WordPress Help

Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.

  • 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…

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  • Meta Janitors

    This initiative started by Matt Mullenweg in April 2026 grants a trusted group of contributors WordPress.org sandbox access in order to make changes and improvements without “approval or feedback needed from any team, group, stakeholder, commenter, or approval from anyone but me (Matt).” The goal is to move quickly, embrace experimentation, and rebuild WordPress.org into…

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  • Test Reports

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

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  • Bluesky embed

    Go back to the list of Blocks With the Bluesky Embed block, you can embed Bluesky content into your posts and pages. You don’t need to a Bluesky account to be able to use it Steps to embed a Bluesky post First, find the URL of the Bluesky post If you are looking at a…

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  • Optional: Create your Website

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  • Einführung in den Website-Editor

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  • Erste Schritte mit dem WordPress Dashboard

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  • Auswahl und Installation von Plugins

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  • WordPress-Grundlagen: Domains und Hosting

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  • Email Testing

    Email testing is important for WordPress testing because WordPress core 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 content and formatting during the testing process. Email Capture Methods for Different Testing Environments Depending on…

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