announcing wp engine’s new wordpress contributor days

Committed to Give Back, WP Engine held its first WordPress Contributor Day on July 22, 2022. .   Launched as event, the sprint provided dedicated time and space for our employees to contribute to WordPress core — with the hope that it would chart course for similar events in the future..   The event was overwhelming success and based on the enthusiasm and activity it generated, we're excited to announce our next WordPress Contributor Day on Friday, August 26, 2022..   While our Contributor Day events are organized for WP Engine employees, we are exploring options for expanding them to include our customers, agency partners, and anyone interested in making meaningful contributions to WordPress core. .   Contributor Day was led by Nick Diego, Developer Advocate at WP Engine and WordPress 6.0 and 6.1 Release Team member.   Contributor Day Metrics 14 employees participated Contributor Day, 13 from Product & Engineering, and one from CX Ops. 57.5 hours were contributed to WordPress..   Contributions were made to the Core and Docs teams. Gutenberg issues were created. Gutenberg PRs were created, and 2 were merged at the time of writing. Documentation Issues were completed at the time of writing. WordPress Trac ticket was created...   As noted above, the success of the event has already led to Contributor Day, scheduled for Friday, August 26, 2022.   Stay tuned for updates surrounding that event, including new tally of contributions to WordPress and detailed look at few of the projects we're contributing to. .   Visit WP Engine to find out more about our contributions to WordPress and our industry-leading WordPress platform..   Read more