WordPress Plugin, Block & Theme Development

What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides comprehensive guidance and best practices for developing secure and efficient WordPress plugins, custom blocks, and block themes, ensuring compatibility with modern WordPress versions and PHP standards.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Plugin Architecture: Learn best practices for structuring, hooking, and organizing plugin code.
• Block Development: Master creating static, dynamic, and interactive blocks using block.json and the Interactivity API.
• Block Themes: Understand theme.json configuration and the structure of modern block themes.
• Security: Implement the "Security Trinity" (sanitize, validate, escape) and use nonces and capabilities.
• REST API & Abilities API: Develop robust APIs and leverage the Abilities API for feature management.
• Use Case: You need to build a new custom Gutenberg block for a client's website that displays dynamic content fetched from a custom REST API endpoint. This Skill will guide you through setting up the block, registering the API route, and ensuring secure data handling.

Quick Start

Use the wordpress-dev skill to scaffold a new WordPress plugin with a basic structure.