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josephfusco/symlinked-plugin-branch
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Easily identify the current git branch of your symlinked WordPress plugins.

1.2.1(2y ago)771[1 PRs](https://github.com/josephfusco/symlinked-plugin-branch/pulls)MITPHP

Since Apr 25Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Symlinked Plugin Branch
=======================

[](#symlinked-plugin-branch)

[![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a74dfae89129b1d334c818b4638bd56cf8b268bb992f598a7ac36f94615f5db3/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f6a6f73657068667573636f2f73796d6c696e6b65642d706c7567696e2d6272616e63682e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/josephfusco/symlinked-plugin-branch)

Easily identify the current git branch of your symlinked WordPress plugins.

[![Screen Shot 2023-01-26 at 10 46 19 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6676674/215005640-3e4eca5e-c3ca-49e5-8f2e-d1f3b3140f81.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6676674/215005640-3e4eca5e-c3ca-49e5-8f2e-d1f3b3140f81.png)

Example for Faust development
-----------------------------

[](#example-for-faust-development)

The following example will symlink the Faust WordPress plugin into a WordPress site managed by [Local](https://localwp.com/).

> *Note that the [Faust WordPress plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/faustwp/) source code lives inside the [wpengine/faustjs](https://github.com/wpengine/faustjs) so the plugin would display the branch of the faustjs monorepo.*

### Create the symlink

[](#create-the-symlink)

```
ln -s \
  ~/Code/faustjs/plugins/faustwp/ \
  ~/Local\ Sites/faust/app/public/wp-content/plugins
```

At this point, you should be able to see your plugin within your WordPress site.

You can test your work by viewing the plugins page of your website, or by using `ls -l `

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~251 days

Total

4

Last Release

776d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6676674?v=4)[Joe Fusco](/maintainers/josephfusco)[@josephfusco](https://github.com/josephfusco)

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Top Contributors

[![josephfusco](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6676674?v=4)](https://github.com/josephfusco "josephfusco (19 commits)")

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Tags

wordpresswordpress-developmentwordpress-pluginpluginwordpressgit

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