PHP And WordPress Coding Standard

WordPress code should be boring in the best way: predictable hooks, escaped output, explicit route ownership, and clean separation between content and generated artifacts.

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• PHP And WordPress Coding Standard
• WordPress Shape
• Content Boundaries
• Tests

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# PHP And WordPress Coding Standard

WordPress code should be boring in the best way: predictable hooks, escaped output, explicit route ownership, and clean separation between content and generated artifacts.

## WordPress Shape

- Keep plugin and theme responsibilities separate.
- Use WordPress APIs for routes, REST handlers, escaping, sanitization, enqueueing, and option access.
- Escape output at render time with the appropriate `esc_*` helper.
- Sanitize request values before use.
- Keep locale routing and clean URL policy aligned with the owning site's launch constraints.

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- Keep generated pages out of source truth unless the source system explicitly treats them as reviewed content.
- Preserve authority boundaries in copy: AIWikis can remember, but source sites own their claims.

## Tests

- Run the site's smoke or link checks after public route changes.
- Check sitemap and discovery output when changing public page inventory.
- Keep packaging checks for release-bound work rather than ordinary local edits.

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