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I am looking for WordPress chart/diagram system design.

I found only the template hierarchy diagram, but it's only part of the system.

enter image description here source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Wordpress_Template_Hierarchy.png

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  • Simply put WP is too large to be charted to the small details. Try to focus your question on which aspects precisely you are interested in.
    – Rarst
    Commented Jul 10, 2012 at 23:26
  • in mvc model - chart: main routing, model, controller, view.
    – Ben
    Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 8:23
  • @Yosef WordPress isn't really built around MVC
    – anu
    Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 10:27

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More than an Answer, this is a research and a compilation. Database Description already in Damien answer.



A Google search reveals this in WordPress forums:

UML documentation of WordPress
As far as I know, that's all we have. If you want to write one, I'm sure it'd be welcomed :)
(Ipstenu, referring to the Database Description)

UML of WordPress MU?
There will likely never be UML diagrams of WordPress because it's not an OO system. Some parts are OO-like, but overall it's whatever that particular code contributor made work. There's no map, just code.

And IMO, the point of UML is that it's done in the architecting phase. A project like WordPress would be hard-pressed to have this since it's a fluid integration of independent developers contributing to the core.
[...]

Welcome to open source.



Note: the Template Hierarchy of WikiMedia in the OP Question differs from the one in the Codex
Codex Template Hierarchy
click to enlarge

But, Chip Bennet has an extended one :)
Chip Bennet Template Hierarchy



I thought this Question was a duplicate of the following (but mods said it's not):
Where can I find a real architecture document on Wordpress?

In it, Mike Schinkel states:

These generally are not some the open-source WordPress community focuses on doing.

One answer points to an old article with this diagram:
wordpress-text-flow-vs-markdown

And the other to this Wordpress 3.0 Program Flow (PDF)
Wordpress 3.0 Program Flow



Rarst answer to this Question ( When should you use WP_Query vs query_posts() vs get_posts()? ) has a nice overview of WP_Query:
WP_Query



Another from Rarst on core load:



And finally, a totally unrelated Question about performance ( Refactoring Wordpress to improve memory performance ), but with very nice graphs :)
wp-performance

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    Hats off to you @brasofilo thats a great research collection of reference diagrams.
    – Damien
    Commented Jul 11, 2012 at 19:11
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    I've added my less known diagram of core load.
    – Rarst
    Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 10:13
  • If I could vote this up more than once, I would. :-) Commented Sep 16, 2012 at 1:09
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If you are looking for the database schema, there is a version on the Codex: enter image description here

click to enlarge

The image you referenced in your post is the template hierarchy most commonly used by theme developers.

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  • all system not only db
    – Ben
    Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 8:14
  • Hi @Yosef ... from your recent comment .... what you should look up is a LAMP stack diagram then
    – Damien
    Commented Jul 19, 2012 at 8:38

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