Documentation

If you are looking for solid guidance on documentation writing, check this post featuring a video from speaker Daniele Procida. Daniele notes there are four kinds of docs: 1) learning-oriented tutorials, 2) goal-oriented how-to guides, 3) understanding-oriented discussions, and 4)…

The WordPress Documentation team is applying to participate in Google’s Season of Docs, an initiative (now in its second year) that aims to improve open-source documentation. Jon (Kenshino) says there is a need for mentors "who are well acquainted or…

Jon Quach, a designer at Automattic, has written a proposal for creating new WordPress Style Guide resources. Jon suggests, "It might be helpful to improve the guide by building resources in a new open documentation site, one with features like…

New Tools 🛠️ WPOnion is a framework that "helps developers build custom meta boxes and custom fields in WordPress." The documentation goes into further detail, stating its support for not only post_meta but also term_meta, user_meta, comment_meta, settings pages and…

I appreciated this post from Josepha Haden on "Fostering Collaboration Across Cultures.” There are some excellent tips for both team members and team leaders here. Stereotypes can hinder communication, and I think even with the WordPress community being open and…

There has been an official call for developer documentation about Gutenberg. One of the criticisms I've heard from developers is the lack of documentation, and it appears that's beginning to be addressed now. In this post, Chris Van Patten highlights the kinds…