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We’d like to introduce Peter Wilson<\/a> to our line-up of WordCamp Sydney speakers.<\/p>\n Peter is a web-developer with twenty years experience, a CSS junkie, a WordPress Engineer at Human Made and a guest committer to WordPress core.<\/p>\n He has worked in both client services and on enterprise applications.<\/p>\n His portfolio includes working on sites for some of Australia\u2019s largest listed companies and highest profile performers.<\/p>\n Peter has spoken at many WordCamp events over the past few years.\u00a0 More recently he has just spoken at WordCamp Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n Peter’s talking about contributing to WordPress core.<\/p>\n Almost everyone will have heard the phrase \u201cdon\u2019t hack WordPress core\u201d before, what\u2019s less known is that it\u2019s only the start of the saying. Don\u2019t hack WordPress core, without contributing the hacks back.<\/p>\n Contributing to WordPress core is like riding a bike, it takes a little effort to get started but once you learn it\u2019s a skill you\u2019ll never forget.<\/p>\n In this talk you will be given a jump start on contributing, from how to use the bug tracker all the way to contributing a patch and getting your first props.<\/p>\n You can follow Peter on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’d like to introduce Peter Wilson to our line-up of WordCamp Sydney speakers. Peter is a web-developer with twenty years experience, a CSS junkie, a WordPress Engineer at Human Made and a guest committer to WordPress core. He has worked … Continue reading Speaker: Peter Wilson – Contributing to WordPress Core<\/span>