wp-readme-optimizer

wp-readme-optimizer is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from jdevalk/skills. It costs 122 tokens per session (1,629 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A structured review and rewrite of a WordPress plugin's readme.txt file, which is the text used for its WordPress.org listing.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for auditing, scoring, and rewriting plugin directory pages. The source readme content must be provided.
Why use it?
It helps find missing or weak sections and turns the findings into a replacement listing based on a target search phrase.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: mentions AGENTS.md.

Good fit It is for auditing, scoring, and rewriting plugin directory pages. The source readme content must be provided.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/jdevalk/skills/wp-readme-optimizer
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add jdevalk/skills --skill wp-readme-optimizer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jdevalk/skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 122 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,629 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00122 $0.01629
Opus 5.5 $0.00049 $0.00652
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00024 $0.00326
Haiku 4.5 $0.00012 $0.00163

Measured 1mo ago against content hash cac518a8026a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

wp-readme-optimizer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

wp-readme-optimizer/SKILL.md · 143 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 143 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

WordPress Plugin readme.txt Optimizer

This skill reviews a WordPress.org plugin readme.txt file with a structured audit, scores each section, and then produces a fully rewritten version. The goal is higher visibility in the WordPress.org plugin directory, better conversion of visitors to installs, and a more trustworthy plugin page.

Rewrite recipes live in AGENTS.md — read it when producing the rewritten readme.

Workflow

  1. Read the readme.txt — If a file is attached, read it. If the user pasted content, use that. If neither, ask the user to provide the readme.txt content.
  2. Infer the target keyword — Before scoring, identify what keyword(s) this plugin should rank for. This anchors the entire audit.
  3. Run the audit — Score each section and write specific, actionable findings.
  4. Produce the rewrite — Deliver a drop-in replacement readme.txt, incorporating all audit findings. Follow the recipes in AGENTS.md.

Phase 0: Keyword Inference

Before scoring, output: Primary keyword (the 2-3 word phrase most likely to drive installs), Secondary keywords (3-4 supporting terms), Inferred from (plugin name / tags / description), Confidence (high / medium / low).

Infer by asking: "If a WordPress site owner needed this plugin, what would they type into the search bar?" Look at the plugin name, tags, and the first paragraph. If confidence is low, add <!-- Couldn't confidently infer primary keyword --> and proceed with your best guess.

All scoring in Phase 1 is evaluated against this inferred keyword.


Phase 1: Audit

Scoring

Score each of the 8 sections below out of 10 (total /80). Show a summary table at the top of the audit. Score ranges: 65-80 strong (polish only), 45-64 solid with gaps, 25-44 significant problems, 0-24 bare minimum.

For each section, write 2-5 specific findings. A finding should name the problem, explain why it matters, and suggest a fix. Never be generic -- always refer to the actual content.

Read the full file on GitHub · 143 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 143 lines · 122 tokens per session scan A cac518a8026a

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wp-readme-optimizer is a skill published in the GitHub repository jdevalk/skills (108 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 122 tokens to every session and 1,629 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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