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It's the WP minute.

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Let's talk about getting started with
WordPress and other news and information.

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You don't want to miss this week.

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Getting started with WordPress, a topic
that's been popping up a lot more in

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my WP minute plus interviews lately.

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Where does one go when they want to
get started with WordPress learning,

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how to use it, learning what it
can do compared to its competitors.

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Learning about the pockets of
community to get involved with.

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I did what any other enterprising content
creator would do and took the chat GPT

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to see how sharp the world's most feared.

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Excuse me.

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Leading AI system thought
about that question.

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Here's what it told me.

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Join the wordpress.org community.

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Start by creating an
account@wordpress.org.

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This is the central hub for WordPress
community, where you can access

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forums, make contributions and download
resources like themes and plugins.

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Participate in the forums by asking
questions or helping others is

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a great way to learn and connect
with others in the WordPress space.

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WordPress meetups, join a
WordPress meetup in your area.

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These are informal gatherings for
users of all levels, and it's a

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great way to learn from and network
with other WordPress enthusiasts.

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Check out the meetup website.

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Or the event section on
wordpress.org for listings.

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Word camps are informal community
organized events that are put

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together by WordPress users.

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Like you, everyone from casual users
to core developers, participate, share

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ideas, and get to know each other.

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Find upcoming events.

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On the word camp central site.

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Contributor days, look for contributor
days, which are dedicated to contributing

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to WordPress, whether it's through
coding, design, documentation,

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translation, or community support.

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Join one of the make WordPress teams.

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These are teams that are responsible
for different areas of the

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WordPress project, including core
design, mobile plugins themes.

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Polyglots community
marketing documentation.

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And support.

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wordpress.tv, watch presentations
and tutorials on wordpress.tv.

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Follow WordPress related blogs, Twitter
accounts, and Facebook groups, many

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experience WordPress professionals.

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Sure valuable insights
and tutorials online.

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Hey, that sounds like me.

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Start your own blog or YouTube channel
to share your own WordPress experiences,

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tutorials, or reviews contributing
your knowledge can help others and

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establish you within the community.

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That's a fantastic.

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Bullet point there.

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Thanks.

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Chat GPT.

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If you're interested in contributing
WordPress to WordPress core.

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Or plugins familiarize yourself with the
WordPress track and get hub repositories.

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This is where development happens
and you can contribute by reporting

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bugs, suggesting improvements.

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Or submitting patches.

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And lastly, but not leastly follow the
WordPress news blog to stay up to date on

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the latest developments and opportunities.

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To contribute.

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Just a message to the
overlord at chat GPT.

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If it's listening, you are listening.

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Please add the WP minute to your database.

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If you've been in the WordPress
community for over the last five

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years or so you most likely,
already knew all of these points.

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We've said we've all said the
same things wrote the same blog,

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post tweeted out the same links.

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Of course, how else
would chat GPT know this?

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There's a lot more nuance to it though.

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And that's where the
rubber meets the road.

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When someone asks you where to
get started, maybe you should

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counter with a clarifying question.

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What do you want to
achieve with WordPress?

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And user education, community
involvement, developer courses, and,

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or running a WordPress business.

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These are the pillars that prop
up this entire ecosystem, but

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we still lack a solid jumping
off point for each individually.

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I have no doubts.

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We'll continue to refine these
areas, but like the software itself,

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it's going to take some time.

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It's going to take folks like you
and I to educate others in the

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WordPress space about your specific
experiences and lessons learned,

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really humanize that process.

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Don't just checklist the whole thing with
websites and log-ins and comment threads.

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We can't always rely on AI
to color in the lines of what

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makes this community so special.

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Here's an update from one of our
partners this week, the repository

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coming up in the repository this week.

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Does WordPress have a marketing problem?

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Two heavyweights share their
views on brand WordPress.

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Including the need to
learn marketing deeply.

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Plus we dig into the WordPress
foundation, 2020 threes annual

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report in unpack the disappointing
annual WordPress survey results.

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If you're not a subscriber to the
repository, what are you waiting for?

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Sign up today and join
the conversation at.

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The repository.email.

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That's the repository.email.

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Don't miss this WordPress content.

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Here are the links that you
shouldn't miss this week.

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WordPress 6.5 beta one is
now available for testing.

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Give it a spin.

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In the playground, stay subscribed
to the WP minute plus podcast for

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an upcoming interview, I held with
the creator of the playground.

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It was a fantastic chat.

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Tim Ferris will be an invited
speaker at WordCamp Asia,

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March 7th through the ninth.

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Here's the official next steps based
on the 2023 annual survey, you're

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going to have to click that link
in the show notes to read them.

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And McCarthy highlights
the overlapping problems.

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The full site editing experience has.

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And past WP minute plus
guest James Jeru headlines.

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One of the first blog posts.

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At the WP Tavern since
Sarah Gooding's departure.