Day 10: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

Welcome to Day 10 of the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign, twenty days of celebrating WordPress and the WordPress community leading up to the 20th Anniversary of WordPress. We are halfway through our countdown!

Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.

Prompt 10/20

Blog: Check out the WordPress Roadmap (or this Roadmap to 6.3). What upcoming WordPress projects are you most excited to see happen? Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.

Develop: Fork Hello Dolly and replace the lyrics that appear in the WordPress dashboard with lines from your favorite song (poem, musical, book, film, etc.). Then post it on your GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/. Link to your fork in the comments. (Extra credit: Tell us what you replaced the lyrics with.)

Design: Design a logo, homepage, or flyer for an imaginary 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. at any (real or imaginary) location you choose. Share your creation wherever you like (website, social media, digital art account, etc.), tag it #WP20, and post the link in the comments.

Photograph: Share a photo of a memorable moment with fellow WordPress community members. Post it on your preferred social network, and tag it #WP20. Share the link to your social post in the comments. (Extra credit: TagTag Tag is one of the pre-defined taxonomies in WordPress. Users can add tags to their WordPress posts along with categories. However, while a category may cover a broad range of topics, tags are smaller in scope and focused to specific topics. Think of them as keywords used for topics discussed in a particular post. the people in the picture and tell us about the moment.)

Contribute: Comment on, contribute to, or watch the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks: Unique Badge Event Trac ticket to help us create and implement commemorative #WP20 badges. Link to your comment or contribution, or just let us know you’re watching!

Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.

If none of these actions work for you, feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action. Anyone who shares at least one action as a comment on a #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks post before or on May 27 will have the achievement acknowledged by the Marketing team. Folx who share an action on all 20 posts before WordCamp US in August 2023 will get an additional acknowledgement of their accomplishment.

Previous Prompts

Contributors to the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign include: @ninianepress, @ngreennc, @nomadskateboarding, @santanainniss, @sereedmedia, @courane01, @meaganhanes, @costdev, @felix, @joen, @boogah, @quizzycal, @tobifjellner, @annezazu, @psykro, @flixos90, @rmartinezduque.

#from-blogs-to-blocks

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Notes: Global Marketing Team meeting, 9 May 2023

Please add any comments on the related Marketing Tasks GitHub issue or in the #marketing channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.

  • This meeting was organized on GitHub card #224
  • Leading the meeting: @robinwpdeveloper
  • Taking notes: @sereedmedia
  • Link to meeting start in Slack: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C0GKJ7TFA/p1683644420666139
  • Link to attendance thread in Slack (12 contribs): https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C0GKJ7TFA/p1683644520706479

Team News

  • Marketing Team members Jenni McKinnon, Sé Reed, and Mark-Andrew are currently slated to attend the Community Summit.
  • Marketing Team successfully launched the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign. Thank you to @ninianepress, @nomadskateboarding, @sereedmedia, @santanainniss and @ngreennc for making that happen.
  • This week’s coffee break will be on Thursday, 18 May, 2023 at 18:30 UTC 17:00 UTC

WordPress Publications

WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ social media updates

  • WordPress continued to hold steady this week. We had gains of 339 net-new followers over the week and did see some good results from individual platforms such as Instagram and LinkedIn. Twitter continued to see losses (-261) as more people slowly move away from the platform. However, we are also beginning a period where with the warmer weather, people who have been inside for long periods, are starting to head out more. More often the industry as a whole will see a drop off in user activity and engagement.
  • The overall performance was strong from a campaign perspective. We saw 3 different campaigns reach the top 3 overall for WordPress. Campaigns such as WP 6.2, WP20, and the People of WordPress had the strongest performances for the week.
  • Here is a look at the numbers for the week:
    • Impressions: 300,309
    • Engagements: 5,279
    • Link clicks: 1,370
    • Engagement Rate: 1.7%

GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ Issues

New Issues

  • Grow Your Story: Phase II #222
    • New ticket for the 2023 campaign
  • WP20 Book: Building Blocks: The Evolution of WordPress 2013-2023 #223
    • Discussion about using pull requests for editing content, no conclusion reached

Open Issues

GitHub issues are being grouped in a new way today, please comment if this format is helpful or not.

Marketing Team management:

  • Create single source of reference/FAQ for Make WordPress contributors working on GitHub #167
    • This will be part of our WCEU documentation prep
  • Update Marketing Handbooks “Get Involved” pages to improve contribution process for Marketing contributors #169
    • Good collaboration session topic
  • Adds marketing-specific issue templates #213 AND Amplification request form #140
    • Waiting on pull request review and review changes
    • Issue author: need to find the time to review all the comments and merge stuff in. My best guess is by end of May.

Project Marketing:

  • What is WordPress? #205
    • We need to move this along.
  • Showcase Guidelines and Content Moderation #221
    • The Showcase is IMPORTANT

Recently Closed

Open Floor

  • From @rmartinezduque: Openverse update: They now have new Flickr images in the catalog, here’s an example from the James Webb Space Telescope. We’ll be sharing this news on social media!
  • From @sereedmedia: I want to share that I am personally very proud of what this team has accomplished with the From Blogs to Blocks campaign. Particularly, I want to acknowledge the small but mighty contributor team that came together to make an idea happen. Thank you to @ninianepress for taking the risk to share an idea and being willing to see it through. Thank you to @nomadskateboarding for always bringing the most contagious enthusiasm and can-do attitude to everything you do. Thank you to @ngreennc or jumping in with both feet and showing up (even while cooking dinner). And thank you to @santanainniss for helping us to believe in ourselves. You all TRULY epitomize the spirit of WordPress. <3

Next Steps

Our next meeting is 16 May, 2023 at 15:00 UTC.

#marketing-team, #meeting-notes

Day 9: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

It is Day 9 of the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign, twenty days of celebrating WordPress and the WordPress community leading up to the 20th Anniversary of WordPress!

Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.

Prompt 9/20

Blog: Tell us about your favorite memory that includes WordPress or the WordPress community. Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.

Develop: Browse the WordPress Support Forums’ Topics with No Replies section and answer at least one support question that could benefit from your knowledge. Post a link to your response in the comments.

Design: Make a piece of Block Art and submit it to the Museum of Block Art’s 20 Years of WordPress exhibition. Share your creation wherever you like (website, social media, digital art account, etc.) and post the link in the comments, or share the link to your MOBA entry when it has been accepted.

Photograph: Take a picture depicting your country or culture and submit it to the WordPress Photo Directory. Once it’s approved, share the link to your photo in the comments (or post the picture on social and link to that).

Contribute: Explore the Museum of Block Art! Share your favorite blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience.(s) on your social media account, and tag it #WP20 and #MuseumOfBlockArt. Share the link to your social post in the comments.

Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.

If none of these actions work for you, feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action. Anyone who shares at least one action as a comment on a #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks post before or on May 27 will have the achievement acknowledged by the Marketing team. Folx who share an action on all 20 posts before WordCamp US in August 2023 will get an additional acknowledgement of their accomplishment.

Previous Prompts

Contributors to the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign include: @ninianepress, @ngreennc, @nomadskateboarding, @santanainniss, @sereedmedia, @courane01, @meaganhanes, @costdev, @felix, @joen, @boogah, @quizzycal, @tobifjellner, @annezazu, @psykro, @flixos90, @rmartinezduque.

#from-blogs-to-blocks, #museum-of-block-art, #support-forums, #wpphotos

Day 8: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

It is Day 8 of the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign, twenty days of celebrating WordPress and the WordPress community leading up to the 20th Anniversary of WordPress!

Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.

Prompt 8/20

Blog: Tell us about the strangest, most interesting, or otherwise noteable place you’ve done WordPress-related things. Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.

Develop: Test a WordPress Feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins. like Performance Lab, Rollback Update Failure, or Plugin Dependencies. Leave feedback as an issue or make a pull request and link to it in the comments (or just let us know which one you tested.)

Design: Create a new color palette for WordPress. Share a screenshot or image of your palette wherever you like (website, social media, digitial art account, etc.), tag it #WP20, and post the link in the comments.

Photograph: Submit a photo from the year you started contributing to WordPress (or this year if you are starting now). Submit it to the WordPress Photo Directory. Once it’s approved, share the link to your photo in the comments (or post it on social and link to that).

Contribute: Read about and share your input and ideas for upgrading the WordPress Showcase component of WP.org. Provide your feedback on the related Project post, the Marketing post, or on the GitHub issue and link to your feedback in the comments.

Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.

If none of these actions work for you, feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action. Anyone who shares at least one action as a comment on a #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks post before or on May 27 will have the achievement acknowledged by the Marketing team. Folx who share an action on all 20 posts before WordCamp US in August 2023 will get an additional acknowledgement of their accomplishment.

Previous Prompts

Contributors to the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign include: @ninianepress, @ngreennc, @nomadskateboarding, @santanainniss, @sereedmedia, @courane01, @meaganhanes, @costdev, @felix, @joen, @boogah, @quizzycal, @tobifjellner, @annezazu, @psykro, @flixos90, @rmartinezduque.

#fromblogstoblocks, #performance-lab, #plugin-dependencies, #rollback-update-failure, #showcase, #wordcamp

Day 7: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

It is Day 7 of the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign, twenty days of celebrating WordPress and the WordPress community leading up to the 20th Anniversary of WordPress!

Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.

Prompt 7/20

Blog: Describe your journey with WordPress using only emojis or GIFs. Post your response on a WordPress website (or social media) and link it in the comments.

Develop: Star or watch a WordPress GitHub repo you haven’t yet starred/watched. Share the link in the comments.

Design: Find a Wapuu you like from the Wapuu archive and download it, and share on social media. TagTag Tag is one of the pre-defined taxonomies in WordPress. Users can add tags to their WordPress posts along with categories. However, while a category may cover a broad range of topics, tags are smaller in scope and focused to specific topics. Think of them as keywords used for topics discussed in a particular post. it #WP20. Share a link to your post in the comments.

Photograph: Explore the WordPress Photo Directory and find a photo of flowers. Share a link to its Directory listing on your preferred social network and tag it #WP20.

Contribute: Find the nearest upcoming or past WordCamp or WordPress Meetup that you aren’t already subscribed to, and subscribe to their mailing list. Link to the 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. or MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. in the comments.

Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.

If none of these actions work for you, feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action. Anyone who shares at least one action as a comment on a #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks post before or on May 27 will have the achievement acknowledged by the Marketing team. Folx who share an action on all 20 posts before WordCamp US in August 2023 will get an additional acknowledgement of their accomplishment.

Previous Prompts

Contributors to the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign include: @ninianepress, @ngreennc, @nomadskateboarding, @santanainniss, @sereedmedia, @courane01, @meaganhanes, @costdev, @felix, @joen, @boogah, @quizzycal, @tobifjellner, @annezazu, @psykro, @flixos90, @rmartinezduque.

#promoting-meetups, #wapuu, #wordcamp

Day 6: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

It is Day 6 of the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign, twenty days of celebrating WordPress and the WordPress community leading up to the 20th Anniversary of WordPress!

Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.

Prompt 6/20

Blog: Pick a song that symbolizes WordPress’ 20th anniversary to you. What is it and why? (Extra credit: Post the video!) Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.

Develop: Visit the WordPress Developer Blog and subscribe to updates (it’s in the footer). If you already subscribe (or after you subscribe) leave some comments on an article.

Design: Join the new #website-redesign channel in Make WP Slack, introduce yourself, and turn on your channel notifications. Let us know you’ve joined in the comments.

Photograph: Explore the WordPress Photo Directory and find a photo of something involving water that you like. Share a link to its Directory listing on your preferred social network and tag it #WP20. Share the link to your social post in the comments.

Contribute: Pick a plugin or theme in the WordPress repo that you enjoy using and rate it, leave a positive review on their profile, or tag them in a social media post. (Also tag #WP20!) Share a link to the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party or theme or your post in the comments.

Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.

If none of these actions work for you, feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action. Anyone who shares at least one action as a comment on a #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks post before or on May 27 will have the achievement acknowledged by the Marketing team. Folx who share an action on all 20 posts before WordCamp US in August 2023 will get an additional acknowledgement of their accomplishment.

Previous Prompts

Contributors to the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign include: @ninianepress, @ngreennc, @nomadskateboarding, @santanainniss, @sereedmedia, @courane01, @meaganhanes, @costdev, @felix, @joen, @boogah, @quizzycal, @tobifjellner, @annezazu, @psykro, @flixos90, @rmartinezduque.

#wpphotos

Day 5: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

It is Day 5 of the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign, twenty days of celebrating WordPress and the WordPress community leading up to the 20th Anniversary of WordPress!

Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.

Prompt 5/20

Blog: Tell us about the most creative use of WordPress that you have ever seen. It doesn’t have to be a website you’ve worked on, but it can be! Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.

Develop: Find the oldest Trac ticket you’ve contributed to that is still open, and help move things forward. If you’ve never contributed in TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/., check out how to Contribute with Code and get your environment setup. Post a link to the Trac ticket you worked on in the comments, or just let us know that you got set up to contribute.

Design: Check out this Block Patterns tutorial and design a BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. pattern. Share a screenshot of your pattern wherever you like (website, social media, digitial art account, etc.), tag it #WP20, and post the link in the comments.

Photograph: Take a photo of street art, or find one you’ve taken previously. Submit it to the WordPress Photo Directory. Once it’s approved, share the link to your photo in the comments. (Or post it online and share the link in the comments.)

Contribute: Submit a topic to the 2023 Community Summit. Tell us about your topic in the comments (or just share that you’ve done it).

Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.

If none of these actions work for you, feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action. Anyone who shares at least one action as a comment on a #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks post before or on May 27 will have the achievement acknowledged by the Marketing team. Folx who share an action on all 20 posts before WordCamp US in August 2023 will get an additional acknowledgement of their accomplishment.

Previous Prompts

Contributors to the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign include: @ninianepress, @ngreennc, @nomadskateboarding, @santanainniss, @sereedmedia, @courane01, @meaganhanes, @costdev, @felix, @joen, @boogah, @quizzycal, @tobifjellner, @annezazu, @psykro, @flixos90, @rmartinezduque.

#block-patterns, #community-summit, #from-blogs-to-blocks, #wpphotos

Day 4: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

It’s the fourth day of #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks, a community celebration of the 20th anniversary of WordPress!

Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.

Prompt 4/20

Blog: Tell us about the oldest WordPress website you know of/worked on/built that you can find in the Wayback Machine. When is it from? What was it for? Screenshots encouraged. Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.

Develop: Reproduce a bug from Trac or GitHub. Use a reproduction report template, or install the WordPress Beta Tester plugin for templates and environment information in the “Report a Bug” tab. Post a link to your work in the comments.

Design: Download an editable Wapuu file and make a Wapuu to celebrate WordPress’ 20th anniversary. Share your Wapuu wherever you like (website, social media, digitial art account, etc.) and tag it #WP20. (Extra credit: Name your Wapuu!). Post the link in the comments.

Photograph: Share a picture you took around 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. or WordPress MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area., but not actually AT the camp or meetup itself. Post it on your preferred social network, and tag it #WP20. (Extra credit: Submit it to the WordPress Photo Directory.) Share the link to your social post in the comments.

Contribute: Check out the Make WP Support Handbook then respond to a ticket on the WordPress Support forums with your support. Link to your reply in the comments.

Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.

If none of these actions work for you, feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action. Anyone who shares at least one action as a comment on a #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks post before or on May 27 will have the achievement acknowledged by the Marketing team. Folx who share an action on all 20 posts before WordCamp US in August 2023 will get an additional acknowledgement of their accomplishment.

Previous Prompts

Contributors to the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign include: @ninianepress, @ngreennc, @nomadskateboarding, @santanainniss, @sereedmedia, @courane01, @meaganhanes, @costdev, @felix, @joen, @boogah, @quizzycal, @tobifjellner, @annezazu, @psykro, @flixos90, @rmartinezduque.

#bug-testing, #from-blogs-to-blocks, #wapuu

Day 3: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

It’s the third day of #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks, a community celebration of the 20th anniversary of WordPress!

Prompt 3/20

Blog: Do you have a favorite WordPress blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience.? If so, tell us why! If not, tell us why not! (Note: It doesn’t have to be a coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. block) Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.

Develop: Review a pull request on WordPress/wordpress-develop or WordPress/gutenberg. Post a link to your work in the comments.

Design: Redesign the WP.org homepage (or a subpage of your choosing). Go wild! No explanations required. Share your creation wherever you like (website, social media, digital art account, etc.), tag it #WP20, and post the link in the comments.

Photograph: Take a picture of some WordPress or tech-related swag (stickers, merch, fan art, etc.). Submit it to the WordPress Photo Directory. Once it’s approved, share the link to your photo in the comments.

Contribute: Take one of the Contributing to WordPress courses on LearnWP. (Extra credit: Provide feedback if you have it.) Link to the course you took in the comments.

Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.

If none of these actions work for you, feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action. Anyone who shares at least one action as a comment on a #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks post before or on May 27 will have the achievement acknowledged by the Marketing team. Folx who share an action on all 20 posts before WordCamp US in August 2023 will get an additional acknowledgement of their accomplishment.

Previous Prompts

Contributors to the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign include: @ninianepress, @ngreennc, @nomadskateboarding, @santanainniss, @sereedmedia, @courane01, @meaganhanes, @costdev, @felix, @joen, @boogah, @quizzycal, @tobifjellner, @annezazu, @psykro, @flixos90, @rmartinezduque.

#from-blogs-to-blocks, #marketing-team, #wpphotos