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Make your first contribution to this repository by tackling one of the issues listed below.

Each issue displayed here is a "good first issue," selected for its relative approachability for first-time contributors.

Good first issues

DataForm: Focus loss when collapsing in Card view [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Changes that impact accessibility and need corresponding review (e.g. markup changes). Good First Issue An issue that's suitable for someone looking to contribute for the first time [Status] In Progress Tracking issues with work in progress [Feature] DataViews Work surrounding upgrading and evolving views in the site editor and beyond
#73242 opened Nov 13, 2025 by mirka
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Use lowercase capitalization on Featured Image "Link to..." control Good First Issue An issue that's suitable for someone looking to contribute for the first time [Status] In Progress Tracking issues with work in progress Internationalization (i18n) Issues or PRs related to internationalization efforts [Type] Copy Issues or PRs that need copy editing assistance Needs Decision Needs a decision to be actionable or relevant [Block] Post Featured Image Affects the Post Featured Image Block
#55057 opened Oct 4, 2023 by richtabor
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Since 6.3, the display ratio of images is broken when the size of the Image Block is specified. [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended Good First Issue An issue that's suitable for someone looking to contribute for the first time Backwards Compatibility Issues or PRs that impact backwards compatability [Block] Image Affects the Image Block [Feature] Block Validation/Deprecation Handling block validation to determine accuracy and deprecation
#53555 opened Aug 11, 2023 by ddryo
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Consistent terminology: Patterns vs. Block Patterns [Type] Enhancement A suggestion for improvement. [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Changes that impact accessibility and need corresponding review (e.g. markup changes). Good First Issue An issue that's suitable for someone looking to contribute for the first time [Status] In Progress Tracking issues with work in progress [Package] Block library /packages/block-library [Package] Block editor /packages/block-editor [Package] Edit Post /packages/edit-post [Package] Edit Site /packages/edit-site
#49617 opened Apr 5, 2023 by afercia
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"Read more" options for post excerpts do not contain accessible names [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Changes that impact accessibility and need corresponding review (e.g. markup changes). Good First Issue An issue that's suitable for someone looking to contribute for the first time Needs Design Needs design efforts. Needs Dev Ready for, and needs developer efforts [Block] Post Excerpt Affects the Post Excerpt Block [Block] Read More Affects the Read More Block
#45396 opened Oct 28, 2022 by joedolson
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Native Image component includes outdated accessibility hint [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Changes that impact accessibility and need corresponding review (e.g. markup changes). Good First Issue An issue that's suitable for someone looking to contribute for the first time Mobile App - i.e. Android or iOS Native mobile impl of the block editor. (Note: used in scripts, ping mobile folks to change) [Block] Image Affects the Image Block [Block] Media & Text Affects the Media & Text Block
#45124 opened Oct 19, 2022 by dcalhoun
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Multi-column Post Excerpt Good First Issue An issue that's suitable for someone looking to contribute for the first time Needs Design Feedback Needs general design feedback. [Block] Paragraph Affects the Paragraph Block [Block] Group Affects the Group Block (and row, stack and grid variants) [Type] Feature New feature to highlight in changelogs. [Block] Post Excerpt Affects the Post Excerpt Block [Feature] Design Tools Tools that impact the appearance of blocks both to expand the number of tools and improve the experi [Block] Post Content Affects the Post Content Block
#25459 opened Sep 18, 2020 by iamtakashi
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Testing: Add integration test which ensures that npm packages can be used with Node [Type] Enhancement A suggestion for improvement. Good First Issue An issue that's suitable for someone looking to contribute for the first time [Status] In Progress Tracking issues with work in progress [Type] Automated Testing Testing infrastructure changes impacting the execution of end-to-end (E2E) and/or unit tests. Needs Dev Ready for, and needs developer efforts npm Packages Related to npm packages
#17273 opened Aug 30, 2019 by gziolo
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Cover block: empty block shows as black box on frontend [Type] Enhancement A suggestion for improvement. [Feature] Blocks Overall functionality of blocks Good First Issue An issue that's suitable for someone looking to contribute for the first time [Status] In Progress Tracking issues with work in progress [Priority] Low Used to indicate that the issue at hand isn't a top priority to address and can be handled later [Block] Cover Affects the Cover Block - used to display content laid over a background image
#10854 opened Oct 21, 2018 by Leefke
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Duplicate colors in palette causes issues [Type] Enhancement A suggestion for improvement. Good First Issue An issue that's suitable for someone looking to contribute for the first time Customization Issues related to Phase 2: Customization efforts [Feature] Extensibility The ability to extend blocks or the editing experience Global Styles Anything related to the broader Global Styles efforts, including Styles Engine and theme.json [Feature] Colors Color management
#9357 opened Aug 26, 2018 by timelsass
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