{"id":2,"date":"2025-09-10T09:54:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/program\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:45:00","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/program\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>WordPress <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Core<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Core<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Program Team<\/strong> is focused on strengthening coordination across teams, improving efficiency and empowering contribution. It\u2019s a home for those who span across product and project work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9f38976b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Get Involved<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s how you can join us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Become part of the conversation<\/strong> in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C09EEAUJFQS\">#core-program<\/a><\/strong> channel in WordPress <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Slack<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Slack<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform <a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\">https:\/\/slack.com\/<\/a>. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/project\/2025\/09\/15\/announcing-the-core-program-team\/\"><strong>Read the announcement<\/strong> <\/a>about our team formation and mission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\u2019s Next<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">Slack<\/a>\u00a0for real-time communication. Contributors live all over the world, so there are discussions happening at all hours of the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! The WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Program Team is focused on strengthening coordination across teams, improving efficiency and empowering contribution. It\u2019s a home for those who span across product and project work. Get Involved Here\u2019s how you can join us: Become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5911429,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","author-wordpressdotorg"],"revision_note":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5911429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}