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brain/cortex-plugin
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Cortex is a plugin that implements a routing system in WordPress.

0.1.0(10y ago)182503GPL-2.0+PHPPHP >=5.4

Since Feb 23Pushed 10y ago3 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/Brain-WP/Cortex-Plugin)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/brain/cortex-plugin)[ Docs](https://github.com/Giuseppe-Mazzapica/Cortex-Plugin)[ RSS](/packages/brain-cortex-plugin/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago

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**Cortex is routing system for WordPress** based on the well-known and affordable [Symfony Routing Component](http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/routing/introduction.html).

This plugin is just a wrapper to allow **direct installation of Cortex as WordPress plugin**.

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3737d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2208282?v=4)[Giuseppe Mazzapica](/maintainers/gmazzap)[@gmazzap](https://github.com/gmazzap)

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Top Contributors

[![gmazzap](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2208282?v=4)](https://github.com/gmazzap "gmazzap (16 commits)")

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Tags

cortexfastrouterouterroutingwordpresswordpress

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