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How five percent is powering the next generation of the web
WordPress needs YOU!
Five for the Future is an initiative promoting the WordPress community’s contribution to the platform’s growth. As an open source project, WordPress is created by a diverse collection of people from around the world.
What is Five for the Future?
Launched in 2014, Five for the Future encourages organizations to contribute five percent of their resources to WordPress development. WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg proposed this benchmark to maintain a “golden ratio” of contributors to users.
The community has risen to the challenge, with participation more than quadrupling since launch.
Who should participate in Five for the Future?
Anyone can contribute to Five for the Future. Many contributors focus on the technical side of WordPress, such as core development, but there are also teams working in other areas like marketing, translation, training, and community. There is always a way to get involved, whatever your skill set.
Why should you participate in Five for the Future?
Contributors have the opportunity to learn alongside passionate innovators who are more than happy to share their knowledge and experience.
For organizations, WordPress contribution can provide more cost-effective training or growth opportunities than many traditional programs.
Participants see a number of benefits:
- Identifying and recruiting talent.
- Influencing the direction of the WordPress platform.
- Contributing to the future of the open web.
Check out the Five for the Future handbook to find out more and learn how to start contributing.
Case Study
Carolina’s contributions to developing WordPress default themes and her commitment to educating others about the Site Editor have been a guiding light, illuminating paths for others to follow.
Will Earnhardt, Director of Engineering, Yoast
Carolina Nymark is a developer and educator focusing on the block editor and themes. She is a bundled theme component maintainer and was the development lead for the default Twenty Twenty-One theme. Carolina is also a member of the team that contributes to WordPress Core at Yoast, where she is sponsored to contribute 40 hours per week to the WordPress open source project.
