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ion/wp-devhelper
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A library that abstracts and simplifies WordPress development - it can also function as an installed WordPress plug-in, providing additional tools to aid in development.

v0.90.1(2y ago)079LGPL-3.0PHPPHP >=7.4

Since Apr 12Pushed 2y agoCompare

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[![WP Devhelper Logo](resources/images/helper-repo-logo.png "WP Devhelper")](resources/images/helper-repo-logo.png)

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WP Devhelper
============

[](#wp-devhelper)

*WP Devhelper* is a library of functions that theme and plug-in developers can use to provide a consistent experience to their users, by abstracting as much of the standard WordPress functionality, hooks and settings as possible - resulting in a much simpler and less time-consuming way to develop with WordPress (current WordPress target version is *4.9.2*).

*WP Devhelper* helps developers to stop worrying about WordPress-specific implementation details and gotchas - and to get on with the business of building something awesome!

*WP Devhelper* can function as:

- an included PHP library (as part of a theme or plug-in that is installed),
- or as an installed plug-in itself (which can conveniently be updated via WordPress' update mechanism).

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Front-end WordPress API method and hook wrappers
- Back-end WordPress API method and hook wrappers (including rapid UI development)
- Supports MVC or the MVVMC methodologies
- Database and file logging; along with log viewer (if back-end tools UI is enabled)
- WordPress options editor (if back-end tools UI is enabled)
- WP\_DEBUG indicator (in the back-end)

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

\###As an included library, with Composer:

Make sure Composer is installed - if not, you can get it from [here](https://getcomposer.org/ "getcomposer.org").

First, you need to add *WP Devhelper* as a dependency in your *composer.json* file.

To use the current stable version, add the following to download it straight from [here](https://packagist.org/ "packagist.org"):

**PLEASE NOTE!** There is currently no stable version available, WP Devhelper is still under development until version 1.0.0 - this is here for future reference (currently use "ion/wp-devhelper": "dev-default" instead)

```
"require": {
    "php": ">=7.0",
    "ion/wp-devhelper": "^1.*",
}

```

To use the bleeding edge (development) version, add the following:

```
"require": {
    "php": ">=7.1",
    "ion/wp-devhelper": "dev-default",
},
"repositories": {
    {
      "type": "vcs",
      "url": "https://bitbucket.org/wpsolved/wp-devhelper/"
    }
}

```

Then run the following in the root directory of your project:

> php composer.phar install

\###As a WordPress plugin (using [wordpress.org](https://wordpress.org/ "wordpress.org")):

**PLEASE NOTE!** There is currently no stable version available, WP Devhelper is still under development until version 1.0.0 - this is here for future reference.

Simply log into your WordPress installation, navigate to:

> *Plugins* > *Add new*

Then search for '*WP Devhelper*' and install as you would any other plugin.

\###As a WordPress plugin (using manual upload):

Download a packaged version (in **.ZIP** format), [here](https://bitbucket.org/wpsolved/wp-devhelper/downloads/?tab=tags "bitbucket.org")

Log into your WordPress installation and navigate to:

> *Plugins* > *Add new* > Upload Plugin

Then select the **.ZIP** and upload.

\###As an included library, without Composer:

Download a packaged version (in **.ZIP** format), [here](https://bitbucket.org/wpsolved/wp-devhelper/downloads/?tab=tags "bitbucket.org")

Unzip the package and make sure you include '*include.php*,' like so (assuming you unzipped the package into the relative path '*includes/wp-devhelper*'):

```
require_once( __DIR__ . '/includes/wp-devhelper/include.php' );

```

### Prerequisites

[](#prerequisites)

- WordPress
- Composer (*optional*)

Built With
----------

[](#built-with)

- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) - Dependency Management
- [Phing](https://www.phing.info) - Used to generate custom builds for various target PHP versions (5.6, 7.0, 7.1)
- [NetBeans](https://www.netbeans.org) - IDE
- [PHP Storm](https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/) - IDE

Versioning
----------

[](#versioning)

We use [SemVer](http://semver.org/) for versioning. For the versions available, see the [tags on this repository](https://bitbucket.org/wpsolved/wp-devhelper/downloads/?tab=tags "bitbucket.org").

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

- **Justus Meyer** - *Initial work* - [BitBucket](https://bitbucket.org/justusmeyer)

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the LGPL-3.0 License - see the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file for details.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~19 days

Recently: every ~194 days

Total

78

Last Release

761d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.72.4PHP >=5.6

v0.90.1PHP >=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d1447490b5fa8bc0cd0e9d57a840fe060bd1f7c6e5156e7c4a3c0479d22793e1?d=identicon)[Jus](/maintainers/Jus)

---

Top Contributors

[![jmeyer-ion](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/42908068?v=4)](https://github.com/jmeyer-ion "jmeyer-ion (103 commits)")[![vl-justus-meyer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/92323513?v=4)](https://github.com/vl-justus-meyer "vl-justus-meyer (56 commits)")

---

Tags

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