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..

ComponentSlackTickets7 Days0 RepliesMaintainers
Administration451 -451 !!
AIJoin the AI Slack channel14BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
— Abilities API15 +5BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
Bootstrap/Load421 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
Build/Test ToolsJoin the Build/Test Tools Slack channel214 -616 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
Bundled ThemeJoin the Bundled Theme Slack channel194 -6BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
Cache API523 !!
Comments217 +1024 !!BERJAYA
— NotesJoin the Notes Slack channel1BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
— Pings/Trackbacks223 !!
Cron API262 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
Customize1403 !!BERJAYA
Database159 -143 !!BERJAYA
Date/Time40BERJAYABERJAYA
EditorJoin the Editor Slack channel619 +56115 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
— Autosave209 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
— Quick/Bulk Edit483 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
— TinyMCE10BERJAYA
Export4910 !!BERJAYA
External Libraries23 -11 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
Feeds64 +55 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
Filesystem API493 !!
Formatting231 +730 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
— Charset13BERJAYA
— Emoji15BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
— Shortcodes56 +112 !!BERJAYA
General769 -289 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
Help/About18BERJAYABERJAYA
HTML APIJoin the HTML API Slack channel18BERJAYABERJAYA
HTTP API53 +36 !!BERJAYA
I18NJoin the I18N Slack channel791 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
ImportJoin the Import Slack channel559 !!
Interactivity APIJoin the Interactivity API Slack channel8 +2BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
Mail16BERJAYA
MediaJoin the Media Slack channel626 +827 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
— Embeds92 +119 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
— Gallery299 !!BERJAYA
— Upload7114 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
Networks and SitesJoin the Networks and Sites Slack channel165BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
Options, Meta APIs14635 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
Permalinks131 -130 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
— Canonical8812 !!
— Rewrite Rules96 +125 !!
Plugins284 +1118 !!
Posts, Post Types278 +4
— Post Formats13
— Post Thumbnails152 !!BERJAYA
— Revisions38 +13 !!BERJAYA
PrivacyJoin the Privacy Slack channel901 !!BERJAYA
Query27560 !!
REST APIJoin the REST API Slack channel190 +320 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
— Application Passwords15BERJAYABERJAYA
Script Loader79 +18 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
Security6211 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
Site Health117 +15 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
Sitemaps213 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
Taxonomy259 +951 !!
Themes229 +227 !!BERJAYA
— Menus17721 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
— Widgets162 +231 !!BERJAYABERJAYA
Toolbar40 -1BERJAYA
Upgrade/InstallJoin the Upgrade/Install Slack channel292 +322 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
Users294 +257 !!
— Login and Registration150 +217 !!BERJAYA
— Role/Capability75 +114 !!BERJAYABERJAYABERJAYA
XML-RPC34 -1