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Any guides on using WP SVN with IDE clients? [closed]

The documentation for dealing with official WP repository is exclusively about using command line. While I have no bias against that, I do have little experience with VCS and two (or three) different ...
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How to get vim to autocomplete WordPress API functions?

I guess built-in omnicomplete is a start, but perhaps we're talking some neocomplcache plugin module or something themsuch? Googling "vim wordpress autocomplete" doesn't really give much.
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Aptana: WordPress Code Hinting

Does anyone use Aptana for WordPress plugin development? Is there a way to set-up WP code hinting with Aptana? Thank you.
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Documentation for IDE's

I'm using IntelliJ but this question could apply to PhpStorm, Visual Studio, etc... Is there a good way to make the IDE aware of the Javascript functions that WordPress provides? Are there any ...
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Switching from editing on directly on remote server to PHPstorm local development?

I was recently told that my workflow would be improved if I switched from using emacs to edit the files on a staging server directly to using PHPstorm to make changes to my website. I am fairly lost ...
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Is there a way to enforce the type of an object returned by a function that could return anything?

I am initializing a class where the constructor requires a WP_Post object. The object I would like to pass comes from get_queried_object() which could return almost anything. I am using is_a() to make ...
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PHPUnit Plugin Integration Tests: Getting wordpress-tests-lib PHP into IDE (VS Code)

So I've managed to follow the instructions to get the "Plugin Integration Tests" set up using wp-cli and the install-wp-tests.sh script as described in the handbook article: https://make....
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How do I Import an Exisiting WP Project into Aptana 3? [closed]

How do I import an existing Wordpress project into Aptana 3.04.2? I installed the Wordpress bundle in Aptana. I'm on a Mac running MAMP. My operating system is Leopard. My project is located at Sites-...
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How to set up VS Code for WP plugin/theme development in 2021? [closed]

I'm trying to improve my WP theme and plugin development workflow. VS Code is my editor/IDE of choice and I'm pretty with it in general. However, setting up VS Code with debugging, formatting, linting ...
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PHPStorm variable warnings

I code in PHPStorm and include wp-admin and wp-include in my path, but get code inspection warnings related to undefined / unused variables. Should I be concerned about these? How would I go about ...
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If you already have a copy of the code, is there any reason to create a feature branch?

Let's say you join a team and are provided with a copy of the code from a project. That code is already set up in your IDE. Someone tells you that you need to create a feature branch. Isn't the copy ...
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Unable to get a simple plugin admin page to work

Even though I have years of software development experience, I am new to WP & PHP development, so please bear with me. After reading through the plugin manual, I started with a WP plugin boiler ...
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How can I Edit WordPress Page in IDE like PhpStorm or Sublime?

I have local Instance of WordPress and I want to edit the code of Pages which I created using WordPress Dashboard but I can't find those pages in my local environment folders so how can I find those ...
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What is the best way to setup Wordpress for version control and PhpStorm while allowing updates

I have an active WordPress website that I would like to put under version control. Since I do keep pretty up to date on core and plugin updates I would think that those items should be best kept out ...
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How can I enable IDE integration (autocomplete) for WordPress test suite

When testing a theme or plugin, you can use WP-CLI to scaffold the test suite setup, wp scaffold plugin-test plugin. So is there a good way to integrate an editor/IDE (VS Code in my case) so that ...
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Can any IDE (eg PHPStorm, VS Code) correctly show functions added via require get_template_directory() string results?

I would simply like to do some WordPress theme development using statements like require get_template_directory() . '/functions/base.php'; in my functions.php file. It seems IDEs do not ...
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Wordpress / PhpStorm / XDebug and plugin_dir_path issues

I am trying to debug a wordpress plugin. I have XDebug working and I am able to use breakpoints and such. My issue is with the plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) call. It results to http://192.168.0.18/...
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Is it a good idea to edit WordPress within Eclipse? [closed]

A friend and I are building a WordPress website. He has already customised a WordPress theme, and I can view the new site in an Internet explorer and edit it within the WordPress tool. He has sent me ...
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Method 'post_title' not found in class.

I'm running some code through phpStorm and am getting an error: Method 'post_title' not found in class. at this line: echo $post->post_title(); Is that phpStorm getting things wrong or am I ...
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Which IDE best for Wordpress Development? [closed]

I am Developing a website in wordpress with WAMP, I am doing some style and code changes in wordpress template to make my site good. I want to know best IDE to use with wordpress. I had experience ...
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