Title: Making WordPress Author: Andrew Nacin Published: June 18, 2011 Last modified: March 6, 2026 --- ## Teams * ### 󠀁[Core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/)󠁿 * The coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. team makes WordPress. Whether you’re a seasoned PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. [https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php](https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php), HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites., JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. [https://www.javascript.com](https://www.javascript.com/) or CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. developer or are just learning to code, we’d love to have you on board. You can write code, fix bugs, debate decisions, and help with development. * Next meeting: **Core Privacy office-hour** [(+9 more)](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/?output_format=md&src=feed#core) Tue Apr 14 20:00:00 2026 UTC (2 days from now) accessible via [#core-privacy](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-privacy) on Slack * ### 󠀁[Design](https://make.wordpress.org/design/)󠁿 * The design group is focused on the designing and developing the user interface. It’s a home for designers and UXers alike. There are regular discussions about mockups, design, and user testing. * ### 󠀁[Mobile](https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/)󠁿 * The mobile team builds the iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. and Android apps. Lend them your Kotlin, Swift, or ReactReact React is a JavaScript library that makes it easy to reason about, construct, and maintain stateless and stateful user interfaces. [https://reactjs.org](https://reactjs.org/) Native skills. The team also needs designers, UXUX UX is an acronym for User Experience– the way the user uses the UI. Think ‘what they are doing’ and less about how they do it. experts, and testers to give users a smooth experience on every device. * ### 󠀁[Accessibility](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/)󠁿 * The a11yAccessibility 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) group provides 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) expertise across the project. They make sure that WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and all of WordPress’ resources are accessible. * Next meeting: **Accessibility Bug Scrub** [(+1 more)](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/?output_format=md&src=feed#accessibility) Tue Apr 14 16:00:00 2026 UTC (2 days from now) accessible via [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/accessibility) on Slack * ### 󠀁[Polyglots](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/)󠁿 * WordPress is used all over the world in many different languages. If you’re a polyglot, you can help by [translating WordPress](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/translating/how-to-translate/) into your own language or contributing to the [GlotPress](https://glotpress.org) project, making translations easier and more effective for everyone. * Next meeting: **Polyglots Team Chat (Asia-Pacific)** [(+1 more)](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/?output_format=md&src=feed#polyglots) Wed Apr 15 07:00:00 2026 UTC (2 days from now) accessible via [#polyglots](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/polyglots) on Slack * ### 󠀁[Support](https://make.wordpress.org/support/)󠁿 * Answering questions in the support forums, IRC, or SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) is one of the easiest ways to start contributing. Everyone knows the answer to something! Since the forums run on [bbPress](https://bbpress.org), you can also contribute by helping make the software behind them even better. * ### 󠀁[Documentation](https://make.wordpress.org/docs/)󠁿 * Good documentation lets people help themselves when they get stuck. The docs team is responsible for creating documentation and is always on the look-out for writers. The blog has discussion around the team’s current projects. * Next meeting: **Documentation team planning meeting (video call)** [(+5 more)](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/?output_format=md&src=feed#docs) Tue Apr 14 14:00:00 2026 UTC (2 days from now) accessible via [#docs](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/docs) on Slack * ### 󠀁[Themes](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/)󠁿 * The Theme Review Team reviews and approves every Theme submitted to the WordPress Theme repository. Reviewing Themes sharpens your own Theme development skills. You can help out and join the discussion on the blog. * Next meeting: **Default theme scrub** [(+1 more)](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/?output_format=md&src=feed#themes) Mon Apr 13 13:00:00 2026 UTC (17 hours from now) * ### 󠀁[Plugins](https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/)󠁿 * If you are 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 seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. developer, subscribe to the Plugin review team blog to keep up with the latest updates, find resources, and learn about any issues around Plugin development. * ### 󠀁[Community](https://make.wordpress.org/community/)󠁿 * If you’re interested in organizing a 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/](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 you find options in your area. or a 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 and share the joy. [Learn more](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/)., the community blog is a great place to get started. There are groups working to support events, to create outreach and training programs, and generally support the community. * Next meeting: **WP Credits Mentor Huddle (session 1)** [(+3 more)](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/?output_format=md&src=feed#community) Wed Apr 22 09:00:00 2026 UTC (1 week from now) * ### 󠀁[Meta](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/)󠁿 * The MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. team makes WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/), provides support, and builds tools for use by all the contributor groups. If you want to help make WordPress.org better, sign up for updates from the Meta blog. * ### 󠀁[Training](https://make.wordpress.org/training/)󠁿 * The WordPress training team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through synchronous and asynchronous learning as well as downloadable lesson plans for instructors to use in live environments, via [learn.wordpress.org](https://learn.wordpress.org/). * If you enjoy teaching people how to use and build stuff for WordPress, immediately stop what you’re doing and join our team! * Next meeting: **Training Team weekly meetings** [(+2 more)](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/?output_format=md&src=feed#training) Tue Apr 14 07:00:00 2026 UTC (1 day from now) accessible via [#training](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/training) on Slack * ### 󠀁[Test](https://make.wordpress.org/test/)󠁿 * The Test Team works to improve WordPress quality and usability by advancing the development process through manual and automated testing. Whether through a browser, app, terminal, or code, the team focuses on testing across the entire WordPress ecosystem, including CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/), mobile apps and themes, and feature plugins and importers. * Next meeting: **Patch Testing Session** [(+1 more)](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/?output_format=md&src=feed#test) Tue Apr 14 15:00:00 2026 UTC (2 days from now) accessible via [#core-test](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-test) on Slack * ### 󠀁[TV](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/)󠁿 * The TV team reviews and approves every video submitted to WordPress.tv. They also help WordCamps with video post-production and are responsible for the captioning and subtitling of published videos. Reviewing videos is a great way to learn about WordPress and help the community: experience is not required to get involved. * Next meeting: **WordPress.tv Team Weekly Chat** Thu Apr 16 15:00:00 2026 UTC ( 4 days from now) accessible via [#wptv](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/wptv) on Slack * ### 󠀁[Marketing](https://make.wordpress.org/marketing/)󠁿 * The Marketing team is currently archived to make room for an experimental shift in focus and processes. Check out the [WordPress Media Corps](https://href.li/?https://make.wordpress.org/media-corps/) to learn more. Amplification requests and [Showcase](https://href.li/?https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/wiki/WordPress-Showcase) activities are still running, and you can find out more about them on [GitHub](https://href.li/?https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/issues/new/choose). * ### 󠀁[CLI](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/)󠁿 * WP-CLIWP-CLI WP-CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way. The project page is [http://wp-cli.org/](http://wp-cli.org/) [https://make.wordpress.org/cli/](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/) is the official command line tool for interacting with and managing your WordPress sites. * ### 󠀁[Hosting](https://make.wordpress.org/hosting/)󠁿 * We work to improve WordPress’ end-user experience across hosting environments through industry collaboration and user education. Come join us! * Next meeting: **Hosting Team Meeting (APAC/EMEA)** [(+1 more)](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/?output_format=md&src=feed#hosting) Wed Apr 15 09:00:00 2026 UTC (3 days from now) * ### 󠀁[Tide](https://make.wordpress.org/tide/)󠁿 * Tide is a series of automated tests run against every 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 the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost- based plugin from a third-party. and theme in the directory and then displays PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. [https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php](https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php) compatibility and test errors/warnings in the directory. * Next meeting: **Tide Weekly Chat** Tue Apr 21 18:00:00 2026 UTC (1 week from now) accessible via [#tide](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/tide) on Slack * ### 󠀁[Openverse](https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/)󠁿 * [Openverse](https://openverse.org) is a search engine for openly-licensed media. The Openverse team implements new features and new media types; maintains the public APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. and front-end search engine; and develops WordPress integrations to share Openverse with the entire WordPress community. * ### 󠀁[Photos](https://make.wordpress.org/photos/)󠁿 * The Photo Directory team moderates every photo submitted to the WordPress Photo Directory, maintains and improves the directory site itself, and provides resources and documentation to educate, encourage, and facilitate photo contributors. * Next meeting: **Photo Directory Team Meeting** Fri May 01 13:00:00 2026 UTC ( 3 weeks from now) accessible via [#photos](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/photos) on Slack * ### 󠀁[Core Performance](https://make.wordpress.org/performance/)󠁿 * The coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. performance team is dedicated to monitoring, enhancing, and promoting performance in WordPress core and its surrounding ecosystem. * Next meeting: **Performance Bug Scrub** [(+2 more)](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/?output_format=md&src=feed#core performance) Tue Apr 14 16:00:00 2026 UTC (2 days from now) accessible via [#core-performance](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-performance) on Slack * ### 󠀁[Playground](https://make.wordpress.org/playground/)󠁿 * The Playground team works on WordPress Playground: the platform that lets you run WordPress instantly on any device without a host, most often in a browser. * Next meeting: **Playground Team Meeting** Fri Apr 24 14:00:00 2026 UTC (2 weeks from now) accessible via [#playground](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/playground) on Slack * ### 󠀁[Core AI](https://make.wordpress.org/ai/)󠁿 * The CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. AI Team coordinates and accelerates AI efforts across the project, focusing on responsible innovation that aligns with WordPress values. We use 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 seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/) or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.-first approach to explore AI- powered features, share a public roadmap, and collaborate with other teams. * ### 󠀁[Core Program](https://make.wordpress.org/program/)󠁿 * The CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Program team is focused on strengthening coordination across teams, improving efficiency and empowering contribution. It’s a home for those who span across product and project work. ## Not sure which team to contribute to? Check out our [contributor wizard](https://make.wordpress.org/contribute/) and find how to get started. ## Shape the future of WordPress Become a Five for the Future participant. * [Contribute as an organization](https://wordpress.org/five-for-the-future/for-organizations/) * [Contribute as an individual](https://wordpress.org/five-for-the-future/for-individuals/)