Giving back is fun. As July closes, WebDevStudios (WDS) looks forward to having fun tomorrow—Five for the Future Friday.
Our WordPress agency’s passion for contributing to WordPress via Five for the Future is infectious. Some of WDS’ team members have recently mentored and shared with others how we make this WordPress initiative a success at our company. The news is spreading. Actively participating in Five for the Future is the thing to do (and, yes, it’s fun).
If you’re new to the movement, Five for the Future is a WordPress community-wide effort to donate 5% of resources to contributing to the WordPress core and community. Such contributions can occur in a variety of different ways, such as taking support tickets, developing a free plugin, organizing a WordCamp, and more. In fact, actively participating in Five for the Future can lead to moments like this:
Thanks to our company’s dedication to give back to #WordPress thru #5FTF. This https://t.co/FKqYfrojS0
— Michael Joseph Panaga (@_micmico) July 21, 2021
Backend Engineer, Michael Joseph Panaga, and Support Engineer, Michael Beckwith, were both listed as Contributors when WordPress 5.8 was released last week. While the real reason to participate in Five for the Future is to give selflessly, it sure is nice when contributions are recognized!
Not all of our teammates are on Twitter, which is what we normally use to share our Five for the Future contributions with the world. However, after a bit of snooping, it was discovered that Senior Backend Engineer, Ashar Ifran, recently had his Five for the Future project, Flush Permalinks Button, approved. This WordPress plugin was just added to the repository, and what makes it so cool is that it’s a “tiny plugin” to add a flush permalinks button in the WordPress admin bar. You can download it from the plugin repo.
Website Specialist, Christina Workman, published a blog post that recommends different ways that anyone can participate in Five for the Future, called “More Ways to Contribute to Five for the Future in 2021.” Five for the Future is for everyone, whether you’re a part of a large WordPress company, a freelancer, or simply a user and website owner who is enthralled with open-source technology.
So, join the fun! You’re welcomed to contribute alongside us tomorrow, July 30, 2021 for another Five for the Future Friday. Or, simply keep up with how we’re giving back by following the hashtag #5FTF on Twitter.
Below, take a look at WDS’ contributions from last month. If you ever find yourself in need of advice about how to implement Five for the Future at your company, please reach out to WDS Marketing Strategist, Laura Coronado. We’d love to help.
It’s another #5FTF at @webdevstudios! (where has the time gone??!) Got @tumblr authentication working last month, so I’m going to see if I can finish the @WordPress import today. pic.twitter.com/814gOcCRTL
— Evan Hildreth (@oddevan) June 25, 2021
It’s #5FTF @webdevstudios again and I’ll be working on a long overdue site design for my personal site https://t.co/e2uEiQCQcx once done, I’ll be doing #WordPress #Nextjs headless theme. And yes, that picture frame still has the sample pictures on it because 🤷🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/n4qVXyD4iN
— JC Palmes (@jpalmes) June 25, 2021
Specials thanks to @webdevstudios for sponsoring todays #5ftf allowing us to get back to the community that gives so much to us. Today I’ll be starting a series of tutorials on how to create a mobile app powered by WordPress.
— Scott Anderson (@thriftydev) June 25, 2021
Starting out today’s #5FTF by working on WebDevStudios’ “Automatic Featured Images From Videos” plugin. It’s been in need of some love for a little while.
— Captain Macho Pirate Mick Rackam (@tw2113) June 25, 2021
already #5ftf at @webdevstudios so I’m working on a couple of blog posts and my podcast backup utility because i need to collect all episodes forever. 🙃 pic.twitter.com/JRaLcw14Np
— Tom McFarlin (@tommcfarlin) June 25, 2021
Super happy to be helping @AmethystAnswers with her WordCamp presentation on this lovely #5ftf @webdevstudios! Great Minds!
— Jennifer Cooley (@Jhynnifer) June 25, 2021
Just got done talking about #5FTF on our #5FTF day – thanks @lollieshopping & @cristinaholt416 and of course @webdevstudios for the time 💪🧡 pic.twitter.com/oktmeYxN9E
— Justin Fœll (@justinfoell) June 25, 2021
#5ftf is one of my favorite times – a full day to contribute to open source. @WebDevStudios really knows how to do it right. Today I’m practicing some React concepts that will come in handy with Gutenberg and NextJS, and will ultimately help me contribute in richer ways. 🤯😻🧑💻
— Marty O’Connor (@martinjdolan) June 25, 2021
Today for #5FTF @webdevstudios I’m pairing up with J.R. on making an interactive lunch and learn for debugging in React. It’s been a lot of fun so far!
— Mike England (@mikelikethebike) June 25, 2021
So for #5ftf today I was going to work on a fork of a theme for hugo, but just ended up going back to the original and learning more about hugo theme development 🙌🏻https://t.co/6jfKOMPyTQ
— Aubrey (@aubreypwd) June 25, 2021
It’s #5ftf and I’ve been working on slides for a new #a11y talk about Neurological Disabilities. Thanks @Jhynnifer for helping! and @webdevstudios @maintainn for providing a whole day to focus on this!
— Christina Workman (@AmethystAnswers) June 25, 2021
Thank you @webdevstudios for sponsoring us time to do #5FTF. Im a little late but for this month’s #5FTF, I’ve created https://t.co/VWtvDlrQht – a tool that can help boost productivity.
— Michael Joseph Panaga (@_micmico) June 27, 2021
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