Is wp-coding-standards/wpcs safe to use?

wp-coding-standards/wpcs has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (3.3.0). DepScope rates its health at 59/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of wp-coding-standards/wpcs?

The latest version of wp-coding-standards/wpcs is 3.3.0, released 2025-11-25.

Does wp-coding-standards/wpcs have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of wp-coding-standards/wpcs.

Is wp-coding-standards/wpcs deprecated?

No, wp-coding-standards/wpcs is actively maintained. Latest release: 3.3.0 (2025-11-25).

What are alternatives to wp-coding-standards/wpcs?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for wp-coding-standards/wpcs at this time.

What license does wp-coding-standards/wpcs use?

wp-coding-standards/wpcs is licensed under MIT.

wp-coding-standards/wpcs

composerv3.3.0

PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) to enforce WordPress coding conventions

License MITpermissive31 versions1 maintainers8 deps

WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards

/ 100

Health

safe to use

wp-coding-standards/[email protected] is safe to use (health: 59/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

7/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

5.9/10

moderate

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

9

Contributors (12m)

10

Primary author dominance

30%

GitHub stars

2,746

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (8)

php ext-filter ext-libxml ext-tokenizer ext-xmlreader squizlabs/php_codesniffer phpcsstandards/phpcsutils phpcsstandards/phpcsextra

API access

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Last updated · 2025-11-25T12:08:04+00:00