WordPress Help
Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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How to use the View feature
The View button is available in the top toolbar in the WordPress Block Editor and Site Editor. It’s used to preview what your post, page, or site looks like with the current changes applied. In the WordPress Block Editor, click the Save button in the top toolbar to keep your changes as a draft of…
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Style Guide Template
Style guides are a helpful way to introduce new contributors to how your team works. They can take a variety of formats and will look different depending on the unique characteristics of your locale. However, in general, a good style guide will: Clarify any specific vocabulary that translators should be aware of. Provide guidance on…
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Moving blocks
There are three different ways to move or change the position of a block within your post or page from the admin screen of the WordPress Block Editor: using the move handles, drag & drop, or using the Move to option in the Block toolbar (under the More options three-dot menu). Using the move handles The…
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For Locale Managers
In addition to individual translators and Project/General Translation Editors, we also have Locale Managers. Locale Managers do just that – manage their locale. That includes managing their local Rosetta site, appointing site contributor roles to other users for the locale site (Designer, Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Administrator, Editor, Locale Manager). A Locale Manager also has access…
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How to Contribute to Polyglots
Are you a developer? Maybe you speak multiple languages but would like to put your development skills to good use for the Polyglots team. Or maybe you don’t speak more than one language, but still want to be part of the Polyglots team. Either way, we would love for you to join us! While the…
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Virtual Translation Day and Mini-Events
This page is a work in progress. If you are interested in planning an event, check-in #polyglots or #polyglots-events first to coordinate. With the shift to an online event format for many of our community events, various teams across the WordPress community have had the opportunity to collaborate across time zones, borders, and languages. When…
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You’re an Editor! Now what?
When you become an editor of a plugin or a theme for the first time, it can be a little tricky to figure out what to do with translations with doubts. There’s no check by another editor like before, and you are now responsible also for approving or rejecting others’ suggestions based on your team…
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For Editors
In the Polyglots team, there are multiple roles contributors may take. Some of those roles include having Editor status, in which you have more responsibility and the ability to approve and/or reject translations in some, or all, projects. If you have become an Editor, whether a PTE (Project Translation Editor), CPTE (Cross-Project Translation Editor), or…
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History of the Team
For many of us, we’ve always known WordPress as a global, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural endeavor. As of today (August 2020), we have over 200 locales into which WordPress is translated. Each locale is a representation of the community behind it – for every language, there is a community of WordPress enthusiasts. But this wasn’t always…
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Intro to Block Patterns
Now that you’re familiar with the block editor, we’ll dive into block patterns next. In this workshop, we’ll learn about block patterns and how to use them on your site. This workshop is part of the Intro to Publishing with the Block Editor series. Learning outcomes Understand what block patterns are. Learn how to access…