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Core Contributions 101Everything 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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Registerhttps://core.trac.wordpress.org

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Read the documentationhttp://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 Bugshttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/good-first-bugs

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

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Needs Unit Testshttps://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 Reportshttps://make.wordpress.org/core/reports/

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Ask in Slack #corehttps://wordpress.slack.com

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

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TestingUnit tests, manual tests, peer reviews

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PatchesCreating and applying patches

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Useful SVN Commandssvn updatesvn status

svn diffsvn diff path/to/file

svn diff > my-path-file.diff

patch -p0 < /path/to/patch.diff

svn revert . -Rsvn revert path/to/file

https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Subversion

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Doing the Github danceOh 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 patchHow to submit your changes to trac

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Following UpStaying 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 pagehttps://deliciousbrains.com/developers-guide-contributing-wordpress-core/

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Lets ChatGeneral discussion and questions around WordPress core development.

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