Title: Committers Credo Author: Pascal Birchler Published: June 12, 2025 Last modified: July 1, 2025 --- # Committers Credo ## In this article * [Product quality](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/contributions/committers-credo/?output_format=md#product-quality) * [Stellar judgement](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/contributions/committers-credo/?output_format=md#stellar-judgement) * [Consistent participation](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/contributions/committers-credo/?output_format=md#consistent-participation) [↑ Back to top](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/contributions/committers-credo/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target) Some people have write access to 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/) repositories. These people are identified in the following teams: * [maintainers](https://github.com/orgs/wp-cli/teams/maintainers) – Project leadership * [committers](https://github.com/orgs/wp-cli/teams/committers) – Trusted contributors This “Committers credo” is a living document. It’s meant to establish generally agreed upon standards for committers, and will continue to evolve over time. ## 󠀁[Product quality](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/contributions/committers-credo/?output_format=md#product-quality)󠁿 WP-CLI is a project depended upon by the entire WordPress ecosystem. This trust is earned by producing a consistent, dependable, and high quality product. WP-CLI committers hold product and code quality in the highest regard. Practically-speaking: * Given a choice between Good, Fast, and Cheap, we pick Good and Slow. Creating great software is a journey, not a destination. * Product decisions are made [in alignment with our core philosophy](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/philosophy/). * [Code review is an integral part of our development workflow](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/code-review/). Pull requests need approval of at least one other committer before merging. If you’d like more than one code review, please don’t hesitate to request one. You can request a review from a specific person, or from the `@wp-cli/committers` team. * If you need help with something, ask for help. Seriously, ask for help any time you feel like you need help. No sense getting stuck. ## 󠀁[Stellar judgement](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/contributions/committers-credo/?output_format=md#stellar-judgement)󠁿 A great product is a reflection of thoughtful, deliberate, and considered decision- making. WP-CLI committers exhibit stellar judgement with making decisions on new features, fixing bugs, merging others pull requests, and generally working on the project. The basis of this decision-making ensures: * New features fit within the [scope and philosophy of the WP-CLI project](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/philosophy/). * Bug fixes are prioritized, because bugs negatively affect the product quality. * Pull requests include tests covering the scope of the change. * Potential code additions are evaluated on their maintenance burden as well as their usefulness. ## 󠀁[Consistent participation](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/contributions/committers-credo/?output_format=md#consistent-participation)󠁿 Effective involvement with the WP-CLI project requires consistent involvement, clarity of communication, and a propensity to help others. As a widely adopted project, WP-CLI has a diverse user base. Helping this user base has tremendous opportunity for impact. WP-CLI committers prioritize clearing others’ blockers over their own work, knowing this is a key contributor to a stable community. Notably, the idea that “[pending code reviews represent blocked threads of execution](http://glen.nu/ramblings/oncodereview.php)” can be applied broadly across all forms of collaboration. Prioritize providing feedback to others over your own work, if your feedback is blocking their progress. Request a [code review](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/code-review/) for a pull request by assigning the `@wp-cli/committers` team for review. Committer participation isn’t just committing code. Often, you can have a huge amount of impact by investing a little bit of your time into: * Refining an existing piece of documentation, or drafting a new one. * Helping a contributor with whatever is needed to finish up their pull request. - If a contributor abandons a pull request (e.g. no activity in two weeks) that’s close to a mergeable state, you can [perform any necessary cleanup by committing directly to their branch](https://help.github.com/articles/committing-changes-to-a-pull-request-branch-created-from-a-fork/) and get it over the finish line. * Triaging issues by spending 5-10 minutes further diagnosing the report and commenting with additional information you’ve discovered. 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