Title: Coding Standards: WooCommerce VIP Specific Changes
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: October 20, 2021
Last modified: August 5, 2025

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# Coding Standards: WooCommerce VIP Specific Changes

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 20 October 2021

18:14:33 GMT+0000

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 * Remove unnecessary file existence checks around `require_once`

[https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2523](https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/2523)