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kevinkiel/wp-yaml-loader
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Simple YAML Loader for wordpress

1.0.5(11y ago)19523MITPHP

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wp-yaml-loader
==============

[](#wp-yaml-loader)

Simple YAML config Loader for WordPress

Security
--------

[](#security)

Make sure that you place the config map outside the web root. If you discover any security related issues, please use the issue tracker.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require kevinkiel/wp-yaml-loader

```

Usage wp-config.php (PHP)
-------------------------

[](#usage-wp-configphp-php)

```
use KevinKiel\Yaml\Loader\YamlLoader;

$yaml = new YamlLoader;
$yaml->set_path( __DIR__ . '/../config' );
$yaml->load();

```

Config files
------------

[](#config-files)

Place the config files outside the web root so nobody can read your yml files. Single string's int's and boolean will be defined `define( 'DB_NAME', 'databasename' );`.

##### config/config.yml

[](#configconfigyml)

```
WP_ENV: development
#WP_ENV: acceptance
#WP_ENV: production
DB_NAME: databasename
DB_USER: username
DB_PASSWORD: password
DB_HOST: localhost
DB_PREFIX: wp_
DB_CHARSET: utf8
DB_COLLATE: ''
WP_DEBUG: false
WP_DEFAULT_THEME: thema
FS_METHOD: ssh2
DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT: true

```

**(SALT) **

```
AUTH_KEY:
SECURE_AUTH_KEY:
LOGGED_IN_KEY:
NONCE_KEY:
AUTH_SALT:
SECURE_AUTH_SALT:
LOGGED_IN_SALT:
NONCE_SALT:

```

#### Custom config

[](#custom-config)

If you're using custom config the data will be available as a global variable.

**Custom example (YAML).**

```
twitter:
    oauth_access_token: [key]
    oauth_access_token_secret: [key]
    consumer_key: [key]
    consumer_secret: [key]

```

**Retrieve the custom config (PHP).**

```
global $config;
$twitter_auth = $config['twitter'];

/* oauth_access_token */
$oauth_access_token = $config['twitter']['oauth_access_token'];

```

OTAP
----

[](#otap)

If you're using more then one environment. You can import / overwrite your config settings with your environment setting. Make sure you set your environment in config.yml with the 'WP\_ENV' parameter.

##### config/config\_development.yml

[](#configconfig_developmentyml)

```
DB_NAME: development_databasename
DB_USER: development_username
DB_PASSWORD: development_password
WP_DEBUG: true
SAVEQUERIES: true
CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS: false
FS_METHOD: direct
EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS: 0

```

##### config/config\_acceptance.yml

[](#configconfig_acceptanceyml)

```
DB_NAME: acceptance_databasename
DB_USER: acceptance_username
DB_PASSWORD: acceptance_password

```

##### config/config\_production.yml

[](#configconfig_productionyml)

```
DB_NAME: production_databasename
DB_USER: production_username
DB_PASSWORD: production_password

```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Kevin Kiel](https://github.com/kevinkiel)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~4 days

Total

5

Last Release

4071d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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