WordPress/phpdoc-parser

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Documentation parser powering developer.wordpress.org

Stars: 239
Forks: 81
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 43
Avg merge: 16h 29m
Merged PRs (30d): 8

Dominant language: PHP
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Last GitHub push: Sep 4, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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43 open issues indexed

Include constants in exports Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#269 · Opened Jul 24, 2026
Nested union types inside generics are split incorrectly Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#268 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 24, 2026
Some characters are stripped from documentation Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#254 · Opened Feb 24, 2026
Compatibility updates required Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#246 · 9 comments · Opened Apr 28, 2025
Substantial amounts of files unprocessed Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#235 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 4, 2023
Bug: Extended Namespaces are preventing files from importing Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#231 · 7 comments · Opened Jul 6, 2022
Wrong docblock parsed Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#230 · Opened May 25, 2022
classes that specify visibility on class constants can't be parsed Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#224 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 14, 2020
Append Taxonomies Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#221 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 17, 2020
DocBlock for hooks not parsed correctly in some cases Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#217 · Opened Jul 2, 2019
value of 'wp-parser-namespace_children' option incorrect after parsing source with hierarchical nmespaces Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#213 · Opened Mar 15, 2019
allow WP_Parser\get_wp_files() to follow symlinks Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#212 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 26, 2019
Add support for parsing docs for single constants Open

enhancement has PR

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#204 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 1, 2018
Add filter for skipping files earlier in the pipeline than 'wp_parser_pre_import_file' Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#198 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 26, 2018
Import only specific type of stuff Open

question

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#197 · Opened Jan 16, 2018
Parser stops at the first dot Open

bug upstream

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#190 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 23, 2017
DocBlocks for filters inside a conditional expression are not imported Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#185 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 28, 2016
`@param` tags with `&` in varaible names are not parsed as parameters Open

bug DevHub

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 40/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#176 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 28, 2016
Reduce memory requirements Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#169 · 6 comments · Opened Dec 29, 2015
Safer handling of uninstall Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#159 · 1 comment · Opened May 3, 2015
Wrong docblock for hooks with multiple usages Open

bug DevHub

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#157 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 6, 2015
Standalone / static .html output Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#151 · 7 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2015
Add ability to remove previously parsed resources no longer getting parsed Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#147 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 19, 2014
Get rid of sleep pauses in process Open

enhancement has PR

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#144 · 7 comments · Opened Dec 18, 2014
Deprecated parameter handling Open

bug enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#140 · 7 comments · Opened Oct 20, 2014
Parse array parameter docs Open

DevHub enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#119 · 10 comments · Opened Aug 21, 2014
require() & include() Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#110 · 5 comments · Opened May 25, 2014
Improve Data Presentation in admin for CPTs Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#106 · 16 comments · Opened May 4, 2014
Link functions to phpxref Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#105 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 25, 2014
Only store a single post for each hook Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#94 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 8, 2014
Parse which functions are hooked to which hooks Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#87 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 26, 2014
Parse global variables Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#86 · Opened Mar 26, 2014
Indicate whether arguments are passed by reference Open

Someday Maybe

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#53 · Opened Feb 16, 2014
Only add hooks that originate in the parsed source Open

Someday Maybe

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#45 · 8 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2014
Handling duplicate entries with the same parent ID Open

question

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#43 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2014
Improve default content function Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#40 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 10, 2014
Optionally ignore deprecated structural elements Open

Someday Maybe

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#37 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2014
Allow periods in @since taxonomy terms slugs Open

wontfix

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#36 · 8 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2014
Add support for parsing PHP constants Open

Someday Maybe

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#27 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 9, 2013
Add activation / deactivation hook for flushing rewrites Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#23 · Opened Jul 29, 2013
Use a hierarchical file taxonomy Open

enhancement Someday Maybe

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#20 · Opened Jul 16, 2013
support @internal tag Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#16 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 13, 2013
Bundle documentation templates Open

Someday Maybe

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WordPress/phpdoc-parser#14 · 9 comments · Opened May 3, 2013

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