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emrl/fire
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WordPress utilities and helpers

4.0.7(3mo ago)319.6k↓76.9%[1 PRs](https://github.com/EMRL/fire/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=8.1CI passing

Since Aug 29Pushed 3mo ago3 watchersCompare

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Fire, a WordPress helper
========================

[](#fire-a-wordpress-helper)

Fire is a collection of useful utilities to help you quickly build plugins and themes.

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

[](#installation)

### For PHP 8.1

[](#for-php-81)

`composer require emrl/fire ^4`

### For PHP 7.4

[](#for-php-74)

`composer require emrl/fire ^3`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Utilities are meant to be used inside your plugin or theme's bootstrap file (ie: `functions.php`).

[View documentation](docs/README.md)

###  Health Score

55

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance82

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity82

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~92 days

Recently: every ~63 days

Total

31

Last Release

90d ago

Major Versions

2.3.1 → 3.0.02020-01-11

3.4.1 → 4.0.02022-04-15

v2.x-dev → 4.0.52026-04-02

PHP version history (3 changes)2.3.0PHP >=7.1

3.2.0PHP >=7.4

4.0.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6c0e8a6bbd6947458422aa00742209c32bdf5246702631125f48b158aacf1f03?d=identicon)[emrl](/maintainers/emrl)

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Top Contributors

[![coreyworrell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/162595?v=4)](https://github.com/coreyworrell "coreyworrell (145 commits)")

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Tags

plugin-developmentplugins-wordpresstheme-developmentwordpress

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/emrl-fire/health.svg)

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