phpcs.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Code-Snippets">
	<config name="testVersion" value="7.4-" />
	<!-- See https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki/Annotated-ruleset.xml -->
	<!-- See https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards/blob/develop/WordPress/ruleset.xml -->
	<!-- Include the WordPress ruleset, with exclusions. -->
	<rule ref="WordPress">
		<!-- allow hooks containing forward slashes -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidHookName.UseUnderscores" />

		<!-- necessary for core plugin function -->
		<exclude name="Squiz.PHP.Eval.Discouraged" />

		<!-- allow embedding PHP within HTML attribute values -->
		<exclude name="Squiz.PHP.EmbeddedPhp.ContentBeforeOpen" />
		<exclude name="Squiz.PHP.EmbeddedPhp.ContentBeforeEnd" />

		<!-- database table names should be interpolated -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared" />

		<!-- handle this through editor autoformatting -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.Arrays.MultipleStatementAlignment.DoubleArrowNotAligned" />
		<exclude name="Generic.Formatting.MultipleStatementAlignment.NotSameWarning" />

		<!-- allow smart tabs -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.WhiteSpace.PrecisionAlignment.Found" />
		<exclude name="Generic.WhiteSpace.DisallowSpaceIndent.SpacesUsed" />
		<exclude name="Universal.WhiteSpace.PrecisionAlignment.Found" />

		<!-- working with custom tables makes direct queries a necessity. -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery" />

		<!-- allow modern PHP syntax -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.PHP.DisallowShortTernary.Found" />
		<exclude name="Generic.PHP.DisallowShortOpenTag.EchoFound" />
		<exclude name="Universal.Arrays.DisallowShortArraySyntax.Found" />

		<!-- todo -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended" />
		<exclude name="WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing" />
	</rule>

	<rule ref="PHPCompatibilityWP">
		<include-pattern>*\.php$</include-pattern>
	</rule>

	<!-- class files don't need an additional file comment -->
	<rule ref="Squiz.Commenting.FileComment.Missing">
		<exclude-pattern>class-*\.php$</exclude-pattern>
	</rule>

	<rule ref="WordPress.Arrays.MultipleStatementAlignment">
		<properties>
			<property name="maxColumn" value="300" />
		</properties>
	</rule>

	<rule ref="WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery">
		<properties>
			<property name="customCacheDeleteFunctions" type="array">
				<element value="clean_snippets_cache" />
				<element value="clean_active_snippets_cache" />
			</property>
		</properties>
	</rule>
</ruleset>