This is it! I have completed my time in the WP Credits program. Learning WordPress and getting to see behind the scenes was a great experience, and this is certainly not the end for me in the WP ecosystem. My blueprints are not featured yet, but unfortunately, my time in this program is coming to…

Hello Dolly Update:I was able to speak briefly with one of the creators of the Hello Dolly plugin, and I’m hoping to have the blueprint featured on the WordPress.org page soon. I have also received a response in the blueprints GitHub, and I am working with the approvers there, maybe it will be featured there…

I made another blueprint! This one is for the Disable Comments plugin. I created a PR on the main blueprints GitHub and on the Disable Comments GitHub: Blueprints PRDisable Comments PR I found that this was a good candidate for a blueprint preview because of how immediate the changes are and how easy to demonstrate…

I have continued to look for opportunities to work on tickets in core.track, but haven’t found much for me there. The tickets that I would feel comfortable working on are quickly claimed. So, I’ve shifted my focus more to blueprints. I have been looking into making blueprints for more plugins, but I’ve found that it…

I have created a blueprint for the plugin Hello Dolly! I reached out to the creator to see if he would like to add it as a preview on WordPress.org, but I did not receive a response. I created a pull request on the GitHub, so hopefully it will be added in the future! I…

While looking through the ‘Good First Bugs’ ticket tag, I found a great opportunity for a code contribution – Ticket #64975. The issue cited was a simple alignment issue with the page selection box on the wp-admin/edit.php page. I came up with some CSS styling to fix the issue (as well as another alignment issue…

Recently, I have spent time learning about blueprints and WP Playground. The Playground documentation site is a great resource for getting started: Introduction | WordPress Playground. Blueprints are a good way to be able to demo themes and plugins without having to deploy on your own prod or local environments. It’s very neat how simple…

I have decided to go with Core as my contribution team! As someone who is an IT professional and a beginner developer, I figured I would feel at home with Core and I expect it will be a great learning experience. Another reason Core sounded appealing to me was because of the ticketing system. I…