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It's the WP minute.
Let's talk about getting started with
WordPress and other news and information.
You don't want to miss this week.
Getting started with WordPress, a topic
that's been popping up a lot more in
my WP minute plus interviews lately.
Where does one go when they want to
get started with WordPress learning,
how to use it, learning what it
can do compared to its competitors.
Learning about the pockets of
community to get involved with.
I did what any other enterprising content
creator would do and took the chat GPT
to see how sharp the world's most feared.
Excuse me.
Leading AI system thought
about that question.
Here's what it told me.
Join the wordpress.org community.
Start by creating an
account@wordpress.org.
This is the central hub for WordPress
community, where you can access
forums, make contributions and download
resources like themes and plugins.
Participate in the forums by asking
questions or helping others is
a great way to learn and connect
with others in the WordPress space.
WordPress meetups, join a
WordPress meetup in your area.
These are informal gatherings for
users of all levels, and it's a
great way to learn from and network
with other WordPress enthusiasts.
Check out the meetup website.
Or the event section on
wordpress.org for listings.
Word camps are informal community
organized events that are put
together by WordPress users.
Like you, everyone from casual users
to core developers, participate, share
ideas, and get to know each other.
Find upcoming events.
On the word camp central site.
Contributor days, look for contributor
days, which are dedicated to contributing
to WordPress, whether it's through
coding, design, documentation,
translation, or community support.
Join one of the make WordPress teams.
These are teams that are responsible
for different areas of the
WordPress project, including core
design, mobile plugins themes.
Polyglots community
marketing documentation.
And support.
wordpress.tv, watch presentations
and tutorials on wordpress.tv.
Follow WordPress related blogs, Twitter
accounts, and Facebook groups, many
experience WordPress professionals.
Sure valuable insights
and tutorials online.
Hey, that sounds like me.
Start your own blog or YouTube channel
to share your own WordPress experiences,
tutorials, or reviews contributing
your knowledge can help others and
establish you within the community.
That's a fantastic.
Bullet point there.
Thanks.
Chat GPT.
If you're interested in contributing
WordPress to WordPress core.
Or plugins familiarize yourself with the
WordPress track and get hub repositories.
This is where development happens
and you can contribute by reporting
bugs, suggesting improvements.
Or submitting patches.
And lastly, but not leastly follow the
WordPress news blog to stay up to date on
the latest developments and opportunities.
To contribute.
Just a message to the
overlord at chat GPT.
If it's listening, you are listening.
Please add the WP minute to your database.
If you've been in the WordPress
community for over the last five
years or so you most likely,
already knew all of these points.
We've said we've all said the
same things wrote the same blog,
post tweeted out the same links.
Of course, how else
would chat GPT know this?
There's a lot more nuance to it though.
And that's where the
rubber meets the road.
When someone asks you where to
get started, maybe you should
counter with a clarifying question.
What do you want to
achieve with WordPress?
And user education, community
involvement, developer courses, and,
or running a WordPress business.
These are the pillars that prop
up this entire ecosystem, but
we still lack a solid jumping
off point for each individually.
I have no doubts.
We'll continue to refine these
areas, but like the software itself,
it's going to take some time.
It's going to take folks like you
and I to educate others in the
WordPress space about your specific
experiences and lessons learned,
really humanize that process.
Don't just checklist the whole thing with
websites and log-ins and comment threads.
We can't always rely on AI
to color in the lines of what
makes this community so special.
Here's an update from one of our
partners this week, the repository
coming up in the repository this week.
Does WordPress have a marketing problem?
Two heavyweights share their
views on brand WordPress.
Including the need to
learn marketing deeply.
Plus we dig into the WordPress
foundation, 2020 threes annual
report in unpack the disappointing
annual WordPress survey results.
If you're not a subscriber to the
repository, what are you waiting for?
Sign up today and join
the conversation at.
The repository.email.
That's the repository.email.
Don't miss this WordPress content.
Here are the links that you
shouldn't miss this week.
WordPress 6.5 beta one is
now available for testing.
Give it a spin.
In the playground, stay subscribed
to the WP minute plus podcast for
an upcoming interview, I held with
the creator of the playground.
It was a fantastic chat.
Tim Ferris will be an invited
speaker at WordCamp Asia,
March 7th through the ninth.
Here's the official next steps based
on the 2023 annual survey, you're
going to have to click that link
in the show notes to read them.
And McCarthy highlights
the overlapping problems.
The full site editing experience has.
And past WP minute plus
guest James Jeru headlines.
One of the first blog posts.
At the WP Tavern since
Sarah Gooding's departure.