WordPress Help

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

  • After an Online Workshop

    Once an online workshop has wrapped up, please go through the following post-event tasks. Record attendance Once you have completed an online workshop, please make sure to update this sheet with the event date, title, link, RSVP number, and actual attendance number. Keeping this up to date ensures that we are tracking accurate numbers of…

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  • How to Use and Contribute to the WordPress Photo Directory and Openverse

    The WordPress Photo Directory and the Openverse projects are two separate—but connected—projects that offer creative commons-licensed media that can be used in the design of websites, print materials, apps, or any other desired use. In this lesson plan, participants will learn the difference between the projects, how they are connected, how to find and download…

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  • Welcome

    Welcome the contributor handbook for the Photos Team! About the Photo Directory The WordPress Photo Directory is both a curated source of free, high-quality photographs and a submission tool for Openverse, powered by the WordPress community. Without it, you’d need to use Flickr, Wikimedia Commons, or other sources to submit your work to Openverse. The…

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  • Building Sidebars With the Site Editor

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  • Templates

    Templates are groups of blocks combined to create a structure or design for a webpage. You could also say templates can be described as a full-page layout that includes things like header, content, and footer areas. This lesson plan will explore using, editing, and adding templates to customize your site by giving your posts and…

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  • Homepage Settings

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  • Introduction to Common Plugins

    Description In this lesson, you will learn how plugins add functionality to your website. There are a variety of plugins available that can be used to add extra functionality around: social media, backup, analytics, security, caching, etc. These plugins can help you get more out of your WordPress website. Objective After completing this lesson, you will be…

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  • Patterns: custom patterns, theme patterns, and template part patterns

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  • What is the Site Editor?

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  • Introduction to templates

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