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madebydavid/wordpress-skeleton
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WordPress Skeleton

1.1.2(10y ago)225PHP

Since Nov 27Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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[](#wordpressskeleton-)

This is version 1.1.2, using WordPress 4.5.1
--------------------------------------------

[](#this-is-version-112-using-wordpress-451)

WordPress Skeleton using composer. Add plugins and themes from [WordPress Packagist](http://wpackagist.org/).
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[](#wordpress-skeleton-using-composer-add-plugins-and-themes-from-wordpress-packagist)

#### 1. Install composer if required:

[](#1-install-composer-if-required)

```
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```

#### 2. Use composer to install this project:

[](#2-use-composer-to-install-this-project)

```
$ php composer.phar create-project madebydavid/wordpress-skeleton my-wordpress-directory 1.1.2
$ cd my-wordpress-directory
```

#### 3. Move the local config sample to become the real local config file

[](#3-move-the-local-config-sample-to-become-the-real-local-config-file)

```
$ mv local-config-sample.php local-config.php
```

#### 4. Change these settings in the local-config.php file:

[](#4-change-these-settings-in-the-local-configphp-file)

```
define('DB_NAME', 'my-wordpress-database');
define('DB_USER', 'root');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('WP_HOME', 'http://my-wordpress-site/');
define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://my-wordpress-site/wordpress');
```

#### 5. Create the db:

[](#5-create-the-db)

```
$ mysqladmin -uroot create my-wordpress-database
```

#### 6. Initialize using the included [WP-CLI](http://wp-cli.org/) and you're ready to go.

[](#6-initialize-using-the-included-wp-cli-and-youre-ready-to-go)

```
$ ./vendor/bin/wp --path=wordpress --url="http://my-wordpress-site/" db reset
$ ./vendor/bin/wp --path=wordpress --url="http://my-wordpress-site/" core install \
    --admin_user=root --admin_password=password \
    --admin_email=my@email.goes.here.com \
    --title="My Site Title"
```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

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 ~88 days

Recently: every ~156 days

Total

11

Last Release

3667d ago

Major Versions

0.0.7 → 1.0.02014-09-05

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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