WordPress Help

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

  • Taxonomy roadmap for 4.4 and beyond

    In WordPress 4.3, we eliminated shared taxonomy terms once and for all. This means that, by the time WordPress 4.4 is released, just about every WordPress installation will have the same number of rows in the wp_terms and wp_term_taxonomy database tables. Why does this matter? When terms in different taxonomies could share the same term_id,…

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  • 4.3 Changes for Theme Authors and Reviewers

    WordPress 4.3, “Billie”, was released last week, and includes some changes and improvements that will impact Theme development and review. New Template singular.php As of 4.3 there is a new template file available that will allow theme authors to use a common template for any singular post type. This specifically includes all custom post types…

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  • Thursday #daily updates

    Thursday #daily-updates Login to Reply

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  • What are the formatting shortcuts replaced by in…

    What are the formatting shortcuts replaced by in the stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. below? I can’t translate this with a zero object into our language, I must say what is going in its place. Anyone know? The following formatting shortcuts…

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  • Update on building a new WordCamp theme

    This is a follow up to the @iandunn post on the WordCamp.org tools survey results. I setup a Github repo for the new WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year…

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  • Notes/Agenda – 4.4 Dev Chat, August 26

    Here’s the agenda for today’s Dev Chat in the #core channel on Slack. Time/Date: : New Committers were announced  Who wants to be the backup lead? Schedule is still being decided, looking at WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together…

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  • New committers for 4.4!

    It’s that time again… Please join me in welcoming Tammie Lister (@karmatosed) as a guest committercommitter A developer with commit access. WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally, the project usually has a few guest or component committers – a developer receiving commit access, generally for a single release cycle…

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  • I’ve got gd GB back up over 90%…

    I’ve got gd_GB back up over 90% on 4.3, is there a way someone could do the branch black magic? I’m good at localizing but useless at this developer stuff, sorry 🙁 Zé used to talk my through this. #l10n, #requestLogin to ReplyClear to-do

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  • Forks and Copies

    This has come up recently. What happens when someone submits a 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…

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  • Agenda for Thursday August 27th meetup

    Items for this weeks meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help…

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