WordPress Plugin Development

Overview

Create production-ready WordPress plugins that follow official WordPress coding standards, the WordPress.org plugin directory guidelines, and security best practices. Every plugin produced by this skill is modular, secure, translatable, and ready for WordPress.org submission.

Quick Start Workflow

1. Read references — Before writing any code, read the relevant reference files:
   • references/architecture.md — Plugin structure, boilerplate patterns for all plugin types
   • references/security.md — Sanitization, escaping, prepared statements, nonces, caching
   • references/wp-org-guidelines.md — WordPress.org directory rules (18 guidelines)
2. Gather requirements — Ask the user what the plugin should do, then determine which modules are needed
3. Scaffold — Generate the directory structure and bootstrap file
4. Build features — Create each feature as a separate modular class
5. Generate readme.txt — Always include a WordPress.org-compliant readme.txt
6. Deliver — Ask user if they want files in /mnt/user-data/outputs/ for download or a custom path