{"id":4115,"date":"2026-11-01T23:04:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T17:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengaluru.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?p=4115"},"modified":"2026-11-02T08:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T03:15:36","slug":"namma-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengaluru.wordcamp.org\/2026\/namma-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Namma WordPress: Bengaluru already runs on it, and it speaks Kannada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-email-only has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:12px;color:#2a1d14;background-color:#fbf8f1;padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1 \u0cb0\u0cbe\u0c9c\u0ccd\u0caf\u0ccb\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0cb8\u0cb5\u0ca6 \u0cb6\u0cc1\u0cad\u0cbe\u0cb6\u0caf\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc1. Happy Kannada Rajyotsava.<\/strong> District websites across Karnataka, Kannada news and the city&#8217;s stages and campuses run on WordPress, and volunteers have put 95% of WordPress into Kannada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This post shows where WordPress already is, what the dashboard looks like in Kannada, the people who translated it, and where you come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Admission is \u20b9800 for both days, lunch included.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull wcblr-post wcblr-kn has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f2ece0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-sec wcblr-kn-hero-sec is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-hero is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-hero-main is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-kicker wp-block-paragraph\"><span>1 November<\/span><span>Kannada Rajyotsava<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-greet wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"kn\">\u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1 \u0cb0\u0cbe\u0c9c\u0ccd\u0caf\u0ccb\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0cb8\u0cb5\u0ca6 \u0cb6\u0cc1\u0cad\u0cbe\u0cb6\u0caf\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc1.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-greet-en wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Kannada <em>Rajyotsava<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-intro wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ve probably used WordPress today without seeing its name. Switch it to Kannada, and it answers in Kannada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-intro wp-block-paragraph\">Today, 1 November, Karnataka marks the day in 1956 when the Kannada-speaking regions came together as one state. So here&#8217;s the WordPress around you, the Kannada it already speaks, and the volunteers who put it there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-hero-reel is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wcblr-kn-reel\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XF23iRImn0w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-reel-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Suresha, Riyaz, Arun, Mayank and Yusuf, a line each, then the last one together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-shares is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-k wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/ runs_on_wordpress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-bars wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wcblr-kn-bar w-58\"><small>Websites worldwide<\/small><b>58%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-bar w-63\"><small>.in websites<\/small><b>63%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-bar is-kn w-69\"><small>Kannada-language websites<\/small><b>69%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-shares-note wp-block-paragraph\">Share of websites whose platform can be identified. That last share is higher than for any other Indian language we checked. <a href=\"https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/details\/cm-wordpress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">W3Techs<\/a>, 1 November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-jump wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#k1\"><b>01<\/b>It&#8217;s already around you<\/a><a href=\"#k2\"><b>02<\/b>It speaks Kannada<\/a><a href=\"#k3\"><b>03<\/b>The people who translated it<\/a><a href=\"#k4\"><b>04<\/b>Where you come in<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-sec is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-around is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-around-main is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-titles is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-n wp-block-paragraph\">01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wcblr-kn-bt\" id=\"k1\">It&#8217;s already around <em>you<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-body wp-block-paragraph\">Open your district&#8217;s website. Bengaluru Urban, Mysuru, Belagavi and Kalaburagi all open in Kannada, and all run on WordPress. District sites sit on <a href=\"https:\/\/s3waas.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S3WaaS<\/a>, the platform the National Informatics Centre built on WordPress for government offices, and more than 3,100 government websites have moved onto it. The district court websites for Bengaluru and Mysuru run on it too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-body wp-block-paragraph\">Your news is there as well, and so are the city&#8217;s campuses, stages and galleries. So is Bangalore International Centre in Domlur, where WordCamp Bengaluru&#8217;s Contributor Day happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-pull wp-block-paragraph\">None of them puts WordPress on the front page. Good software doesn&#8217;t need to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-board is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-board-bar wp-block-paragraph\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><em>view-source: \/wp-content\/<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-board-g is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-k wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/ your_district<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-addrs wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bengaluruurban.nic.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>bengaluruurban.nic.in<\/span><strong>Bengaluru Urban<\/strong><em lang=\"kn\">\u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bangalorerural.nic.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>bangalorerural.nic.in<\/span><strong>Bengaluru Rural<\/strong><em lang=\"kn\">\u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mysore.nic.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>mysore.nic.in<\/span><strong>Mysuru<\/strong><em lang=\"kn\">\u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/udupi.nic.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>udupi.nic.in<\/span><strong>Udupi<\/strong><em lang=\"kn\">\u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/belagavi.nic.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>belagavi.nic.in<\/span><strong>Belagavi<\/strong><em lang=\"kn\">\u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/kalaburagi.nic.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>kalaburagi.nic.in<\/span><strong>Kalaburagi<\/strong><em lang=\"kn\">\u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-board-g is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-k wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/ district_courts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-addrs wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bengaluru.dcourts.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>bengaluru.dcourts.gov.in<\/span><strong>Bengaluru<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mysuru.dcourts.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>mysuru.dcourts.gov.in<\/span><strong>Mysuru<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-board-g is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-k wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/ your_news<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-addrs wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kannadadunia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>kannadadunia.com<\/span><strong>Kannada Dunia<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eesanje.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>eesanje.com<\/span><strong>Ee Sanje<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hosadigantha.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>hosadigantha.com<\/span><strong>Hosa Digantha<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/starofmysore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>starofmysore.com<\/span><strong>Star of Mysore<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-board-g is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-k wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/ campus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-addrs wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iisc.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>iisc.ac.in<\/span><strong>IISc<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nls.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>nls.ac.in<\/span><strong>National Law School<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-board-g is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-k wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/ evenings_out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-addrs wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rangashankara.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>rangashankara.org<\/span><strong>Ranga Shankara<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bangaloreliteraturefestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>bangaloreliteraturefestival.org<\/span><strong>Bangalore Literature Festival<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/map-india.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>map-india.org<\/span><strong>Museum of Art &amp; Photography<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/indianmusicexperience.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>indianmusicexperience.org<\/span><strong>Indian Music Experience<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-board-g is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-k wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/ contributor_day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-addrs wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bangaloreinternationalcentre.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><i><\/i><span>bangaloreinternationalcentre.org<\/span><strong>Bangalore International Centre<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-board-note wp-block-paragraph\">We checked each one in its own page source on 1 November. <em lang=\"kn\">\u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1<\/em> marks the ones that open in Kannada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-sec wcblr-kn-speak is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-f is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" id=\"kn-kn\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-f is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" id=\"kn-en\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-speak-grid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-speak-main is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-titles is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-n wp-block-paragraph\">02<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wcblr-kn-bt\" id=\"k2\">It speaks <em>Kannada<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-body wp-block-paragraph\">Switch WordPress to Kannada and the whole dashboard follows. These words come straight from the official Kannada language pack for WordPress 7.1.4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-body wp-block-paragraph\">The top bar greets you with <span lang=\"kn\">\u0cb9\u0cc7\u0c97\u0cbf\u0ca6\u0ccd\u0ca6\u0cc0\u0cb0\u0cbe<\/span> instead of &#8220;Howdy&#8221;. And the first post on every new site, &#8220;Hello world!&#8221;, arrives as <span lang=\"kn\">\u0cb9\u0cb2\u0ccb \u0cb5\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0ca1\u0ccd!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-try is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-k is-gold wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/ try_it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-try-b wp-block-paragraph\">Open <a href=\"https:\/\/playground.wordpress.net\/?language=kn&amp;networking=yes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">playground.wordpress.net\/?language=kn<\/a> and a complete WordPress starts in your browser, in Kannada. Close the tab and it&#8217;s gone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-window is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-switch wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Language<\/span><a class=\"is-kn\" href=\"#kn-kn\" lang=\"kn\">\u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1<\/a><a class=\"is-en\" href=\"#kn-en\">English<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-dash wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wcblr-kn-dash-top\"><i class=\"wcblr-kn-wp\">W<\/i><span class=\"wcblr-kn-w is-howdy\"><b lang=\"kn\">\u0cb9\u0cc7\u0c97\u0cbf\u0ca6\u0ccd\u0ca6\u0cc0\u0cb0\u0cbe<\/b><small>Howdy<\/small><\/span><i class=\"wcblr-kn-avatar\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-dash-side\"><span class=\"wcblr-kn-w\"><b lang=\"kn\">\u0ca1\u0ccd\u0caf\u0cbe\u0cb6\u0ccd\u200c\u0cac\u0ccb\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0ca1\u0ccd<\/b><small>Dashboard<\/small><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-w is-on\"><b lang=\"kn\">\u0cb2\u0cc7\u0c96\u0ca8\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc1<\/b><small>Posts<\/small><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-w\"><b lang=\"kn\">\u0caa\u0cc1\u0c9f\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc1<\/b><small>Pages<\/small><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-w\"><b lang=\"kn\">\u0cae\u0cbe\u0ca7\u0ccd\u0caf\u0cae<\/b><small>Media<\/small><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-w\"><b lang=\"kn\">\u0c97\u0ccb\u0c9a\u0cb0\u0ca4\u0cc6<\/b><small>Appearance<\/small><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-w\"><b lang=\"kn\">\u0cac\u0cb3\u0c95\u0cc6\u0ca6\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0cb0\u0cc1<\/b><small>Users<\/small><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-w\"><b lang=\"kn\">\u0c86\u0ca6\u0ccd\u0caf\u0ca4\u0cc6\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc1<\/b><small>Settings<\/small><\/span><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-dash-main\"><span class=\"wcblr-kn-dash-post\"><small class=\"wcblr-kn-dash-k\">post-1<\/small><span class=\"wcblr-kn-w is-title\"><b lang=\"kn\">\u0cb9\u0cb2\u0ccb \u0cb5\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0ca1\u0ccd!<\/b><small>Hello world!<\/small><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-dash-lines\"><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-w is-publish\"><b lang=\"kn\">\u0caa\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0c95\u0c9f\u0cbf\u0cb8\u0cc1<\/b><small>Publish<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-window-note wp-block-paragraph\">Every word here is WordPress&#8217;s own, paired with the English label it replaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-sec is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-titles is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-n wp-block-paragraph\">03<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wcblr-kn-bt\" id=\"k3\">The people who <em>translated<\/em> it<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-people is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-lead wp-block-paragraph\">None of this is machine translation. People wrote every Kannada line in WordPress, and an editor approves each one before it goes live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-ledger wp-block-paragraph\"><span><b>12,657<\/b><small>pieces of text in WordPress 7.1, from menu items to error messages<\/small><\/span><span><b>95%<\/b><small>of them in Kannada<\/small><\/span><span><b>62,000<\/b><small>words, give or take<\/small><\/span><span><b>80<\/b><small>contributors: 27 on the team today, 53 who helped in earlier years<\/small><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-ledger-note wp-block-paragraph\">Three general editors and four project editors check the work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-steps wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wcblr-kn-step\"><time>2013<\/time><strong>The first Kannada WordPress<\/strong><span>Version 3.6, on kn.wordpress.org.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-step is-big\"><time>Sep 2021<\/time><strong>31% to 82%<\/strong><span class=\"wcblr-kn-jumpbar\"><i class=\"w-31\"><\/i><i class=\"w-82\"><\/i><\/span><span>The Bengaluru WordPress meetup ran translation sessions, and teachers and students from a high school joined in. It took one month.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-step\"><time>2024<\/time><strong>Every big release, in Kannada<\/strong><span>Starting with WordPress 6.6, in August 2024.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-step\"><time>28 Oct 2026<\/time><strong>WordPress 7.1.4<\/strong><span>The latest release. Download it in Kannada at kn.wordpress.org.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-shelves is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-shelf is-done is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-k wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/ already_in_kannada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-meters wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wcblr-kn-meter w-95\"><small>WordPress 7.1 itself: the dashboard, editor and settings<\/small><b>95%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-meter w-95\"><small>kn.wordpress.org, WordPress&#8217;s own Kannada website<\/small><b>95%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-shelf is-todo is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-k wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/ still_mostly_in_english<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-meters wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wcblr-kn-meter w-20\"><small>The plugin and theme pages on WordPress.org<\/small><b>About 20%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-meter w-14\"><small>The WordPress.org support forums<\/small><b>14%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-meter w-11\"><small>The WordPress app for Android<\/small><b>11%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-meter w-10\"><small>The most-installed plugins we checked<\/small><b>0 to 10%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-meter w-6\"><small>The WordPress app for iPhone and iPad<\/small><b>6%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wcblr-kn-meter w-0\"><small>Twenty Twenty-Five, the default theme for new sites<\/small><b>0%<\/b><i><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-pull is-wide wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress itself is nearly done. What sits around it, and what people install on top of it, mostly isn&#8217;t yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-sec is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-titles is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-n wp-block-paragraph\">04<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wcblr-kn-bt\" id=\"k4\">Where you come <em>in<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-stops is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-stop is-any is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-stop-when wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Any day<\/b><span>From wherever you are<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wcblr-kn-stop-t\">Suggest a translation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-body wp-block-paragraph\">That gap is open to anyone who reads Kannada. You suggest translations at <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/locale\/kn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">translate.wordpress.org<\/a>, one phrase at a time, signed in with a WordPress.org account, the same one you need to buy a WordCamp ticket. An editor checks every suggestion, and none of it needs code.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wcblr-kn-stop is-sat is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-stop-when wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sat 21 Nov<\/b><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/?api=1&amp;query=Bangalore+International+Centre,+Domlur,+Bengaluru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BIC, Domlur<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wcblr-kn-stop-t\">Contributor Day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wcblr-kn-body wp-block-paragraph\">Contributors spend the day working on WordPress itself, at Bangalore International Centre. 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