The WordPress community is a vast community of developers, designers, and entrepreneurs working on building a better CMS and some building their own businesses.

They say going it alone may result in short term success, but going together is what yields results in the long haul. The same can apply to the WordPress community. It’s important to meet friends and contribute to each other’s goals.

The best way to start doing this is by joining forums and communities. In this post I’m going to give you 8 of my favorite WordPress communities, that I hope you’ll join.

Manage WP is a great community of people related to WordPress where links are submitted sharing everything from resources to tutorials and guides. It’s great for sharing articles and learning from some other prominent people in the WordPress Community.

Visit Manage WP

Advanced WordPress is a great little group on Google+ for getting advice, sharing articles and meeting members of the WordPress Community. For those of you who frequent Google+, this is the way to go.

Visit Advanced WordPress G+ Group

Reddit is a great place to learn and join communities. The WordPress Subreddit is no different. Here you’ll find links to great articles, tips and tricks, and you can ask questions to fellow WordPress peeps.

Visit Reddit r/WordPress

If you consider yourself a more advanced WordPress user, this is the subreddit for you. This is where the hardcore developers and creators play ball.

Visit Reddit r/ProWordPress

The most recognised forums in all of the WordPress Community would probably be the WordPress.org forums. Submit a question or answer one – the knowledge in these forums is basically endless.

Visit WordPress.org Forums

The WordPress.com Forums is where you’d find support for anything related to the WordPress.com community. Definitely useful for those of you utilising that service, and a great start into the full WordPress experience.

Visit WordPress.com Forums

The ThemeForest Forums aren’t strictly related to WordPress, but are still fantastic. Talk about a great way to meet people in the design and development community! By far some of my favourite forums around for web design and development.

Visit ThemeForest Forums

Although unofficial, this Facebook Group is fantastic for WordPress and can help you meet people in the community, find events, and learn more about WordPress.

Visit WordPress Facebook Group

In Summary

Those are just some of the better communities I could find to connect with fellow WordPress Users. Know of some other great ones? Leave a comment – we’d love to learn about some other great WordPress Communities!