With Tammie Lister In the Community track

From entering the newbie zone to beyond, this talk will guide you through how you can unlock the achievement of being a theme reviewer. Theme reviewing levels you up as a themer, allowing you to tackle anything themes throw at you. My own journey has taken me from a learner theme reviewer to working at Automattic.

I will go through how to become a review and the tools you need. I’ll look at the world of theme reviewing. I’ll give some tips on how to refine your skills as a theme reviewer so you can be the best reviewer you can be.

In this talk, I’ll show how by reviewing themes for WordPress.org you can become a better themer. I will show why it’s important to review themes.

Learning Outcomes

People will leave knowing what you need to do to become a theme reviewer. They will learn how important it is for themers and how you can grow by being a theme reviewer. I hope to also show contributions don’t just have to be core or for development. I will show how they can contribute and why they should.

There are a ton of ways to get involved with the WordPress project and give back. Whether it’s design/ui, code, answering questions in the forums, writing documentation, translating, or testing, it all needs to be done and everyone has the ability to pitch in and help somewhere. I run through the reasons you might want to contribute, ways you can work it into your schedule and workflow, and how to get involved in each area. I’m a developer through and through, so I spend a little extra time talking about testing (in my opinion our biggest need), and what out release cycles look like and how each stage will affect what the various contribution areas look like.

With Aaron Campbell

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Learning Outcomes

1. What opportunities are available to pitch in and help out
2. Where to start when looking to get involved
3. The benefits to being involved.