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gnistdesign/gdcs
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Gnist Design Coding Standards - WordPress

1.0.3(1y ago)1519MIT

Since Nov 18Pushed 1y ago2 watchersCompare

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Gnist Design Coding Standards - WordPress
=========================================

[](#gnist-design-coding-standards---wordpress)

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

[](#installation)

Standards can be installed with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) dependency manager:

```
$ composer require gnistdesign/gdcs --dev

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Basic usage

[](#basic-usage)

When the package is installed via Composer you can check your files with the coding standards via:

```
$ vendor/bin/phpcs --standard="GnistDesignWP"

```

Where `` is at least one file or directory to check, ex `.`.

### Configuration File

[](#configuration-file)

To not have to pass all the arguments to the command line, and also make your own project customizations create a `phpcs.xml.dist` file that contains something like this:

```

  A custom set of rules to check for a WordPress project

  /vendor/*

```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~431 days

Total

4

Last Release

711d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/254322094ef9c1fbbc829dd631eea3e66153f02ce953702f197666bfc98b0253?d=identicon)[gnist](/maintainers/gnist)

---

Top Contributors

[![gnisthenke](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/232314824?v=4)](https://github.com/gnisthenke "gnisthenke (7 commits)")

---

Tags

standardsphpcswordpresscoding-standardscoding-stylecode standardcode standardsPHP standardsGnist DesignGnist

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