wp-dev

This skill should be used when the user asks to "build a Gutenberg layout", "create a page layout", "design a WordPress page", "generate block markup", "build a landing page in Gutenberg", "create a block pattern layout", "design a section layout", "generate Gutenberg HTML", or mentions "gutenberg layout", "block layout", "page builder", "block pattern", "WordPress page design", "section layout", "full site editing layout". Provides Gutenberg layout generation by discovering available blocks on a WordPress site (via WordPress MCP), then producing valid block markup.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "find unused PHP code", "clean up dead code", "find unused Composer dependencies", "find unused imports", "remove dead PHP code", "run composer unused", "check for missing dependencies", "detect unused classes", "detect unused methods", "clean up use statements", "audit PHP dependencies", or mentions "composer-unused", "composer-require-checker", "Psalm unused code", "dead code detection", "unused imports", "unused dependencies", "PHP cleanup", "WordPress dead code". Provides expert guidance on detecting and removing unused code, dependencies, imports, and dead exports in PHP/WordPress projects using composer-unused, composer-require-checker, Psalm, and PHP-CS-Fixer.

This skill should be used before claiming any work is complete, before committing, before creating PRs, or before reporting task status. Enforces fresh verification evidence for all completion claims in WordPress/PHP projects. Provides the verification gate methodology: run commands, read output, then report.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "customize WooCommerce checkout", "build a payment gateway", "create a shipping method", "work with WooCommerce orders", "add custom product data", or mentions "woocommerce", "WC_Product", "WC_Order", "HPOS", "cart hooks", "checkout hooks", "payment gateway", "shipping method", "woocommerce REST API". Provides WooCommerce development patterns including CRUD objects, hooks, custom product types, checkout customization, payment gateways, shipping methods, and HPOS compatibility.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a custom database table", "write a WP_Query", "use $wpdb", "run a meta query", "migrate a database schema", "optimize WordPress queries", "use dbDelta", "add an index", or mentions "custom table", "$wpdb", "WP_Query", "meta_query", "tax_query", "date_query", "dbDelta", "get_results", "prepare", "SAVEQUERIES", "Query Monitor", "object cache", "wp_cache", "database migration", "schema versioning". Provides WordPress database development expertise covering $wpdb, custom tables, schema migrations, WP_Query, meta/taxonomy/date queries, caching layers, and query debugging.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "build a WordPress plugin", "develop a WordPress theme", "write a WP_Query", "register a custom post type", "create a Gutenberg block", or mentions "wordpress", "wp_", "theme development", "plugin development", "wp-cli", "hooks", "filters", "actions", "gutenberg", "block editor", "wp_query", "custom post type", "ACF", "woocommerce". Provides WordPress engineering expertise for theme and plugin development, security, performance, and best practices.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "internationalize a plugin", "add translations", "set up i18n", "create a POT file", "translate strings", "load text domain", "use wp_set_script_translations", "add translator comments", or mentions "i18n", "l10n", "gettext", "text domain", "translation", "localization", "multilingual", "Poedit", "wp i18n make-pot", "wp_localize_script", "wp_set_script_translations", "__()".

This skill should be used when the user asks to "register a custom post type", "create a taxonomy", "add a meta box", "build a REST API endpoint", "use the Settings API", "schedule a cron event", "use transients", or mentions "custom post type", "taxonomy", "meta box", "REST API", "Settings API", "wp_cron", "transients", "enqueue scripts", "admin notices". Provides common WordPress development patterns including Custom Post Types, taxonomies, meta boxes, REST API endpoints, Settings API, cron, transients, and enqueue patterns.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "optimize WordPress queries", "audit plugin performance", "reduce page load time", "check autoloaded options", "profile WordPress hooks", "fix slow queries", "add caching", or mentions "WordPress performance", "query optimization", "SAVEQUERIES", "object cache", "transients", "autoload", "Query Monitor", "slow query", "N+1", "database optimization", "page speed", "TTFB", "hook profiling". Provides WordPress performance expertise covering query optimization, caching strategies, hook profiling, autoload management, and live site diagnostics.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "secure a WordPress plugin", "escape output", "sanitize input", "verify nonces", "check user capabilities", "write safe database queries", or mentions "WordPress security", "esc_html", "sanitize_text_field", "wp_nonce", "wpdb prepare", "XSS", "CSRF", "SQL injection", "capability check", "wp_kses". Provides WordPress security best practices including output escaping, input sanitization, nonce verification, capability checks, and secure database queries.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "follow WordPress coding standards", "name functions correctly", "organize plugin files", "write DocBlocks", "set up WPCS", "use Yoda conditions", or mentions "WordPress coding standards", "WPCS", "naming conventions", "file organization", "DocBlock", "text domain", "i18n", "autoloading", "plugin structure", "theme structure". Provides WordPress coding standards and conventions including naming, file organization, coding style, and documentation standards as defined by WPCS.

This skill should be used when the user asks to 'debug a WordPress error', 'fix a white screen', 'debug a plugin conflict', 'fix a 500 error', 'debug WooCommerce', 'fix a REST API error', 'debug a hook issue', 'investigate a fatal error', or mentions 'WordPress debugging', 'WP_DEBUG', 'error log', 'WSOD', 'plugin conflict', 'PHP fatal error', 'wp-cli debug'. Provides systematic WordPress/PHP debugging methodology covering fatal errors, white screens, plugin conflicts, REST API issues, and WooCommerce problems.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "document hooks", "generate a hooks reference", "list hooks", "show custom hooks", "generate hook docs", or mentions "hook documentation", "what hooks exist", "do_action", "apply_filters". Scans PHP source for do_action() and apply_filters() calls and produces detailed documentation with parameters, examples, and usage context.

This skill should be used when the user asks to 'write WordPress tests', 'add PHPUnit tests', 'test a plugin', 'test a theme', 'test REST endpoints', 'test WooCommerce', 'set up WordPress testing', 'bootstrap PHPUnit for WordPress', or mentions 'WP_UnitTestCase', 'WordPress test factories', 'phpunit wordpress', 'wp-env testing'. Provides WordPress-specific testing patterns using PHPUnit and the WordPress test suite.