Giving back, no strings attached - contributing to WordPress core
Why the lab contributes to WordPress core and open source before shipping anything of its own, from WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" to 7.1 "Mary Lou".
Before DevXpert Labs ships anything of its own, it gives back. That's not a slogan. It's the order the lab actually works in.
Credited on WordPress 7.0 and 7.1
WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" shipped with 875-plus credited contributors, and I'm one of them. It's a core release used by millions of sites: code that helps everyone and is owned by no one.
Then came WordPress 7.1 "Mary Lou" in August 2026, the latest core release, with 800-plus credited contributors. I'm credited on that one too, shipped to millions of sites worldwide.
Beyond WordPress
The same habit extends past WordPress. I've also contributed to NudgeBee, pitching in on the v1.3.0 release of an open-source tool for the wider developer community.
Why do it for free?
Every tool I build my work on (WordPress, PHP, the libraries under them) was given to me the same way: freely, by people I'll never meet. Contributing back, without expecting anything in return, is how the lab pays that forward.
It also makes the client work better. Reading and contributing to core means understanding how WordPress actually works, not just how to configure it.
Have something worth testing?
A client project, a plugin idea, or a "could we actually build this?" Bring it to the bench.