diff --git a/includes/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Repo/Generic_Names_Check.php b/includes/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Repo/Generic_Names_Check.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47b52176d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/Checker/Checks/Plugin_Repo/Generic_Names_Check.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Class Generic_Names_Check.php.
+ *
+ * @package plugin-check
+ */
+
+namespace WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Checks\Plugin_Repo;
+
+use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Check_Categories;
+use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Check_Result;
+use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Checks\Abstract_PHP_CodeSniffer_Check;
+use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Traits\Amend_Check_Result;
+use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Traits\Stable_Check;
+
+/**
+ * Check for running WordPress generic names sniffs.
+ *
+ * @since 1.3.0
+ */
+class Generic_Names_Check extends Abstract_PHP_CodeSniffer_Check {
+
+	use Amend_Check_Result;
+	use Stable_Check;
+
+	/**
+	 * Bitwise flags to control check behavior.
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.2.0.
+	 * @var int
+	 */
+	protected $flags = 0;
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the categories for the check.
+	 *
+	 * Every check must have at least one category.
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.3.0
+	 *
+	 * @return array The categories for the check.
+	 */
+	public function get_categories() {
+		return array( Check_Categories::CATEGORY_PLUGIN_REPO );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an associative array of arguments to pass to PHPCS.
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.0.0
+	 *
+	 * @param Check_Result $result The check result to amend, including the plugin context to check.
+	 * @return array An associative array of PHPCS CLI arguments.
+	 */
+	protected function get_args( Check_Result $result ) {
+		return array(
+			'extensions' => 'php',
+			'standard'   => 'PluginCheck',
+			'sniffs'     => 'PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.GenericNames',
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the description for the check.
+	 *
+	 * Every check must have a short description explaining what the check does.
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.3.0
+	 *
+	 * @return string Description.
+	 */
+	public function get_description(): string {
+		return __( 'Checks the use of prefixes in all generic functions and globals.', 'plugin-check' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the documentation URL for the check.
+	 *
+	 * Every check must have a URL with further information about the check.
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.1.0
+	 *
+	 * @return string The documentation URL.
+	 */
+	public function get_documentation_url(): string {
+		return 'https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/common-issues/#prefixing';
+	}
+}
diff --git a/includes/Checker/Default_Check_Repository.php b/includes/Checker/Default_Check_Repository.php
index 7b0421863..c4f16051d 100644
--- a/includes/Checker/Default_Check_Repository.php
+++ b/includes/Checker/Default_Check_Repository.php
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ private function register_default_checks() {
 				'non_blocking_scripts'       => new Checks\Performance\Non_Blocking_Scripts_Check(),
 				'offloading_files'           => new Checks\Plugin_Repo\Offloading_Files_Check(),
 				'image_functions'            => new Checks\Performance\Image_Functions_Check(),
+				'generic_names'              => new Checks\Plugin_Repo\Generic_Names_Check(),
 			)
 		);
 
diff --git a/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/Sniffs/CodeAnalysis/GenericNamesSniff.php b/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/Sniffs/CodeAnalysis/GenericNamesSniff.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5f8c90f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/Sniffs/CodeAnalysis/GenericNamesSniff.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * GenericNamesSniff
+ *
+ * Based on code from {@link https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards}
+ * which is licensed under {@link https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT}.
+ *
+ * @package PluginCheck
+ */
+
+namespace PluginCheckCS\PluginCheck\Sniffs\CodeAnalysis;
+
+use PHP_CodeSniffer\Exceptions\RuntimeException;
+use PHP_CodeSniffer\Util\Tokens;
+use PHPCSUtils\Tokens\Collections;
+use PHPCSUtils\Utils\TextStrings;
+use WordPressCS\WordPress\Sniff;
+
+/**
+ * Gets all function/class/define/namespace/option names and checks them to be not generic.
+ *
+ * @link https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/detailed-plugin-guidelines/
+ *
+ * @since 1.3.0
+ */
+final class GenericNamesSniff extends Sniff {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an array of tokens this test wants to listen for.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function register() {
+		$targets   = Collections::textStringStartTokens();
+		$targets[] = \T_FUNCTION;
+		$targets[] = \T_CLASS;
+
+		return $targets;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Processes this test, when one of its tokens is encountered.
+	 *
+	 * @param int $stackPtr The position of the current token in the stack.
+	 *
+	 * @return int|void Integer stack pointer to skip forward or void to continue
+	 *                  normal file processing.
+	 */
+	public function process_token( $stackPtr ) {
+		$end_ptr = $stackPtr;
+		$content = $this->tokens[ $stackPtr ]['content'];
+
+		if ( empty( trim( $content ) ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		return ( $end_ptr + 1 );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/Tests/CodeAnalysis/GenericNamesUnitTest.inc b/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/Tests/CodeAnalysis/GenericNamesUnitTest.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..906a38575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/Tests/CodeAnalysis/GenericNamesUnitTest.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+// This is a test plugin to check for the use of global variables without a prefix.
+function dosomething() {
+	echo 'Hello, World!';
+}
+
+function er_dosomething() {
+	echo 'Hello, World!';
+}
+
+function tppg_dosomething() {
+	echo 'Hello, World!';
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/Tests/CodeAnalysis/GenericNamesUnitTest.php b/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/Tests/CodeAnalysis/GenericNamesUnitTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b00a6fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/Tests/CodeAnalysis/GenericNamesUnitTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Unit tests for GenericNamesSniff.
+ *
+ * @package PluginCheck
+ */
+
+namespace PluginCheckCS\PluginCheck\Tests\CodeAnalysis;
+
+use PluginCheckCS\PluginCheck\Sniffs\CodeAnalysis\GenericNamesSniff;
+use PluginCheckCS\PluginCheck\Tests\AbstractSniffUnitTest;
+use PHP_CodeSniffer\Sniffs\Sniff;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for GenericNamesSniff.
+ */
+final class GenericNamesUnitTest extends AbstractSniffUnitTest {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the lines where errors should occur.
+	 *
+	 * @return array <int line number> => <int number of errors>
+	 */
+	public function getErrorList() {
+		return array(
+			3 => 1,
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the lines where warnings should occur.
+	 *
+	 * @return array <int line number> => <int number of warnings>
+	 */
+	public function getWarningList() {
+		return array();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the fully qualified class name (FQCN) of the sniff.
+	 *
+	 * @return string The fully qualified class name of the sniff.
+	 */
+	protected function get_sniff_fqcn() {
+		return GenericNamesSniff::class;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the parameters for the sniff.
+	 *
+	 * @throws \RuntimeException If unable to set the ruleset parameters required for the test.
+	 *
+	 * @param Sniff $sniff The sniff being tested.
+	 */
+	public function set_sniff_parameters( Sniff $sniff ) {
+	}
+}
diff --git a/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/ruleset.xml b/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/ruleset.xml
index d1a7fecf4..d443d2866 100644
--- a/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/ruleset.xml
+++ b/phpcs-sniffs/PluginCheck/ruleset.xml
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 	<rule ref="PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.EnqueuedResourceOffloading" />
 	<rule ref="PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.Offloading" />
 	<rule ref="PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.ImageFunctions" />
+	<rule ref="PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.GenericNames" />
 
 </ruleset>
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-generic-names-with-errors/load.php b/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-generic-names-with-errors/load.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfcbba908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-generic-names-with-errors/load.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Plugin Name: Test Plugin Prefix Globals check with errors
+ * Plugin URI: https://github.com/wordpress/plugin-check
+ * Description: Test plugin for the Prefix Globals check.
+ * Requires at least: 6.0
+ * Requires PHP: 5.6
+ * Version: 1.0.0
+ * Author: WordPress Review Team
+ * Author URI: https://make.wordpress.org/performance/
+ * License: GPLv2 or later
+ * License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ * Text Domain: test-plugin-prefix-globals-with-errors
+ *
+ * @package test-plugin-prefix-globals-with-errors
+ */
+
+// This is a test plugin to check for the use of global variables without a prefix.
+function dosomething() {
+	echo 'Hello, World!';
+}
+
+function er_dosomething() {
+	echo 'Hello, World!';
+}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-generic-names-without-errors/load.php b/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-generic-names-without-errors/load.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b61953d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/testdata/plugins/test-plugin-generic-names-without-errors/load.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Plugin Name: Test Plugin Prefix Globals check without errors
+ * Plugin URI: https://github.com/wordpress/plugin-check
+ * Description: Test plugin for the Prefix Globals check.
+ * Requires at least: 6.0
+ * Requires PHP: 5.6
+ * Version: 1.0.0
+ * Author: WordPress Review Team
+ * Author URI: https://make.wordpress.org/performance/
+ * License: GPLv2 or later
+ * License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ * Text Domain: test-plugin-prefix-globals-without-errors
+ *
+ * @package test-plugin-prefix-globals-without-errors
+ */
+
+// This is a test plugin to check for the use of global variables with a prefix.
+function tppg_dosomething() {
+	echo 'Hello, World!';
+}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Generic_Names_Check_Tests.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Generic_Names_Check_Tests.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c620f1747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/Checker/Checks/Generic_Names_Check_Tests.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Tests for the Generic_Names_Check class.
+ *
+ * @package plugin-check
+ */
+
+use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Check_Context;
+use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Check_Result;
+use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Checks\Plugin_Repo\Generic_Names_Check;
+
+class Generic_Names_Check_Tests extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+
+	public function test_run_with_errors() {
+		$check         = new Generic_Names_Check();
+		$check_context = new Check_Context( UNIT_TESTS_PLUGIN_DIR . 'test-plugin-generic-names-with-errors/load.php' );
+		$check_result  = new Check_Result( $check_context );
+
+		$check->run( $check_result );
+
+		$errors = $check_result->get_errors();
+
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $errors );
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'load.php', $errors );
+		$this->assertEquals( 2, $check_result->get_error_count() );
+	}
+
+	public function test_run_without_errors() {
+		$check         = new Generic_Names_Check();
+		$check_context = new Check_Context( UNIT_TESTS_PLUGIN_DIR . 'test-plugin-generic-names-without-errors/load.php' );
+		$check_result  = new Check_Result( $check_context );
+
+		$check->run( $check_result );
+
+		$errors = $check_result->get_errors();
+
+		$this->assertEmpty( $errors );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $check_result->get_error_count() );
+	}
+}