What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps developers build WooCommerce.com paid extension plugins that meet Marketplace expectations, reducing costly rejection cycles caused by missing requirements or incompatible technical choices.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Marketplace-ready plugin scaffolding: Ensures the correct directory layout, required files, and consistent naming to support marketplace packaging and review.
- Correct WooCommerce plugin initialization & lifecycle: Establishes safe initialization patterns plus activation, deactivation, and uninstall behaviors aligned with WordPress standards.
- HPOS, Blocks, and Store API compliance: Declares High-Performance Order Storage compatibility and integrates with Cart/Checkout blocks and Store API data flows.
- Security and internationalization guardrails: Enforces nonce/capability checks, sanitization/escaping practices, avoids unsafe storage of sensitive data, and standardizes i18n using a matching text domain.
- UX guidelines for audit readiness: Prevents disallowed admin UI patterns and reduces review risk through compliant UX choices.
Quick Start
Use the woo-marketplace-extension skill to get a checklist for updating or creating your WooCommerce.com paid extension so it includes HPOS and Blocks compatibility, passes security expectations, and follows marketplace UX and i18n rules.