Plugin &Theme Translations ● Monitor the Polyglots blog for PTE requests for your locale ● Set up a notification for the locale code in your WP.org profile ● Create a translation guide for new PTEs ● Document your team’s best practices ● Find a way to provide feedback to translators
- 18. Keeping the ForumsFriendly & Helpful
- 19. Keeping the ForumsFriendly & Helpful ● Support is great for troubleshooting skills ● You are now the face of WordPress ● Try to see the bigger picture ● Always keep a respectful attitude ● Recognize active contributors and expand the team
- 20. Keeping the ForumsFriendly & Helpful ● Have a Forum Welcome and FAQ pages in your language ● Read the Support Handbook on make.wordpress.org/support/ ● Empty the spam queue regularly ● VisualPing for Chrome ● Distill Web Monitor (formerly AlertBox) for Firefox ● Participate in Support Team meetings (#forums on Slack) ● Create your own Slack team
- 21. WP Documentation InYour Language
- 22. WP Documentation InYour Language ● Codex→HelpHub (wphelphub.com)
- 23. WP Documentation InYour Language ● Codex→HelpHub (wphelphub.com) ● Codex→Code Reference (developer.wordpress.org)
- 24. WP Documentation InYour Language ● Codex→HelpHub (wphelphub.com) ● Codex→Code Reference (developer.wordpress.org) ● Theme Developer Handbook ● Plugin Developer Handbook ● Docs Handbook ● Meta Handbook ● Polyglots Handbook
- 25. WordPress Meetups “Meetup groupsare locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Anything that brings together 2 or more people to share their WordPress experiences counts — there’s no minimum number of attendees or required format.” — make.wordpress.org/community/meetups/
- 26. WordPress Meetups “If thereis no WordPress Meetup in your city yet, you are the one to organize it.” — Taco Verdonschot
- 27. WordPress Meetups ● Finda venue ● Invite people ● Have a great meetup!
- 28. WordPress Meetups ● Checkout the existing resources in your area ● Pick a regular day every month ● Avoid clashes with other IT events ● Host collaborative events with other meetups ● Create a Slack team or channel ● Create a website ● Advertise
- 29. WordPress Meetups ● Choosethe most suitable format ● Have an agenda – Invite external speakers – Let everyone talk about their cool WordPress projects – Fix issues on someone’s site – Have a contributing evening – Whatever works ● Just do it
- 30. The best thingabout WordPress is community.
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