I am validating plugin to make it compatible with WPCS. a function which contains gettext placeholder returning error when i run phpcs command. Source code and screenshot of error is attached for reference. Maybe i am missing something or doing it in wrong way? /** * Add Error. * * @package Mypackage * @since 0.1.0 … Read more
I am building a plugin that I hope to eventually put on Envato CodeCanyon. Currently I am creating functions of the form mypluginname_action. This is quickly becoming silly as I have to do that a lot. I’m thinking of using PHP namespaces, but I’m worried that there might be a reason why I shouldn’t. Are … Read more
I’m working on implementing WordPress coding standards on a theme which has several custom post-types, each of which have underscores in their handles. The theme uses the custom post-type handle in the file-names, eg: archive-my_posttype.php for the my_posttype post-type… But WordPress coding standards require that filenames use hyphens and not underscores, ( see WordPress.Files.FileName.NotHyphenatedLowercase for … Read more
I am a real fan of the Allman (BSD) coding indent style. However, when i review the top rated plugins on WordPress, i am finding them using the K&R coding indent style. Is there a requirement from WordPress.org that forces users to use the K&R indent style when developing plugins or themes? I read all … Read more
Trying to set up PHP_CodeSniffer with the WordPress Codings Standards. I’m running PHP v8.0.3 and phpcs v3.5.8. (in March 2021). WPCS is installed via git clone -b master https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards.git wpcs The installation worked, but running phpcs leads to this error: phpcs: Uncaught TypeError: vsprintf(): Argument #2 ($values) must be of type array, string given in … Read more
In my WordPress workflow I use Gulp and have a task that runs my PHP files through PHPCS using the WordPress coding standards tests (https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards). While writing my comments.php file, I have run across the following error: Expected next thing to be an escaping function (see Codex for ‘Data Validation’), not ‘_x’ This is being … Read more
I noticed that WordPress files use UNIX end-of-line and UTF-8 without BOM. Is this a standard that should be used? Is there anything else to pay attention to? I noticed that Filezilla fails to transfer Macintosh end-of-line files properly to Windows or Linux servers. New line endings are missing. And sometimes they are doubled with … Read more
Background I’m building a project that according to the specifications need to follow the WordPress Coding Standards. I am using phpcs to scan my code. If I try to pass $_POST-data into a function without sanitizing it, I will get an error. What I do before my code: Verify that this is actually a POST … Read more
How do you escape these two examples? wc_price() wraps the already escaped $product_price in p and span tags with currency symbol. $product_price = $product->get_price(); <p><?php echo wc_price( esc_html( $product_price ) ); ?></p> The next one outputs the complete image with all attributes: src, srcset, alt, etc. $product_img = $product->get_image(); <?php echo $product_img; ?> 2 Answers … Read more
I am considering different starter themes such as _s and roots. Roots looks very good, especially its sass fork. Anyway, there’s one thing that concerns me. It seems like Roots doesn’t follow the WordPress coding standards of themes and plugins. What standard do I then follow if I want to use Roots as a starter … Read more
