WordPress Help
Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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Kickstarter embed
Go back to the list of Blocks With the Kickstarter Embed block, you can embed Kickstarter projects into your posts and pages. You don’t need a Kickstarter account to be able to embed projects. Embedded Kickstarter Project: Steps to Embed Kickstarter Projects: Detailed instructions on adding blocks If it’s a link that can be successfully…
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Slideshare embed
Go back to the list of Blocks The Slideshare embed block lets you add a Slideshare presentation to your page/post. The embedded Slideshare includes navigation buttons that allow users to view the entire presentation on your website. Steps to embed a Slideshare presentation on your post or page Detailed instructions on adding blocks Block Toolbar…
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Themes triage
Triage, as described in the test handbook, is a process of sorting, labeling, and closing issues on the Trac or Github. In the context of the Themes Team, the triage encompasses several things: Theme Review component trac tickets Theme Directory component trac tickets WPThemeReview coding standards issues Theme Sniffer issues Theme Check issues The idea…
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Manual Release Packages
The manual package release process is no longer recommended and subject to removal. Please make sure your locale is eligible for automated release packages. A manual package release will not include translations for JavaScript related interface elements like the block editor. To release your translations manually, you need to manually create a release package from…
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SoundCloud embed
Go back to the list of Blocks With the SoundCloud Embed block, you can embed tracks, playlists & albums from SoundCloud into your posts and pages. You don’t need a SoundCloud account to embed a track, playlist, or album, although the track needs to be public. Steps to embed a track from SoundCloud Detailed instructions…
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Spotify embed
Go back to the list of Blocks With the Spotify Embed block, you can embed tracks, podcasts, playlists & albums into your posts and pages. You need a Spotify account to be able to listen to entire tracks. For users who are not logged in on their Spotify account, the Spotify Play button embed plays…
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Instagram embed
Go back to the list of Blocks Due to Facebook’s decision to close the oEmbed end point for embedding Instagram links, the block will not work anymore after October 24, 2020. Publishers who want to embed Facebook links into their sites will require a developer account and an appid, and provide an authenication token with…
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TED embed
Go back to the list of Blocks The TED embed block lets you add a TED video to your page/post. The embedded video includes a play button that allows users to watch the video on your website. You cannot embed TED playlists and series. Six Steps to embed a TED Video on your post or…
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Get Involved
What does the Hosting Team do? To improve the hosting experience and educate people on the best practices on hosting WordPress, the Hosting Team is working on several projects. There is a set of hosting best practices in the Hosting Handbook, including Performance, Reliability, Security and Server Environment recommendations. The team also runs and maintains…
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AWS
The WordPress.tv team is heavily using AWS for storing videos (S3) but also other tools for video compression and transcoding.