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gwa/zero
========

WordPress Starter Theme with Twig for use as a starting template for building custom themes.

v3.0.0(10y ago)1032MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since May 21Pushed 10y ago4 watchersCompare

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Zero Wordpress Starter theme using Timber
=========================================

[](#zero-wordpress-starter-theme-using-timber)

[![Zero](https://github.com/gwa/zero/raw/master/zero-header.jpg)](https://github.com/gwa/zero/blob/master/zero-header.jpg)

Description
-----------

[](#description)

This is a WordPress starter theme. This theme differs from the rest as it makes use to the fantastic [Timber Library](http://upstatement.com/timber/) allowing you to use the [Twig templating](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/) language. Timber facilitates a separation of concerns in Wordpress splitting the data and view of your project.

Make sure to fork! If you do, you get a cookie.

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

[](#requirements)

- php 5.4
- [nodejs](https://nodejs.org/en/)
- [grunt](http://gruntjs.com/)
- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)
- [Zero Library](https://github.com/gwa/zero-library)

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

[](#installation)

To get the latest version of Zero theme, simply [download zero](https://github.com/gwa/zero/archive/3.0.zip), unzip it to your wordpress theme folder and add the following line to the require block of your `composer.json` file:

```
{
    "require": {
        "gwa/zero-library" : "~3.3.0"
    }
}
```

You'll then need to run `composer install` or `composer update` to download it and have the autoloader updated and `npm install` to start working with Grunt.

If you make some changes on gettext `__() or {{ __() }}` funtions, you need to run grunt in your console.

License
-------

[](#license)

Zero theme is licensed under [The MIT License (MIT)](https://github.com/gwa/zero/blob/master/LICENSE).

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 90.9% 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 ~14 days

Total

18

Last Release

3779d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.4 → v2.0.02015-06-05

v2.0.7 → v3.0.02015-10-30

v2.0.8 → 3.0.x-dev2016-01-12

3.0.x-dev → 4.0.x-dev2016-01-12

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ff4c484be9fc46201a1c3c13fc961525d699d1c4e7dda68df7c5b408f147228a?d=identicon)[gwa](/maintainers/gwa)

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Top Contributors

[![prisis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2716058?v=4)](https://github.com/prisis "prisis (40 commits)")[![scrutinizer-auto-fixer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6253494?v=4)](https://github.com/scrutinizer-auto-fixer "scrutinizer-auto-fixer (4 commits)")

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###  Code Quality

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