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gwa/zero-library
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A WordPress development framework.

v5.0.1(10y ago)74.0k1[1 issues](https://github.com/gwa/zero-library/issues)4MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Jun 5Pushed 9y ago3 watchersCompare

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Zero Library
============

[](#zero-library)

The Zero Library provides a composer-based project structure for modern (MVC-based) WordPress development.

The Zero Library offers:

- A single central Theme instance that initializes...
- reusable (through composer), configurable and testable modules that encapsulate discrete functionality (NOT WP plugins!)
- and Controllers that separate the application logic from the View using [Twig](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/) templates.

[![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/49947bcf1257c5ca758663aa67bf87a955cedb5de2b2b1eb291c621f460d550d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f6777612f7a65726f2d6c6962726172792e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/gwa/zero-library)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fb84391e58d0d02e00768643286476d5a256b93c99b592ffb367c7396d25c088/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f6777612f7a65726f2d6c6962726172792e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/gwa/zero-library)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c0218c8f8009f06ad4ddae837ddd05301481fcf0dff8e0ed9dadda8780713e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE)

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71.4% 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 ~8 days

Recently: every ~40 days

Total

61

Last Release

3589d ago

Major Versions

v1.2.8 → v3.5.22015-12-08

v2.0.9 → v3.5.32015-12-08

1.2.x-dev → V4.0.02016-01-28

2.0.x-dev → 4.0.x-dev2016-05-10

v4.0.1 → v5.0.02016-05-31

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.4.0

V4.0.0PHP >=5.4

### 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 (90 commits)")[![gwagroves](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8222012?v=4)](https://github.com/gwagroves "gwagroves (35 commits)")[![scrutinizer-auto-fixer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6253494?v=4)](https://github.com/scrutinizer-auto-fixer "scrutinizer-auto-fixer (1 commits)")

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