The WordPress PHP Coding Standards are not just about code style, but also encompass established best practices regarding interoperability, translatability, and security in the WordPress ecosystem, so, even when using a different code style, we recommend you still adhere to the WordPress Coding Standards in regard to these best practices.
The new Gutenberg starter repos for themes and plugins have PHPCS baked in:
npm run lint:php- Lints all modified .php files.npm run lint:php:all- Lints all .php files.
Responsive Framework specific documentation
- To add this functionality to an older repo, follow these instructions.
All files should be documented using PHPDoc. In PHPDoc, a DocBlock is a piece of documentation in your source code that informs you what the function of a certain class, method or other Structural Element is.
Process documentation can be added to our GitHub or WP-Docs pages.