{"id":3778,"date":"2022-05-22T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/?p=3778"},"modified":"2022-06-05T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T22:54:00","slug":"contributing-to-the-open-source-wordpress-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/?p=3778","title":{"rendered":"Contributing to the open source WordPress project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:67%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/saving-custom-styles.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3944\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/404-featured.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/404-featured.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/404-featured-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/404-featured-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/404-featured-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/block-lock.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3952\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drag-n-drop.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drag-n-drop.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drag-n-drop-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drag-n-drop-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drag-n-drop-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/drag-n-drop-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\">\n<p>I&#8217;m a full-time sponsored contributor on the open source WordPress project and a Design Director at Automattic, where I co-lead the open source design team. My team and I regularly contribute to the UX\/UI of the product as individual contributors, and I often play a role on the design side of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channingritter.com\/?p=3776\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3776\">major WordPress releases<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The impact of the work we do on WordPress is always humbling \u2014 I\u2019m so proud to be helping build the open web with the passionate community of brilliant folks who contribute to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/critterverse.blog\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"critterverse.blog\" target=\"_blank\">Visit my product design blog<\/a> \u2192<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/05\/arturo\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/05\/arturo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about WordPress 6.0 Arturo<\/a> \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a full-time sponsored contributor on the open source WordPress project and a Design Director at Automattic, where I co-lead the open source design team. 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