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gnistdesign/gnist-engine
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A custom hooks-library for WordPress with the purpose of mimicing the behavior of something called 'plugin dependency' which enables a plugin to have plugins of their own in a safe and reliable way.

1.0.2(5y ago)064MITPHP >=7.3

Since Nov 18Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/gnistdesign/gnist-engine)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/gnistdesign/gnist-engine)[ Docs](https://github.com/gnistdesign/gnist-engine/)[ RSS](/packages/gnistdesign-gnist-engine/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 5d ago

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###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~66 days

Total

3

Last Release

1874d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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

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Tags

wordpresshooksactionsplugin dependency

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