Content type: Handbook

  • WordPress Activity Library

    A WordPress activity kit is a complete, ready-to-run resource that any WordPress community member, event organizer, facilitator, or educator can download and use without needing to prepare their own session materials. Each kit contains four files: A facilitator guide (.docx and .pdf) — covering learning objectives, setup instructions, step-by-step participant activities, facilitator tips, debrief questions,…

  • Patch Testing Scrub Guide

    This guide helps moderators run Patch Testing Scrub sessions. Use the structure and example phrases below as a reference to assign tickets to everyone in attendance. Pre-Session Preparation Before the session: 1. Review and have TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. ticket queue open…

  • Testing Gutenberg Tickets with WordPress Playground

    This guide focuses on the ticket testing workflow for GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ changes using WordPress Playground. The…

  • Guide to talking at WordPress meetups and WordCamps about the Core AI projects

    WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. AI is a fast-moving target, but in a good way. There’s real software shipping (some of it already in WordPress 6.9), plus a bunch of fast-moving building blocks that are very demoable, but need a bit of…

  • Team Organization

    The WordPress Test Team is a group of contributors dedicated to improving the quality of WordPress through manual and automated testing, triage, and education. This page provides an overview of how the team is organized, who its active members are, and how new contributors can get involved. For more about the team’s mission and scope,…

  • Trac Keyword Triage Guide

    When a ticket on WordPress Core Trac is tagged with needs-testing, testers are responsible for evaluating the ticket and deciding on the next step. This guide covers the four keywords testers manage day-to-day, the workflow for deciding which to use, and ready-to-use comment templates for common situations. Note: This guide focuses on the tester’s view…

  • Meta Janitors

    This initiative started by Matt Mullenweg in April 2026 grants a trusted group of contributors WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization.…

  • Test Reports

    This section contains archived test report templates that are no longer part of the active handbook. Testing Instructions Combined Report

  • Email Testing

    Email testing is important for WordPress testing because WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. relies on transactional emails for essential functions like user registration, password resets, and admin notifications. Capturing and verifying these emails ensures that the correct messages are triggered with proper…

  • Test Core Tickets with Grunt

    Grunt is a JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com-based task runner that WordPress uses to automate development…