Title: Communication
Author: Tammie Lister
Published: October 12, 2025

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# Communication

## In this article

 * [Meetings](https://make.wordpress.org/program/handbook/communication/?output_format=md#meetings)
 * [Async communication](https://make.wordpress.org/program/handbook/communication/?output_format=md#async-communication)
 * [Always make a post](https://make.wordpress.org/program/handbook/communication/?output_format=md#always-make-a-post)
 * [Recommendations](https://make.wordpress.org/program/handbook/communication/?output_format=md#recommendations)

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## 󠀁[Meetings](https://make.wordpress.org/program/handbook/communication/?output_format=md#meetings)󠁿

The CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development
Team builds WordPress. Program team on purpose do not currently have any sync meetings.
All communication is done asynchronous within the 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/)
channel.

## 󠀁[Async communication](https://make.wordpress.org/program/handbook/communication/?output_format=md#async-communication)󠁿

There are several types of communication systems used by this team. All are expected
to be async, even though some might not feel it. There should never be pressure 
to feel you have to respond right away.

 * **Slack: **The main form of communication is our Slack channel [#core-program](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C09EEAUJFQS).
   All key topics are then reported here.
 * **GitHubGitHub GitHub 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 by the repository owner. [https://github.com/](https://github.com/)
   Discussions: **We also use [discussions](https://github.com/WordPress/core-program/discussions)
   for longer form topics, this is a way to share and collaborate on topics.

## 󠀁[Always make a post](https://make.wordpress.org/program/handbook/communication/?output_format=md#always-make-a-post)󠁿

A principle of our communication within this is team is that no matter where it 
might begin or be discussed, should be surfaced back on this site as a post. This
way, everyone gets the opportunity to participate.

## 󠀁[Recommendations](https://make.wordpress.org/program/handbook/communication/?output_format=md#recommendations)󠁿

Communication can be hard, here are a few suggestions to help empower.

 * If you are going to use a thread with Slack, use an emoji to indicate and also
   ask the question, give your reply in the thread to start it.
 * Do not treat Slack as sync communication where possible, be ok with longer reply
   times.
 * Use discussions for conversations and working through, issues for direct action
   on GitHub where possible. This of course doesn’t mean questions can’t be asked
   within issues, but there is a distinct difference between a discussion and a 
   question.
 * Use pings lightly. You might think you know who should help you, but someone 
   else might be able to. If you only pingPing The act of sending a very small amount
   of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response
   from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack
   users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something
   along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” one person others might
   think you are taken care of and not jump in to help.
 * Always communicate as you would like to be communicated with.

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October 12, 2025

Last updated

October 12, 2025

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