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automattic/phpcs-neutron-standard
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A set of phpcs sniffs for modern php development.

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[](#neutron-php-standard-)

> **Warning**
>
> **IMPORTANT NOTE:** This project is no longer actively developed. At Automattic we've switched to using the WordPress Coding Standards.

---

These are a set of modern (PHP >7) linting guidelines meant to be applied in addition to the [the WordPress coding standards](https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards) for WordPress development. Because of the newer PHP version, it is not suitable for work on Core WordPress, but may be useful for those who are not bound by PHP 5.2.

These guidelines are being developed primarily for a team within [Automattic](https://automattic.com/), but anyone is free to use them, suggest changes, or report bugs.

This project is a [phpcs](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer) "standard" (a collection of rules or "sniffs") that can be included in any project.

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

[](#installation)

To use these rules in a project which is set up using [composer](https://href.li/?https://getcomposer.org/), we recommend using the [phpcodesniffer-composer-installer library](https://href.li/?https://github.com/DealerDirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer) which will automatically use all installed standards in the current project with the composer type `phpcodesniffer-standard` when you run phpcs.

```
composer require --dev squizlabs/php_codesniffer dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer
composer require --dev automattic/phpcs-neutron-standard

```

If you want this standard, the WordPress standard, the VariableAnalysis standard, and other customizations, you can install the meta-standard [NeutronRuleset](https://github.com/Automattic/phpcs-neutron-ruleset) instead.

```
composer require --dev squizlabs/php_codesniffer dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer
composer require --dev automattic/phpcs-neutron-ruleset

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

When installing sniff standards in a project, you edit a `phpcs.xml` file with the `rule` tag inside the `ruleset` tag. The `ref` attribute of that tag should specify a standard, category, sniff, or error code to enable. It’s also possible to use these tags to disable or modify certain rules. The [official annotated file](https://href.li/?https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki/Annotated-ruleset.xml) explains how to do this.

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Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Most editors have a phpcs plugin available, but you can also run phpcs manually. To run phpcs on a file in your project, just use the command-line as follows (the `-s` causes the sniff code to be shown, which is very important for learning about an error).

```
vendor/bin/phpcs -s src/MyProject/MyClass.php

```

---

Guidelines
==========

[](#guidelines)

View the Guidelines [here](./GUIDELINES.md).

###  Health Score

58

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance58

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity51

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community34

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 86.5% 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 ~78 days

Recently: every ~244 days

Total

16

Last Release

1918d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.5.3PHP ^7.0

v1.7.0PHP ^7.0 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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```

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