WordPress Agent Skills

Implements the WordPress Abilities API - registering abilities and categories in PHP, exposing them over REST (wp-abilities/v1), consuming via @wordpress/abilities, and getting permissions and schemas right.

Verifies a WordPress plugin's Abilities API registrations - the adversarial readonly-but-writes check, permission-gate and schema lints, and optional runtime execution against a live environment.

Build and fix Gutenberg blocks - block.json metadata, registration, attributes/serialization, static vs dynamic rendering, deprecations, and the @wordpress/scripts build workflow.

Develop WordPress block themes - theme.json settings and styles, HTML templates and parts, patterns, style variations, and Site Editor troubleshooting when styles won't apply.

Build and debug WordPress Interactivity API features - data-wp-* directives, @wordpress/interactivity stores, server-side rendering with wp_interactivity_state(), and hydration fixes.

Profile and speed up WordPress from the backend - WP-CLI doctor/profile, Query Monitor via REST headers, then fix the dominant bottleneck across queries, autoloaded options, object cache, cron, or HTTP calls.

Set up and fix PHPStan static analysis on WordPress code - phpstan.neon config, WordPress core stubs, baselines, WP-aware PHPDoc typing, and safe handling of third-party plugin classes.

Spin up disposable WordPress instances with @wp-playground/cli - auto-mount plugins/themes, run Blueprints, build shareable snapshots, switch WP/PHP versions, and debug with Xdebug.

Build WordPress plugins the right way - predictable architecture and hooks, activation/uninstall lifecycle, the Settings API, the security baseline (nonces, capabilities, sanitization, $wpdb->prepare), and release packaging.

Review WordPress plugins against the 18 WordPress.org Plugin Directory guidelines - GPL license compliance, trialware/freemium rules, naming and trademark constraints, and why a submission was rejected.

Run a deterministic inspection of any WordPress repo (plugin, theme, block theme, core, Gutenberg, or full site) to detect kind, tooling, tests, and version hints as structured JSON before making changes.

Build, extend, and debug WordPress REST API endpoints - register_rest_route, controller classes, schema/argument validation, permission_callback and auth, custom fields/meta, and exposing CPTs via show_in_rest.

Run WordPress operations with WP-CLI - safe search-replace and domain migration, db export/import, plugin/theme/user management, cron, cache flushing, multisite, and repeatable automation via wp-cli.yml.

Build and review WordPress UIs with the WordPress Design System - components, design tokens, color primitives, spacing/typography scales, and @wordpress/components, sourced from the canonical WPDS MCP server.