WordPress is not just the software that powers over a third of all sites on the web. It’s also a lively community of creators, just like you, who contribute some of their time back to the project to make everything great about WordPress possible.

Just like any other vibrant open source project, WordPress relies on the contributions of it’s community to growth, thrive, and acheive great things. From themes and plugins, meetups and WordCamps all the way to fixing bugs and adding new feautres, volunteers from around the world constantly contribute to the WordPress project.

So what does this mean for you? In this talk I’ll share some stories of South African based contributors making an impact on the project and show you how you can get involved in this wonderful WordPress community, to make your mark on the open web.