pollora/wordpress-args

WordPress Arguments turns an object into the arguments array that WordPress functions expect (register_post_type(), register_taxonomy(), WP_Query…). Add the ArgumentHelper trait to a class, give it one property per argument, and it builds the array for you: property names become snake_case keys, unset properties are left out, and raw arguments can be merged on top. It is for package authors who want a fluent, typed API over WordPress arguments instead of hand-written arrays.

Part of Pollora, the Laravel framework for WordPress. In a Pollora project it is already installed, as the base of pollora/query and pollora/entity.

Installation

composer require pollora/wordpress-args

Requires PHP 8.2+ and illuminate/support 12 or 13. Building the arguments calls WordPress's wp_parse_args(), so it runs inside WordPress.

Quick start

use Pollora\WordPressArgs\ArgumentHelper;

class BookPostType
{
    use ArgumentHelper;

    private ?bool $public = null;

    private ?bool $showInRest = null;

    private ?string $menuIcon = null;

    public function public(): self
    {
        $this->public = true;

        return $this;
    }

    public function showInRest(): self
    {
        $this->showInRest = true;

        return $this;
    }

    public function menuIcon(string $icon): self
    {
        $this->menuIcon = $icon;

        return $this;
    }

    public function getArgs(): array
    {
        return $this->buildArguments();
    }
}

$args = (new BookPostType)
    ->public()
    ->showInRest()
    ->setRawArgs(['has_archive' => 'books'])
    ->getArgs();

// [
//     'public' => true,
//     'show_in_rest' => true,
//     'has_archive' => 'books',
// ]

register_post_type('book', $args);

How it works

ArgumentHelper reads the properties declared on the class (all visibilities):

• each property name is converted to snake_case with Laravel's Str::snake(): showInRest becomes show_in_rest;
• properties whose value is null are skipped, so WordPress keeps its own defaults for them;
• raw arguments set with setRawArgs() are merged last, with wp_parse_args(), and win over the properties of the same name.

Methods

rawArgs is the trait's own property and is never turned into an argument.

In the wild

• pollora/entity: its Entity base class uses the trait, and getArgs() builds the arguments passed to post type and taxonomy registration.
• pollora/query: PostQuery uses it to build the WP_Query arguments returned by getArguments().

Testing

vendor/bin/pest

Contributing

Contributions are welcome: see the contributing guide. Report security issues privately, as described in the security policy.

License

WordPress Arguments is open-source software licensed under the MIT license. © RuBee group