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dxw/iguana
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Dependency injection framework for WordPress

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iguana
======

[](#iguana)

An extensible theme and plugin framework for WordPress.

Components
----------

[](#components)

- **iguana** is the library that allows themes and plugins to set up autoloading and dependency injection without nearly as much boilerplate code
- [iguana-theme](https://github.com/dxw/iguana-theme) builds on iguana and allows themes to register helper functions and use template layouts

Theme templates that use Iguana
-------------------------------

[](#theme-templates-that-use-iguana)

- [whippet-theme-template](https://github.com/dxw/whippet-theme-template)

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

[](#installation)

Add the iguana library to your theme or plugin:

```
$ composer require dxw/iguana

```

Add these two lines to `templates/functions.php` (modify appropriately if `functions.php` isn't in a subdirectory):

```
$registrar = require __DIR__.'/../app/load.php';
$registrar->register();

```

Add a new file called `app/load.php`:

```