woocommerce/docs/quality-and-best-practices/coding-standards.md

Coding standards for the code snippets within the WooCommerce documentation

Position of hooks

Position hooks below the function call, as this follows the common pattern in the WordPress and WooCommerce ecosystem.

Example

/**
 * Add custom message.
 */
function YOUR_PREFIX_custom_message() {
    echo 'This is a custom message';
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', 'YOUR_PREFIX_custom_message' );

Prefixing function calls

Use a consistent prefix for all function calls. For the code snippets in this repo, use the prefix YOUR_PREFIX.

Example

/**
 * Add custom discount.
 */
function YOUR_PREFIX_custom_discount( $price, $product ) {
    return $price * 0.9;  // 10% discount
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_product_get_price', 'YOUR_PREFIX_custom_discount', 10, 2 );

Translatable texts and text domains

Make all plain texts translatable, and use a consistent text domain. This aligns with the best practices for internationalisation. For the code snippets in this repo, use the textdomain YOUR-TEXTDOMAIN.

Example

/**
 * Add custom message.
 */
function YOUR_PREFIX_welcome_message() {
    echo __( 'Welcome to our website', 'YOUR-TEXTDOMAIN' );
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', 'YOUR_PREFIX_welcome_message' );

Use of function_exists()

Wrap all function calls in a function_exists() call to prevent errors due to potential function redeclaration.

Example

/**
 * Add thumbnail support.
 */
if ( ! function_exists( 'YOUR_PREFIX_theme_setup' ) ) {
    function YOUR_PREFIX_theme_setup() {
        add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
    }
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'YOUR_PREFIX_theme_setup' );