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fivefifteen/primer
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A WordPress theme boilerplate. The perfect starting point for your custom WordPress theme.

0.1.1(3mo ago)280GPL-2.0PHP

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Primer
======

[](#primer)

A WordPress theme boilerplate. The perfect starting point for your custom WordPress theme.

[![packagist package version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/149502e301f2af350edef0c487c728086d0168f2dda84a2636fd8158ab887794/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f666976656669667465656e2f7072696d65722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/fivefifteen/primer)[![packagist package downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3a27dbb4a51100c97f112c198331e960d05527336c27d810cb58b22579346524/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f666976656669667465656e2f7072696d65722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/fivefifteen/primer)[![GitHub code size in bytes](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/387845c5142b418c9ec5f0e91dd95604b4b92d9bcfd5ae7255fb56d829da7ebd/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c616e6775616765732f636f64652d73697a652f666976656669667465656e2f7072696d65723f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/fivefifteen/primer)[![license](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1f7072c04f6ce906c94005964a539d80a6f31e693655233035b6e014eeda5d61/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f666976656669667465656e2f7072696d65722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/fivefifteen/primer/blob/main/license.md)

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**A Five Fifteen Project**](https://fivefifteen.com)

Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Features](#features)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Commands](#commands)
- [Related Projects](#related-projects)
- [License Information](#license-information)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Front-end dependency management using [GitHub](https://github.com) & [npm](https://npmjs.com) as repositories via [Fetcher](https://github.com/fivefifteen/fetcher)
- JavaScript & CSS/SCSS compilation/minification via [Piler](https://github.com/fivefifteen/piler)
- Boilerplate code for configuring custom post types, taxonomies, and user roles
- Some sensible plugin hooks:
    - [Gravity Forms](https://gravityforms.com): Disable the built-in theme (so we can create a custom one)
    - [Updraft Plus](https://updraftplus.com): Prevent backups being created for non-production environments
    - [Yoast SEO](https://yoast.com): Custom breadcrumb separator when using the `yoast_breadcrumb` function

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- [PHP](https://php.net) 8.1 or above
- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Run the following command (*replacing "my-new-theme" with your theme's slug*):

```
composer create-project fivefifteen/primer my-new-theme
```

Commands
--------

[](#commands)

CommandDescription`composer build`Compiles/minifies JavaScript & CSS/SCSS files via [Piler](https://github.com/fivefifteen/piler)`composer fetcher`Displays a list of available [Fetcher](https://github.com/fivefifteen/fetcher) commands`composer fetcher install [...dependencies]`Installs dependencies from [GitHub](https://github.com) or [npm](https://npmjs.com)`composer setup`Installs frontend dependencies and builds them`composer watch`Watches for changes to JavaScript & CSS/SCSS files and recompiles/minifies as neededRelated Projects
----------------

[](#related-projects)

- [Basis](https://github.com/fivefifteen/basis) - A WordPress boilerplate. Get a local dockerized WordPress project up and running complete with secrets encryption, dependency management/compilation, and more by running a single command.
- [WordUp](https://github.com/fivefifteen/wordup) - A WordPress Deployer Recipe.

License Information
-------------------

[](#license-information)

GPL-2.0 (See the [license.md file](license.md) for more info)

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance80

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity33

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~82 days

Recently: every ~98 days

Total

6

Last Release

105d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![kodie](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/603949?v=4)](https://github.com/kodie "kodie (34 commits)")

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