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title: "Coding Standard Proposal: Allow the use of the PHP short echo tag"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/coding-standard-proposal-allow-the-use-of-the-php-short-echo-tag-eckkt0uw3
source_url: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/12/05/coding-standard-proposal-allow-the-use-of-the-php-short-echo-tag/
type: article
source: "Make WordPress Core"
published: 2025-12-05T11:24:43.267Z
updated: 2025-12-05T11:25:00.393Z
tags: ["php", "wordpress"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 17
comments: 0
language: en
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# Coding Standard Proposal: Allow the use of the PHP short echo tag

**[Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore)** · 3 min read · 17 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

WordPress proposes allowing the PHP short echo tag (<?=) in its coding standards. Since PHP 5.4, this tag is always available regardless of configuration settings, making it safe to use. The proposal allows but doesn't mandate its use for single statements in template files, requiring no immediate changes to existing WordPress core code. Projects wanting to maintain the restriction can configure PHPCS accordingly.

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