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FAQ

How do I start a new site?

Section titled “How do I start a new site?”

Install WordPress into ./wp, wire the monorepo, activate, build. The full path is in Getting Started.

How do I create a form?

Section titled “How do I create a form?”

Define a Form subclass (slug + field map) and register it; place the Corex Form block. Server + client validation come from the one schema. See Create a form.

How do I add a new block?

Section titled “How do I add a new block?”

wp corex make:block <Name> then npm run build. The block is dynamic and registered. See Create a block.

How do I query data without N+1?

Section titled “How do I query data without N+1?”

Use the QueryBuilder with ->with('relation') — belongs-to relations are eager-loaded in a bounded number of queries.

How do I change colours/fonts?

Section titled “How do I change colours/fonts?”

Override tokens in a per-site brand.json (deep-merged over theme.json at runtime). Never hardcode values. See Apply a brand.

How do I enable an add-on?

Section titled “How do I enable an add-on?”

Activate its plugin (wp plugin activate corex-<name>). No add-on is a hard dependency; the core runs without any of them.

How do I gate a Pro-only feature?

Section titled “How do I gate a Pro-only feature?”

Wrap it in a feature flag: Config::enabled('pro'). Free builds leave features.pro off.

How do I run the tests?

Section titled “How do I run the tests?”
Terminal window
composer test               # PHP unit (headless)
composer test:integration   # PHP integration (real ./wp)
npm run test:js             # Jest (shared validator, block JS)

How do I keep these docs accurate?

Section titled “How do I keep these docs accurate?”

The class reference is generated from code with wp corex docs:generate; guides are hand-written and checked against the source before publishing.