Agent Skills for WordPress is a set of portable skill bundles that teach AI coding assistants WordPress development patterns. Each skill is a self-contained folder of instructions, reference documents, and optional deterministic helper scripts, and the assistant reads it and follows the documented procedure when it works on WordPress code. The skills target common assistant mistakes: pre-Gutenberg patterns, missed plugin security checks, skipped block deprecations, and ignored repository tooling.
Skills install globally for one user or per project, where they can be committed so a whole team shares them, and a project-level copy takes precedence over a global one. Install targets include Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, VS Code with GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Antigravity. The skills were generated with GPT-5.2 Codex from official Gutenberg and WordPress documentation and then reviewed and edited by WordPress contributors.
| Skill | What it teaches |
|---|---|
| wordpress-router | Classifies WordPress repos and routes to the right workflow |
| wp-project-triage | Detects project type, tooling, and versions |
| wp-block-development | Gutenberg blocks: attributes, rendering, deprecations |
| wp-block-themes | Block themes: templates, patterns, style variations |
| wp-plugin-development | Plugin architecture, hooks, settings API, security |
| wp-rest-api | REST API routes, schema, auth, and response shaping |
| wp-interactivity-api | Frontend interactivity with directives and stores |
| wp-abilities-api / audit / verify | Abilities API permissions, audits, and verification |
| wp-wpcli-and-ops | WP-CLI commands, automation, multisite, search-replace |
| wp-performance | Profiling, caching, database optimization, Server-Timing |
| wp-phpstan | PHPStan static analysis for WordPress projects |
| wp-playground / blueprint | WordPress Playground runs, previews, snapshots, and Blueprints |
| wpds | WordPress Design System |
| wp-plugin-directory-guidelines | WordPress Plugin Directory Guidelines |
| wp-env | Local WordPress development with the wordpress/env package |
Features
- Skill bundles: each skill pairs instructions with reference documents and deterministic helper scripts
- WordPress coverage: blocks, block themes, plugins, REST API, Interactivity API, Abilities API, WP-CLI, performance, and static analysis
- Repository triage: a router skill classifies a WordPress repo and routes to the right workflow
- Global or project scope: install for one user or commit to a repository, with project-level copies taking precedence
- Assistant targets: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, VS Code with GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Antigravity
- Skill tooling: scaffolding and metadata validation for new skills
