WordPress Playground Contributor Badge

[fellyph]

It is time! WordPress Playground has a fantastic team of contributors, and we should recognise them. A WordPress Playground badge would be a good sign of gratitude. The Playground team has already approved the Designs for the badge, following the standard of the new logo, which is now rolling out in various places.

Here is an example of the new badge:

Demo:

Playground Logo

The following steps outline the criteria for obtaining a playground badge. Two initial proposals:

• All contributions are eligible: This will incentivize new contributors to get involved with the WordPress project. Any contribution to the WordPress Playground code, Playground web instance UI, Documentation, or Translation would be eligible for a badge.
• Categorized contribution: This approach will categorize the contribution as minor and major. Three minors' contributions or one major contribution will be eligible for a badge. All contributions are relevant, but we see a level of contribution to earn the badge. Minors are fixing typos in the documentation and codebase, as well as correcting code formatting. When relevant, are there any code contributions, additions to a new page in the documentation, or translations of a page into a new language?

The second item would be the time of contribution; all previous contributions will be eligible, or only new contributions will be valid to receive the WordPress playground badge.

Those are suggestions; I would appreciate your feedback.

[fellyph]

cc: @adamziel and @akirk

[karthick-murugan]

@fellyph - I strongly support the “All contributions are eligible” approach. It encourages inclusivity and lowers the barrier for new contributors to get involved with the WordPress Playground project. Every contribution—no matter the size—reflects time, effort, and a willingness to improve the ecosystem.

Recognizing all types of contributions, whether it's fixing a typo, enhancing documentation, or submitting code, aligns well with the open-source spirit of WordPress. This approach also fosters a more welcoming and motivated community, where contributors feel valued and acknowledged from their very first interaction.

Badges like these not only serve as appreciation but also act as encouragement for ongoing participation.

[rollybueno]

I was leaning towards having a set of minimum types of contribution in order to get a badge, just like what Operverse does https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/handbook/team-profile-badges/ in order to encourage repeat contributions.

But then Openverse is more mature project than Playground is, so having All contributions are eligible approach for getting badge makes more sense at this point.

[adamziel]

All contributions are eligible sounds good. If we ever see any downsides of this approach in practice, e.g. a large number of tiny, badge-driven contributions that becomes too difficult to manage, we can always revisit the approach.

The second item would be the time of contribution; all previous contributions will be eligible, or only new contributions will be valid to receive the WordPress playground badge.

Let's absolutely honor the previous contributions from all the great contributors

[fellyph]

Amazing 🎉, we can move forward with that.

[fellyph]

The contributor badge is published, and we also have a guide published in our documentation.