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    Translations

    Translations for themes and plugins are relatively new and there have been a number of questions about them. Here’s an overview of how the process works, using plugins as an example. PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend…

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    Audits and testing

    WordPress regularly improves its features and creates new coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. themes. The accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct…

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    Glossary

    dl.glossary-list dd { margin-top: -50px; padding-top: 50px; } Automated Release Packages Automated release packagesAutomated Release Packages Automated release packages are release packages of locales that have no custom changes.Automated Release Packages Automated release packages are release packages of localesLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for…

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    International Forums

    This page is still a DRAFT and being actively written. If you find an error, please comment below. https://it.wordpress.org/forums https://ary.wordpress.org/forums Component: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/query?component=International+Forums Theme: https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sites/trunk/wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/pub/wporg-forums Permissions bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. https://bbpress.org: Keymaster https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/before-installing/bbpress-user-roles-and-capabilities/#keymaster Caps to manage users: list_users, promote_users, remove_users Caps to manage pages: edit_pages, edit_others_pages, edit_published_pages,…

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    Tools

    If you find yourself working in and around 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. https://wordpress.org/ and coreCore Core is the set…

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    Examples reviewing

    Note: This project was completed. Thank you for your contribution. As outlined in the Codex Migration page, one of our primary contributor efforts as of 2015 is moving examples from Codex articles to their corresponding Code Reference articles. This effort is already in full-swing, and is a great way to contribute in small ways for…

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    Examples migrating from Codex

    Note: This project was completed. Thank you for your contribution. As outlined in the Codex Migration page, one of our primary contributor efforts as of 2015 is moving examples from Codex articles to their corresponding Code Reference articles. This effort is already in full-swing, and is a great way to contribute in small ways for…

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    [OLD] Editing articles

    Note: This project was completed. Thank you for your contribution. Codex to Code Reference As an example, let’s compare two pages of add_action to understand which sections are transferred to which areas: Codex (archives): https://codex.wordpress.org/index.php?title=Function_Reference/add_action&oldid=152725 Code Reference: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_action/ Description, Syntax, Parameters and Returns The Description, Syntax, Parameters and Returns should be converted to inline docs…

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    Theme & Plugin Directories

    Every RosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone, which contained more or less the same text in three different languages. site now gets a theme…

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    Feature Plugin Treatment

    When a feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins gets created, we offer them the full “treatment” across WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download…