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chrisbutterworth/wp-base
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Project base for WordPress utilizing Composer based on mindsize/wp-project-base

1.0(6y ago)06GPL-2.0+PHP

Since Mar 9Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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WordPress Project Base
======================

[](#wordpress-project-base)

An easy way to spin up new WP projects with composer and wpackagist.

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

To get started you can run `composer create-project chrisbutterworth/wp-base wp-base` to set up the scaffold and install its dependencies.

Next rename or duplicate `.env.example` to `.env` and edit to include your details.

Go forth and code!

### Notes

[](#notes)

By default all plugins and themese are in the `.gitignore` file but can be overwritten within it to include custom plugins and themes.

Works with wp-cli too

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2252d ago

Major Versions

0.1 → 1.02020-03-09

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1849e300460aad33372546e34cd27d79feba038eff49431b5dc36153b08a264f?d=identicon)[chrisbutterworth](/maintainers/chrisbutterworth)

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Top Contributors

[![ChrisButterworth](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1478222?v=4)](https://github.com/ChrisButterworth "ChrisButterworth (2 commits)")

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