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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It’s the second day of #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks!
Prompt 2/20
Blog: Tell us about the first website you used WordPress on. What was it for? When was it built? What happened to it? Post your response on your WordPress blog and link to it in the comments.
Develop: Create a new 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 you’ve never made one, check out this quick tutorial on developer.wordpress.org. Post your block in a 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/ repo (or somewhere else that works for you), then share a link to your block (and maybe a description) in the comments.
Design: Using WordPress graphic elements (colors, 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. logos, Wapuus, photos) or just using a WordPress memory as inspiration, create something new. 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 the sky where you are today and submit it to the WordPress Photo Directory. When it’s approved, share the link to your photo in the comments.
Contribute: Write a review of the Gutenberg plugin on WordPress.org. Link to your review 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.
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.
Welcome to the first day of #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks!
We are so happy to be celebrating WordPress and the incredible WordPress community as we approach the 20th anniversary of WordPress on May 27, 2023. We hope you enjoy participating in this community game and that it gives you an opportunity to reflect on and share your favorite parts of WordPress.
For more details about this campaign and how it works, check out our FAQ or the From Blogs to Blocks announcement post.
– The Make WP Marketing Team
Prompt 1
Blog: What is your WordPress origin story? Share what you’ve already got on your 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/ profile, go into more detail, or share a new story. And if you’ve never fully filled out your profile or setup your dot-org account, now’s the time! Post your response on a WordPress website and link to it in the comments.
Develop: Find a good-first-bug on WordPress Trac and submit a patch, test someone else’s patch, or leave a comment to help move the issue along. Share a link to your work in the comments.
Design: Create a mockup design for a WordPress T-shirt you’d like to wear. You can use this CC BY-SA 3.0 tshirt template, or make your own. Share your shirt wherever you like, i.e. website, social media, digital art account, etc., and tag it #WP20 (Extra credit: Post it on a print-on-demand site so folx can wear your design.) Share the link to your shirt as a comment.
Photograph: Explore the WP Photo Directory and find a photo that inspires, intrigues, or otherwise catches your eye. Share a link to its Directory listing on your preferred social network , and tag it #WP20. (Extra credit: Read through the contribution guidelines to prepare for future prompts.) Share the link to your social post as a comment.
Contribute: Read at least one chapter of the WordPress WP20 Book on GitHub and leave feedback as an issue. (Extra credit: If you have edits, make an issue or a pull request.) Share a link to your feedback as a comment.
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.
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.
The WP Make Marketing team is pleased to launch From Blogs to Blocks, a community campaign to celebrate WordPress and its 20th Anniversary. The prompts will be posted daily for 20 days, from May 8 through May 27. You can read the campaign announcement here.
Below are answers to some of the questions we’ve anticipated or encountered so far. If you have more questions about the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign, please let us know in the comments and we’ll do our best to answer you as soon as possible!
The #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign is a celebration of the 20th anniversary of WordPress. It is 20 days of small, WordPress-related actions.
Each day during the campaign, visit the WordPress Make Marketing blog, where you’ll find five WordPress-related prompts in the categories of Blogging, Developing, Designing, Photography, and Community. To participate, choose a prompt, take the designated action, and leave a comment on that day’s post linking to your action.
You can mix and match your actions however you like. Or create your own daily action that works for you. The goal is to celebrate WordPress: The prompts are just there to get you started.
Participation will be tracked via the comments on each daily post. Each prompt will explain how to complete the action, and let you know how best to share that action in the comments.
You can participate as much or as little as you’d like.
The prompts will be posted daily for 20 days leading up to the WordPress 20th Anniversary on May 27, 2023. Any person who completes at least one action and shares it as a comment on one of the daily prompt posts during the 20 days of the campaign will be considered a participant in the #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks campaign.
Participants who share an action on all 20 posts will be considered a From Blogs to Blocks champion! Sooner is more fun, of course, but you do not have to complete all 20 posts before May 27 to become a champion! All participants have until August 23, 2023 (before the start of 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. US 2023). to complete their actions and comment on the related post.
Every participant will have the achievement acknowledged by the Make WP Marketing team, possibly on their WordPress.org profile. Champions will receive an additional acknowledgement of their accomplishment.
Yes! Everyone is welcome to participate.
Yes! Collaboration is the lifeblood of WordPress. You can comment your shared action separately, or one person can share a comment and tag their collaborators.
You can share as far and wide as you want.
Yes! We would love for you to use the hashtags #WP20 and/or #FromBlogsToBlocks when posting anything about this campaign!
Subscribe to the marketing blog to get the daily prompt post sent directly to your inbox. (Sign up in the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme..)
Try another prompt, or try again another day! This is meant to be a fun and non-stressful celebration, so we hope you can find something that does work for you!
We encourage all participants to read the comments and see what their fellow WordPressers are doing.
All participants and all content must comply with the WordPress Code of Conduct.
If you are doing the blog prompts, then you must post on a WordPress-based website. If you are doing any other prompts, you can post or share wherever makes sense for you.
Sure! Join the Make WordPress Marketing Slack channel, or comment on an upcoming meeting ticket on the Make WP Marketing GitHub Tasks Board. You can also make up your own actions for the campaign and share them as comments.
Join us! We meet in the Make WordPress Marketing Slack channel every Tuesday at 18:00. Read more about the Make WP Marketing team or check out all of the WP Make Teams.
Yes. Times zones and date math are hard.
Below are questions added after this FAQ was initially posted.
Hooray, thank you for participating! Every submission to the WP Photo Directory is reviewed by a human volunteer. Because of this, review times vary anywhere from 48 hours to a week. There is no deadline for participating, so whenever it gets approved, you can post the link to your submission.
Folx who want to participate every day and have that achievement acknowledged have until August 2023 to post on each prompt. If you want to post before your photo has been accepted into the WP Photo Directory, you can share your submission on your website or social media and share that link in the comments instead.
You can also consider contributing to the Photos team and help the team manage this unique community resource!
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