phpDocumentor template for Wordpress themes

Generate phpDocumentor style documentation for Wordpress themes

Idea

Current phpDocumentor templates spit documentation for APIs. For Wordpress it would be nice to have a documentation following the recommended file and folder structure.

A documentation organized in the same way as theme files in the editor would offer a better understanding and reading experience.

How it works ?

All PHP files of the theme are collected into three sections: Templates, Template parts, and Template tags. When clicking on a file the DocBlock associated to the file is displayed, and in plus all other DocBlocks for all Structural Elements inside of the file (Functions, Constants, Classes etc)

List of DocBlock items supported

https://github.com/morethemesbaby/phpdocumentor-wordpress-theme/tree/master/parts/docblock

List of Structural Elements supported

https://github.com/morethemesbaby/phpdocumentor-wordpress-theme/tree/master/parts/structural-element

Running

If you add the --title="Project Title" param it will be used as the site title. Otherwise the site title will be the default like 'API documentation'

Compiling

SCSS

gulp

Because scss/template.scss contains css globbing declarations like @import 'framework/design/**/*.scss'; and cannot be compiled simply by the scss command.

Twig

phpDocumentor uses the cache extensively when compiling documentation. Due caching sometimes (when only minor changes are made to the template?) the compilation is unsuccessful in terms of nothing new is generated. It's good to empty the cache before compiling the theme:

rm -Rf /tmp/phpdoc-twig-cache/
phpdoc -d . -t doc -i vendor/,wpcs/ --template=phpdocumentor-wordpress-theme

Gotchas

Markers and Deprecated elements

• Only the Abstract (XSL) template displays markers and deprecated elements correctly
• The Clean (Twig) doesn't display them all, the Responsive (XSL) displays only the deprecated elements, the Responsive-Twig display nothing