Creating a WordPress.org Account
Having a WordPress.org profile is essential to participating on teams, joining the Making WordPress Slack, reviewing plugins or themes, submitting bug tickets, and more.
Completing your profile will help others more clearly connect with you.
Objectives
After completing this lesson, participants will be able to:
- Locate their WordPress.org profile
- Log in to WordPress.org
- Complete the profile information, including a photo or avatar
- Describe how their activity in WordPress will be reflected on their profiles
Prerequisite Skills
Participants will get the most from this lesson if they have familiarity with:
- WordPress.org Get Involved team sites and support forums
- Have an email address
- Have a profile photo or custom avatar available to upload
Readiness Questions
- Do you have an email address?
- Do you already have a WordPress.org profile?
- Can you locate your profile link?
- How complete is your profile?
Materials Needed
- Internet access
- Profile photo or avatar
Notes for the Presenter
- Participants will need to check email during this process
Lesson Outline
- Preview the support forums and recent reviews.
- Tour a Get Involved team on Make. View a team post and connect comments to WordPress profiles. Describe that to write on one of the team posts, users would be invited with their WordPress.org profile.
- If there is an upcoming WordCamp, view the site. Discover these on WordCamp Central. Visit the speakers page and attendees page if possible to show images of participants. Relate this to users WordPress.org profile.
- If you log a feature request or bug report, Core and Meta Trac require a login.
- View Matt’s profile. Tour the Contribution History (giving an overview to earning badges), Activity, Plugins, Themes, and Favorites, explaining how our activity within WordPress.org is tied to our profiles and visible for others to follow. Relate this to support responders reviewing profiles for comments and reviews left on plugins. Notice on Tor-Björn’s profile that translations are also visible.
To associate a profile photo or avatar, users will need to create an account with Gravatar.
Exercises
Exercise name
Use the slides to walk participants through creating an account.
- Go to https://login.wordpress.org/register. (Top right corner of most pages within WordPress.org)
- Demonstrate editing your profile
Assessment
WordPress Profiles are optional to use plugins and themes
- True
- False
Answer: 1. True
WordPress Profiles are required to review plugins
- True
- False
Answer: 1. True
To upload a photo to your WordPress Profile:
- Upload it on WordPress.org
- Create an account on Gravatar
Answer: 2. Create an account on Gravatar
Your activity on WordPress.org is visible on your WordPress Profile
- True
- False
Answer: 1. True
Additional Resources
Example Lesson
A WordPress.org profile is essential for many functions within the WordPress system. Your profile has the following information:
