Develop and Harden Wordpress Plugins with Lifecycle and Security

About this skill

Use Automattic’s official wp-plugin-development skill when an agent needs to build, refactor, secure, or package a WordPress plugin with correct activation hooks, settings handling, uninstall behavior, and data hygiene. This is a plugin engineering playbook, not a generic WordPress listing.

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develop-and-harden-wordpress-plugins-with-lifecycle-and-security

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Category: Security
Reported license: MIT
Listing language (estimated): English
Review status: Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility: Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.