claude-wordpress-skills

🥈Silver

WordPress engineering skills for Claude Code. Optimize performance, audit security, develop Gutenberg blocks, and follow theme/plugin best practices. Ideal for operations teams managing WordPress sites.

6520Updated 1mo ago

Intermediate30min to implementautomation

Saves ~45 min per use

Quick InstallView Source

git clone https://github.com/elvismdev/claude-wordpress-skills.git

Works with:

Claude

Overview

About This Skill

Setup & Installation

Quick Install

No install command available. Check the GitHub repository for manual installation instructions.

Alternative Install (Git Clone)

git clone https://github.com/elvismdev/claude-wordpress-skills

Requirements

Claude Code or compatible AI agent
Works with: Claude

Quick Start Guide

Install the Skill

Copy the install command above and run it in your terminal.

Open Your AI Agent

Launch Claude Code, Cursor, or your preferred AI coding agent.

Try It Out

Use the prompt template or examples below to test the skill.

Customize

Adapt the skill to your specific use case and workflow.

Usage Examples

Prompt Template

I need help with a WordPress project for [COMPANY], a [INDUSTRY] company. [DESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC TASK, e.g., 'optimizing the performance of their WooCommerce store' or 'developing a custom Gutenberg block for their blog']. The site is currently running on [WORDPRESS VERSION] with [THEME] and [PLUGINS]. Can you provide guidance on best practices and code examples?

Example Output

# WordPress Performance Optimization Recommendations

For [COMPANY]'s WooCommerce store, here are some key performance optimization strategies:

## Database Optimization
- **Enable Object Caching**: Implement Redis or Memcached to reduce database load
- **Optimize Database Tables**: Use WP-Optimize or similar plugins to clean up post revisions, spam comments, and transient options
- **Database Indexing**: Ensure proper indexing for WooCommerce tables (wp_woocommerce_sessions, wp_woocommerce_api_keys, etc.)

## Image Optimization
- **Use WebP Format**: Convert all images to WebP format for better compression
- **Lazy Loading**: Implement lazy loading for images below the fold
- **Responsive Images**: Use srcset to serve appropriately sized images for different devices

## Plugin Management
- **Deactivate Unused Plugins**: Currently, 12 plugins are active but only 5 are essential for store functionality
- **Update Plugins**: 3 plugins have updates available, which may include performance improvements

## Theme Optimization
- **Child Theme**: Ensure a child theme is used to prevent customizations from being overwritten during updates
- **Minify CSS/JS**: Implement minification for theme assets to reduce load times

## Hosting Recommendations
- **Upgrade PHP Version**: Currently running PHP 7.4, consider upgrading to PHP 8.1 for performance gains
- **Enable HTTP/2**: For better parallel loading of resources
- **Consider Managed Hosting**: For high-traffic WooCommerce stores, managed WordPress hosting may be beneficial