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Use this skill when changing admin JavaScript, CSS, or HTML/Twig templates in WP Rocket.

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WP Rocket — Frontend Architecture

Guidelines for JavaScript, CSS, and template changes in WP Rocket's admin UI.

Core principles

  • No jQuery — use native DOM APIs only.
  • No inline event handlers (onclick, onchange, etc.) — use addEventListener.
  • No unsafe innerHTML assignments — use textContent or createElement/appendChild.
  • Use event delegation where appropriate (admin pages can load content dynamically).

Admin settings UI

  • Settings page templates live in views/.
  • JS for the settings page lives in assets/js/.
  • Use wp_localize_script to pass PHP data to JS — never inline <script> blocks with data.
  • Nonces must be localized — never hardcoded.
  • New JS entry points must be registered and enqueued through a Subscriber.

AJAX / REST

  • Use native fetch with the localized nonce for REST calls.
  • Use wp.ajax for legacy AJAX (admin-ajax.php) if already present in the area.
  • Always handle errors explicitly — no silent failures.

Structural expectations

  • JS files live under assets/js/.
  • CSS files live under assets/css/.
  • No new global variables — use module patterns or data attributes to share state.