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dfrei/wp-util
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Collection of common functions and utilities for WordPress

2.1.13(2y ago)01192MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Aug 12Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/dougfrei/wp-util)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dfrei/wp-util)[ RSS](/packages/dfrei-wp-util/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago

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###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~71 days

Recently: every ~164 days

Total

28

Last Release

951d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → 2.0.02019-04-18

PHP version history (4 changes)1.0.0PHP ^5.3 || ^7.0

2.0.0PHP ^7.0

2.0.9PHP >=7.2

2.1.13PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2872297?v=4)[dfrei](/maintainers/dfrei)[@dfrei](https://github.com/dfrei)

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Top Contributors

[![dougfrei](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3945557?v=4)](https://github.com/dougfrei "dougfrei (52 commits)")

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Tags

wordpressutilities

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