Category: WordPress Anniversaries


  • 12 Years Contributing to WordPress

    12 Years Contributing to WordPress

    Join me as I reflect on reaching a new milestone in my journey as an Open Source maintainer: 12 years since first contributing to the WordPress project.


  • Six Years a Committer: My WordPress Commit-iversary

    Six Years a Committer: My WordPress Commit-iversary

    November 30, 2024 marks the 6 year anniversary of my first commit to WordPress Core. To celebrate, I’ve compiled a list of statistics breaking down which areas of the code base my commits changed, and how contributors were credited in those commits.


  • 11 Years of Contributing to WordPress

    11 Years of Contributing to WordPress

    Today marks the 11 year anniversary of receiving my very first “props” for contributing to the WordPress project. In WordPress, giving “props” is the way credit and attribution is given to anyone who contributes to a given change in the software. Props should be given to all those who contributed to the final commit, whether…


  • Five Years: My WordPress Commit-iversary

    Five Years: My WordPress Commit-iversary

    Today officially marks 5 full years since my first commit to the WordPress open source project. In the context of the WordPress project, a committer is a contributor with the ability to modify the main WordPress repository. Since 2004, roughly 90 people have been granted commit status for WordPress Core. If you’re interested in learning…


  • 10 Years of Contributing to WordPress

    10 Years of Contributing to WordPress

    Today marks the 10 year anniversary of receiving my very first “props” for contributing to the WordPress project. In WordPress, giving “props” is the way credit and attribution is given to anyone who contributes to a given change in the software. Props should be given to all those who contributed to the final commit, whether…


  • Two Years: My WordPress Commit-iversary

    Two Years: My WordPress Commit-iversary

    Today officially marks 2 full years since my first commit to the WordPress open source project. ? In the context of the WordPress project, a committer is a contributor with the ability to modify the main WordPress repository. Since 2004, roughly 90 people have been granted commit status for WordPress Core. If you’re interested in…