Welcome! This is the home of the Make Community Team for the WordPress open sourceOpen Source Open 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:

As well as,

Deputy and Mentor development
Diversity initiatives
Growing the WordPress community

If you love WordPress and want to help us do these things, join in!

Get Involved

Join: Find your local Meetup

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 meetupMeetup Meetup 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 WordCampWordCamp WordCamps 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 DeputyDeputy Community 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 MentorMentor Someone 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 Hours Defined 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

Mondays & Wednesdays 22:00 UTC,
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00 UTC.

Team Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month at 12:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC on Slack in #community-team (same agenda).

Check out our current COVID-19 guidelines for in-person events!

Virtual Events Handbook

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Technology Resources for Online WordCamps

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Online Event Platforms
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Hopin
- StreamYard
- Airmeet
- Crowdcast
- YouTube Live
- Mozilla Hubs
- Remo
- SpatialChat
- oVice
- Hublio
- Gather

Check out our latest guidelines for in-person events!

In addition to the free tools listed on the Organizing Virtual Meetups page, there are paid tools that may work well when you are organizing a larger event with a budget. Here are some of the tools used in the past online WordCamps and do_actions.

Online Event Platforms

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Zoom

Online WordCamps will probably need a paid account if they are using Zoom to facilitate the event. Many organizers use Zoom for sponsor tracks and booths, hallway hangouts, contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. tracks, watercooler rooms, and for fun and games. The Zoom breakout room feature can also be helpful for online WordCamps.

WordCamp CentralWordCamp Central Website for all WordCamp activities globally. https://central.wordcamp.org includes a list of upcoming and past camp with links to each. has access to 6 Zoom Pro accounts that can be used for online WordCamps. On request, we can also add a large meeting add-on to our community zoom pro accounts for large WordCamps to facilitate more than 100 attendees.

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Google Meet

Each WordCampWordCamp WordCamps 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. receives a Google Workspace for Nonprofits account under the wordcamp.org domain. With this account, you can run a meeting on Google Meet with extra features such as breakout rooms, hand raise, survey, and Q&A. More details of the Nonprofits edition can be found here.

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Hopin

Hopin is a virtual event venue with multiple interactive areas for connecting. Attendees can move in and out of rooms to enjoy the content and communication. Used by WordCamp Prague 2020.

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StreamYard

StreamYard is a browser-based live streaming studio that can multi-stream to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other platforms. It can be a good choice if you want to have many volunteers to support recording/broadcasting tasks instead of relying on a small number of staff members who have installed specific software for it.

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