# WordPress Plugin Development

Develop WordPress plugins, hooks, settings, and lifecycle code\.

Canonical: https://claudelist.com/listings/skill-wordpress-agent-skills-wp-plugin-development

Category: Skills

Source: vendor · WordPress

Source checked: 2026-10-14

Website: https://github.com/WordPress/agent-skills/tree/trunk/skills/wp-plugin-development

Use when developing WordPress plugins: architecture and hooks, activation/deactivation/uninstall, admin UI and Settings API, data storage, cron/tasks, security (nonces/capabilities/sanitization/escaping), and release packaging.

## Install or set up

1. Review this skill’s `SKILL.md` and any prerequisites at the source.
2. From the project where you use Claude Code, run the command below. It installs only this skill into project scope; add `-g` for your personal scope.
3. Restart Claude Code and invoke `/wp-plugin-development` or ask Claude to use the skill. If it does not appear, check `.claude/skills/` and the source’s setup notes.

```sh
npx skills add https://github.com/WordPress/agent-skills/tree/trunk/skills/wp-plugin-development --agent claude-code
```

Installation guide: https://github.com/WordPress/agent-skills/tree/trunk/skills/wp-plugin-development