From 4374fa0f13f3645519f9607fb095fbf6d884c8b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lee Willis Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:06:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add note to README explaining that WordPress is more than just all subsets. Fixes #1440 --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5ebe6c660..a9207f39f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ You can use the following as standard names when invoking `phpcs` to select snif - `WordPress-Extra` - extended ruleset with recommended best practices, not sufficiently covered in the WordPress core coding standards - includes `WordPress-Core` +__Note:__ The `WordPress` standard includes some additional checks that are not included in any of the subsets, so running `WordPress-Core` + `WordPress-Docs` + `WordPress-Extra` subsets on their own will miss some checks that would be performed by running `WordPress`. + ### Using a custom ruleset If you need to further customize the selection of sniffs for your project - you can create a custom ruleset file.