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joshcanhelp/wp-unit-test-helpers
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A set of traits to help you write unit tests for WP plugins and themes

v0.2.0(5y ago)027MITPHP

Since Jul 20Pushed 5y agoCompare

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WP Unit Test Helpers
====================

[](#wp-unit-test-helpers)

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See [the introduction post](https://www.joshcanhelp.com/wordpress-unit-testing-techniques/) for more details about how this is used.

Examples of these traits in use:

- [HTTP request inspection](https://github.com/joshcanhelp/wp-test-plugin/blob/master/tests/testHttpHaltWpTestCase.php)
- [HTTP response handling](https://github.com/joshcanhelp/wp-test-plugin/blob/master/tests/testHttpMockWpTestCase.php)
- [Redirect inspection](https://github.com/joshcanhelp/wp-test-plugin/blob/master/tests/testRedirectHaltWpTestCase.php)
- [Killed processes with wp\_die()](https://github.com/joshcanhelp/wp-test-plugin/blob/master/tests/testWpDieHandlingWpTestCase.php)
- [AJAX Requests](https://github.com/joshcanhelp/wp-test-plugin/blob/master/tests/testAjaxHandlingWpTestCase.php)
- [Hooked Functions](https://github.com/joshcanhelp/wp-test-plugin/blob/master/tests/testHookedFunctionsWpTestCase.php)
- [Enqueued Styles and Scripts](https://github.com/joshcanhelp/wp-test-plugin/blob/master/tests/testEnqueuedStyleWpTestCase.php)

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81% 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 ~175 days

Total

2

Last Release

1947d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/55b762a3611ccc95ac18a466a27c9e4264f726cab0a93b382d516d69c5f41ed1?d=identicon)[joshcanhelp](/maintainers/joshcanhelp)

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Top Contributors

[![joshcanhelp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/855223?v=4)](https://github.com/joshcanhelp "joshcanhelp (17 commits)")[![szepeviktor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/952007?v=4)](https://github.com/szepeviktor "szepeviktor (4 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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