Wordpress Plugin Fundamentals
Skill ActiveModern WordPress plugin development with PHP 8.3+, OOP architecture, hooks system, database interactions, and Settings API
To equip developers with the knowledge and code patterns required to build secure, maintainable, and performant WordPress plugins following current best practices.
Features
- Modern PHP 8.3+ and OOP architecture for plugins
- Composer autoloading and dependency management
- Mastery of WordPress hooks (actions and filters)
- Secure database interactions using $wpdb
- Structured admin settings pages with the Settings API
- Adherence to WordPress Coding Standards (WPCS)
- Comprehensive security guidance (sanitize, validate, escape)
Use Cases
- Building new WordPress plugins from scratch using modern standards
- Refactoring existing WordPress plugins to improve architecture and security
- Learning advanced WordPress development techniques
- Ensuring plugins follow best practices for performance and maintainability
Non-Goals
- Providing pre-built plugin code for specific functionalities
- Covering theme development or customizer APIs
- Offering solutions for third-party plugin integration beyond standard hook usage
- Automating plugin deployment or testing processes
Trust
- warning:Issues AttentionThere are 4 issues opened and 0 closed in the last 90 days, indicating slow or no maintainer response to reported issues.
Installation
npx skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skillsRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
Quality Score
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