Title: Theme & Plugin Developers — What checking tools are we using?
Last modified: July 7, 2021

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# Theme & Plugin Developers — What checking tools are we using?

 *  Resolved Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-5837566)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-plugin-developers-what-checking-tools-are-we-using/)
 * I’m grateful for [https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/),
   but it never seems to be up-to-date with current review guidelines and requirements,
   and reviewers are often telling me to ignore results from the Theme Check.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-sniffer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-sniffer/)
   was much more in-depth, advanced, and useful, but now that’s been closed.
 * There’s nothing better than good ol’ fashioned manually checking your code, line
   by line, and running error and debugging tests on it in a testing environment,
   but automation in this regard is very helpful too.
 * So, what tools are we using these days folks? Do you have any recommendations
   for some sweet sweet software that can scan entire themes and plugins for PHP
   errors, security/sanitation/validation/escaping issues, incorrect string translation,
   etc.?

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-plugin-developers-what-checking-tools-are-we-using/#post-14107587)
 * The core dev team uses PHPUnit testing.
    [https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/automated-testing/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/automated-testing/)
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-5837566)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-plugin-developers-what-checking-tools-are-we-using/#post-14108019)
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-5837566)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-plugin-developers-what-checking-tools-are-we-using/#post-14129842)
 * Here we go, this is exactly what I was looking for:
 * > [Call for Feedback: Automated Theme Testing](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2021/02/01/call-for-feedback-automated-theme-testing/)

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 * [checking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/checking/)
 * [code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/code/)
 * [validation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/validation/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: Anonymous User
 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-plugin-developers-what-checking-tools-are-we-using/#post-14129842)
 * Status: resolved

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