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Come to WordCamp Europe’s largest Contributor day on June 26th, 2016 and learn all about being involved with the WordPress project! There are already more than 470 people signed up for contributor day, so if you haven’t signed up yet, hurry up! Our venue capacity is 500 people.

Time/Date: From 9.30 am to 6 pm on Sunday, June 26th, 2016
Location: University of Vienna (Faculty of Informatics) at Währingerstrasse 29 (public transport) (MAP)
Important: To join us for contributor day, you need to sign up and bring your laptop!
Schedule: Check out the Contributor day’s Workshop schedule and info

This is your chance to learn out how to contribute from experienced contributors, hang out with others who love to contribute, and push some of your own contributions — it is really all about contributing!

We’ve organized onboarding workshops and special orientation for new contributors in two separate tracks. This means that some of our most experienced WordPress contributors will be dedicating their day to help new people get started.

Do you wish to contribute and to get involved with the open source WordPress project? Just sign up, pick a team and we’ll get you in touch with an experienced contributor who will introduce you in getting involved. You don’t need to be a coder to help! No matter what your knowledge of WordPress is, there are so many areas to work on, and there will be plenty of people on hand to get you started! There’s even a free lunch and lots of coffee 🙂

WordPress is created by thousands of people just like you. You don’t have to be a developer or a designer to start contributing.

If you answered a single question on WordPress.org forums, I have a surprise for you – you already contributed! But, you should come to WordCamp Europe Contributor Day on Sunday, June 26th, and learn new ways of giving back to the community.

Sign up for #WCEU Contributor Day on Sunday, June 26!

Did I mention that this would probably be the largest Contributor Day ever? Now’s your chance to write history.

What are contributor days?

The Design team at WCEU 2015 Contributor day. Photo by kreatidos.com

Contributor days give you a special opportunity to share a room with some of the awesomest developers, designers and community enthusiasts from all over the world. So, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered nonetheless you’re a seasoned contributor or if this will be your first Contributor day. Ever.

Every year Contributor days get bigger with more and more people involved. WordPress is now running 25% of the World Wide Web and it needs our help. And there are so may ways you could help. From helping the Theme Review team, working on Translations, Community, Docs, Support, Accessibility or WordPress.tv – to name just a few. And don’t forget – that’s not nearly all. You could also contribute to Core, Design, GlotPress, Mobile… the list goes on and on.

We encourage you to take part of Contributor Day especially if you have never contributed before and you’re looking for a way to get started.

Become a WordPress Contributor!

If you’ve never contributed to WordPress before, WordCamp Europe would be a great place to start. There are plenty of opportunities for everyone to help the projects, such as:

Core – improve the main WordPress platform
Theme Review – join the team responsible for the high quality in the Themes Directory on WordPress.org
Translations – make WordPress and its accompanying resources available in your language
Community – improve the WordCamp and meetup organization processes
Docs – improve the Codex, handbooks and other online resources for WordPress users and developers
Support – spread some happiness by helping out WordPress users in the support forums
Design – UI and UX updates
Accessibility – test and improve the accessibility of the WordPress project
WordPress.tv – reviews and approves every video submitted to WordPress.tv. They also help WordCamps with video post-production.
GlotPress – help to improve the collaborative, web-based software translation tool, which was recently converted into a WordPress plugin
Mobile – with the growing number of mobile devices on a daily basis, let’s make WordPress more mobile-friendy
Meta – help the main WordPress websites such as WordPress.org or WordPress.tv
BuddyPress & bbPress – grow the community building group by helping each of these projects
Marketing – join and contribute to WordPress with other marketers from all around the globe
Rest API – join the Rest API team and start contributing to the future of WordPress
Training – join the group of educators teaching WordPress around the globe

See? There’s plenty of room for everyone, and we’re more than happy to welcome newcomers to each of the WordPress Contributors team!

If you’re not sure which team is best for you, check out the Make WordPress website and all of the active teams.

What do I need?

Don’t forget your laptop and charger – you’ll need them during the contributing process.

a WordPress.org account
a Slack account for WordPress users

Currently, the main communication medium for contributors is Slack, so download a desktop version or use the web one with your credentials.

If you have any questions regarding the Contributors day, reach out to any organizer or use the #wceu hashtag on Twitter.

For Experienced Contributors

If you’re an experienced WordPress contributor, join the Contributor Day! We are looking for more mentors for the people starting out, and your experience would be a great asset for the day.

If you are interested in helping out and/or mentor new contributors with a specific team, let us know!

Plan For the Day

The Contributor Day will start at 11am on June 26th at the Vienna University in the city center. And we will wrap up at 6pm. Make sure that you are present at 11am when we will introduce the team leaders and the room that each team would be using for brainstorming and work.

Lunch would be available, so don’t forget to mark your dietary requirements (if any) in the form below.

In addition to the contributing teams, workshops would also be given at a separate room at the building. Nothing is set in stone yet and you will be able to switch teams or attend some of the workshops.