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knowler/wp-capsule
==================

Laravel Illuminate Capsule configured for WordPress.

0.2.0(7y ago)2315MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Nov 23Pushed 6y agoCompare

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WordPress Capsule
=================

[](#wordpress-capsule)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/770f30b5ae4a1e8cc9a1897a0018f863e5bc273ed319199d4aebd593285cc90f/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6b6e6f776c65722f77702d63617073756c652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/knowler/wp-capsule)

Illuminate's [Capsule](https://github.com/illuminate/database) preset for WordPress. This is just a wrapper with a config, so kudos to Laravel for being awesome.

**This is *not* a plugin, it's a package for use in a WordPress plugin. Also, note that it presumes that your WordPress site is using [PHP dotenv](https://github.com/vlucas/phpdotenv) under the hood. It works well if you are using [Bedrock](https://github.com/roots/bedrock).**

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP: ^7.1
- [PHP dotenv](https://github.com/vlucas/phpdotenv)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require knowler/wp-capsule
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Here's example usage within a plugin:

```
/** Autoload */
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

/** Boot Capsule */
new KnowlerKnows\WP\Capsule\Boot;

use KnowlerKnows\WP\Capsule\Capsule;

register_activation_hook(__FILE__, function () {
    Capsule::schema()->create('products', function ($table) {
        $table->increments('id');
        $table->string('name');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
});

register_deactivation_hook(__FILE__, function () {
    Capsule::schema()->dropIfExists('products');
});
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Feel free to make a pull request or report issues. I threw this together pretty quickly.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2729d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9c774e283ba3c7f96d1ac56500b3d5c7e246eb5bd958fe53e3982a1cf899b832?d=identicon)[knowler](/maintainers/knowler)

---

Top Contributors

[![knowler](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6908001?v=4)](https://github.com/knowler "knowler (4 commits)")

---

Tags

illuminate-databasewordpresslaravelwordpressdatabaseilluminatecapsule

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