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frc/wp-essentials-heroku
========================

A collection of heroku plugins & libraries for WordPress project.

2.4.0(3mo ago)011.7k[1 issues](https://github.com/frc/wp-essentials-heroku/issues)MIT

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WP Essentials Heroku
====================

[](#wp-essentials-heroku)

A composer [metapackage](https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#type) of essential plugins & libraries for WordPress projects served in Heroku environment.

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-heroku`

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

[](#included-packages)

- `frc/wp-env-heroku-cleardb`
- `frc/wp-env-heroku-jawsdb`
- `frc/wp-env-heroku-jawsdb-maria`
- `frc/wp-env-heroku-redis`
- `frc/wp-env-heroku-sendgrid`
- `frc/wp-env-heroku-amazon-aws`
- `deliciousbrains/wp-amazon-s3-and-cloudfront`
- `frc/sendgrid-email-delivery-simplified`
- `wpackagist-plugin/redis-cache`
- `frc/wp-amazon-c3-cloudfront-clear-cache`
- `frc/wp-gforms-s3-upload`
- `frc/wp-gravityforms-cloud-export`
- `frc/wp-transients-api`
- `frc/wp-multilingual-options-page`

Cloudfront
----------

[](#cloudfront)

Each site that uses Cloudfront needs the following variables:

```
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
C3_DISTRIBUTION_ID

```

In most cases the `AWS_...` variables are already set in Heroku's environment variables. If setting `C3_DISTRIBUTION_ID` doesn't work, try adding it to the plugin directly after it's activated, via Settings > Cloudfront settings.

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance81

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 52.9% 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 ~326 days

Recently: every ~478 days

Total

8

Last Release

103d ago

Major Versions

1.1.1 → 2.0.02020-12-17

### Community

Maintainers

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

---

Top Contributors

[![JanneAalto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6008144?v=4)](https://github.com/JanneAalto "JanneAalto (9 commits)")[![jmerilainen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5939342?v=4)](https://github.com/jmerilainen "jmerilainen (6 commits)")[![seanpotts](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6841204?v=4)](https://github.com/seanpotts "seanpotts (2 commits)")

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Tags

wordpress

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