WordPress Help

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

  • Weekly Updates

    Hello to all our DeputiesProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook., WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re…

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  • Hello Polyglots, I am the…

    Hello Polyglots, I am 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…

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  • Hello Polyglots, I am the…

    Hello Polyglots, I am 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…

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  • Dealing with Angry Users – Video and Slides

    WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/ Happiness Engineer…

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  • Hello Polyglots, I am the…

    Hello Polyglots, I am 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…

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  • Hello, I am the plugin…

    Hello, I am 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…

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  • Strings for new About pages are available for translation

    A few days ago 219 new stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. were imported into the WordPress.org project. Those strings are for the new about pages which are currently visible at https://test.wordpress.org/about/. The new pages will be rolled out to the main…

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  • SEO Standards for WordPress Copy Projects

    The Marketing Team’s recommended SEO Standards for internal WordPress posts and pages factors in key criteria to optimize results for Google SERPs and Facebook’s Open Graph data. This standard is for on page, off page, and best practices for both content marketing and findability. Featured Images All pages and posts should have a unique featured…

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  • Marketing Team Update – March 14, 2018

    Our vision for the Marketing Team is to be the go-to resource for strategy and content for other WordPress teams. Our big win this week was publishing a MVP version of our handbook. Read more in our meeting notes.

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  • Design meeting summary March 15, 2018

    Agenda for the meeting: https://make.wordpress.org/design/2018/03/14/design-meeting-agenda-for-thursday-15-march-2018/ Housekeeping Topic: Lack of feedback from calls for design – We held off on this since we’d like Mel and Tammie to be able to weigh in next week on it. Triage inbox Documentation for dashicons:https://trello.com/c/3RyJhtWc  – There’s been back and forth on how to contribute with Dashicons, and we agreed…

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