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The WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:

Found a bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority.? Create a ticket in the bug tracker.
Want to contribute? Get started quickly with tickets marked as good first bugs for new contributors or join a bug scrub. There’s more on the reports page, like patches needing testing, and on feature projects page.
Other questions? Here is a detailed handbook for contributors, complete with tutorials.

WordPress Core Components

For the purposes of contributing, WordPress is organized into components. These are well-defined, functional areas of coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Many contributors take a particular interest in certain areas, whether it is maintaining the HTTP API or improving the Editor. Some components have sub-components like Shortcodes nested under Formatting, or Post Formats nested under Posts.

Many contributors help maintain one or more components. These maintainers are vital to keeping WordPress development running as smoothly as possible. They triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. new tickets, look after existing ones, spearhead or mentor tasks, pitch new ideas, curate roadmaps, and provide feedback to other contributors. Longtime maintainers with a deep understanding of particular areas of core are always seeking to mentor others to impart their knowledge. Read this post to learn more about the maintainer role: What does it mean to be a component maintainer? A refresher.

Want to help? Start following a component! Adjust your notifications here. Feel free to dig into any ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker..

Component	Tickets	7 Days	0 Replies
Administration	392	+1	46 !!
Bootstrap/Load	68		8 !!
Build/Test Tools	236		30 !!
Bundled Theme	214	-1	1 !!
Cache API	49		5 !!
Comments	200		28 !!
— Pings/Trackbacks	29		3 !!
Cron API	26		2 !!
Customize	203		14 !!
Database	159		52 !!
Date/Time	45		4 !!
Editor	590	+4	126 !!
— Autosave	18		9 !!
— Quick/Bulk Edit	43	+1
— TinyMCE	14		3 !!
Export	49		13 !!
External Libraries	31		1 !!
Feeds	63		6 !!
Filesystem API	44	+1	3 !!
Formatting	208	+1	41 !!
— Charset	7
— Emoji	10
— Shortcodes	54		14 !!
General	649	-4	88 !!
Help/About	16
HTML API	10	-2
HTTP API	47		13 !!
I18N	80		4 !!
Import	62	-1	11 !!
Interactivity API	1	-1
Mail	52		15 !!
Media	599	-1	22 !!
— Embeds	83		19 !!
— Gallery	34		12 !!
— Upload	71	-1	14 !!
Networks and Sites	172	-2	30 !!
Options, Meta APIs	143		46 !!
Permalinks	131	+1	28 !!
— Canonical	83		14 !!
— Rewrite Rules	93		24 !!
Plugins	273		42 !!
Posts, Post Types	433	-1	92 !!
— Post Formats	12		3 !!
— Post Thumbnails	15		3 !!
— Revisions	38	+1	4 !!
Privacy	98		4 !!
Query	255	+1	65 !!
REST API	147	+3	26 !!
— Application Passwords	15
Script Loader	103	+1	32 !!
Security	91		22 !!
Site Health	106	-1	6 !!
Sitemaps	21		5 !!
Taxonomy	247		57 !!
Themes	252		31 !!
— Menus	187		26 !!
— Widgets	177	-1	32 !!
Toolbar	30
Upgrade/Install	261		19 !!
Users	293	+1	64 !!
— Login and Registration	147	+1	19 !!
— Role/Capability	73		13 !!
XML-RPC	33

Component

Tickets

7 Days

0 Replies

Maintainers

Administration

392

46 !!

Bootstrap/Load

8 !!