WordPress Help

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

  • 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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  • [ja] PTE request for aoto0328 – wp-plugins/mimic-guard

    Hello Polyglots teamPolyglots Team Polyglots Team is a group of multilingual translators who work on translating plugins, themes, documentation, and front-facing marketing copy. https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/, 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…

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  • PTE Request for Ploto Theme

    I’ve suggested translations for the Ploto theme and would like to have them reviewed. I’d also like to become a PTEProject Translation Editor A Project Translation Editor (often referred to as PTE) is a person, who has access to validate strings on a specific project (for example BuddyPress, WooCommerce or Twenty Fourteen) for one specific locale. A project translation editor…

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  • Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: May 21, 2026

    This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Team meeting…

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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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  • PTE Request for Devenia Autoposter for LinkedIn and Devenia Replace Media

    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 in…

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  • Hosting Team Meeting Agenda 2026-05-20

    The next meetings will be in the #hosting channel on and on Agenda WordPress News HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Team Open Floor Ideas or suggestions Anything else? Please leave a comment with…

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  • WordPress 7.0 Updates & Testing – FAQ

    WordPress 7.0 is scheduled to release today, and you may have some questions or doubts related to testing, updating, compatibility, or how the release process works. Below are some questions that may help contributors, developers, pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress…

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  • X-post: Test Team Update: 20 May, 2026

    X-post from +make.wordpress.org/updates: Test Team Update: 20 May, 2026 Login to Reply

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