Unofficial International WordPress Day. That can only mean one thing, right? One day – Tuesday, July 1 – out of the whole year to celebrate the existence of WordPress. But, like the title says, this isn’t official or anything. Your boys over here at WPCandy just wanted to have a little fun within the community.
What’s This All About?
We want to dedicate a day to just thank the awesome folks over at Automattic for putting together some really awesome projects, such as WordPress, bbPress, etc. I bet they work their asses off and I think they deserve a little bit of appreciation (not that they don’t get any, but there’s never too much appreciation).
Where You Come In
If you love WordPress as much as we do, then we invite you to blog about it with us on Tuesday, July 1. It doesn’t have to be too formal or anything, just make a simple (or incredibly long) post about WordPress. Here are some topics your post could cover:
- Why you use it and prefer it over other CMSs
- How it’s helped your business or blog
- A thank you letter to Automattic
- Your top-secret tips and tricks
Remember, the point of the whole thing is to publicly express your love for WordPress 
Donate to WordPress
As you all know, WordPress is free and open-source, and there are many people behind the scenes working their asses off simply because they love WordPress. With that said, we’re asking you to please join us in donating to WordPress. These folks really deserve it. It doesn’t have to be a huge amount – in fact, any amount will do – but not only will it help them out, it’ll also show how much we appreciate all they’ve done.
What We’re Doing
WPCandy is hosting an activities day on Unofficial International WordPress Day. We’ll have coloring sheets, crossword puzzles, and…no, that’s not right. How about some giveaways? We’re lucky enough to have a pot of TWENTY premium themes, theme packs, plugins, ad spots, and more. How do I enter, you ask?
It’s simple. Simply post a comment below about how you love WordPress and thank Automattic and you’ll automatically be entered into the contest.
Or, if you’re in a good mood, you may choose to write a blog post about WordPress. You can use some of the suggested topics above or do whatever you want. Then, in your post, link back to this article. We will be notified of the incoming link and will include it in the drawing.
We have a growing pot of 20 prizes to give away. Yes, 20! WPCandy is fortunate enough to have an awesome set of sponsors who have donated premium themes and plugins, ad spots, theme packs, and more. Here’s what we’re giving away:
- 1 Theme of Choice from Blogalized.com
- 1 License of the WPRemix theme
- 3 Single-User Revolution theme licenses (theme of choice)
- 1 5-pack of themes from WordPress Themes Market (to be released shortly after WP Day)
- 1 free 30-day banner ad on WPforSale.com
- 4 Copies of the Viva Zoom Pro plugin
- 4 Copies of the Viva Carousel Posts plugin
- 4 All-Inclusive Dev Packages from Premium News (valued at $500 each)
- 1 iThemes.com Developers Package
Again, we’ll be collecting all of the comments and trackbacks and picking random winners. Note: WPCandy is the sole judge of who “deserves” to win these prizes. If we feel your post or comment isn’t meaningful enough, is spam, or is a cheap shot at entering the contest in any way, we’ll just skip you and move on to the next person. So please, make it nice.
Thanks to all of our sponsors for graciously donating some of their products to make WordPress Day so much better.
Unofficial International WordPress Day
http://wpcandy.com/articles/wordpress/unofficial-international-wordpress-day.html
(Photo by Donncha)
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Eric Odom said:
Sweet! I’ll post it up in a few places. Should be done sometime today.
on June 24, 2008 at 8:28 am
Stefano, WordPressMania.it said:
Our beloved WP and the great folks at Automattic really deserve a celebration day!
I’ll be posting in Italian, as I usually do at WordPressMania.it, hope you guys keep me in the contest anyway
Stefano
on June 24, 2008 at 9:15 am
liam said:
Great idea, and it’s on my birthday too! I feel privileged to share such a day
Good luck with this hope it works out nicely.
on June 24, 2008 at 9:55 am
Brady Valentino said:
Yay, it’s finally posted. Can’t wait for July 1st.
on June 24, 2008 at 10:34 am
Binny V A said:
Nice idea – I had an idea for a WordPress post – I think I’ll delay the posting till 1st July.
on June 24, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Nantucket Art said:
Great idea – here’s our post
http://nantucket-art.com/2008/06/24/free-wordpress-goodies-premium-themes-and-plugins/
on June 24, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Michael Cromarty said:
haha nice concept guys, hope it goes well.
on June 24, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Andor said:
yeah great idea, maybe i would post it on july 1st
on June 25, 2008 at 12:33 am
Alexis said:
Love it! Here is my Post.
http://www.eliseos.net/destacadas/dia-wordpress-premium-themes-plugins-gratis/
Right now for non-english readers.
on June 25, 2008 at 4:02 am
AP said:
So is the idea to post ON July 1 or BEFORE? Or can we do either? Thanks!
on June 27, 2008 at 3:40 pm
ThunderWolf said:
Great! Ill take a better look later, but i like the idea already.
on June 27, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Dan Philibin said:
You can post whenever you want! July 1 is probably best, but before that day is fine too.
on June 27, 2008 at 3:56 pm
brtak said:
I like the idea already..
on June 30, 2008 at 6:49 am
Twolane said:
Thank you WordPress for a great product and one that makes maintaining upgrades a walk in the park.
on June 30, 2008 at 11:22 am
Abhijeet said:
I think Matt and the entire Automattic team have done an awesome job ! Kudos to them for creating an excellent blogging software and offering it for free.
I love WordPress ! And hats off to you for taking the initiative and announcing a day for WordPress. Great going !!
on June 30, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Dave Moyer said:
Dan and everyone at WPCandy,
Wonderful idea! I can’t wait to see what posts people come up with. Of course, I’ll be writing about my wonderful experience with WordPress as well! Thanks for the holiday, and I’ll definitely talk about it on this week’s WordCast (http://wordcast.bitwire.tv/).
on June 30, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Gabe Jacobs said:
Before thanking Automattic, I just wanted t thank the WP-Candy Team for this wonderful day they have created. While wordpress is free, some wonderful themes and plugins are not. Let this day be the day that all wordpess user, rich or poor, have a chance to make their wordpress blogs even better than it already is. Thank you WP-Candy and I hope this will be a tradtion for many years to come.
Now on to Automattic…
You have made it so much easier for people to have their own space on the web. It used to be that it was so hard and complicated to make a blog that you would have to go to school to learn it! I don’t know a bit of code and I have a wonderful place online to write about what goes on in my mind. Not only does it work, but you can customize it to your hearts content, so that everyone has a different look and feel. Thank you soooo much! You have really made a difference and it must be obvious to you, since nearly every blog on the Internet is derived from your work. I think every blogger in the world owes you a beer….
- Gabe Jacobs
Monday; June 30, 2008
http://www.gabejacobsblog.com/
on June 30, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Keith Dsouza said:
WordPress has always been a real great piece of Software, not only does it provide flexibility to the users but also gives plugins and theme developers access to the internals without having to modify the core.
The extendability of WordPress takes it a few notches above the rest. That said Matt and team have not sat back and have been adding in new features time and again.
I wish Automattic all the success and heartily thank them for giving us such a wonderful piece of software.
on June 30, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Kym Huynh said:
WordPress, God I love you.
I praise the day WordPress was born.
on June 30, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Omar said:
Wordpress has saved me tons of time by being a flexible, with all the plugins and themes out there its realy easy to convert it into a CMS for major sites, rather then using other software thats way bigger and uses more resources unlike our beloved wordpress.
on June 30, 2008 at 7:10 pm
JamieO said:
Thank god for ‘unofficial’ eh? July 1 is also the official birthday of Canada so those two little mirrored (un) have just saved you from an international catastrophe, or maybe just an international apostrophe. I shall join the blogging festivities with beer firmly in hand in celebration of my country and content management system of choice simultaneously. Hurrah!
on June 30, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Dan Philibin said:
Comment of the day. ^^
on June 30, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Isaak Kwok said:
Basically, without WordPress, I wouldn’t be blogging and encouraging others to blog in my workplace.
So, thanks to Matt and Automattic for a wonderful piece of social media tool!
on July 1, 2008 at 12:23 am
Rice Blogger said:
wordpress is just a great piece of script for blogging.
Thanks Automattic for this great communication tool.
on July 1, 2008 at 12:32 am
Dulce said:
Yay! I can’t imagine my life without WordPress. I heart WP. Congrats and more power! Happy “Unofficial” WordPress Day.
on July 1, 2008 at 1:08 am
Sylvia said:
Thank Automatic…I think it is great to make July 1st WordPress day. Been using it as a CMS for my business. It is easily setup and I could upgrade it in minutes.
thank you people at Automattic! Keep up the good work!
on July 1, 2008 at 1:49 am
Rene said:
Thanks automatic for the development of WordPress.
Also thanks to the WP community for the great themes and plugins avaiable.
Booth keep up the good work.
Happy International WordPress day….
on July 1, 2008 at 2:10 am
SE7EN said:
Before I found WordPress, I was struggling to find the right CMS for my site.
WordPress makes it very easy to me to start blogging.
It’s very flexible and versatile, with tons of themes and plugins
I can’t imagine my blogging life without WordPress from now on.
Thank you WordPress developers and contributors!
on July 1, 2008 at 3:16 am
Xana said:
Me parece una idea genial…
Gracias a todos los desarrolladores de WordPress por el magnifico trabajo.
Aqui mi post:
http://www.xanarts.com/dia-internacional-de-wordpress/
on July 1, 2008 at 3:26 am
Peer Wandiger said:
Hi, I love WordPress, because it’s so flexible. You can do almost anything you want und there are so many good Plugins.
You can find my my article here: http://www.selbstaendig-im-netz.de/2008/07/01/blogs/international-wordpress-day-warum-ich-wordpress-liebe/
on July 1, 2008 at 4:33 am
Rice Blogger said:
i just wrote my pos too
http://www.riceblogger.com/rice-blogger/wordpress-day-1st-july/
big thanks!
on July 1, 2008 at 5:10 am
Stefano, WordPressMania.it said:
I’m with WordPress from it’s first release. I saw it growing from a little blog script to a robust CMS core. I founded WordPressMania to help spread the WP knowledge to italian-only readers. I feel to be part in one of the most collaborative, open and creative community around the net.
Thank you WP, thank you wonderful community!
Stefano
p.s. As many suggested don’t forget to leave some donation, too!
on July 1, 2008 at 5:45 am
Ptah Dunbar said:
Everybody pretty much said what I wanted to say so instead of repeating the noise, I wrote about my upcoming WP News Theme!
WordPress is super awesome and I’m glad they continue to release awesome features and upgrades!
on July 1, 2008 at 6:47 am
Mário Andrade said:
Great ideia, It’s always great to say thanks to the people that made blogging so much easier
on July 1, 2008 at 7:45 am
Jovana said:
Wonderful competition! Here is my post
http://incomeadvice.co.za/
Fantastic competition!
on July 1, 2008 at 7:53 am
circuitse7en said:
http://www.circuitse7en.com/happy-unofficial-international-wordpress-day/
on July 1, 2008 at 8:14 am
Brandon said:
Wordpress makes my life so much easier. It makes all other blogging platforms look like those guys caught on “To Catch A Predator”.
on July 1, 2008 at 9:33 am
Carlos Bastidas said:
Nice idea, I’ll do It today and start showing appreciation for those working bastards. Lots of love.
on July 1, 2008 at 9:46 am
Dr. Wordpress (Mitch Canter) said:
http://www.thewordpressdoctor.com/2008/07/01/so-why-wordpress-my-post-for-unofficial-wordpress-day/
Happy WordPress Day to everyone. I can honestly say no piece of software has changed my life more than WordPress has. Without it, I may not be doing full time web-design like I am now. Kudos guys!
on July 1, 2008 at 9:50 am
dktrooper said:
Maybe I am not qualified to win the prizes, as I haven’t been playing with WordPress so much, but it’s ok. But this is all about expressing our loves with WordPress right? So I will just share here about my senior’s success with wordpress. He is now a fully wordpress freelancer and has been making life from WordPress! So I am just proud of him and wish that I could follow his success, not in any short time though as I still have to finish my study, two years to go. But if I were stranded on an island and could bring only one thing, it would be my laptop with wordpress installed locally!
I am really thanking Automattic for doing such a great job! And best of luck to you guys!
on July 1, 2008 at 10:34 am
Lefteriz said:
I love WordPress!!!
This is my post for the competition! thank you Automattic for doing such a great job!
on July 1, 2008 at 10:50 am
Syiok's Blog said:
happy birthday wordpress!
Thank you automattic for providing us with such a great software for free. I will repay you when I manage to earn some money out of my blogs. It is very user friendly!
on July 1, 2008 at 11:30 am
Stephen R said:
I’ve been doing a series of articles and tutorials for WP plugin authors. Part 1 is here:
http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia/2008/06/on-plugin-design/
I think a good way to give back to WordPress is to put out good information for anyone who codes for it. I worked hard for some of this info, and I’m happy if others learn from it.
on July 1, 2008 at 11:42 am
world2 said:
Thanks Automattic – because of WordPress, even non-techies can have a voice on the internet and look professional.
on July 1, 2008 at 11:44 am
Sonny Gill said:
Awesome thing you guys doing here. Big thanks to Automattic!
I just got into using WP last year and have been amazed at how great of a content management tool it is! I love WordPress and the capabilities & flexibility of it, which has made blogging a lot easier for me. Keep up the great work.
on July 1, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Lantrix said:
Just for WordPress day, I Wrote a new wordpress plugin to give something back
It is for twitter. Autolink to @ usernames in your posts: http://techdebug.com/wordpress-plugins/
on July 1, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Lantrix said:
Oh and I posted about it too
http://techdebug.com/blog/2008/07/01/twitter-wordpress-plugin-autolink-to-username/
on July 1, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Bruno Costa said:
I started blogging about one year ago, and tried others publishing systems, but nothing compared to WordPress. During this time, my personal (portuguese) blog was located at thisboyissmooth.wordpress.com and I’m very happy with it. But thanks to Automattic, now i’m moving to my own host and domain with wordpress!
The official lunch will be very soon.
sorry about my english
on July 1, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Pratheep said:
You can say WordPress is a wonderful blogging software, a great content management system or even the best software to create any web site. As true as that can be, WordPress ultimately equals hope. Hope to be a better blogger, hope to be better web designer, hope to be a better internet entrepreneur. WordPress has brought hope to a lot of people. With hope it has become an integral part of many peoples’ lives.
Not just blogging for fun, a lot of people earn their living with WordPress, like internet marketers and freelance web designers. Then there are friends who communicate with each other through blogs, politicians use blogs to reach out to the people, businesses to their customers and potential customers. And many of these people choose WordPress over any other similar products.
From .com to .org, WordPress has truly influenced the lives of many many people. To blog is fun, but to blog with WordPress is just awesome. And the WordPress community is equally awesome.
Hats off to WordPress, the community and the guys at Automattic.
on July 1, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Curtis Henson said:
Happy WordPress Day everyone. I wrote a tutorial on making sections out of categories a la MSNBC’s site.
http://curtishenson.com/make-sections-msnbc-style-in-wordpress/
on July 1, 2008 at 3:14 pm