CommunityApril 16, 2011
Summer WordCamps 2011
Looking for something fun to do during your summer vacation? Why not check out a WordCamp! WordCamps are locally-organized casual conferences of, by, and for WordPress users,…
By Jen · 4 min read
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CommunityMarch 30, 2011
WordPress Summer of Code 2011
For the past several years, WordPress has been a proud participant in the Google Summer of Code program (aka GSoC). We’ve been accepted as a mentoring organization again this…
By Jen · 2 min read
CommunityMarch 14, 2011
Live from South by Southwest 2011
If you’ve ever heard Matt Mullenweg talk about the early days of WordPress, the South by Southwest (SxSW) Interactive festival that takes place each spring in Austin, TX usually…
By Jen · 1 min read
CommunityDecember 27, 2010
Coming Up: Meet the Makers
I am often asked how decisions are made for WordPress, who’s involved in decision-making, and how the open source project is structured in general. WordPress is a meritocracy,…
By Jen · 2 min read
CommunityJuly 2, 2010
100 Million Plugin Downloads and Counting
WordPress 3.0 Thelonious passed 3 million downloads yesterday, and today the plugin directory followed suit with a milestone of its own: 100 million downloads. The WordPress…
By Andrew Nacin · 2 min read
CommunityJune 29, 2010
Summer of WordCamp
It’s been summer for about a week now. Whether you’re on vacation or burning the midnight oil, attending a local/nearby WordCamp is a great way to spend a weekend. Meet other…
By Jen · 4 min read
CommunityJune 9, 2010
Expanding the Theme Review Experiment
When I was a kid my dad used to practice his typing skills (on a real typewriter no less) with the phrase: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.…
By Joseph Scott · 1 min read
CommunityApril 24, 2010
WordCamp San Francisco 2010
A week from today on May 1, hundreds of WordPress users, developers, designers and general enthusiasts will descend upon San Francisco for the 4th annual WordCamp SF. Since that…
By Jen · 2 min read
CommunityApril 24, 2010
Coming up on Beta 2: Sprint!
Early next week, we’re hoping to release the 2nd beta release of WordPress 3.0 on our journey toward the final version. There are still over 200 bugs in the 3.0 milestone, and we…
By Jen · 1 min read
CommunityApril 9, 2010
GSoC Application Deadline is Today!
The deadline for students applying for Google Summer of Code this year is today, at 19:00 UTC. That’s about 3 hours from now. Still working on your application? Double check your…
By Jen · 1 min read
CommunityApril 2, 2010
Tweet, Tweet!
This post is about the @WordPress Twitter account, so if you don’t use Twitter, or don’t care about Twitter, then feel free to take the time you might have spent reading this post…
By Jen · 3 min read
CommunityMarch 29, 2010
Summer of WordPress 2010: Act II
Scene: A college classroom Professor: So. Out of the 20 students in the class, half wrote WordPress Summer of Code proposals good enough to receive an A. How many of you are…
By Jen · 3 min read