As an open source platform, the WordPress community is all about inclusion, sharing, and learning together so everyone wins — the Five for the Future program makes good on that mission. Launched in 2014, Five for the Future encourages organizations to give back to the WordPress community by contributing five percent of their resources to WordPress development. Sign up for the webinar and learn how to get involved in the program. Guest speaker Angela Jin will discuss the impact the program has made and what your business can gain from taking part.

Recap:

Step 1: Sign up https://wordpress.org/five-for-the-future/

Step 2: Find your interest https://make.wordpress.org/

Step 3: Join the Slack https://make.wordpress.org/chat/

Resources for this talk:

• W3Techs
• WP Engine Value of WordPress study
• The 4 “gets” in WordPress Community organizing and The other side of the coin: what people get out of contributing to WordPress
• Matt Mullenweg 2014 original post on Five for the Future

Get involved:

• Five for the Future site
• Learn WordPress
• WordPress contributor teams
• Join the Make WordPress Slack instance
• Create a WordPress.org profile