Why We don’t Donate to WordPress Plugins, Even When We Know We Should

10 minute readHave you ever been on a WordPress.org plugin page, and seen a link saying “Donate to this plugin”? You probably didn’t click it. Nearly none of us do. But why not? You probably think you should, but something is preventing you. In this article, I explore the reasons we rarely donate to software we depend on, and what can be done about it.

Introduction to the WordPress World

3 minute readThis is an email I sent a friend who’s shopping around for a new career path, and I wanted to describe the “WordPress World” I work in. Hi I really have no idea if the type of work I do would be of interest to you, but I’m happy to try to share about it […]

How Can We Get More Non-English Speakers Contributing to WordPress?

3 minute readThere are more WordPress users who are non-English speakers, yet nearly all code contributors to WordPress are fluent in English. That sounds problematic to me. Why is that, and can anything be done to fix this situation? Huge Potential in Non-English-Speaking Contributors There is an interesting inconstancy in the WordPress community: from my observations, most […]