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afragen/local-development
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Places development notice for plugins or themes that are in local development. Prevents updating of selected plugins and themes. Allows for using a local file server.

2.11.0(7mo ago)2568GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.6CI passing

Since Nov 25Pushed 7mo ago2 watchersCompare

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Local Development
=================

[](#local-development)

- Contributors: afragen, raruto
- Tags: localhost development upgrade plugin theme
- Requires at least: 5.4
- Requires PHP: 7.4
- Stable tag: master
- License: GPLv2
- Network: true

Places development notice for plugins or themes that are in local development. Prevents updating of selected plugins and themes. Automatically adds plugins and themes under version control. Allows for using a local file server and bypassing the WordPress 5.2 WSOD Shutdown Handler.

Description
-----------

[](#description)

Places development notice for plugins or themes that are in local development. Notices are placed on the plugins page and the themes page. Prevents updating of selected plugins and themes.

- Automatically adds plugins and themes under version control.
- Automatically allows for using a local file server.
- Allows for bypassing the WordPress 5.2 WSOD Shutdown Handler.
- Add a warning color to admin bar when running under localhost. Default is on.
- Add a git host icon to the plugins page. Default is off. No option if GitHub Updater is running.
- Allows setting of `WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE` in `wp-config.php`.

Pull Requests are welcome against the `develop` branch.

Requires PHP 7.4 or greater.

Screenshots
-----------

[](#screenshots)

### 1. Local Development Settings

[](#1-local-development-settings)

[![Local Development Settings](./.wordpress-org/screenshot-1.png)](./.wordpress-org/screenshot-1.png)

### 2. Plugins Page

[](#2-plugins-page)

[![Plugins Page](./.wordpress-org/screenshot-2.png)](./.wordpress-org/screenshot-2.png)

### 3. Themes Page

[](#3-themes-page)

[![Themes Page](./.wordpress-org/screenshot-3.png)](./.wordpress-org/screenshot-3.png)

### 4. Multisite Themes Page

[](#4-multisite-themes-page)

[![Multisite Themes Page](./.wordpress-org/screenshot-4.png)](./.wordpress-org/screenshot-4.png)

###  Health Score

43

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FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance64

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.4% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~86 days

Recently: every ~77 days

Total

30

Last Release

219d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/82779a185fccde41e1dd3b914bde84cd6be76c8dcb8f6b983f461c8f5687a87e?d=identicon)[afragen](/maintainers/afragen)

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Top Contributors

[![afragen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1296790?v=4)](https://github.com/afragen "afragen (268 commits)")[![Raruto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9614886?v=4)](https://github.com/Raruto "Raruto (9 commits)")[![pedro-mendonca](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7371591?v=4)](https://github.com/pedro-mendonca "pedro-mendonca (2 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (1 commits)")[![marwahaha](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2541209?v=4)](https://github.com/marwahaha "marwahaha (1 commits)")

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Tags

wordpressdevelopmentlocal

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