WordPress Help

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

  • Understanding WordPress Translation Style Guide

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  • Who can Translate and Review

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  • How we translate

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  • What We Translate

    WordPress Polyglots Team can translate practically everything that is available on the official WordPress project websites if they wish to do so, including but not limited to: Deciding on what to translate Very often, Polyglots Team contributors start translating because they want to use WordPress itself or a plugin/theme in their language. After they finish…

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  • Intro to WordPress Translation

    As of summer 2021, the WordPress core software package is available in about 60 locales* and also can be translated into over additional 140 locales. You can find a list of all WordPress locales on make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams. The map below shows locations of a major city associated with locales with at least one core release. Locale teams consist…

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  • Get started with Locale Glossary Creation

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  • Understanding WordPress Locale Glossary

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  • List view

    List View is a new tool to help you navigate between layers of content and nested blocks. It’s currently visible in the Top Toolbar and will remain open as you navigate through your content. This makes it easy to move between the exact pieces of content you want to alter, whether that’s an individual Paragraph block at…

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  • Template Editor

    The Template Editor allows you to edit and create templates, using blocks. These templates control the layout of the posts, pages, or page types on your site. The Template Editor is only available if your site is using a block theme or a classic theme that has enabled the Template Editor on the backend. About…

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  • Block-based Widgets Editor

    The Block-based Widgets Editor brings the power of blocks to the Theme Customizer and Appearance > Widgets sections in the WordPress Administration Screens allowing you to add blocks right next to any current widgets. You can now customize your Widget Areas using blocks, just like how you use the block editor to create content. The…

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