Title: New CSS focus in Core Author: Isabel Brison Published: November 28, 2019 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/isabel_brison/) [Isabel Brison](https://profiles.wordpress.org/isabel_brison/) 4:02 am _on_ November 28, 2019 Tags: [core-css ( 192 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-css/) # New CSS focus in Core CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. has a new focus! As a next step after the birth of the [#core-css](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-css/) channel, we now have a matching CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. focus, and tickets are starting to be added to it. You can find existing tickets here: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=!closed&focuses=~css](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=!closed&focuses=~css) [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/focus/css](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/focus/css) How to use it? Quoting from [the post that introduced the focuses:](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/01/24/trac-focuses/) “Focuses are about broad concepts and help break tickets down by specialties and skills, rather than functional areas of core” With that in mind, the CSS focus should include tickets about CSS architecture and tooling, New features that need custom styling, CSS bugs and anything else that affects CSS in Core. Keep in mind that a ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. can have more than one focus, so it’s worth adding the CSS focus where it makes sense. Here’s how it works: You can add a focus in the new-ticket form, or in the Modify Ticket section of an existing ticket. Choose the appropriate ones from a list at the bottom right corner of the form: ![](https://make.wordpress.org/core/files/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-28-at-2.34.43- pm-1024x622.png) New ticket form showing Focuses on bottom right corner. Click on a focus to add it to the ticket. ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/11/28/new-css-focus-in-core/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/11/28/new-css-focus-in-core/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/11/28/new-css-focus-in-core/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/11/28/new-css-focus-in-core/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/11/28/new-css-focus-in-core/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/11/28/new-css-focus-in-core/?share=linkedin) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/06e0e70fc0dd798b381ac4621056853416dc0df03f6298ce34bca1931e750fd2? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [Fahim Murshed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fahimmurshed/) 4:58 am _on_ November 28, 2019 3. Awesome! 4. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd18da60d54f0a7374dc62b122ff5050f33fad8c43ce013594f7703a37b9d906? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 5. [Andrea Fercia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/afercia/) 8:58 am _on_ November 28, 2019 6. Thanks for the post and for taking action! 7. I’d like to suggest to start from prior research on the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets.. Good knowledge of the history of a so large project is essential to lay the foundation for future work and improvements. A good place to start with is this post published on Make a few years ago. I’d love to see it being discussed in the next meetings. Thanks! 🙂 8. Core CSS: A potential roadmap to sanity [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/12/19/core-css-roadmap/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/12/19/core-css-roadmap/) 9. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bffd352fa7e33a13bc85923e4694e70e89e415875f97dd9aea920fb1a86f83b0? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [tellthemachines](https://profiles.wordpress.org/isabel_brison/) 11:34 pm _on_ November 28, 2019 * Thanks for sharing Andrea! That’s a very interesting read. Do you know if progress on this roadmap is being tracked anywhere and if it’s being actively worked on? - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd18da60d54f0a7374dc62b122ff5050f33fad8c43ce013594f7703a37b9d906? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Andrea Fercia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/afercia/) 8:25 am _on_ November 29, 2019 - I’m not sure substantial progress was made. Helen’s the best person to ask to. Quickly looking at the Make posts archives there are a few meeting agendas mentioning the CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Roadmap around May / June 2015, see for example the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. UIUI User interface Chats that used to run on 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/) [#design](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/design/) [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/05/11/weekly-core-ui-meetings-for-4-3/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/05/11/weekly-core-ui-meetings-for-4-3/) Al the UI Chat meetings are available on the Slack archives (just searched there for “CSS Roadmap”). - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd18da60d54f0a7374dc62b122ff5050f33fad8c43ce013594f7703a37b9d906? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - [Andrea Fercia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/afercia/) 8:37 am _on_ November 29, 2019 - Also: this 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. was an effort to provide a pattern library / style guide for the CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. Roadmap project: [https://github.com/helen/wp-style-guide/](https://github.com/helen/wp-style-guide/) - Worth also mentioning the exploration to introduce visual regressions testing tools (powered by PhantomCSS) see [https://github.com/helen/wp-style-guide/pull/13](https://github.com/helen/wp-style-guide/pull/13) 10. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0608b540c7da83b396fd9a453ad1ac0298152522bc3a06888d41649e4024a089? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 11. [Ahmad Awais](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrahmadawais/) 11:43 pm _on_ November 28, 2019 12. About time we update the CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. design of it all. Let’s make it light and snappier. 13. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef799f29dcae9714ebc065305b0ab65c82d2b2d965286d611d75d58310f2c7ad? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 14. [Utsav tilava](https://profiles.wordpress.org/utsav72640/) 11:29 am _on_ November 29, 2019 15. Thanks for the post and for taking action. Comments are closed. # Post navigation [← What’s new in Gutenberg? (27 November)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/11/27/whats-new-in-gutenberg-27-november/) [Editor chat summary: Wednesday, 27 November 2019 →](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/11/28/editor-chat-summary-wednesday-27-november-2019/)