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The general content (not limited to text, images and other supporting materials) are licensed under CC0.

Any code snippets in the official WordPress documentation is licensed GPLv2 (or later) from the Free Software Foundation. A copy of the license is included with every copy of WordPress, but you can also read the text of the license here.

WordPress documentation refers to but is not limited to the content available on the following sites

  • WordPress End User Documentation – https://wordpress.org/support/
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  • Documentation Team Documentation – https://make.wordpress.org/docs/