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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	54 !!
AI	8	+3
Bootstrap/Load	39
Build/Test Tools	196	+2	18 !!
Bundled Theme	221	+2
Cache API	49		3 !!
Comments	196		26 !!
— Notes	1
— Pings/Trackbacks	23		3 !!
Cron API	26		2 !!
Customize	143	-2	4 !!
Database	161		49 !!
Date/Time	38
Editor	521	-1	115 !!
— Autosave	20		9 !!
— Quick/Bulk Edit	48		4 !!
— TinyMCE	6
Export	49		13 !!
External Libraries	28	-1	1 !!
Feeds	60	+1	6 !!
Filesystem API	49		5 !!
Formatting	227		39 !!
— Charset	10		1 !!
— Emoji	13
— Shortcodes	54		13 !!
General	707	-2	97 !!
Help/About	16		1 !!
HTML API	15	+1	1 !!
HTTP API	47		7 !!
I18N	75		3 !!
Import	54		9 !!
Interactivity API	6		2 !!
Mail	14	-1
Media	607	+2	29 !!
— Embeds	84		17 !!
— Gallery	29		11 !!
— Upload	65		15 !!
Networks and Sites	162		21 !!
Options, Meta APIs	143	+1	38 !!
Permalinks	135	-1	34 !!
— Canonical	87		14 !!
— Rewrite Rules	94		26 !!
Plugins	259		16 !!
Posts, Post Types	261	+1
— Post Formats	12
— Post Thumbnails	15	-1	2 !!
— Revisions	37		4 !!
Privacy	101		3 !!
Query	272		64 !!
REST API	168		24 !!
— Application Passwords	16
Script Loader	92	+1	10 !!
Security	52		13 !!
Site Health	113	-1	6 !!
Sitemaps	23		5 !!
Taxonomy	245		53 !!
Themes	236	+2	28 !!
— Menus	170	-2	22 !!
— Widgets	158	-1	31 !!
Toolbar	28
Upgrade/Install	280	+2	23 !!
Users	289	-1	59 !!
— Login and Registration	148	+1	19 !!
— Role/Capability	76		14 !!
XML-RPC	32		1 !!

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Maintainers

Administration

392

54 !!