The Contributor Dashboard is an initiative designed to make contributions across WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ more visible, understandable, and recognized.
WordPress is powered by contributors across many teams, not just code. From Community and Polyglots to Docs, Support, Training, CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., and beyond, thousands of people contribute in different ways. The Contributor Dashboard helps surface that work in a unified and accessible way.
The goal of the dashboard is to:
- Make contribution pathways visible
- Recognize contributors across all teams
- Clarify how participation evolves over time
- Support a more sustainable contributor ecosystem
The Contributor Ladder
The Contributor Dashboard is guided by a shared framework for understanding participation patterns over time:
Connect Contribute Engage Perform Lead
The ladder is:
- Behavior-based, not role-based
- Descriptive, not evaluative
- A way to understand participation patterns, not measure contribution value
Ladder Stages Overview
Connect – Discovering the project or exploring how to get involved
Contribute – Making a first recorded contribution
Engage – Participating consistently over time
Perform – Taking ownership of work or supporting others
Lead – Providing mentorship or team-level leadership
The ladder creates shared language across teams and helps make contributor journeys more visible and understandable.
Get Involved
- Join us in #contributor-dashboard on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. Say hi, introduce yourself, and follow along. If you’re interested in helping with development, documentation, or admin tasks, we’d love to have you.
- Follow development on GitHub. If you spot a bug, notice something unclear, or have an idea to improve it, feel free to open an issue.
Current Status
The dashboard is currently being tested through a structured multi-team pilot.
Implementation details, scope, data sources, and milestones are documented on the Contributor Dashboard Pilot page.
