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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="WordPress coding standards">
+	<config name="ignore_warnings_on_exit" value="1" /><!-- Ignore warnings for now. -->
+
+    <file>.</file><!-- Lint all PHP files by default. -->
+
+	<arg name="basepath" value="." /><!-- Show file paths relative to the project root. -->
+	<arg name="extensions" value="php" />
+	<arg name="colors" />
+	<arg value="s" /><!-- Show sniff codes in all reports. -->
+
+	<!-- Includes WordPress-Core, WordPress-Docs and WordPress-Extra rulesets. -->
+	<rule ref="WordPress">
+		<type>warning</type><!-- TODO Remove this after fixing all warnings. -->
+	</rule>
+
+	<!-- Include WP VIP coding standard checks -->
+	<rule ref="WordPress-VIP-Go" />
+	<rule ref="WordPressVIPMinimum" />
+
+	<exclude-pattern>/node_modules/</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>/vendor/</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>/build/</exclude-pattern>
+</ruleset>