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alleyinteractive/meta-inspector
===============================

View various types of meta data about WordPress objects to assist debugging.

v1.2.0(5mo ago)20296.8k↑16%2[1 issues](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/meta-inspector/issues)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.2CI passing

Since Oct 10Pushed 5mo ago35 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/meta-inspector)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/alleyinteractive/meta-inspector)[ Docs](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/meta-inspector/)[ RSS](/packages/alleyinteractive-meta-inspector/feed)WikiDiscussions develop Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (1)Versions (8)Used By (0)

Meta Inspector
==============

[](#meta-inspector)

[![All Pull Request Tests](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/meta-inspector/actions/workflows/all-pr-tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/alleyinteractive/meta-inspector/actions/workflows/all-pr-tests.yml)

Display the meta data for WordPress objects in the admin to assist in debugging.

Releases
--------

[](#releases)

This package is released via Packagist for installation via Composer. It follows semantic versioning conventions.

### Install

[](#install)

Requires Composer and PHP &gt;= `8.2`.

### Use

[](#use)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require alleyinteractive/meta-inspector
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

[![Screenshot of the settings panel](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/346399/194622945-e3f8f24c-9399-43f4-9352-c1c1e025089f.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/346399/194622945-e3f8f24c-9399-43f4-9352-c1c1e025089f.png)

Once activated, the plugin will add meta boxes to the following object types that expose the meta data for the object:

- Comments
- Terms
- Posts
- Users
- Groups (BuddyPress)
- Activities (BuddyPress)

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Run `composer test` to run tests against the Coding Standards.

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

This project is actively maintained by [Alley](https://github.com/alleyinteractive). Like what you see? [Come work with us](https://alley.co/careers/).

[![Alley logo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1733454?s=200&v=4)](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1733454?s=200&v=4)

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the [GNU Public License (GPL) version 2](LICENSE) or later.

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance71

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity45

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.6% 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 ~231 days

Recently: every ~257 days

Total

6

Last Release

158d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

v1.1.0PHP ^8.0

v1.2.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![srtfisher](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/346399?v=4)](https://github.com/srtfisher "srtfisher (40 commits)")[![renatonascalves](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19148962?v=4)](https://github.com/renatonascalves "renatonascalves (16 commits)")[![jameswburke](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/665107?v=4)](https://github.com/jameswburke "jameswburke (7 commits)")[![mslinnea](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7308162?v=4)](https://github.com/mslinnea "mslinnea (4 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (2 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (2 commits)")[![cahdeemer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9889294?v=4)](https://github.com/cahdeemer "cahdeemer (1 commits)")

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