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iis/library
===========

Useful helpers for WordPress themes

v4.5.8(5mo ago)17.4k↓33.3%[1 PRs](https://github.com/sewebb/iis-library/pulls)1MITPHPPHP ^8.0CI passing

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IIS Library
===========

[](#iis-library)

Useful helpers for WordPress theme development

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require iis/library

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The helper functions are autoloaded with composer so you can use them without any additional setup. Read the [documentation](docs/api.md) to get started.

Contribution
------------

[](#contribution)

Make sure you add tests for all helpers and also that you lint the code to make sure that it follows the [IIS Coding Conventions](https://github.com/sewebb/iis-start/wiki/IIS-standards-&-conventions#wordpressphp)

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance75

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75.6% 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 ~27 days

Recently: every ~89 days

Total

76

Last Release

167d ago

Major Versions

v1.11.3 → v2.0.02021-04-14

v2.1.0 → v3.0.02022-01-17

v3.1.0 → v4.0.02022-03-10

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.2

v4.0.2PHP ^7.2|^8.1

v4.0.8PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1b1b5fd23652bbc9780208007856ea68fc7113db4a0cdb952f47fb598414bc6a?d=identicon)[iiswebteam](/maintainers/iiswebteam)

---

Top Contributors

[![tbleckert](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/263465?v=4)](https://github.com/tbleckert "tbleckert (96 commits)")[![rhedman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1902545?v=4)](https://github.com/rhedman "rhedman (16 commits)")[![windyjonas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/868534?v=4)](https://github.com/windyjonas "windyjonas (12 commits)")[![richbrat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/774239?v=4)](https://github.com/richbrat "richbrat (3 commits)")

---

Tags

wordpresshelperslibrarytheme

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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