Checks readme.txt and the main plugin header for the WordPress.org Plugin Review rules that send a submission or an update back to you. Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Same engine as the VS Code extension, byte for byte.
Free for the file open in your editor - no key, no limit. The workspace sweep and the report ask for a key.
npmDocker Hubnpx @readystack/wp-plugin-review-gate <file> docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/w" getreadystack/wp-plugin-review-gate /w
Team? One key for every ReadyStack linter, 5 seats, $149 once
This page is the working piece. The full pack has everything below.
The readme.txt and plugin-header lines that send a wordpress.org submission back, found before you submit
A freelance WordPress developer bills $30 to $90 an hour; a pre-submission read is an hour or two.
Buy the full version — $29It reads the readme.txt or the main plugin PHP file you have open and applies 21 rules the wordpress.org Plugin Review Team applies: Stable tag, Requires at least, Requires PHP, Tested up to, the 150-character short description, five tags, License lines, the ABSPATH guard, remote enqueues and obfuscated code. Each finding carries a line number and the replacement line.
Solo WordPress plugin developers and small agencies who publish to the wordpress.org directory, plus anyone maintaining an inherited plugin. If you have ever pushed an update and then found that Stable tag still said trunk, so the release never reached the installs you already had, this was written for you.
An assistant writes a plausible readme.txt from scratch; it cannot see the state of your file. It does not know your Stable tag says trunk, that Tested up to picked up a patch number, or that your short description grew to 179 characters against a 150-character cut. This runs on your file and counts.
Free, with no licence key: the file you have open is checked in full, all 21 rules, every line number, in the editor or in the browser. Paid: the whole plugin folder in one pass, readme.txt read against the plugin header and Stable tag against Version across files, plus a dated report you keep.
A freelance WordPress developer bills $30 to $90 an hour; a pre-submission read is an hour or two. The other price is time: a rejected submission goes back to the end of the review queue, and a wrong Stable tag means the version you released is not the version your users get.
One question, answered by the person who built it. Your email only if you want the answer sent.