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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	67		8 !!
Build/Test Tools	239	+1	29 !!
Bundled Theme	231	-13
Cache API	49		5 !!
Comments	200	+1	29 !!
— Pings/Trackbacks	29		3 !!
Cron API	26		2 !!
Customize	202		14 !!
Database	159		52 !!
Date/Time	45	-1	4 !!
Editor	588	+23	127 !!
— Autosave	18		9 !!
— Quick/Bulk Edit	44	+1	2 !!
— TinyMCE	14		3 !!
Export	49		13 !!
External Libraries	33		1 !!
Feeds	64		7 !!
Filesystem API	44	-1	3 !!
Formatting	206	-1	41 !!
— Charset	8		3 !!
— Emoji	10
— Shortcodes	54		14 !!
General	649	-7	95 !!
Help/About	16		1 !!
HTML API	12	+1	1 !!
HTTP API	47		13 !!
I18N	81		4 !!
Import	62		11 !!
Interactivity API	1	-1
Mail	52		15 !!
Media	597	-2	25 !!
— Embeds	84		19 !!
— Gallery	34		12 !!
— Upload	72	+1	15 !!
Networks and Sites	175	+1	32 !!
Options, Meta APIs	144		45 !!
Permalinks	130	-1	28 !!
— Canonical	83		14 !!
— Rewrite Rules	93		24 !!
Plugins	269		40 !!
Posts, Post Types	432		93 !!
— Post Formats	12	-1	3 !!
— Post Thumbnails	16		4 !!
— Revisions	37		4 !!
Privacy	98		4 !!
Query	253	-1	64 !!
REST API	143	+1	28 !!
— Application Passwords	16	+1
Script Loader	97	+1	29 !!
Security	90	+1	20 !!
Site Health	106	+3	7 !!
Sitemaps	21		5 !!
Taxonomy	246		56 !!
Themes	255	-2	31 !!
— Menus	187	+1	27 !!
— Widgets	179		32 !!
Toolbar	29
Upgrade/Install	261	+1	19 !!
Users	292		64 !!
— Login and Registration	147	+3	19 !!
— Role/Capability	73		13 !!
XML-RPC	33

Component

Tickets

7 Days

0 Replies

Maintainers

Administration

392

46 !!

Bootstrap/Load

8 !!