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This skill performs systematic performance code review for WordPress themes, plugins, and custom code. It scans PHP, JavaScript, and template files for database anti-patterns, cache bypasses, unbounded queries, and other issues that cause 500 errors, memory exhaustion, and DB locks. Development teams, site reliability engineers, and hosting support use it to catch problems before they surface under load.
WHO IT'S FOR
WordPress Engineering Leads
reviewing code for performance issues
WordPress Plugin Developers
auditing plugins for scalability and anti-patterns
Compatible AgentsThe repository documents support for these agents. The skills may also work with other agents that can load SKILL.md files, but they may need some setup or small changes.
Installs: Individual wp-performance-review skill · Claude Code
Before you start
Claude Code CLI installed
A downloaded and extracted copy of the repository
Run from: Root of the downloaded and extracted repository
After downloading and extracting the repository, run this terminal command from its root to copy the wp-performance-review folder into the Claude skills directory:
Local path to a WordPress plugin or theme, replacing <path>
Using the wp-performance-review skill, quickly scan the WordPress plugin or theme at <path> for critical performance problems. Check critical patterns first and report each finding with its severity, file, and line number. <path> is the local path to the plugin or theme you want reviewed.
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