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kerryrandolph/modern-wp-plugin
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A modern starting point for building a Wordpress plugin

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Modern Wordpress Plugin Jumpstart
=================================

[](#modern-wordpress-plugin-jumpstart)

A modern starting point for building wordpress plugins

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.2+

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Dependency Injection (PHP-DI)
- Unit Testing (PHPUnit)
- Hook Annotations
- Carbon Fields (Metabox)
- Logging (Monolog)
- Environment loading (PHP Dotenv)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer create-project kerryrandolph/modern-wp-plugin-jumpstart
```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

1. Modify main plugin file header (modern-wp-plugin-jumpstart.php)
2. Rename main plugin file
3. Rename root namespace: Do a global search/replace for "UniqueRootNamespace"

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Happy coding!

See WordpressExample.php for tips.

License
-------

[](#license)

Modern WP Plugin Jumpstart is released under [the MIT License](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

17

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LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity1

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity37

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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