WordPress Help

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

  • The Block Directory, and a new type of plugin

    The pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org…

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  • Feature and maintenance update for WordCamp.org: February and March 2019

    Here’s a list of the WordCamp.org feature developments and maintenance work that was accomplished in February 2019: Committed code for the first shortcodeShortcode A shortcode is a placeholder used within a WordPress post, page, or widget to insert a form or function generated by a plugin in a specific location on your site.-to-blockBlock Block is…

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  • Appearance Themes Screen

    The Appearance Themes Screen allows you to manage your Themes. That means you can install, preview, delete Themes, activate, and update Themes. A WordPress Theme is a collection of files that work together to produce a graphical interface with an underlying unifying design for a weblog. These files are called template files. A Theme modifies…

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  • Settings Privacy screen

    WordPress 4.9.6 included a Privacy Settings tool. Administrator can create new page or specify existing one as Privacy Policy page of the site. Note: The new page will include help and suggestions for your privacy policy. However, it is your responsibility to use those resources correctly, to provide the information that your privacy policy requires,…

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  • WordPress 5.1.1-RC1 is now available!

    We need your help to test it! You can find the build here:https://wordpress.org/wordpress-5.1.1-RC1.zip What’s in this release? 5.1.1 mostly addresses regressions introduced in 5.1. It also includes some changes designed to help hosts prepare users for the minimum PHP version bump coming in 5.2 (see #46074 and #46065). You can browse the full list of…

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  • Accessibility Team meeting agenda: March 8

    This is the proposed agenda for the weekly accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)…

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  • Hello Polyglots, Please add the…

    Hello Polyglots, Please add the following WordPress.org user as translation editors for Portuguese (Portugal) locale. Plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/ #pt_PT – @alexdeborba Thank you. #editor-requests Login to ReplyClear to-do

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  • March 7th Support Team Meeting Summary

    General announcements The first iteration of user documentation for the new block editor is now live, either via https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-editor/ but also from the Support page under the title “Writing Posts” for general discovery. As some may have noticed recently, we’ve lost a lot of wonderful German contributors. In light of this we’ll be reaching out…

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  • Training Team Meeting Agenda 7 March 2019

    Please join us at 19:30 UTC in the #training SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ channel for our weekly meeting! Today’s Agenda Learn siteLearn site The Training Team publishes its completed lesson plans at https://learn.wordpress.org/ which is often referred to as the “Learn” site.…

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  • Poetry block

    Go to the List of Blocks The Poetry block is specifically designed for writing poetry, song lyrics, or other literary expressions. Unlike the Paragraph block, the Poetry block preserves all spaces and line breaks exactly as you enter them. This makes it ideal for content where formatting, such as indentation or line breaks, is critical…

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