Title: Documentation – WordPress News --- # Documentation * ## 󠀁[Tomorrow is WordPress Translation Day 4](https://wordpress.org/news/2019/05/tomorrow-is-wordpress-translation-day-4/)󠁿 * May 10, 2019 * The fourth edition of WordPress translation day is coming up on Saturday 11 May 2019: tomorrow! Get ready for a 24-hour, global marathon dedicated to localizing the WordPress platform and ecosystem. This event takes place both online and in physical locations across the world, so you can join no matter where you are! The WordPress… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2019/05/tomorrow-is-wordpress-translation-day-4/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 4.9 Release Candidate 3](https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-release-candidate-3/)󠁿 * November 14, 2017 * The third release candidate for WordPress 4.9 is now available. A release candidate( RC) means we think we’re done, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it’s possible we’ve missed something. In fact, we did miss some things in RC1 and RC2. This third release candidate was not originally scheduled, but… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-release-candidate-3/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 4.9 Beta 3](https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-9-beta-3/)󠁿 * October 19, 2017 * WordPress 4.9 Beta 3 is now available! This software is still in development, so we don’t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site just to play with the new version. To test WordPress 4.9, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can download the beta here (zip).… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-9-beta-3/) * ## 󠀁[Improving your plugin – Changelogs](https://wordpress.org/news/2009/07/improving-your-plugin-changelogs/)󠁿 * July 21, 2009 * We’ve recently made some changes to help improve the communication between plugin authors and plugin users about the changes that are made between versions. We feel that all software should have a changelog that details, at a high level, what changes have been made in each version so that the user can make an informed… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2009/07/improving-your-plugin-changelogs/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress Backup Week](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/07/wordpress-backup-week/)󠁿 * July 21, 2005 * July 23-30 is WordPress Backup Week. The WordPress Forum and Codex are working together to remind you to backup your WordPress site and database and eat your veggies. Even if your host does it (or should be doing it) no one was ever hurt by too many backups. It should be done on a regular… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/07/wordpress-backup-week/) * ## 󠀁[Get In The Loop](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/07/the-loop/)󠁿 * July 17, 2005 * The WordPress Loop is the brains behind your WordPress site. A simple yet sophisticated bit of PHP coding, it generates the content and information displayed on your site, in fact, on each template page on your site. Understanding how the Loop works and how you can customize it to your needs is covered extensively in… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/07/the-loop/) * ## 󠀁[Template Tags](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/07/template-tags/)󠁿 * July 6, 2005 * WordPress Template Tags are the backbone of your WordPress site, giving you the power to generate content on your site. Template Tags allow you to change the way the categories and date and time are posted in your post meta data section. They control how categories, Pages, and posts are displayed on your site. Almost… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/07/template-tags/) * ## 󠀁[Weekly Roundup](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/07/weekly-roundup/)󠁿 * July 1, 2005 * At the last WordPress IRC meetup there was a consensus that this development blog isn’t used enough for spreading general news and information about WP, and one of the ways we’ve decided to address that is with weekly roundup posts summarizing some activity and highlighting some of the amazing resources in the Codex. The posts… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/07/weekly-roundup/) * ## 󠀁[WordPress 1.5 Developers' Primer](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/02/developers-primer/)󠁿 * February 28, 2005 * WordPress 1.5 is not just cool and suave on the outside, there are quite a few programming enhancements and added features for coders, hackers, plugin developers and enthusiasts. Some of these are obvious while others are more difficult to track down without digging through the code. This is a highly technical post, so feel free… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2005/02/developers-primer/) * ## 󠀁[My Blog Is Terribly Broken](https://wordpress.org/news/2004/12/terribly-broken/)󠁿 * December 23, 2004 * If you load up your blog and see something like this: Database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,] SELECT DISTINCT ID, category_id, cat_name, category_nicename, category_description, category_parent FROM blog_categories, blog_post2cat, blog_posts WHERE category_id = cat_ID… * [Read Post](https://wordpress.org/news/2004/12/terribly-broken/) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/news/category/documentation/page/2/?output_format=md) [Older Posts](https://wordpress.org/news/category/documentation/page/2/?output_format=md)