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humanmade/meta-lookups
======================

Object cached Key/Value meta lookup framework for WordPress.

v1.1(7y ago)43.9k1GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7

Since Mar 12Pushed 7y ago20 watchersCompare

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meta-lookups
============

[](#meta-lookups)

Object cached Key/Value meta lookup framework for WordPress

### Usage

[](#usage)

*Register a lookup*

```
add_action( 'init', function() {
   HM\Meta_Lookups\register_lookup( 'my_lookup', 'post', 'my_meta_key' );
}, 1 );

```

*Use the lookup*

```
$post_id = HM\Meta_Lookups\do_lookup( 'my meta value', 'my_lookup' );

```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~2 days

Total

2

Last Release

2664d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f1d0ffccdc5d339ff98a91e1b224a0d92f93dc8c2f772124473a76655b83129c?d=identicon)[joehoyle](/maintainers/joehoyle)

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Top Contributors

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