Contributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ opened WordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Asia 2026 with one of the clearest expressions of what makes the project special: people coming together to move WordPress forward by working on it. The Training Team shared a spacious conference hall with many of the other Make Teams. More than 1,500 participants joined 38 table leads across more than 20 contribution tables, creating a day that was expansive in scale and grounded in real work. For some, it was a return to familiar teams and longtime collaborators. For others, it was the beginning of their contributor journey.
Our plan for the day was shared in this post: WordCamp Asia 2026 Contributor Day.
This year, we had a total of 35+ in-person contributors and 15+ online contributors, giving us a total of 55+ contributors to the Training Team on Contributor Day!
Kudos to all who were involved:
In-person: @sumitsingh, @rjekic, @sonaliprajapati, @rithika3, @dilip2615, @pooja-n, @robinpal, @ritikaroy2830, @janhavi8898, @ishahinakhter, @kishanakbari, @shubhamrathod10599, @gadhergunjankumar2906, @ravimakwana68 , @pavasdave, @junedsabaliya, @saif2002 , @snd2211, @sanyuktakhot @manjunathmm, @omkarudupa, @Jyoti197 , @ceodigitecholic , @ceowizzyweb, @varun795, @vachanng, @priyankaadbrains, @snehal5774, @jalvarado2715, @ojas1002, @bhavikt5, @rajat1192, @ravigadhiyawp, @harshjadav003, @freewebmentor, @Vishitshah, @ranupatel11, @pkbhatt
Online: @devmuhib, @vasantrajput, @aprakasa, @jyoti197, @dishantkhatri007, @abduremon, @noruzzaman, @huzaifaalmesbah, @dhavalkapadane, @rahan00123, @divyeshk71, @Dhruvang21, @thisisyeasin, @ketanniruke, @sibokul, @askaryabbas
If you don’t see your name up here, leave a comment or message in the #training channel on Make Slack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ so we can update it. We appreciate your time and want to acknowledge your hard work!
Our accomplishments
- Got 30+ new contributors to the Training Team
- Onboarded 20+ people to the Training Team
- Updated a few handbooks
- Talked with some WP folk to join our workshop
- Generated lesson thumbnails
- Uploaded thumbnails for the lesson
The Training Team uses GitHub to manage their ongoing content creation work.
What’s next?
Continue your path to earning a Contributor Badge.
To the folks who joined us for the first time, and even some familiar faces, we encourage you to continue to engage with the team in Slack and within your local WordPress communities. I’d also like to take a moment to share with or remind you that we have Team Profile Badges, which you can earn for your contributions.
Keep up the great work to earn your contributor badge!
Share Feedback about Contributor Day
We’d love to be able to improve and share in anything that went well for our Contributor Days, so please take a moment to fill out this Contributor Day Attendee Feedback Form when you get the chance!
Contributor Day: Building WordPress Together
WordCamp Asia 2026: Ma.tt Mullenweg with Panel “Closing Keynote with Q&A”
The closing keynote panel at WordCamp Asia featured a discussion on the current state of WordPress and where the project is headed. Mary Hubbard, Chenda Ngak, Peter Wilson, and Sergey Biryukov joined the stage, with Ma.tt Mullenweg participating remotely, to answer audience questions during the closing Q&A.
Sweet Momentum
Over Contributor Day in Mumbai, WordCamp Asia 2026 brought together contribution, learning, and community. From Contributor Day through the closing keynote, the event balanced hands-on work with bigger conversations about publishing, technology, education, and the open web.
Thank you to the organizers, volunteers, speakers, sponsors, attendees, and everyone who joined online. WordCamp Asia 2026 was a reminder that WordPress continues to grow through the people who show up to contribute and build together.
Thank you to @rjekic, and @sonaliprajapati for helping review this post and for sharing their valuable feedback.
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