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humanmade/rehydrator
====================

Pattern-based content transformation for WordPress block migrations

v1.1.3(3w ago)321[1 issues](https://github.com/humanmade/rehydrator/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/humanmade/rehydrator/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=8.2CI passing

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Rehydrator
==========

[](#rehydrator)

Pattern-based content transformation for WordPress block migrations. Provides utilities for loading block patterns, resolving nested pattern references, and applying targeted transformations to populate templates with content.

**[Full documentation →](https://humanmade.github.io/rehydrator/)**

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

[](#installation)

**Via Composer:**

```
composer require humanmade/rehydrator
```

**As a WordPress plugin:** Clone or download this repository to `wp-content/plugins/` and activate.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.0+
- WordPress 6.0+

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

```
use HM\Rehydrator\Template;

$transformer = new Template( 'theme/template-article' );

$content = $transformer
    ->replace_text( 'theme/hero', 'core/heading', occurrence: 0, text: $title )
    ->replace_text( 'theme/hero', 'core/paragraph', occurrence: 0, text: $standfirst )
    ->replace_attributes( 'theme/hero', 'core/image', occurrence: 0, attrs: [
        'id'  => $image_id,
        'url' => $image_url,
    ] )
    ->replace_placeholder( 'content-placeholder', $body_blocks )
    ->get_content();

wp_update_post( [
    'ID'           => $post_id,
    'post_content' => $content,
] );
```

For full API documentation including all transformation methods and helper namespaces, see the **[docs site](https://humanmade.github.io/rehydrator/)**.

Development
-----------

[](#development)

### Running Tests

[](#running-tests)

```
composer install
composer test
```

### Code Style

[](#code-style)

```
composer lint
```

License
-------

[](#license)

GPL-2.0-or-later

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 64.8% 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 ~34 days

Total

5

Last Release

26d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=8.0

v1.1.1PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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