wp-plugin-development
Use when developing WordPress plugins: architecture and hooks, activation/deactivation/uninstall, admin UI and Settings API, data storage, cron/tasks…
Skill by WordPressOfficial
Install
Works with Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.
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About
Use cases: design, backend, data, security
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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
- Tools
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- Secrets
- None asked for
- Install scripts
- None found
- Runs as
- Node.js package
Network hosts it talks to 1
codeload.github.com· found in install command
Files it touches
~/.claude/skills/wp-plugin-development
What's inside
- Skill name
wp-plugin-development- Description
- Use when developing WordPress plugins: architecture and hooks, activation/deactivation/uninstall, admin UI and Settings API, data storage, cron/tasks, security (nonces/capabilities/sanitization/escaping), and release packaging.
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Compatibility
- Targets WordPress 7.0+ (PHP 7.4.0+). Filesystem-based agent with bash + node. Some workflows require WP-CLI.
- Instructions
- 108 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
Before installing
- Ships executable scripts
Files (8)
- SKILL.md
- data-and-cron.md · references/
- debugging.md · references/
- lifecycle.md · references/
- security.md · references/
- settings-api.md · references/
- structure.md · references/
- detect_plugins.mjs · scripts/
The license isn't open source, so the instructions aren't shown here. Read SKILL.md on GitHub
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Signals
- Stars
- 2,289
- Forks
- 338
- Open issues
- 28
- Last commit (this folder)
- Sep 22, 2026 (1 month ago)
From GitHub (fetched Oct 24, 2026).
Details
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Repository
- github.com/WordPress/agent-skills
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
- Source
- GitHubgithub-graphql
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wp-plugin-development skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/wordpress-wp-plugin-development (last updated 2026-10-24)