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Community Resources

Key links and other helpful things for new community members

Welcome! If you made it here, there's a good chance you're interested in getting involved in the Wagtail community. This page provides kind of a one-stop, bookmarkable location for many of the resources we use in the community. If there's ever anything you think we should add to this page, please tell us!

The Wagtail Wiki

Our wiki on GitHub contains useful information about our processes and how the Wagtail project is organized. You can also find key information about the programs we participate in like Google Summer of Code or Outreachy.

The Wagtail Slack

One of the quickest ways to connect with other members of the community is our Wagtail Slack. You'll find channels there for support, showing off your builds, and other fun things.

This Week in Wagtail

Our weeklyish community newsletter is a great way to stay connected to community and get all the latest news as well as useful Wagtail tips and package updates. You can sign up here.

Resources for new contributors

We love new contributors and we totally understand it can be a little hard to get oriented when you're new. So here are a few links that you should definitely read through as you're getting started.

Wagtail Contributors Guide

This guide explains everything about contributing to Wagtail from the code style we use to great places to start contributing to recommendations for developing packages. If you're a new contributor, you'll want to read this whole guide from top to bottom.

The Wagtail User's Guide

Whether you're writing code or making another contribution, having an understanding of how editors and writers experience Wagtail is critical. This is also a handy resource for answering any user questions that might come up.

Ten Tasty Ingredients for a Delicious Pull Request

Core team member LB has put together an excellent guide for making a great pull request. Whether you have never made a pull request or have made hundreds of pull requests, this is can't-miss reading.

Wagtail FAQs

There are some questions we tend to get over and over again. You'll find them here.

Community Events Calendar

We put together a Google calendar of events that would interest our community. These events include various Python and Django conferences. We'll be including official Wagtail events as well as they come up. But your best way

How to Get in Touch

If you have questions, you're welcome to send a direct message to Meagen Voss on the community Slack or reach out to the whole team at [email protected]