phpcs + WP coding standards

phpcs for VS Code

Note It might be easier to just go for the composer instalatio documented here instead of following the steps below

1. install phpcs, see here
2. install phpcs VS Code Plugin
3. switch to ROOT (cd), test phpcs: .composer/vendor/bin/phpcs -h
   
4. open VS Code user settings (cmd+;) and modify the phpcs.executablePath` setting to {root}/.composer/vendor/bin/phpcs -h, {root} being cd; pwd
   
5. clone WordPress Standard reps to a desired location (see Step #2 of the Standalone installation on the WordPress Coding standards GitHub page )
   git clone -b master https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards.git wpcs
   
6. Add the path of the new repository to the phpcs configs:
   {root}/.composer/vendor/bin/phpcs --config-set installed_paths /path/to/wpcs
   {root}/.composer/vendor/bin/phpcs -i should now list WordPress
   
7. VS Code Settings: add "phpcs.standard": "WordPress".
   

VS Code settings

to meet the standards

Spaces to tabs

Change indent setting in the bottom right of the Editor, see here

WP x Intelephense

To support WordPress functions for Intelephense, add element wordpress to Intelephense stubs in the VS Code Intelephense settigns, as explained here (=> Adding a missing function definition).