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frc/wp-essentials
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A collection of essential plugins & libraries for WordPress project.

1.0.0(6y ago)116.9k[1 issues](https://github.com/frc/wp-essentials/issues)MIT

Since Nov 1Pushed 5y ago9 watchersCompare

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WP Essentials
=============

[](#wp-essentials)

A composer [metapackage](https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#type) of essential plugins & libraries for WordPress project. With metapackage it is possible to install and update multiple packages without adding individual packages to the project's composer file.

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

[](#installation)

`$ composer require frc/wp-essentials`

Included packages
-----------------

[](#included-packages)

- [`frc/wp-env-heroku-database`](https://packagist.org/packages/frc/wp-env-heroku-database)
- [`frc/wp-env-heroku-custom-php-constant`](https://packagist.org/packages/frc/wp-env-heroku-custom-php-constant)
- [`frc/wp-harness`](https://packagist.org/packages/frc/wp-harness)
- [`devgeniem/wp-core-blocker`](https://packagist.org/packages/devgeniem/wp-core-blocker)
- [`devgeniem/wp-sanitize-accented-uploads`](https://packagist.org/packages/devgeniem/wp-sanitize-accented-uploads)
- [`frc/wp-base`](https://packagist.org/packages/frc/wp-base)

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2390d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f1e6b94e34fb8afb2d20c27189f9de8ff081f8a6949ee225d3a450327abb45f2?d=identicon)[janne](/maintainers/janne)

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Top Contributors

[![JanneAalto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6008144?v=4)](https://github.com/JanneAalto "JanneAalto (2 commits)")[![jmerilainen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5939342?v=4)](https://github.com/jmerilainen "jmerilainen (2 commits)")

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Tags

wordpress

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