The official, shared home for portable instructions, checklists, and scripts that help AI assistants understand WordPress development patterns, avoid common mistakes, and follow best practices.
AI coding assistants are powerful, but they often:
- Generate outdated WordPress patterns (pre-GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.
https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/, pre-blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. themes) - Miss critical security considerations in pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. development
- Skip proper block deprecations, causing “Invalid block” errors
- Ignore existing tooling in your repo
Agent Skills solve this by giving AI assistants expert-level WordPress knowledge in a format they can actually use.