Wp Patterns

What it does

This workflow treats a pattern as a composition of blocks with its own naming, registration and design decisions. It covers starter layouts, template fragments and query-driven structures, while directing custom block behavior and frontend state toward more specialized instructions instead of overloading the pattern file.

Best for

Theme and plugin authors assembling reusable layouts from existing blocks rather than introducing new block types.

Tradeoffs and requirements

Pattern registration may execute PHP, and inserting a pattern can create independent post content that no longer follows future file edits. Changing an established pattern slug or markup can therefore affect discovery differently from already inserted pages.

Targets WordPress 7.0+ (PHP 7.4.0+). Filesystem-based agent with bash + node. Some workflows require WP-CLI.

Install from the source

Inspect the pinned source snapshot and its supporting files first. The command selects this skill through the open-source skills CLI. Node.js and agent-specific setup may be required. Installation can download code. Catalog ingestion never executes skill instructions or install scripts.

npx skills add https://github.com/WordPress/agent-skills/tree/eff3785fc28c4380d172094518c66a6a997c95d4/skills/wp-patterns --skill wp-patterns

Review pinned skill folder ↗ · CLI documentation ↗

After source review, use npx skills check and npx skills update to inspect and apply upstream updates. Re-check changed instructions before running them.

Safety & review signals

Static review only. This is not a security audit or a guarantee of safety.

SKILL.md text only; scripts, dependencies and runtime behavior not audited.

• Shell Or Package Install — review the source context.

Allowed tools declaration: Unknown. Runtime permissions and network behavior: Unknown.

Offline package integrity

A temporary folder-copy check, not an agent installation or runtime safety verdict.

8 files copied and checksummed from this exact source snapshot. No package code or installation scripts were executed.

Inventory SHA-256: 50bb2ba6a2b8d6c77c1e81b0b6efbb95c95e81fb9aed90be239bcb02487ed557

AI Craft Pad Skill Score

75/100 · Metadata coverage 80% · Model 1.0

Scores summarize observable discovery signals. Popularity and repository activity apply to the whole repository. Unknown runtime safety earns no certification.

Documentation

100/100

100

Maintenance

100/100

100

License Clarity

0/100

0

Repository Health

85/100

85

Compatibility Evidence

80/100

80

Popularity

61/100

61

Originality

80/100

80

Static Safety

60/100

60

Suggested workflow

Inspect the existing pattern location and registration conventions, choose a clear composition and preserve established design tokens. Write localized and escaped registration-time content, then review the block hierarchy and responsive layout before adding unnecessary custom styling.

How to judge the result

Insert the pattern into a clean editor page, save and reload it, and check frontend rendering, keyboard access and narrow screens. Compare existing inserted content with newly inserted instances so the release notes describe which changes users will actually receive.