Day 1: #WP20 From Blogs to Blocks

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.

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