Title: @wordpress/prettier-config
Published: March 9, 2021
Last modified: September 15, 2026

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# @wordpress/prettier-config

## In this article

 * [Installation](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-prettier-config/?output_format=md#installation)
 * [Usage](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-prettier-config/?output_format=md#usage)
 * [Contributing to this package](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-prettier-config/?output_format=md#contributing-to-this-package)

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WordPress Prettier shareable config for [Prettier](https://prettier.io).

## 󠀁[Installation](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-prettier-config/?output_format=md#installation)󠁿

Install the module

    ```language-shell
    $ npm install @wordpress/prettier-config --save-dev
    ```

**Note**: This package requires Node.js version with long-term support status (check
[Active LTS or Maintenance LTS releases](https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases)).
It is not compatible with older versions.

## 󠀁[Usage](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-prettier-config/?output_format=md#usage)󠁿

Add this to your `package.json` file:

    ```language-json
    "prettier": "@wordpress/prettier-config"
    ```

Alternatively, add this to `.prettierrc` file:

    ```
    "@wordpress/prettier-config"
    ```

Or add this to `.prettierrc.js` file:

    ```javascript
    module.exports = require( '@wordpress/prettier-config' );
    ```

## 󠀁[Contributing to this package](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/packages/packages-prettier-config/?output_format=md#contributing-to-this-package)󠁿

This is an individual package that’s part of the Gutenberg project. The project 
is organized as a monorepo. It’s made up of multiple self-contained software packages,
each with a specific purpose. The packages in this monorepo are published to [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)
and used by [WordPress](https://make.wordpress.org/core/) as well as other software
projects.

To find out more about contributing to this package or Gutenberg as a whole, please
read the project’s main [contributor guide](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/HEAD/CONTRIBUTING.md).

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