WordPress Help
Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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Why would a WordPress user need to run a local site?
Learn how to set up a local testing environment for WordPress to build, test, and experiment safely.
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The building blocks of WordPress templates
Explore WordPress templates, code basics, and experiment with HTML, CSS, and JSON in a safe environment.
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How Styles are generated
Explore theme.json’s role in WordPress styling and why the Site Editor is preferred for customization.
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Twenty Eleven
The Twenty Eleven is the default theme for WordPress in 2011, introduced with WordPress version 3.2. This theme is best used for blogs, photologs, or tumblelogs as it supports all the available post formats: Standard, Aside, Image, Link, Quote, Gallery, and Status. Twenty Eleven also provides you with alternate color schemes (light and dark) and layouts (one…
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Twenty Ten
The Twenty Ten is the default theme for WordPress in 2010, introduced with WordPress version 3.0. It is stylish, customizable, simple, and readable. Twenty Ten supports six widgetized areas (two in the sidebar, four in the footer) and featured images (thumbnails for gallery posts and custom header images for posts and pages). Twenty Ten has editor styles,…
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Twenty Twelve
The Twenty Twelve is the default theme for WordPress in 2012, designed by Drew Strojny. The 2012 theme for WordPress is a fully responsive theme that looks great on any device. Features include a front page template with its own widgets, styling for post formats on both index and single views, and an optional no-sidebar page template. Make…
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How to create the Training Team Update
Purpose The Training Team uses these updates to report on how the team is doing with its different projects to the WordPress community. The updates are published in the Make WordPress Team Updates. Example Update Responsibility The team reps are responsible for creating the updatepost on a rotating schedule. Timeline Create at the end of…
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How to build a responsive WordPress website
This lesson covers creating a responsive site that adapts to different devices for an optimal user experience.
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Setting up a WordPress.org account (multiple languages)
Learn how to set up a WordPress.org profile and join the Make WordPress project Slack.
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History of the Training Team
Team mission The Training Team was founded in 2013 at WordCamp San Francisco, a precursor to the flagship WordCamp US. First formed in response to a need from meetup organizers for new ideas for in-person gatherings, the team initially focused on creating lesson plans for meetup organizers to be able to teach WordPress and related…