WordPress and WooCommerce are Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS). These two projects and trademarks are managed by a company named Automattic and distributed under the GPLv2 Or Later license.
Companies and community members such as myself are asked to give back. Here’s how I’ve been doing that:
- Presenting and local Meetup and WordCamp events
- Sharing useful WooCommerce code snippets and blog posts
- Providing complete bug reports to WordPress, WooCommerce, themes and plugins
- Ensuring that code of theme and plugin vendors is GPLv2 compatible
- Writing and supporting plugins on WordPress.org community repository
- Migrating page builder contents over to WordPress Blocks community system
- Improving reputation by isolating and fixing hindrances to performance
- Upgrading PHP (server software) to the latest supported versions for security and longevity
- Removing old, unsupported custom code that creates a lock-in effect
- Supporting sensible customizations that get the most out of the platform
- Helping business clients better understand open-source
- Holding vendors accountable, especially official Woo plugin vendors whenever I catch them falling behind
- Holding hosting companies accountable for performance and feature completeness
