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Season 2 — A Subsidized Workspace Program for WordPress Contributors Every summer in Pakistan brings an invisible challenge for WordPress contributors. Extreme heat, unreliable electricity, and a lack of suitable workspaces can make it difficult for contributors to focus on their work, participate in community activities, and contribute consistently to WordPress. WPKitchen created Work Time […]
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Oct
Oct
Launched on 17 November 2023, WPKitchen is celebrating three years of supporting freelancers, encouraging WordPress contributions, and bringing communities together through food and workspaces. Last year, we celebrated our second anniversary in Faisalabad. This year, we want to celebrate our third anniversary nationwide, reaching our community across Pakistan. Our core program provides subsidized lunches to […]
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Sep
Sep
4,962 words, 26 minutes read time. Editor’s Note In our eighth Talk Time episode, Lester brings pragmatism. Lester brings us into a story where curiosity meets creation, contribution meets experience, and two decades of WordPress meet the possibilities of AI. From discovering WordPress in its early days to creating plugins used around the world, contributing […]
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Sep
Sep
6,035 words, 32 minutes read time. Editor’s Note In our seventh Talk Time episode, Umair brings possibility. Umair brings us into a story where a remote beginning meets global opportunity, learning meets contribution, and curiosity turns into a career. From discovering WordPress through YouTube in his early years to teaching in his native Pashto, contributing […]
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Sep
Sep
This 20th Treat Time lunch story is a little different from our regular giveaway lunches. This lunch was sponsored by Usama Ijaz, and our honorary guest, Muhibul Haque, selected Qursam Fatima from the WordPress Pakistan community in Pakpattan as the winner. As we continue improving our giveaway process, we are now mostly sharing Foodpanda vouchers […]
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Sep
Sep
3,230 words, 17 minutes read time. Editor’s Note In our 6th Talk Time episode, Lana brings balance. Lana brings us into a story where curiosity meets community, marketing meets creativity, and work finds its balance with life. From discovering WordPress through her first internship to building a career in marketing, contributing to open source, and […]
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Sep
Sep
7,777 words, 41 minutes read time. Editor’s Note In our 5th Talk Time episode, Roxy brings empathy. Roxy brings us into a story where teaching meets technology, curiosity meets problem-solving, and supporting others becomes a lifelong passion. From her early years as a kindergarten teacher and principal to building WooCommerce stores, contributing to open source, […]
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Aug
Aug
4,025 words, 21 minutes read time. Editor’s Note In our fourth Talk Time episode, Rita brings curiosity. Rita Robles Loaiza takes us on a journey where education meets open source, community meets opportunity, and a good cup of coffee is never far away. From helping students make their first contributions to WordPress to exploring the […]
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Aug
Aug
5,591 words, 30 minutes read time. Editor’s Note In our third Talk Time episode, Rico brings perspective. In our first episode, Talk Time introduced the idea that behind every WordPress contribution is a real person with stories, memories, food, family, and experiences that shaped their journey. In our third episode, Rico F. Lüthi brings a […]
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Aug
Aug
We’re excited to share that the Automattician Paul Bonahora from Vienna, Austria, has gifted three lunches to the WordPress community in Pakistan. 🇵🇰 To deliver the first lunch and keep the selection process transparent, we invited Lana Miro from Ukraine to pick the winner. And the lucky winner is Waleed Tahir! from Faisalabad, Pakistan. 🎉 […]
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Aug
Aug
We’re excited to give away three sponsored lunches to our WordPress community! A big thank-you to Paul Bonahora, Interim Head of Global Expansion at Automattic, for sponsoring these lunches. Each winner will receive PKR 1,000 to order lunch through Foodpanda. Want to participate? Simply register for the giveaway and become part of the WPKitchen community: […]