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fancyguy/webroot-installer
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A composer installer for libraries that live in an application webroot.

1.1.0(13y ago)1311.3M↓55.3%22[5 issues](https://github.com/fancyguy/webroot-installer/issues)15BSD-3-ClausePHP

Since Jan 29Pushed 8y ago6 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (3)Used By (15)

A Webroot [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) Library Installer
==============================================================

[](#a-webroot-composer-library-installer)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e29ed9eb7a9d47b2374bafcd81337c75d38f11e85a25e1d92db3a21b7b504462/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f66616e63796775792f776562726f6f742d696e7374616c6c65722e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/fancyguy/webroot-installer)

This is for PHP packages that support composer to configure in their `composer.json`. It will allow a root package to define a webroot directory and webroot package and magically install it in the correct location.

Example `composer.json` File
----------------------------

[](#example-composerjson-file)

```
{
    "name": "fancyguy/www-fancyguy-com",
    "description": "Package to build www.fancyguy.com",
    "authors": [
        {
            "name": "Steve Buzonas",
            "email": "steve@fancyguy.com"
        }
    ],
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "package",
            "package": {
                "name": "wordpress/wordpress",
                "type": "webroot",
                "version": "4.5.1",
                "dist": {
                    "type": "zip",
                    "url": "https://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.5.1-no-content.zip"
                },
                "require": {
                    "fancyguy/webroot-installer": "^1.0"
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "wordpress/wordpress": "4.5.*"
    },
    "extra": {
        "webroot-dir": "content",
        "webroot-package": "wordpress/wordpress"
    }
}
```

This would install the defined `wordpress/wordpress` package in the `content` directory of the project.

Warning
-------

[](#warning)

Setting the `webroot-dir` to a non-empty directory will delete the contents in most cases. It is recommended to use a clean target within your project directory.

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity54

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community24

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~44 days

Total

2

Last Release

4858d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7665fd9c27ba8192951c9c097213b9ecf9fd4c16b5383719da9b3947bb871594?d=identicon)[sbuzonas](/maintainers/sbuzonas)

---

Top Contributors

[![sbuzonas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1659267?v=4)](https://github.com/sbuzonas "sbuzonas (10 commits)")

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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