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Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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Full Site Editing Outreach Program
This page serves as a historical record for the FSE Outreach Program in case future outreach programs are created. To see the latest information, please view this post on Evolving the FSE Outreach Program. For context on this program’s origins, please review this post shared on May 1st, 2020 kicking off this initiative. Program Goal…
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Pre-release Testing
This page is a stub and needs improvement. If you would like to help improve it or notice an error, please say hello in [#core-test] on WordPress Slack. Regression testing, or pre-release testing, is the practice of running functional tests to ensure that previously developed and tested features still work after a change. A good…
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Glossary
dl.glossary-list dd { margin-top: -50px; padding-top: 50px; } Anxiety flow Anxiety flow is the result of mistrust and lack of context. Navigating to the front end of the site to double check a post after publishing is an example of anxiety flow. As is checking your destination before and after publishing when you run multiple sites in…
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Gutenberg Usability Testing
What is Gutenberg Gutenberg is the project name of the new editing experience in WordPress. The goal of Gutenberg is to simplify the creation of rich pages and posts in WordPress by replacing old custom HTML, CSSand shortcodes with native Blocks. Creating Gutenberg has been a huge team effort – and right now, the team…
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Usability Tests
Gutenberg (editor): Testing the Gutenberg User test User testing the Gutenberg editor Some results Gutenberg Core editor User testing
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Guide to Observational Usability Testing
This is a short guide to help anyone who would like to run a usability test. No prior experience is assumed, so if you are new to usability testing, you may find the tips and tricks section at the end of this post useful. Happy testing! What is usability testing Usability testing is an umbrella…
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Documenting Flow
Triage Tags Triage of posts on make/flow is done with tags. Component Tag make/flow posts with the relevant core component, iOS component, or Android component. The component is the most important triage tag. When tagging a visual record that crosses components, tag all exercised components. Tagging by component allows component teams to follow the make/flow…
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Test Team Profile Badges
This page offers comprehensive information about Test Team Profile Badges and the process for requesting these badges for your WordPress.org profile. Test Contributor Badge To earn a Test Contributor Badge, you must have completed at least any the following: Submitted five test reports for tickets, comprising an issue reproduction, and/or patch testing. Acceptable reports should…
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Get Started at Contributor Day
For more information about the role Test Team members play in the WordPress project, see the Test Team Handbook Homepage. Prepare for Contributor Day In order to make the most of your time meeting and working with fellow contributors, follow these helpful pre-Contributor Day tips! Did you know? Your WordPress.org profile displays your WordPress.org, Slack,…
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How to facilitate a Call for Testing
At a high level there are four parts to facilitating a call for testing within the WordPress project: Determine what needs testing. Write and share the call for testing. Respond to feedback/close the feedback loop. Summarize the results. The final two steps are sometimes optional, depending on how the call for testing is approached and…