Welcome to the official blog of the community/outreach team for the WordPress open source project!
This team oversees official events, mentorship programs, diversity initiatives, contributor outreach, and other ways of growing our community.
If you love WordPress and want to help us do these things, join in!
Getting Involved
We use this blog for status reports, project announcements, and the occasional policy debate. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to comment on posts and join the discussion.
You can learn about our current activities on the Team Projects page. There projects are suitable for everyone from newcomers to WordPress community elders.
You can use our contact form to volunteer for one of our projects.
Communication
In addition to discussions on this blog, we have Office Hours four times a week in the #community-events channel on Slack for real-time communication. Office hours for the next week are scheduled for Monday 22:00 UTC 2017, Tuesday 9:00 UTC 2017, Wednesday 22:00 UTC 2017, and Thursday 9:00 UTC 2017 in the #community-events channel on Slack.
Events Widget
If you have questions about the Events and News dashboard widget that came out in WordPress 4.8, please read this FAQ!
