CMS Makers

The CMS Makers Working Group was created to address the Maker-Taker imbalance in open-source communities by enhancing contribution recognition, incentivization, resource sharing, and promoting sustainability, resilience, and interoperability across platforms.

Bringing together contributors from the WordPress and Drupal communities, this partnership draws on the strengths of each ecosystem and focuses on shared projects like Five for the Future and the Innovation Hub. Together, they aim to pool resources, share knowledge, and support a balanced contribution ecosystem.

The working group welcomes participation from other open source CMS communities aligned with the goals of the Open Website Alliance.

A long-standing initiative that encourages individual and organizational contributions to help sustain and grow WordPress. Current improvements focus on contributor recognition, funding transparency, participation pathways, and program governance.

A module built to support and fund open source innovation across ecosystems. It enables proposal submissions, community endorsements, project tracking, and integration with Open Collective for fundraising and transparency.