--- title: Using phpactor as a language server for WordPress... description: A practical guide to configuring phpactor as a Language Server Protocol (LSP) tool for WordPress development. Since WordPress doesn't follow PSR-4 or use... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xk0g4pe9g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Using phpactor as a language server for WordPress development | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to configuring phpactor as a Language Server Protocol (LSP) tool for WordPress development. Since WordPress doesn't follow PSR-4 or use... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xk0g4pe9g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XK0g4pE9G.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Using phpactor as a language server for WordPress development **[PHP Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/phpdev)** · [@damienseguy](https://daily.dev/damienseguy) · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to configuring phpactor as a Language Server Protocol (LSP) tool for WordPress development. Since WordPress doesn't follow PSR-4 or use Composer's autoloader, phpactor needs extra configuration to discover WordPress core symbols. Two approaches are covered: setting indexer.include_patterns in .phpactor.json to index WordPress core files while excluding them from diagnostics, and using the php-stubs/wordpress-stubs Composer package as an alternative to provide type information without indexing the actual source files. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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