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<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Revision</dt> <dd><a style="font-weight: bold" href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/61202">61202</a><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"EmailMessage","description":"Review this Commit","action":{"@type":"ViewAction","url":"https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/61202","name":"Review Commit"}}</script></dd>
<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Author</dt> <dd>desrosj</dd>
<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Date</dt> <dd>2025-11-11 02:43:55 +0000 (Tue, 11 Nov 2025)</dd>
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<pre style='padding-left: 1em; margin: 2em 0; border-left: 2px solid #ccc; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 105%; font-family: sans-serif'>General: Clarify that contributors should fork `wordpress-develop`.
Because `WordPress/wordpress-develop` is a mirror, the only way to contribute to WordPress on GitHub is by forking the repository (even when a contributor has write access as a Core Committer). This updates the {U+201C}Getting Started{U+201D} section to make this more clear.
The section about how to contribute using GitHub Codespaces is also being removed since this has been broken for some time (see <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/57896">#57896</a>). This section can be reintroduced once the underlying tooling is fixed.
Props pbearne, desrosj, westonruter, wildworks, peterwilsoncc.
Fixes <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64100">#64100</a>. See <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/57896">#57896</a>.</pre>
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<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- trunk/README.md 2025-11-11 02:34:32 UTC (rev 61201)
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</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> ## Getting Started
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</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-### Using GitHub Codespaces
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-To get started, create a codespace for this repository by clicking this 👇
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-[](https://github.com/codespaces/new?hide_repo_select=true&ref=trunk&repo=75645659)
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-A codespace will open in a web-based version of Visual Studio Code. The [dev container](.devcontainer/devcontainer.json) is fully configured with software needed for this project.
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-**Note**: Dev containers is an open spec which is supported by [GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/codespaces) and [other tools](https://containers.dev/supporting).
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-In some browsers the keyboard shortcut for opening the command palette (Ctrl/Command + Shift + P) may collide with a browser shortcut. The command palette can be opened via the `F1` key or via the cog icon in the bottom left of the editor.
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-When opening your codespace, be sure to wait for the `postCreateCommand` to finish running to ensure your WordPress install is successfully set up. This can take a few minutes.
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</del><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> ### Local development
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</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> WordPress is a PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript based project, and uses Node for its JavaScript dependencies. A local development environment is available to quickly get up and running.
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</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> #### To start the development environment for the first time
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</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-Clone the current repository using `git clone https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop.git`. Then in your terminal move to the repository folder `cd wordpress-develop` and run the following commands:
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+You can get started using the local development environment with these steps:
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</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+1. Go to https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop and fork the repository to your own GitHub account.
+1. Then clone the forked repository to your computer using `git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/wordpress-develop.git`.
+1. Navigate into the directory for the cloned repository using `cd wordpress-develop`.
+1. Add the origin repo as an `upstream` remote via `git remote add upstream https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop.git`.
+1. Then you can keep your branches up to date via `git pull --ff upstream/trunk`, for example.
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+Alternatively, if you have the [GitHub CLI](https://cli.github.com/) installed, you can simply run `gh repo fork WordPress/wordpress-develop --clone --remote` ([docs](https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_repo_fork)). This command will:
+1. Fork the repository to your account (use the `--org` flag to clone into an organization).
+1. Clone the repository to your machine.
+1. Add `WordPress/wordpress-develop` as `upstream` and set it to the default `remote` repository
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+After this, remember to run `cd wordpress-develop`.
+
+After either of the two options above, move to the repository folder `cd wordpress-develop` and run the following commands in a terminal:
+
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> ```
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> npm install
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> npm run build:dev
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