Whether you’ve never contributed to WordPress before, or if you’ve done so for years, you’re invited to WordCamp Boston Contributor day. This is your chance to learn out how to contribute from the experts, hang out with others who love to contribute, and push some of your own contributions — all in one (well, really less than one) day.

We’re planning a fun, active and intense day of learning, coding, testing, documentation and hanging out. WordPress experts and contributors will be present to help you get up to speed quickly with how to contribute to WordPress. Don’t know exactly what you want to do? No problem! Just show up and we’ll get you plugged into a team that needs your help. Not a coder? That’s okay too — there are plenty of non-dev ways to contribute to the WordPress community, including documentation and more.

Just bring your own laptop and we’ll take care of the rest

You won’t go hungry at this years WordCamp! Included with registration, start the day with coffee and pastries (Saturday breakfast sponsored by WPEngine). Lunch (Saturday lunch sponsored by Flywheel & Bluehost), with choices for omnivores, vegan, egalitarian, gluten free, dairy free and kosher. Go to the after party (sponsored by Oomph and SiteLock) for a Taco Bar and a no-host bar. Add an afternoon snack (sponsored by PressTigers Saturday, FlexiDB Sunday) and coffee all day (sponsored by WooCommerce Jetpack & BoldGrid Saturday and Rochen Hosting Sunday) we got you covered for breaking your diet!

To guarantee food and any special preferences for you, please register today by 5pm!

Suites at BU for WordCamp 2016

Affordable Housing at BU – First come first served.

Knowing that housing in Boston can be expensive, we have contracted 5 suites (with 4 single bedrooms and 2 shared bathrooms) at the BU Dorms at 10 Buick Street for Friday July 22 and check out morning of Sunday July 24th. 10 Buick Street is an apartment-style, air-conditioned residence hall. Each apartment consists of four single-occupancy bedrooms, kitchen, common room, and two bathrooms. Kitchens are not stocked with utensils or other kitchenware. The per person per night rate is $85.00 for single-occupancy. This rate includes bed and bath linen and amenities. You must sign up for both nights for a total of $170. This is simply a great rate for the Boston Area.

Boston University requires that all suites are assigned based on gender.

A charge of $100 per key and $25 per ID will be charged to the program for all keys and IDs lost while in residence or not returned upon departure. Please be sure – cancellations are only refunded if we get a replacement.

You can sign-up for housing here.

We’re about a month away from WordCamp, which means everything’s finally coming together 🙂

The schedule for the weekend is now published! We’ll have 6 tracks over the course of the weekend; so there will be something for everyone – from designers, developers, business owners, writers, and more.

If you’re new to WordPress, come for Saturday morning’s Introduction to WordPress track, then stick around and learn about design, development, or how WordPress is used at universities and colleges around the Boston area.

This year we’re also trying something new with panels! Saturday we’ll host a Design Panel and an WordPress in Higher Education Panel; and Sunday will host a Content & Writing Panel, and a Business & Entrepreneur Panel – so come prepared with your questions for our panelists.

Buy your ticket today!

Stay tuned for more information about our Saturday afternoon keynote. If you want to help out (and get a free ticket) check out our Volunteers page.

WordCamp Boston is an annual conference celebrating WordPress, the open source software that powers over 25% of the internet.

Every year we have 30+ sessions on topics ranging from content strategy, to design best practices, to deep dives on advanced development ideas. If sitting in talks all day isn’t your thing, we’ll also have an open area where you can chat with other WordPress users, and a volunteer-staffed help desk for your questions. And you get all this with just a $40 ticket!

Buy your ticket today!

If you’re coming from out of town, we have a group rate at the Holiday Inn Boston-Brookline. We’re also working with other hotels for more group discounts. Keep an eye on our location page and twitter to watch for announcements.