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Posted by Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
26,287 Points

WordPress PHP @package, etc Question

Hi everyone,

I was looking through the code on a WordPress theme, and I noticed something in the comment at the top describing the template that I'm really curious to find out what it means. I did a Google search, but found nothing but ambiguous information.

I saw the following what I guess is code within each template of the default WordPress themes:

/**
*   Template description...
*
*   @package WordPress
*   @subpackage Twenty_Sixteen
*   @since Twenty_Sixteen 1.0
*/

Could someone please shed some light on what this means. I know it doesn't do anything to enhance the way WordPress works, but I do see it on other themes too.

Thanks

Stu :)

1 Answer

Adam Young
Adam Young
15,791 Points
Adam Young
Adam Young
15,791 Points

It's WordPress' take on the proposed PSR-5 documentation standard. A lot of info is available at https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/inline-documentation-standards/php/ .