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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WORDPRESS!
Today is May 27, 2023 and the 20th Anniversary of WordPress! It is also the final day of #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks, our campaign celebrating 20 Years of WordPress and the WordPress community. Thank you to everyone who has participated or will participate, and to all of you who make WordPress in a million different ways, every day.
WordPress was officially launched on May 27, 2003. Four months earlier, future WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg had posted about “The Blogging Software Dilemma” on his b2 blog, which caught the attention of WordPress’s other future co-founder Mike Little. Code was forked, a name was bestowed, and a beautiful 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 was born.
Check out more WordPress history in Milestones, the WordPress book
Prompt 20/20
Blog: Sign the WordPress birthday card! Wish WordPress a happy birthday in the comments below.
Develop: Sign the WordPress birthday card! Wish WordPress a happy birthday in the comments below.
Design: Sign the WordPress birthday card! Wish WordPress a happy birthday in the comments below.
Photograph: Sign the WordPress birthday card! Wish WordPress a happy birthday in the comments below.
Contribute: Sign the WordPress birthday card! Wish WordPress a happy birthday in the comments below.
Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.
Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.
Share a comment on this post or any of the Previous Prompts to have your participation in #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks acknowledged by the Make WP 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, @estelaris, @oglekler.
It’s Day 19 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. This is the last day of prompts before the official WordPress birthday on May 27, 2023!
Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.
Prompt 19/20
Blog: If you could have one wish for WordPress granted, what would it be? Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.
Develop: Triage an issue with a milestone for 6.3 in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/.. Post a link to your work in the comments.
Design: Create and submit a Block Pattern to the WordPress Block Pattern Directory. Once your Pattern is approved and published in the public directory, share its link in the comments.
Photograph: Download #WP20 selfie props or other WordPress 20th Anniversary swag from the official #WP20 website and take a picture of yourself with them! Share your pic(s) on your preferred social media and share the link to your post in the comments.
Contribute: Share a memory of your favorite WordPress moment, a picture of your favorite WordPress swag, or your favorite track from the #WP20 Jazz Playlist on your preferred platform. 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. your post #WP20 and link to it in the comments. (Extra credit: Find the #WP20 celebration closest to you and join that 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. group.)
Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.
Feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action that works for you, or browse the previous prompts. 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, @estelaris, @oglekler.
This is Day 18 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 quickly approaching the end of 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 18/20
Blog: Download the WordPress Mobile app and post a post from the app about your experience posting from the app. Post a link to your post in the comments.
Develop: Explore the WordPress Mobile GitHub and follow some repositories. (Extra credit: Contribute to an active issue.) Post a link to the repos you’ve followed (and/or your work) in the comments.
Design: Redesign the landing page for the WordPress Mobile Apps. Go wild. 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 someone using a mobile device or a stock-photo style picture of a mobile device(s). (Extra credit: Include a WordPress element!) Submit it to the WordPress Photo Directory. Once it’s approved, share the link to your photo in the comments.
Contribute: Check out the post from the Mobile team Contribute to the Future of the WordPress App and find a way you can contribute to the WordPress Mobile App (such as creating documentation on WordPress.org or helping in the mobile support forums). Comment on that post with your feedback (or your contribution plans), then link to your comment below.
Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.
Feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action that works for you, or browse the previous prompts. 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, WordPressers! It is Day 17 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. Are you playing along? Remember, you’ve got time.
Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.
Prompt 17/20
Blog: Tell us about your first or favorite contribution to WordPress. If you haven’t officially contributed yet, tell us what are you hoping to contribute in the future. Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments!
Develop: Find an issue that needs testing in Core Trac or in the Gutenberg GitHub repo. Test it, patch it, or otherwise move the issue along. Post a link to your work in the comments.
Design: Create a conceptual redesign of any page on make.wordpress.org. You can use the existing WordPress style guide or go your own way. Share your creation wherever you like (website, social media, digital art account, etc.), tag it #WP20, and post the link in the comments.
Photograph: Submit a photo of how you stay motivated and inspired to continue contributing to WordPress. Submit it to the WordPress Photo Directory. Once it’s approved, share the link to your photo in the comments (if your picture has faces, post it on social and link to that).
Contribute: Check out the FSE Program Testing Call #23: Rapid Revamp and walk through the test as outlined. Provide your test results on that post, then link to your feedback comment below.
Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.
Feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action that works for you, or browse the previous prompts. 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.
If you can believe it, today is Day 16 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. Only four days of prompts left!
Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.
Prompt 16/20
Blog: Tell us your hopes (or fears) for the future of AI in WordPress. Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.
Develop: Read the post Let’s talk: WordPress Core & Artificial Intelligence from the #core team and share your thoughts in the comments of that post. Link to your response in the comments below. (Extra credit: Join #core and #core-editor on MakeWP 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/..)
Design: Use a visual AI generator to create an inclusive WordPress-themed image, then enhance it with your own designs. 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 a subject that you think could never be enhanced or augmented with AI. Submit it to the WordPress Photo Directory. Once it’s approved, share the link to your photo in the comments (if it has faces in it, post it on social and link to that).
Contribute: Download an AI-based plugin from the WordPress Plugin Repo and test it out. Post your thoughts on your preferred social media account and share a link to your post in the comments. (Extra credit: Rate and review 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 in the repo.)
Note: You can share context in your comment if you like, but don’t forget to include the link as specified in each prompt.
Feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action that works for you, or browse the previous prompts. 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.
Wow. Today is Day 15 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 15/20
Blog: Share a WordPress tip or trick that has made your life easier. Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.
Develop: Triage a critical core Trac ticket. Post a link to your work in the comments.
Design: Take a WordPress function and create some word art. Share your creation wherever you like (website, social media, digital art account, etc.), tag it #WP20, and post the link in the comments.
Photograph: Gather a few of your favorite WordPress community photos – WordCamps, meetups, hackathons, etc. – and share them in this 20 Years of WordPress public photo pool (or share them on your social accounts). Link to your picture(s) in the comments.
Contribute: Draft three potential 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. talk ideas and post them in the #diverse-speaker-support channel. (If you’re not in Make WP 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/. yet, join here.) Tell us you’ve done it 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.
Feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action that works for you, or browse the previous prompts. 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 Day 14 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. Only 6 days left!
Do you have more questions about how to participate? Let us know in the #marketing Slack channel or on the FAQ page.
Prompt 14/20
Blog: Share a “Two Truths and a Lie” about your experience with WordPress. Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.
Develop: Take a screenshot of your IDE open to a recent WordPress project (be sure to obscure any identifying details) and share it on your preferred social account. Post a link to your post in the comments.
Design: Submit the Wapuu you designed (or design one to submit) to the official Wapuu archive (requires 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/) or the Wapuu Field Guide (does not require GitHub). Post the link to your new Wapuu (or one you’ve already made) in the comments.
Photograph: Take a photo today of anything (no faces) and 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: Find a photo of something you find beautiful on the WordPress Photo Directory and share a link to it on your social media accounts. 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 #WPPhotos and share your social post link 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.
Feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action to find something that works for you, or browse the previous prompts. 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.
Hello! Today is Day 13 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 13/20
Blog: What is your favorite website built in WordPress right now (yours or anyone else’s)? Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.
Develop: Comment with your feedback on an issue in a non-coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.-related WordPress GitHub repository. Post a link to your response in the comments.
Design: Explore the Openverse library, and find something in it that catches your eye (or ear). Share a link to its Directory listing on your preferred social network , and tag it #WP20. Post the link to your post in the comments. (Extra credit: Share the Openverse listing of something you made!)
Photograph: Find your most memorable WordPress-related photo and share it on your preferred social account with the tag #WP20. Share the link to your social post in the comments.
Contribute: Find and follow a fellow WordPress contributor on GitHub. (Sign up for a GitHub account if you don’t have one yet.) Share a link to their 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/ profile 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.
Feel free to make your own WordPress-focused action to find something that works for you, or browse the previous prompts. 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 Day 12 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 12/20
Blog: What is your favorite 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 in the WordPress Plugins Directory? Tell us about it on your WordPress website and link to it in the comments.
Develop: Find a plugin in the WordPress Plugins SVN Mirror and fork it into your preferred repository. Link to your fork in the comments.
Design: Read and provide your input on some of the work shared by the Design Team in their monthly #design-share. Recent posts include: Design Share: Apr 24–May 5 (includes RevisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision., the Command Center, and vertical text), Design Share: Mar 27-Apr 21 (includes the WordPress.org site map) or Design Share: Mar 13–Mar 24 (includes 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. editor UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. components).
Photograph: Print out your favorite Wapuu, put one on a screen, or find some Wapuu swag and place it in the world somewhere. Take a photo and 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). (Extra credit: Get inspired by browsing some of the Wapuu pics already in the Directory.)
Contribute: Find and “favorite” 20 of your favorite plugins or themes in the WP Plugins Directory or the WP Themes Repository Share a link to 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 Favorites page (your profile link + /#content-favorites) 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 11 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 11/20
Blog: WordPress was launched 20 years ago on May 27, 2003. Share a memory, a picture, or tell us a story about where were you in 2003. (If you weren’t born yet, tell us that too.) Post your response on a WordPress website and link it in the comments.
Develop: Comment or submit a pull request on the oldest ticket in Core Trac you can contribute to. Post a link to your work in the comments (and tell us how long ago the ticket was created).
Design: Find a photo or image from the year WordPress was founded (2003) and the year you started contributing (or this year), then create a new image combining both. Share your creation wherever you like (website, social media, digital art account, etc.), tag it #WP20, and post the link in the comments.
Photograph: Find a picture of yourself from 2003 (or the year you started using WordPress), post it on your preferred social network, and tag it #WP20. Share the link to your social post in the comments.
Contribute: Shout-out to the first person you met in WordPress on your social media with a post, a video or audio message, or an image. 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. them and #WP20. 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.
