Claude-skills-wordpress wordpress-site-dna

Archaeological analysis of WordPress sites. Detects all page builders, audits plugins (active vs dead weight), maps content structure, finds orphaned shortcodes, measures performance, and assesses security posture. Use when user says "analyze my wordpress site", "wordpress site audit", "site dna", or "check my wordpress health".

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/webmyc/claude-skills-wordpress

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/webmyc/claude-skills-wordpress "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/wordpress-site-dna" ~/.claude/skills/webmyc-claude-skills-wordpress-wordpress-site-dna && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/wordpress-site-dna/SKILL.md

source content

WordPress Site DNA

Archaeological analysis of WordPress installations. Detects all page builders, audits plugins, maps content structure, finds orphaned shortcodes, and provides health score with prioritized fixes.

What This Skill Does

Scans your entire WordPress installation and provides:

Page builder detection (all 11 supported: Elementor, Divi, Bricks, etc.)
Plugin audit (active, inactive, abandoned)
Content structure mapping
Orphaned shortcode detection
Performance indicators
Security posture assessment
Health score (0-100) with prioritized recommendations

Requirements

Respira for WordPress plugin installed
MCP connection active (desktop or WebMCP)
Read-only access (no changes made)

How to Use

Trigger Phrases

"analyze my wordpress site"
"wordpress site dna"
"run site audit"
"check my wordpress health"

What Happens

Scans site architecture:
- WordPress version and configuration
- Active theme and child themes
- All installed plugins (active and inactive)
- Page builder usage across pages
Analyzes content:
- Posts, pages, custom post types count
- Builder usage per content type
- Orphaned shortcodes from deleted plugins
- Content distribution
Checks performance indicators:
- Database size and bloat
- Revision count
- Transient buildup
- Auto-draft accumulation
Assesses security:
- WordPress version currency
- Plugin update status
- Common security issues
- User role configuration
Generates health score:
- Critical issues (immediate attention)
- High priority (fix soon)
- Medium priority (optimization)
- Low priority (nice to have)

Output Format

Provides comprehensive report with:

Overall health score (0-100)
Critical issues flagged
Prioritized recommendation list
Specific fix workflows using Respira duplicate-first approach

For detailed example output, see

references/example-output.md

Safety Model

100% read-only - makes no changes to your site
No destructive operations - only analyzes and reports
Duplicate-first recommendations - all fix workflows use duplicates

Technical Details

Uses these Respira MCP tools:

```
wordpress_get_site_info
```
- WordPress version, URL, settings
```
wordpress_list_plugins
```
- all installed plugins
```
wordpress_get_theme_info
```
- active theme details
```
wordpress_list_pages
```
- scan all pages
```
wordpress_list_posts
```
- scan all posts
```
wordpress_detect_page_builder
```
- identify builders per page
```
wordpress_get_database_stats
```
- size, bloat, revisions

For complete tool reference, see

references/mcp-tools.md

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