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There is more than one way to get help with WordPress. Besides the WordPress Forum, there is also a live chat help on the IRC network irc.freenode.net, where you can seek WordPress related help, or just hang out with fellow WordPress users. This page seeks to be a quick rundown of what IRC is, and how to log in to the #wordpress channel. For more answers to questions about how to use the #wordpress channel, see WordPress IRC Live Help.
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Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, is the precursor to both instant messaging and contemporary browser-based chatrooms like those found on Yahoo!, MSN, and innumerable other web sites. It is one of the best ways to get help fast, but it's also a swell way to hang out and become part of the WordPress community.
To participate, you need an IRC client. Once configured and installed, point it to irc.freenode.net and connect. You'll need to choose a nickname, and then "join" the #wordpress channel. An alternative to installing your own IRC client is to use the freenode web chat.
Please see the Channel Guidelines page.
General support channel for all WordPress related questions. Plugin and theme development questions are welcome. This is not the support channel for WordPress.com.
Channel for WordPress core developers to discuss the development of the WordPress core code. This channel is not designed for support with plugin or theme development. This channel is where the weekly WordPress dev chats are held. (Weekly meetings at Wednesday at 21:00 UTC. When meetings are taking place, please keep the channel on-topic by talking about agenda items only.)
Channel for WordPress core plugins to discuss the development of their plugins. This is not a general support channel for plugin or theme development.
Channel for WordPress Google Summer of Code (GSoC) discussions.
Channel for discussion about the WordPress mobile apps.
Channel for WordPress user interface and user experience discussions. (Weekly meetings on Tuesday at 18:00 UTC. When meetings are taking place, please keep the channel on-topic by talking about agenda items only.)
Channel for WordPress internationalization discussions.
Channel for the theme review process.
Channel for the support team. This is not a channel for getting support, but one for how to provide support.
Support channel for blogs and services hosted by WordPress.com.
Channel for BackPress support and development.
Channel for bbPress support and development.
Channel for bbPress core developers to discuss the development of the bbPress core code. This channel is not designed for support with plugin or theme development. This channel is where the weekly bbPress dev chats are held. (Weekly meetings at Wednesday at 21:00 UTC. When meetings are taking place, please keep the channel on-topic by talking about agenda items only.)
Channel for BuddyPress support and development.
Channel for BuddyPress support and development. In the future #buddypress will be used for support.
Channel for BuddyPress core developers to discuss the development of the BuddyPress core code. This channel is not designed for support with plugin or theme development. This channel is where the weekly BuddyPress dev chats are held. (Weekly meetings at Wednesday at 19:00 UTC. When meetings are taking place, please keep the channel on-topic by talking about agenda items only.)
doc-bot is an IRC bot designed for the WordPress related IRC channels on freenode. Details of usage are available at wp-doc-bot.
trac-bot is an IRC bot designed for the WordPress related development IRC channels on freenode. Amongst other things, trac-bot diplays links to trac when presented with a #ticketnumber.
hlin is the WordPress IRC bot that provides protection against spammers and flooders.
Logs of the various chat channels are available at the WordPress.org IRC Logs site.
