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alterfw/alter
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A microframework for WordPress applications

v0.2.1(10y ago)775265MITPHP

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Alter
=====

[](#alter)

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A small framework that provides features to develop a real WordPress Application.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Alter uses [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) to manage dependencies, so you need to install Composer to use Alter.

Enter in the WordPress *themes* directory and run:

```
composer create-project alterfw/alter  --prefer-dist

```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

You can read more about how Alter works in the [documentation page](http://alterfw.github.io/docs/).

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

This project doesn't have an styleguide yet but you should follow the existing code. Before create any pull requests make sure that all tests are passing.

### Development Environment

[](#development-environment)

To setup de development environment first download [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) and create a virtual machine:

```
docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default
eval "$(docker-machine env default)"

```

Then run:

```
docker-compose up

```

This will create a WordPress and a theme with Alter.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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 ~67 days

Recently: every ~128 days

Total

11

Last Release

3658d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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