The WordPress coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:
Found a bugbugA bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority.?Create a ticket in our bug tracker.
We use Slack for real-time communication. Contributors live all over the world, so there are discussions happening at all hours of the day.
Our core development meetings are every Wednesday at 05:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC in the #core channel on Slack. Anyone can join and participate or listen in!
If you find yourself working in and around WordPress.orgWordPress.orgThe 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/ and coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development a lot, here are some tools you can use to make those workflows faster.
Core TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.:
trac[number] – Core ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.
tracc [number] – Core changeset
tracs[search terms] – Google site search for Core Trac
report[number] – Trac report jump
MetaMetaMeta 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. Trac:
meta[number] – Meta ticket
metac[number] – Meta changeset
metas[search terms] – Google site search for Meta Trac
Make networknetwork(versus site, blog):
make[slug] – Jump to a specific Make network site if you know the slug
hb[slug] – Jump to a specific handbook on the Make network if you know the slug
W.org Plugins:
pluginPluginA 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/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party[slug] – Jump to a plugin page if you know the slug
plugins[search terms] – Jump to a plugins search page with the given terms
W.org Profiles:
profile[username] – Jump to a specific w.org profile if you know the username
Adds four keyword search prompts that launch tabs for corresponding Code Reference & Codex Pages in your default browser:
functionfunction_name
classclass_name
actionaction_name
filterFilterFilters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.filter_name