Giving Back

170+ GitHub Repositories

10up has opened over 170 GitHub repositories, sharing innovations that range from full-featured WordPress plugins like Distributor—which simplifies sharing content across multiple WordPress sites—to vulnerability scanning tools and command-line scripts for auditing PDF accessibility.

Most agencies would keep these tools to themselves, out of a belief that it gives them a competitive edge – we believe that sharing our tools makes the wider web better and that transparent code open to outside contribution can improve our solutions.

Dozens of WordPress Contributors

WordPress is one of the biggest open source community projects on the internet, powering an estimated 40% of websites – and for over a decade 10up has been one of the largest voluntary contributors and easily the largest agency maker of the platform. Dozens of 10up engineers have contributed code to WordPress, with several leading major WordPress releases and recognized as noteworthy contributors.

For example, nineteen 10uppers contributed to the major 6.7 release at the end of 2024. 10up leaders served as a Core Tech Co-Lead, Documentation Co-Lead, Test Lead, and Performance Lead.

Thousands of Company Hours

We conservatively estimate over 7,000 hours donated annually to shipping and contributing to popular open source projects — and those are just the hours on the books. Many 10uppers go above and beyond, dedicating their personal time to community projects, individual open source modules, and code freedom.

Our dedicated Open Source Practice has the budget and a mission to ensure we give back to the platforms we rely on, actively maintain our open sourced solutions, and help engineers across the business share back innovative work with the wider web.

40+ Event Speakers

Every year, 10uppers travel the globe to volunteer, speak at, and organize industry events. Whether it’s a national WordCamp, a niche specialist event, or an international cloud conference, we make the time to share our expertise.

And we don’t just speak – we document and publish our thought leadership and standards for everyone’s benefit. Whether it’s our renowned Engineering Best Practices, our deep dive resources for building WordPress editor blocks, or unpacking UX research tools, our clients and colleagues are constantly finding our expertise when searching the web for answers.

What we Believe

Hire us

We believe that an open, collaborative internet and the democratization of publishing – making the tools for building and telling stories simple and affordable – have been the engine of a web renaissance. It is incumbent upon those who succeed on the backs of these platforms to ensure their success. And do we: by donating hundreds of thousands of dollars annually by way of code contributions, open sourcing our own innovative projects, sponsoring and volunteering at events, and sharing our expertise.

It’s not just good citizenship: it’s good business. Our leadership in support of projects like WordPress demands a mastery of these platforms like no other team. Our culture attracts leaders that share our values and passions, and see their work as more than a paycheck. Our clients know that part of every dollar they spend goes to the free platforms their businesses depend on.

When you work with us, you’re not just building a website. You help build the internet.

Quickly and efficiently build a modern headless website with the WordPress REST API and Next.js, using our free and fully open source framework.

Our fully open source plugin that connects leading AI models like ChatGPT and Gemini to WordPress, helping publish faster and increasing engagement.

Our open connector for WordPress and Elasticsearch, for speedy, intelligent search. We also offer WordPress-optimized Elastic hosting.

Free & Active WordPress Plugins

Finely crafted websites & tools that make the web better.