Standards

• File Structure

  How to structure projects at the file level, both general and specific to plugins and themes, respectively.

• Documentation

  Code should be commented thoroughly, and here’s how to do it.

• Privacy

  Guidelines on (meeting) privacy requirements.

• Performance

  Considerations on algorithmic complexity and performance.

• Best Practices

  How and when to utilize best practices.

• Frontend

  Frontend-specific standards.

• Backend

  Backend-specific standards.

• Style Guides

  Various style guides for the different technologies we use.

To ensure everyone’s able to work effectively and efficiently, we enforce a number of standards across our code. Some of these are for performance and security in high-traffic, high-impact sites, while some enable us to collaborate more effectively.

While projects can deviate from these standards (and we encourage experimenting with new standards), projects tend to follow the majority of these rules and guidelines.