Tools

WordPress developer tooling — stack, CLI, Git & CI/CD, IDE workflows, and AI-assisted delivery.

Tools is the hub for how we ship WordPress — not how to write application code. For APIs see Development; for process see Methodologies.

WordPress Stack

Composer, Roots ecosystem, and twelve-factor deployment patterns for production WordPress.

PHP dependency management for plugins, themes, and Bedrock-style stacks. Guide coming soon.

Bedrock · Acorn · Sage · Trellis — modern WordPress project structure. Guide coming soon.

Apply the twelve-factor methodology to WordPress apps — config, processes, and deploy hygiene.

Branching models and pipelines that keep WordPress releases repeatable.

Release-oriented branching for teams that need long-lived develop and release lanes.

Trunk-friendly feature branches, PRs, and continuous deployment for faster iteration.

Build, test, and deploy WordPress sites and plugins with automated pipelines.

Command-line interface for core, plugins, themes, database, users, and cache.

Start here — then drill into core, plugins, themes, database, users, and cache commands.

Export, import, search-replace, and optimize without opening phpMyAdmin.

Install, activate, update, and scaffold from the terminal.

Interactive explorers for hooks and WordPress APIs inside the IDE workflow.

Explore actions and filters with guided IDE-oriented workflows.

MCP, AI workflows, and practical AI patterns for WordPress teams.

Model Context Protocol abilities for WordPress — expose safe tools to AI clients.

AI4WP hub — agentic workflows for WordPress development and content ops.

Where AI meets WordPress APIs, content, and developer tooling in practice.