Welcome to the official home of the WordPress Documentation Team.
This team is responsible for coordinating all documentation initiatives around WordPress, including the handbooks and other general wordsmithing across the WordPress project.
Want to get involved?
Start here to find out more about what we do and how to contribute:
Documentation Issue Tracker on GitHub: Submit any Documentation Team-related issues on GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/
Weekly meetings
Join our discussions of documentation issues here on the blog and on Slack.
Use a slash to indicate a combination. Capitalize the second word if the first word in the combination is capitalized.
Examples
Recommended: Toggle the on/off switch on the dashboard.
Recommended: Toggle the On/Off switch on the dashboard.
Recommended: The UIUIUI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing./UXUXUX 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. for the 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 was recently updated.
Recommended: The website can be developed with HTMLHTMLHTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites./CSSCSSCSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. as well.
Don’t use slashes to separate alternatives. Don’t substitute a slash for the words and or or.
Examples
Not recommended: You can install the 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 by uploading/searching in the directory.
Recommended: You can install the 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 by uploading it, or searching it in the directory.
Not recommended: The user must have administrator/editor access to publish the post.
Recommended: The user must have administrator or editor access to publish the post.
Recommended: The user must have administrator and editor access to publish the post.
Not recommended: Repeat the process 2/3 times until you get a favorable result.
Recommended: Repeat the process 2 or 3 times until you get a favorable result.
Recommended: Repeat the process 2 to 3 times until you get a favorable result.
Don’t use slashes with fractions, as they may be difficult to comprehend. Using slashes with fractions could be misunderstood as alternatives or combinations.
Examples
Not recommended: 3/4
Recommended: ¾
Recommended: 0.75
Recommended: 75%
Be cautious while using slashes between the numerator and denominator in mathematical equations.
