Chapter 4
Meeting the WordPress Community
IN THIS CHAPTER
Finding WordPress users
Locating users on social networks
Getting help in the support forums
Participating in testing and bug squashing
Discovering professional consultants and services
Attending and organizing local WordCamps and other events
Allow me to introduce you to the fiercely loyal folks who make up the WordPress user base, better known as the WordPress community. These merry ladies and gentlemen come from all around the globe, from California to Cairo, Florida to Florence, and all points in between.
Early on, in March 2005, Matt Mullenweg of WordPress proudly proclaimed that the number of WordPress downloads had reached 900,000 — an amazing landmark in the history of the software. By contrast, in 2023, the download counter for WordPress version 6.3 had exceeded 18 million times in the first week after its release ...
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