WordPress Help
Official documentation, learning resources, and contributor guides collected from WordPress.org.
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Settings Connectors screen
The Settings Connectors screen lets you connect your WordPress site to external services. It comes with the three following featured connectors: To access this screen, select Settings > Connectors from the WordPress dashboard. Install the AI plugin The Connectors screen displays a notice to install the AI plugin. The AI plugin can use your configured…
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WordPress Activity Library
A WordPress activity kit is a complete, ready-to-run resource that any WordPress community member, event organizer, facilitator, or educator can download and use without needing to prepare their own session materials. Each kit contains four files: A facilitator guide (.docx and .pdf) — covering learning objectives, setup instructions, step-by-step participant activities, facilitator tips, debrief questions,…
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Patch Testing Scrub Guide
This guide helps moderators run Patch Testing Scrub sessions. Use the structure and example phrases below as a reference to assign tickets to everyone in attendance. Pre-Session Preparation Before the session: 1. Review and have Trac ticket queue open and ready (Patch Testing Tickets). Also, prepare a shortlist of tickets to assign 2. Check for…
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WordPress Versions 0.7 to 4.9
The following are the various versions of WordPress, listed chronologically from newest to oldest, along with the Change Log information on new features and improvements in each version. NOTE: WordPress core developers share a love of jazz music, and since WordPress 1.0, all major releases are named in honor of jazz musicians they admire. See Also Released Versions Version 4.9 –…
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Breadcrumbs block
Go back to the list of Blocks The Breadcrumbs block shows visitors where they are on your website by displaying a trail of links from the homepage to the current page. This makes it easy for people to understand the site structure and move back to higher‑level pages without using the browser’s back button. You…
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Icon block
Go back to the list of Blocks The Icon block lets you easily add icons to your pages, posts, templates, and template parts. Icons can be resized without losing quality and support custom colors for both the icon and its background. Add an Icon block To add an Icon block, open the Block Inserter tool by…
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Advanced Settings overview
Use Advanced Settings to further customize your block. While some of the options listed below apply to multiple blocks, others are block-specific. To learn more about a particular block, visit the Blocks list page. How to access Advanced settings If you don’t see the sidebar, click the Settings button next to Save/Publish. With your block selected…
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Testing Gutenberg Tickets with WordPress Playground
This guide focuses on the ticket testing workflow for Gutenberg changes using WordPress Playground. The goal is to help contributors reproduce issues, verify fixes, and report results in a consistent format. When to use Playground Use Playground when a Gutenberg ticket can be tested in a browser-only WordPress environment. Use a full local environment when…
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Guide to talking at WordPress meetups and WordCamps about the Core AI projects
WordPress Core AI is a fast-moving target, but in a good way. There’s real software shipping (some of it already in WordPress 6.9), plus a bunch of fast-moving building blocks that are very demoable, but need a bit of framing so your audience leaves excited instead of confused. So here’s a practical speaker guide you…
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Team Organization
The WordPress Test Team is a group of contributors dedicated to improving the quality of WordPress through manual and automated testing, triage, and education. This page provides an overview of how the team is organized, who its active members are, and how new contributors can get involved. For more about the team’s mission and scope,…