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Welcome to the WordPress Contributor Handbook! The WordPress community welcomes contributors from around the world to help us Make WordPress and Democratize Publishing. This handbook aims to express our shared expectations of how we, as contributors, work together, who we want to build our products for, and the WordPress interpretation of modern, open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.  Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. best practices.
In keeping with open source best practices, this handbook is a living document, and will be updated as needed. Your feedback and questions are very welcome! If you have suggested edits for this handbook, please email the Community Team at support@wordcamp.org.
The Contributor Handbook includes the following sections:
Contribution Pathways
Accessibility in WordPress
Privacy Policy
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Statement
Community Code of Conduct
Incident Response Team
Contributor Handbook History
While the WordPress community has long discussed a contributor handbook, this current version came into existence around March 2021. It started with a proposal from Josepha Haden, followed by a series of draft documents and discussions in 2022.
In 2026, we began adding Contribution Pathways as quick cross-project guides for new contributors.
First published
April 22, 2022
Last updated
April 10, 2026
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Before you begin
Build
Contribute to GatherPress
Build a WordPress Playground Blueprint
Create a Community Blueprint
Contribute to Theme Check Plugin
Contribute to Data Liberation
Design
Contribute to the WordPress Photo Directory
Join the Photos Moderation Team
Create Block Patterns
Design a Meetup/WordCamp Kit
Design a WordPress Workshop Kit
Review a Theme
Write
Create a Pathway Guide
Document a WordPress Release
Work on Documentation Issues
File a Documentation Issue
Create Content for Learn WordPress
Update Theme Check Plugin Documentation
Write a Migration Guide for WordPress
Help build the Accessibility Knowledge Base
Write or Update GatherPress Documentation
Answer WordPress Support Questions
Test
Review a Pathway Guide
Test for Accessibility
Test WordPress Bug Reports
Audit GatherPress Documentation
Review Content on Learn WordPress
Test WordPress Patches
Test Beta Releases
Review Themes for Accessibility-Ready Tag
Translate
Translate Training Content
Translate Top Themes and Plugins
Organize
Suggest a Pathway
Organize a Student Club
Volunteer at a WordPress Event
Label Documentation Issues
Become a GitHub Issues Coordinator
Triage Theme Check Issues and PRs
Triage Gutenberg Issues
Volunteer for a Team Meeting
Promote
Add Captions to WPTV Videos
Promote a Local WordPress Event
Conduct Surveys
Maintaining Contribution Pathways
Glossary
WordPress Credits: Contribution Program for Students
Admin Guide
Institutions
Bulk Enrollment of Students
Form for Students without Active Institution
Institutions Onboarding
Presentation Desks
Mentors
Mentors Onboarding
Mentors Requirements
Regional/Country Mentor Lead
Sponsors
Sponsors Onboarding
Students
Certificate & Graduation
Spam Student
Student Onboarding (50h)
Student Onboarding (ALL)
Student Onboarding (only Pisa)
Student Onboarding (Self-onboarding Pilot)
Student Guide
Sponsor Guide
Mentor Guide
Call for Mentors
Contributor Guide
Community Code of Conduct
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in WordPress
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