diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 500da84..5fc8b37 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,15 +87,29 @@ build(composer):   Update humbug/php-scoper to v0.18.19
 chore(actions):    Update actions/checkout to v7
 ```
 
-Allowed: `deps`, `deps-dev`, `wp-plugin`, `wp-theme`, `npm`, `composer`, `actions`. These are emitted by [linchpin/renovatebot-config](https://github.com/linchpin/renovatebot-config); anything else must still be a task key, `NO-TASK`, or an issue number.
+Allowed: `deps`, `deps-dev`, `wp-plugin`, `wp-theme`, `npm`, `composer`, `actions`, `wporg`, `linchpin`. These are emitted by [linchpin/renovatebot-config](https://github.com/linchpin/renovatebot-config); anything else must still be a task key, `NO-TASK`, or an issue number.
 
 `build` is the [Angular convention's type for external dependencies](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0-beta.4/), and `update` reads better for a WordPress plugin bump — both are valid here.
 
+### `wp-plugin` / `wp-theme` as a type instead of a scope
+
+`wp-plugin` and `wp-theme` are also valid **types**, not just scopes:
+
+```
+wp-plugin(wporg):    Update akismet to v5.3
+wp-plugin(linchpin): Update some-plugin to v3.0 - Major
+wp-theme(deps):      Update twentytwentyfour to v2.0
+```
+
+This exists for one reason: [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please)'s `changelog-sections` groups strictly by commit **type** — `changelog-sections[].type` is the only key that schema offers, there is no scope key — so a repo that wants WordPress plugin and theme updates in their own changelog section (rather than folded into whatever section `update` or `build` maps to) has no way to get one except by making `wp-plugin`/`wp-theme` the type. `wporg` and `linchpin` are then available as scopes to say which registry the package came from.
+
+Both forms lint cleanly. Use the scope form (`update(wp-plugin):`) unless a repo's `release-please-config.json` specifically defines a dedicated section for the `wp-plugin`/`wp-theme` type — [linchpin/renovatebot-config](https://github.com/linchpin/renovatebot-config) is the current example that does.
+
 ## Rules
 
 | Rule | Level | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `type-enum` | error | Type must be one of: `add`, `improve`, `build`, `chore`, `ci`, `docs`, `feat`, `feature`, `fix`, `perf`, `refactor`, `remove`, `revert`, `style`, `test`, `update` |
+| `type-enum` | error | Type must be one of: `add`, `improve`, `build`, `chore`, `ci`, `docs`, `feat`, `feature`, `fix`, `perf`, `refactor`, `remove`, `revert`, `style`, `test`, `update`, `wp-plugin`, `wp-theme` |
 | `subject-case` | warning | Subject must be in sentence-case |
 
 The config also sets a custom `parserPreset.parserOpts.headerPattern` that enforces the scope format.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 332fff1..19a37b2 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const TYPES = ['add', 'improve', 'build', 'chore', 'ci', 'docs', 'feat', 'feature', 'fix', 'perf', 'refactor', 'remove', 'revert', 'style', 'test', 'update'];
+// wp-plugin and wp-theme are deliberately in both TYPES and DEP_SCOPES. As a scope
+// (`update(wp-plugin): ...`) they keep a WordPress update legible in a mostly automated
+// log. As a type (`wp-plugin(wporg): ...`) they let a repo route WordPress plugin and
+// theme updates to their own release-please changelog section - `changelog-sections[].type`
+// is the only key that schema offers, so a dedicated section is only reachable through
+// type. Neither usage is deprecated; pick whichever a repo's release-please-config needs.
+const TYPES = ['add', 'improve', 'build', 'chore', 'ci', 'docs', 'feat', 'feature', 'fix', 'perf', 'refactor', 'remove', 'revert', 'style', 'test', 'update', 'wp-plugin', 'wp-theme'];
 
 // Dependency updates have no task behind them, so the scope slot carries the kind of
 // dependency instead - which is what the wider ecosystem does too (`build(deps)`,
 // `chore(deps-dev)`). wp-plugin and wp-theme keep WordPress updates obvious at a glance
-// in a log that is mostly automated. deps-dev precedes deps so the longer one wins.
-const DEP_SCOPES = ['deps-dev', 'deps', 'wp-plugin', 'wp-theme', 'npm', 'composer', 'actions'];
+// in a log that is mostly automated. wporg and linchpin name a WordPress package's source
+// for repos that promote wp-plugin/wp-theme to a type instead, and so need a scope other
+// than the type itself. deps-dev precedes deps so the longer one wins.
+const DEP_SCOPES = ['deps-dev', 'deps', 'wp-plugin', 'wp-theme', 'npm', 'composer', 'actions', 'wporg', 'linchpin'];
 
 // A ClickUp-style task key, NO-TASK, a GitHub issue number, or a dependency scope.
 const SCOPE = new RegExp(`^(?:[A-Z]+-\\d+|NO-TASK|#\\d+|${DEP_SCOPES.join('|')})$`);
diff --git a/index.test.js b/index.test.js
index 84b36e6..0cdef73 100644
--- a/index.test.js
+++ b/index.test.js
@@ -163,4 +163,31 @@ describe('@linchpinagency/commitlint-config', () => {
 			expect(explain(header)).not.toBeNull();
 		});
 	});
+
+	// wp-plugin and wp-theme double as types, not just scopes, so a repo whose
+	// release-please-config gives WordPress plugins/themes their own changelog section can
+	// emit one. release-please groups strictly by type, so this is the only way in.
+	describe('wp-plugin and wp-theme as types', () => {
+		const { explain } = config;
+		const pattern = config.parserPreset.parserOpts.headerPattern;
+
+		test.each([
+			'wp-plugin(wporg): Update akismet to v5.3',
+			'wp-plugin(linchpin): Update some-plugin to v3.0',
+			'wp-theme(deps): Update twentytwentyfour to v2.0',
+		])('accepts %s', (header) => {
+			expect(explain(header)).toBeNull();
+			expect(header).toMatch(pattern);
+		});
+
+		test('wporg and linchpin are valid scopes', () => {
+			expect(explain('wp-plugin(wporg): Update something')).toBeNull();
+			expect(explain('wp-plugin(linchpin): Update something')).toBeNull();
+		});
+
+		test('the scope form documented above still works alongside the type form', () => {
+			expect(explain('update(wp-plugin): Update translatepress-multilingual to v3.2.4')).toBeNull();
+			expect(explain('update(wp-theme): Update ollie-pro to v2.6.1')).toBeNull();
+		});
+	});
 });