Wealcoder Coding Standard

A Wealcoder PHP_CodeSniffer standard that extends the official WordPress Coding Standards—customized for modern, secure, and consistent PHP development across all Wealcoder projects. Designed to enforce best practices and maintain high code quality in line with Wealcoder's engineering guidelines.

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require Wealcoder/wealcoder-coding-standard

For Global

composer global require Wealcoder/wealcoder-coding-standard

The package will automatically:

• Install PHP_CodeSniffer and required dependencies
• Register the Wealcoder-Coding-Standard standard
• Set it as the default standard for your project

Usage

Command Line

Quick Check

vendor/bin/phpcs .

Using Composer Script

composer run phpcs

Custom Configuration

vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=Wealcoder-Coding-Standard path/to/files

IDE Integration

For better IDE integration, create a .phpcs.xml.dist file in your project root:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Project Standards">
    <description>A customized PHP_CodeSniffer ruleset that extends the official WordPress Coding Standards, tailored for modern, secure, and consistent PHP development practices.</description>

    <!-- Scan these directories -->
    <file>src/</file>
    <file>inc/</file>
    
    <!-- Exclude these paths -->
    <exclude-pattern>vendor/</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>node_modules/</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*.min.js</exclude-pattern>

    <!-- Configuration -->
    <config name="minimum_supported_wp_version" value="6.2" />
    <config name="testVersion" value="7.4-8.5" />

    <!-- Use WordPress Code standards -->
    <rule ref="Wealcoder-Coding-Standard" />

    <!-- Project-specific customizations -->
    <rule ref="WordPress.WP.I18n">
        <properties>
            <property name="text_domain" type="array">
                <element value="replace-with-your-current-text-domain"/>
            </property>
        </properties>
    </rule>
</ruleset>

Continuous Integration

Add to your CI workflow:

# GitHub Actions example
- name: PHP CodeSniffer
  run: composer run phpcs

Configuration Details

PHP Version Support

• Minimum: PHP 7.4
• Maximum: PHP 8.4
• Compatibility: Uses PHPCompatibilityWP for WordPress-specific compatibility checks

Key Rules Applied

• WordPress Coding Standards (with sensible exclusions)
• Tab indentation (1 tab per indent level)
• Space inside parentheses for readability
• Superfluous whitespace detection
• PHP compatibility checking for WordPress

Excluded Rules

The following rules are excluded for practical development:

• File naming conventions (WordPress.Files.FileName)
• Nonce verification requirements
• Direct database query restrictions
• Global variable override prohibitions
• Some documentation capitalization requirements

Customization

Project-Level Overrides

Create a phpcs.xml.dist file to override or add rules:

<rule ref="Wealcoder-Coding-Standard">
    <!-- Enable a rule that's disabled by default -->
    <exclude name="WordPress.Files.FileName" />
</rule>

<!-- Add custom exclusions -->
<rule ref="WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing">
    <exclude-pattern>admin/ajax-handlers/*</exclude-pattern>
</rule>

Inline Annotations

Disable rules for specific code blocks:

// phpcs:disable WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing
if ( isset( $_POST['data'] ) ) {
    // Process data without nonce check
}
// phpcs:enable WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or higher ( Upto 8.4 )
• Composer
• PHP_CodeSniffer 3.9.0 or higher

Dependencies

• dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer: ^1.0
• phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-wp: ^2.1
• wp-coding-standards/wpcs: ^3.1.0

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Test with composer run phpcs
5. Submit a pull request

License

GPL-3.0-or-later

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Author

Wealcoder
Email: [email protected]
Organization: Wealcoder