Implement WordPress best practices: security, i18n, block editor, performance

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Summary

WordPress theme audit revealed security issues, inconsistent internationalization, missing modern WordPress support, and performance anti-patterns.

Changes

Security & Escaping

• All bloginfo() outputs now use get_bloginfo() with context-appropriate escaping (esc_attr, esc_js, esc_html)
• Fixed unescaped JSON-LD schema data in <script> tags
• Sanitized all meta tag outputs in header.php

// Before
<meta property="og:title" content="<?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?>">

// After  
<meta property="og:title" content="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>">

Internationalization

• Standardized text domain to static-core across all files (was mixed between staticCore, static-core, generic)
• Updated style.css header, functions.php, and all template files
• Fixed script handle typo: straticCore → staticCore

Modern WordPress Support

• Added theme.json with color palette, typography scale, spacing units, and layout constraints
• Added theme supports: align-wide, wp-block-styles, custom-line-height, custom-spacing, editor-styles
• Extended HTML5 support array to include comment-list, comment-form, gallery, caption, style, script

Customizer & Dynamic Content

• Removed hardcoded OG image paths, favicon paths, and organization-specific content from header.php
• Added Customizer control for Open Graph images with sanitization
• Implemented selective refresh for site title/description (no page reload on change)

Performance

• Removed transition: all 0.5s ease on * selector (causes layout thrashing)
• Applied transitions only to interactive elements (a, button, input[type="submit"])
• Added version hashes to enqueued assets using wp_get_theme()->get( 'Version' )

Code Quality

• Removed deprecated $content_width global (WP 5.6+)
• Added PHPDoc headers to all template files
• Created .gitignore for theme development

Files Modified

17 files changed: +337 additions, -60 deletions

Compatibility

All changes backward compatible. Theme continues to function identically with enhanced standards compliance.

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