Support Handbook

Welcome to the WordPress Support Handbook.

The WordPress Support Handbook is the number one destination for tips, tricks, and advice regarding
giving the best WordPress support possible.

This handbook is a guide put together by the community and represents over ten years of WordPress support experience. Please feel free to start with the selections to the left, and we hope you enjoy making use of this as much as we enjoyed writing it!

Need help with a WordPress issue?
You can find help with your WordPress problem by posting in the support forums or asking in IRC

Quick Links #Quick Links

• Forum welcome
• Forum guidelines
• WordPress.org Also Viewing – a script to help avoid duplicate replies on the same thread
• Pre-defined Support Responses ( Non-Moderator | Moderators )
• Forum posts with no replies: https://wordpress.org/support/view/no-replies
• Slack Support Discussion Channel: #forums (meetings on Thursdays at 17:00 UTC)
• IRC Support Channel (IRC): #wordpress

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Perhaps you were looking for other documentation? #Perhaps you were looking for other documentation?

If you’re looking to create a website, write a blog, visit: https://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start

There is an effort underway to document the WordPress codebase. You can find this at https://make.wordpress.org/docs/handbook/

Handbooks for themes and plugins are here:

Themes: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/

Plugins: https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/