{"id":1170,"date":"2018-01-02T18:33:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T00:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.albuquerque.wordcamp.org\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2018-01-02T19:46:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T01:46:18","slug":"what-is-contributor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albuquerque.wordcamp.org\/2018\/what-is-contributor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Contributor Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Like many Open Source projects, WordPress is a community oriented tool. If you use WordPress and it&#8217;s helped you build your business or\u00a0a project you&#8217;re passionate about, sooner or later you&#8217;ll want to give back. Contributor Day is one way to do that. There are many areas you can help with to make WordPress a stronger tool and\u00a0available to more people.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/\">This article<\/a> talks about a few of those areas open to you regardless of your level of expertise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Contributor Day is a time set aside where WordPress users can come meet with others and work on improving our favorite CMS. They are often held in conjunction with a WordCamp. Any level of WordPress user is welcome and can help. Albuquerque&#8217;s WordCamp is wrapping up with a Contributor Day and we hope you&#8217;ll come.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Things to bring<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Laptop and charger<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/register\">WordPress.org account<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">WordPress.org Slack account<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nmresist.slack.com\/apps\">Slack app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/?redir=%2Fmessages\">website Slack<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>A desire to help<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>You&#8217;ll find more\u00a0useful information on what to expect\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/handbook\/getting-started\/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day\/\">here<\/a> in the WordPress Codex.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many Open Source projects, WordPress is a community oriented tool. 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