Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when the deliverable is WordPress Playground Blueprint JSON or a Blueprint bundle, including creating, editing, reviewing, validating schema keys, choosing steps/resources, and debugging Blueprint files. For only running or sharing a Playground environment, use wp-playground.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when the user asks about WordPress codebases (plugins, themes, block themes, Gutenberg blocks, WP core checkouts) and you need to quickly classify the repo and route to the correct workflow/skill (blocks, theme.json, REST API, WP-CLI, performance, security, testing, release packaging).
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when working with the WordPress Abilities API (wpregisterability, wpregisterabilitycategory, /wp-json/wp-abilities/v1/, @wordpress/abilities) including defining abilities, categories, meta, REST exposure, and permissions checks for clients.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Audit a WordPress plugin's REST surface and produce a standardized audit document proposing Abilities API registrations. Produces a markdown doc with a YAML schema and prose sections that humans and agents can both consume when planning a registration rollout. Works on any WP plugin.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Verify a WordPress plugin's Abilities API registrations: enumerate abilities, check that callback behavior matches each annotation's claim (the adversarial readonly-but-writes detection), validate permissions and schemas, and validate audit documents produced by wp-abilities-audit.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when developing WordPress (Gutenberg) blocks: block.json metadata, registerblocktype(frommetadata), attributes/serialization, supports, dynamic rendering (render.php/rendercallback), deprecations/migrations, viewScript vs viewScriptModule, and @wordpress/scripts/@wordpress/create-block build and test workflows.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when developing WordPress block themes: theme.json (global settings/styles), templates and template parts, patterns, style variations, and Site Editor troubleshooting (style hierarchy, overrides, caching).
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when building or debugging WordPress Interactivity API features (data-wp- directives, @wordpress/interactivity store/state/actions, block viewScriptModule integration, wpinteractivity()) including performance, hydration, and directive behavior.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Pattern: create or update WordPress block patterns (starter pages, templates, template parts, Query Loop layouts), review pattern registration, block markup, categories, accessibility, or i18n/escaping, or improve pattern design quality. Route custom blocks to wp-block-development; route frontend interactivity to…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when investigating or improving WordPress performance (backend-only agent): profiling and measurement (WP-CLI profile/doctor, Server-Timing, Query Monitor via REST headers), database/query optimization, autoloaded options, object caching, cron, HTTP API calls, and safe verification.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when configuring, running, or fixing PHPStan static analysis in WordPress projects (plugins/themes/sites): phpstan.neon setup, baselines, WordPress-specific typing, and handling third-party plugin classes.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use as the WordPress Playground routing wrapper for ambiguous Playground work, local CLI runs with @wp-playground/cli, playground.wordpress.net share links, browser previews, WebMCP site tools, snapshots, mounts, version switching, and Xdebug. For Blueprint JSON authoring or review, use the blueprint skill directly.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when developing WordPress plugins: architecture and hooks, activation/deactivation/uninstall, admin UI and Settings API, data storage, cron/tasks, security (nonces/capabilities/sanitization/escaping), and release packaging.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when reviewing WordPress plugins for GPL compliance, checking license headers or compatibility, evaluating upsell/freemium/trialware patterns, validating plugin naming or trademark rules, checking plugin slugs, running Plugin Check (PCP) to validate plugin changes, interpreting its findings, understanding why a…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when you need a deterministic inspection of a WordPress repository (plugin/theme/block theme/WP core/Gutenberg/full site) including tooling/tests/version hints, and a structured JSON report to guide workflows and guardrails.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when building, extending, or debugging WordPress REST API endpoints/routes: registerrestroute, WPRESTController/controller classes, schema/argument validation, permissioncallback/authentication, response shaping, registerrestfield/registermeta, or exposing CPTs/taxonomies via showinrest.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when working with WP-CLI (wp) for WordPress operations: safe search-replace, db export/import, plugin/theme/user/content management, cron, cache flushing, multisite, and scripting/automation with wp-cli.yml.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when building UIs leveraging the WordPress Design System (WPDS) and its components, tokens, patterns, etc.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Use when setting up, configuring, or troubleshooting local WordPress development environments with @wordpress/env (wp-env). Triggers on mentions of wp-env, local WordPress development, Docker-based WordPress, or requests to start/stop/configure a local WordPress instance.
MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2
MCP server "trac-mcp", hosted remotely at wordpress-trac-mcp-server-prod.a8c-aiops.workers.dev, as configured in WordPress/trac-mcp.
WordPress/core-contributor-skills
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Generate a WordPress Core Subversion commit message from a GitHub pull request and its linked Trac ticket.
WordPress/core-contributor-skills
Skill Codex
Test quality auditor that reviews existing test suites—audits, deletes, rewrites, and fills genuine gaps. Use when asked to review tests, improve test quality, or audit a test suite. Does NOT blindly add tests.
At most 3 mods per repository are shown here, and a mod shipped inside a plugin is left to that plugin's page — the rest are on their repository pages: