{"id":228,"date":"2019-12-12T12:40:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T17:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2020.lancasterpa.wordcamp.org\/?p=228"},"modified":"2019-12-18T22:14:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T03:14:11","slug":"how-to-join-the-official-wp-slack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lancasterpa.wordcamp.org\/2020\/how-to-join-the-official-wp-slack\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Join the Official WP Slack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slack is a internet chat platform where many teams of web professionals discuss work. The WordPress project is one of those teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signing in to the official WordPress Slack for the first time can be confusing for a few reasons, so we&#8217;ve created this post to help clarify the process. The key point is that you will need to verify your Slack account by clicking on a link in an email from Slack. This email will arrive to the inbox of the email address that you used sign up for WordPress.org, but it will be sent after signing in to WordPress Slack using an alias email address that has this format: <code><strong><em>wp-username<\/em><\/strong>@chat.wordpress.org<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Log in to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress.org<\/a><\/li><li>Go to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/<\/a><\/li><li>Email address is <code><strong>wp-username<\/strong>@chat.wordpress.org<\/code>(an alias to your real email address used to create <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress.org<\/a> profile)<\/li><li>Password is same as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress.org<\/a><\/li><li>Verify email address by going to the email account used to create <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress.org<\/a> profile<\/li><li>Log in to Slack with new credentials<\/li><li><strong><em>Optional<\/em><\/strong>: open in App<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/2020.lancasterpa.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/12\/wordress-slack-org.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lancasterpa.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2019\/12\/wordress-slack-org.png 824w, https:\/\/lancasterpa.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2019\/12\/wordress-slack-org-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/lancasterpa.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2019\/12\/wordress-slack-org-768x646.png 768w, https:\/\/lancasterpa.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2019\/12\/wordress-slack-org-357x300.png 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many more Slack servers dedicated to WordPress communities beyond the official server described above. Join ours: WordCamp Lancaster&#8217;s Slack server is <a href=\"https:\/\/join.slack.com\/t\/wclancaster\/shared_invite\/enQtNTc1NjMxMjQ4MTY2LTlkY2JlMjFkNzdjNDcyMDRkMTZmYWU4MDIwMDhkOTJhZWFkMWU0NzEzNmY3ZGU4MzhmMDlhYjA4MmQ1MWU0ZmM\">https:\/\/join.slack.com\/t\/wclancaster\/signup<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slack is a internet chat platform where many teams of web professionals discuss work. The WordPress project is one of those teams. Signing in to the official WordPress Slack for the first time can be confusing for a few reasons, so we&#8217;ve created this post to help clarify the process. 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