phpcs.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="Example Project" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/master/phpcs.xsd">

	<description>A custom set of rules to check for a WPized WordPress project</description>

	<!-- Exclude WP Core folders and files from being checked. -->
	<exclude-pattern>/docroot/wp-admin/*</exclude-pattern>
	<exclude-pattern>/docroot/wp-includes/*</exclude-pattern>
	<exclude-pattern>/docroot/wp-*.php</exclude-pattern>
	<exclude-pattern>/docroot/index.php</exclude-pattern>
	<exclude-pattern>/docroot/xmlrpc.php</exclude-pattern>
	<exclude-pattern>/docroot/wp-content/plugins/*</exclude-pattern>

	<!-- Exclude the Composer Vendor directory. -->
	<exclude-pattern>/vendor/*</exclude-pattern>

	<!-- Exclude the Node Modules directory. -->
	<exclude-pattern>/node_modules/*</exclude-pattern>

	<!-- Exclude minified Javascript files. -->
	<exclude-pattern>*.min.js</exclude-pattern>

	<!-- Include the WordPress-Extra standard. -->
	<rule ref="WordPress-Extra">
		<!--
		Running `phpcs` with the '-s' flag, identifies the names of the sniffs reporting errors.
		Once we know the sniff names, we can opt to exclude sniffs.
		-->

		<!--
		<exclude name="WordPress.WhiteSpace.ControlStructureSpacing"/>
		<exclude name="WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput"/>
		-->
	</rule>

	<!-- Let's also check that everything is properly documented. -->
	<!-- <rule ref="WordPress-Docs"/> -->

	<!-- Add in some extra rules from other standards. -->
	<!-- <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnusedFunctionParameter"/> -->
	<!-- <rule ref="Generic.Commenting.Todo"/> -->

	<config name="minimum_supported_wp_version" value="5.0"/>

	<rule ref="WordPress.WP.I18n">
		<properties>
			<property name="text_domain" type="array" value="pitchfork"/>
		</properties>

		<exclude name="WordPress.WP.I18n.NoEmptyStrings"/>

	</rule>

</ruleset>