Support Handbook

Welcome to the WordPress Support Handbook.

The WordPress Support Handbook is the number one destination for tips, tricks, and advice to assist you in giving the best WordPress support possible.

This handbook is a guide put together by the community and represents over ten years of WordPress support experience. Please feel free to start with the selections to the left, and we hope you enjoy making use of this as much as we enjoyed writing it!

Need help with a WordPress issue?
You can find help with your WordPress problem by posting in the support forums or asking in IRC

Quick Links

• Forum welcome
• Forum guidelines
• Using the block editor in the forums
• Helpful Tools – A collection of tools, settings, and userscripts to help make your life easier while providing support.
• Pre-defined Support Responses ( Non-Moderator | Moderators )
• Forum posts with no replies: https://wordpress.org/support/view/no-replies
• SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. Support Discussion Channel: #forums (See meeting times at https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/#support )
• IRC Support Channel (IRC): #wordpress

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Perhaps you were looking for other documentation?

If you’re looking to create a website, write a blog, visit:
https://wordpress.org/support/article/new-to-wordpress-where-to-start/

There is an effort underway to document the WordPress codebase. You can find this at https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/

Handbooks for themes and plugins are here:

Themes: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/

Plugins: https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/

Last updated: August 22, 2024