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martincv/wordpress-plugin-boilerplate
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WordPress Starter Plugin

1.0.5(3y ago)050[1 PRs](https://github.com/martinjankov/wordpress-plugin-boilerplate/pulls)GPL-3.0+PHPPHP >=7.3.0

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WordPress Boilerplate Plugin
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[](#wordpress-boilerplate-plugin)

This plugin is a starter boiler plugin to help you start with creating your own WordPress Plugin.

How to use it
-------------

[](#how-to-use-it)

Download the plugin, rename it and change the constants inside and the classes to your own wish. The structure is set best to help you gain on performance and speed.

You can remove files you don't need and add your own.

The plugin offers shortcode implementation as well as REST API and AJAX Hanlders ready to be used.

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~190 days

Recently: every ~238 days

Total

6

Last Release

1207d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

1.0.3PHP >=7.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11388579?v=4)[martincv](/maintainers/martincv)[@martincv](https://github.com/martincv)

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Top Contributors

[![martinjankov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16029359?v=4)](https://github.com/martinjankov "martinjankov (22 commits)")

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wordpresswordpress starter plugin

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