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gwhitcher/gwpress
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A low profile Wordpress clone by George Whitcher.

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GWPRESS
=======

[](#gwpress)

GWPRESS is an open source blogging software with no framework built to be the best! Built by: [George Whitcher](http://georgewhitcher.com).

Composer Installation
---------------------

[](#composer-installation)

```
1. composer require gwhitcher/gwpress
2. Take the index.php, gw-config.dist, and .htaccess.dist in /vendor/gwhitcher/gwpress/ and put in your root.
3. Setup gw-config.php.dist with your settings and database information. Save and rename to gw-config.php.  Don't forget to activate composer in the config or else it will not work!
4. Rename .htaccess.dist to .htaccess.
5. Setup /vendor/gwhitcher/gwpress/gw-includes/routes.php.dist (leave as is if unsure).  Save and rename to routes.php.
6. Visit site yourdomain.com/install.  If everything is correct it will install itself. (If the installer did not delete /gw-content/themes/gwpress/install.php please delete it now.)
7. To view the Administration visit yourdomain.com/admin and use admin@admin.com:password.  It is suggested you change this immediately.

```

Manual Installation
-------------------

[](#manual-installation)

```
1. [Download](https://github.com/gwhitcher/GWPRESS/archive/master.zip) and extract files to the root of your server.
2. Setup gw-config.php.dist with your settings and database information. Save and rename to gw-config.php.
3. Rename .htaccess.dist to .htaccess.
4. Setup /gw-includes/routes.php.dist (leave as is if unsure).  Save and rename to routes.php.
5. Visit site yourdomain.com/install.  If everything is correct it will install itself. (If the installer did not delete /gw-content/themes/gwpress/install.php please delete it now.)
6. To view the Administration visit yourdomain.com/admin and use admin@admin.com:password.  It is suggested you change this immediately.

```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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