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You’ve probably heard that WordPress is open-source software, and may know that it’s created and run by volunteers. WordPress enthusiasts share many examples of how WordPress changed people’s lives for the better. This monthly series shares some of those lesser-known, amazing stories. Meet Robert Cheleuka Robert is a self-taught graphic and motion designer turned web designer (and aspiring web developer) from Malawi, Africa. Over the years, he has grown fond of WordPress and has become a loyal user. Still, the journey is rough. Malawi Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. A tiny landlocked country with a population of 17 million, it’s largely rural and still considered a developing country. The average entry-level monthly pay for most skilled jobs is about $110. If you’re employed full-time in the creative industry and if you’re very lucky, you might be able to earn more than that. Employees earning more than $300 a month are rare to non-existent. Robert … [Read more...] about People of WordPress: Robert Cheleuka

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On September 30 2017, the WordPress Polyglots Team – whose mission is to translate WordPress into as many languages as possible – will hold its third Global WordPress Translation Day , a 24-hour, round-the-clock, digital and physical global marathon dedicated to the localisation and internationalisation of the WordPress platform and ecosystem, a structure that powers, today, over 28% of all existing websites. The localisation process allows for WordPress and for all WordPress-related products (themes and plugins) to be available in local languages, so to improve their accessibility and usage and to allow as many people as possible to take advantage of the free platform and services available. In a (not completely) serendipitous coincidence, September 30 has also been declared by the United Nations “International Translation Day”, to pay homage to the great services of translators everywhere, one that allows communication and exchange. The event will feature a series of … [Read more...] about Global WordPress Translation Day 3

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Version 4.6 of WordPress, named “Pepper” in honor of jazz baritone saxophonist Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.6 help you to focus on the important things while feeling more at home. Streamlined Updates Don’t lose your place: stay on the same page while you update, install, and delete your plugins and themes. Native Fonts The WordPress dashboard now takes advantage of the fonts you already have, making it load faster and letting you feel more at home on whatever device you use. Editor Improvements Inline Link Checker Ever accidentally made a link to https://wordpress.org/example.org? Now WordPress automatically checks to make sure you didn’t. Content Recovery As you type, WordPress saves your content to the browser. Recovering saved content is even easier with WordPress 4.6. Under The Hood Resource Hints Resource hints help browsers decide which … [Read more...] about WordPress 4.6 “Pepper”

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Last week saw the halfway point for 2015, yay! This seems like a good time to update you on WordCamp happenings in the first half of this year. There have been 39 WordCamps in 2015 so far, with events organized in 17 different countries and on 5 continents. More than 14,000 people have registered for WordCamp tickets so far this year, isn’t that amazing? WordCamp Europe was held in Seville, Spain just a few weeks ago, with close to 1,000 registered participants and over 500 live stream participants. You can watch Matt Mullenweg’s keynote Q&A session from WordCamp Europe right now on WordPress.tv. WordPress.tv has published 537 videos so far in 2015 from WordCamps around the world. Some of the more popular 2015 WordCamp talks on WordPress.tv include Tammie Lister: Theme, Don’t Be My Everything from WordCamp Maui, Jenny Munn: SEO for 2015 – What’s In, What’s Out and How to Be In It to Win It (For Good) from WordCamp Atlanta, Fabrice Ducarme: Les Constructeurs de Page … [Read more...] about WordCamps Update

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What’s on May 27, you ask? May 27, 2013 is the 10th anniversary of the first WordPress release ! We think this is worth celebrating, and we want WordPress fans all over the world to celebrate with us by throwing their own parties. We’re using Meetup Everywhere to coordinate, and will be putting up a website just for the 10th Anniversary so that we can collect photos, videos, tweets, and posts from all the parties. The rules are very simple: Pick a place to go where a bunch of people can be merry — a park, a bar, a backyard, whatever Spread the word to local meetups, tech groups, press, etc and get people to say they’ll come to your party If 50 or more people RSVP to your party, we’ll try to send you some WordPress stickers and buttons Have party attendees post photos, videos, and the like with the #wp10 hashtag We’ll be using Meetup Everywhere to coordinate parties all over the world, so get your city on the map and register your party now ! We’ll follow … [Read more...] about Save the Date: May 27

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