# WordPress/agent-skills

Expert-level WordPress knowledge for AI coding assistants - blocks, themes, plugins, and best practices

Repository: https://github.com/WordPress/agent-skills
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wordpress-agent-skills
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-24T04:29:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 16
- inputs: {"age_days": 226, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2065, forks 310 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:10.143106+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of portable Agent Skills bundles (instructions, checklists, and scripts) that teach AI coding assistants like Claude, Copilot, Codex, and Cursor expert-level WordPress development knowledge. It covers blocks, block themes, plugin development, the REST API, Interactivity API, WP-CLI, performance, and PHPStan best practices.

## Use cases
- make my AI assistant generate modern Gutenberg block code instead of outdated patterns
- teach Copilot or Cursor WordPress block theme and theme. best practices
- get AI help building a secure WordPress plugin with proper hooks and settings API
- have an AI audit my plugin's REST endpoints and security
- set up PHPStan for a WordPress project with AI guidance
- use WordPress Playground blueprints to scaffold dev environments
- avoid 'Invalid block' errors from missing block deprecations

## When to choose
- you use AI coding assistants for WordPress development and want current, best-practice patterns
- you maintain WordPress plugins or block themes and want AI to follow official guidelines
- you want structured, skill-based WordPress knowledge for Claude, Cursor, Copilot, or Codex

## When to avoid
- you need a runtime library or tool rather than instructional content for AI assistants
- your project is not WordPress-related
- you need guaranteed up-to-date documentation, since this is a v1 AI-generated and community-reviewed resource

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools, prompt-engineering
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, cms, artificial-intelligence, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform, editor-plugin, cli
- tags: wordpress, agent-skills, ai-coding-assistants, gutenberg, block-development, claude, copilot, cursor, llm-context

## Member repositories
- WordPress/agent-skills (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.143106+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:56:55.012542+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/WordPress/agent-skills (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.143106+00:00, sha 872b3de8f582)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.