WordPress Help

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

  • Review Training Team Contact Forms

    When someone submits a Training team contact form, reply to them using the “TRAINING TEAM CONTACT FORM: Welcome” saved reply. Mark it as “Closed”.

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  • How to Use Help Scout

    The Faculty team uses Help Scout to manage incoming training team emails for: Training team contact form submissions Online Workshop facilitator applications Course applications Content feedback We have a number of Saved Replies set up in Help Scout for you to use. Please do not delete any emails but either mark them as: Pending –…

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  • Reviewing Learn Content Feedback

    Sometimes, people submit feedback regarding content on Learn from this form: Report Content Errors and Feedback While we encourage people to submit feedback directly in GitHub, people are welcome to use the form on that page, too. These form submissions will arrive in HelpScout and need processing. When someone submits content feedback that you can…

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  • Review Lesson Plan Testing Applications

    When a tester submits interest to test a lesson plan, reply to them using the “LESSON PLAN: When Testers submit interest” saved reply and modify it to be as specific as you need for the situation. Mark it as “Pending”. If the Tester has not responded with feedback, reply to them using the “LESSON PLAN:…

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  • Copy Edit a Lesson Plan

    Read this page in other languages: Gujarati, Italian Check for the following: Spelling errors. Grammar errors. Readability (use a tool such as https://www.perrymarshall.com/grade/, we should stay under 9th grade, but technical stuff may differ) (if applicable).

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  • Finding New Blocks with the Block Directory

    In this workshop, you will learn how to find, install and edit new blocks on your site. The Block Directory will help you to enhance your pages and posts without leaving your editing location. Learning outcomes Search the Block Directory Evaluate Blocks from the Directory Add a new Block Find the freshly installed Block in…

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  • Development Weekly Chat Facilitation Guide

    The Openverse Development weekly chat is a community focus meeting held in the #openverse channel on the Making WordPress Slack instance. Meeting Objectives Share any relevant announcements about the project Check in with contributors to Openverse, with the goal of: highlighting work they are proud of unblocking in-progress work that needs help High priority: Schedule…

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  • Supported Versions

    The WordPress Support Forums and WordPress Documentation only provide support and documentation for officially released versions of WordPress, as downloaded from the WordPress Download page and related URLs. The only current officially supported version is the last major release of WordPress. Previous major releases before this may or may not get security updates as serious exploits are discovered. Beta versions, nightly builds,…

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  • Posts vs. Pages: What’s the Difference?

    A beginner-level workshop that details the difference between dynamic posts and static pages so that new users know when to use each.

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  • Adding & Removing Images

    Learn how to add images in a variety of ways, remove images safely, and edit the size of images using the media library. This walkthrough will introduce you to some important considerations to keep in mind when adding and removing images. Transcript Hi, welcome to Learn WordPress. My name is Sarah Snow. Are you not…

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