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Originally published on GoDaddy Newsroom
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) just invested a half-million dollars in the WordPress community through a donation to The WP Community Collective, an initiative focused on funding and empowering WordPress contributors. This monetary support will be directed towards providing financial, operational and promotional support within the greater WordPress community. GoDaddy also recently launched a redesigned Managed WordPress Hosting platform, built with developers in mind.
The WP Community Collective contribution by GoDaddy, the company that helps small businesses thrive, aims to strengthen open source communities by providing resources for designers, developers and other contributors who make the internet work.
These efforts help to build the WordPress platform and provide individuals with the freedom to adapt and improve this open source software to suit their needs without limitations.
"GoDaddy and its employees care deeply about the WordPress community and show it year in, year out in many ways, including contributions of time and funding," said GoDaddy President of Partners Paul Bindel. "We're focused on continuing to enhance our industry-leading WordPress platform and hope our investment of $520,000 helps other valued members of the community sustain their contributions throughout 2025 and beyond."
GoDaddy Supports Many Critical WordPress Community Projects
In addition to the December 2024 investment in The WP Community Collective announced today, GoDaddy is sponsoring a handful of open source projects that will elevate WordPress while empowering contributors.
The open source projects receiving funding, mentorship, and other opportunities from GoDaddy include:
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PHP Coding Standards - GoDaddy gave $12,000 in total in 2024 to support PHP code quality tools (Open Collective).
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PHP Foundation - GoDaddy donated $24,000 in December 2024 to help sustain PHP, the language powering much of the internet.
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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - GoDaddy donated $40,000 in December 2024 to champion open web standards through the W3C.
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WP Accessibility Meetup - GoDaddy sponsors live captions for the group's monthly meetings.
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Five for the Future - Currently, GoDaddy sponsors 46 contributors, across 17 teams, through this program. The company ranks as the second-largest contributor of people and is ranked third in number of pledged hours per week at 255 hours.
"These monetary contributions to the WordPress community, alongside our team's involvement through contributions, showcase how vital we believe WordPress is to the web," continued Bindel. "We believe that anyone should be able to participate, contribute and be involved in propelling the WordPress project forward."