/wp-database
Use when a WordPress plugin needs a custom database table — creating with dbDelta (strict SQL format: two spaces before PRIMARY KEY, no trailing comma), writing versioned upgrade routines with version_compare and register_activation_hook, querying with $wpdb prepared statements
$ npx -y skills add mralaminahamed/wp-dev-skills --skill wp-database --agent claude-codeHow it fires
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Use when a WordPress plugin needs a custom database table — creating with dbDelta (strict SQL format: two spaces before PRIMARY KEY, no trailing comma), writing versioned upgrade routines with version_compare and register_activation_hook, querying with $wpdb prepared statements
Covers the complete WordPress plugin development lifecycle — build, test, audit, release, and ship to WP.org — for Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Codex, GitHub Copilot, opencode, and more.
Repo: mralaminahamed/wp-dev-skills
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