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<?php
/**
 * Classic theme: registering widget areas (sidebars).
 * This is the pattern that block themes replace with template parts.
 */
function mytheme_register_widget_areas() {
    // Primary sidebar
    register_sidebar( array(
        'name'          => __( 'Primary Sidebar', 'mytheme' ),
        'id'            => 'sidebar-1',

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BuddyX and BuddyX Pro: Kirki 6.0.1 is causing fatal errors, here's the fix

Quick advisory for BuddyX and BuddyX Pro site owners.

We've identified a fatal-error pattern when Kirki 6.0.1 updates on a BuddyX or BuddyX Pro site that also runs BuddyPress and BP Profile Search. The site shows "There has been a critical error on this website" and the admin becomes inaccessible.

What's happening

Kirki 6.0.1 ships a one-time migration that runs too early in the WordPress lifecycle. With BuddyPress and BP Profile Search active, it triggers a null-reference fatal in WordPress core before the page can render.

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// admin-flows.spec.ts - Generated by Claude Code
// vapvarun.com: AI for WordPress QA Testers
import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
import { Admin, Editor } from '@wordpress/e2e-test-utils-playwright';

test.describe('Plugin Admin Settings', () => {
  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
    const admin = new Admin({ page });
    await admin.visitAdminPage('options-general.php?page=my-plugin-settings');
  });

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// MCP Server Skeleton for WordPress Agencies
// Pattern used in wp-blog, wpcs, and wp-malware-cleanup servers
// See: https://vapvarun.com/mcp-servers-wordpress-plugin-development/

import { Server } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/index.js";
import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js";
import {
  CallToolRequestSchema,
  ListToolsRequestSchema,
} from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";

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# Install Aider
pip install aider-chat

# Set DeepSeek API key (get free credits at platform.deepseek.com)
export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="your-deepseek-api-key-here"

# Navigate to your WordPress plugin directory
cd /path/to/wp-content/plugins/your-plugin

# Start Aider with DeepSeek coder backend

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# Aider + Gemini Flash-Lite: Install & Config for WordPress Plugin Dev
# Full guide: https://vapvarun.com/aider-gemini-flash-lite-free-ai-pair-programmer-wordpress/

# 1. Install Aider (recommended: pipx for isolation)
pip install aider-chat
# or:
pipx install aider-chat

# 2. Set your Gemini API key (get it free at aistudio.google.com)
# Add to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc:

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<?php
// wp-config.php — Core development mode
// Use this when you are working on WordPress core patches,
// testing core REST API changes, or running Gutenberg block-editor experiments.

define( 'WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE', 'core' );

// Pair it with the full debug stack so you catch every notice
define( 'WP_DEBUG',         true );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG',     true );  // writes to wp-content/debug.log

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Scaffold a Gutenberg block for a WordPress plugin.

Namespace: wbcom
Block name: pricing-table
Slug: wbcom/pricing-table
Category: design
Icon: table

Attributes:
- title (string, default: "Pricing Plans")

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/**
 * Model routing for WordPress plugin tasks in Claude Code.
 * Routes tasks to the appropriate Claude model based on task type,
 * file count, and whether security judgment is required.
 *
 * Usage: import and call routeToModel(taskType, fileCount, requiresSecurity)
 * Returns: model ID string to pass as --model flag in Claude Code
 */

const MODELS = {

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<?php
/**
 * DB_CHARSET and DB_COLLATE
 *
 * Place near the top of wp-config.php, before the "stop editing" line.
 * These two constants control the character encoding and sort order used
 * when WordPress connects to MySQL/MariaDB and when it creates new tables.
 *
 * Modern WordPress (4.2+) defaults to utf8mb4, which supports 4-byte
 * characters like emoji, mathematical symbols, and many CJK code points.