diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-check-php.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-check-php.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab539d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-check-php.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+name: 'Lint Checker: PHP'
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '**.php'
+      - '!build/**/*.php'
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, edited, reopened, ready_for_review]
+    paths:
+      - '**.php'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  phpcs:
+    name: Run PHP Code Sniffer
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # User PHP 7.4 here for compatibility with the WordPress codesniffer rules.
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: '8.1'
+          coverage: none
+          tools: composer, cs2pr
+
+      - uses: technote-space/get-diff-action@v6
+        with:
+          PATTERNS: |
+            **/*.php
+            !build/**/*.php
+
+      - name: Get Composer cache directory
+        id: composer-cache
+        run: echo "dir=$(composer config cache-files-dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        if: "!! env.GIT_DIFF"
+
+      - name: Cache Composer vendor directory
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
+        if: "!! env.GIT_DIFF"
+
+      - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock
+        run: composer validate
+        if: "!! env.GIT_DIFF"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: composer install --no-progress --optimize-autoloader --prefer-dist
+        if: "!! env.GIT_DIFF"
+
+      - name: Detecting PHP Code Standards Violations
+        run: vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=phpcs.xml -s ${{ env.GIT_DIFF }}
+        if: "!! env.GIT_DIFF"
diff --git a/includes/Data.php b/includes/Data.php
index 6d2c8fc..650a781 100644
--- a/includes/Data.php
+++ b/includes/Data.php
@@ -69,6 +69,21 @@ public static function current_plan() {
 			);
 		}
 
+		$current_flow = Flows::get_flow_from_top_priority();
+		if ( 'ecommerce' === $current_flow ) {
+			return array(
+				'flow'    => 'ecommerce',
+				'subtype' => 'wc_priority',
+				'type'    => null,
+			);
+		} elseif ( Flows::get_default_flow() === $current_flow ) {
+			return array(
+				'flow'    => $current_flow,
+				'subtype' => null,
+				'type'    => null,
+			);
+		}
+
 		$current_flow = Flows::get_flow_from_plugins();
 		if ( false !== $current_flow ) {
 			switch ( $current_flow ) {
@@ -81,15 +96,6 @@ public static function current_plan() {
 			}
 		}
 
-		$current_flow = Flows::get_flow_from_top_priority();
-		if ( false !== $current_flow ) {
-			return array(
-				'flow'    => 'ecommerce',
-				'subtype' => 'wc_priority',
-				'type'    => null,
-			);
-		}
-
 		return array(
 			'flow'    => Flows::get_default_flow(),
 			'subtype' => null,
diff --git a/includes/Flows/Flows.php b/includes/Flows/Flows.php
index c40adae..d9f6158 100644
--- a/includes/Flows/Flows.php
+++ b/includes/Flows/Flows.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ final class Flows {
 			// Any manual fixes or modification made to topPriority shall also be made in FlowServices::update_default_data_for_ecommerce()
 			// Enums: `publishing`, `designing`, `selling`, 'migrating', 'regenerate' and 'skip'
 			'topPriority'     => array(
-				'priority1' => 'publishing',
+				'priority1' => '',
 			),
 
 			// This data will map to WordPress default 'blogname'
@@ -276,9 +276,14 @@ public static function get_flow_from_plan_subtype( $plan_subtype ) {
 	 */
 	public static function get_flow_from_top_priority() {
 		$flow_data = FlowService::read_data_from_wp_option();
-		if ( $flow_data && isset( $flow_data['data']['topPriority']['priority1'] ) && 'selling' === $flow_data['data']['topPriority']['priority1'] ) {
+		if ( ! ( $flow_data && isset( $flow_data['data']['topPriority']['priority1'] ) ) ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if ( 'selling' === $flow_data['data']['topPriority']['priority1'] ) {
 			return true === self::get_flows()['ecommerce'] ? 'ecommerce' : false;
 		}
-		return false;
+
+		return self::get_default_flow();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/includes/Patterns.php b/includes/Patterns.php
index 305ff84..11015ad 100644
--- a/includes/Patterns.php
+++ b/includes/Patterns.php
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ public static function get_theme_step_patterns_from_step( $step, $squash = false
 
 		$pattern_slugs = self::get_theme_step_patterns()[ $active_theme ][ $step ];
 
+		$block_patterns = $squash ? '' : array();
+
 		foreach ( array_keys( $pattern_slugs ) as $pattern_slug ) {
 			if ( true !== $pattern_slugs[ $pattern_slug ]['active'] ) {
 				continue;
diff --git a/includes/Services/FlowService.php b/includes/Services/FlowService.php
index 4662574..8cf5544 100644
--- a/includes/Services/FlowService.php
+++ b/includes/Services/FlowService.php
@@ -372,7 +372,9 @@ private static function update_data_for_ecommerce( $data ) {
 		$flow_type = Data::current_flow();
 		if ( 'ecommerce' === $flow_type ) {
 			// update default data with ecommerce data
-			$data['data']['topPriority']['priority1'] = 'selling';
+			if ( empty( $data['data']['topPriority']['priority1'] ) ) {
+				$data['data']['topPriority']['priority1'] = 'selling';
+			}
 			if ( empty( $data['data']['siteType']['primary']['value'] ) ) {
 				$data['data']['siteType']['primary']['refers'] = 'slug';
 				$data['data']['siteType']['primary']['value']  = 'business';
diff --git a/phpcs.xml b/phpcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad881d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="Project Rules">
+	<rule ref="Newfold"/>
+	<config name="testVersion" value="7.0-"/>
+	<config name="minimum_supported_wp_version" value="5.8"/>
+</ruleset>