Welcome! This is the home of the Make Community Team for the WordPress open sourceOpen SourceOpen Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. project!
This team helps the community with official events like:
Discuss: Here we have policy debates, project announcements and status reports. Everyone is welcome to comment on posts and join the discussion.
Plan: Want to organize a meetupMeetupMeetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. in your community? Excited to host a WordCampWordCampWordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more.? Check out one of our handbooks to get started.
Assist: Participate in the Meetup Reactivation project, apply to be a Community DeputyDeputyCommunity Deputies are a team of people all over the world who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and generally keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about deputies in our Community Deputy Handbook., or help out as a WordCamp MentorMentorSomeone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues..
Discover: Any skill level can find a way to be involved in our Team Projects.
Let’s Talk
Office HoursOffice HoursDefined times when the Global Community Team are in the #community-events Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time. are held on Slack in #community-events
35% of the web is powered by WordPress, the free and open sourceOpen SourceOpen Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. software built and maintained by thousands of volunteers all over the world. The WordPress contributor community is made up of developers, designers, writers, photographers, freelancers, agency professionals, and hobbyists, many of whom gather regularly around the world at locally-organized monthly and annual events. Official WordPress community events are exclusively volunteer-organized, and each reflects the interests and expertise of the local community.
In 2019, 805 meetupMeetupMeetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. groups in the WordPress chapter program met over 5,900 times, and local communities organized 140 annual conferences, which we call WordCamps.
What’s a WordCampWordCampWordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more.?
WordCamp is the annual conference for local WordPress communities; it’s a casual, non-commercial, educational event about WordPress. Events range from intimate 50-person unconferences to multi-track conferences attended by over 3,000. Conference session topics include WordPress development, design, business, social media integration, blogging, and marketing. WordCamp tickets are sold at an extremely low price ($25 USD per person, per day) so that events are accessible to people of any financial background.
WordCamp Program Data
Sponsorship Regions
Events in 2019
Number of Attendees in 2019
Average size for non-flagship event
Region A (North, Central, South America)
54
14,796
274
Region B (Europe, Africa, Asia)
86
40,672
473
Worldwide
140
55,468
396
We anticipate a 4% increase in events in 2020, which should result in approximately 145 WordCamps.
Please note that the Global Community Sponsorship program does not include flagship events such as WordCamp Europe, WordCamp Asia, or WordCamp US, even though they’re listed on the official schedule.
What’s a meetup?
WordPress meetupsMeetupMeetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. are locally-organized user groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis to discuss WordPress (commonly once a month). These events take many formats: presentations/lecture series, hackathons, social gatherings, workshops, coworking, running a WordPress help desk, contributor sprints/drives, and others. Groups hosted on meetup.com can become an official WordPress chapter group and receive financial and organizational support from the WordPress Community team.
Meetup Program Data
805 groups
107 countries with a meetup group
417,197 group members (as of December 7), program-wide
5,900 meetup events (as of December 7)
We project a 8% growth in meetup groups, resulting in about 900 Meetup groups worldwide in 2020.
How does event sponsorship help WordPress?
Companies that sponsor WordPress community events support the WordPress open source project by helping our volunteer-organized, local events provide free or low-cost access for attendees. WordPress community events strengthen, inspire, and connect the community that builds and maintains WordPress.
Why sponsor via this program rather than sponsoring individual events?
As the WordPress community continues to grow, many companies find they don’t have time to coordinate with multiple teams of volunteer event organizers. The WordPress Global Community Sponsorship Program ensures that your support reaches WordCamps and meetups quickly and provides stability to locally-organized events. WordPress global community sponsors have a single, centralized point of contact and are billed quarterly, saving companies time and trouble.
Additional program benefits include:
Global sponsors’ contact information is sent to local organizing teams to facilitate communication.
Global sponsor company information is pre-loaded on every WordCamp website by WordCamp CentralWordCamp CentralWebsite for all WordCamp activities globally. https://central.wordcamp.org includes a list of upcoming and past camp with links to each., so the local organizing team can publish the sponsor’s logo and company description with one simple click.
Global community sponsors also receive any benefits that WordCamp organizing teams include in their local sponsorship packages, and for this reason, frequently receive more benefits than those described in these packages.
Please note that the Global Community Sponsorship program does not include flagship events WordCamp Asia, WordCamp Europe, or WordCamp US, as the scale of those events are outside the scope of this program.
What are the costs and benefits associated with global sponsorship?
Name, logo, and company description on all WordCamp websites in the region
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Acknowledgment in one program-wide email to all WordPress chapter account meetups/user groups
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Acknowledgment on sponsor page on WordCamp Central
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Inclusion in the Thank You To Our Sponsors blog post on each WordCamp you sponsor
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Monthly email with spreadsheet of WordCamps in planning and on the schedule
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Include a discount or coupon code for your product or service in your company description, posted to all WordCamps in your region (subject to approval)
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Listing, if requested, on official handbook page with resources that meetup and WordCamp organizers can use for new user workshops, charity hackathons, etc.
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Inclusion on a “thank you global sponsors” sticker sheet (subject to approval) in the swag pack shipped to all WordCamps (pilot benefit)
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“Featured” acknowledgment on two meetup organizer newsletters per year (received by 1200+ WordPress community influencers every month)
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Table at WordCamps for meeting attendees if space is available*
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Acknowledgement in all WordCamp “ticket purchase successful” pages in your region
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Acknowledgement on the WordCamp Central home page (615k annual views)
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A number of swag items added to each WordCamp’s “swag table,” if available (subject to approval)
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A number of free tickets to each WordCamp you sponsor, reserved for your company representatives**
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*Not all WordCamp venues will have space to provide tables to sponsors, but if the venue has enough space to accommodate sponsor tables, then community sponsors will be offered exhibition space. In your notification email, you’ll be informed whether or not the venue has exhibition space so you can request a table right away.
**Free, reserved tickets will return to the general ticket pool if they are not claimed one month before WordCamp. Tickets reserved for sponsors should not be used for ticket giveaways; these are only for your company representatives who wish to attend the event.
Silver and Bronze global sponsors can “upgrade” to a higher local sponsorship level on individual WordCamps by requesting an invoice for the difference between the desired local level and their global sponsorship level, subject to availability, up to 6 weeks before the date of the WordCamp.