WP Rest API
Description
**Teach AI coding assistants how to build WordPress the right way.**
Installation
claude install-skill https://github.com/WordPress/agent-skills README
Agent Skills for WordPress
**Teach AI coding assistants how to build WordPress the right way.**
Agent Skills are portable bundles of instructions, checklists, and scripts that help AI assistants (Claude, Copilot, Codex, Cursor, etc.) understand WordPress development patterns, avoid common mistakes, and follow best practices.
**AI Authorship Disclosure:** These skills were generated using GPT-5.2 Codex (High Reasoning) from official Gutenberg and WordPress documentation, then reviewed and edited by WordPress contributors. We tested skills with AI assistants and iterated based on results. This is v1, and skills will improve as the community uses them and contributes fixes. See [docs/ai-authorship.md](docs/ai-authorship.md) for details. ([WordPress AI Guidelines](https://make.wordpress.org/ai/handbook/ai-guidelines/))
Why Agent Skills?
AI coding assistants are powerful, but they often:
- undefined
Agent Skills solve this by giving AI assistants **expert-level WordPress knowledge** in a format they can actually use.
Available Skills
| Skill | What it teaches |
|---|---|
| wordpress-router | Classifies WordPress repos and routes to the right workflow |
| wp-project-triage | Detects project type, tooling, and versions automatically |
| wp-block-development | Gutenberg blocks: block.json, attributes, rendering, deprecations |
| wp-block-themes | Block themes: theme.json, templates, patterns, style variations |
| wp-plugin-development | Plugin architecture, hooks, settings API, security |
| wp-rest-api | REST API routes/endpoints, schema, auth, and response shaping |
| wp-interactivity-api | Frontend interactivity with data-wp-* directives and stores |
...
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