A few years ago while adding WordPress.org as an organisation I contribute towards on LinkedIn, I think I wrote a random date (11 January 2015). 

I keep forgetting to fix this date. The real date is sometime closer to October, September, or was it November in 2014? These were when contributors still hung out on IRC channels instead of Slack.

But if contributing means organising local meetups in Mumbai, then I started in December 2012.

But LinkedIn shows this date and everyone wishes me on this fake anniversary I made up.

My 11 plus year journey of contributing to WordPress has been mostly focused on the community team. Someone thanked me for being consistent, someone else mentioned that it was loads of effort.

Working and helping people put together events has never felt too heavy. I find it easy to be honest and I enjoy it a lot.

My favourite weekend jam is still organising small local meetups in my neighbourhood in Pune around WordPress.

This year is a big year though, I am leading with my co-leads WordCamp Asia 2026 in Mumbai. It happens on April 9th to 11th. There is full day that is dedicated to contributing to WordPress called Contributors Day! 

I highly recommend starting your journey into the WordPress world with WordCamp Asia! Leave a comment below if you need me to convince you more 🙂

So all said and done, I am not going to fix that date on LinkedIn!