WordPress Help
Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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Appearance Theme File Editor Screen
Among the many user editable files in a standard WordPress installation are a Theme’s Template and Stylesheet files. The Appearance Theme File Editor Screen allows you to edit those Theme files. Edit Themes The built-in Theme File Editor allows you to view or change (see next paragraph) any code kept in a Theme Template or…
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Appearance Widgets Screen (Classic Editor)
Note: This is documentation for the Classic Widgets Screen. The documentation for the Block-based Widgets editor can be found here. Themes usually have at least 1 or 2 sidebars. Each section in the sidebar is known as a “Widget” that you can add or remove, and move up or down. You configure Widgets in your…
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Comments screen
In the Comments Screen you can edit or delete content found in comments to your posts, and you can mark comments as spam, send comments to the trash, and reply to comments. A number of rules can be defined about who can write comments, and how comments are moderated. These rules are managed via Administration…
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Posts Tags screen
Every post in WordPress can be filed under one or more Tags. This aids in navigation and allows posts and to be grouped with others of similar content. Unlike Categories, Tags have no hierarchy so there is no Parent->Child relationship like that of Categories. But like Categories, Tag names must be unique. Assuming you are…
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Dashboard Updates screen
The Dashboard Updates Screen provides the links necessary to install a ‘core’ WordPress upgrade automatically, or to download the file necessary to complete a manual upgrade. In addition to the ‘core’ update process, this Screen provides the ability to upgrade all plugins and themes, active or inactive, that have available updates. For installs that have…
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Posts Categories screen
Each post in WordPress is filed under one or more Categories. This aids in navigation and allows posts to be grouped with others of similar content. Each Category may be assigned to a Category Parent, allowing you to set up a hierarchy within the Category structure. In creating Categories, recognize that each Category Name must…
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Toolbar
The Toolbar is an area of the screen just above the site that lists useful administration screen links such as add a new post or edit your profile. The Toolbar contains links to information about WordPress, as well as quick-links to create new posts, pages and links, add new users, review comments, and alerts to…
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Workflows
A collection of common processes that are done within the team. For now this is a growing log so a work in progress.
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Tone and voice guide
This is a draft version and we’re looking to improve it with community feedback. Tone refers to the mood or attitude of a specific piece of writing. For example, your tone in a personal email might be more informal than one you send at work. Voice reflects overarching characteristics that shouldn’t change much between documents. The…
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WordPress Semantics
Terminology Introduction The developers created WordPress as a weblogging (blogging) system. A blog, as defined in the Codex Glossary, is “an online journal, diary, or serial, published by a person or group of people”. Many blogs are personal in nature, reflecting the opinions and interests of the owner. But, blogs are now important tools in…