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ericclemmons/wordpress-skeleton
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WordPress skeleton utilizing Vagrant, Composer, \_s, & Wordpress.

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\[DEPRECATED\] WordPress Skeleton
=================================

[](#deprecated-wordpress-skeleton)

**USE  INSTEAD! IT ROCKS!**

Opinionated WordPress starter template that sets up local development & remote deployment via a simple configuration & command-line tools.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Simple installation & configuration via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) & an interactive `console`
- Local development environment via [Vagrant](http://downloads.vagrantup.com/)
- Simple local URLs like `http://local.mysite.com/` via [Vagrant Hostmaster](http://github.com/mosaicxm/vagrant-hostmaster)
- Local & remote deployment via [Capistrano](http://capistranorb.com/)
- Simplified theme development via [\_s](http://underscores.me/) and the WordPress [Theme Unit Test](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Unit_Test)

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

[](#installation)

**Creating a New Theme**:

```
$ cd path/to/sites
$ git clone git://github.com/ericclemmons/wordpress-skeleton.git my-theme

```

**Adding to an Existing Theme**:

```
$ cd path/to/existing/theme
$ git remote add skeleton git://github.com/ericclemmons/wordpress-skeleton.git
$ git fetch skeleton && git merge --squash skeleton/master

```

- Download & Install [Vagrant](http://downloads.vagrantup.com/)
- Install [Vagrant Hostmaster](http://github.com/mosaicxm/vagrant-hostmaster): `$ sudo gem install vagrant-hostmaster`
- Capistrano: `$ sudo gem install capistrano capistrano-ext colored`
- [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/): `$ curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php`
- Composer depependencies: `$ php composer.phar install`

Configure your `skeleton.yml`
-----------------------------

[](#configure-your-skeletonyml)

This is where all WordPress plugins, admin logins & server information is stored.

```
$ ./bin/skeleton configure

```

(Re)Generating Your WordPress Skeleton
--------------------------------------

[](#regenerating-your-wordpress-skeleton)

This is done automatically whenever you configure your `skeleton.yml`, but should be ran if you make any changes to it manually:

```
$ ./bin/skeleton generate

```

Local Development
-----------------

[](#local-development)

```
$ vagrant up

```

The first time you run this, you have to perform a `cold` deployment to setup the folder structure & database:

```
$ cap local deploy:cold

```

After doing it once, you can just do normal deployments, which will only update the theme:

```
$ cap local deploy

```

Open WordPress in your browser:

```
$ ./skeleton open

```

Now you can make changes to `/src` and refresh!

You can always view `skeleton.yml` or run `./skeleton info` for WordPress Admin credentials.

Useful Commands
---------------

[](#useful-commands)

- `./skeleton` will list all possible commands you can run to affect your local skeleton's configuration. These commands are also ran remotely via `cap` to perform tasks on the server.
- `cap -T` will list all deployment & WordPress-related commands that can be used with each environment. (You will use `local` the most)

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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