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Getting started with WordPress. 

A topic that’s been popping up a lot more in my WP Minute+ 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 to ChatGPT to see how sharp the world’s most feared — sorry — leading AI system thought about that question. Here’s what it told me: 

1. WordPress.org

• Join the WordPress.org Community: Start by creating an account at WordPress.org. This is the central hub for the WordPress community, where you can access forums, make contributions, and download resources like themes and plugins.
• Forums: Participate in the forums by asking questions or helping others. It's a great way to learn and connect with other WordPress users and developers.

⠀2. WordPress Meetups

• Local 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 Events section on WordPress.org for listings.

⠀3. WordCamps

• Attend WordCamps: WordCamps 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 WordCamp Central site.

⠀4. Contribute

• Contributor Days: Look for Contributor Day events, which are dedicated to contributing to WordPress, whether it's through coding, design, documentation, translation, or community support.
• Make WordPress Teams: Join one of the Make WordPress teams. These teams are responsible for different areas of the WordPress project, including Core, Design, Mobile, Plugins, Themes, Polyglots (translation), Community, Marketing, Documentation, and Support.

⠀5. Learn and Share

• WordPress.tv: Watch presentations and tutorials on WordPress.tv.
• Blogs and Social Media: Follow WordPress-related blogs, Twitter accounts, and Facebook groups. Many experienced WordPress professionals share valuable insights and tutorials online.
• Create Content: 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.

⠀6. Development and Contribution

• Trac and GitHub: If you're interested in contributing to WordPress core or plugins, familiarize yourself with WordPress Trac and GitHub repositories. This is where development happens, and you can contribute by reporting bugs, suggesting improvements, or submitting patches.

⠀7. Stay Informed

• WordPress News: Follow the WordPress News blog to stay up to date on the latest developments and opportunities to contribute.

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And if you’ve been in the WordPress community for over the last 5 years,  you most likely  already knew this. We’ve all said the same things, wrote the same blogs, tweeted out the same links — how else would ChatGPT know this, anyway?

There’s a lot more nuance to it, 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?” 

End 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 time. 

It’s going to take folks like you to educate others in WordPress space about your specific experiences and lessons learned. Really humanize the process, not just a checklist of website logins and comment threads. 

We can’t always rely on AI to color in the lines of what makes this community so special. 

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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
[e-mail].

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.