WordPress Help

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

  • Using Schema with WordPress theme.json

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  • Site Logo block

    Go to the List of Blocks The Site Logo block lets you add a logo or image representing your website identity and help increase brand recognition. Unlike a site icon or a favicon, a logo is only visible on website pages like the home page. Note: The Site Logo block is primarily used when editing…

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  • Submitting Block Patterns to the Directory

    Description Every WordPress user benefits when you share your block patterns and help democratise design. This lesson aims to equip users to help expand the pattern Directory and share their designs with the rest of the WordPress community. Objectives After completing this lesson, participants will be able to: Define what block patterns are and how…

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  • Template Editor

    Description The Template Editor lets you design custom templates for your posts and pages using the block editor. To put it differently, it allows block editor users to edit and create templates that a page or post uses. Similar to the Site Editor, this feature allows you to edit and create content using blocks, including various…

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  • Anatomy of a Block Theme

    What is a block theme, and what is it made of? Quickly learn the key components of what makes up a block theme. Learning outcomes Comprehension questions Transcript Welcome to Anatomy of a Block Theme. If you’ve ever wondered what the code behind a WordPress blog theme looks like, or wanted to design your own…

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  • Polyglots Presentation Resources

    Here are some resources you can reuse when you have an opportunity to talk about WordPress translations, i18n, L10n, or polyglots contributions. Slides Polyglots Team presentation by @lenasterg and @dyrer (June 2022).General information about how WordPress translation teams are set up and how they work. PDF PowerPoint (PPTX) Google Slides Videos Getting started translating WordPress,…

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  • Creating a front page for a block theme

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  • Flexbox in CSS and WordPress

    Topic Description A basic understanding of CSS Flexbox is needed to understand how WordPress row and stack blocks work. This lesson plan covers both the HTML/CSS context and the equivalent Site Editor functionality since the site editor uses Flexbox under the hood. Related Resources Since this lesson is about CSS technology, I’m also including external…

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  • Creating a Front Page for a Block Theme

    If you’re using a block theme for the very first time, you may be wondering what the best way is to create a front page — look no further! This brief tutorial will walk you through the basics so you can take your website front page from blog posts to front page! Learning outcomes Comprehension…

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  • Creating Custom Post Types Without Code

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