Live chat

#wordpress on Libera.Chat is a volunteer-run support channel where WordPress developers answer each other’s questions. It is not staffed by this site, and nobody there is paid to help you.

Open #wordpress on Libera.Chat (opens Libera.Chat in a new tab)

Paste first, then ask

The fastest way to get an answer is a link to code someone can run. Put your snippet in a paste, pick the environment it needs (a stocked store, a large content set), and share that link in the channel. Whoever helps you can open it, press Run, change the code and hand back a working version.

Pasting a stack trace into a chat window loses the formatting and buries the channel. A link does not.

Your nickname

You arrive as a WordPress function, wp_mail-wpp-4 for example. The name is drawn from the functions in the current release, and the -wpp marks where you came from, which is worth knowing in a room of volunteers. It is kept in this browser so you keep the same name if you come back.

Before you ask

Say what you expected and what happened: Both. “It doesn’t work’’ cannot be answered.
Say which WordPress version: Behaviour changes between releases. If you are not sure a function does what you remember, check it in the reference first.
Then wait: People answer when they are free, which may be hours. Stay in the channel; asking again in five minutes does not speed it up.