ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="WordPress SEO">
	<description>WordPress SEO rules for PHP_CodeSniffer</description>

	<exclude-pattern>tests/*</exclude-pattern>
	<exclude-pattern>admin/license-manager/*</exclude-pattern>
	<exclude-pattern>*</exclude-pattern>

	<rule ref="WordPress-VIP">
		<exclude name="Generic.Files.LineEndings.InvalidEOLChar" />
		<exclude name="Squiz.WhiteSpace.SuperfluousWhitespace.EmptyLines" />
		
		<!-- WP VIP rules which are very restrictive and not all that applicable as WPSEO is not on VIP -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.VIP.DirectDatabaseQuery" />
		<exclude name="WordPress.VIP.FileSystemWritesDisallow"/>
		<exclude name="WordPress.VIP.RestrictedFunctions.user_meta" />
		<exclude name="WordPress.VIP.RestrictedVariables.user_meta"/>
		<exclude name="WordPress.VIP.RestrictedFunctions.switch_to_blog"/>

		<!-- We should probably want to turn the below rules on, but these give issues with the current code base. -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent.Incorrect" />
		<exclude name="WordPress.XSS.EscapeOutput" /><!-- This sniff also has known & reported bugs -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.VIP.PostsPerPage.posts_per_page"/>

		<!-- Demanding Yoda conditions is stupid. -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.PHP.YodaConditions"/>

		<!-- Temporarily disable this check until it's fixed -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.Functions.FunctionCallSignature"/>

		<!-- Turned off because of known & reported bugs in the Sniffs, should be turned on once the bugs are fixed. -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.VIP.ValidatedSanitizedInput"/>

		<exclude name="WordPress.PHP.YodaConditions"/>
	</rule>
	<rule ref="WordPress.PHP.DiscouragedFunctions"/>
</ruleset>