Title: Documentation Guidelines
Published: February 20, 2025
Last modified: February 21, 2025

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# Documentation Guidelines

## In this article

 * [Style Guide](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/contributing/documentation/?output_format=md#style-guide)
 * [Documentation Types](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/contributing/documentation/?output_format=md#documentation-types)

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Guidelines for contributing to SCF documentation.

## 󠀁[Style Guide](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/contributing/documentation/?output_format=md#style-guide)󠁿

We follow the [WordPress Documentation Style Guide](https://make.wordpress.org/docs/style-guide/):

 1. **Voice and Tone**
 2.  * Clear and concise
     * Professional but friendly
     * Internationally accessible
     * Gender-neutral language
 3. **Formatting**
 4.  * Use Markdown
     * Follow heading hierarchy
     * Include code examples
     * Use proper spacing
 5. **Content Structure**
 6.  * Start with overview
     * Include examples
     * Provide context
     * Link related topics

## 󠀁[Documentation Types](https://developer.wordpress.org/secure-custom-fields/contributing/documentation/?output_format=md#documentation-types)󠁿

 1. **User Documentation**
 2.  * Installation guides
     * Usage instructions
     * UI explanations
     * Troubleshooting
 3. **Developer Documentation**
 4.  * API reference
     * Hook documentation
     * Integration guides
     * Security practices

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