Wordpress Testing Qa

Here's a practical skill for WordPress developers who need to maintain code quality without wrestling with test setup every time. It covers the essential testing stack: PHPUnit for integration tests, WP_Mock for unit testing without loading the entire WordPress core, and PHPCS with WordPress coding standards. The progressive disclosure structure walks you through the testing pyramid and CI/CD integration, which is helpful since WordPress testing can be surprisingly finicky to configure correctly. With 179 installs and clean security audits, it's seeing real use. If you're shipping WordPress plugins or themes professionally and haven't locked down your testing workflow yet, this gives you the scaffolding to start.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add bobmatnyc/claude-mpm-skills --skill wordpress-testing-qa --agent claude-code

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Files

WordPress Testing & Quality Assurance

progressive_disclosure: entry_point: summary: "WordPress plugin and theme testing with PHPUnit, WP_Mock, PHPCS, and CI/CD for quality assurance" when_to_use: - "Testing WordPress plugins with PHPUnit integration tests" - "Unit testing without loading WordPress core (WP_Mock)" - "Enforcing coding standards with PHPCS" quick_start: - "Set up PHPUnit with WordPress test suite" - "Write unit tests with WP_Mock" - "Configure PHPCS with WPCS ruleset"

Testing Strategy

Testing Pyramid for WordPress

The WordPress Testing Hierarchy:

       /\
      /  \     E2E Tests (Playwright)
     /    \    - Full user workflows
    /------\   - Browser automation
   /        \
  /  INTEG  \  Integration Tests (PHPUnit + WordPress)
 /    TESTS  \ - Database operations
/            \ - Hook interactions
--------------
 UNIT TESTS    Unit Tests (WP_Mock)
               - Pure logic
               - No WordPress dependency

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