WordPress Privacy Lint (GDPR / DSGVO)

Runs the same checker as the npm package @readystack/wordpress-privacy-lint on a Node.js runtime that pip installs for you (nodejs-wheel-binaries) - no system Node.js needed. Your files are checked locally.

Finds the 12 author-side privacy duties your plugin PHP breaks, with the article and the fix on every line.

Install

wordpress-privacy-lint file

Node 18+. The same 12 rules as the VS Code extension, from a terminal or CI.

Free

• Audits the PHP file you have open against all 12 author-side GDPR/DSGVO rules and names the article and the fix for every hit.
• --rules lists every rule

With a licence ($29 once)

• Scans every PHP file in the whole plugin in one run and writes a dated audit report you keep (Markdown and JSON) for the WordPress.org review reply and your Art. 30 records.

@readystack/wordpress-privacy-lint --dir ./templates --report html --out report.html

A DSGVO code review by a German IT-law firm is commonly billed at EUR 200 per hour, and a Google Fonts Abmahnung letter is typically settled at EUR 100 plus fees.

Use from an AI agent (MCP)

Claude Code · Cursor · Windsurf · any MCP client - add to your MCP config:

{ "mcpServers": { "wordpress-privacy-lint": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@readystack/wordpress-privacy-lint", "--mcp"] } } }

Tools: check_text and check_file (free) · check_dir (licence). The agent gets every finding with the line number.

Use in CI

- name: WordPress Privacy Lint (GDPR / DSGVO)
  run: npx -y @readystack/wordpress-privacy-lint --dir . --ci

(container: docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/work" getreadystack/wordpress-privacy-lint --dir /work --ci)

The folder sweep, reports and CI mode need one licence — one payment, no subscription. Set READYSTACK_LICENSE=<key> or run --license <key> once.

Get a licence

Install (PyPI)

pip install readystack-wordpress-privacy-lint
wordpress-privacy-lint --help