Plugins Team at WCEU 25 | Contributor Day

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. Europe 2025 is coming soon and we will have several tables dedicated to the plugins team in the contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/.!

A big part of the team will be at Basel and we are ready to carry out different activities according to the interests of the community present there.

Our main topics for the contributor are:

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 Check Plugin

Learn how it works and how to contribute to the project that is helping plugin authors to check their plugins for different kinds of possible issues.

Prepare for the event in advance:

• You’ll need a laptop and access to internet (there will be wi-fi and swiss-style-plugs there).
• You’ll need a WordPress local environment.
• Get familiar with the official repository,
• Install it in your local environment, in the readme you have instructions on how to download and execute it.
• Get familiar with WordPress Coding Standards and best practices, as all the code need to comply with it.

Documentation

Help out contributing to the documentation by detecting areas not covered by the current documentation and contribute suggesting changes to it.

Prepare for the event in advance:

• You’ll need a laptop and access to internet (there will be wi-fi and swiss-style-plugs there).
• Get familiar with the documentation regarding the plugins team.
  • Plugin Handbook: Website, Github.
  • Guidelines: Website, Github.
  • Reviewer’s Handbook: Website, Github.
• Get familiar with the basic markdown syntax.
• Get familiar with WordPress Coding Standards and best practices, as documentation examples need to comply with it.

Handbook

Learn about the best practices for developing plugins for WordPress.

Prepare for the event in advance: Gather your questions!

General talk

Talk among the community about questions regarding the directory, how the team works, guidelines, etc.

Prepare for the event in advance: Get familiar with the Plugin Directory Guidelines.

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We are looking forward to seeing you there!

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