Content type: Handbook

  • Theme Tags

    Here is a list of all of the tags that a theme can use and what the theme needs to fulfill to be allowed to use the tag. You can find the list of tags using API here: https://api.wordpress.org/themes/info/1.1/?action=feature_list Subject tags (max 3 tags) Tag Requirement blog Theme designed primarily for use on blogs e-commerce…

  • Handbook

    Welcome to the WordPress.tv Moderator Handbook This handy handbook (See what I did there?) is the best place to learn how to get involved with producing, publishing, and translating/captioning videos on WordPress.tv. Here you can learn about how the community moderator team is organized, communication channels, best practices, the video workflow process, and more. There…

  • WordPress.org

    The guidelines in the following pages address elements regarding the WordPress.org network of sites. What you see here are the exceptions or extensions to the foundational styles shown on the previous section of this handbook.

  • Iconography

    WordPress Icons are available to use in Storybook. They are designed and exported from this page in the WordPress Design Library Figma. Here’s more on how to use the Figma library. Dashicons are deprecated, but still available to use. Design Guidelines Icons use a 24x24px grid. Lines should be 1.5px wide, but have one edge…

  • Typography

    The WordPress brand uses two Emigre typefaces for it’s identity – Mrs Eaves Small Caps and Dalliance – and Open Sans for everything else. The logotype uses Mrs Eaves and Dalliance, but those typefaces are reserved for the Logotype only and should not be used elsewhere. WordPress.org uses Inter and E.B. Garamond: See more in the WordPress.org design library.…

  • Roles and Capabilities

    There are numerous ways to contribute to the Polyglots team. Contributions can be local and global, and anywhere from translation to overseeing translation quality.  On this page, you’ll find a description of: Roles and expectations for global and local Polyglots teams User roles and permissions on translate.wordpress.org, Rosetta sites, team sites, and local forums User…

  • Foundations

    The following pages include all the base elements to the WordPress brand. Identity, Colors, and Typography. These should always be the main point of reference for anything related to WordPress.

  • Colors

    Colors are one of the key aspects when it comes to brand recognition. Making sure we use the right hues (colors) is essential to that effect. As part of a redesign of WordPress.org, a new palette of colors is being explored in this Figma file. Similar colors are being applied to WordPress Components, and are…

  • Identity

    Logotype Shortly after the WordPress project was born, Matt Mullenweg designed the original logo; it was simply the word “WordPress” set in the Adobe Dante typeface. The WordPress logotype as we know it today was created in early 2005 by Jason Santa Maria. He used two Emigre typefaces: Mrs Eaves Small Caps for the “WordPress” text,…

  • Mac Screen Capture with QuickTime

    The built-in QuickTime Player application can be used to capture a computer screen for a WordCamp presenter that is giving a live demonstration as part of the presentation. Important: Be sure to start the QuickTime Player before the presentation begins so you will be able to capture ALL of the presentation – the slides as well as…