Add a dedicated "Community" tab/section to user profiles on profiles.wordpress.org

[mayankmajeji]

Currently on profiles.wordpress.org, all messages appear under a single Activity tab. This mixes contribution activity (commits, props, plugin and theme releases, translations) with community participation messages such as:

• Is the 9th person to arrive at WordCamp Bhopal 2025
• Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Kolhapur 2026
• Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Pune 2026

As the WordPress community grows with new programs like Campus Connect and WordPress Student Clubs, and as more events happen each year globally, the volume of community-related entries will keep increasing. This makes the Activity tab harder to scan and dilutes both the contribution history and the community story for any given user.

Proposed solution

Introduce a separate Community tab on user profiles, dedicated to community participation events. The existing Activity tab continues to show contribution-focused activity such as commits, props, plugin and theme releases, and translation contributions.

Examples of messages that would live in the Community tab

WordCamps and events:

• Arrived at WordCamp X (Nth attendee)
• Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp X
• Joined the organizing team for WordCamp X
• Volunteered at WordCamp X
• Participated in Contributor Day at WordCamp X

Local Meetups:

• Attended a local WordPress Meetup for the first time
• Attended the [City] WordPress Meetup
• Started co-organizing the [City] WordPress Meetup
• Spoke at the [City] WordPress Meetup
• Hosted a workshop at a local Meetup

Programs and initiatives:

• Joined the Campus Connect program at [Campus]
• Started a WordPress Student Club at [Campus]
• Spoke at a Women in WP event
• Organized a Women in WP event
• Pledged hours via Five for the Future
• Completed Diverse Speaker Training
• Mentored a first-time WordCamp speaker or organizer

Make WordPress teams:

• Joined the [team] team on Make WordPress
• Got props in WordPress [version] release
• Made first contribution to [team]
• Became a team rep for [team]

Recognition and roles:

• Became Project Translation Editor for [locale]
• Became General Translation Editor for [locale]
• Became a vetted WordCamp organizer
• Appointed as Community Deputy
• Joined the Plugin Review team
• Joined the Theme Review team

Milestones:

• Nth anniversary on WordPress.org
• Attended Nth WordCamp
• Spoke at Nth WordCamp

Why this matters

1. Cleaner separation between contribution history and community participation, so visitors can read both stories independently.
2. Easier for organizers, hiring managers, and other community members to assess someone's community footprint at a glance.
3. Future proofs the profile as Campus Connect, Student Clubs, Women in WP, Five for the Future, and other programs continue to add new activity types.
4. Gives community participation equal visual weight, which encourages more participation and recognition.

Open questions

• Should existing community entries on the Activity tab be migrated, or only new ones surface in the Community tab?
• Should the Activity tab continue to show a merged feed for backwards compatibility, with the Community tab acting as a filtered subset?
• How should this interact with the badges system already shown on profiles?