diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 492d3a80..706e5908 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -222,3 +222,16 @@ assets/vendor/
 package-lock.json
 .idea/
 composer.lock
+
+# exclude Composer installation
+composer.phar
+/vendor
+
+# exclude WP-CLI installation
+wp-cli.phar
+
+# exclude generated by phpDocumentor docs
+/documentor
+
+#wp-hookdoc generated docs
+hookdocs