Claude WordPress Skills

Professional WordPress engineering skills for Claude Code - performance optimization, security auditing, Gutenberg block development, and theme/plugin best practices.

Available Skills

| Skill | Description | Status | |-------|-------------|--------| | wp-performance-review | Performance code review and optimization analysis | ✅ | | wp-security-review | Security audit and hardening code review | 🚧 | | wp-gutenberg-blocks | Block Editor / Gutenberg development | 🚧 | | wp-theme-development | Theme development best practices | 🚧 | | wp-plugin-development | Plugin architecture and standards | 🚧 |

Installation

Option 1: Add as Marketplace

Subscribe to receive all skills and updates (Recommended):

# In Claude Code CLI
/plugin marketplace add elvismdev/claude-wordpress-skills

# Install specific skills
/plugin install claude-wordpress-skills@claude-wordpress-skills

Option 2: Clone Locally

git clone https://github.com/elvismdev/claude-wordpress-skills.git ~/.claude/plugins/wordpress

Option 3: Add to Project

Add as a git submodule for team-wide access:

# In your project root
git submodule add https://github.com/elvismdev/claude-wordpress-skills.git .claude/plugins/wordpress
git commit -m "Add WordPress Claude skills"

Team members get the skills automatically when they clone or update the repo.

Option 4: Copy Individual Skills

Download and extract specific skills:

# Copy just the performance review skill
cp -r skills/wp-performance-review ~/.claude/skills/

Slash Commands

When installed, these commands become available:

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | /wp-perf-review [path] | Full WordPress performance code review with detailed analysis and fixes | | /wp-perf [path] | Quick triage scan using grep patterns (fast, critical issues only) |

Usage Examples

# Full review of current directory
/wp-perf-review

# Full review of specific plugin
/wp-perf-review wp-content/plugins/my-plugin

# Quick scan of a theme (fast triage)
/wp-perf wp-content/themes/my-theme

# Quick scan to check for critical issues before deploy
/wp-perf .

Command Comparison

| Aspect | /wp-perf-review | /wp-perf | |--------|-------------------|------------| | Speed | Thorough (slower) | Fast triage | | Depth | Full analysis + fixes | Critical patterns only | | Output | Grouped by severity with line numbers | Quick list of matches | | Use case | Code review, PR review, optimization | Pre-deploy check, quick audit |

When installed via marketplace, commands are namespaced:

/claude-wordpress-skills:wp-perf-review [path]
/claude-wordpress-skills:wp-perf [path]

Natural Language Usage

Skills also activate automatically based on context. Just ask naturally:

Review this plugin for performance issues
Audit this theme for scalability problems
Check t...