// Use when the user asks about WordPress codebases (plugins, themes, block themes, Gutenberg blocks, WP core checkouts) and you need to quickly classify the repo and route to the correct workflow/skill (blocks, theme.json, REST API, WP-CLI, performance, security, testing, release packaging).
Use when working with the WordPress Abilities API (wp_register_ability, wp_register_ability_category, /wp-json/wp-abilities/v1/*, @wordpress/abilities) including defining abilities, categories, meta, REST exposure, and permissions checks for clients.
Audit a WordPress plugin's REST surface and produce a standardized audit document proposing Abilities API registrations. Produces a markdown doc with a YAML schema and prose sections that humans and agents can both consume when planning a registration rollout. Works on any WP plugin.
Verify a WordPress plugin's Abilities API registrations: enumerate abilities, check that callback behavior matches each annotation's claim (the adversarial readonly-but-writes detection), validate permissions and schemas, and validate audit documents produced by wp-abilities-audit.
Use when reviewing WordPress plugins for GPL compliance, checking license headers or compatibility, evaluating upsell/freemium/trialware patterns, validating plugin naming or trademark rules, checking plugin slugs, understanding why a plugin was rejected from WordPress.org, or answering any question about the 18 WordPress.org Plugin Directory guidelines — even if the user doesn't mention 'guidelines' explicitly.
Use when creating, editing, or reviewing WordPress Playground blueprint JSON files. Triggers on mentions of blueprints, playground configuration, or requests to set up a WordPress demo environment.
Use when building, extending, or debugging WordPress REST API endpoints/routes: register_rest_route, WP_REST_Controller/controller classes, schema/argument validation, permission_callback/authentication, response shaping, register_rest_field/register_meta, or exposing CPTs/taxonomies via show_in_rest.
| name | wordpress-router |
| description | Use when the user asks about WordPress codebases (plugins, themes, block themes, Gutenberg blocks, WP core checkouts) and you need to quickly classify the repo and route to the correct workflow/skill (blocks, theme.json, REST API, WP-CLI, performance, security, testing, release packaging). |
| compatibility | Targets WordPress 6.9+ (PHP 7.2.24+). Filesystem-based agent with bash + node. Some workflows require WP-CLI. |
Use this skill at the start of most WordPress tasks to:
node skills/wp-project-triage/scripts/detect_wp_project.mjsskills/wordpress-router/references/decision-tree.md.kind: unknown, inspect:
composer.json, package.json, style.css, block.json, theme.json, wp-content/.