What problem does it solve?
Many WordPress projects suffer from insecure code, poor performance, and inconsistent architecture when building custom themes, plugins, Gutenberg blocks, or WooCommerce integrations; this Skill provides actionable, standards-aligned guidance and templates to eliminate those recurring issues and reduce development time.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Plugin & Theme Architecture: Guidance for organizing plugin and theme folders, main file headers, activation/deactivation flows, and update checking.
- Gutenberg & Block Development: block.json, editor/save patterns, dynamic server-rendered blocks, and Interactivity API examples for modern block-based development.
- WooCommerce & REST Integration: Patterns for registering endpoints, custom post types, capability checks, and secure WooCommerce customizations.
- Performance & Security Hardening: Query optimization, object/transient caching, nonce verification, prepared statements, output escaping, and recommended security headers.
- Use Case: Scaffold a production-ready WooCommerce plugin that includes a custom post type, REST endpoints, a dynamic Gutenberg block, capability checks, and caching for high-traffic storefronts.
Quick Start
Use the wordpress-pro skill to scaffold a secure WooCommerce plugin with a product_bundle custom post type, REST routes, a dynamic Gutenberg block, proper nonces and capability checks, and basic caching and escaping.