How to contribute to WordPress core

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Core Contributions 101
Everything you need to know to start contributing to
WordPress core, today!

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So you like to code huh?
If you are already building WordPress products, or clients
products/sites with WordPress, why not give back?

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Where do you start?
It’s a bit tricky when you don’t know how.

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Register
https://core.trac.wordpress.org

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Read the documentation
http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/

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Let’s find us
some tickets!
A short list of places to look.

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Good First Bugs
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/good-first-bugs

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No Patch
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/no-patch/

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Needs Unit Tests
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/needs-unit-tests/

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Next Major and Next
Minor Release
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/major/workflow/
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/minor/workflow/

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Bug Reports
https://make.wordpress.org/core/reports/

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Ask in Slack #core
https://wordpress.slack.com

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Setup your Tools and Environment
Vagrant, custom rolled, what should I choose?

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Testing
Unit tests, manual tests, peer reviews

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Patches
Creating and applying patches

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Useful SVN Commands
svn update
svn status
svn diff
svn diff path/to/file
svn diff > my-path-file.diff
patch -p0 < /path/to/patch.diff
svn revert . -R
svn revert path/to/file
https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Subversion

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Doing the Github dance
Oh yes its true!
Much the same as SVN
Only differences is the command!
git diff —no-prefix > my-patch-name.diff
http://scribu.net/wordpress/svn-patches-from-git.html

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Submitting a patch
How to submit your changes to trac

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Following Up
Staying in touch after you’ve submitted your patch

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All about me!
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/my-patches/
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/my-comments/
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/timeline/

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Props page
https://deliciousbrains.com/developers-guide-contributing-wordpress-core/
http://wpcapetown.co.za
http://wordpress.org

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Lets Chat
General discussion and questions around WordPress core development.

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