WordPress.Com

1. Introduction

Hello! I’m Álvaro Paniagua Ordóñez, and I’m excited to share my final report for the WP Credits course. This post summarizes my contributions to WordPress Credits, the challenges I faced, and the skills I have acquired.

2. Teams and Projects I Participated In

• Teams: I collaborated with WordPress.com, and I relied on AI tools like Gemini and ChatGPT, as well as my mentor.
• Project Focus: My main work focused on creating a website with daily posts about my progress (my onboarding experience, contributions, etc.).

3. Learning Resources

• Guides & Tutorials: To get started, I primarily relied on my mentor to help me move forward, and I also asked my classmates for help.
• Mentorship: I received guidance from my mentor, Angel Zinsel, who helped me with my contributions and the creation of the website.

4. Challenges and Solutions During this process, I faced a few obstacles, but I learned how to overcome them:

• Challenge 1: Creating the website, as I didn’t know very well how it worked.
  • Solution: I solved this by asking my mentor, AI tools, and my classmates, who explained how everything worked.
• Challenge 2: Problems with Polyglots (translations).
  • Solution: I overcame this by asking my mentor and classmates. After that, I started translating and sharing my translation links with the WordPress translator community.

5. My Contributions This is the main contribution I made during the project:

• Polyglots

6. Key Lessons from the WP Credits Course The WP Credits course taught me the true value of collaboration. My key takeaways include:

• I learned to work in a team with people I didn’t know before, which was a very good experience.
• I learned how to easily create websites thanks to WordPress, make edits, and learn the values of the WordPress community.
• I learned to ask others for help without getting overwhelmed. There were times when I felt very stuck, but thanks to the help of my mentor and classmates, I managed to push forward.

7. New Skills Acquired Through this hands-on project, I acquired several valuable skills:

• Technical Skills: I learned to create websites in WordPress and to use WordPress and Slack proficiently.
• Soft Skills: I learned to communicate better with people and in a professional environment.

8. Personal Reflections and Next Steps Contributing to WordPress has been a very good experience. What surprised me the most was creating the website; I found it very interesting because of all the tools and conveniences it offers, especially knowing you have the support of a mentor by your side.

Looking to the future, my goals are to finish my studies and work as a web application developer. I would also like to mentor beginners in the future and help them just as others have helped me.